Academic Career
He was appointed to a “new blood” lectureship at the University of Southampton in 1983, progressing to Professor of Aerospace Materials in 1995, at age 37. During his research career, he published over 160 papers, books and patents with over 80 being in premier academic journals. He was Academic Director of the Luxfer Advanced Technology Centre (1998-2004), the DePuy University Technology Partnership (2000-04) and the Defence and Aerospace Research Partnership (DARP) in Advanced Metallic Airframes. He was a member of the International Committee for the biennial International Conference on Aluminium Alloys (ICAA, 1998-04) and Chair of ICAA 2002.
As head of the department and Director of Research for Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science (1995-99), he created a new Transport Systems Research Laboratory and founded an Engineering Graduate School. As Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton (2000-04), he led the development and implementation of an ambitious vision for Enterprise and Innovation, including the partnership with IP2IPO and SetSquared (with Bristol, Bath and Surrey Universities).
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