Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr
Aston Triangle
B4 7ET Birmingham
United Kingdom
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University
B4 7ET Birmingham
United Kingdom
Member of the Institute of Physics.
Chartered Physicist
Member member of the International Society for Optics and Photonic (SPIE)
2014- Aston Institute for Photonic Technologies
2010-2014 Chief Scientist L-3 TRL, Tewkesbury.
2001-2009 Technical leader, QinetiQ, Malvern
1998-2001 Senior Scientist, DERA, Portsmouth
1994-1998 Post doctroal research fellow, Birmingham University
Laser Detection
Free space optical communications
Optical spectroscopy
Non-Mechanical beam steering
Novel encoding schemes
I have spent meany years doing research in industry, looking across the gap at academics and now I have joined them. However bad you think things get in academia, at least the hierachies of the organisation understand that research is the bedrock of what universities do. In industry research costs money and you always have to justify what you do to people who have no concept, why you spend money that someone else sees as their profit - even when someone else has funded it. There is a different mindset in industry. What appears to be a small amount of funding to a university, can be a major investment for a small company. The misalignment between academia and industry is something I hope I can start to influence as I think academia to industry relations will become more important (to academia) in the coming years.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication
Benton, D. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Benton, D. (Editorial board member)
Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Benton, D. (Editorial board member)
Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Benton, D. (Editorial board member)
Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review