Aegis Alpha
Our Vision "A future where every component of engineering is optimised for precision and efficiency, enabling industries to perform at their best."
Daniel Gortat - Execute Director
Daniel is a precision manufacturing engineer with a Doctorate in Industrial Photonics from the University of Cambridge. He specialises in laser beam processing, precision metrology, and additive manufacturing, with project management expertise in the aerospace sector.
Adam Bennett - Executive Director
Adam holds a Doctorate in Applied Plasma Physics, is an Honorary Fellow at three universities, and a Company Director in four organisations; he has over a decade of experience in science and technology management working with medium sized enterprises and large corporations.
PUBLICATIONS
- A. Bennett, K. Gobey, N. Yu, M. Castelli, S. Moos, H. Schlemper, J. Bode. “The Satisloh plasma polisher: plasma surface figuring ultra precision optics”. 14. 10.1117/12.2685860, 2023.
- D. Gortat, A. O. Ancel, A. Farinha, R. Zufferey, M. Kovac. "Use of Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Performance Enhancement of Aerial–Aquatic Vehicles." Advanced Intelligent Systems, p. 2100185, 2022.
- J. Ludwick, A. Iqbal, D. Gortat, J.D. Cook, M. Cahay, P. Zhang, T. C. Back, S. Fairchild, M. Sparkes and W. O’Neill “Angular dependence of secondary electron yield from microporous gold surfaces’“ Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, vol. 38, no. 5, p. 054001, Sep. 2020.
- A. Iqbal, J. Ludwick, S.B. Fairchild, M. Cahay, D. Gortat, M. Sparkes, W. O’Neill, T.C. Back, P. Zhang. “A General Empirical Model of Secondary Electron Yield and Its Application in Monte Carlo Simulation of a Microporous Gold Surface," 2020 IEEE 21st International Conference on Vacuum Electronics (IVEC), pp. 43-44, 2020.
- D. Gortat, M. Sparkes, S.B. Fairchild, W. O'Neill. "Direct Laser Grain Writing." Lasers in Eng., 2020, Vol. 0, pp. 1–8.
- A. Iqbal, J. Ludwick, S. Fairchild, M. Cahay, D. Gortat, M. Sparkes, W. O’Neill, T. C. Back and P. Zhang. “Empirical modelling and Monte Carlo simulation of secondary electron yield reduction of laser drilled micro-porous gold surfaces.” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, vol. 38, no. 1, p. 013801, Jan. 2020.
- S.B. Fairchild, P.T. Murray, T.C. Back, D. Gortat, J. Sattler, T.S. Burton, G.B. Thompson. “Surface Processing Techniques for Reduction of Hydrogen Outgassing and Secondary Electron Emission," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), pp. 1-1, 2018.
- D. Gortat, P.T. Murray, S.B. Fairchild, M. Sparkes, T.C. Back, G.J. Gruen, M.M. Cahay, N.P. Lockwood, W. O'Neill. "Laser surface melting of stainless steel anodes for reduced hydrogen outgassing." Materials Letters 2017, 190, 5–8.
- D. Gortat ; M. Sparkes ; S. B. Fairchild ; P. T. Murray ; M. M. Cahay ; T. C. Back ; G. J. Gruen ; N. P. Lockwood ; W. O’Neill. “Laser stimulated grain growth in 304 stainless steel anodes for reduced hydrogen outgassing.” Proc. SPIE 10083, Fiber Lasers XIV: Technology and Systems, 100832E, 2017.
- S. Fairchild ; P. T. Murray ; D. Gortat ; T. C. Back ; N. Lockwood; D. C. Ingram, “Hydrogen Outgassing and Secondary Electron Reduction From Laser-Processed Stainless Steel Anodes“, IEEE, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS).
- P.T. Murray, S. B. Fairchild, T. C. Back, D. Gortat, M. Sparkes, G. J. Gruen, and N. P. Lockwood. "Laser surface melting of stainless steel anodes for reduced hydrogen outgassing." In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), pp. 1-1. IEEE, 2016.