Dr Mark Richardson

Head Sensors Group
Location: WH131
E: m.a.richardson@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44(0)1793 785230
Informatics and Systems Engineering

Has been at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham since 1989
A member of the lecturing staff, his specialisation is in the field of Electro-Optics and Infrared (EO&IR)
Main teaching duties are to postgraduate courses (MSc's.) in particular ;
Defence Technology
Guided Weapons
Electronic Warfare
Lectures in the United States on various EO&IR courses and seminars
Taught EO&IR to the Australian Technical Staff Officers Course at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra on six occasions
Taught EO&IR Electronic Warfare at the Finnish School of Military Electronics in Riihimaki.
Research work is in the fields of Infrared Signature Simulation & Modelling and EO&IR Countermeasures

Has written numerous classified and unclassified papers on these subjects
Holds a Classified Patent on a novel Infrared camouflage material
Editor and principal author of a book on battlefield surveillance technology
Acted as a consultant and defence analyst on numerous occasions, to both the UK Ministry of Defence and commercial industry
Prior to joining the Defence Academy, spent five years at GEC-Marconi working as a Professional Engineer/Senior Engineer/Section Leader and was concerned with all aspects of :
Research
Design
Simulation
Fabrication of thermal imaging sighting systems
During this time he was awarded a GEC Research Fellowship
Member of the UK Chapter of the AOC (Electronic Defence Association)
Member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
Annuallyon the SPIE conference committee for Optics/Photonics for Defence & Security
Acted as an Independent Member of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council
Recognised by the MoD (Abbey Wood) as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on electro-optic surveillance & target acquisition systems

Member of the Electronic Warfare Tower EO&IR Special Interest Group
Acted as the external technical auditor to the Electro-Optics & Countermeasures Group at DSTL
Subject editor for surveillance and target acquisition for the Journal of Battlefield Technology
Member of the editorial committee of the Imaging Science Journal
Organises a classified annual international conference at Shrivenham on EO&IR seekers and countermeasures.

R Birchenall – Development of Preemptive Countermeasures against IR Manpads. An analysis of the countermeasures employed by different missile systems with the aim of suggesting potential pre-launch defeat mechanisms
J Jackman -- The modelling and simulation of preemptive countermeasures. The preemptive engagement scenario is a complex situation to evaluate thus this work is aimed at demonstrating the validity of any countermeasure solution that uses preemptive deployment.
B Kellaway -- Burst Illumination Laser for the Identification of Military targets. An assessment of the Burst Illumination Laser (BIL) technique and its viability as a solution to the problem of extending the identification range of military targets to optimise the capability of Short Range Air Defence (SHORAD) weapons.

Modelling of Countermeasures for AFV Protection against IR SACLOS Systems, Walmsley, Butters, Ayling & Richardson, SPIE Optics/Photonics for Defence & Security, Sept 2005, Bruges, Belgium
The simulation of laser-based guided weapon engagements, Al Jaberi & Richardson, SPIE Defence and Security Symposium, April 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA
Modelling the Improved Protection of Fast Jets from the IR MANPADS Threat, Richardson, Minerva, Butters, Walmsley, Ayling & Millwood, SPIE Optics/Photonics in Security & Defence, Sept 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
Battlespace Identification with Burst Illumination Laser viewing a target in a cluttered environment, Kellaway & Richardson, DSTO Land Warfare Conference 2006, October 2006, Brisbane, Australia
Effective Pictorial Information Capacity an Image Quality Metric, Jenkin, Triantaphillidou & Richardson, IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging 2007, Jan 2007, San Jose, California
Human Skin and Hair Spectra Could Reduce Biometric Fraud, Richardson, Jenkin, Coath & Chan, Journal of Battlefield Technology, Vol 10, No 1, March 2007. pp 35-37
The Vulnerability of Laser Warning Systems against Guided Weapons Based on Low Power Lasers - Part-IV, Al-Jaberi, Richardson, Coath and Jenkin, Journal of Battlefield Technology. Vol 10, No 2, July 2007. pp 37-39
The Anatomy of the MANPAD (Invited Paper), Richardson, SPIE Optics/Photonics in Security & Defence, Sept 2007, Florence, Italy

Other Publications by Dr. Mark Richardson