Professor David Mba FREng

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise), UAL 

 Professor David Mba is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise) at the University of the Arts London (UAL). He is an internationally leading authority and industry consultant on the application of acoustic emissions and vibration to the condition monitoring, diagnosis, and prognosis of rotating machinery. He has made major contributions to the understanding of acoustic emissions from bearings and gears and the influence of defects and operating conditions on critical rotating machinery. He has played a leading role in the development of international standards for machine condition monitoring, the application of acoustic emissions to condition monitoring, and training requirements in this area.