Michael Wesley Collins

Background

Collins, Michael Wesley was born on July 21, 1939 in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Son of Charles James and Vera Phyllis (Ellery) Collins.

Education

Bachelor, St. Peter's College, Oxford, England, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, City U., London, 1976; Doctor of Science, City U., London, 1990.

Career

Development engineer, English Electric Company, Leicester, England, 1962-1964; lecturer, City U., London, 1964-1987; senior lecturer, City U., London, 1987-1988; reader, City U., London, 1988-1991; deputy director thermo-fluids research center, City U., London, since 1990; professor, since 1991. Consultant Harwell Laboratory, Oxfordshire, England, 1978-1990, Unilever Research, Bedfordshire, England, 1985-1987. Contract professor of University Bologna, Italy, 1983-1984, 85-86.

Achievements

• Michael Wesley Collins has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineering educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institution Mathematics and Its Applications (honorary, certified chartered mathematician). Member Institution Mech. Engineers (certified chartered engineer), Institute Elec.

Engineers, Institution Chemical Engineers, Institution Nuclear Engineers, Biological Engineering Society, Italian Union Thermo-fluid Dynamics (science associate).

Connections

Married Janet Grace Pitfield, August 26, 1961. Childen: Elizabeth Joy, James Michael.

Father:

Charles James Collins

Mother:

Vera Phyllis (Ellery) Collins

Spouse:

Janet Grace Pitfield