Previous Research Grants

We have a long history of delivering outstanding research projects in areas across the automatic control and systems engineering discipline. Here are some of the key grants which we secured in the past.

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Grant title Awarded to Awarding body Start Date End Date
ADvanced multi-Energy management and oPTimisation time shifting platform (ADEPT) George Konstantopoulos RCUK 01/09/2017 31/12/2018
Affordable and clean energy via resilient and autonomous micro-grids George Konstantopoulos RCUK 24/06/2018 25/06/2022
Affordable high-end automation using refrurbished low-end robots and ‘Assertive Products’ Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/09/2017

30/09/2019

Air pollution monitoring in Northern Pakistan Towards Improved Air Quality and Human Health Lyudmila Mihaylova RCUK 01/01/2019 31/07/2019
Aircraft Connectivity Andy Mills Industrial 01/05/2018 31/12/2018
Alternative mobility and Alternative routes in the Sheffield City Region Giuliano Punzo Research England 15/12/2020 31/03/2021
An SME case study for IIoT predictive maintenance Ash Tiwari Research England 01/04/2019 30/06/2021
Application of Novel Nonlinear Data Modelling and Analysis to the Study of Cervical Impedance Spectroscopy for Preterm Birth Prediction Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/07/2018 28/02/2022
Artificial Intelligence based multi-objective optimisation for energy management in dynamic flexible manufacturing systems Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/10/2018 31/03/2019
Business case for IoT instrumentation of existing machines: A Laser Based Additive Manufacturing (LBAM) Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/01/2019 30/06/2020
Cabin Blower Control Andy Mills Industrial 01/11/2022 31/07/2023
Can magnetic distance sensing detect bowel obstruction during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion? Lin Cao Research England 01/04/2023 31/07/2023
CASCADE: Calibrated Agent Simulations for Combined Analysis of Drinking Etiologies Robin Purshouse Government 01/08/2016 30/04/2022
Circular4.0: Data Driven Intelligence for a Circular Economy Ash Tiwari RCUK 02/01/2019 01/01/2023
Circular 4.0 Digital Intelliegence to enable a circular economy Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/06/2017 31/05/2018
Cluster Active Archive: Technical Assistance in Support of the DWP instrument of the Cluster Mission Michael Balikhin Industrial 01/01/2017 31/12/2018
Cobots QR Lyudmila Mihaylova RCUK 01/01/2022 31/03/2022
Comprehensive analysis of solar atmospheric dynamics driven by interacting vortex tubes Viktor Fedun Charity 01/04/2021 31/03/2022
Cyber Fuzzing T1 Andy Mills Industrial 01/05/2021 30/11/2021
DAFNI-ROSE Daniel Coca RCUK 01/10/2021 31/08/2022
DEAL: Digitally Enhanced advanced services for domestic AppLiances Ash Tiwari RCUK 08/07/2019 30/09/2021
Demonstrators of Human-Robot Co-working James Law RCUK 01/04/2017 31/07/2017
Developing a Digital Twin of two robot arms to simulate docking procedures in space John Oyekan Research England 01/11/2022 01/04/2023
Developing a Digital Twin of two robot arms to simulate docking procedures in space John Oyekan RCUK 31/01/2022 31/07/2022
Developing a proof-of-concept agent-based model of the relationship between food advertising and food choices in England Charlotte Buckley / Robin Purshouse RCUK 01/09/2022 31/05/2023
Developing An International Warehouse Assessment Scheme Mahdi Mahfouf Charity 30/04/2019 28/02/2022
Developing smart and resilient mircogrids in rural Africa George Konstantopoulos

