Dr Derek Wall
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
Engineer at Rolls-Royce
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Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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Derek Wall has a masters in Gas Turbine Control and a PhD in control systems. Derek has held a number of positions in research and development both in academia and the Electrical Power and Aerospace industry sectors.
Since joining Rolls-Royce Derek has developed the control and health management systems for the Trent 1000 (Boeing 787), Trent XWB (Airbus A350) as well as for commercial shipping power architecture solutions. More recently Derek has developed power systems technology for autonomous systems and collaborated with the Civil Aviation Authority to provide guidance for the use of autonomy within aerospace applications. Derek currently leads a research team developing novel aerospace power systems technologies for the next generation of sustainable Rolls-Royce products.
On behalf of Rolls-Royce, Derek also leads the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Control. Monitoring & Systems Engineering which is based within the Automatic Control & Systems Engineering department.