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  • Duration: 3 mins
  • Publication date: 14 Dec 2016
  • Part of series IET Prestige Lecture Series, The Appleton Lecture Series

Abstract

Is there intelligent life out there? The Square Kilometre Array will be able to tell us if it does. Professor Danielle George gave us a preview of the radio astronomy work she’ll be talking about at IET London: Savoy Place on 19 January 2017.

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  • universe

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  • Professor Danielle  George

    Professor Danielle George

    University of Manchester, Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering

    Danielle Amanda George MBE is a Professor of Radio frequency engineering in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at the University of Manchester in the UK.She completed her BSc in Astrophysics, MSc in Radio Astronomy at The Victoria University of Manchester based at Jodrell Bank Observatory, and her PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with UMIST. She worked at Jodrell Bank Observatory as a senior Radio Frequency Engineer until 2006 when she took up a lectureship post in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
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