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NHP2400 - Final Year Project - List Project Proposals
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Supervisor: Hinks Jonathan

j.a.hinks@hud.ac.uk
Title: Replace Trackerball
with PlayStation Controller Description: This project is to replace an existing
Type: Design & build problematic trackerball system used for sample
Skills: Analogue and digital manipulation in a microscope. The first step will be to
electronics analyse the outputs from the existing trackerball to
6 Resources: Electronic see how it works. Next a modern control device (a
components, tools and test PlayStation controller or similar) will be adapted to
equipment replace the existing trackerball and thus eliminate its
Group: Not Related associated issues which currently make sample
Company: manipulation unreliable.
Area: Electrical_Engineering
A: Active and available for
2019/20
Supervisor: Dhimish
Mahmoud
m.a.dhimish@hud.ac.uk
Title: Predicting solar
irradiance using the analysis Description: Predicting solar irradiance has been an
of Photovoltaic (PV) important topic in renewable energy generation.
theoretical curves Prediction improves the planning and operation of
Type: Software photovoltaic systems and yields many economic
7 Skills: Computing skills, advantages for electric utilities. Therefore, this
LabVIEW or C++ projects aims to develop a LabVIEW-based software
Resources: LabVIEW to predict solar irradiance using the analysis of the
software. theoretical I-V and P-V curves of Photovoltaic (PV)
Group: Not Related system.
Company:
2019/20
Supervisor: Dhimish Description: Photovoltaic systems (PV systems) are

8 Mahmoud a renewable energy technology which transforms the
m.a.dhimish@hud.ac.uk energy from the sun into electricity. The University of
Title: Assessment of Campus Huddersfield campus contains two PV systems, both
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Photovoltaic Installations
Type: Analysis
Skills: MATLAB or Minitab
were fitted in 2006 and 2014. Hence, this project will
Resources: Access to PC
investigate the energy generation and degradation of
and MATLAB or Minitab
both PV installations using data analytical software
software
such as Minitab and SPSS. The monthly, quarterly
Group: Not Related
and yearly energy generation is expected to be
Company:
analysed and compared.
2019/20
Supervisor: Dhimish
Mahmoud
Title: Desing of Positive-
Negative-Ground (PNG)
power supply Description: This project aims to design and build a
Type: Design & build positive-negative-ground power supply form a single
Skills: Electronics systems power supply source. As most microcontrollers have
10 design, computing skills, NI output voltages of 3.3, 5 or 9V, the electronic circuit
MultiSim. will be built and testified on these voltage levels. Real
Resources: NI MultiSim, and simulated results will be compared using NI
electronics compenents. MultiSim software.
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20
Supervisor: Dhimish
Description: Solar photovoltaic (PV) is an important
Mahmoud
part of the UK’s energy mix and very much a
renewables success story – overall deployment has
Title: Renewable Innovation
surpassed expectations. Since 2010, from a starting
Example: Solar Photovoltaic
point of almost zero, the industry, have now
in the UK
exceeded 4GW of capacity. This is a fantastic
Type: Review
achievement. It means that the UK now has enough
11 Skills: Data Analysis
solar to power more than 900,000 homes with over
Techniques.
half a million households now benefiting from
generating their own solar energy. This project will
Group: Not Related
investigate the past, current and future-planned solar
Company:
PV deployment across the UK, and a comprehensive
overview of the global PV market will be addressed
and compared with the UK.
2019/20
Supervisor: Dhimish Description: Partial shading across Photovoltaic

Mahmoud (PV) solar cells can cause large reverse voltages and
m.a.dhimish@hud.ac.uk reduce the maximum generated output power. The
Title: Modelling the impact of effects of shading can be mitigated via the use of
bypass diodes on bypass diodes across the shaded solar cells. In this
Photovoltaic (PV) cell project, the impact of using bypass diodes on the
12 performance solar cell performance under partial shading
Type: Modelling scenarios will be investigated using
Skills: MATLAB. MATLAB/Simulink software. The developed system
Resources: Access to PC. comprises (i) PV modules integrated with bypass
Group: Not Related diodes, (ii) theoretical characterisation of the current-
Company: voltage (I-V) and power-voltage (P-V) curves under
Area: Electrical_Engineering various partial shading patterns, and (iii) finding the

A: Active and available for optimum number of bypass diodes to use with partial
2019/20 shaded PV modules.
Supervisor: Dhimish
Mahmoud
Title: Experimental
investigation of the effect of Description: Partial shading of a photovoltaic (PV)
partial shading on systems has an inconsistent influence on the power
photovoltaic performance production. Therefore, this project aims to outline the
Type: Analysis impact of partial shading on PV systems
14
Skills: Data Analysis performance. Various experiments will be carried out
Techniques. using different shading scenarios to examine the
Resources: Access to PC. impact of shading on an existing 2.2 kW PV system
Group: Not Related installed at the University of Huddersfield.
Company:
2019/20
Supervisor: Attya Ayman

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk
Title: Developing an
electromechanical tidal
turbine generator model in Description: This project requires a strong
Simulink background on control, power machines, and Matlab.
Type: Design & build The project will build a comprehensive model for the
29 Skills: Power engineering, main components of a tidal turbine generator that can
Matlab be integrated to power systems models. Please note
Resources: NA that for this project the attendance of weekly follow-
Group: Not Related up meetings is mandatory.
Company:
2019/20

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk
Title: Power system stability
Description: This project requires a strong
studies within a DC microgrid
background on power systems, renewable energy,
with hybrid generation
and Matlab. The project will develop a test system of
Type: Design & build
a microgrid, which is dominated by renewable power
Skills: Power Engineering,
30 generation. Several scenarios will be examined to
Matlab
exploit the stability of the test system under deep
Resources: NA
penetration of renewables. Please note that for this
Group: Not Related
project the attendance of weekly follow-up meetings
Company:
is mandatory.
2019/20
Supervisor: Attya Ayman Description: This project requires a strong

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk background on control, power machines and drives,
Title: Modelling of a virtual and Matlab. The project will develop a Matlab model
power plant of a hybrid generation mix of renewables of
31 Type: Modelling geographical proximity such they can be seen as a
Skills: Power engineering, virtual power plant from the electricity grid viewpoint.
Matlab Please note that for this project the attendance of
Resources: NA weekly follow-up meetings is mandatory.
Group: Not Related

Company:
2019/20

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk
Title: Design and
electromechanical modelling
of a hydro-pumped power
background on control, power machines and drives,
plant
and Matlab. The project will build a comprehensive
Type: Modelling
model for the main components of a hydro-pumped
32 Skills: Power engineering,
power plant that can be integrated to power systems
Matlab
models. Please note that for this project the
Resources: NA
attendance of weekly follow-up meetings is
Group: Not Related
mandatory.
Company:
2019/20

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk
Title: Comprehensive Description: This project requires a strong
comparison between power background on power systems, renewable energy. It
systems simulators also requires the skill of easily adapting to different
Type: Analysis simulation software within limited time. The project
Skills: Power engineering, will build a common test system in two or three
33 eagerness to learn technical simulation software (among PSS/E, PowerFactory,
software and Matlab Simpower systems) and critically
Resources: NA compare the obtained results under different
Group: Not Related scenarios and case studies. Please note that for this
Company: project the attendance of weekly follow-up meetings
Area: Electrical_Engineering is mandatory.
2019/20

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk
Title: Techno-economic
design for a V2G strategy to
provide ancillary services to
background on power systems, battery energy
power systems
storage, and basic understanding of electric vehicles.
The project will develop technical method that
34 Skills: Power engineering,
controls the contribution of eVs to the grid stability
Matlab
through an economic agreement with grid operators.
Resources: NA
Please note that for this project the attendance of
Group: Not Related
weekly follow-up meetings is mandatory.
Company:
2019/20

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk
background on control, battery energy storage, and
Title: Design and modelling of
35 basic understanding of wind turbines. The projects
a hybrid wind energy based
will design and develop a Simulink model of a wind
system
turbine that is equipped with a battery to utilise
Type: Modelling
surplus wind energy and cover deficit energy. Please
Skills: Power engineering,

matlab
Resources: NA
Group: Not Related
note that for this project the attendance of weekly
Company:
follow-up meetings is mandatory.
2019/20

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk
Title: Design and modelling of
an energy storage system Description: This project requires a strong
relying on hydrogen as an background on control, battery energy storage, and
energy vector basic knowledge on fuel cells. The project will apply a
Type: Modelling wide literature review to design a high capacity
36 Skills: Power engineering, energy storage system that uses H2 as an energy
Matlab vector. The design outcomes will be utilised to build a
Resources: NA model of the system in Simulink. Please note that for
Group: Not Related this project the attendance of weekly follow-up
Company: meetings is mandatory.
2019/20

A.Attya@hud.ac.uk
Title: Design and modelling of Description: This project requires a strong
a self-power feeding house background on control, battery energy storage, and
Type: Design & build renewable energy. The main objective is to design a
Skills: Power engineering, family house that can sustain its electricity
37 matlab consumption using onsite renewable energy without
Resources: NA the need to be connected to the grid. The design will
Group: Not Related be modelled and validated in Matlab. Please note
Company: that for this project the attendance of weekly follow-
Area: Electrical_Engineering up meetings is mandatory.
2019/20
Supervisor: Mian Naeem

N.Mian@hud.ac.uk
Description: Wireless data transfer is one of the
Title: Development of a
growing technologies which has now set its ground in
device to charge batteries
the production environment. Targeting the Industrie
connected to wireless sensors
4.0 concept, the future of production would largely
using the RF energy
utilize wireless communication and data transfer
which would heavily rely on sensors installed at
Skills: Analogue design,
remote locations. For the sensors to be continually
58 electronics, instrumentation,
live and feeding data, they must be ‘ON’ all the time
communication
which may not be possible at remote locations with
Resources: Electronics lab,
no separate power source and replacing battery
Machine tool workshop
packs is not a suitable solution. This project will focus
Group: Not Related
on the development of a device capable of charging
Company:
the batteries installed on remote sensors by utilizing
the RF energy.
2019/20
Supervisor: Mian Naeem Description: The ever-growing demand for complex

59 N.Mian@hud.ac.uk and precise machining motivates research and
Title: Energy Harvesting for development in the field of manufacturing. The recent
remote IOT smart sensors advancements in embedded technology and concept

of Industry 4.0 have further encouraged the use of

prevalent smart embedded sensors. These smart
sensors are installed in inaccessible locations on a
machine structure, being wireless in nature these are
Skills: Electronics,
powered batteries. However, batteries require
instrumentation, design
charging or changing which, once sensor is installed,
becomes prohibitively challenging. Therefore, this
research project poses investigation of energy
Group: Not Related
harvesting from inert structures. A possible solution
Company:
can be using TEG (thermo-electric generators), or
also called SeeBeck generator, in-harmony with IC
chips like LTC3108 to develop a charging circuitry for
2019/20
the batteries. TEG is used to generate electricity by
exploiting the thermo-electric property of the semi-
conductors made with rare elements.

N.Mian@hud.ac.uk
Title: Wireless motor speed
control system
Description: Targetting industrie 4.0 concept, the
aim of the this project is to enter into the smart world
Skills: Electronics,
of wireless technology. This project will be aiming to
instrumentation,
60 develop a wireless motor speed control system. The
communication
system should be able to control the speed of a
Resources: Electronics lab
motor installed at a remote location by using the
Group: Not Related
software
Company:
2019/20
Description: There is an industry need for an

inexpensive, high power, pulsed microwave source
Supervisor: Seviour Rebecca
for testing the peak power handling capability of
r.seviour@hud.ac.uk
passive devices such as microwave filters. Solid state
Title: Marx Generator
and vacuum devices for such a task are very
Type: Build
expensive and cumbersome, and lack a wide
Skills: SPICE, high power
frequency range capability. Early radio transmitters
electronics
used spark gaps (which switch rapidly from very high
62 Resources: £400 of
to very low resistance) to generate radio frequency
componets
pulses from a resonant (LC) circuit and a DC source.
Group: Not Related
It is proposed to re-visit this technology in a
Company:
microwave context to consider its possibilities as an
inexpensive pulse testing source. This project will
consider the design and construction of a spark gap
2019/20
generation element suitable for use in the context of
a high power pulsed microwave source.
Supervisor: Seviour Rebecca Description: Leather production is a vital contributor

r.seviour@hud.ac.uk to the economy in many Official Development
Title: Particle accelerator Assistance (ODA) recipient countries. Tannery
Leather processing clusters around the world have a problem in dealing
Type: Modelling with high volumes of tannery wastewater. Many ODA
63 Skills: UNIX, C++, A-level countries do not have the capability to meet the
Chemistry, A-level Physics regulations in place. As a result, a new approach to
Resources: PC running linux tanning that is easy to use and reduces effluent
16GB Ram quantity and concentration of contaminants is
Group: Not Related desirable. Tanning is a process whereby chemicals
Company: are used to create bonds within the protein structure
Area: Electrical_Engineering (collagen) and between protein chains, thus

