Coming full circle 49
Dr Tim Brown
A specialist in radio frequency engineering, Dr Tim Brown combines his role as Director of Postgraduate Studies in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering with his pioneering research into numerous technologies involving radio.
“When I first visited Surrey,” he remembers, “what I liked most was its focus on technology and the fact that students and staff were well integrated within a closely-knit community.” He went on to spend nine years as a student at the University, first studying for an Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree, then a PhD, and finally spending a two-year stint as a Sabbatical Officer.
This gave him the opportunity to get involved in many different aspects of Surrey life, including
Dr Kathryn Hart
Asked what’s changed since she first arrived at Surrey as a student in 1995, Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics Dr Kathryn Hart says: “Better coffee and amazing facilities! No current student would believe we used to email from eight MS Dos PCs in what is now the library stairwell, or that to read a journal you had to physically wrestle a huge tome onto a photocopier!”
As a Surrey student Kathryn enjoyed Wednesday nights at Bojangles, indie nights in the lower bar and “every possible fancy dress occasion”.
On finishing her degree in Nutrition and Dietetics in 1999, Kathryn remained at Surrey to do her PhD and was then lucky enough to be offered a tutor post. She admits: “To be honest
I ‘fell into’ my academic career, but I also quickly realised that it was really rewarding and a lot of fun.”
Today, as an expert in dietary assessment, she is involved in important research projects focused on early life nutrition, such as helping to establish Vitamin D requirements for children and adolescents.
Reflecting on how university life has changed since her student days, she says: “In an ever more competitive market, universities have to be more business-like than ever before, but it’s also vital that we give staff and students time to think, create, discuss and debate. Hopefully that’s a balance we achieve at Surrey.”
occupying the roles of Students’ Union Executive Officer and President of the Postgraduate Association. One of his abiding memories is of “going up to the cathedral at night and projecting semaphore signals to the whole of Guildford by standing in front of the floodlights! It was one of those things you only do as a student”.
Having returned to Surrey in 2007 as an academic, Tim says: “It’s been great to be able to carry on the legacy of what I learned here. I’ve now spent half my life at Surrey and have seen many changes. I’ve sometimes wondered if we were ever going to stop building new buildings! But there’s still a sense of space and peace on campus and, of course, it’s lovely to have the lake.”
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