Support staff
The Manufacturing Department at Cranfield University benefits from a dedicated team of administrative staff who contribute to the overall success of the department. Whether it be providing support to an academic team, or assisting with the administration of a course, the team is here to provide excellent service.
- Teresa Bandee, Secretary to Head of Department
+44 (0)1234 750111 ext 5661 or email
Teresa provides secretarial support to Professor Rajkumar Roy and the members of the Decision Engineering Centre, as well as the administration for the Applied Soft Computing Journal (ASOC).
- Ruth Murdoch, Secretary
+44 (0)1234 750111 ext 5485 or email
Ruth provides secretarial support to Professor Tim Baines and the members of the Manufacturing Systems Centre, as well as administration for the Manufacturing and Enterprise System Implementation masters programmes.
- Emanuela Pennetta, Secretary
+44 (0)1234 750111 ext 5662 or email
Emanuela provides secretarial support for Professor Rajkumar Roy and the members of the Decision Engineering Centre, as well as the administration of the masters programmes in Knowledge Management for Enterprise Development and IT for Product Engineering.
- Linda Willsher, Office Manager
+44 (0)1234 754073 or email
Linda is Office Manager for the Fellowship in Manufacturing Management, secretary to Geoff Nelder who heads up the Fellowship in Manufacturing Management and Project Administrator to both Geoff Nelder and John Willcock, assisting with training grants for the Manufacturing sector.With three intakes per year, in January, May and September, at any one time Linda can be responsible for the administration of up to 100 Fellows or potential Fellows.
- Louise Woodland, Office Administrator
+44 (0)1234 758284 or email
Louise manages the Link Office which aims to establish a broad area of contact between BAE Systems and Cranfield University and foster a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership founded upon the generation and transfer of world class knowledge and expertise. Louise also organises and manages the five specialist online, tutor-led short courses, commissioned by BAE Systems and developed by Cranfield for their engineers and those of their partner companies. Louise also provides course administration for the Manufacturing and Operations Excellence masters programmes.


