Dean Whittaker Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

leading team of c&i engineers to design, develop and maintain the control elements of various plant, primarily tritium handling plant including gas chromatography, cryogenic distillation, uranium storage bed and general gas handlingDesign and development of control system software approval of system designs

Culham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

managing diverse team of technicians, engineers and to maintain safety and security systemsmaintaining, automating and developing unique xml based document management systemensuring support for day to day operations of JET facilityassistance to the authority to operate holder as required

Acting as interface to coordinate large scale science experiments across several central facilities; creating processes and technology to enable best exploitation of facilities and ensure preparedness. Management of programme for facility maintenance and development of order of £10m using EVM methodologyCreating and maintaining KPIs for facilities to enable accurate reporting

Culham, Uk

Research roles in major eurofusion projectsJoint proposer and technical advisor for materials detritiation facilityABB 800XA control system developmentResponsible officer for systems of a tritium handling plantControl room duty officer for a tritium handling plant; responsible for safety of people and plant on a shift basisExplosive gas handling Registered radiation worker with pressurised suit training

Folkestone

Took part in Teach First leadership development programme and taught for one year at challenging school

Didcot

Joint PhD studentship with STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and University of Bath PhD Thesis "Structure and Dynamics of Fundamental Glass Systems"​ under the supervision ofProf. P. S. SalmonWorked in a team with international collaborators on experiments at central facilities in theUK, USA and France (ISIS, APS and ILL, respecitvely)Created data analysis technique for experiments using isotope substitution in neutron spectroscopyFurther developed technique of neutron diffraction at very high pressures both in direct and transverse geometryUsed instruments D4 at ILL and ISIS instruments: MERLIN, MAPS, MARI, SANDALS, PEARLUsed software: Gudrun, PDFGetX2, Genie, Libisis, Origin 8, LaTeX, MantidExperience in sample preparation for isotopically enriched glassesDeveloped and manufactured bespoke sample pellet presses, moulds and Paris-Edinburgh cell gasketsGave an invited talk as part of the international "Glass and Entropy 2"​ conference atAberystwith University in 2009Spoke at the "11th International Non-Crystalline-Materials" conference in Paris in 2010

Oxfordshire

Working on libisis software (www.libisis.org) as part of a 1 year placementDeveloped innovative software solutions for manipulation and visualisation of large datasets using the Matlab Programming framework by working with different user groups to develop specifications.Used SVN and CVS version control software to work collaboratively on the softwarePart of "Young scientists forum" at Rutherford Appleton laboratory (presentations, discussions, tours of other facilities, team building exercises)Outreach work including school engineering days, Science demos for teachers, talks and demos for kids.

Swindon

After school activities for underachieving children in Swindon based schools

Phd, Neutron Scattering From Amorphous Materials

Activities and Societies: Kayaking, Physics society, STEMNET science and engineering ambassadorSee Above

Mphys (1St Class Hons.), Physics With Research Placement

Activities and Societies: Mentoring, Fencing, Physics Society, Norwood Residence

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