Arnold F. McKinley, PhD, MSEE, MSEES, MA
Mobile: +44 (0) 7448429026 @: arni.mckinley@gmail.com
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Expertise and Skills
Twelve years of experience teaching and research. University College London (2015-2021). Australian National University (2010-2014), San Diego State University (1981-1985), Stanford University (1975-79)). 25 years of industrial and academic software development (1985-2010).
◼ Organisational and leadership skills, supervising and planning, effective communications, entertaining teaching and training, report writing and presentation, seeing the larger picture.
◼ Scientific insight, classical and quantum physics, electrical and electronic engineering, applied mathematics, and algorithm development.
Main interests: History particularly of Physics; Integration of renewable technologies with electrical grid; Micro-grids and embedded virtual power plants; Micro-inverters for solar photovoltaics; Nano-rings on solar cells for increased efficiency.
Education
PhD – The Australian National University, Research School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems (2010-2014)
Thesis: The Physics and Mathematics of Nano-Scaled Ring Resonators and Loop Antennas for Solar Cells.
MS - Stanford University, Electrical Engineering, Amplifier and Digital Filtering Design. (1973)
MS - Stanford University, Engineering-Economic Systems, Decision Theory under High Risk (1972)
MA - The Graduate Theological Union, Comparative Religions, From Sati to Wu-Hsin: A Thousand Years of Change in the Notion of the Mind From Early Buddhism to Early Ch'an (1989)
Academic Experience
Lecturer and Teaching Fellow, University College London, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, London, UK (2015-2021)
◼ Course topics taught - Electronic Devices, Nanotechnology and Nano-device Fabrication. Renewable Energy Systems. Sustainable Energy Systems. Integrated Engineering Programme. Change the World.
◼ Academic Lead - Minor in Sustainable Energy Systems, (2015 - 2018)
◼ Tutor – Renewable Energy Systems (2015 – 2020) Taught students the subtleties of the worldwide energy system, energy resource management history, impact of fossil fuel development, renewable energy physics and technologies: solar thermal, solar PV, wind, hydro, and grid integration.
◼ Supervisory Responsibilities:
Supervised students in writing a 500 page report: Energy Designs for Kakamega County, Kenya.
Supervised students in writing a 500 page report: Energy Designs for Sipalo Village, Zambia.
Supervised 16 Students on their Third Year Bachelor’s in Engineering Projects.
Supervised 15 Students on their Fourth Year Master’s in Engineering Projects.
Coordinated Second Year Laboratories for 240 students, beginning 2017.
Coordinated all Bachelor of Engineering projects in the department, beginning 2018.
Coordinated all Master of Engineering projects in the department, beginning 2018.
Visiting Scholar, University of South Australia, Futures Industries Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, 2017.
Invited Lecturer, Imperial College, Energy Futures Lab. Micro-Grids and Virtual Power Plants – The Situation in South Australia. May 2018.
Invited Lecturer, Lancaster University, Micro-Grids and Virtual Power Plants – The Situation in South Australia. Nov 2018.
Doctoral Prep, The Australian National University, Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, 2010-2014
◼ Course topics taught: Solar PV/Electrical Grid integration. The European Experience with PV and Wind. World Energy Indicators and Predictions. Solving the Duck Problem - Big Engineering Ideas: Full day practicum course.
Lecturer, San Diego State University, Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, CA (1981-1985)
◼ Course topics taught: Principles of Physics Part I - Mechanics; Part II - Electricity and Magnetism; Part III - Modern Physics. Fundamentals of Engineering Electronics. Assisted with Renewable Energy Systems.
Research Experience
University College London, London, UK.
◼ Small scale engineering systems for developing countries, notably: Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania.
◼ Solving blackout problems on South Australian grid using micro-grids, embedded networks and virtual power plants. Imperial College Talk, 2018. Research in collaboration with the University of South Australia focusing on embedded networks and micro-grids. (June-September 2017).
◼ Loop antennas and nano-scaled rings. Springer-Verlag, publishers. Research in collaboration with Pennsylvania State University. (July-September 2018).
Stanford University, The Institute for Energy Studies, Stanford, CA.
Project Coordinator, Alternative Energy Futures, DOE Project (1975-1979)
◼ Managed and coordinated fifty graduate and 4th year students, five faculty, thirty academic and industrial advisors.
◼ Organizing meetings with advisors. Coordinated writing of the final report and wrote the Residential End-Use Sector chapter of the report.
