Meet Electrical and Electronic Engineering's new Head of Department

Professor Eric Yeatman: Electrical and Electronic Engineering's new Head of Department

Professor Eric Yeatman, FREng, FIEEE has been appointed Head of Department from 1 September 2015 for a period of 5 years.

Professor Eric Yeatman, FREng, FIEEE has been appointed Head of Department from 1 September 2015 for a period of 5 years.

Eric has been a member of academic staff in the College since 1989, and Professor of Micro-Engineering since 2005. His research field is micro-engineering, which broadly consist of using methods from silicon micro-electronics to develop devices with other capabilities such as micro-mechanical, micro-optical, and micro-fluidic functions. He has published widely in integrated optics, surface plasmon devices, MEMS 3D self-assembly, and micro energy harvesting.  Professor. Yeatman is a Fellow and Silver Medalist of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and is a co-founder and director of Microsaic Systems plc, which develops and markets miniature mass spectrometers for portable chemical analysis. His current research interests are in motion and thermal energy harvesting for wireless devices, pervasive sensing and sensor networks.

He succeeds Professor Peter Cheung who was Head of Department for 7 years.