Experts directory

A number of academic and professional experts from across WMG are available to comment and advise on a range of areas. They are available for interviews, commentary and other speaking opportunities.

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Name	Role	Areas of expertise	Find out more...
Ahmad, Bilal	Senior Research Fellow	Automation systems, manufacturing digitalisation, cyber physical systems	Automation Systems
Amor-Segan, Mark	Principal Engineer, WMG High Value Manufacturing Catapult	Energy storage and management, vehicle energy systems, complex electronic and software systems, diagnostics, broad overview of electrification of transport and energy storage	Transport Electrification
Ascroft, Helen	Senior Teaching Fellow	Lightweight materials and manufacturing	Lightweight Materials and Manufacturing
Auinger, Michael	Assistant Professor, Materials Modelling and Computation	Thermodynamic modelling of high temperature reactions and electrochemical corrosion	Steels Processing
Arvanitis, Theo (Prof)	Professor, E-Health Innovation, Institute for Digital Healthcare	Health informatics and health data science. Healthcare technologies and biomedical engineering.	Health Informatics and Health Data Science
Attridge, Alex	Project Manager	Product evaluation technologies	Metrology
Ceglarek, Darek (Prof)	Professor, Digital Lifecycle Management	Digital Lifecycle Management (modelling and simulation, manufacturing processes)	Digital Lifecycle Management
Bal, Jay (Prof)	Professor	Virtual business ecosystems, virtual organisation breeding environments, creating value through the internet, electronic markets and improving the success rate of IT projects	Innovative Business Models
Balakrishnan, Kogi	Director of Client & Business Dev (East Asia)	Education - overseas programmes (Malaysia)	Overseas Programmes
Barai, Anup	Senior Research Fellow	Power Electronics, Machines and Drives	Power Electronics, Machines and Drives
Brady, Matt	Associate Principal	WMG Academy, young engineers, STEM subject, skills shortage	WMG Academy for Young Engineers
Chalmers, Alan (Prof)	Professor, Visualisation	Real virtuality; high dynamic range video; multi-sensory perception; visualisation; high fidelity computer graphics; parallel processing; virtual archaeology	Visualisation
Davis, Claire (Prof)	Tata Steel Chair in Thermo-mechanical Processing	Microstructure and properties in steels - physical and mechanical, non-destructive testing	Steels Processing
Coles, Stuart	Associate Professor	Sustainable materials and manufacturing	Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing
Clark, Robin	Education Director	Education programmes - full-time Master's and part-time programmes	Education
Debattista, Kurt	Reader	Research degrees	Research Degrees
Dhadyalla, Gunwant	Principal Engineer	Cooperative autonomy, industry perspective on connected and autonomous vehicles, testing	Intelligent Vehicles
Dianati, Mehrdad	Professor, Autonomous and Connected Vehicles	Cooperative autonomy, connectivity and autonomous vehicles	Cooperative Autonomy
Dowson, Martin	Principal Engineer	Battery systems engineering	Battery Systems Engineering
Gibbons, Greg (Dr)	Reader	ALM, forensics,	Additive Layer Manufcturing
Godsell, Jan (Prof)	Professor, Operations and Supply Chain Strategy	Dynamic supply chains including global supply chain strategy, globalisation, right-shoring, re-shoring, off-shoring, supply chain risk management, supply chain capabilities, manufacturing strategy, supplier management, collaboration, new product development, circular business models, re-manufacturing, big data in a supply chain context	Dynamic Supply Chains
Greenwood, David (Prof)	Professor, Advanced Propulsion Systems	Battery scale-up and battery systems engineering, as well as a broad overview of automotive sector, energy storage, battery, power electronics, industry strategy automotive	Battery Systems Engineering
Fox, John	Programme Director, Midlands Future Mobility	Intelligent Vehicles, Midlands Future Mobility	Midlands Future Mobility
Harrison, Robert (Prof)	Professor, Automation Systems	Automation systems - manufacturing performance and data analytics - both automotive and aerospace sectors	Automation Systems
Higgins, Matthew	Associate Professor	Connectivity and wireless vehicle communication	Connectivity and Wireless Communications
Hughes, Darren	Associate Professor	Lightweight materials and manufacturing including very light rail (VLR)	Lightweight Materials and Manufacturing
Jennings, Paul (Prof)	Professor, Intelligent Vehicles	Intelligent vehicles including CAV, connected mobility, sound of vehicles and soundscape, driver behaviour; energy storage; product perception and user experience	Intelligent Vehicles
Kampert, Erik	Senior Research Fellow	5G millimetre-wave communication; connected and autonomous vehicles; industrial Internet of Things	Intelligent Vehicles
Kendall, Ken (Prof)	Professorial Fellow, Structural Composites	Structural composites, engineering materials and manufacturing, lightweight materials for automotive	High Volume Automotive Composite Manufacturing
