Mr. Milo Russell Brooks

Work Experience

2013 -                          CEH Bangor

Technical Development and Field Instrumentation Engineer

Designing, installing and maintaining remote control and data acquisition systems and their photovoltaic and wind power energy infrastructure.  Repairing, testing and servicing instrumentation equipment and cabling.  Calibrating instruments.  Programming and wiring data loggers.  Programming and maintaining databases of environmental measurements.  Analysing data and producing reports.  Designing and constructing printed circuit boards for custom instruments.   Developing web and smartphone applications for citizen science.

2009 -  2013                 CEH Wallingford

Instrumentation Scientist/Research Associate

Installing, maintaining, and decommissioning field instrumentation sites. Repairing, testing and servicing instrumentation equipment and cabling.  Calibrating instruments.  Programming and wiring data loggers.  Setting up and maintaining databases of environmental measurements.  Analysing data and producing reports.  Designing and constructing PCB’s.

2002 - 2009                 SLAM NHS Trust                         London, UK

Clinical Audit/Research Assistant

Programming and maintaining databases of clinical and demographic data. Analysing data and producing statistical reports for presentation to clinical and managerial staff.  Administering and co-ordinating psychometric tests to patients for audit and research purposes.

1994 – 2002                CNWL NHS Trust                        London, UK

Clinical Audit Facilitator

Programming and maintaining databases of clinical and demographic data of Community Mental Health teams within the Trust.  Analysing and summarising data into statistical reports for presentation to clinical and managerial staff. Providing technical support to staff conducting audits.

1992 – 1993                St Bartholomews NHS Trust        London, UK

Medical Chartist

Maintaining and querying databases of clinical data of oncology patients for research purposes.  Analysing data and summarising them into statistical reports for clinical staff.

1988 – 1991                Realtyme Software               Montreal, Canada

Software Engineer

Writing, testing and documenting C++ code for digital audio recording systems.  Producing technical documentation on the code.  Writing, testing and documenting C++ code for custom MIDI applications.

Summary of Professional Expertise

As Field Instrument Engineer at CEH Bangor, I design, maintain and upgrade environmental monitoring sites situated in remote locations.  I use renewable energy solutions such as solar panels and wind turbines connected to regulators and banks of batteries to power data logging systems.  I wire data loggers using wiring diagrams and program them  to record data and calculate meaningful outputs for analysis.  I design data logging and telemetry systems using Labview and Linux tools to remotely control data loggers and to synchronise data onto shared storage.  I quality control the data using SQL, ‘R’, and Excel and produce graphs and reports.  I also design, test and produce custom circuit boards for in-house instruments using Multisim Electronics Design Software.

I have a BSc in Computer Science from McGill University (First) and an HND in Electronic/Electrical Engineering (Distinction) from London South Bank University.  I have Off-Road Driving, Outdoor First Aid and Outdoor Winter Skills certificates.  I am a motivated, proficient worker and enjoy creating robust solutions to technically challenging problems.  I have the teamwork and communication skills to successfully meet the objectives of the project.

Publications

Calibration of Relative Humidity Sensors using a Dew Point Generator (2010)