Michael Short (engineer)

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Michael Short

| image = File:Michael Short at Teesside University.jpg

| caption = Michael Short (July 2021)

| birth_date = 1975

| birth_place = Stockton-on-Tees, England

| alma_mater = University of Sunderland

| fields = Control Engineering
Systems Informatics
Mathematics
Electrical Engineering

| workplaces = Teesside University
University of Leicester
University of Sunderland

}}

Michael Short (born August 1975) is Professor of Control Engineering and Systems Informatics and leads the Centre for Sustainable Engineering at Teesside University in the UK.{{cite web|date=14 August 2021|title=Michael Short|url=https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/michael-short|website=tees.ac.uk|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Centre for Sustainable Engineering {{!}} Research {{!}} Teesside University|url=https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/research/research_centre_detail.cfm?rc_id=21|access-date=2021-08-14|website=www.tees.ac.uk}} He received a BEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) in 1999 and a PhD (Robotics) in 2003 from the University of Sunderland. In 2012 he was also awarded a PGCHE from Teesside University. He was previously at the University of Leicester until 2009, and was made Reader (Professor) in January 2015 and full (Chair) Professor (by Research) in August 2020. Michael is also a time-served automation and process control engineer, with eight years' industrial experience.

Michael is a full member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET) since 1999, a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) since 2012 and a full member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE), and he also sits on the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Technical Committee on Factory Automation (TCFA) since 2012.{{Cite web|title=IEEE IES Technical Committee on factory Automation Members|url=https://tcfa.ieee-ies.org/members.html|access-date=2021-08-16|website=tcfa.ieee-ies.org}} As of November 2022, he has authored or co-authored over 200 reviewed publications with over 2,100 citations, and won six awards including the IEEE James C. Hung Award for best paper in Factory Automation in 2011.{{Cite journal|last=Rodriguez-Andina|first=Juan Jose|date=March 2012|title=A Successful ETFA 2011 [Society News]|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6173657|journal=IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine|volume=6|issue=1|pages=56–57|doi=10.1109/MIE.2012.2189799|issn=1941-0115|url-access=subscription}} As of December 2024 he has a H-index of 27 and an i-10 index of 56.{{Cite web|title=Michael Short|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=D-jbgPkAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-10-18|website=scholar.google.com}} Since 2003 he has been Principal or Co-Investigator on multiple completed and ongoing funded research and innovation projects,{{Cite web |title=Michael Short |url=https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/michael-short/projects/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Teesside University's Research Portal |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=March 2022 |title=Supporting the transition to net zero |url=https://flipbook.brandbits.com/98b70b009a/index.html?page=15 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=flipbook.brandbits.com |series=Partner News - Issue 50 (Spring Edition) |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |pages=14–15}} and also led the winning entry to the [https://adsjic.innovation-challenge.sg/ 2021 Abu Dhabi-Singapore Smart Cities Open Innovation Challenge] to develop new energy efficiency solutions for buildings in Abu Dhabi. {{Cite web |last=University |first=Teesside |title=Helping create the cities of the future in Abu Dhabi {{!}} Research {{!}} Teesside University |url=https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/research/news_story.cfm?story_id=8445 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.tees.ac.uk |language=en-uk}} He is associate section editor for the Energies International Journal and associate editor for the [https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-efficiency/sections/energy-efficiency-technologies Frontiers in Energy Efficiency Technologies] International Journal.{{Cite web |title=Energies |url=https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/sectioneditors/grids |access-date=2021-08-14 |website=www.mdpi.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Frontiers in Energy Efficiency {{!