Dr Cooke is an Associate Professor in Material Science and Engineering and Director of Post-Graduate Research. He was awarded a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Calgary in 2011, a B. Eng. with honours and an MPhil from the University of Technology, Jamaica, in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA in Management from Patten University, USA. Dr Cooke is also a chartered engineer (C.Eng.), a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and a Member of the Caribbean Academy of Science.