ICT CMAC Work Package 1: Data Capture and Conditioning

Objectives

WP1 will create an integrated, multi-input data acquisition system that will bring together all measured data to a single point for subsequent processing and analysis. Existing measurement techniques such as infrared, UV and Raman spectroscopy will be combined with newer instrumentation such as acoustics and hyperspectral imaging. Data traffic will be optimised through the acquisition system, in preparation for further real-time data analysis and control.

Personnel

Work Package 1 Lead – Dr Tony Gachagan

Dr Anthony Gachagan is the Director of CUE, and a Reader in the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department, at the University of Strathclyde. He has over 15 years’ experience in the development of ultrasonic transducers and transducer systems and is the author of over 50 research publications. He received a PhD from the University of Strathclyde in 1997 for work on the fundamental problems associated with air-coupled applications for piezoceramic based ultrasonic transducers. His research portfolio within CUE encompasses ultrasonic transducer technologies, (including piezoelectric composite and single crystal materials) and techniques (e.g. finite element modelling), covering applications in NDE, structural condition monitoring, sonar and industrial process control.

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Tel: +44 (0)141 548 2535 E-mail:a.gachagan@strath.ac.uk

Co-Investigator – Professor Steve Marshall

Prof Stephen Marshall received a first class honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham and a PhD in Image Processing from the University of Strathclyde. His research activities have been focussed in the area of Non Linear Image Processing. In this time, he has pioneered new design techniques for morphological filters based on a class of iterative search techniques known as genetic algorithms. The resulting filters have been applied as four-dimensional operators to successfully restore old film archive material. In recent years he has established the Hyperspectral Imaging Centre at the University of Strathclyde. The aims to provide solutions to industrial problems through applied research and Knowledge Exchange. He has published over 200 conference and journal papers on these topics including IET, IEEE, SPIE, SIAM, ICASSP, VIE and EUSIPCO. He has also been a reviewer for these and other journals and conferences.

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Tel: +44 (0)141 548 2199 E-mail: stephen.marshall@strath.ac.uk

Co-Investigator – Dr Alison Nordon

Dr Alison Nordon obtained a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and a PhD in solid-state NMR spectroscopy from the University of Durham in 1994 and 1998, respectively. She then moved to the University of Strathclyde where she held research fellow and senior research fellow posts with the Centre for Process Analytics and Control Technology (CPACT). In 2004, she was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, which she held in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, to work on developments in passive and active acoustics for process monitoring and control. She was appointed to a lectureship at Strathclyde in 2006, and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2011.

Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde

Tel: +44 (0)141 548 3044 E-mail: alison.nordon@strath.ac.uk

Research Assistant – Jerzy (Jurek) Dziewierz

Jerzy Dziewierz joined the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE) at Strathclyde in 2007 to work on piezocomposite material design for transducer arrays. Since then he has contributed to a number of projects within CUE. He also has experience is the fields of robotics, control design and power electronics. His current role is to design and implement the data acquisition and preprocessing platform for Work Package 1.

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Tel: +44 (0)141 548 3477 E-mail: jerzy.dziewierz@strath.ac.uk