The Nuclear AMRC is owned by the universities, but run by our industrial partner companies on a consortium basis. Operations are headed by the core management team of Programme, Research and Operations Directors. Strategy and research areas are determined by the Programme Board of member companies.
Directors
Prof. Keith Ridgway CBE, Programme Director
Keith Ridgway is executive dean of the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Institute, and research director and co-founder of the AMRC with Boeing.
Prof. Mike Burke, Research Director
Mike Burke has more than 30 years experience in materials and manufacturing process research for the power generation industry. Prior to joining the Nuclear AMRC, he was manager of Westinghouse’s Materials Center of Excellence in Pennsylvania, USA.
Prof. Stephen Court, Operations Director
Steve Court was previously chief technology officer at Namtec. He has a strong academic background and experience of establishing partnerships and collaborative research with universities and research institutes.
Programme board
Paul Harris, Rolls-Royce (chair)
Robert Davies, Areva UK
Duncan Craig, Westinghouse UK
Stephen Burgess, Rolls-Royce
Graham Honeyman, Sheffield Forgemasters
Alan Thompson, Tata Steel Europe
Tim Armstrong, Carpenter Technology
Tracy Carr, Dassault Systèmes
Franz-Xaver Bernhard, Hermle
Angus Fielding, Hexagon Metrology
John Titmus, ITW Welding Group
Steve Finn, Mori Seiki
Mike Hawe, NES Ltd
Roger Holden, Nikon Metrology
Howard Meachin, Sandvik Tooling
Jon Macdonald, Starrag Group
Martin Burnham, IFA (Tier Two representative)
Chris Squires, EDF Energy
Amanda Macmillan, Horizon Nuclear Power
Dominic Scullard, BIS
Kris Bradshaw, DECC
Richard Taylor, NNL
Keith Ridgway, Nuclear AMRC
Stephen Court, Nuclear AMRC
Mike Burke, Nuclear AMRC
Andrew Sherry, Dalton Nuclear Institute
