Nick Harris of Southampton University, UK

The seminar will provide an overview of ongoing research and available facilities at Southampton University that could support joint UK–Canada collaborations. Topics include surface and wet-etch micromachining, optical fiber sensors, and multi-project wafer (MPW) programs such as Cornerstone and Microcraft for photonics and microengineering. The talk will also touch upon open development for system-on-chip (SoC) design and explore interests in neuromorphic computing, quantum algorithms, and flexible devices.

Biography:

Nick Harris is currently Professor of Advanced Sensor Technologies and Head of the SEMS (Smart Electronic Materials and Systems) group in the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at Southampton University, UK.

Southampton University is a member of the 20 Research Intensive Russell group universities, and regularly features in the top 3 in the Uks rankings for electronics.

Prof Harris’s research interests have a strong commercial focus and previous positions before Southampton have been in research and consultancy based organisations. He likes to focus on emerging disruptive technologies such as lab on a chip type medical devices and more recently on the combination of novel sensors and machine learning condition monitoring systems for future sustainable lubricants.

He was a founder of Perpetuum Ltd, a spin out that successfully commercialised vibration energy harvesters for condition monitoring applications. Perpetuum was sold in 2020 to Hitachi Rail. He previously held a directorship of D4 Technology Ltd, a consultancy company, whose customers included Dstl, Lockheed Martin, GE Global Research, Perpetuum and Staywell, as well as previously being a director of ECS Partners, the consultancy operation of ECS. He is currently a director of Aspira Aerial Applications and is a Fellow of the IET (FIET) and a chartered engineer (CEng).

Address:Southampton, England, United Kingdom