Expertise
Dr Turner is research active in the fields of business analytics, digital manufacturing, circular economy, industry 4.0 and human centric industry 5.0 automation solutions. He is also a fellow of the cross-University People-centred AI Institute with his research focussing on Industry 5.0 Human Centred Manufacturing. Dr Turner has published over 100 papers (including 60 journal papers) in peer reviewed international journals and conferences and has received over 6000 citations (as recorded by Google Scholar) with a H index of 30 (i10: 57). With his involvement in the successful completion of several UK research council funded projects (with subjects ranging from business process optimisation to the simulation of product-service systems), Dr Turner is experienced in the management of commercially focused applied projects. He has been engaged in the AUTONOM project (Integrated through-life support for high-value systems) working with industry partners, such as Network Rail, in the area of automated intelligent maintenance systems. He has also been involved in a Knowledge Transfer Project (KTP) with the company Basemap. This KTP had the aim of developing a holistic logistics management routing software tool combining scheduling and routing with critical vehicle and environmental performance factors relevant to the electric commercial vehicle market. He is also a member of the IEEE task force on process mining.