Background

BSc in Production Engineering and Production Management, University of Nottingham 1971, PhD in Human Modelling, University of Nottingham, 1975. Postgraduate Research Fellow, University of Nottingham 1974-1981. Joined Loughborough University as Lecturer in 1980, Professor 1995.

Research Groups

Manufacturing

Research Interests and Activities

Computer Aided Design
CAD/CAM Integration
Ergonomics
Virtual Manufacturing
Knowledge-based Design for Manufacture
FMEA
Human modelling using CAD surface/solid modellers
Inclusive Design (Design for All)
Evolutionary Form Design
Customised Assembly (CECA)

External Activities

Editorial board membership: International Journal of Production Research.
Chartered Engineer
Chartered Information Technology Professional
Fellow of The Ergonomics Society
Fellow of The British Computer Society
Visiting Professor at University of Skovde, Sweden
Member of the SAE Technical Committee on Human Modelling Standards.
Member of the Committee of the Engineering Professors Council representing the Manufacturing sector
Chair of the Consortium of UK Manufacturing and Engineering (COMEH)
Member of Scientific Committee for several conferences including International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR) – chair of overall organising committee and Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacture (FAIM)
Regular referee for International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacture, Proceedings of the IMechE and others.
Collaborative Research: A director of the Centre of Excellence in Customised Assembly (CECA) a major collaboration between the universities of Sheffield, Nottingham and Loughborough. An investigator in the AUNT-SUE (Sustainable Urban Environments) consortium of University College London, London Metropolitan and Loughborough Universities. Member of the Virtual Ergonomics Centre (Chalmers, Lund and Skovde Universities, Sweden).
Commercialisation of Research: Recognised originator of the GRASP (robot simulation) and SAMMIE (human simulation) systems which are exploited worldwide by BYG Systems and SAMMIE CAD respectively.

Awards

Recipient of Otto Edholm Award - one of the Ergonomics Society’s most prestigious awards ’to honour an individual or individuals who have made significant contributions to basic or applied research in ergonomics’.

Publications

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Teaching Responsibilities (optional)

Product Design (Ergonomics and Visualisation)
Manufacturing Design
Industrial Design
Computer Aided Design

Further Links

Product Realisation Technologies
Innovative Digital Manufacturing (ICMRC)
Centre of Excellence in Customised Assembly (CECA)
SAMMIE Computer Aided Ergonomics
Sustainable Urban Environments
Virtual Ergonomics Centre