Professor Brian Norton

Brian Norton
Born	1955 Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Residence	Ireland
Nationality	United Kingdom
Fields	Energy Engineering Physics Solar Energy
Institutions	Dublin Institute of Technology Ulster University Cranfield University
Alma mater	University of Nottingham Cranfield University

Professor Brian Norton is a college President and solar energy technologist. President of Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), he has been an advocate for diversity of higher education in Ireland. He has also been associated with the relocation of DIT from a multiplicity of scattered buildings to a single city centre campus in the Grangegorman neighbourhood of Dublin.

In 1989 Norton was appointed by Sir Derek Birley as the first Professor in the field of the Built Environment at the University of Ulster, prior to which he taught at Cranfield University. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering. Norton studied Physics at the University of Nottingham and Engineering at Cranfield University and holds Doctorates from both universities.

"Harnessing Solar Heat", Springer, 2013

"Solar Energy Thermal Technology". Springer, 1992

"Industrial and Agricultural Applications of Solar Energy". In "Comprehensive Renewable Energy", Elsevier, 2012 (winner of a 2012 PROSE Awards of the Association of American Publishers for best multi-volume reference work)

"Solar Energy Collectors and their applications". In "Solar Energy Science and Engineering Applications". CRC Press, 2013

"The Shadows Cast by Inadequate Energy Governance: Why more Sun does not necessarily mean more photovoltaic electricity". Norton contributed with Sarah McCormack of Trinity College Dublin, to "Renewable Energy Governance: Challenges and Insecurities". Springer, 2013

"Solar Power and the Enabling Role of Nanotechnology", Norton contributed with Ali Shakouri and Helen McNally, both of Purdue University to "Understanding the Global Energy Crisis", Purdue University Press, 2014.

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