Michael T. Wright (engineer)

Michael Thomas Wright PhD, FREng, FIEE, FIMechE, CMath, FIMA, CIMgt (11 April 1947 – 10 January 2015) was a British academic who was the Vice-Chancellor of Aston University between 1996 and 2006.[1][2][3]

Michael Thomas Wright
Born(1947-04-11)11 April 1947
Died10 January 2015(2015-01-10) (aged 67)
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsMechanical engineering
InstitutionsAston University

Life

Wright was born 11 April 1947 and attended Sheldon Heath School, Birmingham.[4] He took an apprenticeship then studied Electrical Engineering at Aston University, gaining a first class degree in 1969,[1] and a PhD in 1972.[5] Working in industry as an engineer, he rose to become director of several companies and returned as Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1990.[4] He was later Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor, between 1994-1996, becoming Vice-Chancellor in 1996 for ten years. He retired in 2006 and died of cancer 10 January 2015.[3][6] He was survived by his wife and daughter.[7]

Honours

FIEE 1981; FREng 1988; FIMechE 1989; FRSA 1989; CMath 1994; FIMA 1994; CCMI 1997.[4] He received prizes for his published academic work: IEE Student Paper Award 1970, IEEE Petrochemical Industry Author Award 1981, IEE Power Division Premium for published work 1983.[4]

References
  1. "Former Aston Vice Chancellor, Michael Wright, dies aged 67". Aston University. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2014. Prof Michael Wright, Vice–Chancellor, Aston University, 1996–2006, 65
  3. "Officers of the University from its inception to the present". Aston University. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  4. Debretts People of Today Archived 2015-02-10 at Archive.today
  5. "EThOS Electronic Theses Online Service". ethos.bl.uk. British Library. 1972. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. www.aston.ac.uk Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine news release 20 Jan 2015
  7. Birmingham Mail 13 Jan 2015 "Aston University stalwart Professor Michael Wright dies, aged 67"
Academic offices
Preceded by
Frederick W. Crawford		 Vice-Chancellor of Aston University
1996–2006		 Succeeded by
Julia King


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