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Personal Information
Professional Information &
Present Occupation
October 1997 - Present
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Post Graduate Research Student for the
Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Ph.D.
Thesis title "Millimetre Wave Antennas on Photonic Band Gap
substrates"
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Photonic Band Gap Materials Research Group,
Department of Electronics & Electrical
Engineering,
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+(0)141-330-6002 (Research group)
+(0)141-330-4907 (Department)
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http://www.elec.gla.ac.uk/~areynolds
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Previous Occupations
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Further collaboration with the European Space Agency on mm-wave photnic
crystals. For an overview of some of the activities see the October 1999
edition of Microwave Engineering Europe.
http://www.microwaveengineering.com/magazine/1999/oct99.html
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| October 1998 - March
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Theoretical research on Opal
Colloidal Photonic Band Gap Crystals carried out at the Semiconductor
Group in the University of Montpellier II. The research was funded as part
of the European PHOBOS project in collaboration with Dr. David Cassagne
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Young Graduate Trainee working in Photonic
Band Gap materials for millimetre wave applications at the European
Space Agency's Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, located in
Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
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Electronics and OptoElectronics (M.Eng.)
undergraduate student within the Electronics Department of the
University of Glasgow. Six month foreign placement carried out in Passive
Intermodulation Generation, PIM, at the European Space Agency's
Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC.
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Full time secondary school education
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Education
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First Class Honours Masters Degree, M.Eng.
in Electronics & Optoelectronics. Undergraduate Study within the
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering of the University
of Glasgow.
Final year specialisation:
·Optoelectronics
·Quantum Electronics & Lasers
·Microwave Systems
·Communication Systems
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Secondary School Education
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 | Five Higher
Certificates: |
Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry,
Geography
| Five Ordinary
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Physics, Chemistry, Russian, French,
Geography
| Two Standard Grade
Credit Certificates: |
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Courses / Conferences
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15th - 19th February 2000
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Optical Probes 2000 Utah, USA
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| 3rd - 5th November 1998 |
Message Passing Interface, MPI, initiation
course in parallel programming for FORTRAN.
Centre National Universitaire Sud de Calcul,
CNUSC, Montpellier, France.
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QED Phenomena & Applications of
Microcavities and Photonic Crystals - Summer School.
Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese,
F-12300 Cargese, France.
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20th ESTEC Antenna Workshop on Millimetre
Wave and Antenna Technology and Antenna Measurement.
Held in ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
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Introduction to Spacecraft Systems
Engineering Course.
Aeronautics & Astronautics - University
of Southampton
Held in ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
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ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology
& Applications
ESA-WPP-098.
Held in ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
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21st - 23rd november 1995
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ESA Workshop on Antenna Technologies,
Held in ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
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Hobbies / Interests
I enjoy a wide range of sports including squash,
skiing, walking, general fitness, football (with the Mad
Cows football team) and rugby. I also enjoy reading, music, and graphic
generation, manipulation and web page authoring.
Brief Overview of Recent
Activities
Collaboration with the University
of Montpellier II- Semiconductor Group
(October 1998 - March 1999)
I was invited to collaborate with Dr. David
Cassagne and Professor Christian Jouanin on the theoretical modelling of Opal
colloidal crystals. This work involved relocation to Montpellier, France for
six months and covered the investigation of the fundamental properties of Opal
crystals including coating and sintering effects.
Young Graduate Trainee at the European
Space Agency.
(October 1996 - September 1997)
After graduating I returned to the European Space
Agency for a one year non renewable post as a Young Graduate Trainee. This
work involved the study of Photonic Band Gap materials and was focused on the
application of photonic crystals with Integrated Antennas in the microwave,
millimetre and far infra red regime. On successful completion of the post I
returned to the University of Glasgow to continue studying for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. in Photonic Band Gap materials.
Stagiare Placement at the European
Space Agency.
(June 1995 - December 1995)
During the six month placement I worked on Passive
Inter Modulation Products generally known as P.I.M. This is an interference
problem caused by the interaction of high power down link signals from the
satellite with non linear elements in signal's path. The non linear terms
generate small harmonic interference terms which can then interfere with the
weak up-link information to the satellite swamping the wanted information with
useless noise. There are very stringent requirements on the allowable P.I.M.
level generation within satellites, I optimised and reduced PIM generation
within a test bed for measuring these products during the placement.
The European Master of Engineering
Degree, M.Eng.
(October 1991 - June 1996)
I was invited to join the M.Eng. curriculum in
October 1995. The M.Eng. course builds upon the standard I.E.E. accredited
B.Eng. degree curriculum offered within the Electronics Department of the
University of Glasgow. The M.Eng. also incorporates aspects of management,
finance, accountancy, marketing and other essential business aspects. It also
includes the requirement to produce a business plan for a real start up
company with the aim of producing a well rounded knowledgeable engineer. Part
of this course also involves a compulsory six month overseas placement. I was
placed to work in the Antenna Section of the European Space Agency Research
& Technology Centre (ESTEC) located within the Netherlands from
June-December 1995.
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