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 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
- Overview of the MAST Upgrade physics programme : testing novel concepts at low aspect ratio to inform future devices
- , O'Mullane Martin, Phelps Alan, Ronald Kevin, Speirs David
- Nuclear Fusion Vol 66 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ae63e1
- High-k electron-scale turbulence diagnostic 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 Institute of Physics (IoP) Plasma Physics Conference (2026) 52nd IoP Plasma Physics Conference (2026)
- Generation of Sub-THz Super Pulses in Overmoded Two-Dimensional Periodic Surface Lattice Cherenkov Masers
- Wilson Kieran, Robertson Craig, Strachan William, Ronald Kevin, Phelps Alan, Speirs David, MacInnes Philip, MacLachlan Amy Jane
- 52nd IoP Plasma Physics Conference (2026)
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Professional Activities
- IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
- Participant
- 22/6/2026
- IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
- Participant
- 22/6/2026
- IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (Event)
- Advisor
- 22/6/2026
- Ionospheric Beat-Wave Brillouin Scattering at EISCAT
- Contributor
- 12/9/2021
- Generation of Electron Cyclotron Microwave Emissions in a Mirror Discharge,
- Contributor
- 12/9/2021
- International e-Conference on Recent Trends in Plasma Physics
- Contributor
- 19/5/2021
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