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Professor Jeremy Daniel McKendrick Watson
2nd floor
Boston House
36 - 38 Fitzroy Square
London
W1T 6EY
Appointment
- Professor of Engineering Systems
- Engineering Science Faculty Office
- Faculty of Engineering Science
Biography
Jeremy Watson is Professor of Engineering Systems and Vice-Dean (Mission) in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, based in the Department of Science Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP). He is also Chief Scientist and Engineer at the Building Research Establishment (BRE). Until November 2012, Jeremy was Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department of Communities & Local Government - now MHCLG. He was Arup's Global Research Director between 2006 and 2013, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s 2013 Birthday honours for services to Engineering.
Jeremy is PI and Director of the ~£50m PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for Cybersecurity of IoT Systems, and co-creator of the UKRI SDTaP programme (Securing Digital Technologies at the Periphery of the Internet), which includes EPSRC PETRAS and Innovate UK Demonstrator initiatives.
An electronics engineer by training, Jeremy has experience as a practitioner and director of pure and applied research and development in industry, the public sector and academia. He has held research and technical management roles in industry and universities plus voluntary service with the DTI and BIS.
Jeremy is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Engineering. At the RAEng, Jeremy chairs the National Engineering
Policy Centre Committee.
He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution
of Engineering Technology (Past Chair: IET Innovation & Emerging
Technologies Panel, current Chair of the Nominations and Succession Committee). He was President of the IET between
October 2016 and October 2017.
Jeremy serves on the NPL Science and
Technology Advisory Council (STAC) with specific interests in digital metrology and quantum technologies, he was a founder Board member of the
Technology Strategy Board (now Innovate UK), and was Chair of the
Institute for Sustainability and of BuildingSMART UK. He also recently chaired
the NERC Innovation Advisory Board, and served on Council of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Research Themes
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DPhil: Synthesised Speech Aids for the Vocally Handicapped
Design and Engineering influencing Behavioural Outcomes (work with Arup and the Royal Academy of Engineering) - Published by RAEng as 'Built for Living' July 2015. ISBN 978-1-909327-17-7
Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things (work with the Home Office)
Building Information Modelling - Levels 2 and 3 (strategic work for BIS)
Director of PETRAS - £25m + £28m Hub & Centre grant involving 12 universities researching into Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things
Interests: Interactions in, and the design of, socio-technical systems, cybersecurity (including cyber-physical) emerging technology identification, development and deployment, and strategic innovation processes.
Teaching Summary
Science and Engineering advice in public and private sectors
