Richard Hague
PhD, BEng, CEng FIMechE
Professor of Innovative Manufacturing / AMRG Group Head
Director, EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Additive Manufacturing
Telephone number: +44 (0)1509 227619
Email: r.hague@lboro.ac.uk
Professional/academic background
Obtained a PhD in Stereolithography and Investment Casting from Nottingham University, following a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. Became a Senior Research Fellow before taking up a Lectureship at Loughborough University in 2001. Subsequently became Head of the Research Group in 2004 and was awarded a Personal Chair as Professor of Innovative Manufacturing in 2007. In 2011, he became Director of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Additive Manufacturing.
Professional affiliations
Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Chartered Engineer
Broad interests and expertise
Additive Manufacturing Processes and Materials - Polymers and Metals
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Low-Carbon Additive Manufacturing
Business Implementation of Additive Manufacturing
External interests
- Organiser & Chair, International Conference on Rapid (Additive) Manufacturing. Currently in 4th Year
- Visiting Professor to the George W Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, summer 2006
- Main Committee member, ASTM F42 on Additive Manufactruring Technologies
- Invited member and Session Chair of US National Science Foundation (NSF) "Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing" Forum, 2009
- Invited participant to EPSRC / Royal Academy of Engineering "Celebration of Engineering Excellence" event, Nov 2004
- IMechE Donald Julius Groen Prize for best paper, 2004
- EPSRC Peer Review College member
- Invited speaker, Session Chair, Panel Member and Organiser of International Conferences:
- Invited member of the Mass Customisation & Personalisation Conference (MCPC2007) Program Committee, MIT, Oct 2007. Invited to Chair & organise the RM stream
- Session Chair and invited speaker at Solid Freeform Manufacturing Symposium, Austin, Texas. Several.
- Invited speaker & Expert panel member at 6th International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, National Research Council of Canada, London, Ontario, June 2006
- Invited Member of the Technical Committee for the 2nd International Conference on Polymers & Moulds Innovations (PMI2007), Gent, Belgium
- Invited member of the International Scientific Committee for the 5th International Conference on Integrated Design and Manufacturing, Bath, 2004
- Invited Speaker and panel member, 2nd RM Technical Forum, Girona, Spain, December 2006
- Invited member of the International Scientific Committee for the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Liera, Portugal, Sept 2007
- Invited Speaker to SAFE (Europe) 11th Annual Symposium, Lyon, France, April 2004
- Invited lecture, Cambridge University, 2005 & 2007
- Invited Speaker - 31st Rapid Prototyping Symposium of Japan, Tokyo, June 25-26 2007
- Invited Speaker - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Kanazawa University, Nagoya University, Toyota Technological Institute. June 2007
- Invited speaker - Manufacturing Reinvented Conference, Royal College Art; Sept 2007
- Invited Speaker - Launch of London Design Week, Sept 2007
- Invited lecture - Sheffield University; April 2008
- Invited Speaker - Non-Linear Systems Organisation Annual Conference, University of Pennsylvania, USA, April 2008
- Invited Member of the Technical Committee for the 3rd International Conference on Polymers & Moulds Innovations (PMI2008), Gent, Belgium
- International collaboration with academia and industry. e.g.:
- Collaborative funded research & working with key groups: Rosen at Georgia Tech on RM design issues, O'Neill at Cambridge University on high speed computing; Piller at MIT on organisation aspects of RM.
- Initiated, Work Package Leader and Core group member of EU Framework 6 "Custom Fit" Integrated Project (Sept 04 - Sept 09)
- Core Group member of "RM Platform" - an EU Commission / Industry initiative to streamline RM research activities
- Working on industry funded collaborative research with key industrial players such as Boeing, Bentley, DaimlerChrysler, etc
- Refereeing:
- Referee for Hong Kong Research Council
- Referee for leading academic research Journals (IMechE Part B; IJPR, IJCIM, Journal of Material Science, etc)
- External PhD examiner at Liverpool & Leeds University
- Programme Manager for "Next Generation Technologies", Loughborough EPSRC Innovative Manufacturing & Construction Research Centre (IMCRC)
- EPSRC-IMRC Integrated Project judged as being "world-leading" at IMRC International Review, 2007
- Invited governmental advisor for MOD on the future of Design & Manufacturing and the implications for UK defence. Workshop held at DSTL, Feb 08
Current research activity
- ATKINS - Additive Manufacturing a Low Carbon Future
- SCUTA - Tailored Injury Prevention & Performance Improvement for Protective Sports Garments
- Topologically Optimised Additively Manufactured Structural Metallic Components
Publications
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