Peter Mitchell Grant

Peter Mitchell Grant (born 20 June 1944) is Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow, former Regius Professor of Engineering and Head of School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh. In 2004 he was awarded the 82nd Faraday Medal by the Institute of Electrical Engineers for his 'outstanding contributions to signal processing'.

Education Peter Mitchell Grant was born in St Andrews and educated at Strathallan School, Perthshire in Scotland.

Honours and awards Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York (FIEEE).

Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).

Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).

Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology, formerly Electrical Engineers, London (FIET/FIEE).

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, formerly Institute for Learning and Teaching (ILTM/FHEA).

In 2007 he was one of the first four signal processing researchers to be elevated to 'EURASIP Fellow', the European Association of Signal Processing's most prestigious honour.

In 2009 Queens Birthday Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

In 2006 he was awarded an honorary DEng degree from Heriot-Watt University

In 2007 he was awarded an honorary DEng degree from Napier University.