Editorial team
Editor
Dr Clive Loughlin
17 Old Lane, Low Mill Village, Addingham, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 0SA, UK
CliveLoughlin@engineeringfirst.com
Assistant Editor
Joanne Pransky
JoannePransky@engineeringfirst.com
Deputy Editor
Aimee Wood
awood@emeraldinsight.com
Associate Editors
Richard Bloss
Robert Bogue
Sheng-Jen "Tony" Hsieh
Yoshihiro Kusuda
Publisher
Harry Colson
hcolson@emeraldinsight.com
Assistant Publisher
Gemma Halder
ghalder@emeraldinsight.com
Editorial Advisory Board
Hojjat Adeli,
The Ohio State University,
USAJiju Antony,
Strathclyde Institute for Operations Management,
UKErnie Appleton,
Durham Pipeline Technology,
UKRedha Benhadj-Djilali,
Kingston University,
UKJonathan Corney,
University of Strathclyde,
UKPaul Cottingham,
University of Wales Newport,
UKVenketesh Dubey,
Bournemouth University,
UKNigel Edmondson,
A.P. Møller - Mærsk,
DenmarkJohn Fernie,
AWE,
UKKen Goldberg,
University of California at Berkeley,
USA Satyandra Gupta,
University of Maryland,
USADonal Heffernan,
University of Limerick,
IrelandJuhani Heilala,
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland,
FinlandMark Hendry,
Modular Automation International Ltd,
UKYueh-Jaw Lin,
The University of Akron,
USARobert Messler Jr.,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
USAMauro Onori,
The Royal Institute of Technology,
SwedenBrett Peters,
Texas A & M University,
USARichard Piggin,
Rockwell Automation,
UK Paul Ranky,
New Jersey Institute of Technology,
USAAlan Redford,
University of Salford,
UKPaul Taylor,
R&T Mechatronics Ltd,
UKMichael Yu Wang,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong KongMike Wilson,
British Automation and Robot Association,
UKKen Young,
University of Warwick,
UK