CENTRE for APPLIED INTERNET RESEARCH (CAIR)
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Professor Peter Excell Head
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Peter Excell is Professor of Communications and Head
of the School of Computing & Communications Technology: he joined
Glyndwr in September 2007. He was previously Associate Dean for Research
in the School of Informatics at the University of Bradford, UK, where
he had worked since 1971.
Peter obtained a BSc in Engineering Science from Reading University in 1970 and was awarded his PhD from Bradford University in 1980 for research in electromagnetic hazards. His long-standing research interests have been in the applications and computation of high-frequency electromagnetic fields. These have led to numerous research grants, contracts and patents in the areas of antennas, electromagnetic hazards, electromagnetic compatibility and field computation. His principal recent work has been in the computation and measurement of electromagnetic fields due to mobile communications terminals: this commenced in 1991, with a large-scale study of procedures for testing of mobile telephones (the IBREHT Project). He was a leading partner in the pan-European project 'CEPHOS' developing standardised test and simulation procedures across Europe. This led to major successes in the development of the hybrid field computation method and novel designs for mobile communications antennas. His current work includes studies of the direct effect
of electromagnetic fields on biological cells, advanced antenna designs
for mobile communications, and consideration of usage scenarios for future
mobile communications devices. The latter topic is being developed in
conjunction with colleagues from wider discipline areas, analysing human
communications in a 'holistic' way and developing new ways of using mobile
multimedia devices. There has been fruitful new collaborative work on
design of content for mobile screens and on integration of mobile devices
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