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Committees


Organising Committee

  • Dr. Mozafar Saadat (Chair)
  • Prof. David Butler
  • Dr. Steve Davis
  • Prof. Khamis Essa
  • Dr. Richard Hood
  • Prof. Niels Lohse
  • Dr. Leung Soo
  • Dr. Yongjing Wang
  • Dr. Omid Doustdar
  • Dr. Jie Zhao
  • Katie Brown
  • Lucy Hall

Industrial Committee

  • Prof. Brian Robb (Chair)
  • Prof. Donka Novovic
  • Prof. Adrienne Houston
  • Prof. Richard Boocock
  • Dr. Joe Darlington

Advisory Committee

The Consortium of UK University Manufacturing And Engineering (COMEH)

  • Tim Baines, Aston University
  • Peter Ball, University of York (Treasurer)
  • Kai Cheng, Brunel University
  • Alan Crispin, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • James Gao, University of Greenwich
  • Yee Mey Goh, Loughborough University
  • Sikiru O. Ismail, University of Hertfordshire
  • Yan Jin, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Mehmet Karamanoglu, Middlesex University
  • Remy Khalil, Homeodynamic Autonomy Ltd
  • Weidong Li, Coventry University
  • Tariq Masood, University of Strathclyde
  • Diane Mynors, University of Sussex
  • Aydin Nassehi, University of Bristol
  • Linda Newnes, University of Bath
  • Fayyaz Rehman, Southampton Solent University (Deputy Chair)
  • Mozafar Saadat, University of Birmingham
  • Muftooh Siddiqi, Aston University
  • Sameh Saad, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Konstantinos Salonitis, Cranfield University
  • Mahmoud Shafik, University of Derby
  • Essam Shehab, Nazarbayev University
  • Andrew Thomas, Aberystwyth University (Chair)
  • Peter Thorvald, University of Skövde
  • Yi Qin, University of Strathclyde

International Scientific Committee

  • Tim Baines, Aston University
  • Peter Ball, University of York
  • Volodymyr Bushlya, Lund University
  • David Butler, University of Birmingham
  • Kai Cheng, Brunel University
  • David Curtis, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Sheffield
  • Steve Davis, University of Birmingham
  • John Ahmet Erkoyuncu, Cranfield University
  • Khamis Essa, University of Birmingham
  • James Gao, University of Greenwich
  • Hassan Ghadbeigi, University of Sheffield
  • Yee Mey Goh, Loughborough University
  • Natalia Hartono, University of Exeter
  • Dr Ali Hasan, Teesside University
  • Richard Hood, University of Birmingham
  • Qiang Huang, University of Southern California
  • Sikiru Ismail, University of Hertfordshire
  • Yan Jin, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Mehmet Karamanoglu, Middlesex University
  • Kevin Kerrigan, University of Sheffield
  • Weidong Li, Coventry University
  • Zhirong Liao, University of Nottingham
  • Qi Liu, University of Bath
  • Niels Lohse, University of Birmingham
  • Tariq Masood, Strathclyde University
  • Dimitris Mourtzis, University of Patras
  • Aydin Nassehi, University of Bristol
  • Linda Newnes, University of Bath
  • Okechukwu Okorie, University of Manchester
  • Michael Packianather, University of Cardiff
  • Zheng Pai, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Yi Qin, University of Strathclyde
  • Javier Ramírez Ramírez, University of Castilla-La Mancha
  • Fayyaz Rehman, Southampton Solent University
  • Sameh Saad, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Mozafar Saadat, University of Birmingham
  • Konstantinos Salonitis, Cranfield University
  • Mahmoud Shafik, University of Derby
  • Essam Shehab, Nazarbayev University
  • Alborz Shokrani, University of Bath
  • Muftooh Siddiqi, Aston University
  • Leung Soo, University of Birmingham
  • Andrew Thomas, Swansea University
  • George Vosniakos, National Technical University of Athens
  • Yingjing Wang, University of Birmingham
  • Amaia Jiménez Zabaleta, University of Navarra
  • Quanren Zeng, University of Bath


As part of the organisation of this conference, The University of Birmingham is collecting income via registration fees and sponsorships on behalf of the Consortium of UK University Manufacturing and Engineering Heads (COMEH).


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