increasing the stability of the protein against bacterial

and thermal degradation. We propose to replace the
conventional tanning stage with an electron beam
facility to activate bonding sites within the leather in a
way analogous to the plastics industry. In this project
the student will focus on simulating the interaction of
an accelerated electron beam with the protein
structure of the animal hides using the simulation
package “Geant4-DNA”. Geant4 is a Monte-Carlo
based approach to simulate the passage of particles
through matter. Geant4-DNA extends Geant4 with
processes for modelling early biological damage
2019/20
induced by ionising radiation at the DNA scale.
Enabling the simulation of physical and chemical
radiation damage in arbitrary DNA geometries,
including protein structures. Using Geant4-DNA, the
student will simulate the physical and chemical
changes to protein from exposure to an accelerated
electron beam. The study will examine the effects of
different beam parameters on physical and chemical
change to protein, to identify the ideal beam
parameters (energy, current, exposure, time)
required for the effective tanning of leather.
Description: A Strandbeest is a kinetic automaton

driven by scavenged energy from its environment.
Without the use of any electronic components, nor
any form of stored energy. A key aspect to the
successes of a strandbeest is its gait, for a leg, time
Supervisor: Seviour Rebecca
spent in the air is wasted time and energy. The
r.seviour@hud.ac.uk
strandbeest overcomes this issue By keeping its "hip
Title: Strandbeest - II
joint" (in fact, a crankshaft) perfectly level throughout
the stride. This is a distinct improvement on our own
Skills: none
bipedal gait, in which each hip-tilting step lifts and
65 Resources: 3D printing
then drops the body, costing us extra energy. The
Group: Not Related
proportion of a strandbeest"s leg are designed to
Company:
keep its feet on the ground for as long as possible,
maximizing forward propulsion. This project will look
to build a kinetic Strandbeest on the scale of 10’s of
2019/20
cm and look to improve upon the design by
introducing object avoidance with the key ethos of no
electronic components nor stored energy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewVEF2B_pM
https://www.exploratorium.edu/strandbeest/leg
Supervisor: Khan Faheem Description: Full-duplex radio communication is a

f.khan@hud.ac.uk promising technology for next generation
Title: Digital Self-interference communication systems, leading to doubling of
cancellation techniques for full spectrum efficiency compared to prevalent half-
-duplex radio communications duplex communications. Self-interference
Type: Modelling cancellation is a big challenge for successful
Skills: Interest in operation of full-duplex systems. Digital cancellation
66 communications and signal is one of the lowest complexity self-interference
processing, some knowledge cancellation techniques in full-duplex systems.
of MATLAB/Simulink software However, its mitigation capability is very limited,
Resources: Access to PC mainly due to transmitter and receiver circuit"s
and MATLAB/Simulink impairments (e.g., phase noise, nonlinear distortion,
software and quantization noise). In this project, we will
Group: Not Related investigate novel digital self-interference cancellation
Company: technique for full-duplex systems. This project will

Area: Electrical_Engineering require good understanding of signal processing and

A: Active and available for communications, and prior knowledge of
2019/20 Matlab/Simulink.
Supervisor: Khan Faheem

f.khan@hud.ac.uk
Title: Spectrum sensing in
cognitive radio wireless Description: Cognitive radio (CR) technology has
networks been proposed in recent years to overcome the
Type: Modelling spectrum scarcity in wireless communications
Skills: Interest in systems. In CR, secondary users perform spectrum
communications and signal sensing before starting its own communications in
processing, some knowledge order to avoid interference to primary users. This
67
of MATLAB/Simulink software project will carry out investigation and performance
Resources: Access to PC evaluation of various spectrum sensing techniques in
and MATLAB/Simulink CR wireless networks using MATLAB/Simulink. This
software project will require good understanding of signal
Group: Not Related processing and communications, and prior
Company: knowledge of Matlab/Simulink.
2019/20

f.khan@hud.ac.uk
Title: Analog Self-interference
Description: Full-duplex radio communication is a
cancellation techniques for full
promising technology for next generation
-duplex radio communications
communication systems leading to doubling of
Type: Modelling
spectrum efficiency compared to prevalent half-
Skills: Interest in
duplex communications. Self-interference
communications and signal
cancellation is a big challenge for successful
processing, some knowledge
68 operation of full-duplex systems. This project will
of MATLAB/Simulink software
investigate analog self-interference cancellation
techniques in full-duplex systems using
and MATLAB/Simulink
MATLAB/Simulink. This project will require good
software
understanding of signal processing and
Group: Not Related
communications, and prior knowledge of
Company:
Matlab/Simulink.
2019/20

f.khan@hud.ac.uk
Title: Non-orthogonal multiple
access (NOMA) techniques in Description: Non-orthogonal multiple access
underlay cognitive radio (NOMA) is an important enabling technology for
networks achieving the 5G key performance requirements,
Type: Modelling including high system throughput, low latency, and
Skills: Interest in massive connectivity. In this project, we will
69 communications and signal investigate NOMA applications in underlay cognitive
processing, some knowledge radio networks. This project will require good
of MATLAB/Simulink software understanding of signal processing and
Resources: Access to PC communications, and prior knowledge of
and MATLAB/Simulink Matlab/Simulink.
software
Group: Not Related
Company:


2019/20

f.khan@hud.ac.uk
Title: Propagation effects and
path loss models for
millimetre wave
Description: Millimetre wave (mmWave)
communications in 5G
communications is a promising technology for next
systems
generation communication systems that will enable
Type: Modelling
much higher data rates for future wireless
Skills: Interest in
applications. This project will investigate propagation
communications and signal
70 effects and path loss models for millimetre wave
processing, some knowledge
communications in 5G systems and use
of MATLAB/Simulink software
MATLAB/Simulink to simulate them. This project will
require good understanding of signal processing and
and MATLAB/Simulink
communications, and prior knowledge of
software
Matlab/Simulink.
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20
Description: The input of renewable energy sources

to local low voltage networks is becoming more and
more accepted as the electrical power network
struggles with every changing and increasing load
while trying to reduce its carbon emitting generation.
Renewable energy resources are highly dynamic and
somewhat intermittent compared to more traditional
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel generation sources. Hence, they pose a challenge to
n.schofield@hud.ac.uk the electrical network operator in terms of effectively
Title: Transient Energy managing the resource to maximise energy transfer
Source to Support Renewable while maintaining a stable network. A particular
Energy Conversion aspect of existing renewable energy resources is that
Type: Design they lack transient energy capability and as such
Skills: Some basic Matlab, reduce the total system stored energy, more
71 computing, design and commonly referred to as system inertia. The aim of
analysis skills the project is to develop the technical requirements
Resources: Matlab/Simulink for power system transient energy store and then
Group: Not Related investigate the suitability of various technologies to
Company: implement this function, e.g. electro-chemical devices
Area: Electrical_Engineering (batteries and supercapacitors), electro-mechanical
A: Active and available for devices (flywheel motor-generator units), other
2019/20 technologies. Specific objectives will be to develop
models of various energy and power sources and
implement them in Matlab/Simulink. The models will
then be used in conjunction with power electronic
converter, transformer and electric machine models
to simulate a small electrical micro-grid. The project
may include laboratory work to determine electric
machine and or system parameters.
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel Description: Hybrid permanent magnet generators

n.schofield@hud.ac.uk (HPMG) are being considered for wind energy
72 Title: Modelling and Control conversion. The HPMG is a synchronous machine
of a Hybrid Permanent that combines conventional wound field (WF) and
Magnet Generator permanent magnet (PM) rotor excitations to yield a
Type: Analysis machine that has some control of its generated

output voltage. At any given speed, the PM induces a

fixed stator voltage while the WF induces a variable
controlled stator voltage component. The HPMG
alternating output is rectified via a passive
rectification stage; hence the machine net DC output
voltage is controlled over a prescribed, but limited
range. The HPMG has been modelled and steady-
state performance characterised for a number of
fixed loading scenarios. The aims of this project are
to extend the machine steady-state model to include
Skills: Some Matlab, dynamic electro-magnetic features and to then study
computing, analysis skills the dynamic operation of the generator when subject
Resources: Matlab/Simulink to fast and slow acting transients typical of a wind
Group: Not Related energy conversion plant. The specific objectives are
Company: (i) become familiar with the Matlab/Simulink model
Area: Electrical_Engineering that models the full AC machine, (ii) use this model to
A: Active and available for simulate steady-state operating points when
2019/20 generating into various fixed voltage sources, (iii)
study the influence of machine parameters on steady
-state performance, (iv) develop a technique to model
the machine inductive elements in an equivalent DC
model of the machine, (v) compare the AC and
simplified DC models for one machine, and finally,
(vi) use the simplified DC model to study the
interaction of a number of machines (10-off)
connected in parallel. The modelling will be via
Matlab/Simulink and may include laboratory work to
determine machine parameters.
Description: Hybrid permanent magnet generators

(HPMG) are being considered for wind energy
conversion. The HPMG is a synchronous machine
that combines conventional wound field (WF) and
permanent magnet (PM) rotor excitations to yield a
machine that has some control of its generated
output voltage. At any given speed, the PM induces a
fixed stator voltage while the WF induces a variable
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel controlled stator voltage component. The HPMG
n.schofield@hud.ac.uk alternating output is rectified via a passive
Title: Modelling and Control rectification stage; hence the machine net DC output
of a Hybrid Permanent voltage is controlled over a prescribed, but limited
Magnet Generator Wind Farm range. The HPMG has been modelled and steady-
Type: Modelling state performance characterised for a number of
Skills: Some Matlab, fixed loading scenarios. The aims of this project are
73 to study the interaction of a number of HPMGs
computing, analysis skills
Resources: Matlab/Simulink connected in parallel in a typical string of off-shore
Group: Not Related wind turbines. Such a string may consist of 10x 3MW
Company: (max.) generators connected in parallel on one high
Area: Electrical_Engineering voltage DC feed. As such, the load share of the
A: Active and available for generators will be highly dependent on the interface
2019/20 of each of the generators in the system, particularly
when the system is subject to fast and slow acting
transients typical of a wind energy conversion farm.
The specific objectives are (i) to develop a steady-
state model for a single HPMG, (ii) extend the steady
-state model to include the other 9 generators
including interconnection cabling, (iii) study the
system in steady-state and compare results with
previously calculated data, (iv) extend the system
model to include dynamic terms, (v) study the system

during transients of wind and load change. Some

degree of control theory may be required for this final
stage. The modelling will be via Matlab/Simulink and
may include laboratory work to determine system
parameters.
Description: Despite the cost uncertainty of rare-

earth materials in recent years, brushless permanent
magnet (PM) machines employing high grade
sintered Neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) rare-earth
magnets are still the favoured candidate technology
for many industrially realised all-electric (EV) and
hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) traction machines. PMs
play an important role in terms of performance and
cost. Their configuration, geometry, volume, material
properties and location, are essential in determining
machine performance. Adversely, the rare-earth
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel
permanent magnets are a significant portion in the
n.schofield@hud.ac.uk
total cost of the traction motor despite being only one
Title: Modelling of Multiple
tenth of the total machine mass (typically). Further,
Phase Reluctance Machines
the resource of such materials has some commercial
for EV Traction
uncertainty, hence alternative machine technologies
Type: Analysis
are being researched. Reluctance machines, either
Skills: FEA analysis (straight
switched or synchronous, are contenders for electric
forward – don’t fear this!),
vehicle traction. However, their torque quality and
design study, mechanical and
74 power density are lower than PM solutions. The aims
electrical/electronic system
of this project are to analyses a number of reluctance
build.
machine-drive variations against a benchmark EV
Resources: FEMM Software
interior permanent magnet (IPM) machine design and
(freeware)
to assess the potential for reluctance based
Group: Not Related
technologies as future EV traction drives. The various
Company:
machine designs will be compared at a number of
key operating points on the EV traction torque-speed
characteristic and data developed to assess the
2019/20
various performance indicators. This is a project for
someone who is interested in learning about electric
machines, their performance and operation. The
project will use a combination of electro-magnetic
finite element analysis (FEA) software and
Matlab/Simulink. The specific objectives are (i) a
performance comparison of competing machine
technologies utilising FEA software, (ii) study and
development of suitable electromagnetic torque
equations to account for variations in the machine’s
inherent high frequency time and space harmonics.
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel Description: The input of renewable energy sources

n.schofield@hud.ac.uk to local low voltage networks is becoming more and
Title: A System to Measure more accepted as the electrical power network
Electrical Power Network struggles with every changing and increasing load
Sequence Components. while trying to reduce its carbon emitting generation.
Type: Design & build Renewable energy resources are highly dynamic and
75 Skills: The project will include somewhat intermittent compared to more traditional
basic electronic generation sources. Hence, they pose a challenge to
instrumentation circuitry, the electrical network operator in terms of effectively
interface of signals to a managing the resource to maximise energy transfer
suitable data acquisition, while maintaining a stable network. A particular
digital micro-processor or aspect of existing renewable energy resources is that
control platform, coding of they lack transient energy capability and as such
controller functions, data reduce the total system stored energy, more

