Professor Pawel Niewczas
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Area of Expertise
Sensor development
- Development of spectrally encoded sensor devices exploiting intrinsic and hybrid sensing mechanisms
- Development of fibre-to-metal bonds, seals and fabrication techniques
- Fundamental research in the area of materials science
Sensor instrumentation and metrology
- High frequency measurements
- Static measurements
- Nano-ε resolution measurements
- Extended step-out and multiplexed systems
- Integrated photonics, low-cost/high-performance FBG interrogation techniques
Measurement capabilities
- temperature, strain (static & dynamic), pressure
- magnetic/ electric fields, voltage, current, bend
Delivery of industrially focussed projects
- Good understanding of industry needs
- Experience of projects with tight timescales and tangible outcomes
Professor Niewczas is open to PhD project supervision for candidates interested in the above research domain.
Prize And Awards
Publications
- Self-powered signal conditioning circuit for an HVDC optical current sensor
- Amiolemen Alfred, Fusiek Grzegorz, Niewczas Pawel
- IEEE Sensors Letters Vol 7 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2023.3311676
- Extended characterization of an optical sag sensor for high-temperature low-sag lines
- Singh Himanshi, Fusiek Grzegorz, Niewczas Pawel
- IEEE Sensors Letters Vol 7, pp. 1-4 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/lsens.2023.3300810
- Development of Fiber Bragg grating strain amplification sensor for use in nuclear power plants
- Marston Jack, Fusiek Grzegorz, Niewczas Pawel, Guo Jiansong
- 2023 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2023) (2023)
- Temperature and force characterization of an optical sag sensor for overhead line monitoring
- Fusiek Grzegorz, Singh Himanshi, Niewczas Pawel
- IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2023) (2023)
- Design and implementation of a passive autoranging circuit for hybrid FBG-PZT photonic current transducer
- Mir Burhan, Niewczas Pawel, Fusiek Grzegorz
- Sensors (Switzerland) Vol 23 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s23010551
- Photonic combined current and voltage transformers - demonstration for the Nepalese grid
- Clayburn Lloyd, Blair S, Gordon N, Fusiek G, Niewczas P, Heid T, Jianu R, Munro P, McFarlane G, Shakya B B, Maharjan R, Paudel S
- CIGRE Session 2022 (2022)
Teaching
Teaching Responsibilities:
- EE108/19260 Electrical Circuits
- EE269 Electronic & Electrical Principles II
- EE986 Professional Studies
- Final Year Project/MSc/MPhil/PhD/EngD Student Supervisor
Teaching Administration Responsibilities:
- Graduate School Deputy Director
- Director of the Electrical Power Engineering with Business (EPEwB) MSc Course
- Academic Selector for the MSc Course in EEE
- Member of the Courses & Teaching Working Group
- Member of the 1st and 2nd Year Teaching and Learning Groups
- Member of the Faculty Board of Study
- UCAS Interviewer
Research Interests
Development and application of photonic sensors within power and energy industries, including such areas as power system metering and protection; wind turbine structural health monitoring; gas turbine monitoring; downhole and subsea pressure, temperature voltage and current measurement; sensing in nuclear fission and fusion environments; and other sensing applications.
Research interest in intrinsic and hybrid fibre-optic sensors; sensor design, fabrication, encapsulation and deployment; sensor networks and interrogation techniques; signal processing and communication.
Professor Niewczas is open to PhD project supervision for candidates interested in the above research domain.
Professional Activities
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 1/7/2023
- General Co-Chair of the IEEE I2MTC 2024 Conference
- Participant
- 1/5/2023
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 1/7/2022
- Technical Co-Chair of the IEEE I2MTC 2023 Conference
- Participant
- 1/5/2022
- Fibre Bragg grating sensing to support transition to a net-zero economy
- Speaker
- 6/1/2022
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 1/7/2021
Projects
- Photonic Supervision for Grid Resilience and Capacity Expansion (PHOENIX)
- Niewczas, Pawel (Principal Investigator) Coffele, Federico (Co-investigator) Fusiek, Grzegorz (Co-investigator) Melone, Joseph (Co-investigator)
- 18-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- Expanding Measurement Range of Distributed Photonic Sensors for Holistic Power Grid Management (EMERGE)
- Niewczas, Pawel (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
- Yes to Energy Through Innovative Sensing (YETIS)
- Niewczas, Pawel (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 29-Jan-2024
- Metrology for the next-generation digital substation instrumentation EURAMET (FutureGrid II)
- Blair, Steven (Principal Investigator) Fusiek, Grzegorz (Co-investigator) Niewczas, Pawel (Co-investigator) Roscoe, Andrew (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2021
- Accelerating impact of the distributed photonic sensors technology on the electricity supply industry
- Niewczas, Pawel (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2018
- Sensor development for EDF Energy
- Niewczas, Pawel (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2017
Contact
Professor
Pawel
Niewczas
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: p.niewczas@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2869