| Activity | Education:
University of Surrey, BSc metallurgy, DSc; Charterd Physicist; Chartered Engineer
Career:
Research Officer, Materials Division, Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories (1959-1962); Senior Scientific Officer (1962-1965), Principal Scientific Officer (1965-1971), Banded Officer (1971-1979), Metallurgy Division, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell; Professor of Materials Science, Deaprtment of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Liverpool (1979-1984), head o deaprtment (1981-1984); Director, Fuel and Engineering Technology, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Risley (1984-1987); Board Member, UK Atomic Energy Authority (Deputy Chairman 1989-1996, Chief Executive 1990-1994); Non Executive Chairman, UK Atomic Energy Authority Government Division (1994-1995); Board Member and Deputy Chairman, Atomic Energy Authority Technology. Academic posts: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mettalurgy, University of Illinois (1969-1970); Visiting Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin (1976); Visiting Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Liverpool (1985); Chairman Departmental Advisory Committee, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Liverpool (1990); Member Industrial Advisory Committee (1995), Visiting Professor (1997), Department of Materials, University of Oxford; Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University College London (1995); Industrial Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford (1996); Member of Council, University of Salford (1993-1996); Member of Fusion Studies Advisory Group, Imperial College London (1985)
Honours:
CBE 1993
Memberships:
Energy Committee (1980-1983); Science and Engineering Research Council; Fusion Technology Panel (1980-1984); Metallics Sub-Committee (1981-1986); Materials Committee (1982-1986); Materials Commission (198-1990) Advisory Council on Research and Development, Department of Energy (1987-1990); FEng (1992); Fellow of the Institute of Materials; Fellow of the Institute of Physics; Foundation for Science and Technology; Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council; US National Academy of Engineering (2009); |