POME: Precision Orchard Management for Environment
Nov, 2023 - Oct, 2027, funded by Innovate UK, £374k/£4.43m, Principal Investigator at LU.
Research Projects
I have successfully attracted funding of approximately £2.5 million as the Principal Investigator at Loughborough University, contributing to a total funding profile exceeding £5 million in various capacities. Our research is supported by a diverse range of funders inlcuding UKRI, other government agencies and industry, allowing us to conduct research in multiple disciplinary areas and collaborate with partners from sectors such as aerospace, automotive, agriculture and defence.
Funded research projects
AREA-H: Accelerating Robotics and Embedding Autonomy in Horticulture
Sep, 2023 - Aug, 2026, funded by Innovate UK, £423k/£1.48m, Principal Investigator at LU.
Methane STEALS (Methane Source Term Estimation At Landfill Sites)
Jan, 2023 - Mar, 2023, funded by NERC, £37k, Co-Investigator.
FollowPV - Developing autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles with spatial awareness for improved image quality from solar farm inspections
Mar, 2021 - Mar, 2022, funded by Innovate UK, £60k, Co-Investigator.
Crop Disease Monitoring and Forecasting based on Multi-source Information Fusion and Big data
Jan, 2021 - Dec, 2021, funded by British Council, £24k, Principal Investigator.
Aerial Warehouse Inventory Scanning Platform
Nov, 2020 - Apr, 2021, funded by Innovate UK, £95k, Project Manager.
Multi-Autonomous Sensor Tracking
Oct, 2020 - Jan, 2022, funded by DASA (via LiveLink Aerospace Ltd), £144k, Co-Investigator.
Autonomous CB Source-term Estimation in Complex Environments (Phase 2)
Oct, 2020 - Aug, 2022, funded by Dstl, £183k, Principal Investigator.
Cooperative data analysing for citrus greening monitoring based on UAV remote sensing
Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2024, funded by Royal Society, £12k, Principal Investigator.
Space-enabled Crop disEase maNagement sErvice via Crop sprAying Drones
Feb, 2020 - Mar, 2022, funded by STFC, £404k, Principal Investigator.
Disturbance observer based control for unconventional UAV
Dec, 2019 - Mar, 2022, funded by Agency for Defense Development (South Korea), £320k, Principal Investigator.
Autonomous CB Source-term Estimation in Complex Environments (Phase 1)
Nov, 2019 - Mar, 2020, funded by Dstl, £85k, Principal Investigator.
Utilizing Earth Observation and UAV Technologies to Deliver Pest and Disease Products and Services to End Users in China
Feb, 2019 - Feb, 2022, funded by BBSRC, £330k, Co-Investigator.
Autonomous search for chemical release with a pocket-sized drone
Oct, 2017 - Mar, 2019, funded by DASA, £375k, Principal Investigator.
Autonomous landing of a helicopter at sea: advanced control in adverse conditions
May, 2017 - Feb, 2019, funded by EPSRC, £101k, Principal Investigator.
Highly Efficient Intelligent Irrigation Systems
Apr, 2017 - Jul, 2017, funded by STFC, £40k, Co-Investigator.
Persistence through Reliable Perching
Mar, 2017 - Feb, 2018, funded by EPSRC, £20k, Principal Investigator.
Autonomous Bayesian Search for Hazardous Sources
Jan, 2017 - Jun, 2017, funded by DASA, £50k, Principal Investigator.
Enabling wide area persistent remote sensing for agriculture applications
Apr, 2016 - Dec, 2019, funded by STFC, £1,200k, Co-Investigator.
Gust alleviation for mini UAVs using disturbance rejection flight control
Apr, 2015 - Oct, 2015, funded by Dstl, £40k, Principal Investigator.
Towards More Autonomy for Unmanned Vehicles: Situational Awareness and Decision Making under Uncertainty
Mar, 2012 - Dec, 2016, funded by EPSRC, £1,006k, Co-Investigator.