David Grant CBE

Order of the British Empire

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, FREng, FIET is the Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...

 in Wales

Wales

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. Since his appointment in 2001, Dr Grant has overseen the merger between Cardiff University and the University of Wales College of Medicine

University of Wales College of Medicine

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, which was completed in 2004, and the awarding of University Status to Cardiff. He is a Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Royal Academy of Engineering

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. He is a governing board member of the Technology Strategy Board

Technology Strategy Board

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. He is also a former council member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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 and is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Prior to his appointment at Cardiff University, Dr Grant was Director of Technology at GEC plc (1991–2001) and was awarded the Mensforth International Gold Medal by the Institution of Electrical Engineers

Institution of Electrical Engineers

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, now IET, in 1996. He gained his PhD

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 in Engineering Science from Durham University

Durham University

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in 1974.