Background
Shields, Derek Nicholas was born on December 21, 1946 in Southwell, England. Son of Ernest James and Joan Estelle Shields.
Shields, Derek Nicholas was born on December 21, 1946 in Southwell, England. Son of Ernest James and Joan Estelle Shields.
Bachelor of Science, Loughborough University, England, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Loughborough University, England, 1973.
Junior mathematician, Hawker Sidderley, Stevenage, England, 1968-1969; lecturer, Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, England, 1973-1981; researcher, Courtaulds Engineering, Coventry, 1981-1982; research fellow, Net Promoter Score, Monterey, California, 1989-1990; reader in control theory, Coventry U., since 1990. Consultant Jaguar Cars, Coventry, 1987-1988. Research associateship National Research Council, 1989.
Married Greta Leslie More, August 18, 1968 (divorced 1985). Children: Julien, Oliver, Hannah.