- ACME Directorate / CDP
- Integrated Control Systems Engineering Committee.
- Electro Mechanical Engineering Committee.
EPSRC Electoral College: Control and Instrumentation (1996-2003)
EU Framework VI & VII Programme – Proposal Evaluator
New Manufacturing Process & Materials (NMP). Call: Flexible Assembly Systems & Processes.
Evaluator Stage One – Brussels, April 2005
Evaluator Stage Two – Brussels, October 2005
Hearings Panel Member – Brussels, November 2005.
Expert Reviewer for EU Asia Links Research Project, University of Strathclyde, December 2008.
Australian Research Council Grant Proposal Reviewing
Manufacturing Engineering Panel – on-going
Discovery Projects Scheme (2002)
Hong Kong Research Council Grant Proposal Reviewing
Chair Appointment Panels - International
Queens University, Canada (1996)
University Sains Malaysia (2005)
Philadelphia University, Jordan (2008)
Journal Editorial Boards
Elsevier Science / IFAC International Journal – Mechatronics (The Science of Intelligent Machines) since 1999 until 2012.
Inderscience Publishers (http://www.inderscience.com/) – International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics (IJIEI) (ISSN 1758-8723 (on-line) ISSN 1758-8715 (print)). Editor in Chief – Dr Lean Yu. Area Editor in “Intelligent Informatics and Virtual Engineering for Complex Industrial Systems” – Prof. Nickolas Sapidis and Prof. P R Moore.
Hindawi Publishers (http://hindawi.com/journals/jma/editors.html) – Journal of Mechatronics and Applications (JMA). Open access journal. Editor: Prof. Adnan K Shaout, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA.
International Journal of Agile Systems and Management (IJASM). Editor-in-Chief: Professor John P T Mo – RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. As Mechatronics specialist.
Academic Journal Referee for the following:
(1) Microcomputers and Microsystems (Elsevier Science).
(2) International Journal of Production Research.
(3) International Journal of CIM.
(4) Computer Aided Engineering Journal.
(5) IEEE - Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
ASME - Journal of Fluid Power Transactions.
Mechatronics (Elsevier Science).
Journal of Materials Processing Technology.
IMechE Transactions.
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.
IEEE – Transactions on Mechatronics.
Guest Editor for Academic Journals
Microcomputers and Microsystems (Elsevier) - Special Issue based on Mechatronics 98 International Conference
Journal of Mechatronics (Elsevier) - Special Issue based on Mechatronics 98 International Conference
External Advisory Panels
- Foresight Panel - Robotics and Automation in Agriculture and Food Production
- CLAWAR Thematic Network (1998-2000)
- Centre for the Integrated Home Environment (CIHE) at Loughborough under the DTI New Wave Technologies and Markets Programme (2003-present) – Associated Academic Member
- Health Research Strategic Partnership – Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority (2004)
- Gothia Science Park Advisory Board, Skövde, Sweden (1999 – present).
MISCELLANEOUS
Conference Attendance and/or Committee Appointments
- 2nd IASTED Int. Symposium "Robotics and Automation" Lugano, Switzerland, June 1983. To present a paper "Modular Robot Systems".
- UK Robotics Research Conference. IEE London, December 1983. To present a paper "Modularity in Workhandling Systems".
- IASTED Int. Symposium. "Telecommunication and Control" Halkidiki, Greece, August 1984. To present a paper "Control of Pneumatic Servo Drives using Digital Compensation".
- CAPE '86 Copenhagen, Denmark, May 1986. To present a paper "Motion Control of Distributed Manipulators using Pneumatic Servo Drives".
- ISMM/IASTED Int. Symposium. on Mini and Microcomputers and their Applications, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1989. To present a paper "Machine Control with Advanced Architectures".
- "Quality in Product Function for Automated Assembly", I.Prod.E London 1986.
- "Techniques in Automated Assembling - the State of the Art", I.Prod.E London, 1986.
- "Robotic Assembly of PCBs" IEE/I.Prod.E, London, February 1987.
- "Flexibility in Assembly", BRA, NEC, Birmingham, May 1987.
