Ken Grattan
Dean
Prof Ken Grattan Dean
Room: A401A
School of Informatics
City University
London EC1V OHB
K.T.V.Grattan@soi.city.ac.uk
tel: +44 20 7040 8966
fax: +44 20 7040 8845
Professor Grattan graduated in Physics from the Queen's University of Belfast with a BSc (First Class Honours) in 1974 and following the award of the Faculty of Science Dunville Scholarship, proceeded to complete a PhD in Laser Physics involving the use of laser probe techniques for measurements on potential new laser systems.
His academic career began at Imperial College of Science & Technology, London in 1978 where he became a post-doctoral Research Fellow working with and sponsored by the UK's Rutherford Laboratory to undertake research on advanced photolytic drivers for novel laser systems for potential laser fusion applications, involving detailed measurements on and the characterization of a range of different materials systems. His research interests have expanded to include work on laser, optical and optical fibre-based measurements and sensor systems. One of his major areas of research is in computer-based numerical modelling of optical systems, enabling accurate designs of laser devices, exotic optical fibres and photonic crystal fibres to be developed to support experimental research carried out in industry and elsewhere.
He joined City University London in 1983 as a "New Blood" Lecturer, taking up the post of Professor and Head of the Department of Electrical, Electronic & Information Engineering in 1991. In 2001 he became associate Dean of the School of Engineering and in 2006 Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences. In 2008 he was appointed con-joint Dean of the School of Informatics and of the School of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences. His aim for the School is to develop and expand the profile of its internationally known areas of research, to build the Masters programmes and especially in the professionally-focused areas and to enhance the quality of the intake to the range of undergraduate courses across the School.
In addition to his research activities, Professor Grattan has been active in the community, both within the University and externally. He has a broad range of experience of University administration, having served on a number of University Committees dealing with all aspects of University life over the years. He has served as Chairman of the Science, Education and Technology Division of the then Institution of Electrical Engineers (now the IET), Chairman of the Applied Optics Division of the Institute of Physics and was President of the Institute of Measurement & Control in 2000, as well as having served on Council of these organizations and been both a member and chaired several of their advisory Committees over the years. He has served on a number of EU and UK government committees advising on policy and funding over several decades. He has been a member of the former SERC Control & Instrumentation Panel and a member of the EPSRC College since its foundation, serving on and chairing a number of grant awarding committees. He has been a member of the Standards, Quality and Measurement Advisory Committee of the then Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and chaired working groups of the Measurement Advisory Committee of the National Measurement Office (NMO), most recently the Innovation R&D Committee. He serves on the General Council of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) and has chaired a number of International Conferences in his field of research both at City University London and elsewhere.
Professor Grattan serves on the Editorial Boards of a number of International Journals and was formerly Deputy Editor of the Journals Measurement Science & Technology and Measurement, of which he became Editor in 2001. He has published extensively and is the author or co-author of some seven hundred publications in International Journals and Conferences, many of which are widely cited as well as being the editor of a number of books and Conference series.
He has presented a number of invited talks and keynote addresses at Conferences world-wide and been the recipient of the Callendar Medal and the Honeywell Prize of the Institute of Measurement & Control and the Optics and Photonics Division Prize of the Institute of Physics.
Professor Grattan is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers and in 2008 was elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering, the UK's national academy.