Typical Assignments

· Market studies, business plans and action on applications of new measurement technologies by the identification and cultivation of appropriate market niches.

· Organising multi-company national and international collaborative R&D project, drafting winning proposals (~85% success rate), with follow-on contract negotiation and project management services as required.

· Intellectual property (e.g. patent) audits and exploitation activities for owner organisations; cost effective access strategies for prospective licencees.

· Liason with government agencies, regulators and standards bodies.

· Technology adaptation to meet market needs:

· In the chemical sensing field, technological specialities include fibre optics, gas sensing, solid state and electrochemical sensors, unified by thick film process technology and statistical analysis of device characteristics.

· In the sensing of physical variables, covering pressure, vibration, acceleration, proximity etc., Dr McGeehin's specialities are thick and thin film technology, strain gauge, IR and fibre optic methods, and statistics.