Biography

I am a Chartered Electrical Engineer, specialising in electronic circuit design. Following a long career in industry as an electronics design engineer, I began a second career as an educator, lecturing in engineering at FE and HE level at colleges and tutoring on undergraduate courses at The Open University. I hold qualified teacher status (QTLS). 

Professional Interests

  • Electronic circuit design, with particular focus on analogue electronics 
  • Education – teaching & learning
  • Radio communication – Licensed ‘ham’; and radio experimenter since my teens. 

OU Modules

Past and present Open University modules tutored or supervised on: T176, T193, T194, T212, T276, T312, T452. 

Patents

GB2292844, EP0698895, US5838547A. 

Professional qualifications & Accreditations

  • Chartered Engineer (CEng)
  • Member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (MIET)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Member of the Education & Training Foundation (MSET)
  • Qualified teacher status (QTLS)