}} Energy Efficiency Technologies |url=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-efficiency/sections/energy-efficiency-technologies/editors |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www.frontiersin.org}} He has made scholarly contributions in several areas, including probability and statistics,{{Cite journal |last=Short |first=Michael |date=2013-12-23 |title=Improved Inequalities for the Poisson and Binomial Distribution and Upper Tail Quantile Functions |journal=ISRN Probability and Statistics |language=en |volume=2013 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1155/2013/412958 |doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal |last=Short |first=Michael |date=2021-11-08 |title=On binomial quantile and proportion bounds: With applications in engineering and informatics |journal=Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods |volume=52 |issue=12 |pages=4183–4199 |doi=10.1080/03610926.2021.1986540 |issn=0361-0926 |s2cid=243974180|doi-access=free }} real-time systems and scheduling,{{Cite journal |last1=Short |first1=Michael |date=2010-02-16 |title=A note on 'Efficient scheduling of periodic information monitoring requests' |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377221709001520 |journal=European Journal of Operational Research |language=en |volume=201 |issue=1 |pages=329–335 |doi=10.1016/j.ejor.2009.03.011 |issn=0377-2217 |hdl-access=free |hdl=2381/4586}}{{Cite book |last=Short |first=Michael |title=Etfa2011 |chapter=Improved schedulability analysis of implicit deadline tasks under limited preemption EDF scheduling |date=September 2011 |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6059008 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1109/ETFA.2011.6059008 |isbn=978-1-4577-0017-0 |s2cid=7656331}}{{Cite book |last=Short |first=Michael |title=2010 16th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium |chapter=Improved Task Management Techniques for Enforcing EDF Scheduling on Recurring Tasks |date=April 2010 |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5465964 |pages=56–65 |doi=10.1109/RTAS.2010.22 |isbn=978-1-4244-6690-0 |s2cid=13940378}} embedded systems and control,{{Cite journal |last1=Short |first1=Michael |last2=Pont |first2=Michael J. |date=2008-07-01 |title=Assessment of high-integrity embedded automotive control systems using hardware in the loop simulation |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0164121207002117 |journal=Journal of Systems and Software |language=en |volume=81 |issue=7 |pages=1163–1183 |doi=10.1016/j.jss.2007.08.026 |issn=0164-1212 |hdl-access=free |hdl=2381/4187}}{{Cite journal |last1=Short |first1=Michael |last2=Pont |first2=Michael J. |date=May 2007 |title=Fault-Tolerant Time-Triggered Communication Using CAN |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4214856 |journal=IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=131–142 |doi=10.1109/TII.2007.898477 |issn=1941-0050 |s2cid=5541014|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Short |first=Michael |date=2017-03-01 |title=Move Suppression Calculations for Well-Conditioned MPC |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019057816307698 |journal=ISA Transactions |language=en |volume=67 |pages=371–381 |doi=10.1016/j.isatra.2016.11.020 |issn=0019-0578 |pmid=27939566}} robotics{{Cite journal |last1=Burn |first1=K. |last2=Short |first2=M. |last3=Bicker |first3=R. |date=2003 |title=Adaptive and Nonlinear Fuzzy Force Control Techniques Applied to Robots Operating in Uncertain Environments |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rob.10093 |journal=Journal of Robotic Systems |language=en |volume=20 |issue=7 |pages=391–400 |doi=10.1002/rob.10093 |issn=1097-4563|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Short |first1=Michael |last2=Burn |first2=Kevin |date=2011-04-01 |title=A generic controller architecture for intelligent robotic systems |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S073658451000092X |journal=Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing |language=en |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=292–305 |doi=10.1016/j.rcim.2010.07.013 |issn=0736-5845|url-access=subscription }} and smart grid.{{Cite journal |last1=Short |first1=Michael |last2=Crosbie |first2=Tracey |last3=Dawood |first3=Muneeb |last4=Dawood |first4=Nashwan |date=2017-01-15 |title=Load forecasting and dispatch optimisation for decentralised co-generation plant with dual energy storage |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261916305049 |journal=Applied Energy |language=en |volume=186 |pages=304–320 |doi=10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.04.052 |bibcode=2017ApEn..186..304S |issn=0306-2619 |s2cid=156579124}}{{Cite book |last1=Short |first1=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PlKyzgEACAAJ |title=Future Smart Grid Systems |last2=Crosbie |first2=Tracey |last3=Al-Greer |first3=Maher |date=2021-09-30 |publisher=MDPI AG |isbn=978-3-0365-1336-2 |language=en}}

