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.
Prof. Carl Diver
PrintCity Director Carl is a Professor of Innovative Manufacturing and the Director of PrintCity as well as the Faculty of Science and Engineering Theme Lead for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing. …
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
PrintCity Project Manager Alan is the Project Manager and oversees all strategic planning and operations at PrintCity. Alan works across all of PrintCity’s research projects and supports the development of …
Mark Chester
Product Development Specialist Mark is the Product Development Specialist and operational lead on the Industrial Digitalisation strand in the Centre for Digital Innovation Programme. Within his role, he is responsible …
Dr. Thomas Kendall
Product Development Specialist – Industrial Digitalisation Tom is the Product Development Specialist for Industrial Digitalisation at PrintCity. Working on the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMMIC) project, Tom’s primary …
Gary Buller
Technical Specialist Gary Buller is a Technical Specialist with ten years of experience in Additive Manufacturing. His expertise spans areas such as file-fixing, 3D print production and print room management, …
Sam Hitchen
Technical Officer Sam is a former PrintCity MSc student Sam is the Technical Officer who oversees the 3D Printing service here at PrintCity, specialising in digital design and machine maintenance. …
James McKeown
Technical Officer in Smart Systems James is the Technical Officer working on the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMMIC) project. James is primarily focused on providing support to external …
Martin Phillips
Technical Officer in Polymer Materials Martin is the Technical Officer working on polymer materials as part working on the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMMIC) project. Martin has worked for …
Matt Whittingham
Technical Specialist Matt is a Technical Specialist working across the Banks Research Group, PrintCity commercial and academic projects. An alumni of the university with a MSc (Industrial Digitalisation) and a …
Nicholas Hurst
Technical Specialist Nick is a research-focused Technician contributing toward several research projects delivered by PrintCity. Nick was a student on the MSc Digital Design and Manufacturing course and transitioned from …
Pete Gough
Senior Lecturer: Programme Leader: MSc Digital Design and Manufacturing Pete leads our MSc Digital Design and Manufacturing programme in addition to overseeing the postgraduate taught programmes in the Department of …