Industrial Liaison Committee

The School of Engineering’s Industrial Liaison Committee plays a vital role in shaping the degree programmes and improving the students’ experience.

The aim of the committee is simply to:

“ Help the University of Glasgow to graduate outstanding Engineers”

The committee has a broad remit. It is currently working across all the degree programmes to:

Place students in industry and deliver industry led projects.
Implement cross-school interdisciplinary design projects.
Deliver industry relevant MSc degrees.

Committee Members

	Bill Sloan, Committee Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering Willliam.sloan@glasgow.ac.uk Bill contributes to teaching on the Civil Engineering degree programmes and the MSc in Sustainable Water Resource. His research is in mathematical modelling of both biological and physical environmental systems.
	Vinny O’Holloran BEng (Hons) CEng FICE, Laing O’Rourke. Laing O’Rourke is the UK’s largest privately owned Construction company, delivering engineering solutions to clients throughout the industry. Vinny is a Project Leader, with more than 20 years experience of major infrastructure development projects like The National Gallery for Scotland, the Cardiff Bay Barrage and Public Private Partnership schools development for Edinburgh.
	John Marsh, Head of School of Engineering Professor of Optoelectronics
	*William Alexander*, Thales UK William Alexander BSc CEng FIET is the Optronics Design Authority at the Thales UK site in Glasgow. Thales in Glasgow specialise in the design, development, manufacture and support of sophisticated electro-optics systems for worldwide defence and security applications.
	Liz Tanner, Professor of Biomedical Materials Head of Biomedical Engineering Teaching Discipline Liz runs the Biomedical Engineering degrees which started in September 2010. These degrees combine engineering with its application to the biomedical field, from implants to medical imaging and lab-on-a-chip. Her research is on bioactive materials for bone augmentation and replacement, be it implants or bone graft substitutes.
	Derek Beattie, Freescale Semiconductor Freescale is a global leader in embedded processors for the automotive, industrial, networking and consumer markets. Derek is Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Freescale with over 25 years experience in the semiconductor industry. His expertise is in Automotive Systems Engineering and the definition of Microcontroller products for the major automotive manufacturers worldwide.
	Tim Drysdale Lecturer in Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering Tim contributes to teaching on the Electronics and Aeronautical Engineering degree programmes. His research is in development of electromagnetic modelling tools, and the design and characterisation of components at microwave, millimetre, terahertz and visible wavelengths.
	Donald Bell, Halcrow Halcrow, a CH2M Hill company, is a leading infrastructure consultancy, delivering projects for clients around the world. Donald is Client Director for highways and bridges projects in Scotland and has over 25 years international experience ranging, from Hong Kong airport to the current A9 Dualling Programme.
	Andrew Knox, Electronics & Electrical Engineering Teaching, Professor of Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems. Andrew.Knox@Glasgow.ac.uk Andrew contributes to teaching in Electrical, Mechanical, Aeronautical and Product Design Engineering. His principal applied research activity is in the development and application of Smart Grids, thermoelectric devices and energy conversion systems.
	Cameron Grieve, Doosan Power Systems Doosan Power Systems are part of the Doosan Group providing Boiler & APC, Turbogenerator, Nuclear and Service products to the energy industry on a global basis. Cameron is currently Deputy Director of General Engineering with over 20 years experience in major energy related projects covering CCGT, emissions improvement retrofits, and Nuclear retrofit and maintenance.
	Jim McKay, IBM
	Stewart Houston Senior Lecturer Aerospace Sciences. Stewart is an aeronautical engineer specialising in the study of aircraft stability, control and performance with particular reference to rotary-wing aircraft. Formerly employed by MoD(PE) in research, and VEGA Space Systems Engineering as satellite AOCS modelling specialist. Also a qualified commercial pilot and part-time flying instructor
	Allan Colquohoun, Selex Galileo SELEX Galileo is a major defence electronics company that specialises in surveillance, protection, tracking, targeting, navigation and control, and imaging systems
	David Anderson Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Sciences
	Ian Watson, Senior Lecturer in Laser Systems Engineering, School of Engineering Careers Liaison Officer Ian contributes to teaching in Mechanical Engineering, and lectures lasers to 4^th and 5^th year students. His research interests are varied and include exploiting microalgae for biofuels and high value product, decontamination systems, and laser fabrication and application, for example laser asteroid deflection.
	*Safa Hashim*, Head of Mechanical Engineering Senior Lecturer Safa teaches materials and design in mechanical engineering. His research is in structural adhesive bonding and polymer composites for marine applications. Safa had many years of industrial engineering experience.
	Scott Wilson represents Scottish Enterprise on the committee.
	Grant Spence, Mott MacDonald
	David Mitchell, Howden
	Simon Wheeler, Head of Civil Engineering, Cormack Professor of Civil Engineering
	Arthur Slight, Targeting Innovation
	Iain Kaynes, QinetiQ
	John Oliphant, Technip UK
	Michael West, BAE Systems
	Alan Fry, WSP Group
	Graham Maxwell, CI Photonics
	John Gough, National Semiconductor (UK) Ltd
	Dave Nettleship, Atkins Process (WS Atkins)
	Karen Dinardo, Dinardo Partnership
	Bruce Donaldson, WSP group
	Steve Holton, Augusta Westland
	Martin Jakes, Augusta Westland