Michael has appeared in most forms of media to discuss the impacts of his work, including public webcasts, invited/keynote speeches, plenary lectures, and radio broadcasts,{{Cite web|date=2021-07-16|title=Case Studies on Control and Informatics for Smart Energy Systems|url=https://iten.ieee-ies.org/upcoming-online-webinar/2021/case-studies-on-control-and-informatics-for-smart-energy-systems/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=IEEE Industrial Electronic Technology News (ITeN)|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-21 |title=Digital Twins and Optimization for Energy Management in Sea Ports |url=https://iten.ieee-ies.org/upcoming-online-webinar/2022/digital-twins-and-optimization-for-energy-management-in-sea-ports/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=IEEE Industrial Electronic Technology News (ITeN) |language=en-US}}{{Citation|title=Prof. Michael Short {{!}} UK ASIA SUMMIT - 2020 {{!}} Cambridge University {{!}} Online {{!}} Teesside University|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCdEkHK208|language=en|access-date=2021-08-14}}{{Cite web|title=Conference promoting education in STEM internationally {{!}} Media centre {{!}} Teesside University|url=https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/news/pressreleases_story.cfm?story_id=7491&this_issue_title=October%202020&this_issue=329|access-date=2021-08-16|website=www.tees.ac.uk}}{{Cite news|last=Philipson|first=Gary|date=8 June 2020|title=Interview with Dr Michael Short|work=BBC Radio Tees|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08f9b3g|access-date=16 August 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Philipson|first=Gary|date=15 July 2020|title=Interview with Dr Michael Short|work=BBC Radio Tees|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08jg0dn|access-date=16 August 2021}}{{Cite web |date=November 2021 |title=Zero Carbon Tour Interview {{!}} Michael Short from Teesside University |url=https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/teesside-university |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Carbon Copy |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Plenary Speech. Towards Self-sufficient Energy Communities: ICT Perspective. International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers. |url=http://www.cscc.co/plenary/Short.php |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=www.cscc.co}} magazine features/interviews {{Cite journal|last=Short|first=Michael|date=2012-02-02|title=Interview|url=https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/el.2012.0212|journal=Electronics Letters|language=en|volume=48|issue=3|pages=134|doi=10.1049/el.2012.0212|bibcode=2012ElL....48..134S|issn=1350-911X|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web |date=March 2021 |title=Battery Prognosis and Diagnosis with Big Data and AI |url=https://flipbook.brandbits.com/3184ca3cdd/index.html?page=12 |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=flipbook.brandbits.com |series=Partner News - Issue 46 (Spring Edition) |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |pages=12–13}}{{Cite web|title=What is the role of batteries and fuel cells in achieving net-zero? - Future Power Technology Magazine {{!}} Issue 137 {{!}} August 2021|url=https://power.nridigital.com/future_power_technology_aug21/batteries_fuel_cells_net_zero|access-date=2021-08-14|website=power.nridigital.com|date=5 August 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Short|first=Michael|date=2021-07-08|title=Improving Battery Lifetime Must Underpin Move To More Electric Vehicles|url=https://www.greenenergynews.co.uk/improving-battery-lifetime-must-underpin-move-to-more-electric-vehicles/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Green Energy News|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=5 Mins With ... Professor Michael Short {{!}} Oil & Gas|url=https://energydigital.com/oil-and-gas/5-mins-professor-michael-short|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Energy Digital|date=30 June 2021|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Q&A with Teesside University's Michael Short |url=https://www.twi-global.com/media-and-events/press-releases/2022/qa-with-teesside-universitys-michael-short |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.twi-global.com |language=en-GB}} and print/online news.