About

My research aims to identify the impact of different chemical regulations on the Aerospace and Defence (AD) sector.

The role of chemical regulations is to investigate, monitor and then limit the amounts of hazardous chemicals in use within industry and being released into society as a whole.

A chemical substance can be considered as the lowest level ingredient within a recipe.

Chemical regulations define hazardous chemicals of concern which then place a huge burden on industry try and understand where they are being used and address any potential business continuity risks such as: (i) informing downstream users of respective products where a chemical substance is present, and (ii) further controls that require authorisations for continued use, through to (iii) restriction in the use of chemical substance either on its entirety or for a specific use case.

Having developed the IPC-1754 Data Exchange standard for Aerospace and Defence and other industries, I realised the need to develop a framework which allowed AD organisations to assess potential risks for both internally manufactured part numbers and products procured from the supply chain primarily from an AD perspective which can easily be applied to various other industry sectors.

The developed framework consists of a data model to collect data from several sources highlighting potential actions which may need to be undertaken.

Thesis title 

The Effect of Chemical Regulations on the Aerospace and Defence Industries.

Supervisor 

Dr. Kapila Liyanage

Membership of professional bodies

• I have been participating in the Engineering Council Big Bang fair for several years as an Engineering Seniors Judge in the regional and national finals
• Institute of Engineering and Technology – I sit on the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) for Aerospace and Defence
• I represent the Institute of Printec

Qualifications

• BA Economics and Public Policy, Leeds Metropolitan University (1993)
• Market and Survey Research Methods Diploma, Nottingham Trent University (1994)
• MSc Manufacturing Management, University of Derby (1995)
• PGDip Computing, University of Derby (2003)
• Incorporated Engineer (IEng), Engineering Council (2005)
• Professional Diploma, British Computer Society (2006)
• Chartered Engineer (CEng), Engineering Council (2015)
• European Engineer (EUR Ing), FEANI (2019)