Projects | Research

Funded projects

Innovate UK: FollowPV - Developing autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles with spatial awareness for improved image quality from solar farm inspections (98378), Co-I, 04/2021 - 03/2022.
British Council: Crop Disease Monitoring and Forecasting based on Multi-source Information Fusion and Big data, PI, 2021.
DASA: Multi-Autonomous Sensor Tracking [MAST] (ACC6017373), Co-I, 10/2020 - 02/2022.
RS: Cooperative data analysing for citrus greening monitoring based on UAV remote sensing (IEC91320), PI, 02/2020 - 02/2022.
DSTL: Autonomous CB Source-term Estimation in Complex Environments (Phase 2), PI, 09/2020 - 02/2022.
STFC: Space-enabled Crop disEase maNagement sErvice via Crop sprAying Drones (SCENE-CAD) (ST/V00137X/1), PI, 02/2020 - 03/2022.
South Korea ADD: Development of Robust Adaptive Control System for a Compound Rotorcraft, PI, 12/2019 - 12/2021.
DSTL: Autonomous CB Source-term Estimation in Complex Environments, PI, 11/2019 - 03/2020.
BBSRC UK-China Agritech Challenge: Utilizing Earth Observation and UAV Technologies to Deliver Pest and Disease Products and Services to End Users in China (BB/S020977/1), Co-I, 02/2019 - 01/2022.
EPSRC Capital Award emphasising support for Early Career Researchers (EP/S017690/1), Co-I, 10/2018 - 03/2020.
DSTL DaSA: Autonomous Search for Chemical Release with a pocket-sized Drone [SceneSEARCH] (ACC500113), PI, 10/2017 - 03/2019.
SFTC ATCNN: Highly Efficient Intelligent Irrigation Systems (PC003), Co-I , 04/2017 - 07/2017.
EPSRC & Innovate UK: Persistence through Reliable Perching (EP/R005494/1), Loughborough PI, 03/2017 – 02/2018.
DSTL CDE: Autonomous Bayesian Search for Hazardous Sources (ACC101517), PI, 01/2017-06/2017.
EPSRC First Grant: Autonomous landing of a helicopter at sea: advanced control in adverse conditions (EP/P012868/1), PI, 06/2017 -- 09/2018.
STFC Newton Fund: Enabling wide area persistent remote sensing for agriculture applications by developing and coordinating multiple heterogeneous platforms (ST/N006852/1), Co-I, 05/2016 -- 12/2019.
DSTL ASUR: Gust alleviation for mini UAVs using disturbance rejection flight control (97004522), PI, 04/2015 -- 10/2015.
EPSRC AISP: Towards More Autonomy for Unmanned Vehicles: Situational Awareness and Decision Making under Uncertainty (EP/J011525/1), Co-I, 03/2012 -- 12/2016.

PhD projects

Ben Marshall: Aerial manipulator control, 2021 -
Tim Glover: Airborne sensor management, 2020-
Callum Rhodes: Informative path planning for exploration and mapping of unknown environments using multiple robots. 2018-.
Tianxiang Zhang: Bayesian calibration of crop model. 2016-2020.
Michael Hutchinson: On the use of autonomous unmanned vehicles in response to hazardous atmospheric release incidents, 2015-2019.
Pawel Ladosz: UAV communication relay, 2014 - 2019.
Dewei Yi: Personalised driving status recognition and monitoring, 2015-2018.
Jean Smith: Design and application of advanced disturbance rejection control for small fixed-wing UAVs, 2014-2018.

Research Interests

Research Interests

Funded projects

Innovate UK: FollowPV - Developing autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles with spatial awareness for improved image quality from solar farm inspections (98378), Co-I, 04/2021 - 03/2022.

British Council: Crop Disease Monitoring and Forecasting based on Multi-source Information Fusion and Big data, PI, 2021.

DASA: Multi-Autonomous Sensor Tracking [MAST] (ACC6017373), Co-I, 10/2020 - 02/2022.

RS: Cooperative data analysing for citrus greening monitoring based on UAV remote sensing (IEC91320), PI, 02/2020 - 02/2022.

DSTL: Autonomous CB Source-term Estimation in Complex Environments (Phase 2), PI, 09/2020 - 02/2022.

STFC: Space-enabled Crop disEase maNagement sErvice via Crop sprAying Drones (SCENE-CAD) (ST/V00137X/1), PI, 02/2020 - 03/2022.

South Korea ADD: Development of Robust Adaptive Control System for a Compound Rotorcraft, PI, 12/2019 - 12/2021.

DSTL: Autonomous CB Source-term Estimation in Complex Environments, PI, 11/2019 - 03/2020.

BBSRC UK-China Agritech Challenge: Utilizing Earth Observation and UAV Technologies to Deliver Pest and Disease Products and Services to End Users in China (BB/S020977/1), Co-I, 02/2019 - 01/2022.

EPSRC Capital Award emphasising support for Early Career Researchers (EP/S017690/1), Co-I, 10/2018 - 03/2020.

DSTL DaSA: Autonomous Search for Chemical Release with a pocket-sized Drone [SceneSEARCH] (ACC500113), PI, 10/2017 - 03/2019.

SFTC ATCNN: Highly Efficient Intelligent Irrigation Systems (PC003), Co-I , 04/2017 - 07/2017.

EPSRC & Innovate UK: Persistence through Reliable Perching (EP/R005494/1), Loughborough PI, 03/2017 – 02/2018.

DSTL CDE: Autonomous Bayesian Search for Hazardous Sources (ACC101517), PI, 01/2017-06/2017.

EPSRC First Grant: Autonomous landing of a helicopter at sea: advanced control in adverse conditions (EP/P012868/1), PI, 06/2017 -- 09/2018.

STFC Newton Fund: Enabling wide area persistent remote sensing for agriculture applications by developing and coordinating multiple heterogeneous platforms (ST/N006852/1), Co-I, 05/2016 -- 12/2019.

DSTL ASUR: Gust alleviation for mini UAVs using disturbance rejection flight control (97004522), PI, 04/2015 -- 10/2015.

EPSRC AISP: Towards More Autonomy for Unmanned Vehicles: Situational Awareness and Decision Making under Uncertainty (EP/J011525/1), Co-I, 03/2012 -- 12/2016.

PhD projects