Professor Paul Shore is the Centre Director and also manages Knowledge Transfer and the Research Platform Programme for the Centre.
Paul has strong background experience across industry and academia. During his time at Cranfield Unit for Precision Engineering, Paul co-ordinated the UK’s first DTI funded project under the National Initiative in Nanotechnology entitled “Ultra Precision Machining Research”. Its output capability was instrumental in establishing the UK’s largest ultra precision production facility for infra-red optics.
Paul also held a number of technical positions at the International SKF Group prior to becoming responsible for the Group’s precision production engineering research. He worked in the Netherlands and Sweden, introducing pivotal new production systems and processes that opened up new markets such as large scale bearings applied to wind turbines.
Paul now leads the Precision Engineering Institute at Cranfield University, establishing it as a world-leading research facility and a recognised system supplier to NASA, ESA, ESO and NPL. He has led major collaborative projects through the Research Councils UK Basic Technologies programme and most recently an Integrated Knowledge Centre funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Paul has developed a large number of Masters level training programmes in ultra precision at Cranfield University, many of which attract a large number of short course delegates from industry.
Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and was elected President of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology from 2011-2013.
