Dr Gordon Flockhart

Academic Director

Faculty of Engineering

Personal statement

I am Academic Director of the Engineering Academy in the Faculty of Engineering and Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. The Engineering Academy is a widening access programme providing students with an alternative pathway into higher education. I have experience teaching at all levels of higher education from 1st to 5th year undergraduate students and postgraduate taught students and supervision of postgraduate research students.

My area of expertise is photonics and in particular the application of optical sensors for industrial measurement applications. Optical sensing and instrumentation is increasingly used in advanced technologies and I have the pleasure of introducing the field of photonics to 4th and 5th year undergraduate students.

Office: Centre for Microsystems and Photonics, R219B (Royal College Building)

Expertise

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Area of Expertise

Photoacoustic imaging
Laser ultrasonics
Optical fibre sensors
Low coherence interferometry
Frequency swept interferometry
Fibre Bragg grating fabrication, characterisation and sensing applications
Erbium distributed feedback fibre laser design, fabrication, characterisation and sensing applications
Sensing applications of novel optical fibres
Optical sensing and metrology systems

Prize And Awards

RCUK Academic Fellowship, Centre for Microsystems and Photonics, Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Univeristy of Strathclyde

Recipient

9/2009

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Publications

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Publications

Tools for synthesising and characterising Bragg grating structures in optical fibres and waveguides

Cranch GA, Flockhart GMH

Journal of Modern Optics Vol 59, pp. 493-526 (2012)

https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2011.646332

Distributed feedback fiber laser strain sensors

Cranch GA, Flockhart Gordon MH, Kirkendall CK

IEEE Sensors Journal Vol 8, pp. 1161-1172 (2008)

https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2008.926876

Two-axis bend measurement with Bragg gratings in multicore optical fiber

Flockhart G M H, MacPherson W N, Barton J S, Jones J D C, Zhang L, Bennion I

Optics Letters Vol 28, pp. 387-389 (2003)

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.000387

Differential phase tracking applied to Bragg gratings in multi-core fibre for high accuracy curvature measurement

Flockhart G M H, Cranch G A, Kirkendall C K

Electronics Letters Vol 42, pp. 390-391 (2006)

https://doi.org/10.1049/el:20060261

Efficient fiber Bragg grating and fiber Fabry-Pe'rot sensor multiplexing scheme using a broadband pulsed mode-locked laser

Cranch G A, Flockhart G M H, Kirkendall C K

Journal of Lightwave Technology Vol 23, pp. 3798-3807 (2005)

https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2005.857735

Photonic systems integration for postgraduate students in the Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics

Flockhart Gordon M H, Bauer Ralf, Lengden Michael

Proceedings Volume 12723, Seventeenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2023 Education and Training in Optics & Photonics (ETOP) 2023, pp. 1-10 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2670785

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Research

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Research Interests

I am a member of the Centre for Microsystems and Photonics and my research investigates the application of photonic technologies for measurement applications. Optical sensing technologies provide a range of different advantages compared to conventional electrical sensors. For some applications, these advantages allow optical sensors to provide a unique solution whereas conventional electrical sensors may not meet the required specification. I enjoy the challenge of developing optical sensing systems where photonics, electronics and software systems are integrated. As a researcher this exposes me to a wide range of technologies and the applications of my research can be quite varied from underwater acoustics to bio-medical applications.

Professional Activities

External Examiner - PhD Thesis

Examiner

7/11/2022

Qualification Development Specialist

Consultant

27/9/2022

Qualification Development Specialist

Consultant

29/3/2022

IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2021

Participant

17/5/2021

Bridging the gap: an alternative pathway to studying engineering at university

Participant

2021

Accelerating Research Innovation: Teaching LabVIEW at a Centre of Doctoral Training

Recipient

2019

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Projects

Exploring the use of Chat GPT by Engineering Employers: Informing Authentic Assessment in Higher Education Engineering

Murray, Michael (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Principal Investigator) MacLachlan, Ross (Principal Investigator) Adams, Richard (Principal Investigator) Magueijo, Vitor (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Hasty, William (Principal Investigator)

Strathclyde Intern Funding:

01-Jan-2023 - 03-Jan-2023

Strathclyde Engineering Scholars – equal outcomes for the most disadvantaged

Thomson, Avril (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Sypek, Katarzyna (Co-investigator)

07-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Industry-Inspired Photonic Imaging, Sensing and Analysis

Flockhart, Gordon (Principal Investigator) Marshall, Stephen (Co-investigator)

EPSRC CDT in Industrial Inspired Photonics for Sensing, Imaging and Analysis

01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2028

EngD Gooch and Housego Optical Coherence Tomography

Flockhart, Gordon (Principal Investigator) Johnstone, Walter (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2017 - 30-Jan-2021