Danielle George

Danielle George

Danielle George in 2014
Born Danielle Amanda Kettle
1975/1976 (age 38–39)[1]
Newcastle upon Tyne
Fields
Institutions
Alma mater
Thesis Characterisation of low noise devices for radio astronomy applications (2006)
Doctoral advisor Robin Sloan[2]
Doctoral students
  • Mina Panahi[3]
  • Mousumi Roy[4]
Notable awards Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (2014)[5]
Spouse Richard George[1]
Children one daughter
Website
www.manchester.ac.uk/research/danielle.george

Danielle Amanda George (born 1975/6, née Kettle)[1] is a Professor of Radio frequency engineering in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at the University of Manchester in the UK.[6][7][8][9]

Education

George grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne[1] and was educated at Kenton School[10] and the University of Liverpool where she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Astrophysics.

After her Master of Science degree in the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester,[11] she worked at Jodrell Bank Observatory (JBO), as a radio frequency engineer. Alongside her engineering work, she completed a PhD degree at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) for research on low-noise amplifiers.[2]

Career

George worked at JBO as a senior microwave engineer until 2006, when she was appointed a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She was promoted to Professor at the age of 38 in 2014.[1] She has been the editor of the International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education (IJEEE) since 2013.[12]

Research

George's research[13][14][15][16] and development investigates low noise receivers[17][18][19][20] and particularly:

George is the UK lead for amplifiers in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) telescope and has worked with NASA and the European Space Agency on the development of instrumentation for researchers exploring the Big Bang.[1][22]

George's research been funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)[23] and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).[21]