Charity

01/01/2017 31/12/2017
Development of a personalised health forecasting tool Visakan Kadirkamanathan Charity 01/01/2016 31/12/2019
Development of a prototype electromechanical system Jonathan Aitkin Industrial 01/11/2018 01/02/2020
DIGI-CORTEX: digital COgnitive architecture to achieve Rapid Task programming and flEXibility in manufacturing robots through human demonstrations John Oyekan RCUK 01/08/2022 31/05/2025
Digital Manufacturing 1 - Multiscale modelling for monitoring: Hybrid Electric Propulsion case study Andy Mills RCUK 01/10/2019 31/03/2020
Digital Manufacturing for Aerostructure Assembly Ash Tiwari Charity 01/09/2019 31/07/2022
Digital Technologies, Advanced Robotics and increased Cyber-security for Agile Production in Future European Manufacturing Ecosystems Jonathan Aitken EC 01/07/2020 31/12/2020
Digitisation of Legacy Machines and Human Activities for Productivity Enhancement in SMEs: A Regional Engagement Initiative Ash Tiwari Charity 01/03/2018 31/05/2021
Digitisation for Zero-Setup and Zero-Measurement Manufacturing Ash Tiwari Charity 01/09/2017 31/08/2022
Dream4cars: Dream-like simulation abilities for automated cars Sean Anderson EC 01/01/2017 31/12/2019
DYNAMO Robin Purshouse Innovate UK 01/04/2018 31/07/2021
E2EEHM: End-to-End Equipment Health Management Andy Mills Innovate UK 01/11/2016 31/03/2021
E2E EHM Vibration Analytics Will Jacobs Industrial 01/10/2019 31/03/2020
E2E EHM Vibration and pattern matching Will Jacobs Industrial 01/06/2018 31/12/2018
EE2EM Additional-Rhenoics Sensor Characterisation Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2018 09/12/2019
EEG biomarkers of sports performance Mahnaz Arvaneh Industrial 05/11/2018 31/05/2019
Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for Oral Cancer Diagnosis Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/01/2023 31/07/2023
Electronics Thermal Management Bryn Jones Industrial 27/03/2017 30/09/2017
EnergyREV: Energy Revolution Research Consortium George Konstantopoulos RCUK 01/12/2018 31/03/2022
Ergoeye: Operational Real-Time Assessment Of Ergonomics In Flexible Manufacturing Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/09/2017 31/05/2019
From the laboratory to industrial manufacture: Transforming digital design via robust scaling-up AI platforms George Panoutsos RCUK 01/10/2021 30/09/2022
H2Gear- Control Architecture Support Yuanbo Nie Industrial 01/12/2022 31/08/2023
High energy density battery pack design without compromising on safety Ross Drummond Charity 15/08/2022 30/11/2023
In-Compartment Enclosure Testing Andy Mills Industrial 01/10/2018 31/03/2019
In-RC Thermal Management of Electronics Andy Mills Industrial 01/02/2018 31/03/2018
Intervention development for community-based self-referred social prescribing Robin Purshouse RCUK 01/06/2021 30/11/2022
Ice characterisation with FMCW radar Andy Mills Industrial 01/10/2021 31/12/2021
INCEPT - INformated Circular Economy ProducTs Ash Tiwari Charity 01/04/2020 31/10/2021
Increasing cohort acceptance amongst workforce and health and safety teams in Manufacturing Iveta Elimontaite RCUK 01/10/2017 31/03/2018
Innovation Award in EM Cooling Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2019 17/12/2019
Integrated machine part multi objective optimisation of powder manufacturing George Panoutsos RCUK 01/11/2016 31/03/2017
Internet of things for for overcome barriers in the steel rolling measurement technology Lyudmila Mihaylova Research England 01/02/2019 31/10/2019
Knowledge Transfer Partnership Zi-Qiang Lang Innovate UK 15/05/2019 25/09/2021
LBAM: Business case for IoT instrumentation of existing machines: A Laser Based Additive Manufacturing Ash Tiwari RCUK 01/01/2019 30/06/2020
LIGER: An Open source Intergrated Optimization Environment Robin Purshouse Government 01/02/2018 31/05/2019
Lighter than air surveillance Drone (LTASD) Bryn Jones RCUK 01/10/2017 31/03/2019
Machine Learning digital twin for defect-free additive manufacturing George Panoutsos Research England 01/02/2022 30/06/2022
Machine learning for In-Situ process control, using LBAM case study Ash Tiwari RCUK 15/06/2019 31/03/2020
MindD4AccelCare: Multimodal Intelligent Neural Decoder for Accessible and empowering mental healthcare  Mahnaz Arvaneh RCUK 01/10/2022 30/11/2023
MircoGrid Design Optimisation Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2019 31/12/2019
Modelling for Multi-Domain Power Systems Architecture Andy Mills Industrial 24/02/2020 01/05/2020
Multiscale LRV modelling Andy Mills Industrial 01/11/2018 01/02/2020
MultiRobot Roderich Gross Government 01/10/2019 31/10/2020
NetworkPlus In Digitalised Surface Manufacturing: Towards "World's Best" Processes Ash Tiwari RCUK 29/11/2019 28/11/2023
Neurophysiological Biomarkers for Comparative Diagnosis and Prognosis across Neurodegenerative Diseases Mahnaz Arvaneh Charity 01/03/2019 28/02/2023
Northwest European Seasonal Weather Prediction from Complex Systems Modelling Hua-Liang Wei RCUK 01/03/2021 29/02/2024
Numerical Modelling Of Wave Based Coronal Heating Using Resistive MHD And Thermal Conductivity Viktor Fedun Charity 08/08/2016 06/08/2019
Oil Quality Sensing Andy Mills Industrial 10/06/2019 09/07/2019
Preliminary Investigation For Advanced Control For Distributed Hybrid Propulsion Systems Visakan Kadirkamanathan RCUK 01/12/2016 25/03/2017
Proxisense Testing Andy Mills Industrial 10/06/2019 09/09/2019
Rad-Sat: Modelling the acceleration, transport and loss of radiation belt electrons to protect satellites from space weather Michael Balikhin RCUK 01/05/2017 30/04/2022
RAIN: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Sandor Veres RCUK 02/10/2017 30/09/2021
Resilient Power Feasibility Study Andy Mills Industrial 01/01/2021 31/03/2022
Right-First-Time Fused Deposition for Healthcare Manufacturing Mahdi Mahfouf Charity 01/10/2020 16/01/2023
RL for Natural Recirculation Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2021 31/12/2022
Robust data-centric cyber-physical systems for Materials 4.0 George Panoutsos RCUK 01/01/2022 31/03/2022
Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence Keith Jackson Charity 01/01/2020 01/01/2023
SALSA2d - Separation of Additive-Layer Supports by Automation via 2-way Digital Twin Jonathan Aitkin EC 01/07/2020 31/07/2020
SecReMGs: Security and Reliability in Microgrids: Towards Clean and Secure Electrical Energy Mahdieh Sadabadi Research England 01/02/2021 31/07/2021
ShiRAS: Towards Safe and Reliable Autonomy in Sensor Driven Systems Lyudmila Mihaylova RCUK 01/12/2019 30/11/2023
Sipher QR Robin Purshouse RCUK 01/04/2021 31/03/2022
Smart Farm Planning and Monitoring System Lyudmila Mihaylova Charity 01/04/2019 30/09/2021
SP2RC: Application to STFC for Consolidated Grant Support for the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre Michael Balikhin RCUK 01/04/2018 30/09/2022
Sustainable advanced manufacturing via machine learning-assisted exploitation of sensing and data infrastructure Iñaki Esanola RCUK 01/09/2022 31/03/2023
SYSDYMATS: SYstems Science-based design and manufacturing of DYnamic MATerials and Structures Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/10/2018 31/03/2022
Tailorable & Adaptive Connected Digital Additive Manufacturing (TACDAM) George Panoutsos RCUK 01/01/2017 31/03/2019

