Mike Miles

Mike Miles

Job title: Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, School of Marine Science and Engineering (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: Room 12, Reynolds, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +44 (0)1752 586138
Email: M.Miles@plymouth.ac.uk

Qualifications & background

BSc Eng (Hons), MPhil

Professional membership

C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E.

Teaching interests

Manufacturing and Business Systems

Quality and Project Management

Supply Chain Management

Waste Measurement

Research interests
Quality and Project Management
Lean manufacturing

Other research

Peer Assessment

Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Successfully supervised four Ph.D. and two M.Phil. Currently supervising two Ph.D.

Khaled Sherif, PhD, 2010:"Total Quality Management and Construction Project Management in Lybia"

Veronica Lattore, PhD, 2009: "The Construction Manager's Influence on Project Success"

Rupert Lorraine, MPhil, 2009: "The Development of a Best-Practice Framework for the implementation of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMTs) in Low-Technology Enabled Small & Medium Enterprises (LTESMEs)"

Craig Woodward, MPhil, 2002: The application of Poka Yoke to administrative functions within an organisation.

Joachim Gingele, PhD, 2001: The future structure of Open Management Systems.
Restricted Abstract: IoT 51-10772

John Bradford, PhD, 2000: The systematic redesign of Manufacturing Systems in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises

Grants & contracts

Teaching Company/KTP programme supervisions :

BD Ltd (2010- )
Rittal CSM Ltd (08 - 10)
Algram Group Ltd (06-08)
Patronics International Ltd (05-08)
Devonshire Pine Ltd (04-05)
Dart Valley Systems Ltd (03-05)
Teignbridge Propellors Ltd x2 (99-02)
Creative Products Ltd (96-98)
Patronics Ltd (95-97)
Quasar Microwave Technology Ltd (94-96)

Publications

Chuah Y D & Miles M E, A study and improvement of test and measurement industry's supply chain system; 26^th International Conference on Robotics, CADCAM and Factories of the Future, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2011

Davis, L, Miles, M, Riley, M and Pan, W (2010) Developing lean supply in construction. In: Egbu, C (Ed.), 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, Leeds. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Vol. 1, 705-13.

AS Virk, J Summerscales, W Hall, SM Grove and ME Miles
The design, manufacture, mechanical testing and numerical modelling of an asymmetric composite crossbow limb Composites Part B: Engineering, 2009, 40(3), 249-257.

Grove S M, Popham E, Miles M, An investigation of the skin/core bond in honeycomb sandwich structures using statistical experimentation techniques, Composites Part A: applied science and manufacturing, Accepted July 2005.

Gingele J, Childe S J, Miles M, 2003, Incorporating links to ISO9001 into manufacturing process models using IDEF9000, International Journal of Production Research, Vol.41 No 13 (10 September) pp3091-3118.

Gingele J, Childe S J, Miles M, 2002, A modeling technique for re-engineering business processes controlled by ISO9001, Computers In Industry, Vol.49, No.3 pp235-251.

James N M, Miles M, Burton C, Ricketts C, Introducing Computer-Aided Peer Assessment (CAPA) in Engineering, The First International Conference on Teaching and Learning through Assessment, Hong Kong, June 2005.

Gingele, J., Miles, M.E., Childe, S.J., (2003). Redesigning operating business processes whilst maintaining ISO 9001 certification. International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Production Management (IEPM 2003), FUCaM and University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 26-28 May 2003, Vol. II, pp. 558-570.

Gingele, J., Childe, S.J., Miles, M.E., (2003). IDEF₉₀₀₀ - A modelling technique for redesigning business processes controlled by ISO 9001. in: I.P. Tatsiopoulos and V.N. Leopoulos, eds., The 6^th SMESME International Conference – Stimulating Manufacturing Excellence in Small and Medium Enterprises, Hellenic Management Association & National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 1-3 June 2003, pp. 221-232.

Woodward C, Miles M, The transfer of Poka Yoke technologies from industrial to administration environments, 17th Conference of the Irish Manufacturing Committee, Galway, August 2000.