[1] Michael is a full member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET) since 1999, a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) since 2012 and a full member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE), and he also sits on the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Technical Committee on Factory Automation (TCFA) since 2012.

[5] Since 2003 he has been Principal or Co-Investigator on multiple completed and ongoing funded research and innovation projects,[6][7] and also led the winning entry to the 2021 Abu Dhabi-Singapore Smart Cities Open Innovation Challenge to develop new energy efficiency solutions for buildings in Abu Dhabi.

[21][22] Michael has appeared in most forms of media to discuss the impacts of his work, including public webcasts, invited/keynote speeches, plenary lectures, and radio broadcasts,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] magazine features/interviews [7][31][32][33][34][35][36] and print/online news.

[42][45] In summer 2020 was interviewed on BBC Radio and featured in news articles regarding his role in the international response to manufacture PPE and Ventilators during the 2020/2021 waves of the COVID-19 viral pandemic.

[39][40][46][47] In November 2022 he was featured on BBC Television and in news articles after being listed as one of the ten most influential people in the UK working within the Net Zero agenda.