Education

July 2009 - present

Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey (Ph.D, Satellite Remote Sensing). Funded by EPSRC.

October 2005 - June 2009

Girton College, University of Cambridge (Engineering MEng). BA with I. Class honours, MEng with honours with Distinction.

September 1997 - July 2004

The Oratory School, Woodcote. 7 A* and 3 A grades at GCSE; 4 A grades at A2 level.

September 1993 - August 1997

St. Edmunds RC Primary School, Abingdon

September 1992 - August 1993

St. Birinus Primary School, Dorchester-on-Thames

Employment

Further details of employment including references available on request.

23rd June 2008 - 11th September 2008

Summer Placement, Chip Design, Cambridge Silicon Radio.

21st March 2007 - 1st June 2009

Freelance electronic engineering consultant: clients have included the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

30th November 2006 - 11th January 2007, 22nd July 2006 - 2nd September 2006

Undergraduate Research Student, Cambridge University Engineering Department

26th June 2006 - 12th July 2006, 3rd April 2006 - 13th April 2006, 6th December 2005 - 22nd December 2005

Test & Repair Technician, DFx Technology

6th September 2004 - 2nd September 2005

Year-in-Industry Student, Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd

26th July - 3rd September 2004

Conference Staff, Keble College, Oxford

Publications

T. Newton, S. Singer and P. Brett. Determining relative phase data of a received signal. US Patent Application Publication US 2010/0075603 A1. Mar. 25, 2010.

P.T.B. Brett and R. Guida. Bright line detection in COSMO-SkyMed SAR images of urban areas. In Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event 2011 (JURSE 2011), pages 253-256, 11-13 April 2011. doi:10.1109/JURSE.2011.5764767. Preprint.

R. Guida and P.T.B. Brett. A SAR image-based tool for prompt and effective earthquake response. In Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event 2011 (JURSE 2011), pages 213-216, 11-13 April 2011. doi:10.1109/JURSE.2011.5764758. Preprint.

Forthcoming: P.T.B. Brett and R. Guida. Geometry-Based SAR Curvilinear Feature Selection for Damage Detection. In 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar - Invited Papers (EUSAR 2012 - Invited Papers), 23-26 April 2011. Preprint.

Work Experience

16th-20th June 2003

Research Analyst, Reading University Cybernetics Department

Key Skills

• Bayesian probability theory and signal processing; stochastic optimisation techniques.
• Experienced MATLAB, C, Scheme & Python programmer (desktop & embedded applications)
• Some experience with assembler, C++, Java & other programming languages

Other Academic Achievements/Qualifications

• Girton College 'Henry Tompkinson' Scholar and twice 'Emily Davies' Scholar
• Girton College 'Rosalind, Lady Carlisle', 'Raemakers' and 'Beatrice Mills' Prizewinner
• Cambridge University Engineering Department IIA Project & IB Computing Prizewinner
• Chartered Management Institute Level 3 Certificate in Management
• School Norfolk Scholar and Junior & Senior Norfolk Prizewinner
• Society of Chemical Industry Chemist of the Year 2003

Musical Achievements

• School Music Scholar
• ABRSM Horn Grade 8 (with distinction)
• Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra 2000-2005 (principal horn 2003-2005)
• Oxfordshire Senior Schools Orchestra principal horn 1998-2000

Sporting Achievements

• BUCS Rifle Individual Finals bronze medallist, Sheffield 2009
• Cambridge University Half Blue for rifle shooting
• Cambridge University small-bore rifle team 2005-2009 (treasurer 2007-2008)
• School senior shooting team 2000-2004, captain 2003-2004
• School cross-country champion 2002 & 2003

Miscellaneous

• Air Cadet Gliding Wings (Blue)
• Cadet Force Flight Sergeant
• Cadet Force armourer 2001-2003