Dr Grzegorz Fusiek

Research Fellow

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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Personal statement

Dr Grzegorz Fusiek is a Research Fellow in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde and a senior member of the Advanced Sensors Team within the Institute for Energy and Environment. His research concentrates on the design and development of optical sensors and sensor systems for applications in many industrial sectors including power and energy, oil and gas, nuclear and civil engineering.

Dr Fusiek is a member of the IET, the IEEE, the OSA and a Fellow of the HEA.

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Area of Expertise

  • Design and development of fibre optic sensors based predominantly on spectrally encoded sensors such as fibre Bragg gratings (FBG) and Fabry-Perot (FP) Interferometers
  • Designing, modelling and prototyping electronic hardware and opto-electronic and fibre-optic systems including sensor interrogation systems
  • Optical sensors fabrication, encapsulation and packaging
  • Development of fibre-to-metal hermetic bonds and seals
  • Data acquisition and signal generation
  • Signal processing and data analysis
  • Condition monitoring and data interpretation
  • Real-time monitoring
  • Software development
  • Hardware and software integration
  • Network communication
  • LabVIEW programming
  • FEM modelling
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Teaching

  • EE108/19260 Electrical Circuits Tutor
  • EE979 Systems Engineering Project Tutor
  • EM502 Advanced Systems Engineering Mentor
  • Final Year Project/MSc/MPhil/PhD Student Co-supervisor
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Research Interests

Design and development of fibre-optic sensor systems dedicated for static and dynamic measurements of temperature, pressure, voltage, current, strain and vibration signature that can be utilised for

  • Electrical plant monitoring
  • Power system protection and metering
  • Power system fault detection
  • Nuclear fusion and fission reactor diagnostics
  • Harsh environment
  • Downhole monitoring
  • Remote monitoring
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Wind turbine foundation monitoring

Professional Activities

Sensors (Journal)
Guest editor
2020
Energies (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2016
2016 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) (Event)
Member
2015
Metal-packaged fibre Bragg gratings for structural health monitoring
Invited speaker
2015
IEEE Sensors Journal (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2015
IEEE Photonics Journal (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2014

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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
EPSRC IAA: Improving measurement capabilities of distributed photonic current sensors for smart grid monitoring
Fusiek, Grzegorz (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
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
Wide-Area Instrumentation of Power Networks using Existing Infrastructure
Niewczas, Pawel (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Fusiek, Grzegorz (Researcher)
01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2019
Low-Cost Distributed Multi-Parameter Sensing for Energy Networks (InnovateUK Catalyst)
Niewczas, Pawel (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Fusiek, Grzegorz (Researcher)
"Our concept of a distributed electrical and environmental sensor system to enable unprecedented flexibility and reduction
of cost in deploying innovative measurement, control and protection functions for the power network requires to be proven
in the context of relevant industry standards, with particular emphasis on current and voltage measurements.
Consequently, the core research idea of this proposal is to assess the feasibility of this undertaking through systematic
research and implementation of a range of innovative error compensation methods. In particular, the feasibility study will
aim to demonstrate that metering and protection accuracy classes for voltage and current transducers are attainable by this
technology.
In order to address the objectives of the project, the research programme will be subdivided into specific work packages.
The scope and methodologies adopted with respect to the individual tasks are described in the Case for Support
attachment under the following work packages:
WP1. Engagement with stakeholders (Month 1-12)
WP2. Design and simulation of transducers and experiments. (Month 1-7)
WP3. Assembly and packaging of electrical current and voltage transducers. (Month 4-7)
WP4. Characterisation and environmental/high-voltage stress testing of transducers (Month 7-12)
WP5. Development and testing of sensor interrogation hardware and software. (Month 1-12)"
01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2016
EMRP JRP Organisation Researcher Excellence Grant: Non-Conventional Voltage and Current Sensors
Niewczas, Pawel (Principal Investigator) Fusiek, Grzegorz (Researcher)
01-Jan-2014 - 31-Jan-2017

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Dr Grzegorz Fusiek
Research Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email: g.fusiek@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7270