David Davies (electrical engineer)

Sir David Evan Naunton Davies, known as Den Davies or David "DEN" Davies, (born 1935) is a British electrical engineer and educator. He was knighted for services to science in 1994.

1985-1988: Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London (UCL), and holder of the Pender Chair, having already been lecturing there, in Communications Systems, for many years prior to that.

1986-1988: Vice-Provost of University College London

1988-1993: Vice Chancellor of Loughborough University

1993–1999: Chief Scientific Adviser for the Ministry of Defence

1994-1995: President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)

1996-2001, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering

He has subsequently been Chairman of Railway Safety, a non executive director of Lattice plc, a non-executive director of The ERA Foundation, Chairman of the Hazards Forum (2002-2010), and safety advisor to the Board of National Grid plc.

Awards and honors

• CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire),
• FREng (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering),
• FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society)
• Faraday Medal, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1987
• Received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1999

References

• Harriet Swain and Lynne Williams, David (D. E. N.) Davies, Times Higher Education, 15 October 1999

Academic offices
Preceded by Professor John Phillips	Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University 1988–1993	Succeeded by Professor Sir David Wallace