Dr Louise Helen Crockett
Senior Teaching Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I completed both undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Strathclyde. I joined the University staff in 2007 as a Research Fellow, and switched title to Teaching Fellow in 2013 (although retaining interests in research and knowledge exchange), and was promoted to Senior Teaching Fellow in 2017.
My work focuses on the hardware implementation of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) systems, primarily with an emphasis on communications applications, and Software Defined Radio (SDR). Working in a field of direct relevance to industry really appeals to me. My focus is on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and related technologies, and the design tools and methods that support them.
My teaching role involves taking classes on Hardware Description Language (HDL) design, Simulink-based design, and FPGAs, focusing on practical skills that will equip graduates for roles in industry. I am also involved in authoring training materials for the wider academic community (and beyond), and I have co-authored several books on my areas of interest.
Area of Expertise
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP) implementation
- DSP enabled radio / software defined radio
- Xilinx FPGAs and design flows
- Xilinx Zynq System on Chip (SoC)
- MATLAB & Simulink based design for FPGAs
- VHDL
- DSP / FPGA professional training
Prize And Awards
- Best Student Paper Award
- Recipient
- 29/5/2018
Publications
- Ultra-wideband SDR architecture for AMD RFSoCs and PYNQ based GNU Radio blocks
- Šiaučiulis Marius, Crockett Louise H, Stewart Robert W
- GNU Radio Conference 2023, pp. 1-8 (2023)
- 100GBit/s RF sample offload for RFSoC using GNU Radio and PYNQ
- Šiaučiulis Marius, Northcote David, Goldsmith Josh, Crockett Louise H, Kaladė Šarūnas
- 2023 21st IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference (NEWCAS) 21st IEEE Interregional New Circuit and Systems (NEWCAS) Conference IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference (NEWCAS), pp. 1-5 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/NEWCAS57931.2023.10198070
- RFSoC implementation of runtime reconfigurable numerologies for 5G New Radio
- Brown Lewis, Crockett Louise H, Stewart Robert W
- 21st IEEE Interregional New Circuit and Systems (NEWCAS) Conference (2023)
- Streaming Convolutional Neural Network FPGA architecture for RFSoC data converters
- MacLellan Andrew, Crockett Louise H, Stewart Robert W
- 21st IEEE Interregional New Circuit and Systems (NEWCAS) Conference, pp. 1-5 (2023)
- Private shared spectrum for 5G broadcast and media production
- Stewart Robert, Crockett Louise Helen
- CW Collaborate: A RF Technology Showcase (2023)
- Software Defined Radio with Zynq Ultrascale+ RFSoC
- Crockett Louise H, Northcote David, Stewart Robert, Allan Douglas, Atimati Ehinomen, Barlee Kenny W, Brown Lewis J, Craig James, Fitzpatrick Graeme, Goldsmith Joshua, Maclellan Andrew, McLaughlin Lewis D, McTaggart Blair, Nyasulu Tawachi, Šiaučiulis Marius, Crawford David
- (2023)
Teaching
I currently teach sections of three different classes... Firstly "Digital Electronics Systems" (a 2nd year class), in which students are introduced to the VHDL hardware description language, digital device technologies, and the concept of a design flow. Secondly, the digital part of "Analogue and Digital Systems Design", wherein students learn further VHDL skills and start working with block based design tools. The third is "DSP and FPGA Based Embedded Systems Design", in which I teach the FPGA-focused section of the class. Additionally, I am involved in supervising student projects in these areas.
Professional Activities
- The Opportunities of RF-Sampling Software Defined Radio
- Invited speaker
- 6/11/2023
- Implementation Perspectives on Dynamic Spectrum Access
- Invited speaker
- 18/9/2023
- 32nd International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications
- Speaker
- 1/9/2022
- The 30th IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines
- Participant
- 16/5/2022
- The 30th IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines
- Participant
- 16/5/2022
- GHz RF Sampling for Radio Spectrum Monitoring using the Xilinx RFSoC
- Contributor
- 28/10/2021
Projects
- Open Networks Shared Spectrum and Innovation Design Environment ONSIDE
- Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Crawford, David H (Research Co-investigator) Crockett, Louise Helen (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
- 5G New Radio PHY Layer Implementation
- Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Crockett, Louise Helen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2025
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | MacLellan, Andrew
- Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Crockett, Louise Helen (Co-investigator) MacLellan, Andrew (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2023
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | McLaughlin, Lewis
- Crockett, Louise Helen (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator) McLaughlin, Lewis (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2023
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | McTaggart, Blair
- Crockett, Louise Helen (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator) McTaggart, Blair (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2023
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Ramsay, Craig
- Crockett, Louise Helen (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator) Ramsay, Craig (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 18-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Louise Helen
Crockett
Senior Teaching Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: louise.crockett@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2684