commonly referred to as system inertia. Ongoing

research projects at the University are studying the
issues associated with the interface of transient
energy sources, for example electro-chemical
batteries, to electrical power networks. As part of
acquisition, post-processing these studies there is a requirement to have some
and interface scripting. measurements of the electrical power network to
Resources: Analogue and enable and enact the storage system control
digital circuits, micro- functions. The objectives of this project are (i) to
controllers. design isolated electronic circuitry to measure a
Group: Not Related number of power system parameters, i.e. 3x voltages
Company: and 3x currents from a 3-phase system, (ii) input the
Area: Electrical_Engineering measured signals into some form of micro-controller
A: Active and available for platform, and then (iii) calculate in real time the
2019/20 system positive, negative and zero-sequence
components and display them via some suitable
means. (iv) The measurement system will have to be
tested in the laboratory via a 3-phase system subject
to balanced and un-balanced loadings. Analogue and
digital circuits, micro-controllers.
Description: The input of renewable energy sources

to local low voltage networks is becoming more and
struggles with every changing and increasing load
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel Renewable energy resources are highly dynamic and
n.schofield@hud.ac.uk somewhat intermittent compared to more traditional
Title: A System to Measure generation sources. Hence, they pose a challenge to
Electrical Power Network the electrical network operator in terms of effectively
Frequency and Supply Angle. managing the resource to maximise energy transfer
Type: Design & build while maintaining a stable network. A particular
Skills: The project will include aspect of existing renewable energy resources is that
basic electronic they lack transient energy capability and as such
instrumentation circuitry, reduce the total system stored energy, more
interface of signals to a commonly referred to as system inertia. Ongoing
suitable data acquisition, research projects at the University are studying the
digital micro-processor or issues associated with the interface of transient
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control platform, coding of energy sources, for example electro-chemical
controller functions, data batteries, to electrical power networks. As part of
acquisition, post-processing these studies there is a requirement to have some
and interface scripting. measurements of the electrical power network to
Resources: Transducers, enable and enact the storage system control
analogue and digital circuits, functions. The objectives of this project are:- (i) to
micro-controllers. research how electrical frequency is measured by
Group: Not Related existing commercial industrial power electronic drive
Company: systems, (ii) design isolated electronic circuitry to
Area: Electrical_Engineering accurately measure the frequency of a test 3-phase
A: Active and available for electrical supply, (iii) input the measured signals into
2019/20 some form of micro-controller platform, and then (iv)
calculate in real time the system frequency and
electrical angle, and (v) display these quantities via
some suitable means. The measurement will have to
be tested in the laboratory via connection to a 3-
phase system.
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel Description: The University annually competes in

77 n.schofield@hud.ac.uk the UK Formula Student race competition. As such, a
Title: Formula Student race car is designed, built and demonstrated as part
Vehicle Speed and of MEng group projects. One problem with the race

car project is that measurements and sensing

generally get neglected as they are secondary to
vehicle drivability and performance. The aims of this
Torque/Power Measurements.
project are to measure vehicle torque and speed at
an appropriate location on the vehicle, probably on
Skills: Transducers, analogue
one wheel axis. The specific objectives are to: (i)
and digital circuits, micro-
design a low cost measurement system suitable to
controllers.
measure the vehicle speed and torque/power (the
Resources: Transducers,
torque/power may be derived via a signal from the
analogue and digital circuits,
engine management unit) or a direct measurement
micro-controllers.
via an inline transducer (to be designed), (ii) employ
Group: Not Related
a suitable micro-controller to log the data over a
Company:
representative test schedule, (iii) write, or otherwise,
code to download this data after each test, and (iv)
design procedures/tests to calibrate the sensors in-
2019/20
situ. If the project progresses well, an additional
objective will be to transmit this data real-time to a
fixed track side station.

Title: Formula Student
Description: The University annually competes in
Vehicle Strain Measurements.
the UK Formula Student race competition. As such, a
race car is designed, built and demonstrated as part
Skills: The project will include
of MEng group projects. One problem with the race
basic electronic
instrumentation circuitry,
interface of signals to a
vehicle drivability and performance. The objective of
suitable data acquisition,
this project is to (i) design a low cost measurement
digital micro-processor or
system suitable to collect up to 20 strain
78 control platform, coding of
measurements from various parts of the vehicle, for
controller functions, data
example, support struts, chassis and frame etc., (ii)
acquisition, post-processing
employ a suitable micro-controller to log the data
and interface scripting.
over a representative test schedule, (iii) write, or
otherwise, code to download this data after each test,
and (iv) design procedures/tests to calibrate the
micro-controllers.
sensors in-situ. If the project progresses well, an
Group: Not Related
additional objective will be to transmit this data real-
Company:
time to a fixed track side station.
2019/20

Description: The University annually competes in
the UK Formula Student race competition. As such, a
Title: Formula Student
race car is designed, built and demonstrated as part
Vehicle Temperature
of MEng group projects. One problem with the race
Measurements.
Skills: The project will include
vehicle drivability and performance. The objective of
basic electronic
79 this project is to (i) design a low cost measurement
instrumentation circuitry,
system suitable to collect up to 20 temperature
interface of signals to a
measurements from various parts of the vehicle, for
suitable data acquisition,
example, engine, braking system, frame etc., (ii)
digital micro-processor or
employ a suitable micro-controller to log the data
control platform, coding of
over a representative test schedule, (iii) write, or
controller functions, data
otherwise, code to download this data after each test,
acquisition, post-processing
and (iv) design procedures/tests to calibrate the
and interface scripting.
sensors in-situ. If the project progresses well, an


micro-controllers.
Group: Not Related
additional objective will be to transmit this data real-
Company:
time to a fixed track side station.
2019/20
Description: Many low cost systems are driven via

single-phase capacitor start/run machines connected
direct-on-line to a fixed voltage, fixed frequency
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel (50/60 Hz) supply. Such systems may, for example,
n.schofield@hud.ac.uk be for pumping water in agricultural applications.
Title: Power Electronic Drive Here the farm may be remote from a fixed electrical
System for a 2-Phase power grid, or the connection may be poor. There is,
Induction Machine. therefore, a great interest among the farming
Type: Design & build community, small industries and residential concerns
Skills: The project will include in very remote locations to install renewable energy
basic electronic sources to support existing electrical power supplies,
instrumentation circuitry, or to completely replace them, or instead of supply
interface of signals to a via a long cable connection. Generation from
suitable data acquisition, renewable energy, for example, solar and wind,
digital micro-processor or generally results in a DC supply due to energy
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control platform, coding of conversion considerations. There is also some need
controller functions, data for battery storage to supplement the supply when
acquisition, post-processing there is no sun or wind respectively. The aim of the
and interface scripting. project is to design a power electronic converter and
Resources: Transducers, associated micro-controller to convert DC from a
analogue and digital circuits, fixed DC source to a variable amplitude, variable
micro-controllers. frequency, 2-phase AC output suitable to drive a
Group: Not Related 500W induction machine. The specific objectives will
Company: be to (i) choose a suitable 3-phase power electronic
Area: Electrical_Engineering module and micro-controller, (ii) research and
A: Active and available for understand the necessary control requirements to
2019/20 control the 3-phase power module when connected
to a 2-phase winding, (iii) code the micro-controller,
(iv) build the system hardware and (v) test the
system.
Description: This project will contribute to the

IMechE Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge. This
Supervisor: Martin Haydn project will contribute to the IMechE Unmanned
h.p.martin@hud.ac.uk Aircraft Systems Challenge. An unmanned aircraft
Title: UAS Challenge: Image must deploy payloads to specified target locations
processing software for which will be marked out on the ground. In order to
automated target recognition achieve accurate and effective deployment of the
Type: Software payload, a machine vision (camera) based system
Skills: C/C++/C# and/or must be developed. The system must automatically
Matlab/Labview recognise the target and activate the deployment
81 mechanism, taking into account such factors such as
Resources: PC, camera, test
data groundspeed and orientation. This project will
Group: IMechE UAS concentrate on the development of image processing
Challenge routines to provide a robust method of detecting the
Company: target, which comprises a white letter on a red
Area: Electrical_Engineering square, from an image streamed from a camera on
A: Active and available for board the drone. The image recognition system will
2019/20 need to deal with background artefacts in the scene
as well as be able to detect the target in a variety of
orientation and sizes dues to the moveable field of
view of the drone. A method of calculating the GPS

coordinates of the target will also be developed,

using information about the drone"s current position,
heading and altitude in conjunction with knowledge of
the cameras field of view.
Description: Signal processing is often limited by the

slow, serial nature of calculations on a traditional
Supervisor: Martin Haydn
CPU when implemented on general purpose
h.p.martin@hud.ac.uk
computing platforms. Use of GPUs for the
Title: Low-latency real-time
parallelisation of signal processing can increase the
signal processing with FPGA
overall throughput of calculations with large data
Type: Software
sets, but in many cases the latency of the output can
Skills: VHDL
be non-negligible, especially for applications
82 Resources: FPGA/SOC
requiring highly responsive control loops. This project
Development Kit
will explore the development of digital designs
Group: Not Related
designed to be synthesised on to an FPGA device
Company:
which will execute algorithms for the processing of
data generated by an optical measurement device.
The project explore approaches to implementing gate
2019/20
-level solutions to a set of pre-defined algorithms to
operate on supplied datasets.
Description: Being able to accurately estimate

Supervisor: Martin Haydn
battery capacity on-the-fly is essential to maximising
h.p.martin@hud.ac.uk
the performance of a unmanned aircraft system.
Title: Battery monitoring
Accurate battery monitoring enables smaller reserve
system for drones
capacity to be specified, leading to smaller batteries
and lighter weight and/or increased payload
Skills: Analogue Design,
capability. This project will investigate techniques for
Embedded systems
83 modelling Li-Po batteries across a range of operating
Resources: Small electronic
parameters e.g. temperature, discharge rate, charge
components, microcontroller.
cycles. A method monitoring battery charge and
Group: Not Related
estimating flight times will then be devised and
Company:
implemented using a simple microcontroller, or
alternatively the raw sensor data will be processed
on a ground based computing system along with the
2019/20
drone telemetry data.
Description: Description: Power meters were once a

technology that was only seen in the professional
peloton. They provide and instant and accurate
Supervisor: Martin Haydn record of a cyclist"s output and can be used as both
h.p.martin@hud.ac.uk a pacing and training aid. They provide data on
Title: Bicycle crankshaft expended effort more quickly and accurately than a
based power meter traditional approach using a heart rate monitor, which
Type: Design & build tend to lag and be variable day-today because of the
Skills: Analogue/digital physiology of the human cardiovascular system.
design Recent improvements in technology and a
84 Resources: Small competitive market have pushed prices down such
electronic/mechanical that power meters are beginning to be taken up by
components. keen amateur cyclists though they are still
Group: Not Related prohibitively expensive for many. This project will
Company: research current power meter technologies then
Area: Electrical_Engineering investigate the development of a low cost system.
A: Active and available for There are two probable avenues for investigation: 1)
2019/20 A strain gauge system that measures flex on the
crank arm, 2) An optical system that monitors torsion
on the crankshaft. Electronics will be designed to
monitor sensors and provide signal conditioning. This
will then be digitised either by a commercial DAC or

ideally a microcontroller for further data processing

e.g. calculating power from torque and rotational
velocity.
Supervisor: Ahmed Qasim

q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk Description: In this project, a low power
Title: Self powered wireless consumption energy harvesting powered wireless
sensor node sensor system with capability of a real time
Type: Design & build measurement will be designed and implemented.
Skills: Analogue design, This system will convert radio frequency (RF) energy
Microcontroller, computer to electrical energy which can be used to power
85 language, interface wireless sensor communication nodes (WSCN)s. The
Resources: Electronic project will operate at 2.4 GHz using Zig-BEE
components, standard. The data rate supported by the system will
Group: Not Related be 250 kbps. Energy harvesting, power management
Company: and wireless sensor nodes will be designed. The
Area: Electrical_Engineering wireless sensor nodes will be able to monitor
A: Active and available for temperature, light and movement of the node.
2019/20

q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk
Description: In this project, an ultra-wide bandwidth
Title: High Data Rate
(UWB) system will be designed and implemented.
Communications
This system will be able to transmit videos and large
data files for a small distance of up to 10 m. The
Skills: C++, interface,
system will support a data rate of 6.8 Mbps and the
microcontroller
86 operating frequency will be 3.1 to 10.6 GHz. A UWB
Resources: Test and
transmitter and UWB receiver will be designed. The
measurement
UWB transmitter can be connected to a battery or a
Group: Not Related
power supply. A memory might be required to store
Company:
such big file at the transmitter side. The receiver will
be connected to a computer.
2019/20

q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk
Description: In this project, a massive multiple input
Title: Implementing of
and multiple output (MIM0) system will be
Massive MIMO system
implemented. Complete communication system will
Type: Modelling
be designed and performance analysis will be carried
Skills: Matlab or C++
87 out for the system. At the transmitter side precoder
Resources: Machining time
using algebraic coding will be designed while at the
Group: Not Related
receiver side different combinations like maximal
Company:
likelihood (ML), minimum mean square error (MMSE)
and maximal ratio combining (MRC) will be deployed.
2019/20
Supervisor: Ahmed Qasim Description: In cooperative communications the

q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk signal is usually broadcasted therefore there may be
Title: Security Issues of an eavesdropper listening. In this project, a
cooperative communications cooperative communication networks will be
Type: Modelling designed such that the information is transmitted and
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Skills: Matlab coded in a manner such that eavesdropper is not
Resources: Machining time able to listen to what is transmitted. Different coding
Group: Not Related techniques will be considered like maximal likelihood
Company: (ML), minimum mean square error (MMSE) and
Area: Electrical_Engineering maximal ratio combining (MRC).


