Sir David Evan Naunton Davies (born 28 October 1935) is a British electrical engineer and educator, knighted for services to science and technology in the

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Career

*1985–1988: Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

(UCL), and holder of the

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, having already been lecturing there, in ''Communications Systems'', for many years prior to that. *1986–1988: Vice- Provost of

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

*1988–1993:

Vice Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when ...

*1993–1999: Chief Scientific Adviser for the

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He has subsequently been Chairman of Railway Safety, a non-executive director of Lattice plc, a non-executive director of The ERA Foundation, Chairman of the Hazards Forum (2002-2010), and safety advisor to the Board of

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Voluntary roles

*1994–1995: President of the

Institution of Electrical Engineers The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and Information Technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of T ...

(IEE) *1996–2001, President of the

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...

Awards and honours

* CBE (Commander of the

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), * Knight Bachelor *

FREng Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) is an award and Scholarship, fellowship for engineers who are recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as being the best and brightest engineers, inventors and technologists in the UK a ...

(Fellow of the

), * FRS (Fellow of the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

) *

Faraday Medal The Faraday Medal is a top international medal awarded by the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (previously called the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)). It is part of the IET Achievement Medals collection of awards. ...

, 1987 *Received an honorary doctorate from

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

in 1997 *Received an honorary doctorate from

Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...

in 1999 The Sir David Davies building at Loughborough University, housing the electrical engineering department, is now named after him.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, David 1935 births Living people Academics of University College London Chief Scientific Advisers to the Ministry of Defence Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British electrical engineers Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows of the Royal Society Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Knights Bachelor People named in the Panama Papers Presidents of the Royal Academy of Engineering Vice-Chancellors of Loughborough University