Background
Campbell, Colin Kydd was born on May 3, 1927 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Son of David Walker and Jean (Hutchison) Campbell.
Colin Kydd CAMPBELL
professor of electrical and computer engineering
March 3, 1927 St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Communications engineer, Foreign Office and Diplomatic Wireless Service, London, England., 1946-1947;communications engineer, British Embassy, Washington, 1947-1948;electronics engineer, Atomic Instrument Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954-1957;assistant professor electrical and computer engineering, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1960-1963;associate professor electrical and computer engineering, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1963-1967;professor electrical engineering, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1967-1989;professor electrical and computer engineering, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, since 1989;professor emeritus, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Colin Kydd Kydd CAMPBELL Edit Profile
professor of electrical and computer engineering
Colin Kydd Campbell, Canadian Electrical and computer engineering educator, researcher. Registered profile engineer, Ontario. Recipient The Inventor insignia Canada Patents and Development Ltd., 1973, invitation fellowship Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 1995; Research fellow Rand Afrikaans U., South Africa, 1995.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering with honors, St. Andrews U., 1952;S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953;Doctor of Philosophy, St. Andrews U., 1960;Doctor of Science, University Dundee, 1984.
Career
Communications engineer, Foreign Office and Diplomatic Wireless Service, London, England., 1946-1947;communications engineer, British Embassy, Washington, 1947-1948;electronics engineer, Atomic Instrument Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954-1957;assistant professor electrical and computer engineering, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1960-1963;associate professor electrical and computer engineering, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1963-1967;professor electrical engineering, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1967-1989;professor electrical and computer engineering, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, since 1989;professor emeritus, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Achievements
Membership
Served with British Army, 1944-1946. Fellow Royal Society Canada (Thomas Eadie medal 1983), Engineering Institute Canada, Royal Society Arts London, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life). Member Sigma Xi.
Interests
Connections
Married Vivian Gwyn Norval, April 17, 1954. Children— Barry, Gwyn, Ian.
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Born
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Nationality
Canadian
Education
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1952
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1960
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1953
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1984
Career
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1946 - 1947
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1947 - 1948
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1954 - 1957
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1960 - 1963