Electrical Engineering Consultant
BSc, PhD, CEng, FIET
Tyne and Wear
Consultant Electrical Engineer, with industrial electrical machines and electronic control background. Experienced in managing Industrial R & D and Business Process Improvement Projects. Knowledge of ac and dc machines and control, from stepper motors to large industrial motors and generators.
Offers ideas and solutions that may help improve product design / manufacturing processes. Specialises in electrical failure investigations on large electrical machines, where transient system-related phenomena may play an important role.
Investigative / expert witness work includes : various electrical machine and control system failure investigations; alleged automobile cruise control and electronic throttle malfunctions, including expert witness for the Defence in REGINA v DIGGLES Preston Crown Court May 2017; also two refereed papers on Sudden Acceleration in automobiles in IEEE ACCESS:
o March 2014 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6777269
o March 2016 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7439741