Policy Analyst. SRI International, The Centre for the Study of Social Policy, Menlo Park, CA. (1974-1975)
◼ Projects involving strategic planning, mathematical and analytical modeling, and futures research on energy, transportation, defense, and educational policy issues.
Industrial Experience
Senior Programmer, Scientist and Mathematician. Apparent, Novato, CA USA. A Micro-Inverter Company (2006-2010).
◼ Designed and programmed the data retrieval and display system for company's micro-inverter product. Developed product mathematics. Wrote White Papers. Wrote first drafts for two patents.
Senior Programmer. Minolta Laboratory Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA USA (2000 - 2002) On Contract.
◼ Designed and programmed SpectraTouch, a product for analyzing color spectra. Wrote White paper.
Senior Programmer. X-Rite Technology Center. San Rafael, CA USA. (1998 - 1999)
◼ Maintained company color analysis products: Colorshop and Colortron.
Founder and President. MetaMind Software, Mill Valley, CA USA. Education Company. (1993 - 1997)
◼ Developed interactive software products for science education in Apple’s OpenDoc Operating System.
◼ Developed alliances with The Center for Research in Math and Science Education (CRMSE) in San Diego, CA. and with Physicon Ltd. in Moscow, Russia.
◼ Produced, developed and marketed Dock'Em™. Chosen by MacWorld magazine as one of four “Must See” products at MacWorld SF, 1997.
◼ Developed demos and presented them to software publishers, press briefings, and venture capital investment companies, seeking alliances and capital funding.
◼ Produced a Force and Motion physics simulator.
◼ Produced a full-featured, in–line, page layout word processing package for classrooms kindergarten through grade 12.
Quality Assurance Engineer. Apple Computer. Operating Systems. Cupertino, CA. (1986 - 1987)
◼ Tested applications on new operating systems before official release. On contract.
Intern, San Diego Gas and Electric. Electrical Planning Department. San Diego, CA (Summers 1968, 1969)
◼ Supported Planning Engineers, calculating current and voltage on distribution lines in Carlsbad region.
Publications
◼ Loops and Nano-scaled Rings (Book Chapter for IEEE, 2020, with Pennsylvania State University).
◼ Optimization of Far-Field Radiation From Impedance-Loaded Nano-loops Accelerated by an Exact Analytical Formulation. IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation, vol. 67, no. 3, March 2019.
◼ The Analytical Foundations of Loops and Nano-scaled Rings. Springer, Singapore. 2019.
◼ Far-Field Radiation Properties of Impedance-Loaded Loop Antennas from RF to Optical Frequencies. EuCAP 2018. 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation.
◼ Theory of Impedance Loaded Loop Antennas and Nano-Rings from RF to Optical Wavelengths. IEEE Antennas and Propagation, 65 (5), May 2017, 2276-2281.
◼ Theory of the Circular Closed Loop Antenna in the Terahertz, Infrared, and Optical Regions. J. Appl. Phys., 114(4), 2013.
◼ The Analytical Basis for the Resonances and Anti-resonances of Loop Antennas and Meta-material Ring Resonators. J. Appl. Phys., 112(9):094911, 2012.
◼ The Intelligent Way Forward: Smart Inverters on Smart Grids. Solar Australia, Feb. 2012. Issue 3.
◼ Alternative Energy Futures: An Assessment of US Options to 2025. Institute for Energy Studies, Stanford University, 1979.
◼ Energy in the U.S.; Environmental and Economic Values in Conflict. Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States); Journal Volume: 5; Conference: Houston, TX, USA, 1 Jun 1982.
Conference Talks and Tours
Conference Talks
◼ PV Solar and its Effect on the Smart Grid. Smart Grid Conference, Melbourne, Australia
◼ Dual Power Micro-inverters for PV Solar Systems. Climate Change Conference, ANU.
◼ A Survey of Nano-Loop Resonances & Open Ring Resonators; META-12 and AES, Paris, France
◼ A Closed Analytical Expression for the Resonances of Optical Loop Antennas & Ring Resonators. CST User Group Meeting, Macquarie University, Sydney
European Tour
◼ Micro-Inverters and The Management of Power Flow on the New Electrical Grid, given at Univ. of Applied Sciences, Wels, Austria; INSA, Lyon, France; University of Jaen, Spain.
◼ A Survey of Nano-Loop Resonances & Open Ring Resonators; given at META-2012, Paris; Advanced Electromagnetic Symposium, Paris; Univ. of Applied Sciences, Wels. Austria; University of Graz, Austria; University of Brescia, Italy; INSA, Lyon, France; University of Jaen, Spain.
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