Background

• Educated at UMIST (BSc 1975, DEng 2001) and Cambridge Universities (PhD 1981);
• Student Apprentice GKN (1971-1975);
• Assistant Engineer Metal Box (1979-1980);
• Ford of Britain Fellow (1980-1983) then Lecturer in Manufacturing and Design (1983-1988) Cambridge University Engineering Department and Fellow of Downing College; Associate Cambridge Consultants (1987-1992);
• Professor of Manufacturing Processes Loughborough University (1989-1999);
• Head of Department of Manufacturing Engineering (1991-1995);
• Director of Prime Faraday Partnership (1997-1999);
• Manufacturing Technology Director, Bespak Europe then Technical Director Bespak Operations (1993-2003);
• Professor of Healthcare Engineering Loughborough University from 2003;
• Director of the Research School of Health and Life Sciences (2006-2013);
• Honorary Historical Consultant Royal Armouries from 2009;
• Director of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine (2010-14);
• Visiting Professor University of Huddersfield (2013-2017);
• University Academic Research Challenge Lead Health and Wellbeing (2014-2015);
• University Academic Lead in Defence Medicine (2015-2017);
• Visiting SIMTech Fellow Singapore (2016-2017);
• Emeritus Professor from 2019.

Honours

• OBE for services to science and engineering in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, 2014
• Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, 2002

Research Interests and Activities

• Translation and Commercialisation of Medical Technologies;
• Manufacturing Technology for Cell and Tissue Based Therapies;
• Rehabilitation and Regeneration;
• Defence Medicine;
• History of Precision Manufacturing, particularly Gunmaking.

