The Instrumentation Photonics and Control (IPC) research group is comprised of a mixture of well experienced and young, vibrant academics within the School of Engineering Mathematics and Physics.
The IPC group works in three complementary research themes – Instrumentation, Photonics and Control. The group has made considerable endeavours to solve challenging measurement, monitoring, signal processing and control problems through applied research programmes with support from a range of funding bodies and industry. The group has established long term partnerships with the power generation, manufacturing, clean energy and healthcare industries.
The group’s expertise lies primarily in
Instrumentation
- process sensors, intelligent instrumentation, embedded systems
- smart condition monitoring, digital image processing
- data fusion, data modelling
Photonics
- Optical fibre and photonic sensors
- Ultrafast optical imaging and time-stretch systems
- Microwave photonics and RF sensing
- Optical and photonic intelligent computing
Control
- Intelligent sliding mode control of networked systems
- Robust observer design and parameters estimation of nonlinear interconnected power systems
- Robust advanced control with applications to robotic systems
Since 2010 the group has published more than 100 research papers in leading journals and over 150 refereed conference papers in the field of instrumentation, embedded systems and control. In addition to a well equipped Instrumentation Laboratory on Kent Campus, the group has regular access to industrial-scale test facilities, full-scale power plants, local hospitals and clinics.