Professor Gordon Dobie
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
Professor G. Dobie is based in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. He received his MEng in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde and a PhD in the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering developing a reconfigurable non-contact inspection system.
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Publications
- A novel capacitive array sensor for real-time force measurements in total knee arthroplasty
- Lawley Alistair, Brunt Andrew, Zhang Dayi, Jackson William, Razii Nima, Wallace David, Vidakovic Hrvoje, Riches Philip, Hampson Rory, Son Jae, MacLeod Charles, Dobie Gordon
- IEEE Sensors Journal (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2026.3671405
- A convex phased-array ultrasonic inspection gauge for small-diameter pipelines with enhanced resolution and sensitivity
- Peyton Christian, Zhang Dayi, Zamanian Mehrab, Bettley Nick, Lewis Hugh, Mohseni Ehsan, Lines David, Dobie Gordon
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement Vol 75 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2026.3667349
- An adaptable framework for remotely controlling a telepresence robot in a dynamic environment
- Das Barnali, Dobie Gordon
- Robotics and Autonomous Systems Vol 197 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2025.105305
- Automated detection of shoulder arthroplasty in X-Rays using machine learning
- Brunt Andrew, Lawley Alistair, Clarke Jon, Walmsley Philip, Riches Phil, Dobie Gordon
- 2025 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2025 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11252672
- A fly-crawl-fly UAV for full-circumference inspection of non-magnetic pipes via thrust adhesion
- Watson Robert, Zhao Taiyi, Zhang Dayi, Dobie Gordon, MacLeod Charles Norman, Pierce S Gareth
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Vol 22, pp. 24278 - 24293 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2025.3633313
- On ultrasonic guided wave tomography using a decoder architecture for sparse sensor array data
- Matthaiou Ioannis, Tant Katy, Dobie Gordon, McInnes Matthew, Dick Cameron, Ashok Praveen, Hughes Dave Allan
- 2025 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IEEE IUS) 2025 2025 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), pp. 1-4 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ius62464.2025.11201281
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Teaching
Mobile Robotics and Microcontrollers
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Research Interests
His primary research interests include ultrasonics, NDE, automation, robotics, signal processing, computer vision and embedded systems. His current work in CUE focuses on:
Automated inspection
Automated analysis
Photogrammetry
Professional Activities
- RAICo
- Visiting researcher
- 19/1/2024
- Towards Flexible and Automated Robotic Multi-Pass Arc Welding
- Contributor
- 20/7/2023
- Enhanced Video-Level Anomaly Feature Detection for Nuclear Power Plant Component Inspections Using the Latency Mechanism
- Contributor
- 17/7/2023
- A study of the accuracy and repeatability of mobile collaborative robots for non-destructive evaluations
- Contributor
- 25/4/2023
- Automated Inspection Research Developments for Full Lifecycle Inspection
- Contributor
- 19/4/2023
- The National Robotarium
- Visiting researcher
- 12/4/2023
Projects
- UDLA 2527 University of Strathclyde | Doak, Lewis
- Dobie, Gordon (Principal Investigator) Lawley, Alistair (Co-investigator) Doak, Lewis (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- Next Generation Remote Inspection of Confined Spaces 2 RAICo2
- Dobie, Gordon (Principal Investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Fusing A Future From Glasgow's Proud Heritage - The Next Wave (Innovation project commission Glasgow City Region - Extension)
- MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Dobie, Gordon (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Stratoudaki, Theodosia (Co-investigator) Ward, Michael (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator) Lines, David (Research Co-investigator) Loukas, Charalampos (Research Co-investigator) Munro, William (Research Co-investigator) Nicolson, Ewan (Research Co-investigator) Watson, Robert (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Cokebusters PhD
- Dobie, Gordon (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- EPSRC IAA: Resin transfer and cure monitoring using capacitive arrays
- Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Dobie, Gordon (Co-investigator) Munro, Gavin (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2025
- KTP - Cokebusters. Improving the performance and efficiency of ultrasonic inspection pigs in the field.
- Dobie, Gordon (Principal Investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator)
- 07-Jan-2024 - 06-Jan-2026
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Contact
Professor
Gordon
Dobie
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: gordon.dobie@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2463