Personal Information
Key Experience:
As Director of the Automotive Safety Centre for thirteen years I have been in charge of the Birmingham section of the Co-operative Crash Injury Study (CCIS) financed by the DfT and a consortium of motor vehicle manufacturers. I have also been involved in successive European projects involving pedestrian injuries. I am a member of the Parliamentary advisory Committee on Transport Safety (PACTS), and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC).
To date holder of 26 research contracts from EPSRC, DfT and EU, value £5.75m.
Professional History:
1965-67 - Project Engineer, Clarkson International
1971-73 - Chubb Res. Fellow, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Birmingham
1973-85 - Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
1985-89 - Senior Lecturer, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
1989 on - Jaguar Professor of Automotive Engineering, School of Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
1990-92 - Director of Research, School of Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering
1992-93 - Director, Automotive Engineering Centre, School of Man. & Mech. Engineering
1993-97 - Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Man. & Mech. Engineering
1997-on - Director of Automotive Safety Centre, School of Man. & Mech. Engineering
2001-04 - Head of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Birmingham
2004 on - Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
2006 on - University of Birmingham Foundation Fellow
2007 on - Visiting Professor of Automotive Safety, Coventry University
Professional Qualifications
Chartered Engineer CEng 1981
Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1987)
Fellow of the Institute of Materials (1995)
Membership of Other Bodies
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member ITMA
Member of Engineering Integrity Society (EIS)
Affiliate Member, Institute of Physics
Member of the Engineering Professors Council Executive
Current External Activities
External Examiner Mechanical Engineering MSc Northumbria University 2003 on
Chief External Examiner Caledonian College of Engineering Muscat Oman 2003 on
Chairman Professors and Heads of Mechanical Engineering 2005 on
Chairman of the Birmingham Centre of the Automotive Division of IMechE 2002 on
Chairman of the International Working Group of EPC 2007 on
Assessor United Nations Development Project 2007 on
Assessor HEA National Teaching Fellowships Scheme 2008 on
Editorial Boards
Proc IMechE Journal of Materials: Design & Applications
Journal of Materials Processing Technology (Elsevier)
Journal of Research, University of Mauritius
Reviewer: J Applied Mechanics ASME, Int. J Mechanical Sciences.
158 publications in total
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Overview
As Director of the Automotive Safety Centre for thirteen years I have been in charge of the Birmingham section of the Co-operative Crash Injury Study (CCIS) financed by the DfT and a consortium of motor vehicle manufacturers. I have also been involved in successive European projects involving pedestrian injuries. I am a member of the Parliamentary advisory Committee on Transport Safety (PACTS), and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC).
To date holder of 26 research contracts from EPSRC, DfT and EU, value £5.75m.