Paul Tasker

Paul Juan Tasker is an electrical engineer at Cardiff University, Wales. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 for his contributions to microwave measurements and their application to microwave models.

Paul Tasker
Academic background
EducationBSc., 1979, PhD., 1983, University of Leeds
Academic work
InstitutionsCornell University
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics
Cardiff University

Education

Tasker earned his Bachelor of Science and PhD from the University of Leeds.[1]

Career

With his PhD, Tasker worked as a Research Associate at Cornell University from 1984 to 1990, and later as a Senior Researcher and Manager with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF). He eventually joined the faculty of Engineering at Cardiff University in 1995.[1]

In 1997, Tasker established the Institute of High Frequency and Communication Engineering at Cardiff University, which was later bought by Focus Microwaves Inc in Canada.[2] In 2014, Tasker was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to microwave measurements and their application to microwave models.[3] He was later awarded the 2016 Microwave Prize for his co-authored paper Continuous mode power amplifier design using harmonic clipping contours: theory and practice.[4]

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References
  1. "Paul J. Tasker". mtt.org. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. "Canadian company acquires Cardiff engineering spin-out Mesuro". cardiff.ac.uk. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. "Top engineering honour for Cardiff Professor". cardiff.ac.uk. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. "Cardiff engineers scoop top prize for research paper". cardiff.ac.uk. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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