Background
Scott, Simon Joseph was born on July 21, 1957 in York, England. Son of Alan and Isabelle (Spence) Scott.
Scott, Simon Joseph was born on July 21, 1957 in York, England. Son of Alan and Isabelle (Spence) Scott.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Strathclyde, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Strathclyde, 1984.
Senior scientist, British Aerospace, Bristol, England, 1984-1988; principal scientist, British Aerospace, Bristol, England, since 1988. Member Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, Physics College, since 1995.
Achievements include patents on gas discharge and vacuum discharge devices. Development of long life high repetition rate, fast risetime electron beam sources for flash x-ray preionization. Building of firstreported flash x-ray preionized Direction finding laser.
Research on mid-International Rectifier opticalparametric oscillator technology, transmission properties of novel chalcogenide glasses.
Member Institute Physics (member quantum electronics committee 1991-1994).