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Overview
Organisation profile
We are proud to share with you our exciting plans for the development of School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (SECaM) and its facilities into the next decade. Discover more about our ongoing mission to meet the educational, research and industrial needs of communities and industries in the South West and further afield.
SECaM currently offers opportunities for our students to study for degrees within six key disciplines:
- civil and coastal engineering
- computing
- electrical, electronic and robotics engineering
- mathematical sciences
- mechanical and marine engineering
- navigation and maritime science.
Our researchers are working to create new knowledge and use innovations in technology to improve and safeguard societies locally and internationally. Within key research themes of Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE), Medical and Health Technology, Sustainable Development and beyond, expertise across Coastal Engineering, Materials and Structures, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Theoretical Physics and Data Science is brought together within our multidisciplinary research community.
Our existing facilities and the exciting development of our new Engineering and Design Facility are central to our plans for ongoing successes. SECaM hosts the Marine Building, which contains our world-class Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) Laboratory and Navigation Suite. The school also operates the state-of-the-art Babbage building, another amazing building that is delivering our future success, by supporting engineering and design students as well as our leading research. SECaM further facilities include Autonomous and Robotic Systems, Wolfson Nanomaterials Laboratory, Cybersecurity range and our High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster.
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. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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EU urban Innovation Actions- Green Minds
Willis, K. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Gupta, A. (RA - Research Assistant) & Roszkowski, M. (RA - Research Assistant)
1/03/19 → 30/08/23
Project: Research
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Electron microscopical analysis of drug effects on brain tumour cell cell physiology
Patra, A. (PI - Principal Investigator), Besinis, A. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Strachan, A. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
2/02/26 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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High End Computing Consortium for Wave Structure Interaction HEC WSI
Greaves, D. (PI - Principal Investigator), Ma, Q. W. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Guo, X. X. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Poulter, G. G. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Tabor, G. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Lee, Y. C. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Yan, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Mahfoze, O. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Zang, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Qian, L. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Margetts, L. L. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Zang, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Rouainia, M. M. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Longshaw, S. S. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
3/01/23 → 2/01/27
Project: Research
Research output
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A blind comparative study on isothermal sloshing in a circular tank (CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 5)
Brown, S. A., Colville, S. W., Francis, V., Zhao, T., Lee, Y. C., Cao, D., Chen, H., Chen, J., Chen, S., Davidson, J., Gong, J., Gu, H., Khayyer, A., Kim, D. H., Liu, W., Luo, M., Lyu, R., Ma, Q., Ma, H. & Mahfoze, O. & 16 others, , 30 Jul 2026, In: Ocean Engineering. 362, P2, 126290.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abstraction and Hierarchy Emerge from Control Feasibility Constraints
Howard, I. S., 24 May 2026, PsyArXiv Preprints.Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Preprint
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A comparative study of word embedding techniques for classification of star ratings
McNeile, C., Wojtys, M. & Abdelmotaleb, H., 1 Feb 2026, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 297, Part A, 129037.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile12 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (External organisation)
Courtman, M. (Member)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Member of professional body or learned society
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PhD: Honeypot for Wireless Sensor Networks
Clarke, N. (Examiner)
2019Activity: Examination and supervision › Examination › Internal
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PhD: Establishing an Information Security Awareness and Culture
Clarke, N. (Examiner)
2015Activity: Examination and supervision › Examination › Internal
Prizes
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Excellence Scholarship for Mathematics Students at the University of Plymouth
Gray, J. (Recipient), 27 Nov 2019
Prize: Scholarship
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Press/Media
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Partnership develops real-time marine mammal detection system
Bazazian, D., Konstantinou, A. & Wang, H.
9/03/26
1 Media contribution
Media story
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Visual fatigue: how to protect and care for your vision in the screen age
1/04/25 → 2/04/25
2 items of Media coverage
Media story
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University of Liverpool: UK and South Korea Collaborate to Advance Personalized Corneal Treatments
15/04/25
1 item of Media coverage
Media story
Datasets
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Tow tank testing of a 1:70 Froude scaled floating offshore wind turbine
Roberts, A. (Creator), Kazemi, S. (Creator), Le Pivert, F. (Creator), Tosdevin, T. (Creator), Lopez-Santander, A. (Creator) & Craven, M. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 15 Jul 2025
DOI: 10.24382/acd8d057-b2c6-49d5-a52b-d155f30017d4, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/56/
Dataset
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CCP-WSI_TestCase_005
Ransley, E. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 30 May 2024
DOI: 10.24382/5025, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/16/
Dataset
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CCP-WSI_TestCase_004
Ransley, E. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 30 May 2024
DOI: 10.24382/5023, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/17/
Dataset
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Student theses
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A Biased Competition Computational Model Of Spatial And Object-based Attention Mediating Active Visual Search
LANYON, L. J. (Author), Denham, S. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)), Denham, M. (Other Supervisor) & Bugmann, G. (Other Supervisor), 2005Student thesis: PhD
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A Biophysical Model of the Role of the Outer Hair Cell in Cochlear Nonlinearity
Jiang, B. (Author), Denham, S. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)) & Wennekers, T. (Other Supervisor), 2010Student thesis: PhD
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