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Professor Stephen T. Newman (Chair)

Stephen Newman is the Professor of Innovative Manufacturing Technology in the EPSRC Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath. He gained his first class honours BSc degree in Production Technology and Management in 1982 from the University of Aston, Birmingham, sponsored by Land Rover Ltd. Having worked at Land Rover for 4 years he joined Loughborough University as a Research Associate and gained his PhD in 1990. In 1989, he was appointed, as a Lecturer in Manufacturing Engineering, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1997 and Reader in Computer-Aided Manufacturing in 2000.

In January 2006, he joined the University of Bath as a Professor responsible for CNC Manufacturing Technology, and is leading EPSRC funded National research programmes in the area of Interoperable Manufacturing and Cryogenic machining of customised products. He has 20 years of experience in European and National R & D programmes being involved in Eureka Factory, EU Framework V and Framework VI programmes together with numerous National EPSRC research programmes.

Professor Newman is Editor-in-Chief of the International journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing and a member of 5 international Journal Editorial boards and has published over 100 refereed academic papers.