Dr. Powell received his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of Birmingham, UK.

Since then he has worked in the field of microwave component design and packaging, using MMIC and hybrid circuit techniques in multiple technologies and for various applications. Dr. Powell was a Principal Microwave Engineer at QinetiQ, UK, between 2001 to 2011 where he designed a wide variety of circuit functions using GaAs, InP and GaN technologies in the frequency range 1 GHz to 110 GHz. He also contributed to the development of a GaN MMIC process at QinetiQ, demonstrating GaN MMIC components. He currently works as a freelance design engineer working for a variety of industrial and university clients.

Dr Powell has published more than 40 papers and 2 issued or pending patents and has made many technical presentations at international conferences and seminars.

Dr Powell has been a member of the Continuing Education Institute-Europe faculty since 2013.