David Greenwood appointed to JLR Professorial Chair at WMG
Mon 03 March 2014
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), at the University of Warwick, have appointed Professor David Greenwood as the Jaguar Land Rover Professorial Chair in Advanced Propulsion Systems for the National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC). Dave Greenwood has been closely associated with the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership for many years as Chair of the Innovation Working Group.
JLR and WMG The new Chair is a key element of a long-term strategic plan for the NAIC that will create a new research base to enhance the UK’s capacity and capability in key areas of automotive research.
Dave Greenwood joins WMG from Ricardo UK where he was head of hybrid and electric systems, leading technology projects. He was also a member of the senior leadership team of the UK division and held responsibility for R&D, innovation, IP and technology roadmapping.
He will take up the WMG position at University of Warwick on 7 April. In addition to his extensive experience at Ricardo, Prof Greenwood has also been a Board Director at CENEX (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Vehicles), and a Member of the Technology Strategy Board’s IDP Industry Advisory Board.
Lord Bhattacharyya, Chairman and founder of WMG, said: "Professor David Greenwood is a highly experienced and respected researcher who will lead a team that will help transform how our automotive industry embraces and robustly deploys new vehicle technologies in the field of advanced propulsion system."
The £100m National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC), begins construction in autumn this year. It will provide a national focus for research capability by combining expertise nationally and internationally from industry, universities, supply chain companies and SMEs. Work will focus on the latest advances in automotive technology to create and develop novel technologies to reduce the UKs dependency on fossil fuels and to reduce CO2 emissions. This will include electric vehicles (energy storage and e-drives); carbon reduction (hybrids, light-weighting and composites); and Smart and Connected (on-vehicle competence, driver assist and cyber-security for connected vehicles).
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