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Stephan J.G. Gift is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing. He graduated with first class honours in Electrical Engineering in 1976 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1980. He directed the Research and Development Centre at the local Telephone Company for 12 years where he was awarded an international patent for an advanced electronic test system. In 1995 he returned to The University of the West Indies where he has been engaged in intensive research in electrical engineering and its scientific foundations. On the basis of this research he was elevated to Professor in 2005. He has published over 75 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and these have received over 500 citations. Since 2010 he has published seven peer-reviewed papers in electrical engineering specifically in the application of linear integrated circuits in electronic filters instrumentation amplifiers current and voltage amplifiers and multiphase sinusoidal oscillators. In one of these papers in the Interna- tional Journal of Electronics the development of a new composite amplifier circuit that combined important features of two existing integrated circuit elements was featured. This new system increases the options available to the designer as it enables the creation of a whole new range of amplifier systems. The circuit is currently being tested in power amplifier applications. In another paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements Professor Gift presented a collection of circuits for the imple- mentation of strain gauges. This was an extension of previous published work in which a new strain gauge amplifier circuit was developed. A third system recently accepted for publication was an improved multiphase sinusoidal oscillator for use in communi- cations power systems and instrumentation. This circuit is simpler than the majority of such systems and utilizes readily available electronic components. Professor Gifts contribution to electrical engineering was again recognized in 2013 when he received the Fenwick DeFour Award Silver for Engineer- ing November 2013 from the National Institute for Higher Education Research Science and Technology. In the last four years he has published 10 papers on the science of engineering with four papers under review. This research has been focused primarily on the use of the Global Positioning System GPS in demonstrating one-way light speed variation. Specifically using two features of this system he has determined that light travels faster west than east on the surface of the rotating earth a finding that challenges the idea of light speed constancy which is the cornerstone of Einsteins Theory of Relativity. These results were published in a series of papers in the journals Physics Essays and Applied Physics Research and are consistent with the theoretical work conducted by the Italian physicist Professor Franco Selleri. During the period under consideration Professor Gift also published papers demonstrating light speed variation using interplanetary tracking technology as well as time transfer technology and he has recently submitted work that extends Selleris development of the physics of space and time. Over the last four years Professor Gift has served as reviewer for over 15 major international engineering journals and is on the editorial board of Active and Passive Electronic Components and ISRN Electronics. He was featured in the University publications The Pelican 60 under 60-UWI Celebrat- ing sixty years 2011 and Decades of Research UWI St Augus- tine at 50 2010. He was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Cadet Force Hall of Honour in September 2010. For the past 25 years Professor Gift has been involved in charitable work as a member of the Rotary Club of St Augus- tine West. He has been president of this organization on two separate occasions and was in 2014 conferred with a Paul Harris Fellow from The Rotary Foundation of Rotary Interna- tional for his contribution to Rotary. Selected Publications Maundy B. and S.J.G. Gift. Strain gauge amplifier circuits IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement2013624 693-700. Gift S.J.G. Light transmission and the Sagnac effect on the rotating earth Applied Physics Research 2013 5 5 93-106. Gift S.J.G. and B. Maundy Versatile composite amplifier configuration International Journal of Electronics published online August 2014. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Professor of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty of Engineering Tel 868 662 2002 ext.82167 83155 E-mail stephan.giftsta.uwi.edu PROF. STEPHAN J. G. GIFT 72