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Schemes for Engineers in Research and Development
Distinguished Visiting Fellowship
Award Holders
2010 – 2011
Round 2
The deadline for the second
round of applications was 31st May, 2010.
The award holders, the
distinguished visitors and their main areas of
collaboration are:
Prof Michael R Belmont
– University of Exeter
Prof George Weiss – Tel Aviv University,
ISRAEL
Power quality control systems for grid
integration of renewable wave energy capture systems
Prof Said Boussakta –
Newcastle University
Prof Abbas Jamalipour –University of Sydney,
AUSTRALIA
Biologically-inspired technologies towards the
evolution of mobile communication networks
Assoc Prof Yunfei Chen – University
of Warwick
Prof Norman C Beaulieu –University of Alberta,
CANADA
Cognitive radio
Dr Jinsheng Kang – Brunel
University
Prof John D Rasmussen – Aalborg University, DENMARK
Cutting edge technology in computational
biomechanics
Dr Brad Karp – University
College London
Prof Michael Mitzenmacher – Harvard University, USA
Optimisation of antenna beam patterns to improve
capacity in wireless networks, and applications of
coding to wireless networking
Dr Eric Mackay – Heriot-Watt
University
Emeritus Prof Terje Ostvold – Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, NORWAY
Prediction of mineral scale precipitation under
oilfield conditions. Reactive transport simulation
for oilfield applications
Dr Gopal Madabhushi –
University of Cambridge
Prof Bruce Kutter – University of California, USA
Earthquake geotechnical engineering
Prof Athanasios Mantalaris –
Imperial College London
Prof Peter I Lelkes – Drexel University, USA
Lung tissue engineering
Prof Alan Mycroft – University
of Cambridge
Prof R K Shyamasundar – Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, INDIA
Programming paradigms and programming languages.
Cyber Security; Embedded Systems; IT applications
Dr Linda Newnes – University
of Bath
Prof Peter Sandborn –University of Maryland, USA
Cost management (Management of the extended supply
chain and problems encountered for long life systems
such as defence and aerospace products)
Dr Tony Parry – University of
Nottingham
Prof Susan Tighe – University of Waterloo, CANADA
Novel transport infrastructure asset management
tools
Dr Mathini Sellathurai –
Queen’s University Belfast
Prof Simon H Haykin – McMaster University, CANADA
Cognitive dynamic systems including radio
communications, cognitive radar and cognitive energy
systems
Professor Constantinos Soutis
– The University of Sheffield
Prof Victor Giurgiutiu – University of South
Carolina, USA
Structural health monitoring with piezoelectric
wafer active sensors
Professor Gui Yun Tian –
University of Newcastle
Prof Sergey Y Yurish – Universitat Oberta de
Catalunya, SPAIN
Smart sensor systems integration
Professor Hong Wang – The
University of Manchester
Prof Tianyou Chai – Northeastern University, CHINA
Innovative automation technologies
Professor Zidong Wang – Brunel
University
Prof James Lam – University of Hong Kong, CHINA
Comprehensive analysis and design for wireless
networked control systems
Dr Stephan Weiss – University
of Strathclyde
Prof Aggr Andrea Tonello – Universita’ di Udine,
ITALY
Power line communications on filter bank based
multicarrier modulation, synchronisation and
equalisation and smart grid technologies
Dr Dagou Zeze – Durham
University
Prof Vladimir Dubrovskii – St Petersburg Academic
University (and IOFFE Physico-Technical Institute of
the Russian Academy of Sciences), RUSSIA
Fabrication of functional nanowire probes for
application in nanoelectronics and at the biological
and physical sciences interface
Dr Jovisa Zunic– University of
Exeter
Prof Reinhard Klette – The University of Auckland,
NEW ZEALAND
Computer vision and image processing tools in a
spectra of applications including Environment
Perception and Driver Assistance
2009 – 2010
Round 2
The deadline for the second
round of applications was 31st October, 2009.
