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Richard
(Ric) Parker was appointed Director of Research & Technology, Rolls-Royce
Group in January 2001. He is responsible for direction and co-ordination of
Research & Technology programmes across all the Rolls-Royce businesses,
worldwide.
Ric joined
Rolls-Royce in 1978, and has held various posts including Chief of Composites
and Ceramics, Chief of Compressor Engineering, Managing Director - Compressor
Systems, and Director of Engineering & Technology, Civil Aerospace.
Ric was
awarded a CBE in the 2013 New Year’s Honours List for Services to Engineering.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal
Aeronautical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a Fellow of
the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Ric is a Liveryman in the Worshipful
Company of Engineers.
Ric gained
a BSc in Physics at Imperial College, London in 1975 and an MBA with
distinction at Loughborough University in 1992. He has an Honorary EngD from
Pusan National University, Korea and Doctorates in Engineering (honoris
causa) from Sheffield University and Heriot Watt. He is a visiting Professor
in Aerospace and Transport Technology at Loughborough University and an
Honorary Professor in Materials Engineering at Birmingham University, UK.
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