2019/20

f.khan@hud.ac.uk Description: Recently, wireless communications
Title: Machine learning in research has been focused on the techniques for the
wireless communications fifth generation (5G) wireless systems and the
Type: Modelling potential to make these networks intelligent by
Skills: Signal processing and adding machine learning. In this project, we will
90 communication investigate application of machine learning in the
Resources: PC, Matlab design of physical layer techniques in next
Group: Not Related generation wireless communications networks. The
Company: project will require broad understanding of wireless
Area: Electrical_Engineering communications concepts and knowledge of
A: Active and available for Matlab/Simulink.
2019/20

q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk Description: In this project, a three dimensional (3D)
Title: Implementing of 3D channel will be implemented. Complete channel
channel model will be designed and performance analysis will
Type: Modelling be carried out. The frequency range for the channel
Skills: Matlab will be from 0.5-100 GHz. The purpose of designing
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Resources: Machining time this channel model will be to help characterize and
Group: Not Related study the effect of device to device (D2D) in open
Company: area, street canyon and indoor scenarios. Vehicular
Area: Electrical_Engineering to vehicular (V2V) could be a special case where
A: Active and available for devices are mobile.
2019/20

q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk
Title: Wireless motor control
Description: The aim of the project is to design a
Skills: Matlab, interface,
wireless motor control system. A wireless control
microcontroller
system will be designed. The information will be
Resources: Electronic
95 transmitted wireless from the computer to the motor
components, machining time,
where the motor direction (clockwise or
RF test
anticlockwise) and accuracy (degree) will be
Group: Not Related
controlled with the help of Labview.
Company:
2019/20

f.khan@hud.ac.uk
Title: Licensed shared access
in 5G wireless
Description: Recently, licensed shared access has
communications networks
been proposed as a new paradigm for dynamic
Type: Modelling
spectrum access in upcoming 5G wireless
Skills: Signal processing and
96 communications networks. This project will study
communications
licensed shared access techniques and work on
Resources: PC, Matlab
design and development of these techniques for 5G
Group: Not Related
wireless communications networks.
Company:
2019/20


q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk
Title: Localization for 5G and
IoT systems
Type: Design & build Description: Global navigation satellite system
Skills: Matlab, C++, analogue (GNSS) suffer from limited coverage in dense urban
design areas. Furthermore, GNSS are too limited to serve
98
Resources: Electronic the increasing demands on location-awareness. The
components, machining time, aim of the project is to design new localization
Group: Not Related techniques for 5G wireless and IoT systems.
Company:
2019/20

q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk
Description: mm-Wave band allows us to deploy a
Title: Millimetre
wider bandwidth. This wider bandwidth makes the
communications
multipath profile sparse, resulting in a large number
of resolvable multipath at the receiver. The
Skills: Matlab
100 complexity of the receiver will be extreme if all these
Resources: Machining time
multipaths are resolved. New techniques will be
Group: Not Related
proposed where multipaths with higher energy are
Company:
selected and resolved, resulting in reduced
complexity and similar performance.
2019/20
Description: This project aims to design an

interconnected multi-tank control system such that
the designed closed-loop feedback system can keep
q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk
the water in each tank in the pre-given level (the level
Title: Multi-tank control
may be time varying). In order to complete the task, a
system
PCB is required to facilitate the implementation of the
feedback control approach. Lever sensors are
Skills: Matlab, analogue
required to check the water level in each tank and the
design
101 data should be acquired on-line which are used to
form feedback loop to control the water flow. The
components, machining time,
designed system should be interfaced with computer
Group: Not Related
and the real sensor data should be shown through
Company:
computer by Labview or other software. The student
should have ability in system analysis and good at
hardware and software development. It will be an
2019/20
advantage if the student has basic control system
knowledge and mathematical background.

f.khan@hud.ac.uk
Title: Non-orthogonal multiple
access techniques for Description: Non-orthogonal multiple access
cooperative communications (NOMA) is a promising radio access technique for
102 Type: Modelling next-generation wireless networks. In this project, we
Skills: Signal processing and investigate the applications of NOMA in cooperative
communications relay network to achieve higher spectrum efficiency.
Resources: PC, Matlab
Group: Not Related
Company:


2019/20
Description: This project will investigate the

employment of novel secure system techniques for
deriving encryption keys from the operating
Supervisor: Ahmed Qasim characteristics of devices comprising the Internet of
q.ahmed@hud.ac.uk Things (IoT) focusing on dedicated sensor systems
Title: IoT technology for for sports and healthcare. The proposed system will
health and sports address issues related to the trust and providence of
Type: Design & build such devices, a lack of confidence in which inhibits
Skills: Matlab, analogue utilisation of IoT technology and prevents the
design spoofing of such devices compromising users’
103
Resources: Electronic confidential data. As the adoption of digital
components, machining time technologies expands, it becomes vital to build trust
Group: Not Related and confidence in the integrity of such technology.
Company: However, IoT systems are simpler than many
Area: Electrical_Engineering traditional devices and the ability to generate secure
A: Active and available for digital signatures from their operating characteristics
2019/20 are more limited. This project will investigate a range
of potential features which may be employed to
identify such devices and indicate the potential level
of security which may be achieved via their operation.

f.khan@hud.ac.uk Description: Millimetre wave (mmWave)
Title: Hybrid precoding communications is a promising technology for next
techniques in millimeter wave generation communication systems that will enable
wireless communications much higher data rates for future wireless
networks applications. Large antenna arrays and directional
Type: Modelling beamforming/precoding will be deployed in the
104 Skills: Signal processing and mmWave systems to realize link level margin. The
communications high cost and power consumption of mixed-signal
Resources: PC, Matlab components will require precoding to be applied in
Group: Not Related analog and digital domains. This project will
Company: investigate hybrid precoding techniques in millimetre
Area: Electrical_Engineering wave communication systems using
A: Active and available for MATLAB/Simulink based design.
2019/20

f.khan@hud.ac.uk
Title: Simulation and
performance evaluation of
MIMO-OFDM wireless Description: MIMO and OFDM wireless
communications systems technologies have been deployed in 4G wireless
Type: Modelling cellular communication systems. These technologies
105 Skills: Signal processing and have demonstrated the capability to support data
communications rates of the order of Gbps. This project will simulate a
Resources: PC, Matlab MIMO-OFDM communication system with
Group: Not Related MATLAB/Simulink and carry out its performance
Company:
2019/20
Supervisor: Rossall Andrew Description: The Medium Energy Ion Scattering

106 A.Rossall@hud.ac.uk (MEIS) facility at the University of Huddersfield uses
Title: Ion beam simulation for a 50-200kV He+ ion beam for nanometre scale depth
MEIS profiling of novel materials. This project will use

Type: Modelling
Skills: Strong computational
ability commercially available software to simulate the ion
Resources: PC on which to beam from source to sample, including all of the
install licensed software electrostatic focussing and steering modules and
Group: Not Related then use this model to determine the effect that an
Company: aging power supply would have on the trajectory of
Area: Electrical_Engineering the beam.
2019/20
Supervisor: Rossall Andrew

A.Rossall@hud.ac.uk Description: Additive manufacturing or 3D printing
Title: Metal additive as it is more commonly known has many advantages
manufacture over the typically used subtractive manufacturing.
Type: Modelling The 3D printing of metals, however, is significantly
Skills: Strong computational more challenging than the more commonly used
ability plastic. Using an electron beam as a heating source,
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Resources: PC on which to fine metallic powders can be melted and fused into a
install licensed software solid structure. This project will make use of open
Group: Not Related source software to simulate the interaction of the
Company: electron beam with a metallic powder, including the
Area: Electrical_Engineering energy deposition, melt pool formation and
A: Active and available for subsequent re-solidification.
2019/20
Description: Homes with solar PV system are paid

for a fixed proportion of generated power regardless
of how much is used on-site. As such home owners
can maximise economic efficiency by using as much
Supervisor: Martin Haydn of the generated power as possible. Generally this
h.p.martin@hud.ac.uk requires significant effort to manually monitor power
Title: Wireless power monitor generation and turn on appliances such as tumble
for domestic smart scheduling driers and dishwashers. Some schemes exist to
Type: Design & build divert excess generated power to battery banks or to
Skills: Programming, heat stored water. However, the former tend to be
analogue/digital design, expensive to purchase, while the latter is not so cost
embedded systems. effective as most hot water systems in the UK are run
108
Resources: Small electronic on gas which is 1/4 of the cost of electricity per kWh.
components, small computer An alternative approach is smart scheduling of high-
platform e.g. Pi Zero power domestic appliances to maximise energy use
Group: Not Related in "real-time". This can combine the benefits of low
Company: installation costs with efficient consumption
Area: Electrical_Engineering generated energy. This project will develop a low-
A: Active and available for power wireless power monitoring device system that
2019/20 measure solar generated power in a single-phase
domestic installation. The real-time data will be
communicated via domestic WIFI to the Cloud. This
data can then be used to feed into a AI platform to
implement smart scheduling.
Supervisor: Martin Haydn Description: Homes with solar PV system are paid
h.p.martin@hud.ac.uk for a fixed proportion of generated power regardless
Title: Investigation of Cloud of how much is used on-site. As such home owners
AI for domestic smart can maximise economic efficiency by using as much
109 scheduling of the generated power as possible. Generally this
Type: Software requires significant effort to manually monitor power
Skills: Programming generation and turn on appliances such as tumble
Resources: PC, smart driers and dishwashers. Some schemes exist to
sockets, energy monitoring divert excess generated power to battery banks or to

heat stored water. However, the former tend to be

expensive to purchase, while the latter is not so cost
effective as most hot water systems in the UK are run
on gas which is 1/4 of the cost of electricity per kWh.
An alternative approach is smart scheduling of high-
power domestic appliances to maximise energy use
in "real-time". This can combine the benefits of low
device.
installation costs with efficient consumption
Group: Not Related
generated energy. This project will investigate the
Company:
use of Cloud AI platforms e.g. IBM Watson to
implement smart scheduling in a domestic scenario.
Supplied data to the platform will include real-time
2019/20
generated power, weather prediction, and appliance
energy consumption profiles. Outputs from the AI
system will be the actuation of smart sockets/relays
through e.g. IFTTT, for remotely controlling
appliances. The aim is to develop a smart scheduling
system that will maximise use of generated energy at
all times. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/3/607
Description: This project will analyse a permanent

magnet generator via analytic and finite element
analysis (FEA) when configured as a brushed DC
Title: Analysis and Design of
machine and a brushless machine. The brushed DC
a Brushless Permanent
configuration will use a mechanical commutator and
Magnet Generator.
brush configuration while the brushless machine
Type: Analysis
output will be rectified by simple passive rectifiers.
Skills: FEA analysis (straight
The analysis is based around some available
forward – don’t fear this!),
machine components, hence prototypes may be
design study, mechanical and
110 assembled and tested for validation of the analysis.
electrical/electronic system
Specific objectives are (i) to carry out an analytic
build.
analysis of the brushed DC machine winding
Resources: FEMM Software
configuration, (ii) analyse the brushed DC machine
(freeware)
via FEA to predict key performance parameters, (iii)
Group: Not Related
analyse the machine connected as a brushless AC
Company:
machine, again via FEA and compare the key
performance parameters with the results from (ii) and
(iv) test the combinations on a suitably designed test-
2019/20
rig.
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel Description: Currently, the undergraduate teaching

n.schofield@hud.ac.uk of electric machines utilises hard wired test
Title: Labview Based Control equipment and machines, with data taken down by
and Measurement System for hand. The aim of this project is to design, build and
an Undergraduate Teaching test a Labview based front end controller to facilitate
Laboratory. the basic testing and recording of data for electric
Type: Design & build machine laboratories, i.e. an induction or permanent
Skills: Labview - don"t worry, magnet machine laboratory. The specific objectives
111 you will pick this up ifnot used are: (i) to complete the instrumentation of an
before. induction machine from a previous year’s project, (ii)
Resources: Analogue and develop a series of suitable machine tests that may
digital circuits, micro-controller be implementable via Labview, (iii) write/code the
Group: Not Related Labview front end controller to implement the desired
Company: machine test, and (iv) carry out tests of a machine
Area: Electrical_Engineering using current practice (you will also do this on
A: Active and available for NHE2486) and your designed scheme and compare
2019/20 the results achieved.
112 Supervisor: Schofield Nigel Description: The input of renewable energy sources
n.schofield@hud.ac.uk to local low voltage networks is becoming more and


