Staff Profile:Eur Ing Dr R Simon Sherratt
- Name:
- Eur Ing Dr Simon Sherratt
- Job Title:
- Senior Lecturer; Director of Teaching & Learning
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Introduction
Currently, School Director for Teaching and Learning. Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.
Research
My research area is Consumer Electronics, and in particularly the following areas:
- Equalisation (cable, wireless and broadcast)
- Digital Communications layer 1 and associated DSP issues
- Adaptive signal processing
- DSP architectures
Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
- B.Eng. from Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University)
- M.Sc. from The University of Salford
- Ph.D. from The University of Salford
Professional Membership
- Fellow of the IEEE (class of 2012).
- Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (2009)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2008)
Professional Qualifications
- Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) through the Engineering Council
- Registered European Engineer (Eur Ing) through FEANI
Awards
- IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE) 2006 1st Place Best paper Award
- IEEE Chester Sall Award for 1st place paper in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics 2004
- IEEE Consumer Electronics Society International Chapter Chairs Outstanding Service Award 2005
- IEEE Region 8 (Europe an Africa) Diploma award for the UKRI Consumer Electronics Chapter (which I chaired) (presented in Paris April 2005)
- IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Chairs Award 2004
- IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Singapore Section Appreciation Award 2003
- Best Engineering program with an SME, awarded by Engineering Employers Federation, Department of Trade and Industry TCS awards 2000
- Runner-up in Hunt Engineering DSP Innovation competition, 1999
Teaching
My University of Reading teaching:
- First Year programming
- Second Year lecture part of Engineering Applications
- Third Year USB Integration
- Fourth Year (Masters) Wireless Communications and Networking (half of the module)
