Jeffery Collins

Jeffrey Hamilton Collins
Born (1930-04-22)April 22, 1930
Luton, England
Died September 23, 2015(2015-09-23) (aged 85)
Gullane, Scotland
Nationality British
Occupation Electrical engineer
Years active 1951 - 2010
Known for Analog signal processing

Professor Jeff Collins (22 April 1930 - 23 September 2015) was a British electrical engineer who directed and researched experimental physics, robotics, microelectronics, communications technologies and parallel computing.[1]

Moving between academia, commercial and military research throughout his diverse career,[2][3] he proved to be an enthusiastic leader demonstrated in his numerous directorships, successful fund-raising and his recreational interests of sports.[1][4] Institutions he worked for include Automation & Robotics Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, GEC, Ferranti, Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Wolfson Microelectronics Institute, Advent Technology Venture Capital Group and Artemis Intelligent Power.

He contributed to many academic papers, such as Surface Wave Transducers and Microwave magnetostatics[5]

In the 1970s and 80s working for University of Edinburgh he secured funding for Surface acoustic wave devices research and then utilised them in a Skynet (satellite) receiver which achieved faster synchronisation.

References

  1. 1 2 "Herald Newspaper Scotland". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Scotsman Newspaper". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Edinburgh University". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "CCD Conference 1979" (PDF). Image Sensors.
  5. ↑ "Papers by J H Collins". IEEE Explore.


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