Professor Jiang - Royal Academy of Engineering/Renishaw Chair
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:15:00 BST
Professor Xiangqian Jiang FREng appointed as the Royal Academy of Engineering/Renishaw Chair in Precision Metrology
THE University’s Professor Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang FREng has been appointed as the Royal Academy Engineering/Renishaw Chair in Precision Metrology. Over the next five years, Professor Jiang’s research at the University of Huddersfield will support the future of manufacturing by developing new precise measurement tools for use in increasingly smart automated factory environments.
The Chair is jointly sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Renishaw, a highly successful UK engineering company that has carried out world-leading research in precision engineering.
Professor Jiang will undertake research inspired by the real demands and uses of the manufacturing industry, with a particular focus on metrology – the precise measurement and verification of items passing through the production process. Find out about her research in the video.