Khastgir, Siddartha	Head of Verification and Validation, Intelligent Vehicles	Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) verification and validation; safety, test scenarios, simulation, safe AI, real-world testing, systems engineering, trust in automation, standardisation	Verification and Validation
Kirwan, Kerry (Prof)	Professor, Sustainable Materials	Sustainable materials and manufacturing, biomaterials, polymer glazing, environmentally-friendly motorsport, industrial biotechnology, sustainable manufacturing; industrial symbiosis, battery recycling	Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing
Loveridge, Mel	Senior Research Fellow	Electrochemical engineering, battery chemistry, cell materials	Electrochemical Materials
Low, John	Associate Professor	Design, build, test, characterisation and post-mortem analysis of electrochemical energy storage devices	Battery Scale Up
Low, Margaret (Prof)	Professor	Outreach, women in engineering, widening participation	Outreach
MacPherson, Archie	CEO, WMG centre HVM Catapult	HVM Catapult, manufacturing, innovation and SMEs	Business Development
Maggs, Steve (Prof)	Professorial Teaching Fellow	Undergraduate education programmes, degree apprenticeships	Education
Maple, Carsten (Prof)	Professor, Cyber Systems Engineering and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (North America)	Cyber security, cyber systems engineering, e-crime, online safety and security, business / national security	Cyber Security
Marco, James	Reader	Battery recycling, energy management and vehicle control system	Battery Modelling and Control
McGordon, Andy	Principal Engineer	Energy management and vehicle control system	Transport Electrification
McMahon, Richard (Prof)	Professor of Power Electronics	Power electronics, machines and drives - charging, invertors, power switching plus broad overview electrical distribution networks, storage onto grid, energy industry - use and policy (electricity)	Power Electronics, Machines, and Drives
McNally, Tony (Prof)	Professor, Nanocomposites	Polymer science, processing and nanocomposites; materials (macro- to micro- to nano-); nanoparticles	Nanocomposites
Meyer, Caroline (Prof)	Professor, Behavioural Psychology in Digital Health, and Chair of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine for the University of Warwick	Human behaviour, interactions with health-related technologies, digital interventions for health and behaviour change	Applied Psychology
Montana, Giovanni (Prof)	Professor	Statistical modelling, data science, machine / deep learning, reinforcement learning	Data Science
Newton, Mike	Director of Overseas Programmes	Education - overseas programmes	Overseas Programmes
Ng, Irene (Prof)	Professor, Service Systems	Service systems; marketing; disruptive business models; digital economy; economic models	Service Ecosystems
Parr, Sue	Business Development Director	Education programmes - degree apprenticeships and part-time programmes	Education
Peijs, Ton	Professor of Polymer Technology and Director of the National Polymer Processing Centre at WMG	Materials and processing innovations in polymers and composites, plastics	Materials and Manufacturing
Pratt, Jeff	UK BIC	Director of UK BIC	UK BIC
Sanson, Jon	Lead Engineer	Cell engineering	Cell Engineering
Schiller, Tara	Assistant Professor	Nanocomposites	Nanocomposites
Simmonds, Helena	Lead Engineer	High volume automotive composite manufacturing	High Volume Automotive Composite Manufacturing
Soulard, Juliette	Associate Professor, Electric Machines	Electric motors technology and how to manufacture	Power Electronics, Machines and Drives
Swift, Mark (Dr)	Head of SME Programmes, International Institute for Product and Service Innovation	Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); business innovation; digital business; entrepreneurship; knowledge transfer; open innovation	SME Innovation
Tague, Kate	Executive Principal	WMG Academy, women in engineering, young engineers, STEM subjects, skills shortage	WMG Academy
Tait, Stewart	Associate Principal	WMG Academy, women in engineering, young engineers, STEM subjects, skills shortage	WMG Academy
Watson, Tim (Prof)	Professor, Director of Cyber Security Centre	Cyber security; digital forensics	Cyber Security
Warnett, Jay	Assistant Professor	X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT)	Metrology
Weare, Rachael	Lead Engineer	High Volume Automotive Composite Manufacturing	High Volume Automotive Composite Manufacturing
Widanalage, Dhammika	Assistant Professor	Lithium-ion battery modelling, electric vehicles and mechatronics using system identification methodologies as the foundation	Battery Systems Engineering
Williams, Mark (Prof)	Professor, Leader of the Centre for Imaging, Metrology, and Additive Technology (CiMAT)	Reverse engineering, laser scanning, micro X-ray CT scanning, 3D modelling in forensics and archaeology, medical imaging	Metrology
Whiffin, Phil	Programme and Project Manager	Vehicle propulsion systems	Vehicle Propulsion Systems