David Butler

Prior to joining DMEM in June 2017, I spent the past 18 years as an Associate Professor at the Nanyang Technological University. In 2011, I was tasked with establishing the Advanced Remanufacturing & Technology Centre  (ARTC) which has now grown to over 180 staff. My focus at Strathclyde is the areas of Manufacturing Metrology & Processes and is a joint position with the National Physical Laboratory. 

In Singapore I supervised 8 PhD students, over 50 Masters disertations and approximately 160 final year projects. Apart from academic activities I was involved in establishing and advising the TEDxNTU Conference which recently held its seventh event in October 2017 with 1600 participants. From 2003 to 2015 I was the Chief Judge on the televised National Science Challenge - a competition aimed at 15 year olds to encourage their interest in STEM.

• Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching in Higher Education, National Institute of Education, Singapore (2001)
• PhD Engineering Metrology, The University of Birmingham (1999)
• MSc(Eng) Integrated Quality Systems, The University of Birmingham (1993)
• BEng(Hons) Manufacturing Engineering & Economics, The University of Birmingham (1992)

I have taught a number of subjects over the past 25 years at the University of Strathclyde, Nanyang Technological University and the University of Birmingham. These have included:

Masters Level (University of Strathclyde)

• EF931  :  Project Management
• DM994 : Systems Engineering Concepts
• DM944 : Product Costing & Financial Management
• DM933 : Engineering Risk Management

MSc Technopreneurship (Nanyang Technopreneurship Centre)

• TP6101: Technology Innovation & Design 

MSc Precision Engineering

• M6301: Advanced Metrology & Sensing Systems
• M6530: Advanced Biomaterials
• M6234: Advanced Manufacturing Systems

BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering & Aerospace Engineering Courses

• MP2017: Engineering Innovation & Design
• MA4842: Engineering Metrology
• MA4848: Net Shape Manufacturing
• M472: Nanotechnology
• G128: C Programming