External Activities

• Journal editorships
  • Editor of International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (1988-2006); Founding Editor Journal of Electronics Manufacturing (1991)
  • Honorary Editor of the Journal of the Arms and Armour Society from 2015
• Journal editorial board membership
  • Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing; Revue Internationale d’Ingenierie des Systemes de Production Mechanique; CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, Royal Armouries Arms and Armour Journal, Journal of the Historic Breechloading Smallarms Association 
• Learned society engagement
  • Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering 2002; Member of Royal Academy of Engineering Membership Panel 1 (2004-2007); Fellow of CIRP 2000 (Emeritus 2019); Member of Royal Academy of Engineering Membership Panel 9 - Medical & Bioengineering (2018-2021).
• Professional affiliations
  • Chartered Engineer, CEng; Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, FIMechE; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, FSA; Member Institute of Directors, MIOD; Senior Member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (USA)
• Major Recent conference activity
  • Chair Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 1^stManufacturing the Future Conference 2012;
• Recent Invited and Keynote Presentations:
  • New Zealand Invited Visitor Otago University 2009
  • Invited Lecture, FESAC International Conference, Royal Armouries, 2010
  • Invited Lecture, IFF Stuttgart 50th Anniversary Conference, 2010
  • Invited Presentation, 2nd International Conference on Stem Cell Bio-manufacturing Georgia Tech, Atlanta 2010
  • Manufuture Invited Presentation and Session Chair, Wroclaw, 2011
  • Cell Therapy Bioprocessing Conference Invited Presentation, Reston, USA, 2011
  • Invited Presentation, Regenerative Medicine Workshop, Hilton Head, USA, 2011
  • Invited Presentation, Erlangen Co-operation Forum Cell Based Therapie,s 2012
  • Invited Keynote, UK-Spain Workshop on Translational Regenerative Medicine, Madrid, 2012
  • Invited Presentation, Bayerisches Armeemuseum, Ingolstadt, 2012
  • Wroclaw University of Technology Visiting Professor Scheme Lecture, 2013
  • Keynote World Congress in Regenerative Medicine, Leipzig, 2013
  • William K Mong Distinguished Lecturer University of Hong Kong, 2013
  • Invited Presentation, North Carolina State University, 2015
  • Keynote Presentation, Bioman Conference, Boston, 2015
  • Invited Presentation, SIMTech, Singapore, 2016
  • Keynote Presentation, 4th Belgian Symposium on Tissue Engineering, Leuven, 2016
  • Canadian Guild of Antique Arms Historians' 50th Anniversary Meeting Guest Speaker, Dundurn Castle, Ontario, Canada, 2017
• Recent Advisory Roles
  • Technology Strategy Board Assessor & Panel Member Technologies for Health (2008); Stroke (2010); and Dementia (2010);
  • Independent Member of DSAC 2008-2012;
  • Independent Member Wellcome/DoH Healthcare Innovation Challenge Fund Panel 2009-2010;
  • Chair VINNOVA Sweden National Manufacturing Research Review 2009;
  • Deputy Chair NHS i4i Late Stage Funding Panel from 2010;
  • Research Council for Norway Generalist Evaluator Centres for Research-based Innovation 2010;
  • Chair EPSRC Synthetic Biology Panel 2010; 
  • FORFAS Ireland National Research Prioritisation Exercise International Review 2011;
  • Chair EPSRC Civil Engineering Platform Grant Panel 2012;
  • Member Biomedical Catalyst Fund Large Awards Committee 2012-2019;
  • IDA Irish Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Centre Technology External Review Panel Member 2012;
  • Higher Education Funding Council for England Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee Member 2013-2015;
  • Department of Health Regenerative Medicine Expert Group Member 2013-15;
  • Chair EPSRC Manufacturing for Health Panel 2014;
  • Vinnova Sweden Strategic Research Area Initiative Expert Evaluator 2014-2015;
  • Research Council Norway Panel Chair and Generalist Evaluator, Centres for Research-based Innovation 2015;
  • Member Defence & National Rehabilitation Centre National Workstream Steering Group 2015-2017;
  • Member Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships Steering Group 2015-2018;
  • The Electrospinning Company, Harwell, Scientific Advisory Board Member from 2015;
  • Vinnova Sweden Competence Centre Competition Generalist Evaluator and Panel Chair 2016-2017;
  • FloDesignSonics, Wilbraham MA, USA, Scientific Advisory Board Member from 2016;
  • Member European Research Council Consolidator Award Panel Life Sciences 7 (Translation) from 2016;
  • A-STAR Singapore Visiting Expert to PharmBio Cluster 2017;
  • Generalist Evaluator for Norwegian (RCN) Centres for Research-based Innovation (SFI) 2018-2019;
  • Enterprise Ireland PMTC Career-FIT Opportunities Panel 2018;
  • A-STAR and NRF Singapore Funding Panels in Regenerative Medicine 2018;
  • Member Royal Academy of Engineering Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships Panel from 2018;
  • Member NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre Scientific Advisory Group from 2018;
  • Member UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Panel Pool from 2018;
  • Scientific Advisory Board Member, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, Nottingham University from 2019;
  • External Scientific Advisor Injury & Reconstruction Biomechanics Test Suite, Imperial College, from 2019
• Collaborative Research
  • Principal Investigator: £7.1m EPSRC Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre in Regenerative Medicine: http://www.dtcregen-med.com/
  • Principal Investigator £5.8M EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine, www.epsrc-regen-med.org  
  • Principal Investigator £2.7M EPSRC ETERM Landscape Fellowship Programme
  • Loughborough Principal Investigator MRC UK Regenerative Medicine Pluripotent Stem Cell Platform £7.7M (including equipment award) www.ukrmp.org.uk/hubs/cell-behaviour-differentiation-and-manufacturing/
• Commercialisation of research
  • Sabbatical leave Lucas Advanced Vehicle Systems (1995); Non Executive Director Medlink East Midlands (2005-2006)

Awards

• Institution of Mechanical Engineers Thatcher Brothers Prize, 1993
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers Donald Julius Groen Prize, 1993 
• Institution of Chemical Engineers Donald Medal, 2017