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Matthew Dean
SEND Research & Innovation Manager,
Keele University
United Kingdom
Matthew Dean is the SEND Research and Innovation Manager at Keele University, working on the UK’s first campus‑wide Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND). Operating at a genuine town scale, the 600 acre Keele campus functions as a living laboratory where energy technologies can be tested, and operated in real‑world conditions.
Matthew works across a fully integrated energy system that brings together renewable generation, battery energy storage, smart buildings, low‑carbon heat, electric vehicle infrastructure, and the HyDEX green hydrogen demonstrator. A core strand of his work focuses on real‑time energy data, sensors, and control systems that enable whole‑system optimisation across a complex, multi‑vector network.
By using the Keele campus as a living, operational testbed, Matthew helps generate practical insight into how emerging technologies perform at scale and how future energy systems could be cleaner, smarter, and more responsive.