Dr. Edward Davison

Edward J. Davison is an outstanding engineer and applied scientist who has made many original contributions to linear system theory, computational methods, multivariable theory and the modelling of biological systems. His work has recently been recognized by the award of the 1974 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship. The 'Davison Simplification Method' in linear system theory and the 'Davison Distillation Column' model, used widely in the design of certain chemical processes, are but two examples of his original contributions to the theory and design of control systems. Recently Davison has turned to still more challenging problems, in particular to the development of a computer model which simulates the behaviour of a living cell as it grows and divides. This mathematical model has simulated behaviour which closely parallels cell characteristics and it is already providing research guidelines to investigators at the Universities of Cambridge, Princeton, and California (Berkeley).