Advanced Manufacturing
Thematic Leadership Group
The SRPe Advanced Manufacturing Thematic Leadership Group (AM-TLG) is a national strategic research resource that provides expertise to government and industry, as well as to the wider UK and international research communities.
We promote and support the growth and development of advanced manufacturing research and its key industrial sectors of application which will underpin Scotland's future.
The AM-TLG membership comprises key experts from across Scotland's leading universities delivering research and development in advanced and digital manufacturing and its underpinning technology areas.
Leadership and membership details of the AM-TLG are provided below:
CHAIR:
Professor Duncan Hand
Deputy Head of School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
Professor Bill Ion: Advisor to the Advanced Manufacturing Thematic Leadership Group
Emeritus Professor -
Design Manufacturing & Engineering Management University of Strathclyde
MEMBERS
Dr Amir Siddiq
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
University of Aberdeen
Professor Anthony Kelly
Professor of Optoelectronics (Electronic and Nanoscale Engineering)
University of Glasgow
Professor Jonathan Corney
Chair of Digital Manufacture
University of Edinburgh
Professor James Njuguna
Strategic Lead Engineering Research / Professor in Composite Materials & Structures for Centre for Advanced Engineering Materials
Robert Gordon University
Dr Svetlana Zolotovskaya
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering, University of Dundee
Prof Jorn Mehen
Professor, Design, Manufacturing & Engineering Management, Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Design Research Group.
University of Strathclyde
Dr Pagar Vichare
Lecturer, School of Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences
University of the West of Scotland
Professor Islam Shyha
Head of Engineering and Mathematics, School of Computing & the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University
Professor Anjali DeSilva
Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment.
Glasgow Caledonian University
Claire Ordoyno
Executive Director, Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering (SRPe)
Strategic Outlook
As manufacturing enters the digital-age, Scotland is extremely well-positioned to produce major socio-economic benefits generated from the digitalisation of manufacturing and the ongoing innovation and technical advances being made across its underpinning technology areas.
Scotland's universities undertake internationally leading research in a number of areas within advance and digital manufacturing. Our nation has a strong heritage in manufacturing and our research community boasts significant strengths across the key underpinning technology areas within advanced manufacturing (AM) / digital manufacturing.
Sub-Themes
Our sub-themes align with the grand challenges and opportunities within the Advanced Manufacturing theme and its industrial application sectors. They also align with the strengths and capabilities of Scotland in Advanced Manufacturing, and the opportunities for growth and synergy which can be catalysed via pan-Scotland SRPe collaboration across the university research sector and with industry and the public sector. They reflect the challenges and opportunities that exist today and that are anticipated for the future based on knowledge of megatrends (e.g. population growth, growing demand for customised products; ageing population and workforce; changing skills needs), technological trends and innovations (emerging and disruptive technologies e.g. the Internet of Things (IoT); digitalisation and scale-up), emerging policies, and opportunities for economic growth and socio-economic impact.
SRPe's Sub-Themes within the Advanced Manufacturing theme:
Digitalisation in Manufacturing
Light-Weight Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing for Medical Applications
Advanced Materials for Energy Applications
Photonics and Precision Manufacturing
Circular Economy
Key Research & Technology Areas:
Advanced Forming & Forging
Advanced Machining & Fabrication
Precision Manufacturing / Advanced Micro & Nano Subsystems
Laser Enabled Manufacturing / Industrial Photonics
Advanced Materials
Automation & Robotics
Sensing & Measurement Technologies
Data & Internet of Things (IoT) Technologies
Simulation & Modelling
Advanced Processes & Systems
Advanced Systems Integration