Iain Baikie
Iain Baikie | |
|---|---|
 Baikie in 2009 in Wick | |
| Born | 27 August 1960 Wick, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University Twente University[3] |
| Awards | Swan Medal and Prize (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | KP Technology Brown University[1] Marine Biological Laboratory[2] |
Iain Douglas Baikie,[4] MBE, FRSA, FInstP, CPhys (born 27 August 1960) is a Scottish physicist, inventor and company Director. He specialises in Material Science.[5][6] Baikie supervises PhDs at Imperial College London and the University of St Andrews in thin-film electronics.[7][6] In 2000 he founded a company- KP Technology in Wick.[8] In 1997 Baikie was appointed Professor of Applied Physics with a Chair in Materials Science for his work on surface work function and the scanning Kelvin probe and is visiting professor at the Nanotechnology and Integrated Bio-Engineering Centre at the University of Ulster, Belfast.[9][10] He is an honorary professor at the University of St Andrews.[11]
Research
[edit]Baikie developed the UK's first UHV High Resolution Scanning Kelvin Probe (SKP) incorporating surface tracking which has been applied to a range of surface phenomena. His research was awarded the alpha 5 status, indicating "Highly significant contribution to the field“. All EPSRC projects held by Prof. Baikie have achieved a minimum of alpha 4 for scientific/technical merit. Ambient and vacuum versions of the device have been developed. Application of the Vacuum version include in-situ profiling of high and low work function surfaces as suitable targets for hyperthermal surface ionisation, work which was funded by DERA.[12]
Honours
[edit]Baikie was one of the people who received a John Logie Baird Award in 2008, given in name of John Logie Baird by Logie Baird's grandson, for innovation and enterprise.[13] In November 2015, the Institute of Physics awarded Baikie the Swan Medal and Prize for his contributions to the development of Kelvin probe method instrumentation.[14] Baikie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to science education.[4][15]
Bibliography
[edit]- "A Novel UHV Kelvin Probe and its application in the Study of Semiconductor Surfaces", Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of Twente (1988), ISBN 90-9002444-1.[16]
References
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- ^ "Professor Iain Baikie - KP Technology MRS Presentation" (PDF). KP Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ Askeland, Erikka (10 April 2014). "KP Technology moves into final frontier with Nasa deal". energyvoice. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ a b "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 45. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "PatentDocs". www.faqs.org. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Available PhD Projects (2016 Entry)". Imperial College London. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 | St Andrews researcher hopes to make her mark | University of St Andrews". www.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Professor probes way to success". www.investcaithness.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "RAE 2001 : Submissions". www.rae.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "vacuum challenges and solutions" (PDF). Physics World.
- ^ "Iain Baikie - University of St Andrews".
- ^ "RAE 2001 : Submissions". www.rae.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Jam boy Scotland's top innovator". BBC News. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Institute of Physics awards > Gold medals > The Swan medal > The Swan/Business and Innovation medal recipients". www.iop.org. Institute of Physics. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N15.
- ^ "KP Technology Ltd". www.kelvinprobe.info. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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