Andrew Ives - 2006
As a Lucas CAV student apprentice in the 1960s, Andrew Ives attended the newly formed Brunel University in Acton, London as one of the first of the thin-sandwich degree students, alternating six months in industry and six months at college over four years.
Graduating in 1967 with a 1st Class Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Andrew Ives moved to the Lucas Group Research Centre in Birmingham where he joined a team of engineers working on the development of novel motors and control systems for electric vehicles. He soon became heavily involved in the early application of electronics to the motor car. As Head of Electronics for Lucas Research, he pioneered the development of a number of technology demonstrators in automotive electronics including some of the first work on the use of microwave radar for adaptive cruise control, digital control systems for engine and transmission management, and vehicle safety systems.
During the 1980s, Andrew re-joined Lucas CAV to lead the development and introduction into the market of an entirely new range of electronic controls for diesel engine fuel injection systems which subsequently transformed the performance, emissions and fuel economy of the diesel cars on our roads today.
As a Fellow of both the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Andrew is a passionate believer in the contribution engineers make to the wellbeing of society and the importance of the engineering profession in meeting the challenges of the world in the 21st century. Andrew is an alumnus of INSEAD Business School and has been an industrial advisor to several universities and innovation companies. He was Chairman of the Automobile Division of the IMechE from 1997-1999 and was elected the 120th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2005.
July 2006