The award holders, the
distinguished visitors and their main areas of
collaboration are:
Dr Ana Cavalcanti –
University of York
Prof Marie-Claude Gaudel – Université de
Paris-Sud 11, FRANCE
Checking models, proving programs, and testing
systems
Prof T W Clyne –
University of Cambridge
Prof Ke Lu – Chinese Academy of Sciences,
CHINA
Nanostructured materials (metals and alloys).
Amorphous alloys
Dr P S Fennell– Imperial
College London and Dr J S Dennis– University
of Cambridge
Prof E J Anthony – CANMET Energy Technology
Centre, Natural Resources, CANADA
Energy and CO2 capture
Dr Patrick J Foster –
University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines
Prof Jim Joy – University of Queensland,
AUSTRALIA
Assessing and improving the safety culture
maturity at mines and quarries
Dr Tim Kelly –
University of York
Prof John C Knight – University of Virginia,
USA
Assurance based development. Safety argument
patterns
Dr Furong Li –
University of Bath
Prof Xifan Wang – Xi’an Jiaotong University,
CHINA
Renewable Energy: The scale, issues and solutions
with mega wind power generation and transmission
Prof Wayne Luk–
Imperial College London
Prof Ruby B Lee – Princeton University, USA
Security-aware systems
Prof R Ajit Shenoi –
University of Southampton
Prof Robert F Beck – University of Michigan,
USA
Nonlinear wave loads and manoeuvering in a seaway
Prof J Christos Vassilicos
and Dr B van Wachem, Prof J Gibbon and
Prof X Wu – Imperial College London
Prof William K George – Chalmers University
of Technology, SWEDEN
The role of initial and upstream conditions in
turbulence
Prof Fu-Chun Zheng– The
University of Reading
Prof Ping Li – City University of Hong Kong,
CHINA
Wireless Communications: Interleave division
multiple access (IDMA) and distributed MIMI systems
Prof Zi-Qiang Zhu –
University of Sheffield
Prof Thomas Anthony Lipo – University of
Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Wind power direct drive permanent magnet
generation systems
Round 1
The deadline for the first round of applications was 30th June, 2009.
The award holders, the distinguished visitors and their main areas of collaboration are:
Prof Khalid Al-Begain–
University of Glamorgan
Prof Alexander Dudin–
Belarusian State University, BELARUS
Survivability
Modelling and Quantification
Dr M Sergio Campobasso
– University of Glasgow
Prof Charles L M Merkle –
Purdue University, USA
Novel CFD technologies for
aeromechanical design
Dr Baixin Chen – Heriot-Watt
University
Dr Peter G Brewer– Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute, USA
CO2 capture and storage and
environmental sciences
Prof Jan Cilliers - Imperial
College and Dr Neil Rowson - University of
Birmingham
Prof James Andrew Finch – McGill
University, CANADA
The motion of hydrophobic and
hydrophilic particles in froths
Prof Stefan Dimov –
Cardiff University
Prof Kornel F Ehmann –
Northwestern University, USA
Micro and nano
manufacturing
Dr Ian Eames – University College
London
Dr Jan-Bert Flor – Laboratoire des
Écoulements Geophysiques et Industrielles (LEGI),
FRANCE
Fluid mechanics and modelling of natural
ventilation and air quality in buildings
Prof Jim
Hall – Newcastle University
Prof Yakov Ben-Haim –
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL
Info-gap theory and its applications. Uncertainty
representation and decision making in engineering
systems
Richard Jones – University of Kent
Prof J Eliot B Moss – University of
Massachusetts, USA
Concurrency and transactional
theory
Dr Harshinie Karunarathna – University of
Glasgow
Prof Dr Willi H Hager – Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Tsunami
and impulse wave run-up on the shoreline and their
potential for damage
Dr Kang Li – Queen’s
University Belfast
Prof Shiji Song – Tsinghua
University, CHINA
Computational intelligence in
control for sustainable development
Dr A Nallanathan – King’s College London
Associate Prof
Moe Win – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Ultra-wideband wireless communications
Prof
Maria Petrou – Imperial College London
Prof Aggelos
K Katsaggelos – Northwestern University, USA
Computer vision and smart environments
Dr Aldo Rona
– The University of Leicester
Prof Alexander Ramm –
