Dr David Speirs

Research Fellow

Physics

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Publications

Strathclyde HPM (High Power Microwave) testing apparatus for dispersive CSRR metamaterial slow-wave structures
Speirs David, Ronald Kevin, Whyte Colin, Seviour Rebecca
2026 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS53334.2026.11660147
Manufacturing and characterization of high-power electromagnetic interaction and dispersion control structures at X-band and Ka-band frequencies
MacLachlan Amy Jane, Schamiloglu Edl, Speirs David, Ronald Kevin, Wilson Kieran, Whyte Colin
2026 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS53334.2026.11659932
High-k electron-scale turbulence scattering instrument and synthetic diagnostic development for MAST-U
Speirs David, Ruiz Ruiz Juan, Giacomin Maurizio, Hall-Chen Valerian Hongjie, Phelps Alan, Vann Roddy, Huggard Peter, Wang Hui, Field A, Ronald Kevin
52nd EPS Plasma Physics Conference 2026 (2026)
Sub-THz super pulse generation in highly overmoded Cherenkov masers with two-dimensional periodic surface lattice interaction structures
Wilson Kieran, Strachan William, Robertson Craig, Speirs David, MacLachlan Amy Jane
IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (2026)
High-power high-frequency gyrotron amplifiers and investigation of CNT cathode emitters
Young Alan, Robertson Craig, MacInnes Philip, Wilson Kieran, Speirs David, Phelps Alan, Whyte Colin, Ronald Kevin
SPIE Proceedings SPIE Defense + Security 2026 Proceedings of SPIE Vol 14022 (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3094956
High power electromagnetic dispersion control structures : manufacturing and characterisation from X to Ka band frequencies
Ronald Kevin, Donaldson Craig, Donaldson Karen, Speirs David, MacInnes Philip, Wilson Kieran, Whyte Colin, Tammas-Williams Sam, Uzdowski Kacper, Robertson Craig, Young Alan, Schamiloglu Edl, MacLachlan Amy Jane
Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol 14022 (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3094847

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Professional Activities

IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
Participant
22/6/2026
IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (Event)
Advisor
22/6/2026
IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
Participant
22/6/2026
Generation of Electron Cyclotron Microwave Emissions in a Mirror Discharge,
Contributor
12/9/2021
Ionospheric Beat-Wave Brillouin Scattering at EISCAT
Contributor
12/9/2021
International e-Conference on Recent Trends in Plasma Physics
Contributor
19/5/2021

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Projects

EBCD Efficiency Calculations
Speirs, David (Principal Investigator) Eliasson, Bengt (Co-investigator)
23-Jan-2026 - 22-Jan-2027
Active Electromagnetically Generated Inductive Shield (AEGIS)
Speirs, David (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2026
Drilling and Integrated GigaHertz-Generated Energy Resource DIGGER
Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) MacGregor, Scott (Co-investigator) MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Co-investigator) Timoshkin, Igor (Co-investigator) Whyte, Colin (Co-investigator) Wilson, Mark (Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Research Co-investigator) Zhang, Liang (Research Co-investigator)
14-Jan-2024 - 13-Jan-2025
Vlasov-Maxwell simulation of wave-driven turbulence and novel electron and ion heating schemes
Speirs, David (Co-investigator) Eliasson, Bengt (Principal Investigator)
EPSRC awarded EPCC Tier-2 HPC resource access call. Funded 1 year of HPC resources on the CIRRUS Tier-2 HPC system for research.
14-Jan-2018 - 14-Jan-2019
Microwave emission due to kinetic instabilities in an overdense mirror-confined plasma (International Exchanges Cost Share 2018 - Russia)
Eliasson, Bengt (Principal Investigator) Bingham, Robert (Co-investigator) Phelps, Alan (Co-investigator) Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Co-investigator)
10-Jan-2018 - 09-Jan-2022
Multiscale turbulent dynamics of tokamak plasmas (EPSRC Turbulence Centre)
Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) Phelps, Alan (Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Researcher)
01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2024

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Dr David Speirs
Research Fellow
Physics

Email: david.c.speirs@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3176