Professor George Turnbull

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Professor G Turnbull, BSc, MSc, PhD, MIEE, FRSA
Visiting Professor
Millers Croft
37 Ferring Lane
Ferring
West Sussex
BN12 6QT

Email: turnbull @ mistral.co.uk

Professional History

• Graduated with First Class Honours: Manchester University
• Masters Degree: Control Engineering: Manchester University
• PhD: 'An Investigation into certain types of self-oscillating feedback systems'
• Lecturer in Control Engineering: Manchester University
• Paper on Control Topics published in IEE Proceedings: IEE Prize
• Launched and edited EI Technology House Journal
• Member of EPSRC Control & Instrumentation College
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Member of MAP, IEC1131 and IEC1451 committees

Research and Career Achievements

George Turnbull has had a pivotal influence on industrial control engineering in the UK. He is a proactive and energetic innovator and champion of control engineering and has encouraged innumerable engineers in this field.

Research and Innovation

• Eurotherm Central Research and Development:
  Founder member
• Developed 301 chart recorder for Chessel
• Developed 500 motor speed controller for SSD
• Conceived Matric product range for TCS
• Conceived 6350 microprocessor-based process controllers for TCS
• Co-ordinated development for Eurotherm Controls of:
  - 103 range of low-cost controllers
  - 810 range of microprocessor
  - 450 range of thyristor units
  - FICS control systems for semiconductor diffusion processes
  - 808 range of controllers
  - EM2 control systems for extrusion processes
  - Series 2000 range of industrial controllers

Technical and Business Accomplishments

Current - Founder and MD of Open Automation and Control (OAC)

• Group Technical Director of ICS
• Director: OACG for Object Automation
• Member of ERA Council
• Technical Director of Eurotherm Control and Instrumentation Division
• VP Technology: Eurotherm Gauging Worldwide
• VP Technology: Eurotherm Corporation USA
• Founder of EI Technology Centre at Sussex University
• Technical Director of Chessel Limited
• Founder of Unit-C: Industrial software products
• Technical Director of Eurotherm Limited
• Eurotherm Group Technical Director
• Founder and MD of Turnbull Control Systems (TCS)

Selected Professional Activities for the IEE

• Chair, PN Executive Committee, CAST
• Member of Editorial Board of Computing and Control Engineering Journal
• Control Division Board
• Control Division Professional Group Committees