Senior Engineer and Head of the Electronics Unit in the Department of Physics, at The University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona, Dr Paul Aiken, has been elevated to the grade of Senior Member in the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineering (IEEE),  the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.

Only eight per cent (8%) of IEEE’s approximately 400,000 members hold the grade of Senior Member, which requires extensive experience, and reflects professional maturity and documented achievements of significance. Dr Aiken is the second member of staff at The UWI, Mona to achieve this honour, the other being Dr. Halden Morris, senior lecturer in the Institute of Education.

Paul Aiken has coordinated the development of engineering at the Mona campus and has teaching and research duties in electronics engineering and physics. He recently served as vice-chair of the IEEE Jamaica section.

He holds a PhD and a MSc in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, New York, and a MPhil in Physics from The UWI. Over the years, he has held several engineering positions in Jamaica and the USA including Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) engineer at UWI and at Columbia University, and a Senior Test Engineer at Intel Corporation. As a test engineer, Dr Aiken  lead international teams of engineers to design factory ready equipment for testing Intel latest  microprocessors, and developed practical solutions for solving high speed signal and power integrity issues.