A tremendous thank you!

To our outgoing Sheffield Robotics Executive Committee Members

Sheffield Robotics

A tremendous thank you to our outgoing Executive Committee Members: Professor Tony Prescott (COM), Dr Michael Mangan(COM) and Dr Stevienna de Saille (SOC).  

  • Professor Tony Prescott and Professor Jacques Penders (SHU), founded Sheffield Robotics in 2011. Tony stepped down as Director of Sheffield Robotics in 2021 and continued as active member of the Committee.
  • Dr Michael Mangan served on the Committee since 2019 as Director of Operations
  • Dr Stevienna de Saille served on the Committee since 2021, Representative from the Faculty of Social Sciences

We would like to welcome the new Sheffield Robotics Executive Committee members, which will take effect from the 1st January 2024.

  • Interim Director: Professor Sanja Dogramadzi (ACSE)
  • Director of Operations: Dr James Law (COM)
  • PDRA Representative: Dr Salah Talamali (ACSE)
  • PhD Representative: Rea Nkhumise (COM)
  • Co-theme leads for Cyber Physical & Urban Infrastructures: Professor Kirill Horoshenkov (MEC) & Dr Aidan While (Urban Institute)
  • Co-theme leads for Health & Social Care: Dr Dana Damian (ACSE) & Dr Shuhei Miyashita (ACSE)
  • Co-theme leads for Manufacturing:  Gianmarco Piscanelli (AMRC IMG) & Dr Robert Ward (ACSE & AMRC TMG)
  • Co-theme leads for Trustworthy Autonomous Systems: Dr David Cameron (Information School) & Professor Lyudmila Mihaylova (ACSE)
  • Director of Research: to be appointed