Between 1940 and 1943, Boyd worked as an engineer for Demerara Bauxite in British Guiana, and for the Aluminum Company of Canada in Montreal and Shawinigan Falls.
In the meantime, the government formed Turbo Research as a Crown Corporation in Leaside, now part of downtown Toronto.
A number of the engineers involved in the creation of the Report worked there, while others created the Cold Weather Testing Station in Winnipeg.
The team eventually decided to move directly to the more promising axial design, and started real work on the TR.3 in 1945.
In 1946 Turbo Research was sold to Avro Canada, and Boyd became the Chief Designer of what was known as their Gas Turbine Division.
Over the next few years just under 4,000 examples would be produced, and used on a variety of designs including the Avro CF-100 Cannuck and Canadair versions of the F-86 Sabre.
The NRU was considered one of the world's finest research reactors and produced a large supply of isotopes, used for medical reasons.
Boyd ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1972 General Election in the York—Scarborough riding, but lost to the Liberal candidate, Robert Stanbury.
He has also had three books published: Personal Thoughts: A Series on the Canadian Prospect (1966), The National Dilemma and the Way Out with Kenneth McDonald (1975), and Rebel Engineer (1998).
He died on Monday, January 30, 2017 at the Victoria Manor long term care facility in Lindsay, Ontario at age 100.