Specialisms

• Acoustics and Vibration
• Control Systems
• Dynamics
• Mechatronics and Robotics

Research Overview

• Control of precision mechatronic systems
• Vibration damping and isolation
• Nonlinear systems control 
• Control applications in electrical power engineering
• Smart materials and structures
• Soft Robotics

You can view my Google Scholar profile here.

Current Research

My current research / consultancy projects focus on:

• Closed-loop performance enhancement of Nanopositioning systems
• Analysis and control of HVDC MCC/LCC interaction with power generators
• Vibration damping and isolation for structural and alignment applications
• Control of drill-string dynamics
• Position control of soft robotic actuators (Dielectric Elastomer Actuators - DEA)
• Sensing, Instrumentation and Control Technology applications in O&G industry

Within the School of Engineering, I am a member of the Centre for Applied Dynamics Research and the Aberdeen HVDC Research Centre

I am always interested in probing new ideas. It is quite possible that I may not know of your work but, if you think a collaboration is possible, please drop me an email.

External Examiner at:

• University of Adelaide, Australia.
• University of New South Wales, Australia.
• University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
• Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain.
• Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.

Visitors:

• Dr Geng Wang (Henan Polytechnic University, China): January 2020 - January 2021
• Ms Linlin Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China): 1st May - 31st October 2019
• Mr Paul Antoine (ENSTA Paris Tech, France) : June - July 2017
• Dr Andres San-Millan (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) : 1st May - 30th July 2016
• Dr Andres San-Millan (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) : 1st May - 30th July 2014
• Prof. Paul Reynolds (University of Exeter, UK) : May 2012
• Prof. Andrew J. Fleming (University of Newcastle, Australia) : July 2011
• Dr Emiliano Pereira Gonzales (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) : May - June 2010

Past Research

Control of Gough-Stewart Platforms (Hexapods)

Robust Kinematic Design of fault-tolerant Gough-Stewart Platforms (Octopods)

Energy Harvesting via smart materials

Collaborations

• Prof. Paul Reynolds, Vibration Engineering Section, Exeter University, UK.
• Prof. Vicente Feliu Batlle, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
• Prof. Andrew J. Fleming, Precision Mechatronics Lab, University of Newcastle, Australia.
• Prof. Limin Zhu, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Systems and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
• Dr. Emiliano Pereira Gonzalez, University of Alcala, Spain.
• Assoc. Prof. Bharath Bhikkaji, Indian Institute of Technology - Chennai, India.
• Prof. Abdus Samad, Indian Institute of Technology - Chennai, India.
• Prof. Antoine Ferreira, LVR ENSI de Bourges, France.
• Prof. Santosh Devasia, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
• Assoc. Prof. Kam K. Leang, University of Utah - Salt Lake City, USA.
• Dr. Steven Grainger, University of Adelaide, Australia.

Supervision

Current Students:

Lead Supervisor for:

• James D. Maclean : Ph.D. student (Expected Graduation: January 2022)
• Adedayo Babarinde : Ph.D. student (Expected Graduation: March 2022)

Co-supervisor for:

• Adamu Adamu : Ph.D. student (Expected Graduation: January 2023)
• Michael Proffitt : PhD. student (Expected Graduation: December 2024)
• Ebraam Fakhuri : PhD. student (Expected Graduation: December 2026)
• Mohsen Lalehparvar : PhD. student (Expected Graduation : January 2024)

Graduated Students:

• Stefan Kovacevic (with Prof. D. Jovcic) - Ph.D. 2021
• Suoda Chu (with Dr. K. Nakkeeran) - Ph.D. 2020.
• Ibukunolu Oladunjoye - Ph.D. 2019.
• Mohammed Altaher - Ph.D. 2019.
• Douglas Russell - Ph.D. 2018.
• Mohammad Namavar - Ph.D. 2015

Research Funding and Grants

• Interface (with Don Energy and Dr Vaziri) - (£5000) 2021.
• Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation (KEC) Award (with Desire Hygine and Dr. Giannaccini): (£7015) 2021. 
• Consultancy (with Dr. Vaziri) - Baker Hughes UK - (£4574) 2021.
• Interface (with Desire Hygine and Dr. Giannaccini) - (£5000) 2020.
• Interface (with AFB Racing and Dr. Thevar) - (£5000) 2020.
• Consultancy (with Dr. K. Nakkeeran) - Swire Oilfield Services - (£11904) - 2020.
• Consultancy (with Dr A. Jamshidi Far) - BP PLC (UK) - (£42360) 2019 - 2020.
• NSFC (P.R. China) Grant No: 51975375 (Jan 2020 - Dec 2023) - Control of ultrafast AFM nanopositioners using delayed feedback and general internal model principle, Co-investigator, with Principal Investigator Prof. L M Zhu - (RMB 600K).
• DUO-India Research Fellowship (with Assoc. Prof. Abdus Samad, IIT-M) - (€6000) - 2020.
• Interface (with Aashraya Ltd and Dr Maheri) - (£5000) 2019.
• Interface (with TWEFDA Ltd and Dr Jamshidi Far) - (£5000) 2019.
• Interface (with SteerSafe) - (£5000) 2018.
• Consultancy - Proserv (UK). (£7080) 2018.
• Visiting Research Fellowship (Binks Trust Fund) : The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Vibrations, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. (£4135) 2018.
• Consultancy - Proserv (UK). (£4324) 2018.
• Reseau de Transport d’electricite (RTE, France): LCC and MCC HVDC Dynamic Interactions in Subsynchronous domain, (1 January 2017 - 30 June 2020). Co-investigator, with Principal Investigator Prof. Dragan Jovcic. (£114K). 
• Consultancy (with Dr T. Thevar) - McGregor Tech (UK) Ltd. (£17000) 2016.
• Spanish Ministry of Education Pre-doctoral Mobility Grant for Mr Andres San-Millan (€3000) 2016.
• Scoping Project - Aker Subsea Ltd. (£9500) 2015.
• Spanish Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness: Development of novel damping systems for pedestrian structures. (2014 - 2016) Co-investigator, with Principal Investigator Iván Muñoz Díaz and co-investigators Francisco Martínez Cutillas, Juan Carlos Mosquera Feijóo, Rafael Fernández Díaz-Munío, Emiliano Pereira González, Jesús de Sebastián Sanz, Paul Reynolds, Carlos Zanuy Sanchez, José Rodellar Benede, Pablo de la Fuente Martín (€54450)
• Principal's Excellence Fund (£500) 2014
• Spanish Ministry of Education Pre-doctoral Mobility Grant for Mr Andres San-Millan (€3000) 2014.
• ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling - Phase 1, (Oct 2009 - Sept 2011). Co-investigator, with Principal Investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr E. Pavlovskaia and Dr D Hendry. (£1.01M).
• NESTech Grant: Development of an apparatus and method for neuromuscular stimulation, (2009 - 2011). Co-investigator, with Dr. Richard Neilson and Dr. Marco Cardinale. (£144K).
• Spanish Ministry of Education Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Dr Emiliano Pereira Gonzales (€43500) 2009-2011.
• University of Newcastle, Australia: Travel Grant for SPIE Smart Structures / NDE 2007: 1700$.
• University of Newcastle, Australia: ECR Encouragement Award 2007: 1000$