About me

Dr. Dawei Lu is a Principal Teaching Fellow at WMG, University of Warwick. He received his PhD in manufacturing technology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1987, and later an MBA from Birmingham University. Dr. Lu was a recipient of a number of prestigious fellowships including British Council Post Doctoral Fellowship, Rockwell Research Fellowship, and RAE (Royal Academy of Engineering) Industrial Secondment Award. Dr. Lu has published over 20 peer reviewed journal papers, and 22 international conference papers. Dr. Lu holds one patent on die-set design for injection mould. He is also a referee and peer reviewer for EPSRC proposals, journal papers from 5 professional journals, and a book from Information Science Reference (New York). Dr. Lu has been continuously working in WMG since 1988, and is now a founding leader for the Supply Chain and Logistics Research Team; and the founding coordinator for World Class Assessment and Accreditation Team within the WMG. He currently runs international collaborative research projects with China, Turkey, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, and India.
Dr. Lu is a Fellow of World Business Institute also a Non-Executive Director for two international logistics companies. He has successfully managed and delivered many high profile industry funded research projects and consulting assignments for many UK and international organisations. Over the years he has managed and contributed to 9 external income generating programmes totalling over £1.2 million. He is currently a Principal Investigator for two major externally funded projects, and a member of the Steering Group for RBS Insurance’s World Class Accreditation programme. He has supervised 11 PhD, Engineering Doctorate students and over 80 Master students.
As a module tutor for Supply Chain Management module at the master and executive training levels, Dr. Lu delivers the module across 6 different countries internationally for over 14 years. By engaging external business partners, he developed and delivered bespoke education and training courses for managers from leading edge global companies in both manufacturing and service sectors. His teaching portfolio covers a range of dynamic subject areas including logistics, inventory management, lean manufacturing, supplier relationship management, purchasing management, supply chain strategies and etc. He has been invited to give keynote speeches, seminars, lectures in the UK, Singapore, China, India, Malaysia and Thailand on many demanding management topics.
Within WMG, Dr. Lu is currently a member of Overseas Programmes Committee and WMG Research Committee. He is a professional member of a number of well known learned institutions including Operational Research Society, Institute of Supply Management, and International System Dynamics Society. He is also a Member of CBBC (China-Britain Business Council) — the UK’s National Body of Business Association with China.