Joseph A. McGeough

Following graduation in 1963 I joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow for PhD studies.   I worked on Electrochemical Machining (ECM), a method of shaping very hard alloy metals by high current density electrolysis.       These studies were completed at Leicester University, with graduation in 1967, followed by an enjoyable postdoctoral appointment at the University of Queensland, Australia.      
After return to the UK, I obtained industrial experience at International Research and Development Co. Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne.  

My wife Brenda and I met while I was working there.    Later I returned to university service, firstly holding a Senior Research appointment at Strathclyde then becoming a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Engineering at Aberdeen University.

In 1983 I was appointed Regius Professor of Engineering at Edinburgh University.

I have published more than 200 papers mainly in Proceedings of the Royal Society and of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.      Books include Principles of Electrochemical Machining (1974), Advanced Methods of Machining (1988), Micromachining of Engineering Materials (Editor) (2001) and 'The Engineering of Human Joint Replacements' (2013).

I am a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and The Royal Academy of Engineering.

Brenda and I have three children : two boys and one daughter who are all married. We have four grandchildren.
When younger, I had a variety of interests, including sport.  As a student at Glasgow I served as President of the GU Astronomy Society.  I also competed in Athletics for the University and was Secretary and Vice President of the Athletics section.   We won a series of National and University athletic championships : sprint and medley relays, and I was awarded "Colours".

I like to make a contribution to the ‘Community’ and was Chair of the Aberdeen Dyce College Council, and Edinburgh Colinton Literary Society (2009 - 2012).