Joe Kirkup MEng AMIChemE

Joe obtained an MEng (Hons) degree from Loughborough University in Chemical Engineering, during which he spent 6 months as a visiting research assistant at Texas A&M University.

After graduating, he worked as a Development Engineer for PrOXisense Ltd., spearheading R&D across the pharmaceutical, aerospace/defence, and FMCG sectors; with applications including contamination/counterfeit identification, oil debris detection, and blade-tip-timing (BTT).

Joe is currently a DPhil candidate within the Oxford Turbine Research Facility (OTRF) research group at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute, with a focus on heat transfer, thermo-mechanical systems, bearings, and process analytical techniques (PAT).

• Heat Transfer
• Thermo-Mechanical Systems
• Bearings & Transmissions
• Process Analytical Techniques (PAT)
• Tribology

• High Speed Bearings for Turbomachinery Application - Applying novel materials and heat transfer analysis to develop improved cooling for high speed aerospace bearings.
• Thermal Measurement Techniques for Solute Quantification - Modelling & development of thermal process analytical techniques.
• Thin-Film Sensor For The Online Detection Of Solid Oil System Contamination

• Nathalie Nick, Joe Kirkup, Kam Chana, Finite heat-pulse theory for transient thermal product sensing, International Journal of Thermofluids, Volume 35,2026, 101659, ISSN 2666-2027, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2026.101659.
• J. Kirkup, P. Birdi, P. Radford, K. Chana, Development of a novel thermal technique for detection of water in solvents, Fortune J. Health Sci. 8 (1) (2025)92–98, http://dx.doi.org/10.26502/fjhs.257
• Decho Surangsrirat, Onsiri Srikun, Chaksawat Sangawitayakorn, Titasmith Wannasetdecho, Mananya Puanglamjeak, Prab Birdi, Joe Kirkup, and Kam Chana Nondestructive Measurement Technique for Substandard Amoxicillin Based on Thermal Approach, ACS Omega, 2024 9 (17), 19378-19384 10.1021/acsomega.4c00536