Appointments

• Public appointment to Welsh Government Advanced Materials & Manufacturing (AMM) Sector panel (2011–ongoing) – Frank
• Appointment as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ambassador (2011–ongoing) – Simon
• Invitation to join the Prince of Wales Innovation Scholarships Industry Panel (2011–ongoing) – Simon
• Judge for Wales Business Insider’s Made in Wales awards (2011) – Frank
• Assessor for Wales Quality Centre Innovation Awards (2011) – Merel
• Technical Auditor / Reviewer for the EU Commission (2010-ongoing) – Frank
• Research Masters Programme Advisor to Carlow Institute of Technology, Ireland (2010) – Frank

Keynotes/talks

• UNIDO/UNEP Second Global Network Conference on RECP in October (2011) – Frank
• ‘Towards Zero Waste’ conference in December, the first ‘all Wales’ conference on business waste prevention (2011) – Frank
• Cylch Annual conference (2011) – Frank
• Eco-Innova Eco-Innovation conference (2011) – Frank
• 2nd Joint CIWM-Cylch conference (2011) – Frank

Specialist Advisory

• Defra, UK government (2011-ongoing)
• International PREPARE network (2010)
• United Nations (2009–ongoing)
• UK Technology Strategy Board (2009–ongoing)
• Expert Witness to House of Lords Select Committee (2008)
• Policy advisors to the Welsh Government (2008–ongoing)

Awards/Recognition

• The Ben Heath Award by the CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) (Wales) for presentation on empathy, ecodesign & joined-up thinking at 2nd Joint CIWM-Cylch Conference (2011) – Frank
• Designated Welsh Government Centre of Expertise (2008–ongoing)
• Recognised as best practice by the EU Commission through EU Consultation on ‘Design as a driver of user-centred innovation’ (2009)

Research

• Evidence published as part of House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on Technology and Innovation Centres (2011)
• Ecodesign research paper written in collaboration with Carlow Institute of Technology and published in SVID Journal (2011)
• Ecodesign research paper presented at Nordes conference (2011)
• Ecodesign research paper presented at IEEE conference (2011)
• Ecodesign research paper accepted for EPDE (Engineering Product Design Education) conference (2011)
• Given Scientific Committee chair role in FP7 project with Fraunhofer Institute (2010)
• Two Research Council UK (RCUK) scholarships for summer school in China (2010)
• Publication of chapter in academic textbook Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration (2010)
• Higher Education Academy (HEA) Grant Award in collaboration with Newport University (2010–11)
• Regular peer-review referees for international journals (e.g. Cleaner Production, Foresight, GAIA) (2006–ongoing)