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EPSRC Support by Research Area (Sensors and Instrumentation) in Theme (Information and Communication Technologies)

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
Channel Optimised Distributed Passive Sensor NetworksCrisp, Dr MUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 227,058
Closed-Loop Multisensory Brain-Computer Interface for Enhanced Decision AccuracyPontil, Professor MUCLGatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit 882,234
Closed-Loop Multisensory Brain-Computer Interface for Enhanced Decision AccuracyDemiris, Professor YImperial College LondonElectrical and Electronic Engineering 870,299
Coating thermal noise measurement with a multimode resonatorMartynov, Dr DUniversity of BirminghamSchool of Physics and Astronomy 335,828
Cooperative Underwater Surveillance Networks (COUSIN)Neasham, Mr JANewcastle UniversitySch of Engineering 452,856
Cooperative Underwater Surveillance Networks (COUSIN)Liu, Dr WUniversity of SheffieldElectronic and Electrical Engineering 221,564
Cooperative Underwater Surveillance Networks (COUSIN)Mitchell, Dr PDUniversity of YorkElectronics 550,262
Disorder enhanced on-chip spectrometers.Schulz, Dr S AUniversity of St AndrewsPhysics and Astronomy 455,977
EPSRC-SFI: An ocean microlab for autonomous dissolved inorganic carbon depth profile measurementMaguire, Professor PUniversity of UlsterNanotechnology and Adv Materials Inst 602,640
Integrated levitated optomechanical gravimeterYan, Dr JUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Electronics and Computer Sci 836,594
Laser Imaging of Turbine Engine Combustion Species (LITECS)Johnstone, Professor WUniversity of StrathclydeElectronic and Electrical Engineering 5,813,734
MEFA: Mapping and Enabling Future AirspaceBaker, Professor CUniversity of BirminghamElectronic, Electrical and Computer Eng 879,278
Micro-Power CMOS Mid-infrared Spectrometer-on-a-chipGardner, Professor JWUniversity of WarwickSch of Engineering 429,193
Micro-Power CMOS Mid-infrared spectrometer-on-a-chipUdrea, Professor FUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 454,810
Microwave and Terahertz Field Sensing and Imaging using Rydberg AtomsPritchard, Dr JDUniversity of StrathclydePhysics 460,323
Microwave and Terahertz Field Sensing and Imaging using Rydberg AtomsWeatherill, Professor KJDurham, University ofPhysics 568,448
Multipoint Sensors for Extreme EnvironmentsFells, Dr JUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 1,226,073
ONR-15-FOA-0011 MURI Topic #3 - Closed-Loop Multisensory Brain-Computer Interface for Enhanced Decision AccuracyPoli, Professor RUniversity of EssexComputer Sci and Electronic Engineering 865,432
Pervasive Sensing for Buried PipesHoroshenkov, Professor KVUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 7,290,965
PNEUMACRIT: Preterm Neonate / neonatal Embedded Universal Microelectronic wearable Acquisition For Cardio Respiratory Intensive TherapyMalliaras, Professor GUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 254,256
PNEUMACRIT: Preterm Neonate / neonatal Embedded Universal Microelectronic wearable Acquisition for Cardio Respiratory Intensive TherapyDemosthenous, Professor AUCLElectronic and Electrical Engineering 693,594
PNEUMACRIT: Preterm Neonate / neonatal Embedded Universal Microelectronic wearable Acquisition For Cardio Respiratory Intensive TherapyBayford, Professor RMiddlesex UniversityFaculty of Science & Technology 785,534
Science of Sensor System SoftwareCalder, Professor MUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Computing Science 4,183,694
SEE MORE MAKE MORE: Secondary Electron Energy Measurement Optimisation for Reliable Manufacturing of Key MaterialsRodenburg, Dr CUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 1,171,727
See More Make More: Secondary Electron Energy Measurement Optimised for Reliable Manufacture of Key Materials: Opportunity, Realisation, ExploitationHondow, Dr NUniversity of LeedsChemical and Process Engineering 84,068
See More Make More: Secondary Electron Energy Measurement Optimised for Reliable Manufacture of Key Materials: Opportunity, Realisation, ExploitationJepson, Dr MLoughborough UniversityMaterials 78,818
SEE MORE MAKE MORE: Secondary Electron Energy Measurement Optimised for Reliable Manufacture of Key Materials: Opportunity, Realisation, ExploitationPratt, Dr AUniversity of YorkPhysics 562,339
Sub-THz Radar sensing of the Environment for future Autonomous Marine platforms - STREAMGashinova, Professor MUniversity of BirminghamElectronic, Electrical and Computer Eng 854,175
Sub-THz Radar sensing of the Environment for future Autonomous Marine platforms (STREAM)Robertson, Dr DAUniversity of St AndrewsPhysics and Astronomy 658,895
TASCC: Secure Cloud-based Distributed Control (SCDC) Systems for Connected Autonomous CarsDianati, Professor MUniversity of WarwickWMG 2,204,116
Unparameterised multi-modal data, high order signatures, and the mathematics of data scienceLyons, Professor TUniversity of OxfordMathematical Institute 4,100,854

Total Number of Grants: 32
Total Value of Grants: £40,774,537

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