User:Paul Howland

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Curriculum vitae

A whirlwind summary of life and career follows.

Education:

• MEng(Hons) Class I in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK, 1991
• PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK, 1997

Professional memberships:

• Member Institution of Electrical Engineers (MIEE) and Chartered Electrical Engineer, since July 1996

Prizes:

• “Clarke-Griffiths Memorial Premium 1998/99”, Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), September 2000
• Awarded “Best PhD Thesis 1997/98” Prize, University of Birmingham, January 1999
• Awarded “John Benjamin Memorial Prize” for applied physics, 1998, DERA Malvern
• Awarded Gordon Tucker Bursary 1991, University of Birmingham
• Awarded J T Allanson Prize 1991, University of Birmingham
• Winner IMA Younger Members Papers Evening 1991, Coventry.
• Finalist IEE Younger Members Papers Evening 1991, Birmingham.

Employment history:

• 1988-1991 Royal Signals & Radar Establishment (Malvern). MOD Sponsored Student Scientist
• DERA Malvern – Airspace Surveillance Dept.
  • Jul 91 – Apr 93 Scientific Officer
  • Apr 93 – Sep 95 Higher Scientific Officer
  • Sep 95 – Oct 98 Senior Scientific Officer/Senior Scientist
  • Oct 98 – May 99 Principal Scientist
• NATO C3 Agency – Surveillance Branch
  • May 99 – Sep 00 Senior Scientist (NATO Grade A3)
  • Sep 00 - present Principal Scientist (NATO Grade A4)

Publications

Not having worked in a University these are limited, but include:

• Widesweep Backscatter Sounding Tools For HF OTH Radars, Military Microwaves 90 Conference Proceedings, pp 199204, 1990.
• Use of the WignerVille Distribution to Compensate for Ionospheric Layer Movement in High Frequency SkyWave Radar Systems, IEE Proceedings Part F, Vol.140, No.1, pp 2936, February 1993
• A Passive Metric Radar Using A Transmitter Of Opportunity, Radar '94 Conference Proceedings, pp. 251256, May 1994, Paris, France.
• An HF Skywave Availability Model, HF Radio Systems and Techniques Conference, 4-7 July 1994, York, UK.
• Television Based Bistatic Radar, MPhil(Eng) thesis, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, March 1994
• Estimation of Target Altitude in HF Surface Wave Radar, Proceedings IEE 7th International Conference on HF Systems & Techniques, Nottingham, UK, 7-10 July 1997
• Television Based Bistatic Radar, PhD Thesis, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Birmingham, September 1997.
• Estimation of Target Altitude in HF Surface Wave Radar, Journal of Defence Science, January 1998.
• What is the range of your radar? and other questions not to ask the radar engineer, IEE Colloquium on “Specifying and Measuring the Performance of Radar Systems”, Savoy Place, London, March 1998
• Target tracking using television based bistatic radar, Howland P E, IEE Proceedings Radar, Sonar and Navigation, Vol. 146, No 3, June 1999
• Passive Sensors For The NATO Deployable ACCS Component, Howland P E, SET Symposium on “Passive and LPI RF Sensors”, Warsaw, April 2001
• FM Radio Based Bistatic Radar, Howland PE, Maksimiuk D and Reitsma GJ, IEE Special Issue on Passive Sensors, July 2005
• Guest Editor of IEE Special Issue on Passive Sensors, July 2005

Quick summary

British citizen, born 1969. Living in The Netherlands since May 1999.

Main area of expertise is in the area of radar systems and ESM systems for air surveillance. During my career I have been involved in research and development in the areas of HF radar, VHF and UHF radar, bisatic and multistatic radars, radar signal processing, tracking and data fusion, low-frequency stealth and counterstealth. Particular specialism in passive radar systems with several publications in the field, invited Editor of the IEE Special Issue on Passive Radar (June 2005) and invited speaker for IEE Annual Watson-Watt lecture (April 2004). Chairman of NATO SET-071 and SET-108 technical groups on passive radar. More recently also responsible for programmes of work in the areas of tactical data links, data fusion, network enabled capabilities and the common operational picture. Active Project Manager for various technical projects. Current NATO CTS security clearance. Programming skills in Java and Mathematica.

Married to Ioana since 1994. Two children, Magdalena (1998) and Harry (2004).

Hobbies

Limited due to two small children, but these include:

• Playing violin and English concertina
• Photography
• MacOS X and Cocoa development
• Home computer building