Research
Research grants
KEL09/09 - Opto-acoustic monitors for condition assessment
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2010 - March 2011
Transformer Insulating Oil.
ENW LTD (UK)
June 2010 - August 2016
An optical fibre energised hybrid command module for HV switchgear and other power monitoring applications.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2000 - June 2003
Impact Acceleration Account - University of Liverpool 2012
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2012 - March 2017
The detection, assessment and alleviation of pain in laboratory zebrafish.
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REP, REF AND RED OF ANIMALS USED IN RESEARCH (NC3RS)
November 2012 - April 2016
Merton intelligent operating systems (MIMS).
LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON (UK)
August 2004 - September 2011
Clean accessible transport for community Health (CATCH).
LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL (UK)
September 2003 - July 2005
Adaptation and Resilience of Coastal Energy Supply (ARCOES)
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2011 - October 2017
HOMES: High-efficiency Off-grid Multi-source Electrical Supplies
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, INNOVATE UK (UK), POWER SYSTEMS WAREHOUSE LTD (UK)
March 2010 - May 2012
Testing of a non-SF6 interrupter
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (USA)
March 2011 - July 2013
SF6 Emission Monitoring with Mass Spectrometry.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2003 - March 2006
University of Liverpool Institutional Discipline Bridging.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2003 - October 2006
Optical detection of the degeneration of transformer oil
ENW LTD (UK), THE JOULE CENTRE (UK)
November 2008 - December 2010
Intelligent Monitoring using rapid image capture and telematics.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 1999 - February 2001
Enhanced Management and Performance for a Sustainable UK Energy Infrastructure (Supergen V)
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2006 - October 2010
Research collaborations
Professor B Hon
Force measurement on tools used for micro machining. Joint supervision of a PhD student.
Dr Stephen Gordon
Monitoring of particulates produced by kerosene and wood fuel stoves.
Professor Field
Monitoring the particulate content of smoke produced by cigarettes. Involves the use on novel mobile phone technology and embedded software applications for monitoring. The work is in collaboration with the Roy Castle Cancer Foundation.