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Research Interests
Prof Anthony Gachagan's specific research interests encompass ultrasonic transducers and arrays, power ultrasound, robotics and automation, industrial process control, bioacoustics, thermosonics and the application of coded excitation techniques. His research activities involve both national and international collaboration with academia and industry. His research activities encompass the following thematic sectors:
- Non-Destructive Evaluation and Condition Monitoring
- Sensors for Process Control
- Health Technologies
- Process Intensification
- Pressure Field Mapping
- Ultrasonic Transduction
Teaching Interests
Prof Gachagan is involved with the delivery of Analogue Electronics modules to 3rd (EE315) and 4th (EE468) year EEE/CES/EME students. These modules focus on amplifier design using transistors and cover amplifier design, biaising considerations, frequency response and noise characteristics. In addition, he delivers a Project Management module (EE318) to 3rd year EEE/CES students.
Expertise & Capabilities
- Ultrasonic transducer and transducer array design
- Application of ultrasonic monitoring techniques to NDE, Sonar, Industrial Process Control
- Design of bespoke high power ultrasound reactors
- Application of high power ultrasound in Sonochemistry
- Array signal processing
- Air-coupled NDE
- Robotics and Automation
Industrial Relevance
Prof Gachagan's research covers a wide range of industries:
- Inspection of safety critical infrastructure in the following sectors: Energy, Nuclear, Aerospace, Oil&Gas, Transportation, Manufacturing
- Process enhancement in the Food & Pharmaceutical industries
- Ultrasonic imaging in Health related technologies
- Process control in Petrochemical & Pharmaceutical industries
Personal Statement
Prof Gachagan has been Director of the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE) since October 2010. This research Centre comprises approximately 55 staff and students and has a current funding portfolio of in excess of £5M. Prof Gachagan has line management responsibilities for all CUE personnel, reporting directly to the Departmental Head of Department. Interestingly, the research portfolio within CUE is diverse, with Electronic and Mechanical Engineers, Physicists, Mathematicians, Polymer Scientists and Biologists involved in the research teams. The research portfolio of the Centre has expanded in recent years, with robotics, metrology, bioacoustics and high power ultrasound building on the traditional fields of NDE and Sonar. Prof Gachagan has been directly involved in all of these areas and it is his interest in a broad, diverse range of scientific and engineering topics coupled with his strategic leadership that has seen CUE strengthen in terms of international profile, industrial engagement and funding profile.
Prof Gachagan is the Academic Chair and a member of the Management Board of RCNDE. He is also a member of both the Technical and Scottish Branch Committees of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT). Within Strathclyde, he is the Deputy Head of Department for EEE, EEE Research Director and sits on the departmental Departmental Strategy Advisory Group and Departmental Executive Team.
Academic / Professional qualifications
- PG Cert in Advanced Academic Studies, Strathclyde, 2009
- PhD entitled "An evaluation of 1-3 connectivity compoiste transducers for air-coupled ultrasonic applications", Strathclyde, 1996
- BSc Electronic and Microprocessor Engineering, Strathclyde, 1985
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Analogue Electronics
- NDE
- High Power Ultrasound
- Ultrasonics
- Array Transducers
- Array Image Processing
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering (FUSE) | Getty, Adam
Gachagan, A., Tabatabaeipour, S. M. & Getty, A.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
13/09/21 → 13/09/25
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering (FUSE) | Germano, Elmergue
Gachagan, A., Mohseni, E. & Germano, E.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
13/09/21 → 13/09/25
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Thermal compensation of ultrasonic transmit and receive data for steel welded plates at the point of manufacture
Foster, E. A., Sweeney, N. E., Nicolson, E., Singh, J., Rizwan, M. K., Lines, D., Pierce, G., Mohseni, E., Gachagan, A., Tant, K. M. M. & MacLeod, C. N., 31 Jul 2023, In: NDT and E International. 137, 15 p., 102812.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A sensor enabled robotic strategy for automated defect-free multi-pass high-integrity welding
Loukas, C., Warner, V., Jones, R., MacLeod, C. N., Vasilev, M., Mohseni, E., Dobie, G., Sibson, J., Pierce, S. G. & Gachagan, A., 31 Dec 2022, In: Materials and Design. 224, 17 p., 111424.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data for: "Inspection of Nuclear Assets with Limited Access using Feature Guided Waves"
Foster, E. (Creator), Jackson, J. (Creator), Gachagan, A. (Creator), Mohseni, E. (Creator), MacLeod, C. N. (Creator), Bernard, R. (Creator) & Bolton, G. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 23 Jun 2022
DOI: 10.15129/9d70d515-b93e-4246-8feb-a4877b286b6d
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Data for: "Exploring the Application of Ultrasonic Phased Arrays for Industrial Process Analysis" (Chapter 4)
Ingram, M. (Creator) & Gachagan, A. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 4 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.15129/aba89de6-7d4f-4413-abba-19bcef01a8e5
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Prizes
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The BINDT Annual Conference Award
Lines, David (Recipient), Javadi, Yashar (Recipient), Mohseni, Ehsan (Recipient), Vasilev, Momchil (Recipient), MacLeod, Charles Norman (Recipient), Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Recipient), Qiu, Zhen (Recipient), Zimermann, Rastislav (Recipient), Loukas, Charalampos (Recipient), Foster, Euan (Recipient), Pierce, Gareth (Recipient) & Gachagan, Anthony (Recipient), 5 Sept 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Flexible Robotics to Inspect Aerospace Components
Randika Kosala Wathavana Vithanage (Speaker), Kenneth Charles Burnham (Contributor), Momchil Vasilev (Contributor), Charalampos Loukas (Contributor), Amine Hifi (Contributor), Alastair Poole (Contributor), Rastislav Zimermann (Contributor), David Lines (Contributor), Charles Norman MacLeod (Contributor), Gareth Pierce (Contributor), Anthony Gachagan (Contributor), Stewart Williams (Contributor), Jialuo Ding (Contributor), Tom O'Hare (Contributor), Gavin Munro (Contributor) & Janet O'Brien-O'Reilly (Contributor)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Automated Inspection Research Developments for Full Lifecycle Inspection
Gareth Pierce (Invited speaker), Gordon Dobie (Contributor), Charles Norman MacLeod (Contributor), Ehsan Mohseni (Contributor), Randika Kosala Wathavana Vithanage (Contributor), Yashar Javadi (Contributor), Rastislav Zimermann (Contributor), Momchil Vasilev (Contributor), Charalampos Loukas (Contributor), David Lines (Contributor), Muhammad Khalid Rizwan (Contributor), Alastair Poole (Contributor), Konstantinos Tzaferis (Contributor), Seyed Morteza Tabatabaeipour (Contributor), Anthony Gachagan (Contributor), Stephen Fitzpatrick (Contributor), Misael Pimentel Espirindio E Silva (Contributor), Scott Mckegney (Contributor), Kenneth Charles Burnham (Contributor), Scott Brady (Contributor) & William Kerr (Contributor)
19 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk