Professor Andrew Starr
Professor of Maintenance Systems/Head of Centre
Location: Building 50, Cranfield campus
E: a.starr@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 758374
Manufacturing and Materials
Current activities
Professor Andrew Starr is the Course Director for the Through-life System Sustainment MSc course.
He is currently working within the fields of industrial maintenance, including systems, failure modes, vibration and wear debris, wireless sensing, automation, decision-making mathematics, and management processes.
Clients
- Rolls-Royce
- QinetiQ
Background
Professor Starr read Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds, while sponsored by British Aerospace (Civil Aircraft), for which he was awarded first prize in the final year of his apprenticeship. He studied for his doctoral thesis in condition based maintenance for robotic production plant at the University of Manchester, sponsored by Ford and Wolfson Maintenance. He has held academic posts at the University of Huddersfield, the University of Manchester, and the University of Hertfordshire, as Head of the School of Aerospace, Automotive and Design Engineering. His research work has been funded by EPSRC, the EU, and a wide range of industrial partners, including Corus, Fiat, Messier-Dowty, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce, and Volvo.
Professor Starr is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing. He has published over 100 technical papers from a wide range of collaborative projects with industry, helping to solve real problems and to devise innovative products and services.
