Professor Anthony Gachagan

Head Of Department

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

Prof Gachagan has been Director of the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE) since October 2010. This research Centre comprises approximately 55 staff and students and has a current funding portfolio of in excess of £5M. Prof Gachagan has line management responsibilities for all CUE personnel, reporting directly to the Departmental Head of Department. Interestingly, the research portfolio within CUE is diverse, with Electronic and Mechanical Engineers, Physicists, Mathematicians, Polymer Scientists and Biologists involved in the research teams. The research portfolio of the Centre has expanded in recent years, with robotics, metrology, bioacoustics and high power ultrasound building on the traditional fields of NDE and Sonar. Prof Gachagan has been directly involved in all of these areas and it is his interest in a broad, diverse range of scientific and engineering topics coupled with his strategic leadership that has seen CUE strengthen in terms of international profile, industrial engagement and funding profile.

Prof Gachagan is the Academic Chair and a member of the Management Board of RCNDE. He is also a member of both the Technical and Scottish Branch Committees of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT). Within Strathclyde, he is the Deputy Head of Department for EEE, EEE Research Director and sits on the departmental Departmental Strategy Advisory Group and Departmental Executive Team.

 

Expertise

Has expertise in:

    • Ultrasonic transducer and transducer array design
    • Application of ultrasonic monitoring techniques to NDE, Sonar, Industrial Process Control
    • Design of bespoke high power ultrasound reactors
    • Application of high power ultrasound in Sonochemistry
    • Array signal processing
    • Air-coupled NDE
    • Robotics and Automation

Prizes and awards

The BINDT Annual Conference Award
Recipient
5/9/2019

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Qualifications

  • PG Cert in Advanced Academic Studies, Strathclyde, 2009
  • PhD entitled "An evaluation of 1-3 connectivity compoiste transducers for air-coupled ultrasonic applications", Strathclyde, 1996
  • BSc Electronic and Microprocessor Engineering, Strathclyde, 1985

Publications

Thermal compensation of ultrasonic transmit and receive data for steel welded plates at the point of manufacture
Foster Euan A, Sweeney Nina E, Nicolson Ewan, Singh Jonathan, Rizwan Muhammad K, Lines David, Pierce Gareth, Mohseni Ehsan, Gachagan Anthony, Tant Katherine MM, MacLeod Charles N
NDT and E International Vol 137 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2023.102812
Modelling and characterisation ultrasonic phased array transducers for pipe inspections
Hampson Rory, Zhang Dayi, Gachagan Anthony, Dobie Gordon
International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping Vol 200 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2022.104808
A sensor enabled robotic strategy for automated defect-free multi-pass high-integrity welding
Loukas Charalampos, Warner Veronica, Jones Richard, MacLeod Charles N, Vasilev Momchil, Mohseni Ehsan, Dobie Gordon, Sibson Jim, Pierce Stephen G, Gachagan Anthony
Materials and Design Vol 224 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111424
Grating lobe suppression through novel, sparse laser induced phased array design
Lukacs Peter, Davis Geo, Pieris Don, Gachagan Anthony, Stratoudaki Theodosia
2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ius54386.2022.9958020
Development of a phased array ultrasonic system for residual stress measurement in welding and additive manufacturing
Javadi Yashar, Hutchison Alistair, Zimermann Rastislav, Lines David, Sweeney Nina E, Vasilev Momchil, Mohseni Ehsan, Vithanage Randika K W, MacLeod Charles N, Pierce Gareth, Mehnen Jorn, Gachagan Anthony
ASME 2022 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference ASME 2022 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2022 American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP Vol 4-B (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2022-85023
Remote, volumetric ultrasonic imaging of defects using two-dimensional laser induced phased arrays
Lukacs Peter, Davis Geo, Stratoudaki Theodosia, Javadi Yashar, Pierce Gareth, Gachagan Anthony
Proceedings of 2021 48th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE 2021 2021 48th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE 2021 Proceedings of 2021 48th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, QNDE 2021 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1115/qnde2021-74694

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Teaching

Prof Gachagan is involved with the delivery of Analogue Electronics modules to 3rd (EE315) and 4th (EE468) year EEE/CES/EME students. These modules focus on amplifier design using transistors and cover amplifier design, biaising considerations, frequency response and noise characteristics. In addition, he delivers a Project Management module (EE318) to 3rd year EEE/CES students.

Research interests

Prof Anthony Gachagan's specific research interests encompass ultrasonic transducers and arrays, power ultrasound, robotics and automation, industrial process control, bioacoustics, thermosonics and the application of coded excitation techniques. His research activities involve both national and international collaboration with academia and industry. His research activities encompass the following thematic sectors:

  • Non-Destructive Evaluation and Condition Monitoring
  • Sensors for Process Control
  • Health Technologies
  • Process Intensification
  • Pressure Field Mapping
  • Ultrasonic Transduction

Professional activities

Flexible Robotics to Inspect Aerospace Components​
Contributor
26/4/2023
Automated Inspection Research Developments for Full Lifecycle Inspection
Contributor
19/4/2023
Developments of in-process NDE techniques for Wire + Arc Additive Manufacture at University of Strathclyde
Contributor
30/10/2022
A novel signal processing technique to remove electrical interference from ultrasonic RF A-scans
Speaker
7/9/2022
Advanced Robotics for NDT&E
Contributor
7/8/2022
Flexible Robotics to Inspect High-Value Components
Contributor
26/7/2022

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Projects

Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) ‎- Bridging the Gaps (BTG) – Net Zero / Circular Economy
Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) Lotfian, Saeid (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator)
In-situ Robotic and Ultrasonic Stress Measurement for Predictive ‎Maintenance of Offshore Wind Bolted Flange Connections
01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering (FUSE) | Getty, Adam
Gachagan, Anthony (Principal Investigator) Tabatabaeipour, Seyed Morteza (Co-investigator) Getty, Adam (Research Co-investigator)
13-Jan-2021 - 13-Jan-2025
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering (FUSE) | Germano, Elmergue
Gachagan, Anthony (Principal Investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Germano, Elmergue (Research Co-investigator)
13-Jan-2021 - 13-Jan-2025
EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA)-New Organisation Engagement
Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator)
"Automated non-destructive testing of high value additive manufactured components": The IAA application is geared towards how to commercialise the in-process NDT technology (ultrasonic and electromagnetic approaches).
01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
BH As-Clad Bond Integrity V1
MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Lines, David (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator)
02-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2022
EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding
Qiu, Zhen (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Academic) O'Leary, Richard (Academic) Gachagan, Anthony (Principal Investigator) Stevenson, Tim (Principal Investigator)
High Temperature Ultrasonic Imaging Transducer for In-Process Inspection
15-Jan-2020 - 15-Jan-2021

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College

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