{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Martin|date=2020-10-30|title=Pioneering project could help Government meet wind power pledge|url=https://teesbusiness.co.uk/2020/10/30/pioneering-project-could-help-government-meet-wind-power-pledge/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Tees Business|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Martin|date=2020-12-22|title=Research team develop pioneering battery management for electric cars|url=https://teesbusiness.co.uk/2020/12/22/research-team-develop-pioneering-battery-management-for-electric-cars/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Tees Business|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2021-10-08|title=Ground-breaking research to improve port's energy usage|url=https://www.businessnewsnortheast.co.uk/ground-breaking-research-to-improve-ports-energy-usage/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Business News North East|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Why Teesside is the right home for new national digital centre |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20193431.right-home-new-digital-trade-centre/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=The Northern Echo |date=8 June 2022 |language=en}} He has contributed to several UK Science and Technology Committee (House of Lords) inquiries,{{Cite web |title=Integrated Demand Response in EV Charging Network with Fast Frequency Response |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/25285/html/ |access-date=16 August 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Outreach classrooms to mitigate the UK school mathematics/informatics deficit |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/111202/html/ |access-date=25 October 2022}} and has led authorship of a commissioned report on digital trade for the UK Government.{{Cite web |last=University |first=Teesside |title=New report makes case for Tees Valley digital trade centre {{!}} Media centre {{!}} Teesside University |url=https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/news/pressreleases_story.cfm?story_id=7921 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=www.tees.ac.uk |language=en-uk}} In summer 2020 was interviewed on BBC Radio and featured in news articles regarding his role in the international response to manufacture PPE and Ventilators during the 2020/2021 waves of the COVID-19 viral pandemic.{{Cite web|title=University academic leads the way by distributing PPE to businesses across the region|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18541640.university-academic-leads-way-distributing-ppe-businesses-across-region/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=The Northern Echo|date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Corrigan|first=Naomi|date=2020-06-03|title=PPE support from university helps charity get back in the saddle|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/horseriding-charity-saddles-up-reopening-18355624|access-date=2021-08-14|website=TeessideLive|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Teesside University assists rapid response to call for PPE production {{!}} School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies {{!}} Teesside University|url=https://www.tees.ac.uk/schools/scedt/news_story.cfm?story_id=7425&this_issue_title=April%202020&this_issue=323|access-date=2021-08-16|website=www.tees.ac.uk}}{{Cite web|title=Engineers assist efforts to offer support during pandemic {{!}} Media centre {{!}} Teesside University|url=https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/news/pressreleases_story.cfm?story_id=7440|access-date=2021-08-14|website=www.tees.ac.uk}} In November 2022 he was featured on BBC Television and in news articles after being listed as one of the ten most influential people in the UK working within the Net Zero agenda. {{Cite web |last=University |first=Teesside |title=Net Zero accolade for Teesside University academic {{!}} Media centre {{!}} Teesside University |url=https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/news/pressreleases_story.cfm?story_id=8077 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www.tees.ac.uk |language=en-uk}}{{Cite web |title=Meet the Net Zero 50 List |url=https://www.netzero50.uk/vote |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=NET ZERO 50 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Martin |date=2022-11-10 |title=Net Zero accolade for Teesside University academic |url=https://teesbusiness.co.uk/2022/11/10/net-zero-accolade-for-teesside-university-academic/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=Tees Business |language=en-GB}} In December 2024 he was interviewed by NewsX following appearances as one of four UK academics on the 2024 GREAT Tour of India. {{Cite web |last=Anirudh |date=2024-12-07 |title=Michael Short: Driving the Net Zero Energy Transition through STEM {{!}} NewsX Exclusive |url=https://www.newsx.com/education-and-jobs/michael-short-driving-the-net-zero-energy-transition-through-stem-newsx-exclusive/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=NewsX World |language=en-US}}

File:Michael Short presenting at European Utility Week in Vienna, Austria in November 2018.jpg