Kansas State University, USA
Wave refraction through
a medium with small embedded particles for the
design of a new class of acoustic materials
Prof
Sarah Spurgeon – University of Kent
Prof Bijnan
Bandyopadhyay – Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, INDIA
Nonlinear sliding surface design for
enhanced engineering system performance and the
development of fast output sample based control
implementations
Prof Victor Starov – Loughborough
University
Prof Volodymyr I Kovalchuk – National
Academy of Sciences, UKRAINE
Formation of thin nano-structured
films/coatings during wetting/dewetting processes
Dr Matthew Turner– The University of Leicester
Dr
Sophie Tarbouriech – LAAS-CNRS (Laboratoire
d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes ), FRANCE
Control of systems subject to sensor saturation
Prof Song Y Yan – University of Bedfordshire
Prof
Ronald Rivest – Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA
Fuzzy characterization of feasible
and infeasible computations in cryptography
Dr Paul
Young – University of Kent
Prof Ke Gong – Tianjin
University, CHINA
Mini antenna design and channel measurements in
satellite and mobile communications
2008 – 2009
Round 1
The deadline for the first round of applications was 30th June, 2008.
The award holders, the distinguished visitors and their main areas of collaboration are:
Dr A J Adeloye – Heriot-Watt University
Professor C S P Ojha – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, INDIA
Water resources management under climate and environmental change for poverty alleviation in India.
Professor H Barringer – The University of Manchester
Dr Klaus Havelund – California Institute of Technology, USA
Monitoring and repair in complex software systems.
Professor T Benson – The University of Nottingham
Professor Alexander I Nosich – National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, UKRAINE
Mathematical and numerical modeling of thin semiconductor microcavity lasers of arbitrary in-plane cavity shape.
Dr E Brousseau – Cardiff University
Professor Sergej Fatikow – University of Oldenburg, GERMANY
Atomic Force Microscopy-based nanofabrication.
Dr V Diaz – University College London
Professor Jacques Lefevre – Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
A systems approach to a minimal model of the left ventricle coupling electrical, biochemical, mechanical and hydraulic aspects of cardiac dynamicss.
Dr K Fobelets – Imperial College London
Dr Sergey Rumyantsev – Ioffe Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIA
Low frequency noise measurements.
Professor I Guz – University of Aberdeen
Professor Wolfgang H Muller – Technische Universitat Berlin, GERMANY
3-D multi-scale hierarchical modeling of materials with pronounced internal nano-heterogeneities.
Professor B Hon – University of Liverpool
Professor Takahisa Masuzawa – University of Tokyo, JAPAN
Micro-manufacturing and micro-Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM).
Dr E Kashefi – University of Edinburgh
Professor Yuan Feng – Tsinghua University, CHINA
Automated model checker for quantum protocol.
Dr V Lazarov –University of Oxford
Professor Michael Weinert – University of Wiskonsin - Milwaukee, USA
New computer modeling codes for the magnetic films and their interfaces.
Professor P M Ligrani – University of Oxford
Professor Mounir Ibrahim – Cleveland State University, USA
Cooling systems in gas turbines.
Professor D J Mapps – University of Plymouth
Dr Oleksandr Tovstolytkin – Research Institute of Magnetism, UKRAINE
Magnetotunable nanostructures with a negative refractive index in the millimeter and submillimeter wavebands..
Professor C McMahon – University of Bath
Professor Christiaan J J Paredis – Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Uncertainty in engineering design and information management.
Dr L Mihaylova – Lancaster University
Professor Rene Boel –Universiteit Gent, BELGIUM
Nonlinear estimation of large-scale road traffic systems.
Dr P R Palmer– University of Cambridge
Professor Qirong Jiang – Tsinghua University, CHINA
Large-scale Static Compensator (STATCOM) based on Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) series connection.
