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University of Hull

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4.08/20/2025

Always supportive and deeply knowledgeable.

5.04/30/2025

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About James

Professor James Gilbert is the Professor of Engineering and Director of the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in 1986 and PhD in 1989 from the University of Sheffield. Over more than 30 years as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Hull, Professor Gilbert has addressed a wide range of engineering challenges unified by the theme of measuring, modelling, and controlling engineering systems. These encompass robotics and manufacturing systems, medical rehabilitation devices, energy harvesting from microwatts generated by human movement to megawatts from offshore wind turbines, and speech restoration for individuals post-laryngectomy using articulator movement measurements.