Lloyd Wood

where I've done most of my doctoral work

I'm usually in the United Kingdom, just to the west of London, its capital, where the weather is usually lousy.

Past

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.

The University created its own company to build, launch and control satellites. For all intents and purposes, that company is the British space effort, as it is often tasked by these civil servants to do the kinds of things that space agencies do.

where I've done most of my development work

Then moved to London to work at Stockley Park and then Bedfont Lakes for Cisco Systems (here's an article describing working for Cisco). I spent a number of years working as a space initiatives manager in Cisco's space team. I'm still collaborating in research with the Centre, and was involved in testing the first Cisco router in orbit with SSTL, as my publications indicate. So I'm often visiting campus and at the Surrey Space Centre. Some of the stuff I've worked on has received media attention:

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.

I've also been tidying up odds and ends related to my PhD work such as SaVi, thinking of answering some of your mail, 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.

Future?