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Technical Expertise

EEE@HW has world-leading expertise in Vision, Image and Signal Processing, Ocean Systems, Microengineering, Microwaves and Electrical Power and Drives. We also participate in several research pooling initiatives.

Our team of world-leading scientists and engineers has expertise across a broad field of electrical engineering and access to state-of-art facilities, which can assist our industrial partners to resolve existing technical problems and secure leading position in future markets.

Here is a list of some of our current projects with Industrial focus:

Microsystems
NCR Ltd, Dundee
QinetiQ Ltd, Malvern
MEMSSATR Ltd, Edinburgh
GE Aviation Newmarket
Prof Marc Desmulliez
Dr Changhai Wang
Dr Resh Dhariwal
Microwaves
Selex
  1. Advanced Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Devices for Wireless Communications and Radar
  2. Electronically reconfigurable microwave filters
Dr Jason Hong
Space Engineering RF and Microwave filters in collaboration Dr George Goussetis
Signal and Image Processing
BAE SYSTEMS, SELEX GALILEO, Qinetiq and DSTL long range 3D LiDAR imaging systems based on time-correlated single photon counting. Applications include: of applications, including surface mapping for metrology and reverse engineering in the aerospace and automotive industries; the scanning of architectural structures; the creation of virtual reality environments for numerous end applications; and long range 3D imaging and object identification Prof Andy Wallace
TES Electronic Solutions (Edinburgh) Miltiband/Multimode UWB and Higher Layer Synchronisation for WiMedia UWB Systems Dr Cheng-Xiang Wang
Philips Research Cambridge Error Models for Digital Channels and Applications to Wireless Communication Systems Dr Cheng-Xiang Wang
Thales Context-driven Scene Segmentation Dr Neil Robertson
Thales Metrics for Image Processing Dr Neil Robertson
Imaging Systems
QinetiQ (Malvern)
DSTL (Malvern),
Selex (Basilson),
STMicroelectronics (Edinburgh),
Qioptiq (St Asaph)
Wavefront Coding for reduced cost and improved functionality in miniature cameras, thermal imaging and microscopy Prof Andy Harvey
QinetiQ (Malvern, Farnborough),
TSB, Selex (Edinburgh),
Screeneye, Gooch and Housego,
National Physical Laboratory
Novel Spectral Imaging Technologies and Processing for surveillance and retinal imaging. Prof Andy Harvey
QinetiQ (Malvern) TSB Signal Processing for mm-wave imaging and for aperture synthesis Prof Andy Harvey
Underwater Systems
BP (Sunbury and Houston)
and Subsea7 (Aberdeen)
next generation of automatic fault detection and diagnosis systems for health monitoring of subsea equipment Prof Dave Lane
BAe Systems (Bristol)
Roke Manor Research (Southampton)
MBDA
Several projects to enable autonomous robots to adapt mission plans on the fly, to work together collaboratively, to navigate using features observed in sensor data, and to interface with operators in ways that develop mutual understanding and trust Prof Dave Lane
Bombardier (Derby)
Seimens (Germany)
Trenitalia (Italy)
To develop new generations of information gathering and storage desribing the current and previous state of rolling stock, across Europe, in real time. Prof Dave Lane
SeeByte Ltd (Edinburgh & San Diego) To develop sonar acoustic methods for automatically detecting, tracking and inspecting underwater cables. Prof Dave Lane
Thales UK (Templecombe) to research novel methods to realise a new kind of portable sonar system that can detect difficult-to-see man made objects in confined areas underwater, such as ports and harbours Prof Dave Lane