Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Physics, University of Cambridge, England, 2014
  • MPhys, Physics, University of Leeds, UK, 2008
Professional Honors
  • Bragg Scholar
Professional Affiliations
  • Instutue of Phyiscs – Member and Chartered Physicist (MPhys, CPhys)
  • Safety and Reliability Society – Member (MSaRS)
  • Chairman of BSI Standards Committee PEL/69/1 Small Electric modes of Transport
  • IEC/TC 125 “e-Transporters” UK nominated expert committee member
  • BSI standards committee member for the following:
  • • ESL/120 Electrical Energy Storage
  • • GME/33 “Small Craft”
  • • PEL/21 “Secondary Cells and Batteries”
  • • PEL/69 “Electric Vehicles”
  • • CH/210/1 “Quality management systems for medical devices”
  • • CH/210/4 “Risk management and post market surveillance for medical devices”
  • CEN/TC 301/WG 18 “Electric vehicles batteries” standards technical working group member.

Dr. Frake is an experienced engineering physicist who has provided multidisciplinary technical consulting services to clients in systems-level engineering, failure analysis, safety / reliability, risk management, research & development, and testing of products. He works across all stages of the product lifecycle to encourage a holistic approach in the product development process for product innovation, safety, and reliability.  Dr. Frake has worked extensively in the fields of batteries, medical devices, and sensing / metrology and is experienced in failure investigations and standards / regulatory compliance for products and manufacturing. 

Dr. Frake has helped his clients throughout the product and technology development lifecycle, including early-stage innovation and concept generation, concept assessment, market research, technology landscaping, proof of principle testing, mathematical modelling, algorithms, data analysis, and prototype development. He has worked across many industries, including medical devices, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, mining, electric vehicles, consumer devices, industrial and the food & drink industry. His specific engineering experience includes battery tecnologies and systems, novel sensors and detection systems, measurement and metrology devices, temperature control / cryogenic systems, wireless power, acoustics, optics and general electromagnetics.

Dr. Frake's PhD was in the electrical measurement of quantum semiconductor devices at high frequencies.  This had applications in quantum computation, novel electronic density of states measurements, charge pumping, and primary thermometry. During his PhD, he developed skills in semiconductor fabrication, semiconductor device analysis and testing, optical and e-beam lithography, SEM and AFM techniques, precision electrical measurements and RF electronics. Dr. Frake also has experience with cryogenic systems including Helium 3 and dilution refrigerators, superconducting magnets, and high vacuum systems. Before joining Exponent, Dr. Frake worked as a consultant at Sagentia Ltd., a science, technology and product development consultancy in Cambridge, UK.