Rob Frazer received a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. from Newcastle University. He is a senior engineer with the Design Unit at Newcastle University and spent the last 35 years working with gears and gearboxes. Rob leads gear measurement research at the UK’s National Gear Metrology Laboratory (NGML), is chair of British Standard Institute (BSI) gear committee, MCE-5 and a member of the ISO gear accuracy working group (ISO TC60 WG2). He provides technical support to the British Gear Association’s (BGA) research committee, helps deliver its training programmes and teaches on Newcastle University’s MSc and MEng Mechanical Power Transmissions Module.