Prof Peter Hobson
Deputy Head of School - Undergraduates / Director of CSI
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Summary
I joined the Physics Department at Brunel in 1986 and have been a member of what is now the School of Engineering & Design since 2000. I am a particle physicist, working at CERN, with research interests in other areas such as holography and grid computing. I am the group leader of the Centre for Sensors & Instrumentation and a member of the Energy and Environmental Sustainability Collaborative Research Network. I am currently one of the three Deputy Heads of the School and the Chair of the School Research Ethics Committee. I am active in Physics and Engineering outreach and am a member of STEMNET. I am a Chartered Physicist.
University Roles
Chair of the Ionising Radiation and Laser Controlling Authority (IRLCA) Chair of the Library Services User Group (LSUG) Deputy Chair of the University Research Ethics Committee.
Research and Teaching
Research Interests
The exploitation of the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at CERN The development of fast scintillators Radiation damage effects in glasses, crystals and organic materials The application of quantum dots to radiation dosimetry The development and management of grid computing systems and their application to large-scale problems Digital Holography (recording and replay)
Teaching
- EE3049 – Advanced Electronics
- EE3601 – Advanced Devices and Electronics System Design
- EE5551 – Grid Systems Analysis & Design
