Background

Graduated in Engineering Science (BSc) Durham 1975. MSc in Machines and Mechanisms, Liverpool Polytechnic 1979. PhD (part time) in Spatial Differential Geometry from Liverpool Polytechnic jointly with Unilever Research Port Sunlight Laboratories 1989. Design consultant Liverpool Polytechnic 1980 - 1982. Scientist, Unilever Research 1983 - 1990. Seconded full-time to Cambridge University Engineering Department, Manufacturing Group as Visiting Industrial Fellow 1987 - 1989. Design Manager, Morris Cranes 1990 - 1994. Senior Lecturer (joint appointment with Morris Cranes) Loughborough University 1990 - 1994. Head of Dept of Manufacturing Engineering 1995 - 1999. Director of Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 1999 - 2001. Dean of Engineering 2001 - 2007

Research Groups

Manufacturing

Research Interests and Activities

Organisation structures in Manufacturing
Operations Management
Motivation
Performance Measurement
Supply Chains

External Activities

Guest Professor: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Editor in Chief: Proceedings of the IMechE, Part E, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
Editorial Board: International Journal of Product Development
Editorial Board: International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Expert Reviewer: Research Council of Norway
Non-Executive Director: Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence, Rainham, Essex, UK
Member of East Midlands International Trade Forum (UKTI)

Awards

IEE Manufacturing Divisional Premium 1998
Emerald Literati Club Outstanding Paper Award 2000
IMechE A.M.Strickland Prize 2006

Publications

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University Administration

Professor Chris Backhouse holds the position of Director of Internationalisation Strategy within the Vice-Chancellor’s Office. He is responsible for progressing the University’s internationalisation agenda as described in the University’s Strategic Plan – “Towards 2016”. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/policy/strategic_plan.pdf