Simon Chandler

Product Development Engineer and Project Manager

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Current
  • Senior Scientist at TeraView Ltd, Cambridge, UK
Past
  • Principal Engineer in the Semiconductor Devices Group at Agilent Technologies, Ipswich, UK
  • Product Development Engineer at Hewlett-Packard Ltd, Bristol, UK
Education
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Sussex
  • Sible Hedingham School
Connections
20 connections
Industry
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Simon Chandler’s Summary

Experimental physicist with 17 years experience of product development in multi-national manufacturing organizations and in a small technology startup company. My broad range of experience includes both project management and technical operations in spectroscopy and imaging with terahertz optics; high-speed infra-red lasers; semiconductor tranceivers for fibre-optic data communications; information data storage; scanning probe microscopy; tribology; and superconductivity.

Simon Chandler’s Specialties:

Measurement and characterization, particularly computer-controlled data acquisition and analysis. Respected by colleagues for my structured and thorough working style, and for my analytical skills.


Simon Chandler’s Experience

  • Senior Scientist

    TeraView Ltd, Cambridge, UK

    (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    2003Present (5 years)

    Startup company developing terahertz imaging and spectroscopy solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, medical and security sectors. Many projects are client-specific contracts.

    • Project manager and design authority for bespoke spectrometer with measurement of samples in transmission or reflection at 500mm stand-off distance.
    • Designed, built and evaluated the world’s first multi-channel terahertz system for detecting concealed plastic explosives and non-metallic weapons.
    • Developed software and hardware that enables non-destructive testing of multi-layer tablets by customers in pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing quality control.
    • Developed manufacturing process for fibre-optic based terahertz emitters and detectors.
    • Built prototype medical probe for diagnosing skin cancer.
    • Use ZEMAX software to design NIR and THz optics.


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