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EPSRC Support by Research Area (Control Engineering) in Theme (Engineering)

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio is described by this research area.

Please note: some research areas will appear under multiple themes. There is no unique, absolute, relationship between a research area and a theme.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
An insect-inspired approach to robotic graspingWebb, Professor BUniversity of EdinburghSch of Informatics 1,718,900
Brains on Board: Neuromorphic Control of Flying RobotsMarshall, Professor JARUniversity of SheffieldComputer Science 4,816,675
Control of Launch and Recovery in Enhanced Sea-States: Part of the Launch and Recovery Co-Creation InitiativeLi, Dr GQueen Mary University of LondonSchool of Engineering & Materials Scienc 303,818
Control of Launch and Recovery in Enhanced Sea-States: Part of the Launch and Recovery Co-Creation InitiativeEdwards, Professor CUniversity of ExeterEngineering 439,888
Feedback Control of Deformable BubblesThompson, Dr ABUniversity of Manchester, TheMathematics 234,174
Genetically Encoded Nucleic Acid Control ArchitecturesStan, Professor GVImperial College LondonBioengineering 642,353
Goal-Oriented Control Systems (GOCS): Disturbance, Uncertainty and ConstraintsChen, Professor WLoughborough UniversityAeronautical and Automotive Engineering 1,599,964
High Frequency Flexural Ultrasonic Transducers (HiFFUT) - a new class of transducerDixon, Professor SMUniversity of WarwickPhysics 1,194,109
Pervasive Sensing for Buried PipesHoroshenkov, Professor KVUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 7,290,965
Robust feedback control of negative imaginary systems: From foundations to benchmark applicationsLanzon, Professor AUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 475,190
Robust Legged Locomotion for Autonomous Mobility in Challenging EnvironmentsHavoutis, Dr IUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 299,994
Science of Sensor System SoftwareCalder, Professor MUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Computing Science 4,183,694
TASCC: Secure Cloud-based Distributed Control (SCDC) Systems for Connected Autonomous CarsDianati, Professor MUniversity of WarwickWMG 2,204,116
The Game Theory of Human-Robot InteractionLi, Dr YUniversity of SussexSch of Engineering and Informatics 236,085
Tyre-Road Friction Coefficient Estimation using Maximum EntropyMidgley, Dr WJBLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 18,764

Total Number of Grants: 15
Total Value of Grants: £25,658,688

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).