Our research ranges from intelligent sensing to wearable technologies.
Intelligent sensing
This area of research covers thick-film and other printed sensors. We research applications of intelligent sensors such as condition monitoring, infrastructure safety monitoring and agriculture. We design sensor systems such as power, control, sensors and communications. We also research wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors.
The applications we research include:
environmental and precision agriculture monitoring (chloride/nitrate and moisture sensors)
industrial applications of sensor systems (corrosion and wear sensors)
digital twins
Energy harvesting and autonomous systems
This area of research covers power conditioning, energy management, maximum power point tracking, vibration energy harvesting, transiently-powered systems, multi-source/plug-and-play energy harvesting and cubesat power supplies.
The applications we research include:
design techniques for energy harvesting
adaptive behaviour
prediction of harvester outputs
application-related aspects of energy harvesting (wearables, environmental monitoring)
ageing and lifetime
efficiency/security trade-offs
IoT applications
triboelectric harvesting
RF harvesting and wireless power transfer.
Smart materials
This area of research includes printed functional materials and sensors, metamaterials, printed electronic actuators, novel polymer materials, engineered functional materials and 2D materials.
The topics we research cover:
novel polymer materials
triboelectric materials
printable/sprayable functional inks
sustainable and recyclable functional materials
materials for soft robotics
2D flexible materials
Micro and nano technologies
This area of research ranges from MEMS resonator sensors with wireless and energy harvesting solutions to single electron and quantum device design.
Our research topics include:
integrated distributed fibre optic sensors
integrated optomechanical levitated sensors
MEMS enhanced metamaterial devices
NEMS/NOEMS arrays for physical computing
nanoscale heat transfer mechanism
single electron and quantum device applications.
Wearable technologies
This research area covers e-textiles, wearable sensors, human based energy harvesting, functional electrical stimulation and wearable electro-therapy.
The applications we research include:
integrated e-textile systems
robust and reliable implementations
powering system – novel power supplies (e-textile batteries
RF mechanical thermal
wireless power transfer (solar)
applications of e-textiles (application specific challenges, composite manufacturing, healthy ageing, elite sports)
circular economy for e-textiles
Healthcare technologies
This research area looks at molecular biosensors, single cell analytics, medical sensors and rehabilitation systems.
Our topics of research include:
novel analytical techniques for bio applications
home-based sensors for monitoring patients
wearable and e-textile sensors for health applications
