Dr Wayne Lam
Operations Manager

Summary

Wayne graduated in Materials Engineering from the University of Bath and went on to complete an MSc in Environmental Science. He worked for the International Tin Research Institute for over 20 years, during which time he completed a PhD in tin alloy coatings. As part of the Institute's evolution, Wayne oversaw the laboratory group's commercial testing activities, working on over 10,000 consultancy contracts and authored over 2,000 technical reports.

In Jan 2023, Wayne joined the Experimental Techniques Centre at Brunel University as its Business Operations Manager. As well as line managing a highly qualified team of Scientific Officers, Wayne also looks after the commercial and finance facets of the centre. Wayne's particular area of expertise is delivering micro-sectioning support to industry, a service he personally provides to his contacts in the engineering and manufacturing sectors. Various companies from the electronics, aerospace, military and telecommunications industries have continued to approach Wayne for his cross-sectioning and failure analysis work. 

Wayne's considerable experience in industy has made him well suited to supporting a broad range of initiatives and activities at Brunel University. These include working with different departments and on various groups such as College Operations, Invoicing, Payments, TRAC, HEBCIS, Recruitment, TechNet and Student Societies.

Responsibility

To promote the visibility and profile of the ETC across both the university and industry in order to drive more work into the labs and increase overall utilisation of the kit and equipment. The intention is to ensure smooth running of the facility and a high level of satisfaction from all our users and customers!

More recently, Wayne has been bringing in instruments and kit from research projects into the University's commercial portfolio to make them available to the wider industrial community. New capabilities are being added to the website weekly: Commercial services | Brunel University of London

Publications

Liu, H., Tinsley, T., Lam, W., Addepalli, S., Liu, X., Starr, A. and Zhao, Y. (2020) 'A Novel Inspection Technique for Electronic Components Using Therography (NITECT)' Sensors 2020, 20(17), 5013 https://doi.org/10.3390/s20175013

Babaei-Mahani, R., Yasseri, S., Lam, W., Talebizadehserdari, P., (2025) 'A Case Study on the Corrosion of an Aging Jack-Up Drilling Rig' J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2025, 13(3), 495 https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13030495

LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/waynelamitri