S. Ravi P. Silva

Professor/ Director of Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey Ravi Silva is the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and heads the Nano-Electronics Centre (NEC), which is an interdisciplinary research activity. The ATI has over 150 research staff. He joined Surrey in 1995. Ravi studied at the Eng. Dept. at Cambridge Univ. for his undergraduate and postgraduate work. His research has resulted in over 500 presentations at international conferences, and over 500 journal papers. He is the inventor of 25 patents. Ravi is the external examiner for the University of Cambridge Engineering Tripos. He is an external examiner for Universities in the Uk and also abroad. In 2003 the largest EPSRC Portfolio award for £6.68M was made to Prof. Silva and his team on Integrated Electronics, which was followed in 2004 by a SRIF award for £4M to set up a Nano-Electronics Centre for multidisciplinary research. In 2005, the Nano-Electronics Centre was a finalist in the Emerging Technologies category of the IEE 2005 Awards for Innovation in Engineering. Prof. Silva was on the advisory board of Imprimatur Ltd and the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) of Sri Lanka. He spent the year 2008 acting as an Advisor to the Honourable Minister of Science and Technology in Sri Lanka, and was intrumental in setting up the Sri Lanka Institute of NanoTechnology (SLINTec) and the Nano-Science Park NANCO (private) Ltd. He acts as an advisor to both these activities and sits on the director board. Prof. Silva was also a member of the Electrical and Electronic Panel (UoA24) for the Research Assessment Exercise (2003-2008) RAE2008, EPSRC Nanotechnology Task Force and sat (2007-2010) on the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's (EPSRC) Technology Opportunities Panel (TOP). Since 2005 he has worked with the National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka to establish nanotechnology as a vehicle from which to create wealth for the nation that will allow for poverty alleviation in the country. Awards and Medals CBE Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 2021 For services to Science, Education and Research, Surrey Distinguished Professor, University of Surrey 2019 James Joule Medal and Award, Institute of Physics (IOP) 2018 For contributions to Applied and Environment Sciences President’s Award, From The Government of Sri Lanka 2016 For contributions to Sri Lanka Science and Society Platinum medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) 2015 In recognition of outstanding contributions to materials science, technology and industry. J J Thomson Medal - The Institute for Engineering and Technology (IET) 2014 The JJ Thomson Medal for distinguished contributions in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Royal Society Clifford Patterson Award - Royal Society 2011 The Clifford Patterson Prize lecture is for outstanding contribution in the fields of Carbon Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Royal Society Kan Tong Po Visiting Professorship - Royal Society 2009 Public Lecture and Visiting Professorship toThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Runner up Times Higher Education Young Scientist of the Year and Most Entrepreneurial Scientist 2007, United Kingdom UKSEC and Science Alliance of the Netherland, 2007 IEE Achievement Award Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2003 Albert Einstein Silver Medal and Javed Husain Prize UNESCO, 2003 Awarded for contributions to electronic devices. Finalist Emerging Technologies, 2005 IEE Awards Nano Electronics Centre for Innovation in Engineering Charles Vernon Boys Medal - Institute of Physics 2002 Fellow Insitute of Physics 2004 Fellow Institute of Electrical Engineers 2005 Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering, FREng 2008 Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka 2010 Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts, FRSA 2010 Distinguished Visiting Professor May 2014 Chonbuk National University, South Korea