Awards and honours

George gave the 2014 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on how to hack your home.[1][24][25][26] George is the sixth woman in 189 years[27] to present the Christmas lectures, following Susan Greenfield (1994), Nancy Rothwell (1998), Monica Grady (2003), Sue Hartley (2009) and Alison Woollard (2013). The lectures included a live conversation with Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station[28] and turning the Shell Centre in London into a giant game of tetris.[29][30][31]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Danielle George, The Royal Institution: Science Lives Here". Royal Institution. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-07.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kettle, Danielle Amanda (2006). Characterisation of low noise devices for radio astronomy applications (PhD thesis). University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
  3. ↑ Panahi, Mina (2012). LNA considerations for square kilometre array (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. OCLC 806196566.
  4. ↑ Roy, Mousumi (2011). Front-end considerations for next generation communication receivers (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. OCLC 855698488.
  5. ↑ "2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES – Sparks will fly: How to hack your home2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES – Sparks will fly: How to hack your home". Royal Institution.
  6. ↑ List of publications from Microsoft Academic Search
  7. ↑ Danielle George's publications indexed by the DBLP Bibliography Server at the University of Trier
  8. ↑ Danielle George's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier.
  9. ↑ Danielle George on Twitter
  10. ↑ Interview with Prof Danielle George
  11. ↑ Kettle, Danielle Amanda (2006). Cosmic Microwave Background Interferometer Systems and the Very Small Array (MSc thesis). University of Manchester.
  12. ↑ George, Danielle (2013). "Editorial: Looking ahead at electrical engineering education". International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education 50 (3): 213. doi:10.7227/IJEEE.50.3.1.
  13. ↑ Davis, R. J.; Wilkinson, A.; Davies, R. D.; Winder, W. F.; Roddis, N.; Blackhurst, E. J.; Lawson, D.; Lowe, S. R.; Baines, C.; Butlin, M.; Galtress, A.; Shepherd, D.; Aja, B.; Artal, E.; Bersanelli, M.; Butler, R. C.; Castelli, C.; Cuttaia, F.; d'Arcangelo, O.; Gaier, T.; Hoyland, R.; Kettle, D.; Leonardi, R.; Mandolesi, N.; Mennella, A.; Meinhold, P.; Pospieszalski, M.; Stringhetti, L.; Tomasi, M. et al. (2009). "Design, development and verification of the 30 and 44 GHz front-end modules for the Planck Low Frequency Instrument". Journal of Instrumentation 4 (12): T12002. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/T12002.
  14. ↑ Kettle, D.; Roddis, N.; Sloan, R. (2005). "A Ka-band InP MMIC 180° phase switch". IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters 15 (6): 425. doi:10.1109/LMWC.2005.850562.
  15. ↑ Lowe, S. R.; Gawroński, M. P.; Wilkinson, P. N.; Kus, A. J.; Browne, I. W. A.; Pazderski, E.; Feiler, R.; Kettle, D. (2007). "30 GHz flux density measurements of the Caltech-Jodrell flat-spectrum sources with OCRA-p". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (3): 1093. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078034.
  16. ↑ Bersanelli, M.; Mandolesi, N.; Butler, R. C.; Mennella, A.; Villa, F.; Aja, B.; Artal, E.; Artina, E.; Baccigalupi, C.; Balasini, M.; Baldan, G.; Banday, A.; Bastia, P.; Battaglia, P.; Bernardino, T.; Blackhurst, E.; Boschini, L.; Burigana, C.; Cafagna, G.; Cappellini, B.; Cavaliere, F.; Colombo, F.; Crone, G.; Cuttaia, F.; d'Arcangelo, O.; Danese, L.; Davies, R. D.; Davis, R. J.; De Angelis, L. et al. (2010). "Planck pre-launch status: Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument". Astronomy and Astrophysics 520: A4. arXiv:1001.3321. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912853.
  17. ↑ "Professor Danielle George - personal details". University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 2014-09-07.
  18. ↑ Mennella, A.; Bersanelli, M.; Butler, R. C.; Curto, A.; Cuttaia, F.; Davis, R. J.; Dick, J.; Frailis, M.; Galeotta, S.; Gregorio, A.; Kurki-Suonio, H.; Lawrence, C. R.; Leach, S.; Leahy, J. P.; Lowe, S.; Maino, D.; Mandolesi, N.; Maris, M.; Martínez-González, E.; Meinhold, P. R.; Morgante, G.; Pearson, D.; Perrotta, F.; Polenta, G.; Poutanen, T.; Sandri, M.; Seiffert, M. D.; Suur-Uski, A. -S.; Tavagnacco, D. et al. (2011). "Planck early results. III. First assessment of the Low Frequency Instrument in-flight performance". Astronomy & Astrophysics 536: A3. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116480.
  19. ↑ Mennella, A.; Bersanelli, M.; Seiffert, M.; Kettle, D.; Roddis, N.; Wilkinson, A.; Meinhold, P. (2003). "Offset balancing in pseudo-correlation radiometers for CMB measurements". Astronomy and Astrophysics 410 (3): 1089. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031266.
  20. ↑ Aja, B.; Artal, E.; de la Fuente, L.; Pascual, J. P.; Mediavilla, A.; Roddis, N.; Kettle, D.; Winder, W. F.; Cara, L. P.; De Paco, P. (2005). "Very low-noise differential radiometer at 30 GHz for the PLANCK LFI". IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 53 (6): 2050. doi:10.1109/TMTT.2005.848815.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Wang, C.; George, D.; Green, P. R. (2014). Development of plough-able RFID sensor network systems for precision agriculture. 2014 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet). p. 64. doi:10.1109/WiSNet.2014.6825502. ISBN 978-1-4799-2300-7.
  22. ↑ "Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET): Dr Danielle George". University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 2014-08-25.
  23. ↑ "UK Government research grants awarded to Danielle George". Research Councils UK. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29.
  24. ↑ Christmas lectures will reveal how to 'hack your home': Danielle George will demonstrate how common household devices can be transformed in ways that could change the world, by Ian Sample, The Guardian, 2014-08-19
  25. ↑ "About the Christmas lectures 2014". Royal Institution. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-07.
  26. ↑ "Five minutes with Professor Danielle George". Royal Institution. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-07.
  27. ↑ Professor from Newcastle becomes only sixth woman to present Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Newcastle Chronicle, 2014-08-19
  28. ↑ ISS Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Talks About Life in Space with Danielle George on YouTube
  29. ↑ Royal Institution Xmas Lectures - The Making of Tetris on the Shell Building on Vimeo
  30. ↑ Skyscraper Tetris - Behind the Scenes - 2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES on YouTube
  31. ↑ "Giant Tetris on a building; RI Xmas Lectures". section9.co.uk. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19.