struggles with ever changing and increasing load
Title: Assessment of Campus Renewable energy resources are highly dynamic and
Renewable Energy. somewhat intermittent compared to more traditional
Type: Design & build generation sources. Hence, they pose a challenge to
Skills: The project will include the electrical network operator in terms of effectively
basic electronic managing the resource to maximise energy transfer
instrumentation circuitry, while maintaining a stable network. The aim of the
interface of signals to a project is to assess the potential for renewable
suitable data acquisition, energy around the Engineering campus. Specific
digital micro-processor or objectives will be to (i) electronically interface a
control platform, coding of number of sensing devices for wind velocity, solar
controller functions, data irradiance, temperature, pressure, network voltages,
acquisition, post-processing currents (and frequency) to a data collection unit; (ii)
and interface scripting. assess the potential energy capture from renewable
Resources: Transducers, resources (via manipulation of measured data and
analogue and digital circuits, suitable analytic models of the various resources),
micro-controllers, power (iii) present instantaneous data (e.g. power, energy
converters. etc.) to a suitable display (and/or internet) for general
Group: Not Related information, and (iv) propose a system energy
Company: management philosophy that maximises energy
Area: Electrical_Engineering capture while maintaining network stability. The
A: Active and available for project will include basic electronic instrumentation
2019/20 circuitry, interface of signals to a suitable data
acquisition, digital micro-processor or control
platform, coding of controller functions, data
acquisition, post-processing and interface scripting.
Description: The connection of renewable energy

sources to local low voltage networks is becoming
more accepted as electrical power networks progress
to higher renewable penetration. Renewable energy
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel resources, for example, wind and solar, are highly
n.schofield@hud.ac.uk dynamic and intermittent compared to more
Title: Enhanced Frequency traditional generation sources, which imposes
Response of Transient increasing challenges to the electrical network
Energy Storage Systems. operator in terms of effectively managing the
Type: Analysis resource to maximize energy transfer and
Skills: Some Matlab, maintaining system stability. Therefore, transient
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computing, analysis skills energy storage systems (TESSs), like batteries, with
Resources: Matlab/Simulink fast charging/discharging capabilities, are suitable
Group: Not Related candidates to improve the reliability of connected
Company: renewable systems. This project will:- (a) evaluate
Area: Electrical_Engineering UK National Grid data for frequency variation over
A: Active and available for the past 4 years to find out if there is any regularity or
2019/20 trend of the data. (b) implement an “Enhanced
Frequency Response” algorithm to maintain battery
state-of-charge (SoC) within some prescribed limits.
(c) if time permits, will account for energy conversion
system losses in the analysis.
Supervisor: Schofield Nigel Description: The connection of renewable energy

n.schofield@hud.ac.uk sources to local low voltage networks is becoming
Title: Design of Energy more accepted as electrical power networks progress
114 Storage Systems to Support to higher renewable penetration. Renewable energy
Renewable Energy Schemes. resources, for example, wind and solar, are highly
Type: Analysis dynamic and intermittent compared to more
Skills: Some Matlab, traditional generation sources, which imposes
computing, analysis skills increasing challenges to the electrical network

operator in terms of effectively managing the

resource to maximize energy transfer and
maintaining system stability. Therefore, energy
storage systems, for example electrochemical
Resources: Matlab/Simulink batteries, with fast charging/discharging capabilities,
Group: Not Related are suitable candidates to improve the reliability of
Company: connected renewable systems. This project will:- (a)
Area: Electrical_Engineering study energy conversion via solar and wind schemes
A: Active and available for over a daily cycle and with seasonal variation. (b) for
2019/20 a typical installation, analyse and assess the
improvement in plant (solar cells, wind turbine)
energy conversion facilitated via the connection of a
suitably rated energy storage system. (c) develop a
sizing / design criteria for energy support systems.
Description: In a domestic mail-delivery system,

packages are delivered via a chute onto a flat surface
Supervisor: Donnelly inside a cupboard. Currently the homeowner can only
Stephen determine whether a package has been delivered by
s.e.donnelly@hud.ac.uk physically looking inside the cupboard. This aim of
Title: Package Delivery this project is to develop a system that detects that a
Detector package has been delivered and informs the
Type: Design & build householder accordingly. This will be achieved by
Skills: Ability to carry out transmitting a signal, wirelessly, either to a fixed
some simple experiments with remote device (within 10 metres) or to a mobile
sensors, analogue design, phone. The system must reset itself when the
digital design and possibly package is removed. The objectives will be: (i)
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some software skills Through paper/web-based research to find potential
depending on chosen appropriate sensors to detect the presence of one or
methodology. more packages in the system. Note that there is a
Resources: Electronic wide range of possible sensors such as those
components, test equipment. measuring impact or pressure or those employing
Group: Not Related infra-red, optical or ultrasonic waves). (ii) To carry out
Company: experimental work to determine that the sensor
Area: Electrical_Engineering chosen is fit for purpose. (iii) To design and construct
A: Active and available for the circuitry (and, if required, the software) to fully
2019/20 implement the system. The deliverable(s) of this
project will be a reliably functioning package
detection system.
Supervisor: Donnelly
Stephen Description: The aim of the project is to build a
s.e.donnelly@hud.ac.uk burglar deterrent system for an unoccupied house
Title: Burglar Deterrent that incorporates the following features: (i) infra-red
System motion (or other) detection to detect a potential
Type: Design & build burglar outside a house; (ii) activation of a unit inside
Skills: analogue design, the house that plays back a digital audio recording of
digital design and possibly a (large) barking dog and, with a delay, switches on
some software skills an internal light; (iii) automatic resetting of the device.
129 depending on chosen The objectives of the project will be to build the
methodology. internal and external units with wired or wireless
Resources: Electronic communication between them and to design and
components and test build the internal “light and sound” unit. The student
equipment; may require will be encouraged to research commercially
purchase of specialist audio available chips designed for the digital recording and
recording and playback chip playback of sound to incorporate into the internal
Group: Not Related unit.
Company:


2019/20

N.Mian@hud.ac.uk
Title: Design of a control
system to control the speed
and direction of a motor
based on temperature
dynamics Description: This project aims to design and build a
Type: Design & build control system that should be capable of controlling
Skills: Electronics, the speed of a motor with temperature dynamics.
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instrumentation, control This project will fit into the manufacturing research
systems areas where performance of machines heavily
Resources: Electronics lab, depend on the temperature input.
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20

N.Mian@hud.ac.uk
Title: Tool wear analysis with
machine learning - ANFIS
Type: Modelling Description: The project involves the use of machine
Skills: Software, learning strategy to analyse and predict tool wear in a
instrumentation, modelling machine tool. Live time-series data will be collected
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Resources: Electronics lab, from a machine tool using an accelerometer. The
Machine tool workshop student will use the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference
Group: Not Related System (ANFIS) as the machine learning tool.
Company:
2019/20

N.Mian@hud.ac.uk
Title: Tool wear analysis with
machine learning - BPNN Description: The project involves the use of machine
Type: Modelling learning strategy to analyse and predict tool wear in a
Skills: Software, machine tool. Live time-series data will be collected
instrumentation, modelling from the Cincinnati machine using an accelerometer.
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Resources: Electronics lab, Live time-series data will be collected from a machine
Machine tool workshop tool using an accelerometer. The student will use the
Group: Not Related Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) as the
Company: machine learning tool.
2019/20

N.Mian@hud.ac.uk Description: Automatic surface status recognition is
Title: Machine Learning for important for the machining performance evaluation
133 Surface Texture Analysis of modern manufacturing industries. Convolution
Type: Modelling Neural Network (CNN) is a popular and effective
Skills: Software, method for the multi-dimensional data feature
instrumentation, modelling recognition. This project is aiming to apply a CNN to


Group: Not Related
Company: machined surface examination and feature
Area: Electrical_Engineering recognition.
2019/20

N.Mian@hud.ac.uk Description: Measurements of any physical quantity
Title: Uncertainty Gauging for are prone to uncertainties and it is necessary to
Data Acquisition System for establish its traceability and reliability when depicting
Sensors Measurements experimental results. The reliability of measurements
Type: Modelling also depends on the quality and design of the data
Skills: Software, acquisition system in the entire measurement chain.
134 instrumentation, modelling The project requires computation of uncertainty
Resources: Electronics lab, contributed by the data acquisition system in a
Machine tool workshop sensor measurement setup whcih includes
Group: Not Related transmission media, electronic system, digital
Company: conversion and data sampling. This should lead to
Area: Electrical_Engineering the uncertainty gauging of the data acquisition
A: Active and available for system.
2019/20

N.Mian@hud.ac.uk
Title: Design of a DC Voltage Description: A robust displacement sensor
Regulator Circuit connected to composed of low cost commercially available slotted
a variable load photo-microsensors (SPMs) is currently in the
Type: Design & build development stage to perform displacement
Skills: Electronics, measurements with nanometre-scale resolution over
instrumentation, design and a micrometre range. The stability of the SPM head
135
modelling output depends on the stability of the input power
Resources: Electronics lab, supply. The output of the DC power supply is
Machine tool workshop susceptible to variation in mains-line power as well as
Group: Not Related the load connected at the output. It is required to
Company: design a voltage regulator circuit to regulate the
Area: Electrical_Engineering variation in output voltage
2019/20

Description: Temperature sensors are employed in
N.Mian@hud.ac.uk
variety of industrial and machine tool setups. One
Title: Stochastic Modelling of
such sensor Maxim Integrated DS18B20 1- Wire
Uncertainty in Temperature
Digital Thermometer is being used for temperature
Sensor Measurements
monitoring. However, uncertainty in measurement is
Type: Modelling
associated with the said Temperature sensors based
Skills: Software,
on various operating, environmental and data
instrumentation, modelling,
136 acquisition systems. It is required to qualitatively and
Matlab
quantitatively establish the measurement uncertainty
levels of the temperature sensors. A stochastic
scheme may then be applied to mathematically
Group: Not Related
model the uncertainty. This mathematical modelling
Company:
can be used to express the uncertainty in
measurement taking in account the said operating
conditions.
2019/20
Supervisor: Holmes Violeta Description: The aim of this project is to investigate

137 v.holmes@hud.ac.uk communication technology in the context of Internet
Title: IoT with GPS for of Things (IoT) using LoRaWAN. A prototype device

monitoring data on university

campus
Skills: Arduino and RPi
programming is to be designed and built to incorporate GPS
Resources: electronic tracking technology, temperature and humidity
components, GPS, sensors, sensing and Long Range (LoRaWAN) networking. It
GPS and LoRa shields for should be deployed on the UoH campus to measure
Arduino and RPi environment data in real-time and stream the values
Group: Not Related to a cloud or mobile devices
Company:
2019/20
Supervisor: Holmes Violeta

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Description: The aim the project is to develop a
Title: Internet of Things using
system for Internet of Things application in a smart
wireless sensors and Node-
home. The system will provide the futures which will
Red for "Smart Home"
be used to support elderly people at home without a
Type: Software
care assistant. A prototype IoT systems should be
Skills: embedded systems
designed and implemented using Raspberry Pi and
138 programming
Node-Red with temperature, accelerometer and
Resources: sensors, node-
humidity sensors. Possible application of this system
red software
could be to detect an accidental fall of an elderly
Group: Not Related
person and to measure the temperature and humidity
Company:
in a home, sending the warning messages based on
pre-defined set of conditions.
2019/20

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Title: RPi Cluster Description: The aim of this project is to create a
Type: Software RPi cluster by using a number of Raspberry Pi units,
Skills: operating systems, connected by a network, and evaluate cluster cluster
networking and programming performance using benchmarking tools and parallel
Resources: at least 3 RPi, programs. The computer cluster should have a
139
network switch and cluster master node and a number of worker nodes, and
middleware software perform as a single system. Linux Operating system
Group: Not Related and cluster middleware,, should be installed and
Company: configured in order to achieve a speed-up when
Area: Electrical_Engineering running engineering or scientific applications.
2019/20

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Title: Smart Aid Device for Description: The aim of this project is to help the
Partially Sighted visually impaired, blind or partially sighted people to
Type: Design & build navigate through an unfamiliar environment and
Skills: embedded systems made aware of the near-by obstacles. A prototype
140 programming system should be designed and built using micro-
Resources: microcontrollers controller based system and various actuators and
and a range of sensors and sensors including audio components and ultrasonic
actuators sensors.
Group: Not Related
Company:


2019/20

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Title: RFID devices in smart
homes Description: Design a prototype RFID system to
Type: Design & build operate devices and appliances when moving around
Skills: digital electronics and a house, and automate access and security in a
embedded systems home. Objectives: • investigate RFID technology and
141 programming existing RFID device for smart homes • Design
Resources: RFID tags and implement a system built around RFID technology
transponder, arduino or RPi with some of the following functions: Door Lock
Group: Not Related Access Control, Light control and Home Security •
Company: Test and Evaluate system performance
2019/20

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Title: Biometric system for
access control
Description: This project aims to integrate bio-metric
programming
system for access control into a security system
142 Resources: Arduino, optical
using Arduino-based sensors and feature extraction
fingerprint reader – fingerprint
and verification of persons’ fingerprints.
identification
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Title: Data-flow computing
Type: Experimental
Skills: FPGA, research skills
Description: This project aims to evaluate FPGA
Resources: Maxeler software
143 technology for deep learning applications using
and hardware platform
Maxeler technology
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Title: Deep-learning for
computer vision Description: This project aims to investigate deep
Type: Software learning technology for computer vision applications,
144 Skills: programming, and evaluate it on image recognition and object
research skills detection using CPU/GPU systems and python
Resources: CPU or GPU based software tools.
PC/WS or high speck laptop,
tensorflow software
Group: Not Related
Company:

2019/20

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Title: Home Security Systems
for Hard of Hearing
Description: The aim of this project is to design and
implement a device that can be used by people who
are deaf or hard of hearing to alert them about certain
programming
events and warn them about potential dangerous
145 Resources: microcotnroller
situations. A prototype systems should be build using
and a selection of sensors
Arduino and a number of sensors such as motion
and actuators
sensor (PIR or IR sensor), smoke sensor, and
Group: Not Related
indicators LEDs, and tactile devices.
Company:
2019/20

v.holmes@hud.ac.uk
Title: RFID system for
tracking people and objects
Skills: embedded systems Description: Investigate RFID technology in home
programming security, objects and people tracking and teaching
146 Resources: RFID tags and and learning. Design RFID system using tags and
transponder, and a RFID transponder and Artuino or Rpi based system
microcotroller to implement object identification.
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20
Description: Authentication is a process that allows

Supervisor: Johnson Anju a device to verify the identity of someone who
A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk connects to a network. There are many technologies
Title: Secure Multiparty currently available to authenticate users. Using
Authentication and Analysis Biometric techniques, a user’s characteristics (ex. a
using Arduino-based fingerprint) is compared to that of the stored biometric
Biometric Scanner template in order to determine the resemblance. The
Type: Design & build aim of the project is to design and develop a
Skills: Arduino, embedded biometric scanner using Arduino to authenticate a
156 system programming, true person in the system. A secure multistage
research authentication algorithm needs to be designed. An
Resources: electronic existing authentic user would be able to introduce
components, Arduino board new users to the system. The prototype design is
Group: Not Related expected to store the details of all users requesting
Company: access. The design verifies the identity using
Area: Electrical_Engineering fingerprints and analyses the data to predict the time/
A: Active and available for nature/ pattern etc. in the entry. Some amount of
2019/20 machine learning skills would be required to analyze
the data in the system.
Supervisor: Johnson Anju Description: Power dissipation in an electronic

157 A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk circuit is an unavoidable constraint. The power
Title: A Tool for Dynamic dissipation in a VLSI circuit can be classified into
Power Estimation of static and dynamic categories. Static power is the

Electronic Circuits power consumed while there is no circuit activity.

Type: Software Dynamic power is power consumed while the circuit
Skills: Computer is active. The project requires to design ways of
programming (C/ C++/python/ estimating dynamic power in MCNC benchmark
matlab etc), research circuits. The aim is to use toggle rate calculation for
Resources: Software predicting the dynamic power consumption. The tool
programming tools, bench should be able to identify the parts of the circuit that
mark electronic circuits can benefit from power optimization. The design
Group: Not Related requires programming skill in any computer
Company: programming language. The student is expected to
Area: Electrical_Engineering design a tool which inputs a benchmark circuit (a file)
A: Active and available for and deliver the power estimation of the circuit. There
2019/20 is a need to design a GUI of the tool.
Description: An electrocardiogram (ECG) is an

Supervisor: Johnson Anju examination which measures the electrical activity of
A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk the heart to identify whether or not it is working
Title: Design of Personal normally. An ECG device uses the surface
Care ECG system with measurement of the electrical potential generated by
Arduino electrical activity in cardiac tissue to determine the
Type: Design & build rhythm. The project aims at developing an Arduino
Skills: Arduino, embedded based electrocardiogram (ECG) heart monitoring
system programming, system. The collected ECG samples are then
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research compressed using ECG compression algorithm for
Resources: Electronic lightweight biomedical applications. Previously
components, Arduino board collected samples are compared to the new samples.
Group: Not Related Details of changes in rhythm, frequency, conduction
Company: time, heart axis, R wave size, ST, T wave, etc are
Area: Electrical_Engineering recorded. The collected data would be used to
A: Active and available for predict the time/ nature/ pattern etc. in the entry.
2019/20 Some amount of machine learning skills would be
required to analyze the ECG graph in the system.
Supervisor: Johnson Anju

A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk
Description: Mobile robots need to be designed to
Title: Smooth and Reliable
move around in safe and effective ways. There are
Obstacle Avoiding Robot
many techniques that can be used for obstacle
using Raspberry Pi
avoidance. The project aims at developing an
obstacle avoiding robot using Raspberry Pi and
Skills: Raspberry Pi
ultrasonic sensors. The student is expected to
programming, embedded
implement a neural network-based controller for
system programming,
159 driving the robot. The neural network is expected to
research
provide a constant drive signal to enable a smooth
and reliable transition. The work would also analyze
components, Raspberry Pi
the unreliability of sensors, particularly noise in the
programming, sensors.
ultrasonic sensors. The project is expected to
Group: Not Related
examine ways to process the noisy sensor data and
Company:
provide necessary rectification for smooth obstacle
avoidance behavior.
2019/20
Supervisor: Johnson Anju Description: Target recognition is the ability of the

A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk device to recognize targets based on data obtained
Title: Smooth and Reliable from sensors. There are many techniques that can be
160 Target Detection Robot using used for target detection. The project aims at
Raspberry Pi developing a target detecting robot using Raspberry
Type: Design & build Pi and Camera Module. The student is expected to
Skills: Raspberry Pi implement an algorithm to scan the pattern in the
programming, embedded captured image to analyze the presence of the target.

system programming,
research
A neural network-based controller needs to be
designed for driving the robot. The neural network is
expected to provide a constant drive signal to enable
programming, sensors.
a smooth and reliable transition. The work needs
Group: Not Related
analysis of the robot behavior when more than one
Company:
target is present and examine ways to prioritize the
targets.
2019/20
Description: Random numbers find applications in a

Supervisor: Johnson Anju variety of fields including cryptography to provide
A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk security in modern systems for confidentiality,
Title: FPGA based Stochastic authentication, electronic commerce, etc. This project
Random Number Generator will explore the development of a digital system to
Type: Design & build generate random numbers which are synthesized
Skills: FPGA programming and implemented on an FPGA device using
(VHDL/Verilog ), research stochastic algorithms. The student needs to design
161
Resources: FPGA algorithms for generating random numbers. The
development kit. algorithm needs to be neural network based,
Group: Not Related designed using hardware description language
Company: (HDL), and implemented on the FPGA. The
Area: Electrical_Engineering generated random numbers need to be collected
A: Active and available for back to the computer for analysis. NIST statistical
2019/20 tests need to be used to prove the of the quality of
randomness.
Description: Technological advancements in the

field of Internet of Things enables innovative products
and services that rely on novel hardware platforms.
A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk
Due to the high demand for computing requirements,
Title: Pmod Wifi Interface for
cloud and data centre architectures are moving
FPGA based IoT Network
toward accelerated computing. One such important
technological advancement is in the use of FPGAs,
Skills: FPGA programming
which are currently being employed in most
(VHDL/Verilog ), research
162 innovative cloud computing services. This project will
Resources: FPGA
explore the development of a Wifi interface for Xilinx
development kit
FPGA and using Pmod Wifi module (Digilent) for
Group: Not Related
developing an IoT network. The student needs to
Company:
demonstrate successful transmission and reception
of data between the FPGA and a device of your
choice using the PMOD interface. Data processing in
2019/20
the FPGA using an encryption algorithm would be an
application to demonstrate.
Description: A pacemaker is an electrical stimulator

that discharges electrical current to contract the heart
A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk
muscles. This project aims at developing a bio-
Title: FPGA based Bio-
inspired neural network generating a constant
inspired Pacemaker
frequency fault-tolerant pulse for biomedical
applications such as pacemakers. Fault-Tolerant
Skills: FPGA programming
163 techniques based on spiking neural networks need to
(VHDL/Verilog), research
be designed to generate a reliable FPGA-based
Resources: FPGA
pulse generator. The heart of the pacemaker system
development kit, electronic
rests in the pulse generator which forms the major
components
portion of the project. Activity sensors such as
Group: Not Related
pedometers are used to capture the movements to
Company:
design the required pulse rate for normal working of
the pacemaker. The student needs to develop a

A: Active and available for lightweight design in terms of area and power
2019/20 consumption to deliver a portable design.

A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk
Title: Internet of Things Description: In a smart home various electric and
enabled Smart Door using electronic appliance are wired up to a central control
Raspberry Pi system. With the advent of the Internet of things, any
Type: Design & build device can be operated and controlled using built-in
Skills: Raspberry Pi sensors and electronic controllers, over the network.
164 programming, research This project will explore ways to design a smart door
Resources: Raspberry Pi, opening system from a phone using a Raspberry Pi
electronic components based design. A camera captures the image of a
Group: Not Related person for verification to enable or disable the door
Company: opening system. Raspberry Pi web server will be
Area: Electrical_Engineering used to support wireless controlling of the door.
2019/20

A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk
Description: Image processing uses algorithms for
Title: Object recognition using
extracting useful information from it. This project
Machine Learning for
would investigate various appearance-based object
computer vision
recognition algorithms using Matlab. There are
Type: Software
several techniques for object recognition in which
Skills: programming,
165 subspace learning for computer vision applications
research
have gained great interests in the recent years.
Resources: Matlab
Subspace learning techniques are investigated in the
Group: Not Related
project. Considerable amount of machine learning
Company:
skills and mathematical problem-solving ability would
be required to design and implement the project.
2019/20

A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk Description: Random numbers find applications in a
Title: Random Number variety of fields including cryptography to provide
Generator using Stochastic security in modern systems for confidentiality,
Spiking Neural Network authentication, electronic commerce, etc. This project
Type: Software will explore ways of developing random numbers
Skills: programming, system using spiking neural network. The student
166
research needs to design stochastic algorithms for generating
Resources: Matlab random numbers. The algorithm needs to be spiking
Group: Not Related neural network based and designed in Matlab. The
Company: generated random numbers need to be tested using
Area: Electrical_Engineering NIST statistical suite to prove the of the quality of
A: Active and available for randomness.
2019/20

A.Johnson@hud.ac.uk Description: Fear learning has been a strong source
Title: Fear Learning Models of inspiration for developing flexible and adaptive
for Intelligent Robots artificial intelligence in electronic systems. The
Type: Design & build project aims at developing a robot movement
167 Skills: Raspberry Pi following an unexpected event which induces a fear.
programming, embedded The student is expected to implement a neural
system programming, network-based controller for driving the robot
research establishing an obstacle avoidance task, which gets
Resources: Electronic modified intelligently to adapt to a fearful situation.

programming, sensors
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20
Supervisor: Lazaridis Pavlos

p.lazaridis@hud.ac.uk
Title: Design, construction,
Description: The aim of the project is to design,
and measurement of a HiFi
build, and measure a HiFi headphone amplifier.
headphone amplifier
Good skills in electronics design, NI Multisim
(analogue electronics)
simulation software and practical electronics will be
needed for this project. Also, extensive audio
Skills: Analogue electronics,
171 measurements with oscilloscope – spectrum analyser
Multisim, PCB construction,
will determine the performance achieved (e.g. output
soldering, measurements
power vs linearity – T.H.D Total Harmonic Distortion).
Resources: Multisim, PCB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_harmonic_distortion,
Group: Not Related
Comments: Strongly recommended prerequisite
Company:
module: ASI-NHE2482 !!!
2019/20

and measurement of FM
Broadcasting power amplifier Description: The aim of the project is to design,
(analogue electronics & build, and measure FM broadcasting power
Communications). amplifiers. Good skills in electronics design, NI
Type: Design & build Multisim simulation software (and possibly Keysight
Skills: Analogue electronics, ADS) and practical electronics, RF design, will be
172 Comms, Multisim, PCB needed for this project. Also, extensive
construction, soldering, measurements with oscilloscope – spectrum analyser
measurements will determine the performance achieved (gain,
Resources: Multisim, PCB, output power, spectral purity, efficiency, stability).
RF test and measurement kit Strongly recommended NIE2226 - NHE2482, and
Group: Not Related possibly NHE2484.
Company:
2019/20

