Dr. Andrew Somervell
Product Development Engineer
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Academic Qualifications
- PhD in Physics, Optical Electronics, University of Auckland
- MSc (1st Class Hons), Optical Information Processing, University of Auckland
Employment History
- Product Development Engineer, Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Ltd 2006-present, Auckland
Product Development aimed at treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. - Research Fellow, Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Auckland University 2001 - 2005, Auckland
Management of the Optical Information Processing group.
Research and Development in aspects of Optical Engineering including Adaptive Optics, Optical Measurement Systems, Optical Computing, Free Space Communications.
Over 35 Publications including book chapters, refereed journal articles, refereed conference publications and patents. - Industrial Research Ltd 1997 - 2001,Wellington, New Zealand
Research performed in conjunction with Industrial Research Ltd
Technical Skills
- Analogue and Digital Electronics Signal Processing, Data Analysis, Computer Modeling
- Optical information processing, Adaptive Optics, Interferometry, Nonlinear Optical Systems
- Computer Programming