Welcome
I am Alex Haig and this is my personal web space. At the moment there is little content, but I hope it will evolve over time.
Contact
Online I usually use the handle AlexH and my email address is me@alexhaig.me.uk. I’m on MSN Messenger under the address msn@alexhaig.me.uk and use Jabber with the address alexhaigmeuk@googlemail.com. You can also see a list of me and my facebook friends accessible here.
About Me
My full name is Alexander George Haig. I am the son of Ian and Kay Haig. I was born in 1983 in west London (UK) where I lived until 2001 when I moved to University. I grew up in a suburban town called Uxbridge (the last station on the metropolitan line). I went to St. Andrews Primary School until I was 12. After that I went to Uxbridge High School for a year and then went to Bishopshalt School. I stayed at Bishopshalt School until my A’ levels were over and moved on to start a Computer Science degree at the University of Essex. During my 2nd and 3rd years at Essex I was the president of the Rock Society. In 2004 I graduated from Essex with a 2:1 and then went on do an MSc in Advanced Computer Science at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norfolk.
I have a fiancée called Kelly Tarrant. We met at Essex at the start of my 2nd year and we have been together since February 2003. She graduated the year before me and spent a year working at the University of Essex's Advice Centre. She then went on to UEA at the same time as me where she studied for a PGCE. She has been a school teacher since 2005 and we are currently living together in East Anglia.
I’m currently undertaking a four year engineering doctorate programme with Brunel University and a sponsor company, which is funded by the EPSRC. The theme of the programme is Environmental Technology and includes 16 professional development and environmental short courses, which combined are approximately equivalent to a one year MSc course without the dissertation. I am based at the company's head quarters in Cambridge. I am currently researching acoustic guided wave technology. The overall goal is to improve a technology that helps prevent structural failure and oil and gas leakage.