Dr David Etor is an expert in Electromechanical Systems and Microsystems Technology with extensive experience across academia and industry. He is a recipient of multiple prestigious honours, including the Nigerian President’s NYSC National Honours Award and the NNPC & TotalEnergies-funded MIT-ETT Fellowship.

Dr Etor earned an M.Sc. in Electrical Power from Newcastle University, UK, and a Ph.D. in Engineering, with a specialisation in Microsystems Technology, from Durham University, UK. He is also a graduate of the Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK.

He has published widely in leading international journals and is the author of Design Principles for Modern Rotating Electromechanical Machines, a textbook widely adopted by electrical and mechanical engineers and students globally. He also holds several patents and, following the award of the MIT-ETT Fellowship, undertook a postdoctoral fellowship appointment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.

In 2023, Dr. Etor served on the International Advisory Board for the 9th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning: Transforming Engineering Education, jointly convened by MIT, Harvard University, and Aalborg University in Cambridge and Boston, USA.

Dr Etor is a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE). He has held faculty positions at the University of Jos, Baze University, and the University of Abuja. Prior to joining the University of Bristol, he held the role of MEMS Technologist at Collins Aerospace (RTX), where he contributed to the development and testing of advanced sensing and microsystem technologies for aerospace applications.