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PhD viva success!
December 2020
Congratulations to Laura Aime who successfully defended her thesis on the use of fibre optic pressure sensors in Formula One.
Review paper is Editor’s Choice!
July 2020
Our review paper, ‘Tapered Optical Fibre Sensors: Current Trends and Future Perspectives’ has been selected by MDPI Sensors as one of the Editor’s Choices.
Editors select a small number of articles recently published in the journal that they believe will be particularly interesting to authors, or important in the field. The aim is to provide a snapshot of some of the most exciting work published in the various research areas of the journal.
Tapered Optical Fibre Sensors: Current Trends and Future Perspectives
S Korposh*, S W James, S-W Lee+, and R P Tatam
Sensors 19, 10, 2294 (39pp) (2019) – Open Access
*University of Nottingham, UK, +University of Kitakyushu, Japan
ettc2020 – European Test and Telemetry Conference
June 2020
‘Cancelled due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)’
The European Test and Telemetry Conference will showcase original technical papers and innovation ideas in Test, Telemetry, Telecontrol, Instrumentation and Recording technologies for industrial, automotive, scientific, aerospace, space, naval and military applications.
Nuremburg (© Jamie Moore).
Conference presentation
Dynamic measurement of strain and shape on a rotating helicopter rotor blade using optical fibre sensors
S Weber+, T Kissinger, S W James, E Chehura, K Mullaney, H H Pekmezci, J Barrington, S E Staines, M Lone*, and R P Tatam
+Airbus Helicopters, UK; *Centre for Aeronautics, Cranfield University;
EUSPEN 20th International Conference
June 2020
‘Cancelled due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) and replaced by a virtual conference‘
euspen’s international conference and exhibition provides a leading forum for industrialists and academics alike to review the best of world-wide industrial innovation, progressive research and technology developments. Delegates will gain an insight into the precision engineering and nanotechnology priorities of Europe’s leading industrial nation.
This event offers the possibility to see latest advances in traditional precision engineering fields such as metrology, ultra precision machining, additive and replication processes, precision mechatronic systems & control and precision cutting processes. Furthermore, topics will be addressed covering robotics and automation, Industry 4.0 for precision manufacturing, Precision design in large scale applications and applications of precision engineering in biomedical sciences.
The famous Jet d’eau in Geneva.
Session keynote oral presentation
Multi-dimensional interferometric stage encoder using range-resolved interferometry – Session Keynote
K B Wiseman, T Kissinger, and R P Tatam
OFS 27, Washington DC, US
June 2020
‘Cancelled due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)’
Engineering Photonics will be presenting 5 papers at the 27th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS27) in Washington DC, USA in June 2020. This includes exciting results from our recent helicopter testing of fibre optic stain and shape sensors, the use of high-resolution interferometric measurements on precision stages as well as novel approaches to multi-point gas detection and fibre-optic pressure sensors.
Conference papers
Comparison of FBGs and fibre segment interferometry measurement performance on a rotating helicopter blade
T Kissinger, S W James, E Chehura, K Mullaney, H H Pekmezcki, J Barrington, S Weber*+, S E Staines, and R P Tatam
*Centre for Aeronautics, Cranfield University; +Airbus Helicopters, UK
Dynamic measurement of strain and shape on a rotating helicopter rotor blade
S W James, T Kissinger, E Chehura, K Mullaney, H H Pekmezcki, J Barrington, S Weber*+, S E Staines, and R P Tatam
*Centre for Aeronautics, Cranfield University; +Airbus Helicopters, UK
Multi-dimensional interferometric stage encoder through a single fibre-optic access port
K Wiseman, T Kissinger, and R P Tatam
The use of range resolved interferometry for multi point methane detection
J A A Bremner, T Kissinger, J Hodgkinson, and R P Tatam
Comparison of FBG and interferometric surface mounted optical fibre pressure sensor
L F J Aime, T Kissinger, S W James, and R P Tatam
IEEE I2MTC, Dubrovnik, Croatia
May 2020
‘Cancelled due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)’
The IEEE I2MTC – International Instrumentation and Measurement technology Conference – is the flagship conference of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and is dedicated to advances in measurement methodologies, measurement systems, instrumentation and sensors in all areas of science and technology. These features make I2MTC a unique event and one of the most important conferences in the field of instrumentation and measurement.
View from Minčeta tower, Dubrovnik city walls. (© D.Francis)
Conference paper
Two-dimensional absolute angle sensing using dual-wavelength laser speckle
S Gibson, T O H Charrett, and R P Tatam
Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France: April 20
April 2020
‘Cancelled due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)’
The Photonics Europe conference is the largest of its kind in Europe covering the most significant photonics technologies—from digital optics to quantum technologies to attosecond science.
Today the French government announced that all events over 1000 attendees will be banned until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak. Following this order, SPIE Photonics Europe is officially postponed.
Grande Île de Strasbourg from Petite France. (© D.Francis)
Invited conference paper
A comparison of topologies used in an interferometric gas detection technique
J A A Bremner, T Kissinger, J Hodgkinson, and R P Tatam
Proc SPIE 11354, 2020
Conference paper
Field investigation of retroreflective materials for enhanced target detection in maritime search and rescue
J Hodgkinson, J Nixon+, C Bennett*, and R P Tatam
Proc SPIE 11354, 11354-61, 2020
+Centre for Safety & Accident Investigation, Cranfield University; *National Flying Laboratory, Cranfield University;