ABOUT US
We
are a registered charity, formed by a group of scientists and mathematicians
who wish to improve understanding of science, mathematics and technology. We
feel that supporting and encouraging these disciplines is the base from which
future engineers and scientists will emerge with the necessary skills to meet
the challenges facing our world.
Registered
charity 1172511
Dr. J. Walton (Teignmouth Science and Technology Centre Ltd.)
Dr. Walton
has worked in academic and research facilities for over 30 years. His initial
work began at the Synchrotron Radiation Source in Daresbury, UK where he
supported research in surface analysis beam lines. He worked at University of
Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in x-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy (XPS) (which merged with the University of Manchester) where he
was responsible for the development of expertise for the nanoscale
characterisation of surfaces, including all aspects of the provision and
development of an XPS service, and training in atomic force microscopy
including electric force, magnetic force, peak force nanomechanical and peak
force TUNA microscopy.
Dr. Walton provided the implementation of a traceable
and transferable quantification procedure for a Kratos
Axis Ultra XPS instrument. He developed procedures for quantitative chemical
state imaging from spectroscopic imaging XPS data sets using multivariate
analytical techniques. Calibration of SKPFM with SKP in controlled environments
for the measurement of localised corrosion potentials.
Dr. N. Fairley (Casa
Software Ltd.)
Dr.
Fairley has worked in academic and commercial environments for over 30 years.
His first academic publications were in computational physics and quantum
mechanics which provided a natural path to the application of computers to data
analysis and software tools for research. Most of his career has been spent in
industrial environments initially in computer aided design and subsequently in
computer systems for mass spectrometry and surface sensitive electron
spectroscopy. In 1999, Dr. Fairley released the first
version of the commercial software CasaXPS and as a consequence has had the
privilege to support academic research and commercial applications of data
analysis for XPS, AES, SIMS, Dynamic SIMS, ToF-MS and
other scientific software solutions.
Dr. Patrick Fischer
Dr Fischer worked in the
robotics, nuclear and underwater technology sectors for twenty years and during
this time he gained a PhD in Robotics from Oxford University. While working for
the UK Atomic Energy Authority he developed a novel high sensitivity force
reflecting input device based on a Stewart Platform parallel mechanism.
Dr Fischer spent several years
combining his interest in high technology and the sea culminating in managing a
high tech project for the Oxford Maritime Trust to recover a priceless life
sized 2000-year-old bronze statue sunk off the Croatian coast (the so-called Athlete of Croatia
or Croatian Apoxyomenos) .
This project was undertaken in collaboration with the Croatian authorities and
the statue has since been on display at the Louvre and the British Museum.
He is currently working on the
“Internet of Things”
