Gordon Dyos

Gordon Dyos is an experimental physicist whose work spans an enormous variety of subjects, from high-current spark gaps to the measurement of plasma wake concentrations in model atmospheric re-entry missiles, low speed laminar flow wind tunnels an megawatt pulsed arc light sources. He invented the concept and developed the halogen ceramic hob, transpiration cooling of plasma torch nozzles and steel sheet cutting processes using plasma torches. More recently, he has developed a 120kW glow discharge furnace for producing wrought metal from powdered feedstock. In retirement he has worked as a consultant to a plasma torch company and a defence department.

Now in his latter years of retirement he is developing new ideas in novel illumination, a possible plasma transformer and the retro-fitting of a system to de-ice overhead power lines.