Mr Steve Amos
Electronics Technician (Wilson)
Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Campus: Hawkshead
Research Centres: Structure & Motion Laboratory
Steve is an Electronics Technician working on the LOCATE project. His role includes the manufacture of radio tracking collars, and the design and construction of electro-mechanical systems.
Steve’s previous career was in the Scientific Civil Service where he was responsible for managing an Electronics and Mechanical engineering workshop. His interests include electronics and maintaining classic cars.
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AIRSCAN
People: Alan Wilson, Steve Amos, John Lowe, Anna Wilson
Following the success of our modified research aircraft in our LOCATE project, the ERC-funded AIRSCAN project allows us to commercialise and make available the modifications developed for a modular, single-operator aerial survey and data acquisition airplane: the Trail ADAP. The potential users for this technologically-advanced yet undemanding aerial data acquisition platform include government, NGOs, companies and individuals, with applications ranging from mapping, survey data collection, conservation, academic research and many more.
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CARDyAL: Co-Operative Aerodynamics and Radio-based DYnamic Animal Localisation
People: Alan Wilson, Jim Usherwood, Kyle Roskilly, Steve Amos
Measuring the detailed movement and relative location of individual animals within groups has, up to now, not been possible in most situations. The CARDyAL project has been designed to open a new field of research in this area, and in so doing to develop tools and methods that can be used in many other applications.
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LOCATE: Locomotion, hunting and habitat utilisation among large African carnivores and their prey.
People: Alan Wilson, Oliver Dewhirst, Tatjana Hubel, Simon Wilshin, Kyle Roskilly, Nancy Curtin, Timothy West, Maria Lorenc, Steve Amos, Chris Buse, John Lowe, Anna Wilson, Hattie Bartlam-Brooks
Professor Alan Wilson leads a team of researchers in the southern African savannah to identify how speed, manoeuvring and habitat impact the hunting and evasion practices of carnivores and their prey.