Rate My Professor Patrick Keogh

Professor Patrick Keogh serves as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Machine Systems at the University of Bath, where he oversees teaching, research, and supervision of postgraduate students. Before joining the University, he spent eight years at the Engineering Research Centre of Alstom, advancing progress in the manufacturing industry. His academic leadership is within the Faculty of Engineering & Design, and he is affiliated with The Foundry: Centre for Digital, Manufacturing & Design.

Patrick Keogh's research specializations encompass machine systems, rotating machines, magnetic bearings, active control strategies, thermoelastic contact dynamics, control, tribology, and mechatronics, with applications in high-speed machinery, robotics, precision manufacturing, and automation. He has led numerous funded projects as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator, including the Advanced Research and Inventions Agency (ARIA)-funded 'A New Analytical Framework for Developing Dexterous Soft Robotic Manipulators' (2025-2028), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 'High precision serial arm robot positioning' (2024), EU Horizon 2020 'JRP i09 DynaMITE Dynamic applications of large volume metrology in industry of tomorrow environments' (2021-2024), Innovate UK 'Enhanced Low Cost Automation Technology (ELCAT)' (2020-2025), and GKN Aerospace 'Closed Loop Robotic Drilling - Normality Trials' (2017-2021). In 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering for his outstanding contributions to manufacturing and academia, seminal studies on high-speed rotating machinery design, and promotion of new industrial methods through professional bodies. Key publications include 'Nonlinear viscoelastic models improve characterisation of 6 DOF intervertebral disc load response at low strain rates' (2026, with S. Hayward, T. Miles, S. Gheduzzi), 'The nonlinear characteristics of large deflection multi-section flexure-based compliant mechanisms' (2026, with J. Ding, N. Bailey), 'Rotordynamics of a Single-Stage Brush Seal in Isolation: The Effects of Variable Stiffness and Back Plate Geometry' (2025, with J. Bird et al.), 'Tool orientation and path optimisation for error compensation in direct robotic plunge milling' (2025, with R. Zhang et al.), and 'Vibration suppression using piezoelectric actuator-based active flexure joints for high precision operations' (2025, with R. Zhang et al.). His work has pioneered optimised control of multi-actuator systems to mitigate vibrations in complex machines, influencing advancements in engineering practice.