TeleBCI-FES: Upper Limb Telerehabilitation using Brain-controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation

Mahnaz Arvaneh RCUK 01/07/2021 30/11/2022
TeleRegain II: Accelerating upper limb stroke rehabilitation from home through the power of the brain Mahnaz Arvaneh / Joshua Giles UKRI 11/10/2023 19/01/2024
Thermal imaging tool for measuring respiratory airflow to assist with diagnosing apnoea in children with suspected sleep related breathing disorders Mahdi Mahfouf RCUK 01/10/2018 31/01/2020
Through-life performance: From science to instrumentation Ash Tiwari RCUK 03/04/2017 02/04/2022
Tissue-RIMOTE: Tissue-Responsive Robotic Implants for In Vivo Mechanostimulation-Based Tissue Regeneration Dana Damian RCUK 01/10/2019 15/08/2022
Towards building an automated scoring model for assessing appropriate use of metadiscourse markers in Aptis Writing across CEFR levels: A multidisciplinary study John Oyekan Charity 01/11/2022 31/03/2023
Transit: Towards a Robust Airport Decision Support System for Intelligent Taxiing Mahdi Mahfouf RCUK 01/07/2016 31/08/2022
UK Race to Space Viktor Fedun Charity 12/08/2022 11/08/2024
Unilever many-objective optimisation pilot project Robin Purshouse Industrial 01/10/2018 30/06/2019
Use of Innovative Fibre Optic sensing to assess masonry arch bridges Zi-Qiang Lang Research England 01/02/2018 31/03/2018
Use of Innovative Fibre Optic sensing to assess masonry arch bridges Zi-Qiang Lang RCUK 01/06/2018 31/03/2020
UTC 2017 Visakan Kadirkamanathan Industrial 01/01/2017 31/12/2017
UTC 2018 Visakan Kadirkamanathan Industrial 01/01/2018 28/02/2019
UTC Sensor Andy Mills Industrial 01/01/2019 31/12/2019
UTC Submarines Visakan Kadirkamanathan Industrial 01/01/2016 31/12/2016
VULCAN George Panoutsos Innovate UK 01/11/2019 31/01/2022
VSWMC: Virtual Space Weather Modelling Centre Michael Balikhin Industrial 01/05/2020 30/09/2021
WBD Operations support Michael Balikhin RCUK 15/03/2017 31/12/2018
WEC#4 Operations support Michael Balikhin RCUK 15/03/2017 31/12/2018
What happens when you cross LEGO and a Star Trek Replicator? Simon Pope RCUK 01/08/2020 31/07/2023
Wireless sensing UAM Andy Mills Industrial 01/09/2019 30/11/2019
Wireless sensor subs sprint Andy Mills Industrial 01/06/2019 01/09/2019

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