Dr Catherine Jones
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Chancellor's Fellow (lecturer) within the Institute for Energy and Environment.
My research focusses on the design of resilient, compact electrical power systems design, incorporating the influence of non-electrical power systems (e.g. carbon fibre composite structures).
This includes efficient methodologies for electrical power system architecture design for disruptive technologies, to meet both performance (weight, efficiency) and dynamic functionality requirements.
Design of integrated electrical power and structural systems, and multifunctional (combined electrical, structural and thermal systems), incorporating:
- Component scale electrical and thermal modelling of carbon fibre composites.
- Electrical fault diagnostics, prognostics and health monitoring.
- Interdependent electrical power systems architectures (including grounding topologies) and composite structure design and trades.
My research involves a range of modelling & simulation and laboratory based hardware testing methods.
The main application for my research to date is aerospace, with electrification and lightweight structures two of the key enabling technologies for decarbonisation of aviation. However, my research is also relevant for other compact networks, e.g. Microgrids, marine electrical networks.
Publications
- An electrical metrology roadmap for carbon fibre composites to enable integrated systems design
- Seferi Y, Zvolska B, Bradley L, Minty R, Jones CE
- SAMPE Europe 25 Conference (2025)
- Non-destructive testing methods to quantify joule heating induced degradation in carbon fibre reinforced polymers
- Dikwal Kwopnan, Tunukovic Vedran, Mohseni Ehsan, Jones Catherine, Tant Katherine MM, Wathavana Vithanage Randika Kosala, MacLeod Charles Norman, Munro Gavin, Pierce Gareth
- NDT 2025 - 62nd Annual British Conference on NDT (2025)
- Analysis of electrical degradation of aerospace carbon fibre composites using ultrasonic testing and machine learning
- Dikwal Kwopnan, Mohseni Ehsan, Jones Catherine, Tant Katherine MM, Pierce Gareth
- FUSE CDT Annual Science Meeting (2025)
- A methodology to assess the sustainability of E-motors in electric vehicles
- Bhagat Prithvi, Jones Catherine, Miscandlon Jill
- 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/esars-itec60450.2024.10819879
- Proposed fault management prioritisation framework for cascading electrical faults in future aircraft
- Zvolska Barbora, Fong Kenny, Jones Catherine E, Norman Patrick, Burt Graeme
- 2025 IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics for Aerospace Applications (PEASA) 2025 Workshop on Power Electronics for Aerospace Applications (PEASA) (2025)
- Electrical protection design for integrated motor drives with carbon fibre composite casings for aircraft
- Jones Catherine E, Higgins Mark, Tahir Muhammad Hijaaj, Norman Patrick, Burt Graeme M
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification Vol 10, pp. 9701-9711 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2024.3375932
Teaching
I lead the Vertically Integrated Project on Integrated Systems for Decarbonisation of Aviation.
Professional Activities
- 2025 Teaching Away Day
- Speaker
- 11/6/2025
- UKESF Girls into Electronics 2025
- Host
- 5/6/2025
- Ian O'Neil
- Host
- 9/12/2024
- UKESF Girls into Electronics 2024
- Contributor
- 6/6/2024
- UKESF Girls into Electronics 2023
- Chair
- 14/6/2023
- Integrating Electrical Power Systems with Composite Materials
- Speaker
- 15/11/2019
Projects
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Zvolska, Barbora
- Jones, Catherine (Principal Investigator) Norman, Patrick (Co-investigator) Zvolska, Barbora (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- Carbon-fibre-composites-in-the-loop for non-destructive, experimental validation of resilient, integrated systems for net-zero aircraft (Vertical Aerospace contribution)
- Jones, Catherine (Principal Investigator) Norman, Patrick (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
- GKNAS Modelling and Requirements Capture
- Norman, Patrick (Principal Investigator) Jones, Catherine (Co-investigator) Pena Alzola, Rafael (Co-investigator) Bradley, Luke (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- Manufacturing of Multifunctional Conduction Composites
- Yokan, Catherine (Principal Investigator) Jones, Catherine (Principal Investigator)
- 29-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- INtegration and Digital demonstration of low-emission aIrcraft technoloGies and airport Operations (INDIGO) (Horizon Europe CL5)
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Jones, Catherine (Co-investigator) Maddock, Christie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- Multifunctional carbon fibre composites for lightweight, structural electrical current return networks for future electric aircraft.
- Jones, Catherine (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Catherine
Jones
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: catherine.e.jones@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted