Within the School of Engineering the Electrical and Electronic Engineering research activities cover a range of interests from traditional strengths in microelectronics through real world solutions for communications, sensing and signal processing and are in the top 10 in the UK for world-leading research.
Within the microelectronics group there is a focus on embedded systems, microelectronics and autonomous systems, specifically:
- design and develop core circuits, algorithms, and microsystems with low to zero energy footprints
- design embedded systems using microcontroller units and programmable logic
- implementation of microelectronics into physical CMOS chips
- mathematical and computational models and paradigms
- fundamental physics through challenges in fabrication processes
With applications focus in medical and artificial intelligence domains.
Within the Intelligent Sensing and Communications (ISC) group the three areas of interest are:
Communications - including wireless, optical and underwater acoustic communications.
Signal Processing - including machine learning and AI, for applications in security, healthcare, environment and finance.
Sensor Systems - for non-destructive testing/evaluation, biomedical sensing/imaging and environment monitoring.