Swansea University

 

Research

Electrical and Electronic Engineering has a strong research presence within Swansea University. The centres listed below currently comprise some 30 academic staff, 10 research assistants and 20 research students. As you will see the centres are engaged in exciting research ranging from bio-electronics and nano-medicine to smart electricity metering, and from high performance optical fibre links to biometrics.

Swansea is a fantastic place in which to study. The centres welcome new applications from suitably qualified graduates to study for research degrees.

Power Electronics and Microelectronics

The research team  is a world leader in semiconductor device modelling; the TCD Device and Technology Simulation package, which is used in industry, came from this research group. The applications of power electronics and renewable energy are also the areas of rapid growth. The group has Device Test and Characterisation, Modelling and Power Electronics laboratories well equipped with the industrial standard device and circuit characterisation kit, and advance electronics, device and IC design tools. Team is leading Swansea University’s contribution to the Low Carbon Research Institute, a pan-Wales university initiative dedicated to energy research. Our researchers worked on many EPSRC and EU funded projects and have cooperation with many major Japanese (TOYOTA, HITACHI), European (X-Fab, ALSTOM), and American (IR, SILICONIX) multinationals.

Nanoelectronics

Scanning Probe Microscopy

Electronic devices with dimensions of less than 100 nanometre (nm) offer far-greater performances in term of speed, energy efficiency and sensitivity than its bulk counterpart. At nanoscale, the quantum effects offer new possibility of designing novel devices with new functionalities. At Swansea, we are carrying out research into the investigation, fabrication, characterisation and application of nanoelectronics for a wide range of industries, ranging from computer to healthcare industry. Research interests are metal-oxide nanowires, carbon nanotubes, nanoscale metal contacts, nano-transistors for ultra-fast computer, nano-biosensors for the early detection of cancers, ultra-sensitivity and selectivity chemical/gas sensors, nano-photonics, nano-piezotronics and spintronics etc. The research involves the use of the state-of-the-art scanning probe microscopy and fabrication facilities at the Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre. (For more details, please visit this link: http://www.swan.ac.uk/engineering/Research/MultidisciplinaryNanotechnologyCentre/ResearchAreas/)

Biometrics

Speaker recognition, speech enhancement and noise compensation, noise robust speech recognition, low bit rate speech coding, video genre recognition, image and video classification, footstep recognition.

Advanced Telecommunications

The new Institute of Advance Telecommunications (IAT) offers exciting research opportunities in photonics, networks, wireless communications and e-health and bio-applications. Links with blue-chip telecommunications companies and innovative businesses give you the opportunity to work on projects that are relevant to industry.  www.swansea.ac.uk/iat

Computational Electromagnetics

The emphasis is on the development and application of computational techniques for electromagnetics from low-frequency to microwave frequencies. Research is focused on in finite element methods and integral equation methods including fast-multipole methods for large scale computational electromagnetics. Applications include electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), medical devices, power electronics, antennas, microwave components and scattering in the resonance region.

Power Electronics

Power Converters Topologies, Renewable Energy Sources, Digital Control Schemes for real time Applications, Power Quality: Harmonics and Active Power Filtering, Thermal Modelling of Power Converters in Industrial/Automotive applications
 
 

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