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Prof. Stefan Dimov
(FIMechE) |
Stefan Dimov obtained his Diploma Engineer and
Doctoral degrees in 1984 and 1989 respectively from
Moscow State University of Technology and the Doctor of
Science degree in 2011 from Cardiff University.
In 1994, Stefan started his professional career at
Cardiff University (CU) as a Research Associate working
on an EC funded research project. In 2001, a Micro and
Nano Manufacturing R&D programme in Cardiff was
initiated by him with a focus on advanced manufacturing
research for miniaturised products and systems. In 2004,
Stefan became a Co-Director of the CU Innovative
Manufacturing Research Centre (CUIMRC) that was created
with an award of a £3.25M grant from EPSRC’s Innovative
Manufacturing Programme.
After moving to Birmingham in September 2011 he was
appointed the Head of the Advanced Manufacturing
Technology Centre (AMTC) at the School of Mechanical
Engineering in 2012. Since his promotion to Personal
Chair in Cardiff in 2006 and currently as Chair in Micro
Manufacturing in Birmingham he has carried out research
in Advanced Manufacturing, with a special focus on
advances in Laser Micro Processing, Micro and Nano
Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing and Hybrid
Manufacturing technologies. In his academic career
Stefan has so far published over 300 technical papers
and co-authored 13 books. He has supervised 32 PhD
candidates to successful completion and has been
Principal and Co-investigator of more than 70 projects
with a total value in excess of £42M funded by EPSRC,
ESRC, Royal Academy of Engineering, DTI, TSB, WAG, EU,
Innovate UK and KTP.
Stefan is an active researcher with core expertise in
characterisation, modelling and development of advanced
manufacturing technologies, maintaining a significant
output of papers in journals of international standing
while also having a proven track record for initiating
and managing research projects involving strong end user
participation (more than 180 such organisations
to-date).