- "AMIE - Advanced Manufacturing in Electronics" DTI sponsored programme. 1987.
- SERC/ACME Grantees' Conference, 1986-1989 inclusive.
- SME Int. Conference on "Assembly Automation". Dearborn, USA, November 1990. To present a paper "Open Control Architectures for Assembly Automation".
- "Design of High Speed Machinery", Conference, Inst. Mech. Engineers., London, 1990.
- "FIELDBUS '91", Conference, Inst. Meas. & Control, London, June 1991.
- "ACME Grantees' Conference", 27-30 August 1991. To present paper "Advanced Architectures for Universal Machine Control"
- Fourth Bath "Fluid Power Workshop", 18-20 September 1991, Fluid Power Centre, Bath University. To present refereed paper "A General Purpose Digital Motion Controller for Fluid Power Systems."
- ASME Winter Annual Meeting, "Fluid Power Systems & Tech. Symposia", 1-6 December 1991. To present refereed paper "Profile Planning in Digital Motion Control of Servo Pneumatic Drives."
- Tenth Aachen Fluid Power Colloquium, Aachen, 17-19 March 1992.
- Fifth Bath "Fluid Power Workshop", 16-18 September 1992, Fluid Power Centre, Bath University. To present refereed paper "Progression of Servo Pneumatics Towards Advanced Applications."
- "Fieldbus '92" Conference, Inst. Meas. & Control, London November 1992
- DTI sponsored Open Systems in Manufacturing (OS/M) event. Loughborough University, 4 November 1992 "Fieldbus Technology and Open Machine Control". To present a paper "Universal Machine Control (UMC)".
- Tenth International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), Houston, 24-26 May 1993. To present a paper "Generic Crane and Hoist Automation with Advanced Control Architectures".
- Emerging Technologies in Factory Automation '93, Palm Cove, Cairns, 27-29 September 1993. To present a paper "An Intelligent Framework for Drive System Tuning."
- Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (MMVIP ‘94), Toowoomba, 12-14 September 1994. To co-present a paper “Improved Computer Aided Robotics with Sensor Simulation”.
- Mechatronics ’94 UK/Hungarian Mechatronics Conference, Budapest, 21-24 September 1994. To present two papers “A Mechatronic Solution to a Packaging Application Using an ‘Open’ Control Integration Platform.” and “UMC: Software for Machine Control System Integration, Configuration and Programming”.
- Inside UK Enterprise (IUKE) Awards Day, Gaydon, 14 November 1995. To present the findings of a DTI sponsored OSTEMS (Overseas Science and Technology Expert Mission Scheme) to the Basque Country in Spain to study ‘Manufacturing Organisation and Control in the Basque Country’.
- IEE Colloquium: “Actuator Technology: current practice and future developments”, Savoy Place, London, 10th May 1996. To present an invited paper “Pneumatic Servo Actuator Technology”.
- Mechatronics ‘96 / MMVIP ‘96 Conference, Minho, Portugal, 18-20 September 1996. Conference Organising Committee. To present four papers and act as a Session Chair.
- 31st CIRP Manufacturing Systems Conference, Berkeley, California, 24-26 May 1998. Co-author of a paper “Production System Design using Advanced Computer Aided Robotics”.
- Mechatronics 98, Skövde, Sweden, 9-11 September 1998. Conference Chairman. Co-author of eight accepted papers.
Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice - MMVIP ’99 International Conference, 1-3 September 1999. Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. Invited Keynote Speaker. 'New paradigms for the design and control of manufacturing machine systems'
MIM 2000 IFAC Workshop, Invited Session on ‘Mobile Robotics’, Patras, Greece, 12-14 July 2000. Session Chairman. Co-author and presenter of 2 papers.
Mechatronics 2000, Atlanta, USA, 6-8 September 2000. Conference Organising Committee. Co-author and presenter of 4 accepted papers. Invited member of the Mechatronics Education Panel.
Mechatronics 2002, University of Twente, The Netherlands. 24-26th June 2002. Conference Organising Committee. Co-author and presenter of 7 accepted papers.
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