Dr Andrew Ward
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Area of Expertise
I have multidisciplinary skills in electrochemistry environmental sensing, biomedical engineering, and microbiology. From my previous roles in industry, I have strong project management skills, people management skills and technical skills in Systems Engineering.
Qualifications
Member of the Institute of Engineering Technology since 2004
Member of the Microbiology Society since 2014
I am working towards my PGCert in Academic Practice and FHEA at the University of Strathclyde
Publications
- Towards direct detection of tetracycline residues in milk with a gold nanostructured electrode
- Raykova Magdalena R, McGuire Katie, Peveler William J, Corrigan Damion K, Henriquez Fiona L, Ward Andrew C
- PLOS One Vol 18 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287824
- Repurposing blood glucose test strips for identification of the antimicrobial colistin
- Lopez Carla, Raykova Magdalena R, Corrigan Damion K, Knapp Charles W, Ward Andrew C
- Sensors and Actuators Reports Vol 4 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snr.2022.100119
- SARS-CoV-2 aptasensor based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and low-cost gold electrode substrates
- Lasserre Perrine, Balansethupathy Banushan, Vezza Vincent J, Butterworth Adrian, Macdonald Alexander, Blair Ewen O, McAteer Liam, Hannah Stuart, Ward Andrew C, Hoskisson Paul A, Longmuir Alistair, Setford Steven, Farmer Eoghan C W, Murphy Michael E, Flynn Harriet, Corrigan Damion K
- Analytical Chemistry Vol 94, pp. 2126–2133 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04456
- The fields of interest of lean six sigma through PDCA cycle and 4P excellence model
- Andriamanampisoa Tsiry A, Ravalison François A, Ward Andrew
- International Journal of Progressive Sciences and Technologies Vol 30, pp. 523-536 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v30.1.3929
- Direct electrochemical detection of tetracycline in milk
- Raykova Magdalena, Ward Andrew, Corrigan Damion, Henriquez Fiona L
- Sensors in Medicine 2021 (2021)
- ConcrEITS : an electrical impedance interrogator for concrete damage detection using self-sensing repairs
- McAlorum Jack, Perry Marcus, Ward Andrew C, Vlachakis Christos
- Sensors Vol 21 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217081
Teaching
Financial Engineering – Delivered as an introduction into key financial concepts for engineering (PG/MEng module – 10 credits)
Individual Project – I manage and coordinate the common core aspects of the year 4 dissertation projects across the department UG degree programmes, including workshops on critical review, written and oral presentation, effective communication and report structuring.
Research Interests
- Electrochemical biosensors
- Low-cost sensor instrumentation
- Environmental sensors
- Printed sensor substrates and design
- Systems engineering and systems integration
- Project management
Projects
- Towards rapid detection of microplastic particles in human blood samples
- Ward, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Jimenez, Melanie (Co-investigator) Lau, K. H. Aaron (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Hughes-Buchanan, Adam
- El Mountassir, Grainne (Principal Investigator) Ward, Andrew (Co-investigator) Hughes-Buchanan, Adam (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Digital Dairy Value-Chain for South-West Scotland and Cumbria (Strength in Places Fund)
- Michie, Craig (Principal Investigator) Wagner, Beverly (Academic) Wilson, Juliette (Academic) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Robert (Co-investigator) Bellekens, Xavier (Co-investigator) Galloway, Stuart (Co-investigator) Kelly, Nicolas (Co-investigator) Lengden, Michael (Co-investigator) Revie, Matthew (Co-investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator) Ward, Andrew (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2027
- KTP - Biotangents
- Corrigan, Damion (Principal Investigator) Ward, Andrew (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2022
- Scotland-India Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment Network (SIAMREN)
- Ward, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator)
- 23-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2021
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Raykova, Magdalena
- Ward, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Raykova, Magdalena (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Andrew
Ward
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: andrew.c.ward@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted