Test system implementation for:infrared detectors:* Arrays.for military and civil thermal imaging. * Arrays for space applications. Software implementation:* Visual Studio Pro: C# and C++ for Windows 10* Embarcadero RAD 10.1 Berlin C++ Builder for Windows 10.* Python.* GIT and SVN.Design and Analysis:* Optical design using Zemax OpticStudio. * Data analysis using MathCAD and MatLAB.Others:* FTIR, Bruker and Agilent.* Industrial control: TrioMotion Ltd motion controllers.

Design and development of a fibre optic based, underwater oceanographic spectrometer system. Control software implemented in C++.Industrial research. Construction of low cost detector arrays for underwater spectrometers.Use of erbium doped fibre optical amplifiers in optical fibre hydrophone arrays.Design and construction of a fibre optic interferometer for disturbance location.Design and implementation of PC based controllers for refrigeration energy management. Control software implemented in C++. In-fibre Bragg gratings for monitoring the strain in composite materials.Acted as technical supervisor and mentor for a number of undergraduate and MSc students.

Contract systems engineer at Westland Helicopters Ltd. Yeovil. (February 1989 to March 1990).Integration of thermal imager avionics into Lynx and Sea King helicopters.Systems and software development at main site:Technical study of helmet mounted sights for aircraft. Software design for an electro optical system simulation.Design and implementation of civil airline database.

Design of visible, near infrared and MW/LW infrared optical systems for avionics and military applications. Designs implemented using CODE V CAD package

• Optical design of IR lenses and CRT viewers. • Performance modelling of thermal imaging systems.

Simple optical and system design tasks for thermal imaging systemsOptical testing of infrared lenses and systems. (MRTD, MDTD, MTF, LSF and interferometry).Small research projects:•Polarisation state of radiation scattered from small metallic targets.•Manufacture of infrared lens components using optical crystals, particularly silver halides.•Analysis of meteorological range data from laser range trials.