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Professor of Control Systems Engineering
CEng, FIMechE, FIET
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES
1. International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Technical Committee on Marine Systems, Member
2. Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Underwater Robotics Group Committee. Member
3. Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College.
PhD and MPhil PROGRAMMES
Completion
BATE J. Performance Analysis and Prediction of High Speed Planing Craft. PhD. 1991-1994. Full-time study (Director of Studies).
WITT N A J. Artificial Intelligence Techniques Applied to Automatic Ship Guidance. PhD. 1991-1995. Full-time study (Supervisor).
SHARIF M T. Control Techniques Applied to Integrated Ship Motion Control. PhD. 1992-1995. Full-time study (Supervisor).
JOHNSON C. Depth and Yaw Control of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle using Neural Networks. MPhil. 1992-1995. 2 years full-time and 1 year part-time study (Director of Studies).
TAYLOR S D H. The Design and Tuning of Fuzzy Autopilots using Artificial Neural Networks. MPhil. 1993-1995. Part-time study (Supervisor).
WALDOCK M I..Artificial Neural Networks for Control Modelling of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle. MPhil. 1993-1996.Part-time study (Supervisor).
CRAVEN P J. Intelligent Control Strategies for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. PhD. 1995-1999. Full-time study (Director of Studies) (Awarded the Fugro-Geos Ltd prize for best thesis in Applied Marine Science and Technology by the Society for Underwater Technology).
ZIRILLI A. Intelligent Autopilots for Ships. PhD University of Wales. 1997-2000 Full-time study (Supervisor).
BONHAM C R. Evolutionary Decomposition of Complex Design Spaces. PhD.1997-2000. Full-time study (Supervisor).
CVETKOVIC D. Evolutionary Multi-Objective Decision Support Systems for Conceptual Design. PhD. 1997-2000. Full-time study (Supervisor).
WANG W-H. Modelling Machine Induced Noise and Vibration in a Ship Structure. PhD. 1994-2000. Part-time study (Director of Studies).
PEARSON A R. Intelligent Fault Tolerant Control Schemes for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. PhD. 1998-2002. Full-time study (Director of Studies).
KNIGHT M J. Precision Control of a Sensorless Brushless Direct Current Motor System. PhD. 1999-2002. Full-time study (Director of Studies).
LEAVEY C M. Development of an Intelligent Decision Support System for Application to Orthofunctional Design. MPhil 1997-2002. Part-time study (Supervisor).
NAEEM W. Guidance and Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. PhD 2001-2004, Full-time study (Director of Studies).
LOEBIS D. An Intelligent Navigation System for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. PhD 2001-2004. Full-time study (Director of Studies).
TAN CS. A Collision Avoidance System for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. PhD 2002-2005. Full-time study (Director of Studies).
XU T, An Intelligent Navigation System for an Unmanned Surface Vehicle. PhD 2004-2007. Full-time study (Director of Studies).
ALSO SUPERVISED NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL MSC DISSERTATIONSPhD and MPhil EXAMINATIONS
PhD Examinations
External
External
1. BRIDGES L W. On-Line Quality Control for Wire-Coating Process. University of Sheffield, February 1999.
2. MANDALOJU N. Hardware Approaches to Model Identification and Control. University of Southampton, July 2007.
Internal
1. Kirby-Chambers H M.
A Thermodynamic and Mechanical Engineering Investigation of a Reciprocating Joule Cycle Engine, September
2001
AWARDS AND PRIZES
1966 The Oxford Award for best attainment in the craft practice for a first year apprentice, Firth Cleveland Fastenings Ltd, Pontypridd.
1968 Winner of the de Ridder Apprentice Cup, Firth Cleveland Fastenings Ltd, Pontypridd.
1972 Vicrem Engineering Production Prize for best final year student project, UWIST, Cardiff.
1985 J Langham Thompson Premium for the most outstanding paper in the IERE journal during 1985.
1991 Donald Julius Groen Prize for most outstanding paper in Proceedings Part I of IMechE during 1991.
1995 Outstanding Paper Award for the best paper in the Journal of SNAME, ROC, during 1995
2002 Stanley Gray Award for the most worthy Offshore Technology paper in the Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology Part A1 during 2001/2002
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):
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