John M. Poate (Ph.D. – Australian National University, 1967) is Vice-President for Research and Technology Transfer at the Colorado School of Mines. He previously served as a Harwell Fellow of the UKAEA, Head of the Silicon Processing and Interface Physics Research Departments at Bell Laboratories, Dean of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and CTO of Axcelis Technologies. Dr. Poate has published extensively in several areas of nuclear physics solid state physics, materials science and engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and Materials Research Society, MRS Past-President and the John Bardeen award winner of the TMS. He has served on advisory panels or councils for NATO, US and overseas universities, NSF, NRC, and DOE. He currently serves as Chair of the Director’s Review Committee for Physical and Life Sciences at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and is on the Board of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
I started with
an apprenticeship 1959-64 with Westinghouse Grace & Signal Co. at Chippenham
obtaining an HND in Electrical Engineering. Then moved to the then 'Southern
Electricity Board' now part of Southern & Scottish Energy (1964-2006). I was
involved in several operational engineering jobs as a supervising engineer
before finishing as an Operational Trainer for the last 9 years. I retired
in March 2006, but returned 3 weeks later on a temporary part time basis to
help out with admin work which helps keeps my brain active!
I married, in 1964, Helen, a local girl from Weymouth. We have 2 children
and 5 grandchildren.
After leaving Hardye's I went to the University of Exeter and left with a degree in Economics. I joined a car manufacturer in Coventry and stayed here for about seven years. A short spell with a computer company followed, and then it was back to cars with a leading importer. By this time I was married, with a son and daughter, and living in Berkshire. In 1979 redundancy hit me, and I joined a local College (later a University) as a senior lecturer in Management. I stayed there until retirement having gained an MBA and moved several times within the organisation. I am now enjoying retirement. (Jan 2014)
I graduated
from UCNW with a degree in Agronomy. I spent time in Jamaica as Senior House
Master in an Independent Boarding School teaching Biology. Returned to
England and continued teaching for a few years and then with my wife set up
and ran a small chain of independent bookshops in south east Cornwall until
we retired in 2000.
1960 B.Sc London
School of Economics. Directors Prize. Secretary of London School of
Economics Society. Dip. Operations Research, London University College. NDD
St, Martins School of Art. 62-65 Travelled in Near and MIddle East and India
studying urban immigration in Baghdad, Tehran, and Kanpur and Yurog,
Quashkai and Balouchi nomad tribes. 66-68 Founder member of EventStructures
Research Group: major eventstructures included Waterwalkers, CrazyWavers,
The Corpocinema and the MovieMovie which was inducted into the Avant Guard
Film Hall of Fame. 68 Gave the Stylos Lectures in Delft Holland.
68-71 Lecturer at the Technological University of Delft. 71-72 Graham Fellow
for postgraduate studies in Computer Aided Design at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT). 1972-1980 Assistant Professor of Architectural Design
at MIT. Built Solar 5, first passive solar building using smart materials
such as Heat Mirror, Cloud Gel and the Thermocrete. 1980 1982 Prof. of
Energy Use in Buildings at Southern California Institute of Architecture.
Married and moved to Alabama. Adjunct Prof. at Jacksonville State
University. Currently retired with three children, Skye, Miles and Alyse and
one grandchild Harris .
