PrintCity Staff
We have a team with a wealth of skills and experience to help you reach your goals.
Whether you want advice on integrating additive manufacturing into your business, are looking to upskill on our postgraduate Digital Design and Manufacturing programme, have a potential future product you need a prototype for, or are taking your first steps into Computer-Aided Design (CAD), we can help you.
Find out more about our staff specialisms below. If you are interested in working with us, please get in touch through our contact form.
Dr Carl Diver
PrintCity Director Carl is a Reader in Industrial Digitalisation he is the University lead on Industry 4.0, sits on the Board of Directors at Gambica and is on the Editorial …
Prof. Craig Banks
Academic Lead Craig Banks is the academic lead at PrintCity and is Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University. He …
Alan Dempsey
Project Manager Bio Alan is the Project Manager and oversees all strategic planning and operations at PrintCity. Alan works across all PrintCity’s research projects and supports the development of new …
Pete Gough
Senior Lecturer: Programme Leader: MSc Digital Design and Manufacturing Bio Pete leads our MSc Digital Design and Manufacturing programme in addition to overseeing the postgraduate taught programmes in the Department …
Ed Keefe
Senior Lecturer Bio Edmund has over twenty years of industry experience as a CAD modeller, a 3D visualisation producer, and working with Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies. He has worked primarily …
Gary Buller
Technical Team Lead Bio With a background in commercial 3D print, Gary provides expert cross-faculty and external industry support, from the conception of ideas to finished products. He provides technical …
Mark Chester
Product Development Specialist (PrintCity Network) Bio Mark is the Product Development Specialist and operational lead on our PrintCity Network Programme. Within his role, he is responsible for helping companies in the …
Dr Carly Fletcher
Research Associate (BIOPLASTICS-EUROPE project) Bio Dr Carly Fletcher is a research associate at the Manchester Metropolitan University. In her current role, within the H2020 project: Bioplastics Europe, her research focuses …
David Lacy
Technical Officer (Research) Bio David works on research as part of the Interreg CIRMAP project, which aims to apply the advantages of additive manufacturing to the construction industry. He is responsible for establishing …
Matt Whittingham
Research Analyst Bio Matt is a researcher working across ECO-I NW, PrintCity commercial and academic projects. An alumni of the university with a BEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and MSc …
Nicholas Hurst
Research Associate (CIRMAP) Bio Nick is a stakeholder on Interreg North-West Europe’s CIRMAP project and oversees concrete 3D printing research activity at PrintCity. Previously, Nick was a student on the …
Emma Rothwell
Technical Officer Bio Emma is the Technical Officer overseeing the 3D printing requests. Her role focuses on managing the production schedule, accepting, file fixing and completing all 3D print requests …
Tom Brine
Research Analyst Bio With a personal focus on environmental sustainability, Tom is part of the Science and Engineering team on Manchester Metropolitan’s Eco-I project, where he works to support local …
Jack Thomas
Technical Specialist Bio Jack is the Technical Specialist for the PrintCity Network project. He oversees the operation of additive and subtractive technologies within the PCN space. Jack works with powder, resin …