David Davies (electrical engineer)

Sir David Evan Naunton Davies CBE FIEE FRS FREng (born 28 October 1935) is a British electrical engineer and educator. He was knighted for services to science and technology in the 1994 New Year Honours.[1]

Sir David Davies CBE FIEE FRS FREng
Born	(1935-10-28) 28 October 1935
Nationality	United Kingdom
Engineering career
Institutions	University College London
Employer(s)	Loughborough University
Awards	Knight Bachelor Commander of the Order of the British Empire

1985-1988: Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London (UCL), and holder of the Pender Chair, having already been lecturing there, in Communications Systems, for many years prior to that.

1986-1988: Vice-Provost of University College London

1988-1993: Vice Chancellor of Loughborough University

1993–1999: Chief Scientific Adviser for the Ministry of Defence

1994-1995: President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)

1996-2001, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering[2]

He has subsequently been Chairman of Railway Safety, a non-executive director of Lattice plc, a non-executive director of The ERA Foundation,[3] Chairman of the Hazards Forum (2002-2010), and safety advisor to the Board of National Grid plc.

Awards and honours

• CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire),
• Knight Bachelor
• FREng (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering),
• FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society)
• Faraday Medal, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1987[4]
• Received an honorary doctorate from University of Bath in 1997[5]
• Received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1999[6]

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

References

1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1050. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
2. "Past Presidents - RAEng". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
3. Sir David Davies, The ERA Foundation. Accessed 30 July 2010
4. Former MoD adviser to study rail safety, BBC News, 7 October 1999
5. https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/honorary-graduates-1990-to-1999/
6. "Honorary Graduates". Heriot-Watt University. Edinburgh. Retrieved 4 April 2016.

• Swain, Harriet; Williams, Lynne (15 October 1999). "David (D. E. N.) Davies". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 30 November 2017.

Academic offices
Preceded by Professor John Phillips	Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University 1988–1993	Succeeded by Professor Sir David Wallace