He was a world expert in pulsed power, authouring or contributing to over 450 technical papers, and was an independent member of the MoD’s Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC).
In addition to teaching and supervision, Ivor undertook pioneering research into the production, conditioning and utilisation of large pulses of electrical energy (pulsed power), and was instrumental in Loughborough University’s decades-long pre-eminence in this field. He founded and developed the University’s internationally renowned Plasma and Pulsed Power Research Group, security cleared to undertake classified projects for NATO and the MoD, and oversaw technological innovations including magnetically insulating high-voltage transformers, pulsed power generation for high-impedance loads, multiple-phase twin-output, high-voltage generation, and unconventional microwave generation. In addition to DSAC, he served on many other MoD committees, chaired the IET’s Pulsed Power Committee, was external examiner to around 40 universities and consulted on pulsed power to over 20 businesses.