Prof. Dr. Nihal SinnaduraiCEO and Chief Technologist of Advanced Technology Transfer Associates - Troubleshooter for Industry, Expert Witness in Technology, Manufacturing and IP. Visiting Prof. Leader and initiator IEEE ‘Action for Industry’. Past Chair IEEE UK and Ireland. Senior Expert UN ITUGlobal VP Reliability and Quality for Bookham (now Oclaro): established expert strategy for product Reliability and Qualification in Photonics. Received Best Supplier and Gold Awards from major International Telecoms Corporations.2017 IEEE Leadership and Achievement award - Action for Industry2015 IEEE Reliability Society Lifetime Achievement Award 2003 International Microelectronics Society Award - Outstanding Technical Achievement.Achievements include: Low-cost microelectronics in high rel systems; inventor of HAST Highly accelerated stress test and established correct methodology for its use; inventor of Liquid Crystal Micro-Thermography for microelectronics.Technology transfer expertise to: ITRI Taiwan, ST M, photonics companies, European Commission. Managed EC technology transfer for SMEs to access technology projects. His career also spanned BT including responsibility for Intelligent Networks and VPN developments; fundamentally moving BT policy from over-engineering to fitness-for-purpose specifications. He developed low-cost high-reliability subscriber units for digital exchanges. Briefly Prof Electronics Technology, Microelectronics Chair at Middlesex University. Visiting Prof UK and Australia. BSc: Honours in Physics, MSc: Semiconductors (London), PhD: Reliability of Silicon and Gallium Arsenide Devices (Southampton). Chartered Engineer, Life Fellow IEEE, Life Fellow Institute of Physics. Deep practitioner experience of electronics and photonics technologies and reliability development. Many inventions, Over 260 papers. Professional Development trainer internationally.Specialties: Reliability, Trouble Shooting, Failure Diagnostics, Expert Witness
Listed skills include Electronics, Semiconductors, Reliability, R&D, and 18 others.