Professor Mey Goh holds a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia, and a PhD in Engineering Design from the University of Bristol, UK. She joined Loughborough University in 2010 and currently serves as Associate Director of the Intelligent Automation Centre.
Her research is at the forefront of Industry 5.0, with a strong emphasis on fostering equitable, inclusive, and human-centred industrial systems. A recognised scholar in transdisciplinary design engineering, Mey addresses critical challenges at the intersection of people, technology, and organisational transformation—particularly in the context of servitisation, digitalisation, and AI adoption in manufacturing.
Mey leads Loughborough University’s contribution to the Made Smarter Innovation: Centre for People-Led Digitalisation (2021–2026), in collaboration with the Universities of Bath and Nottingham and a broad network of UK industry partners. Her work explores how human interactions with digital technologies can be better understood and designed to enhance both application and acceptance in real-world settings.
Mey is a Board Member of the International Society for Transdisciplinary Engineering and a Committee Member of the Consortium of UK University Manufacturing and Engineering (COMEH). She has cultivated numerous successful international collaborations and maintains strong partnerships with both large enterprises and SMEs across the manufacturing sector.
Mey’s research explores the role, behaviour, and knowledge of people within manufacturing systems. Her work aims to generate the insights needed to design and support industrial technologies that are not only technologically advanced but also ethically inclusive and human-centred. Grounded in a transdisciplinary approach, her research bridges design, engineering, and human factors to address complex socio-technical challenges in modern manufacturing.
Main Research Interests
- Human-centred design engineering
Integrating diverse disciplinary knowledge to design innovative, human-centred technologies in complex socio-technical environments. - Application of digital technologies
Exploring the implementation and optimisation of technologies such as AI, digital twins, and augmented reality to support manufacturing processes. - Data-driven human factor and behaviour
Analysing and modelling human interactions with digital systems to improve usability, trust, and performance in industrial and manufacturing contexts.
Example PhD topics:
- Expert knowledge in machine learning in low-volume, high-value manufacturing
- Design and development of user-centric framework for XAI
- Trust and fluency in industrial human-robot interaction - Virtual Reality study of human behaviour
- Modelling cognitive workload with wearable sensing technologies for Industry 4.0
Grants and contracts:
- 2025-2030 People-led Net Zero: accelerating our transition, EPSRC flagship centre, Partners: University of Bath, University of Sheffield, University of Strathclyde
- 2023-2024 Made Smarter Innovation Network InterACT sandpit project, ESRC, Partners: Birmingham City University, De Monfort University
- 2021-2026 Made Smarter Innovation – People-led Digitalisation, EPSRC + InnovateUK, Partners: University of Bath, University of Nottingham, 25 industry partners
- 2018-2022 Visiting Professor in Lean Innovation in Complex Products and Services, Royal Academy of Engineering, Partner: Rolls-Royce Submarine
- §2018-2022 Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) studentship, EPSRC and JCB
- 2017-2022 Embedded Integrated Intelligent Systems for Manufacturing Platform Grant, EPSRC
- 2017-2021 National Productivity Investment Fund, EPSRC
- 2014-2018 Engineering Doctorate, Manufacturing Technology Engineering Doctorate Centre, EPSRC and Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear
- 2011-2017 EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation, EPSRC, Partners: Rolls-Royce Aerospace, Airbus
- 2011-2014 Sustaining electronics sector through competitive bidding, EPSRC (IeMRC) and BAe Systems, Rolls-Royce Submarine
- 2010-2013 Costing for Avionic Through-Life Availability (CATA), EPSRC (IeMRC), Partners: GE Aviation, BAe Systems, Ministry of Defence
Current teaching responsibilities:
- WSC401 Design Methods and Communication, Part C, module leader
- WSD212 Systems Ergonomics for Product Design, Part D, module tutor
- WSA504 Integrating Studies, Part A, module tutor
- BEng/MEng/MSc Individual Dissertation, project supervisor
Current administrative responsibilities:
- International Special Envoy for South-East Asia
- Head of Design Teaching group
- Associate Director, Intelligent Automation Centre
- Director, Dual PhD awards on Manufacturing Informatics with PUCPR, Brazil
- Director, Dual PhD awards on Digital Manufacturing with NUAA, China
Professional affiliations:
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Board Member of International Society of Transdisciplinary Engineering (ISTE)
- Advisory Committee of the Consortium of UK University Manufacturing and Engineering (COMEH)
External positions:
- Associate Editor, Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science.
- Co-Chair (Publications), 30th Annual Conference of the Society for Design and Process Science, Malta, 7-10 Dec 2025.
- Chair, 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Loughborough, 6-8 Sep 2016.
- EPSRC peer review college and panel membership
- Scientific committee for international conferences (e.g. ICMR, TE)
- External examiner, PhDs at various UK universities, UET Pakistan and University of Auckland, New Zealand
- External examiner, BEng, MEng and MSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Northumbria