Hilary R. Bollan
Hilary Roberta Bollan CSci CChem FRSC MBE is a retired chemist who was a senior scientific officer at the British Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence. Her work focused on safety on submarines. Early life and education Hilary Bollan (née Bell) was born in Bridgwater, Bridgwater, Somerset. She obtained her PhD from Sheffield Hallam University under the direction of Professor Michael Cooke. For her thesis project, she investigated real-time monitoring method of ammonia, hydrazines, and nitrogen dioxide below exposure limit, using Ion-mobility spectrometry, ion mobility spectrometry with ketones as dopant. Her thesis research was conducted primarily at the Bridgwater Laboratories of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Defence and Evaluation Research Agency, and partly in the laboratory of Gary A. Eiceman at the New Mexico State University. Career and research Bollan's research focused on improving the safety of submarines, from sampling and monito ...
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Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is the department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by His Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. The MOD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability. The MOD also manages day-to-day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement. The expenditure, administration and policy of the MOD are scrutinised by the Defence Select Committee, except for Defence Intelligence which instead falls under the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. History During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during the First World War, concluded that there was a need for greater co-ordination between the three services that made up the armed forces of the United Kingdom: t ...
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