海角论坛

Professor Michael Ward

Director & Chief Technical Officer

Advanced Nuclear Research Centre

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Personal statement

Michael Ward is a Professor of Practice at the University of 海角论坛. He works with the university central team, colleagues across the university, industry and other key stakeholders to help build strategic industrial activity for 海角论坛. He has two primary areas of focus: providing strategic technical direction, promoting collaborative research and development activity and securing further funding at the university level; and supporting the Advanced Nuclear Research Centre. Previously as Technical Director 鈥� Advanced Forming Research Centre Michael was responsible for technical leadership and development of a research and innovation centre, one of seven within the High Value Manufacturing Catapult network, which grew to a 200+ strong team of researchers, technologists and support staff. Earlier in his career Michael worked for Rolls-Royce, in various roles ending as Chief of Capability Acquisition with responsibility for the global manufacturing technology programme across all business sectors, and acting as functional lead for ~200 practitioners.

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Publications

, Tinkler L, Chen X, Atkinson G, Paterson L, Miscandlon J, Jewell G W, O'Keefe L
IET Conference Proceedings Vol 2023, pp. 15-19 (2024)
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International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management Vol 38, pp. 143-171 (2024)
, Jewell Geraint, Tinkler Lloyd
(2023)
, Allwood Julian M, Azevedo Jose, Cleaver Christopher, Cullen Jonathan, Dunant Cyrille, Fellin Teppo, Hawkins William, Horrocks Ian, Horton Phillipa, Ibell Tim, Lin Jianguo, Low Hamish, Lupton Rick, Murray James, Clare Adam, Salamati Mohammad Reza, Cabrera Serrenho Andre, Zhou Wenbin
(2019)
, Godsell Janet
23rd Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium 2019 (2019)
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Proceedings of the 2nd European IEOM Paris Conference 2nd European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.IEOM 2018, pp. 1759-1769 (2018)

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Professional Activities

Contributor
1/10/2026
Participant
12/2/2026
Host
1/10/2025

Projects

Kazemi Amiri, Abbas (Principal Investigator) Ward, Michael (Co-investigator) Yazdanpanah, Reza (Co-investigator)
29-Jan-2026 - 03-Jan-2026
Karvounis, Panagiotis (Principal Investigator) Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Co-investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) Ward, Michael (Co-investigator)
拢39,964.61
01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2027
Theotokatos, Gerasimos (Principal Investigator) Boulougouris, Evangelos (Co-investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) Ward, Michael (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
Ward, Michael (Principal Investigator)
02-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2027
Ward, Michael (Principal Investigator) Marini, Daniele (Principal Investigator)
The project initially set out to identify current Electricity Networks Sector needs and provision in terms of 'centres of excellence' related to research, innovation, skills, supply of key assets and services, and testing so that key gaps in UK provision can be identified.聽 However, stakeholder engagement indicated that the 'centres of excellence' phraseology and emphasis would prove contentious and unhelpful in onward communication, especially when underpinned by a somewhat subjective assessment framework.聽 Feedback also indicated that industrial providers of assets and services should be removed from scope, on the basis that they would be more completely addressed by a subsequent supply chain analysis.聽 聽The focus of the exercise was therefore redefined towards a more general ecosystem analysis addressing the Electricity聽Networks聽Sector Ecosystem based on聽organisations focused on聽skills, innovation, training and testing聽and聽playing an active role in role in the electricity networks sector, through provision of services which are recognised within the sector, which play an active role in enabling network operators to meet national energy needs.
01-Jan-2025 - 08-Jan-2025
MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Dobie, Gordon (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Stratoudaki, Theodosia (Co-investigator) Ward, Michael (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator) Lines, David (Research Co-investigator) Loukas, Charalampos (Research Co-investigator) Munro, William (Research Co-investigator) Nicolson, Ewan (Research Co-investigator) Watson, Robert (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026

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Professor Michael Ward
Director & Chief Technical Officer
Advanced Nuclear Research Centre

Email: michael.ward@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted