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Last updated August 2025
 
Career Highlights


Strategic innovation leader with 15 years' experience in New Product Development, Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability, with expertise in strategic value creation and design thinking. Proven track record in translating industrial trends and customer insights into commercially viable solutions, building innovation pipelines and global product roadmaps through major EU and UK-funded programmes. Currently Professor of Additive Manufacturing and Co-Director of the Brunel Centre for Digital Manufacturing, leading high-value R&D collaborations with global corporations, government agencies and top-tier universities. Recognised expert in international standardisation, shaping global manufacturing governance. Recipient of international awards for leadership, service and research excellence. Registered as a Chartered Engineer (2017); Chartered Environmentalist (2021); and Chartered Technological Product Designer (2015).

• Academic & Organisational Leadership: Associate Dean (Quality Assurance), College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences (2022-2024); Director of Postgraduate Research (2019-2021); Programme Director, BSc Product Design Engineering (2015-Present) at Brunel University of London, UK. Led curriculum reform and innovation, securing multiple IED accreditations and achieving consistent top-two national ranking for graduate employability (2020-2025).

• Governance & Policy Impact: Chair, Engineering Council AI Working Group (2024); Chair, Learning Outcomes Group (2023), producing UK-wide guidance on AI ethics in engineering education; Member, Engineering Council Education and Upskilling Group (2025). Fellow, Trustee, Council Member, Institution of Engineering Designers (2020-Present).

• Consultancy & Expert Advisory Roles: Consulted by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Technology Trends Report (2025); Consulted by BBC News on 3D Printing (2024); Consulted by IEEE Spectrum on Micro 4D Printing (2022); Consulted by UK Government Office for Science Drivers of Technology Needs Foresight Project (2022); Consulted by UK Government Office for Science on 4D Printing Technology for Rapid Tech Assessment, findings presented to Emerging Technology Board, influencing UK National Science and Technology Framework.

• Selected Honours & Awards: ASEE David Wells Service Award (2025) - First non-US recipient; IED “Support, Inspire, Achieve” Award (2025) - Recipient of Gerald Frewer Memorial Trophy; ASTM International Award of Excellence in Additive Manufacturing (2022); Nominated for BAE Systems Chairman Award (2017); Soundspheres exhibited at Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Museum in New York (2014).

 
 

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