Ben Lishman

CV

Current

2012- Research Fellow, UCL IRDR
  • I work on projects related to ice and engineering risk in the Arctic

Previous Employment

2010-2012 PDRA, Bristol University
  • I designed communications strategies for sensors deployed beneath the polar ice caps
2007-2010 PDRA, University College London.

  • New models of sea ice friction (NERC funded)
  • High speed friction for winter sports (UK Sport/UCL Impact funded)
2007 Engineer, e-stack ltd.
2006 - 2009 Teaching By-Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge
2003 - 2009 Supervisor (1st and 2nd Year Maths, Linear and Digital Circuits, Computing and Control), Churchill College, Cambridge
2002 Undergraduate research, Hurricane Mitigation Group, MIT
2001, 2002 Filtronic plc, Wireless Infrastructure (summer placement)
  • Design of new gallium arsenide splitter for the telecoms industr
1998 – 1999 Operations Department, Crescent Petroleum, Sharjah, UAE
  • Economic analysis of new gas processing project
  • Process simulation contributing to international arbitration
Return as consultant, September 1999

Education

2004 – 2007 PhD in Low Energy Architecture, Cambridge University
  • I investigated the control of nonlinearities in natural ventilation systems, using a combination of analytical, numerical, and experimental work.
2003 – 2004 MPhil in Fluid Flow, Cambridge University
  • Thesis: The interaction of wind and buoyancy in natural ventilation
1999 – 2003 MEng, BA, Electrical and Information Sciences Cambridge University (2i, merit)
  • 3rd Year, 2001-2002, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (GPA 4.9 (/5))
  • 4th Year Thesis: The Unscented Kalman Filter, applied to spacecraft control.
1985 - 1998 Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen


Awards

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science: Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010
Churchill College, Cambridge: Scholarship, 2002-2003; Prize, 2003-2004
Royal Academy of Engineering: Engineering Leadership Award, 2000
Institute of Mechanical Engineering: James Clayton Award, 1999


Languages and Computer Skills

I speak good French and reasonable Spanish and German.

I am familiar with Windows and UNIX/Linux environments, Microsoft Office, Latex and Matlab. I have programming experience in C and Java, and I can write websites using HTML and CSS.


Other Interests

I enjoy football and golf, reading, singing in choirs and listening to music; I occasionally run half-marathons; I am interested in economics, sociology and politics; and I support the Boston Red Sox and Aberdeen Football Club.