AN Oxford Brookes professor has been recognised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for his contributions in mechanical engineering.

Professor Michael Todinov, from the University’s School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics was recently awarded the Prestige Award for Risk Reduction in Mechanical Engineering.

Commenting on his award win, Professor Todinov said: “I am thrilled to receive this prize.

“It is not only a recognition of decades long efforts in reliability improvement and risk reduction but also a great inspiration to strengthen my research in this area.”

Professor Todinov specialises in generic methods and principles for reliability improvement and risk reduction in operation and design. His research has yielded new methods for reliability improvement and risk reduction.