Lloyd Wood
Who am I? Where am I? What else?
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doctoral work at Surrey
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Tiring of the weather in London, I've relocated to Sydney, Australia.
Completed my PhD thesis while in the Centre for Communication Systems Research, part of the University of Surrey.
Before that, I tried to study my way into the space business by taking one of Surrey's masters degrees in Satellite Communications Engineering, joining what was then the Centre for Satellite
Engineering Research.
I was lucky enough to spend five months of that masters course in the south of France while working on my masters thesis, learning the rudiments of satellite constellations when I should have been wandering along the Garonne into Toulouse and learning more French instead.
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development work at Cisco
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Finishing with school, I moved to London to work at Stockley Park and then Bedfont Lakes for Cisco Systems (here's an article describing working for Cisco). After a couple of years working on development of Cisco's router software, I worked as a space initiatives manager in Cisco's space team.
There
I was involved in testing the first Cisco router in orbit and taking the Interplanetary Internet into space
with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, as my publications indicate.
Some of the things I've worked on have received media attention:
- Double honour for space researchers in prestigious Sir Arthur Clarke awards, University of Surrey press release, 15 June 2011.
- Nominees shortlisted for Sir Arthur Clarke Awards, UK Space Agency press release, 14 June 2011.
- CLEO Orbital Internet earns Time Magazine award, Robin Wolstenholme, Surrey Satellite Technology space blog, 14 November 2008.
- UK-DMC satellite first to transfer sensor data from space using 'bundle' protocol, University of Surrey press release, 11 September 2008.
- US military plans to put Internet router in space, John Blau, IDG News Service, 12 April 2007.
- Cisco in space, Phil Hochmuth, Network World, 31 October 2005.
- Cisco Systems is at the Forefront of Extending the Internet Into Space, Jenny Carless, Cisco Newsroom story, 30 June 2004.
After years collaborating in research with the Centre, I later returned to do research full-time for a couple of years, before leaving again.
I've also been tidying up odds and ends related to my PhD work such as SaVi, and thinking of working on perhaps
coming up with strategies to regain some semblance of a life. You know,
holidays. Hobbies. Social interaction. That kind of thing.
Lloyd Wood
this page last updated 13 January 2012