Dr I Potapov – University of Liverpool
Professor Oscar H Ibarraa – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Design of swarm robotic systems and predictability of complex models.
Professor J Wang –University of Kent
Professor Zhenhui Tan – Beijing Jiaotong University, CHINA
Key technologies in broadband wireless communications.
Professor B L W Wong – Middlesex University
Professor Penelope Sanderson – The University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Collaborative Exploratory Sequential Data Analysis (ESDA).
Round 2
The deadline for the second round of applications was 31st
October 2008.
The award holders, the distinguished visitors and their main areas of collaboration are:
Dr John Batchelor – University
of Kent
Professor Vijay Bhargava – University of
British Columbia, CANADA
Cognitive radio-based
distributed antenna systemss.
Dr Pei-Jung Chung – The
University of Edinburgh
Professor Kon Max Wong –
McMaster University, CANADA
Wireless communications
and signal processing: Space-time block codes for
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
communications.
Professor Stuart Lyon – The
University of Manchester
Dr Ivan Cole – The
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation, AUSTRALIA
Atmospheric corrosion: The
performance of light alloys and multi-scale
modelling.
Dr E Mastorakos– University of Cambridge
Professor Robert William Bilger – The University of
Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Turbulent spray combustion. Mixing
and chemical reactions, including aerosol formation,
in aircraft exhaust plumes.
Dr Michael S Packianather– Cardiff University
Professor Mo Jamshidi – University of Texas, USA
Soft computing,
Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Production
Machines and Systems (I*PROMS).
Professor Andrea Schäfer– The University of Edinburgh
Professor Menachem Elimelech– Yale University, USA
Nanoparticles and Micropollutants.
Dr Flor R.
Siperstein- The University of Manchester
(with Dr
Eric Muller - Imperial College and Dr Henry Bock- Heriot Watt University)
Professor Keith Gubbins –
North Carolina State University, USA
Modelling the
behaviour of confined fluids with applications for
gas separation and materials characterisationn.
Dr Jeff Yan – Newcastle University
Dr Roy Maxion – Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Research methods for experimental computer science
2007 – 2008
Round 1
The deadline for the first round of applications was 30th June, 2007.
The award holders, the distinguished visitors and their main areas of collaboration are:
Professor Wuqiang Yang
– University of Manchester
Professor Markus Zahn – from MIT, USA
Ferrofluid dynamics and dielectrometry
Dr Albert Guillen i Fabregas
– University of Cambridge
Professor Ezio Biglieri – Universitat Pompeu Fabra, SPAIN
Efficient and low-complexity encoding and decoding structures for reliable communication over wireless channels
Dr Hassan Nouri – University of the West of England
Dr Akihiro Ametani – Doshisha University, JAPAN
EMC disturbance in the power industry
Dr Yun Bai – Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Changhui Yang – Chongqinq University, CHINA
Neutral salts activated slag/PFA for waste immobilisation
Dr D Ian Wilsonn - University of Cambridge
Professor A Paul Watkinson – University of British Columbia, CANADA
Crude oil heat exchanger fouling
Professor Izzat Darwazeh – University College London
Professor Tak-Shing Peter Yum – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CHINA
RFID, sensor networks and wireless positioning technologies
Dr Zoran Cvetkovic – King’s College London
Professor Alon Orlitsky – University of California San Diego, USA
Human speech recognition and its relevance to automatic speech recognition
Dr Stuart Robson – University College London
Jean- Angelo Beraldin – National Research Council of Canada, CANADA
Optical 3D measuring systems
Professor Vladimir Nikora – University of Aberdeen
Professor Stephen R McLeann – University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Benthic boundary layers, sediment transport, coastal and deep-sea hydrodynamics
Professor Simone Hochgreb - University of Cambridge
Dr Robert S Barlow – Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Measurement and computation of stratified flames.
