Professor Missous made Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
14 July 2011
Professor Missous, from the School of EEE, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)
His professional activities are centred on the growth of complex multi-layer semiconductor films by the technique of Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE).
Over the years he has concentrated, with considerable success, on establishing practical approaches and techniques required to meet stringent doping and thickness control, to sub monolayer accuracy, for a variety of advanced quantum devices.
Further work has involved working on amplifiers and Analogue to Digital converters for a range of applications including the Square Kilometre Array project (SKA).
Close industrial involvement with leading players in optoelectronic and microwaves is key to his work, including the design of Intelligent Cruise Control systems in cars.
Professor Missous has given keynote speeches in many of the major gatherings of his disciplines, including Terahertz technology, infrared sensing, Molecular Beam Epitaxy and ultra high speed devices and has over 190 publications in the field.
He also co-founded Integrated Compound Semiconductors and Advanced Hall sensors to exploit advanced semiconductors devices in ultra high sensitivity position sensing, Terahertz imaging, mid infrared detection , automotive car radars and radio astronomy.
Commenting on the recognition, Professor Missous said: “I am obviously delighted and honoured to be elected a Fellow of the RA Engineering.
“However this is very much a team effort and I would like to pay tribute to my past and present PhDs and Postdoctoral Research Associates and my wonderful technical support staff without whom none of these achievements would have been possible”.