Professor Andrew Ball holds a BEng from the University of Leeds and a PhD from the University of Manchester. Following his doctorate he took the Shell sponsored lectureship in Maintenance Engineering at the University of Manchester; he was promoted to Professor of Maintenance Engineering in 1999, and was Head of School of the Manchester School of Engineering from 2003 to 2004. In 2005 he became Dean of the Graduate School and then in 2007 he moved to the University of Huddersfield as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise.Andrew’s research expertise is in the detection and diagnosis of faults in mechanical, electrical and electro-hydraulic machines, in data analysis and signal processing, and in measurement systems and sensor development. He is the author of over 300 technical and professional publications, and he has spent a large amount of time lecturing and consulting to industry in all parts of the world.Andrew has to date graduated more than 100 doctoral degrees in the fields of Mechanical, Electrical and Diagnostic Engineering, he holds honorary professorial positions at 6 overseas universities, and he sits on 3 large corporate scientific advisory boards.Len Gelman, PhD, Dr. of Sciences (Habilitation) joined Huddersfield University as Professor, Chair in Signal Processing/ Condition Monitoring and Director of Centre for Efficiency and Performance Engineering, in 2017 from Cranfield University, where he worked as Professor and Chair in Vibro-Acoustical Monitoring since 2002. Len developed novel condition monitoring technologies for aircraft engines, gearboxes, bearings, turbines and centrifugal compressors. Len published more than 250 publications, 17 patents and is co-editor of 11 books published by Springer. He is Fellow of BINDT, International Association of Engineers and Institution of Diagnostic Engineers, Executive Director, International Society for Condition Monitoring, Honorary Technical Editor, International Journal of Condition Monitoring, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Engineering Sciences (SCMR),Chair, annual International Condition Monitoring Conferences, Honorary Co-Chair, annual World Congresses of Engineering, Co-Chair, International Conference COMADEM 2019 and Chair, International Scientific Committee of Third World Congress, Condition Monitoring. He was General Chair, First World Congress, Condition Monitoring, Chair, Second World Congress, Engineering Asset Management and Chair, International Committee of Second World Congress, Condition Monitoring.Len is Chair of International CM Groups of ICNDT and EFNDT and Member of ISO Technical Committee, Condition Monitoring. Len made 42 plenary keynotes at major international conferences. He was Visiting Professor at ten Universities abroad.Prof. Dr. B.K.N. Rao is the Director of COMADEM International, UK. Back in 1988, he firmly believed in the proactive interdisciplinary based philosophy of condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management (COMADEM). Since then with the collaboration of many well-known universities, research and development organisations and professional bodies, he has organised annual international congresses and exhibitions on this theme in many different parts of the world. COMADEM is now recognised by many as an international platform where representatives from industry and researchers meet, shaping the future and creating value. He has supervised and externally examined a number PhD projects and published in excess of 150 original papers in many scientific and engineering journals. He has edited/co-edited more than 35 books and conference proceedings in the field of COMADEM. He gained his B.Sc in Physics, chemistry and Mathematics from the University of Mysore; Post graduate Diploma of the Indian Institute of Science (DIISc) in Industrial Administration; M.Sc in Environmental and Human Factors in Engineering from the University of Southampton; PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Birmingham. In 2004, he was awarded the Higher Doctorate in Technology (DTech) from the Sunderland University for “his significant, sustained and distinguished contribution in the field of Condition Monitoring”.
