| Alan Fernley Simpson MA DPhil (Oxon.) |
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| Personal Details | |
| Born: | xxxxxxxxxx |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool |
| Nationality: | British |
| Status: | Married |
| Family: |
Wife - Helen
Daughter - Judith |
Introduction
Education and Employment
Publications
Knowledge & Skills
Relaxation Interests
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| Key Periods | Education / Employment |
| 1950 - 1954 | St.Georges Road Primary School, Wallasey |
| 1954 - 1956 | The Combermere School, West Kirby. |
| 1956 - 1963 | Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby. |
| 1963 - 1967 | St. Peter's College Oxford (BA Hons, Chemistry) |
| 1967 - 1971 | St. Peter's College Oxford (DPhil. Physical Chemistry) |
| 1971 - 1972 | Junior Electronic Engineer, Kent Instruments, Luton. |
| 1972 - 1976 | Electronics Engineer, Oxford Instruments |
| 1976 - 1980 | Development Manager, Oxford Electronic Instruments
(Later renamed to Oxford Medical Systems) |
| 1980 - 1982 | Joint Manager, EEG Group, Oxford Medical Systems |
| 1982 - 1984 | Development Manager, Oxford Medical Systems |
| 1984 - 1999 | Electronics Manager, Oxford Instruments
(Later renamed Oxford Instruments, Research Instruments |
| Dates | Publications |
| 1968 | P.W.Atkins, K.A.McLauchlan and A.F.Simpson, Chem. Comm. 1968, 179 |
| 1968 | P.W.Atkins, K.A.McLauchlan and A.F.Simpson, Proc. Inst. Petrol. Mol. Spectry. 1968, 177 |
| 1968 | P.W.Atkins, K.A.McLauchlan and A.F.Simpson, Nature 219, 927 |
| 1970 | P.W.Atkins, K.A.McLauchlan and A.F.Simpson, J.Phys (E) 3,547 |
| 1970 | P.W.Atkins, K.A.McLauchlan R.C.Gurd, I.C.Buchanan and A.F.Simpson, Chem. Comm. 1970, 513 |
| 1970 | The Study of Short Lived Species by Electron Spin Resonance (D.Phil Thesis) |
| 1980 | Chapter 1 of Clinical Ambulatory Monitoring, Edited Littler
Chapman & Hall (Jointly with Julian Morris) |
1983 | A Device for Ambulatory Skin Conductance Monitoring Alan Simpson and Graham Turpin, Psychophysiology 20, 2 |
| Knowledge & Skills |
| Problem Solving |
| Management of Technical Personnel |
| Design of Analogue & Digital Circuits |
| Design of Embedded Firmware |
| Design of Applications Software |
| Design of Analogue & Digital Circuits |
| Creation of Technical Documentation (Paper & www) |
| Relaxation and Interests | |
| Computer Programming | You can find some examples to download on my main web site |
| Web Site Creation | You are looking at one now! See also my main web site |
| Musical Interests | Wide ranging, from Handel to The Hoax. I play the piano (badly!) and act as a volunteer Steward for Music at Oxford's concerts in the Sheldonian Theatre, and elsewhere |
| Amateur Radio & Televsion | I am a licensed radio amateur, with the callsign G3UMF and have built equipment to transmit and receive speech, data and television pictures. |
| Photograpy & Video | You will find examples of this on various pages of my main web site |
| Genealogy | A sure sign of advancing years according to my late uncle. For example ... |
| Walking | With a dog, and Shotover Hill all around, how could one not enjoy walking? |