Title: Pure Class A
build, and measure a pure Class A HiFi headphone
headphone amplifier
amplifier. Good skills in electronics design, NI
Multisim simulation software and practical electronics
will be needed for this project. Also, extensive audio
173 measurements with oscilloscope – spectrum analyser
soldering, measurements
will determine the performance achieved (e.g. output
power vs linearity – T.H.D Total Harmonic Distortion).
Group: Not Related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_harmonic_distortion,
Company:
Strongly recommended prerequisite module: ASI-
NHE2482 !!!
2019/20


Title: Design, build, and
measure linear UHF TV
broadcasting power amplifiers
build, and measure linear UHF TV broadcasting
power amplifiers. Good skills in electronics design, NI
Multisim simulation software (and Keysight ADS) and
Comms, Multisim, PCB
practical electronics, RF design, will be required for
construction, soldering,
174 this project. Also, extensive measurements with
measurements
oscilloscope – spectrum analyser will determine the
performance achieved (gain, output power, spectral
construction, RF test and
purity, efficiency, stability). Strongly recommended
measurement kit
prerequisite modules: NIE2226, NHE2484,
Group: Not Related
NHE2482 !!!
Company:
2019/20

and measurement of linear
HF power amplifiers
(analogue electronics,
build, and measure linear HF shortwave power
communications).
amplifiers. Good skills in electronics design, NI
Multisim simulation software (and possibly Keysight
ADS) and practical electronics, RF design, will be
Communications, Multisim,
175 needed for this project. Also, extensive
PCB construction, soldering,
measurements with oscilloscope – spectrum analyser
measurements
will determine the performance achieved (gain,
output power, spectral purity, efficiency, stability).
construction, RF test and
Strongly recommended NIE2226 - NHE2482, and
measurement kit
possibly NHE2484.
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20

Title: Improved transistor
Description: SPICE parameter extraction techniques
modelling in Multisim
will be explored in order to improve BJT transistor
(analogue electronics)
modelling in Multisim. Several transistors will be used
Type: Modelling
and measured, e.g. general purpose BC547 and
176 BC557, as well as medium power transistors such as
Multisim, measurements
BD137 and BD138. Good skills in electronics design,
Resources: Multisim
NI Multisim simulation software and practical
Group: Not Related
electronics will be needed for this project. Strongly
Company:
recommended prerequisite module: ASI-NHE2482 !!!
2019/20
Supervisor: Lazaridis Pavlos Description: The aim of the project is to design,

177 p.lazaridis@hud.ac.uk build, and measure HF shortwave automatic antenna
Title: Design, construction, tuners. Good skills in electronics design, NI Multisim
and measurement of HF simulation software (and possibly Keysight ADS) and

automatic antenna tuners

(analogue electronics,
communications).
Communications, Multisim, practical electronics, RF design, will be needed for
PCB construction, soldering, this project. Also, extensive measurements with a
measurements Vector Network Analyser (VNA) will be required.
Resources: Multisim, PCB, Strongly recommended NIE2226 - NHE2482, and
RF test and measurement kit possibly NHE2484.
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20

Title: Software Defined Radio
RF signal-strength
measurements
Type: Design & build Description: Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a
Skills: Analogue electronics, relatively new technology that can be used for
Communications, Multisim, accurate RF signal-strength measurements and
178 PCB construction, soldering, spectrum analysis. Some MATLAB and Raspberry Pi
measurements programming skills will be required for this project.
Resources: Multisim, PCB, Strongly recommended prerequisite modules:
RF test and measurement kit NIE2226 and NHE2484 !!!
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20

Title: Drone project for
IMechE competition
179 soldering, measurements Description: TBD
construction,
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20

Title: Raspberry Pi based Description: Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a
SDR spectral analysis relatively new technology that can be used for
Type: Design & build accurate RF spectrum analysis. Some MATLAB and
180
Skills: Analogue electronics, Raspberry Pi programming skills will be required for
Communications, Multisim, this project. Strongly recommended prerequisite
PCB construction, soldering, modules: NIE2226 and NHE2484 !!!
measurements
Resources: Multisim, PCB,

RF test and measurement kit

Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20
Description: Aim: Develop a track geometry

recording system capable of measuring the track
geometry of the University Railway Challenge track
and which could be deployed on the competition
track at Stapleford. Track data recorded by the
system would be used to optimise the dynamic
performance of the Team"s locomotive. Background:
The Railway Challenge is an annual competition run
by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
Supervisor: Shackleton
which entails the design and manufacture of a
Philip
miniature (10 1/4 inch gauge) railway locomotive in
p.shackleton@hud.ac.uk
accordance with a set of rules and a technical
Title: Railway Challenge:
specification. At the end of each academic year, a
Track geometry measurement
competition weekend takes place where the teams
and recording system
compete against each other to test their locomotive
designs and determine a winner. See
Skills: Instrumentation,
http://www.imeche.org/railwaychallenge for details.
Programming, Data
The University of Huddersfield has had a Railway
247 processing, Analogue design
Challenge team since 2013 which has been formed
Resources: Railway
of BEng and MEng mechanical, electrical and
Challenge lab, loco and
electronic engineering students. Each student
resources
undertakes a project on a specific area of research
Group: IMechE Railway
and development and contributes to the team effort
Challenge
through their project deliverables. Coordination of the
Company:
individual projects and integration in to the final
competition vehicle is managed by a group of MEng
students, however, the Railway Challenge is a team
2019/20
effort and as such all students are expected to
contribute to achieving the common goal of entering
a winning vehicle in the competition event. This will
require dedication of time to attending team
meetings, building the vehicle and participating in the
competition weekend at the end of June. It should be
noted that the competition weekend is held after the
end of the academic year and participation is
expected.
Supervisor: Shackleton Description: Aim: Develop a "last mile" power supply

Philip for the Railway Challenge locomotive. Similar to an
p.shackleton@hud.ac.uk Uninterruptible Power Supply, the Last Mile power
Title: A "last mile" power supply will provide power to the locomotive when the
supply for the Railway prime mover (currently a petrol generator) is switched
Challenge locomotive off. This project reflects a real need from urban mass
Type: Design & build transit systems where running of engines and
248 Skills: CAD, Analogue overhead power cables are prohibited in modern city
electronics, Control, centres. Background: The Railway Challenge is an
Instrumentation, Power and annual competition run by the Institution of
Energy Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) which entails the
Resources: Railway design and manufacture of a miniature (10 1/4 inch
Challenge lab, loco and gauge) railway locomotive in accordance with a set of
resources rules and a technical specification. At the end of each
Group: IMechE Railway academic year, a competition weekend takes place
Challenge where the teams compete against each other to test

their locomotive designs and determine a winner.

See http://www.imeche.org/railwaychallenge for
details. The University of Huddersfield has had a
Railway Challenge team since 2013 which has been
formed of BEng and MEng mechanical, electrical and
electronic engineering students. Each student
undertakes a project on a specific area of research
and development and contributes to the team effort
through their project deliverables. Coordination of the
Company:
individual projects and integration in to the final
competition vehicle is managed by a group of MEng
2019/20
expected.
Description: The aim of this project is to understand

the required operating modes of the locomotive for
the competition and develop a user friendly Human
Machine Interface that allows the driver to control the
locomotive with ease. The project will include an
assessment of the interface against the latest
ergonomic and human factors theories. Evaluation of
the chosen system(s) will need to be carried out and
Supervisor: Shackleton a full specification for the chosen system produced.
Philip The Railway Challenge is an annual competition run
p.shackleton@hud.ac.uk by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
Title: Development of a which entails the design and manufacture of a
Human-Machine-Interface for miniature (10¼” gauge) railway locomotive in
the Railway Challenge accordance with a set of rules and a technical
Locomotive specification. At the end of each academic year, a
Type: Design & build competition weekend takes place where the teams
Skills: CAD, Analogue compete against each other to test their locomotive
electronics, Control, designs and determine a winner. See
249
Instrumentation, Power and http://www.imeche.org/railwaychallenge for details.
Energy The University of Huddersfield has had a Railway
Resources: Railway Challenge team since 2013 which has been formed
Challenge lab, loco and of BEng and MEng mechanical, electrical and
resources electronic engineering students. Each student
Group: Not Related undertakes a project on a specific area of research
Company: and development and contributes to the team effort
Area: Electrical_Engineering through their project deliverables. Coordination of the
A: Active and available for individual projects and integration in to the final
2019/20 competition vehicle is managed by a group of MEng


expected.
Description: Aim: To design and/or specify a prime

mover and its integration into the HudRail locomotive.
The prime mover will be optimised for the Railway
Challenge competition and the requirements of the
locomotive"s drive and transmission systems.
Background: The Railway Challenge is an annual
competition run by the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers (IMechE) which entails the design and
Supervisor: Shackleton manufacture of a miniature (10 1/4 inch gauge)
Philip railway locomotive in accordance with a set of rules
p.shackleton@hud.ac.uk and a technical specification. At the end of each
Title: Railway Challenge: academic year, a competition weekend takes place
Prime mover where the teams compete against each other to test
Type: Design & build their locomotive designs and determine a winner.
Skills: Control, Energy, See http://www.imeche.org/railwaychallenge for
Engineering Mathematics, details. The University of Huddersfield has had a
Team Working. Interest Railway Challenge team since 2013 which has been
254
Resources: Railway formed of BEng and MEng mechanical, electrical and
Challenge lab and group electronic engineering students. Each student
resources undertakes a project on a specific area of research
Group: IMechE Railway and development and contributes to the team effort
Challenge through their project deliverables. Coordination of the
Company: individual projects and integration in to the final
Area: Electrical_Engineering competition vehicle is managed by a group of MEng
A: Active and available for students, however, the Railway Challenge is a team
2019/20 effort and as such all students are expected to
expected.
Supervisor: Ge Xiaocheng Description: Headway is a measurement of the

x.ge@hud.ac.uk distance or time between individual vehicles in a
Title: Development of a tool transit system. It is a key measurement in analysing
for analysing and visualising and improving the performance and capacity of any
headways and buffer times in transit system. Meanwhile, there is a minimum
UK’s railway timetable and requirement of headway to keep the safety of the
route map operation of a transit system. In railway, the headway
Type: Software is calculated and planned when a new timetable is
259
Skills: Math, and released. But in real time, the headway is varied to
programming cope with different emerging circumstances. The
Resources: Computer project is to develop a simple tool which can visualise
Group: Not Related the real-time headways of trains in the network so
Company: that it is easier to identify the key factors which are
Area: Electrical_Engineering affecting the capacity of the rail network. The student
A: Active and available for will need some basic skills of programming (any
2019/20 language).
Supervisor: Williamson Description: This project aims to develop a

James distributed wireless temperature monitoring system
285 james.f.williamson@hud.ac.uk based upon the low-cost ESP32 Wi-Fi SoC to record
Title: Distributed temperature data from multiple precision metrology
environmental monitoring for laboratories and upload it to the cloud. It is critical

that instruments for surface measurement of

precision engineering components remain at a
constant temperature. Variation in room temperature
precision engineering
can cause changes to measurement results due to
research labs
measurement system changes and thermal
expansion of the parts under measurement. For
Skills: digital electronics,
these reasons it is important to temperature control
embedded, C++
metrology laboratories, with this system providing an
Resources: ESP32 dev kit,
early warning system for out of tolerance temperature
18B20 sensors
rooms. Temperature data will be uploaded to an
Group: Not Related
Amazon AWS IoT Core repository. The project will
Company:
develop a low power board and associated sensors
to be powered by a mains to 5V supply or battery and
include the ability to calibrate the digital temperature
2019/20
sensors. Deliverables: - Temperature measurement
hardware - ESP32 firmware - Setup instructions for
addition of further sensors.
Supervisor: Williamson
Description: Closed-loop temperature control of
James
scientific instruments is an established and important
james.f.williamson@hud.ac.uk
feature to ensure long-term stability of instruments
Title: Closed-loop
and the resulting measurements. The Centre for
temperature control of
Precision Technologies design, build and test new
precision instrumentation
optical interferometers for measurement of precision
chassis
engineering surfaces. The aim of this project is to
design and build a closed-loop digital temperature
286 Skills: analogue or digital,
control system to maintain the interferometer base at
control theory, embedded,
a constant temperature to limit the effect of external
PID
temperature changes on the accuracy of the
Resources: provided by CPT
interferoemter measurements. You will first measure
Group: Not Related
the daily environmental temperature changes and
Company:
then use self-adhesive silicone heating pads and
electronics of your design to control the
interferometer base plate.
2019/20

implement a low cost, battery powered CO2 sensor,
Supervisor: Williamson connected via WiFi or LoRaWAN to a cloud server for
James storage of data. Measurements of Carbon Dioxide
james.f.williamson@hud.ac.uk (CO2) levels (ppm) are currently used at the
Title: IoT monitoring of CO2 University to inform of patterns of room utilisation. For
levels for automatic study of building management purposes it is important to
room utilisation compare actual room utilisation to room bookings and
Type: Design & build ensure that this matches planned occupancy so that
Skills: embedded, C++, building management systems (BMS) can ensure
287 digital electronics sufficient heating, cooling or air circulation while
Resources: CO2 sensor, balancing the University"s need to reduce their
ESP32 dev kit or LoRaWAN carbon footprint. This data is also used to determine
access over and underused communal spaces to inform
Group: Not Related university planning policies, deciding what rooms are
Company: needed and if new rooms meet the described need.
Area: Electrical_Engineering Upon completion of your project, detection of rising
A: Active and available for CO2 levels will be correlated to room occupancy and
2019/20 the finished project will be compared to expensive
commercial sensors as well as be deployed to areas
not currently covered by existing sensors.
288 Supervisor: Williamson Description: DRAFT. This project involves the

