Our Team
Delivering bottom line impact through innovation
At The Technology Research Centre, our team is made up of experienced science and engineering professionals with in-depth knowledge of solving real, day-to-day manufacturing industry issues.
We pride ourselves in being able to apply the knowledge gained in one specialism to the challenges faced by another.
Individual project teams commonly involve a blend of R&D professionals and manufacturing specialists, as well as business developers to bring that all important commercial perspective.
Laurence Dingle – Managing Director
Degrees/Experience: ONC & HNC in production engineering for aerospace; 10 years’ experience in engineering and R&D for the aerospace sector; 20 years’ technical sales experience across the spectrum of scientific & engineering industries
Hobbies: Cooking; fly-fishing; classic cars
Dr Andy Patman – Technical Director
Degrees/Experience: Doctorate – Condensed Matter Physics; Postdoctoral Research – Hydrogen Storage for Solar Applications; MPhys (Hons) – Physics; Industrial experience in thermal design & engineering for civil & military aerospace
Hobbies: Gaming; TV & film; fitness training
Andy Watts – Commercial Director
Degrees/Experience: BA (Hons) – Economics; DipM – Marketing; 25 years commercial B2B experience
Hobbies: Films; walking & cycling; cooking
Anwar Gaungoo – Software & Computation Team Lead
Degrees/Experience: MSci (Hons) – Natural Sciences (Maths & Physics); 10 years’ experience in industrial research & development; specialist in A.I. & machine learning, vision systems and embedded systems
Hobbies: Drumming; classic cars & motorsport; gaming
Dr Oliver Deavin – Project Manager / Research Chemist
Degrees/Experience: Doctorate – Materials Science; MChem – Chemistry; Industrial experience in filtration membrane science, hydrogen storage technology & analytical chemistry
Hobbies: Sports; gaming; books
Dmitri Licichin – Mechanical Design Engineer
Degrees/Experience: BEng – Industrial Design & Engineering; MEng – Industrial Design & Engineering; 5 years’ experience in technical design across the civil, commercial, and industrial sectors
Hobbies: Personal design projects; gaming; film & TV
Anca Onofrei – Research Chemist
Degrees/Experience: BSc (Hons) – Chemistry; PgCert – Forensic Science; Experienced in protein extraction techniques, wet-chemistry and spectral imaging technologies
Hobbies: Singing, song-writing, reading, nature walks
Andre Le Farge – Polymer Process Engineer
Degrees/Experience: 30 years experience in the injection moulding industry; Specialist in gas injection, blow moulding and engineering polymers
Hobbies: Running; cycling; cooking
Michael Grayson – Mechanical Engineer
Degrees/Experience: BEng – Mechanical Engineering;
Hobbies: Fishing; cycling; swimming
Alison Scorer – Finance Administrator
Degrees/Experience: 25 years’ experience in administrative finance; 2 years’ experience in office administration & coordination
Hobbies: Football; walking