Professor John Burland – Imperial College
Professor Sam Frydman – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL
The mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils. Site effect during strong earthquakes
Professor Sarah Spurgeon – University of Leicester
Professor Yuri B Shtessel – The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
HOSM observers for state estimation and input
reconstruction in non-linear systems with unstable
zero dynamics and HOSM-based output tracking in
nonlinear non-minimum phase causal systems
Dr W F Deans and Professor S R Reidd – University of Aberdeen
Dr Debasish Roy – Indian Institute of Science, INDIA
The pipe-on-pipe impact. A novel formulation for wrinkled membranes and applications to biological tissues
Professor Robert SH Istepanian – Kingston University
Professor Aura Ganz – University of Massachusetts, USA
4G based wireless network systems and architectures for NHS services and advanced mobile healthcare applications
Dr J Yang – University of Birmingham
Dr Yiwang Bao – China Building Materials Academy, CHINA
Reliability of curtain walls and glass walls. A novel technique of non-destructive assessment for glass/curtain walls
Dr Kamelia Boodhoo – University of Newcastle
Professor Yusuf Christi – Massey University, NEW ZEALAND
A novel centrifugal field bioreactor for application to fermentation and enzymatic processes. The application of ultrasonic energy for the enhancement of productivity in fermentations and other biotransformations
Dr Matthew Coop – Imperial College
Dr Jonathan Fannin – University of British Columbia, CANADA
Laboratory characterisation of silts and advanced geophysical testing to discern the fabric of these soilss
Round 2
The deadline for the second
round of applications was 31 October, 2007.
The award holders, the
distinguished visitors and their main areas of
collaboration are:
Professor Janice Barton
– The University of Southampton
Professor Ole Thybo Thomsen – Aalborg
University, DENMARK
Mechanical and thermal analysis of composite and
sandwich structures.
Professor Marios K
Chryssanthoupoulos – University of Surrey
Professor Dan M Frangopol – Lehigh
University, USA
The integration of structural health monitoring
with risk-based performance. The fatigue and
fracture behaviour of metallic highways bridges..
Dr Slobodan Djordjevic
– University of Exeter
Professor Erik Pasche – Hamburg University of
Technology, Germany
Development of hydrodynamic models for fluvial
and pluvial floods.
Dr R W Field –
University of Oxford
Professor Anthony Gordon Fane – University of
New South Wales, Australia
Water reclamation, membrane bioreactors and
liquid wastes. Water and wastewater technologies in
response to climate change.
Professor David Graham
– Newcastle University
Professor Erik S Van Vleck – University of
Kansas, USA
Application of basic mathematical approaches to
understanding the dynamics of biological
nitrification and microbial processes in process
engineering and other applications..
Professor Bernard Hon –
University of Liverpool
Professor Winston A Knight – University of
Rhode Island, USA
Design for Manufacture and Assembly and Design
for Environment.
Dr Julian R Jones –
Imperial College London
Dr Sudipta Seal – University of Central
Florida, USA
New materials for bone regeneration: The use of
NanoCeria as a drug delivery device and a biosensor.
Professor Haroun
Mahgerefteh – University College London
Professor Yuri Rykov – Russian Academy of
Sciences, Russia
CFD model for predicting outflow following the
rupture of pressurised hydrocarbon pipelines.
Professor Stephen Marshalll
– University of Strathclyde
Professor Edward R Dougherty – Texas A&M
University, USA
The inference of gene regulatory networks from
genomic data and the application of automatic
control theory to design optimal intervention
strategies for the avoidance of disease.
Dr Max Migliorato –
University of Manchester
Professor Francois Peeters – University of
Antwerp (CGB), Belgium
The electrical, magnetic and optical properties
of nanostructures.
Dr Pagona Papakonstantinou
– University of Ulster at Jordanstown
Dr Li-Chyong Chen – National Taiwan
University, Taiwan
Carbon-based Nanomaterials and their integration
with electrochemical devices.
The deadline for the next round of applications is 31
October 2010.
Dr Imren Markes
Manager – Industrial Secondments and Visiting Fellowships
[E-mail Imren]
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