James design, build and testing of a network of internet

connected temperature sensors for monitoring of hot

water temperature. In order to eliminate the risk of
Legionella bacteria in its hot water supply, the
james.f.williamson@hud.ac.uk University must regularly test the temperature of
Title: Distributed water every hot water tap on campus. Water temperatures
temperature sensor network exceeding 58 C eliminate 99% of Legionella bacteria
for cost/energy savings in while temperatures above 60 C are shown to
Legionella prevention eliminate 100%. However, regular testing of water
Type: Design & build temperature is both wasteful and time consuming
Skills: embedded, C++, leading to unnecessary expense and an increase in
digital electronics carbon footprint. By automatically monitoring the
Resources: ESP32 dev kit or temperature of hot water sources, the university will
LoRaWAN access be able to eliminate manual measurement of some
Group: Not Related regularly used hot taps, removing the requirement for
Company: maintenance staff to visit and run them to test exit
Area: Electrical_Engineering point temperature. You will consult with the
A: Active and available for University’s Carbon and Energy Reduction Officer on
2019/20 current practice, calculate cost and energy use break
even points for your system and design, build and
demonstrate such a network of temperature sensors
utilising either WiFi or LoRa wireless hardware.
James
james.f.williamson@hud.ac.uk Description: The aim of this project is to develop
Title: Miniature wireless miniature hardware to capture 3 axis vibration data
accellerometer for capture, from machine tool platforms then process and stream
processing and streaming of it to a local database via WiFi. The current solution
machine tool vibration used by the Centre for Precision Technologies relies
Type: Design & build on a Raspberry Pi and an accellerometer
Skills: C++, embedded, communicating via I2C over a long wire. The
289 digital resulting noise from the long I2C connection is not
Resources: Provided by acceptable while the Raspberry Pi is too large and
CPT: ESP32 dev kit, heavy to mount on-machine. The solution you will
accellerometer explore is combination of the existing I2C
Group: Not Related accellerometer paired with a small, light and
Company: Collaborator: Dr inexpensive ESP32 module to capture, process and
Simon Fletcher stream the vibration data to an SQLlite database
Area: Electrical_Engineering connected to the local network.
2019/20
James
Title: Machine vision for Description: The aim of this project is to
powder deposition area automatically measure the area of powder deposited
measurement in on the plunger of a tablet press using machine vision
pharmaceutical tablet presses techniques. Tablets in the pharmaceutical industry
Type: Software are manufactured in a continuous process, however
296 Skills: Machine Vision, build-up of the tablet binding powders on tablet press
OpenCV components leads to product quality issues. This
Resources: Tablet press project will determine the area and methods of build-
plungers. Supplied. up and feed into work to develop a miniature surface
Group: Not Related topography measurement tool for in-line inspection of
Company: tablet press components.
2019/20

James
build a WiFi connected smart bin to automatically
weigh various waste streams in a catering
Title: Internet connected
environment and upload the data to the cloud for
smart bin for automatic food
storage in an SQL database. The University of
waste zoning
Huddersfield currently send all compostable waste
Type: Design
from the HuddersFood kitchens away for biodigestion
Skills: embedded, C++,
instead of flushing or incinerating it. Environmental
digital electronics
297 coordinators at the University of Huddersfield want to
Resources: ESP32 dev kit or
improve the recycling of compostable waste in the
LoRaWAN access.
refectory/serving areas by diverting it from general
Group: Not Related
waste and incineration towards composting by
Company: In collaboration
biodigesting, which creates useful biogas and
with HuddersFood and
fertilizers. The outcome of this project will be used to
Estates
automatically monitor the weight of diverted waste to
allow university staff to calculate the improvement in
waste management and reduction in carbon footprint.
2019/20
Description: The aim of this project is to implement,

test and deploy an internet connected microcontroller
which can read Modbus communications from
industrial environment control systems and relay
Supervisor: Williamson them to a local SQL database via WiFi. This will be
James used by staff in the University of Huddersfield Estates
james.f.williamson@hud.ac.uk team as a toolbox to remotely monitor and debug
Title: An internet connected problem hardware. Current practice is to reduce the
Modbus toolbox for energy University"s carbon footprint by scaling down fluid
efficiency debugging and air pumping during times where room/space
Type: Design & build utilisation is low (such as at night or in unused
298 Skills: digital electronics, rooms). The pumps and fan units involved in this
embedded process are controlled by a central building
Resources: ESP32 dev kit management system (BMS) which sends signals to a
Group: Not Related variable frequency drive (VFD) to throttle each fan
Company: and pump. These VFDs output their power usage
Area: Electrical_Engineering and frequency using the Modbus protocol, but are
A: Active and available for mostly not connected in a closed loop to the BMS.
2019/20 This project will allow Estates team members to
deploy a tool to debug and investigate high energy
usage areas of the university and check that the
fans/pumps are throttling up and down as promised
by the system designers.
Supervisor: Antunes Pedro Description: The railway train energy collection is

p.antunes@hud.ac.uk ensured through the pantograph-catenary interface.
Title: Develop Actuator and The catenary is the structure that runs along the track
Sensing Systems for a Scaled and carries electric current. This current is collected
Pantograph Test Rig by the pantograph, which is normally mounted on the
Type: Design & build roof of the train. The purpose of this project is to plan
Skills: General electronics; and build the actuation and sensing systems to be
305 Sensing, actuation and control installed in a scaled model of the pantograph test rig,
systems; Simulink. similar to the one that is currently being built at the
Resources: electronic University of Huddersfield - Institute of Railway
components Research. The student should have
Group: Industrially related knowledge/interest on low cost control systems, such
Company: Simpro - Institute as Arduino and/or others/, and its interface with
of Railway Research Simulink/Matlab.


2019/20
Supervisor: Gu Fengshou
Description: Waste heat and vibro-acoustics are
f.gu@hud.ac.uk
inevitably produced in different machines such as
Title: Developing a thermal
electric machines and devices. The project will
Imaging and vibro-acoustics
investigate the inherent models between the waste
based Convolutional Neural
heat generated and vibro-acoustics. Both thermal
Network for Fault Diagnosis of
Images and vibro-acoustics data will be collected
Electric Machines
from machines such as motors and generators. A
311 Type: Analysis
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) will be
Skills: matlab and dynamics
established to modelling the links between these two
Resources: machining time
physical effect. Then the CNN models will be used to
Group: Not Related
evaluate the performance of detecting and
Company:
diagnosing various faults that induced manually to
the machines. Finally, the physical mechanisms of
the diagnostic achievements will be investigated
2019/20
Supervisor: Vishnyakov
Vladimir
v.vishnyakov@hud.ac.uk
Title: Process monitoring Description: The project aim is to develop hardware
system and software solution for data collection from a
Type: Design & build working material processing system Objectives: 1.
Skills: Matlab, analogue and develop signal conditioning and acquisition hardware
313 digital design solution 2. develop software monitoring system 3.
Resources: electronic store and retrieve data for the processes
components Deliverables: 1. electronic system for signal
Group: Not Related conditioning and acquisition 2. software for system
Company: monitoring 3. functioning data storage solution
2019/20
Supervisor: Vishnyakov
Vladimir
Description: The project aim is to analyse available
v.vishnyakov@hud.ac.uk
methods of solar energy collection and tailor the
Title: Optimisation of solar
methods to the energy requirements objectives: 1.
energy collection
analysis of solar energy and the energy collection
Type: Analysis
methods 2. analysis of end user energy requirements
Skills: data gathering and
314 3. tailor energy collection methods and energy
analysis
transformation methods to the user needs
Resources: web access
deliverables: 1. report on solar energy collection
Group: Not Related
methods 2. analisys of energy requrements for a
Company:
particular (student choise) consumption sector. 3.
tailored energy supply chain
2019/20
Supervisor: Vishnyakov Description: The project aims to develop electronic

Vladimir and hardware systems in order to provide optimal
v.vishnyakov@hud.ac.uk solar energy collection objectives 1. develop sun
Title: Intelligent sun tracking tracking system 2. design hardware to provide sun
315 solar system tracking 3. develop software to account for weather
Type: Design and season variations. deliverables: 1. electronic
Skills: Matlab solution for the tracking system 2. schematic of
Resources: electronic mechanical tracking system 3. software solution for
components environmental variables
Group: Not Related

Company:
2019/20
Supervisor: Hafeez Maryam

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk
Title: Characterizing Latency Description: The project is geared towards
for LTE-A understanding of an LTE cellular network
Type: Software performance and different underlying performance
Skills: Python, C, Embedded determinants. The student will devise a logging
Systems solution which will employ MobileInsight to analyze
324
Resources: Android Phone, the traffic traces and latency. These traces will be
Desktop PC analyzed on the PC version of MobileInsight through
Group: Not Related Python based data analytics providing insights on
Company: network level latency. [1]
Area: Electrical_Engineering http://www.mobileinsight.net/
2019/20
Supervisor: Hafeez Maryam Description: The project should focus on simulation-

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk based performance evaluation of LoRA IoT wireless
Title: Simulation of IoT networks. The project should look at possibilities of
Networks self-configuration of the LoRA networks based on the
Type: Experimental performance parameters. Candidate will employ open
Skills: C, Python source LoRA simulator which is written in python
325 Resources: Linux PC with from
Python http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/sites/lora/lorasim.html
Group: Not Related To implement optimal parameter selection as in [1]
Company: M. Bor and U. Roedig, "LoRa Transmission
Area: Electrical_Engineering Parameter Selection," 2017 13th International
A: Active and available for Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor
2019/20 Systems (DCOSS), Ottawa, ON, 2017, pp. 27-34.

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk
Title: Communication through
Visible Light
Type: Design & build Description: Visible light based communication or
Skills: Python, C, Embedded LiFi has attracted a lot of interest for various
Systems applications. In this project, student will develop a
326 Resources: LED, Solar LED based visible light transmitter and a photo-
Panel, Amplifiers, ADC, diode/solar panel based receiver and quantify its
MCUs packet error rate under various light settings which
Group: Not Related cause interference to the intended communication.
Company:
2019/20

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk
Title: Industrial monitoring Description: This project explore sensors for
using LoRa IoT network monitoring train track such as strain, vibration etc.
Type: Design & build and will employ LoRA IoT network for transmitting the
327
Skills: Python, C, Embedded collected data. The collected data will be used for
Systems proactive maintenance based on known acceptable
Resources: vibration motor, quality thresholds.
embedded sensor, LoPY,
Group: Not Related

Company:
2019/20

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk
Title: Color recognition on
Mobile Robot
Description: The aim of this project is to build a
Skills: C, Python
mobile robot which can recognize a color and move
Resources: Robot chassis
328 towards it. The student will use CMUCam which has
with dc motors, motor shield,
built in color recognition capabilities with Raspberry
Arduino, PixyCam
Pi and mobile robot chassis.
Group: Not Related
Company:
2019/20

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk
Title: Obstacle avoidance
robot
Type: Design & build Description: This project is geared towards
Skills: Python, C, Embedded developing raspberry pi based ground robot which
Systems can go to a defined goal while avoiding obstacles.
329 Resources: Raspberry Pi, Ultrasonic and infrared sensors are employed by
Robot Chassis with DC motor robot to avoid the obstacles. If time permits, different
and wheel encoder obstacle avoidance algorithms can be tested on the
Group: Not Related robotic platfom.
Company:
2019/20

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk
Title: Latency
Characterization of CoAP and Description: The project is geared towards
MQTT understanding of end-to-end latency of IoT protocols
Type: Design & build such as CoAP and MQTT. The student will
Skills: Python, C, Embedded implement the client and server on Polycom"s LoPY
330 Systems and will measure the end-to-end latency of both
Resources: PyCom"s LoPY protocols. The latency will be characterized in direct
modules, Raspberry Pi mode and in the cloud computing mode, whereby
Group: Not Related both protocols are used to connect to cloud platform
Company: such as IBM Watson
2019/20

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk
Title: Software Defined Radio Description: The aim of this project is to design and
Type: Design & build develop a small LTE network running on
331
Skills: Python, C commercially available SDRs to study the parameter
Resources: SDR, Linux PC settings and functioning of the LTE network.
Group: Not Related
Company:

2019/20

M.Hafeez@hud.ac.uk
Title: Blockchain for IoT
Skills: C, Python Description: The aim of this project is to study and
332 Resources: PC, dataset implementation of Blockchain algorithms for providing
Group: Not Related security in IoT networks.
Company:
2019/20

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output voltage. At any given speed, the PM induces a

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