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Mr. Sharpe has over 20 years experience in explosive engineering, structural response to blast loading and ballistic impact, explosives and munitions design and ordnance disposal. From 1981 through 1993, Mr. Sharpe was a research scientist at a defence establishment in Essex, England conducting research into blast mitigation systems, training UK and US military in use and deployment of blast mitigation and related systems, designing and development of advanced explosive systems, planning and conducting military training courses and exercises, and conducting explosive trials and testing. From 1993 through 2003, Mr. Sharpe was Technical Leader/Project Manager for Dstl/DERA (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence)/Defence Evaluation and Research Agency), where he conducted research into Special Projects, Mr. Sharpe developed special purpose tools and techniques to meet military user aspirations; developing protection systems for aircraft; conducting cockpit voice recorder research; support for US air accident investigations; developed explosive welding techniques for aircraft component fabrication; designed and developed new explosive compositions for target specific applications; membership of the Institute of Explosive Engineers (IEE); membership of the Institute of Accident Investigators and Bomb Technicians; presentation on aircraft hardening to ISASI; presentation to ISASI on aircraft health monitoring and explosion location; annual presentations on blast mitigation and protection as a member of a group of experts in this field; and published numerous classified reports on Special Projects, Aircraft Hardening, EOD and IEDD etc. Born in London, England, Mr. Sharpe received his Higher National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics from Anglia Higher Education College, Cambridge Explosive Engineering. | 