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Heikki Sipilä, PhD

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ACADEMIC EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

PUBLICATIONS

BIOGRAPHY

Heikki Sipilä graduated MSc and PhD from Technical Physics Department at Helsinki University of Technology.

Heikki Sipilä’s work as Chief Scientist of the Physics Institute of Outokumpu mining and metallurgy company produced unique expertise and industrial innovations in X-ray and gamma detector technology. Heikki Sipilä became one of the founders and the Chief Scientist of Metorex International Oy, a supplier of advanced detector technology for industry and space applications. Heikki Sipilä’s initiation into detector development for space programs derived from his keen interest in understanding the physical reality and his conviction of the importance of reliable experimental data for supporting theoretical considerations. Work for space programs brought him into close co-operation with space scientists and to the installation of Metorex detectors in scientific satellites in Europe, USA, and Japan. Retirement in 2009 has given Heikki Sipilä time to penetrate into fundamentals — enriched by the experience in one of the most demanding areas of experimental physics.

ACADEMIC EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Technical Physics, MSc (1969), PhD (1978)

Scientist at Outokumpu Oy, Institute of Physics, (1967-1975).

- Originator of “X-MET”, portable x-ray fluorescence analyzer

Chief Scientist Outokumpu Oy, Institute of Physics (1975-1985).

- Originator of “Courier 30” online x-ray fluorescence analyzer for ore slurries
- Development of high resolution gas filled proportional counters and their production

Chief Scientist of Outokumpu Electronics Oy (1985-1990)

- Initiated space instrument activity

Executive vice president of Outokumpu Instruments Oy (1990-1994)

- Development of “Micron” particle size analyzer for ore slurries

Co-founder of Metorex International Oy. Executive vice president (1994-1997)

Co-founder of Baltic Scientificc Instruments, CEO (1994)

Chief Scientist Metorex International Oy (1997-2005)

- managing space instruments activity

Chief Scientist of Oxford Instruments Analytical Oy (2005-2009), retired 2009

NOMINATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Finnish Academy of Technology, TTA since 1996

Helsinki Institute of Physics, Scientific Advisory Board since 2007

Micronova –Helsinki University of Technology , Managing board since 2008

Member of the Finnish Society for Natural Philosophy, board member since 2007

PPM-systems, Chairman of the board ( 1992-1997)

Diarc Technology Oy , Chairman of the board (1992-1994)

Metorex International Oy, board member (1994-2000)

 

 

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (most recent at the top)

R.Bellazini, G.Spandre, M.Minuti, L.Baldini, A.Brez, L.Latronico, N.Omodei, M.Razzano, M.M. Massai, M.PesceRollins, C.Sgro, Enrico Costa, Paolo Soffita, H.Sipila and E.Lempinen, A sealed Gas Pixel Detector for X-ray Astronomy.

Vol. 576 Nucl. Instr.and Meth (2007) 853-858

H.Sipilä, Inertia, Mach’s Principle and Expansion of Space

PIRT London (2006)

A.Owens, M.Bavdaz, I. Lisjutin, A. Peacock, H.Sipilä, On the development of compound semiconductor thallium bromide detectors for astrophysics

Vol. 458 Nucl. Instr. and Meth. (2001) 413-417

A.Niemelä and H.Sipilä, Evaluation of CdZnTe detector for soft X-ray application

IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science, Vol 41 (1994) 1054-1057

H.Sipilä and M-L- Järvinen, Extended lifetime of a wire chamber

Nucl. Instr. and Meth. 217(1983) 298

M-L. Järvinen and H.Sipilä, Average ionization energies of gas mixtures for X-rays

Nucl.Instr.and Meth. 217 (1983) 282

H.Sipilä, V. Vanhahonko, J. Bergqvist, Mathematical treatment of space charge effect in proportional counters

Nucl. Instr. and Meth. 176 (1980)

H.Sipilä, The Statistics of Gas Gain in Penning Mixtures, Nuclear Science, IEEE Transaction on, Vol 26 (1979) 181-185

H.Sipilä, Inert gas mixtures for proportional counters

Nucl.Instr.and Meth. 140 (1977) 389

H.Sipilä , Energy resolution of the proportional counter

Nucl.Instr.and Meth, 133 (1976) 251-252