Daniel Roberts Email & Phone Number

Bangor, Gb

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

I am currently the Director of Student Engagement for the School of Computer Science and Engineering.

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

I am the Schools Liaison Officer for the School of Computer Science and Engineering, leading the schools outreach programme.Past collaborations include arranging Girls In STEM days with EESW and hosting the IET Faraday Challenge.

School Of Computer Science And Electronic Engineering - Bangor University

I currently teach two first-year modules, and one third year module, at the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Bangor University.The two first year modules are titled 'Electrical and Electronic Principles' and 'Circuit Design (inc. Digital Logic), and the third year module is titled 'Control Systems'.The 'Electrical and Electronic Principles' module aims to introduce the main techniques of circuit analysis and demonstrate that this is a key framework of electronic engineering and to give a basic appreciation of the fundamental physics which determine the electronic properties of materials used in the electronics industry.The 'Circuit Design (inc. Digital Logic)' module aims to provide the fundamentals of analogue and digital circuit analysis and design based on discrete devices to prepare learners for the Analogue Electronics and digital modules in the second year.The third year 'Control Systems' module aims to establish the basic techniques of classical control system analysis and design for single input, single output systems, using both time domain and frequency response methods.I also supervise Third Year / Final year undergraduate projects, as well as MSc projects.In 2016/17, I also taught two second year modules at our college in Changsha, China (Bangor College China). I travelled to the campus twice a semester (teaching half a module each time) in order to teach Optoelectronics and Microelectronics 2.In December 2021 I was awarded the Certified Expert in Digital Teaching and Learning after completing the three 40-hour long courses on the Fundamentals of Digital Teaching and Learning, Designing Digital Teaching and Learning and Excellence in Digital Teaching and Learning.In July 2022, I was awarded a Bangor University Teaching Fellowship in recognition of outstanding contribution to teaching and pastoral care in the University.

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

I was the Director for Equality and Diversity for the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering and led the schools successful Athena SWAN Bronze Award.

School Of Electronic Engineering

I completed my PhD Research Degree at the School of Electronic Engineering at Bangor University in November of 2016.I was the first in the school to conduct a PhD through the medium of Welsh, and was also successful in publishing a paper in the Welsh medium journal, Gwerddon. My thesis looked at the dynamics and behaviors of VCSELs (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers), and in particular, looking at generating Terahertz radiation via a Dual-Wavelength VECSEL and via Four-Wave-Mixing (FWM).The first part of my thesis looked at re-designing the current state-of-the-art dual-wavelength VECSEL, paying particular attention at significantly reducing the wavelength separation between the two wavelengths (from 58nm down to 5nm), and re-positioning the quantum-wells (QW) in order to reduce the cross absorption of the short wavelength light in the long wavelength QWs. The second part of my thesis looked at generating Terahertz radiation via the four-wave-mixing (FWM) method, utilizing the injection locking phenomena. The method utilized three lasers, whereby laser's one and two were injected into laser three, where FWM takes place. The conjugate signals generated by laser three were then injected back into laser one and two, where locking takes place. The worked looked in detail at the various behaviors of the system at varying locking rates and detuning frequencies, paying particular attention to the locking condition between the lasers. The final part of the thesis then looked at the modulation response of the FWM system.Another method of generating Terahertz radiation that I looked into was the Photomixing technique, or via a Photoconductive Antenna. Future work may look at the possibility of shining the output from the dual-wavelength laser, and the FWM system onto a photoconductive antenna in order to generate Terahertz radiation.

School Of Electronic Engineering - Bangor University

Bangor University

Botwnnog, Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd

I finished working as an Electronics Teacher at Ysgol Botwnnog on the Llyn Peninsula in the summer of 2015, teaching GCSE Electronics to years 10 and 11.All of the pupils achieved grades A-A* in their Electronics GCSE qualification.

Senior Fellow Of The Higher Education Academy, Education, Pass

Activities and Societies: Achieved Senior Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy.Achieved Fellow status with the Higher Education.

Teaching Fellowship

Awarded a teaching fellowship in recognition of outstanding contribution to teaching and pastoral care in the University.

Pgcerthe, Teaching In Higher Education, Pass

Activities and Societies: Achieved Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy.Achieved Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy.

Electronic Engineering Phd, Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (Vcsel), Doctor Of Philosophy

Title of the Thesis: 'Semiconductor Devices for Generating Terahertz Radiation'.

Meng Electronic Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, First-Class Honours

Electronics & Mechanical Maths, A

Gcse, A*-B