David J Edwards
Director of Centre for Business Innovation and Enterprise
- Email:
- david.edwards@bcu.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)121 331 6252
David worked as a Senior Construction Manager for a local company and contracted to major construction and civil engineer companies before joining academia. He gained formative teaching and learning and administration experience whilst working at the University of Wolverhampton (as a Senior Research Fellow) but went onto acquire additional skills in management and research at Loughborough University where has was a senior member of staff. David believes that this combination of real world experience and proven academic and management experience ensures that his research offers real impact and value.
He is widely regarded as the internationally leading academic in the field of plant and machinery management and has attracted several millions of research funding from industry during his career as well as published textbooks, conference papers and over 150 peer referee research papers and has acted as peer referee for over 30 scientific journals.
He has extensive collaborative links with practitioners within the plant hire, construction, warehouse and distribution, civil engineering and quarrying industries. His work into Hand-arm Vibration Management recently won a medal from the United States Dept. of Defense and he continues to be an active panellist on specialist Health and Safety Executive (HSE) consultative panels.
David is the founder of OPERC, the Hand-Arm Vibration Test Centre (HAVTEC), the Plant and Equipment Professional trade magazine and the annual Plant and Equipment Management Innovation Conference (PEMIC) event.
David currently holds two visiting professorships at Curtin University, Western Australia and KNUST, Kumasi in Ghana.
