ABILITIES
Expert in high frequency acoustics for both military and medical projects
System Modelling and Assessment of underwater equipment
Trials planning and management including risk assessment and safety auditing
Software design and development for data acquisition and analysis
Underwater equipment design, development, procurement
Bid preparation and Technical assessment
EDUCATION
BSc (Hons(2.1)) Mathematics, University of Southampton (1974)
Member, Institute of Physics (2004)
Chartered Physicist (2004)
EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Qinetiq (2001-2004)
Team leader for image enhancement in a medical ultrasound project including the development of novel ultrasonic methods to overcome certain problem areas
System performance modelling for various types of sonar
Development of a simulation model for Synthetic Aperture Sonar
Signal processing development
Various patent applications
DERA (2001 and earlier)
Research into high frequency acoustic reverberation and propagation; support to the development of a simulator for a minehunting sonar; contributing to the Joint Environment Acoustics Research Programme; conducting trials and analysing data. Team leader for modelling of the minehunting acoustic environment (1993-2000)
Carrying out research into minehunting sonar environment, conducting measurements and developing theoretical models. Cooperation with the French Navy in studies of underwater vehicle sonars. Developing high frequency wideband sonars and predicting acoustic array performance. Initiating a modernisation programme for calibration equipment. (1989-1993)
Investigating the physics of surface ship wakes and developing new techniques for determining and measuring acoustic parameters of wakes. Planning and carrying out trials (1985-88)
Weapons homing research in connection with Light Weight torpedoes. Target and environmental acoustic studies at torpedo homing frequencies (1977-1985)
Haslar (1974-1977)
Investigations of surface ship seakeeping including theoretical studies and tank experiments. Studies into submarine control algorithms
