Dr. Graham Reader

Dr. G. Reader

Professor
519-253-3000 ext. 5105
greader@uwindsor.ca
Office: 129 Centre for Automotive Research and Education (CARE)

Education

  • BA (OU)
  • BTech(Hons) (Bradford)
  • PhD (Combustion) (Bradford)
  • Psc (Joint Services College –Greenwich)

Research Interests

  • Energy conversion
  • Sustainable Development (especiallly SDG 6, 7, 13 & 14) 
  • Clean diesel engine technology
  • Offshore and Subsea Engineering
  • Stirling cycle machines
  • Underwater vehicles
  • Naval, Military and Engineering History

Professional Affiliations

  • Fellow of Engineers Canada
  • Fellow of the IMarEST
  • Member of SNAME, IEEE, ASME, AIAA, MTS, SAE, IMechE, USNI, Naval Review, US Submarine League, CSSE.  
  • PEng (APEGA, PEO), CEng (UK), CMarE (UK), Eur Ing (FEANI)

Selected Publications

  • Graham T. Reader, "Engineering Sustainable Development- Realizing the UN's sustainaable development goals," p1-54, Chapter in 'Progress in Sustainable Development', (Eds. D S-K Ting & P G O'Brien) Elsevier, 2023, ISBN 978-0-323-99207-7.
  • Graham T. Reader, "Preparing Today for Nourishing Tomorrow," p 1-114, Chapter in 'Nourishing Tomorrow: Clean Engineering and Nature-friendly Living', (Eds. D S-K Ting and J A Stagner) World Scientific Press 2023, ISBN 9789811264368.
  • Reader, G. T., " Clean air, clean water, clear conscience," p 1-34 Chapter in 'Sustainable Engineering Technologies  and Architectures', edited by D. S-K Ting and J. A. Stagner (American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing, New York, 2021), https://doi.org/10.1063/9780735424036_001
  • Graham T. Reader, "Energy Renewables Alone?", p 1-46 Chapter in 'Sustaining Resources for Tomorrow' (Eds J A Stagner and David S-K Ting), Springer Green energy and Technology, Switzerland, 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-27675-1, doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27676-8.
  • Graham T. Reader, Usman Asad, and Ming Zheng; "Energy Efficiency Trade-off with Phasing of HCCI Combustion", International Journal of Energy Research, Vol 37, Issue 3, DOI: 10.1002, pp. 200-210, 2013.
  • Zheng, Ming, Mulenga, Mwila C., Reader, Graham T, Wang, Meiping, Ting, David S-K, Tjong, Jimi, "Biodiesel engine performance and emissions in low-temperature combustion", Fuel, p714-722, May 2008, Volume 87, Issue 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2007.05.039
  • Zheng, Ming; Reader, Graham T; Hawley J Gary, Diesel Engine Exhaust Gas Re-circulation- A review on Advanced and Novel Concepts, Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 45(6), pp. 883-900,2004.
  • Hawley, John G; Reader, Graham T; Potter, Ian J; Nuckols, Marshall L, Design Aspects of Underwater Interventaion Systems, 304pp, Kendall-Hunt, USA, ISBN: 0-7872-1510-4, 1996.
  • Walker, Graham; Reader, Graham T; Fauvel, O Roderick, The Stirling Alternative, 273pp, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Switzerland and USA, ISBN: 2-88124-600-1, 1994.
  • Reader, Graham T; Walker, G; Fauvel, O, Stirling Cycle Machines for Use with Biomass and Solar Energy in the Production of Power and Refrigeration, Enviornmental Issues and Management of Waste in Energy and Mineral Production, 2, pp. 1175-1182, 1992.
  • Reader, Graham T; Hooper, Charles, Stirling Engines (Simon & Shuster, UK also Translated into Russian), 464pp, MOCKBA Press, Moscow, USSR, 1986, Stirling Engines).
  • Reader, Graham T, Pulsating Combustion - It's Evolution and Future Prospects, Journal of Naval Science, 4(4), pp. 192-200, 1978.