Professor Stephen McArthur

Deputy Associate Principal

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

My area of expertise is intelligent system applications in power engineering, covering condition monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics, active network management and wider smart grid applications. My research leadership roles include being Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids, which is a partnership between Strathclyde and Imperial College, London. I am also Academic Director of the Advanced Nuclear Research Centre at the University of Strathclyde. This is delivering a range of solutions for through-life plant management to UK and international industrial partners. As part of this activity I am the Academic Principal Investigator on the EPSRC Prosperity Partnership programme entitled "Delivering Enhanced Through-Life Nuclear Asset Management"

Within the University I am a Deputy Associate Principal for Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation with a remit including REF 2021 preparation and EPSRC relationship management. I am also co-Director of the Institute for Energy and Environment and Academic Director of the Low Carbon Power and Energy Programme within the Technology and Innovation Centre. Previously, from August 2011 until June 2014, I was the Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Intelligent systems, with a focus on power and energy applications.
Research and development of diagnostic and prognostic decision support systems.
Decision support frameworks and architectures, using distributed intelligence methods and platforms.
Smart Grid applications.
Plant lifetime extension in the civil nuclear industry.

Prizes and awards

Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards: Multi–Party Collaboration Award: Recipient; 2016
IEEE Power & Energy Society Technical Committee Prize Paper Award.: Recipient; 7/2010
IEEE Power & Energy Society Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award: Recipient; 7/2008

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Publications

Adaptive power transformer lifetime predictions through machine learning & uncertainty modelling in nuclear power plants: Aizpurua Jose Ignacio, McArthur Stephen D J, Stewart Brian G, Lambert Brandon, Cross James G, Catterson Victoria M; IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2018); https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2860532
Predictive capabilities of linearised models for converter-interfaced battery storage in LV networks: Florida-James Anthony, Giles Alexander, Burt Graeme, McArthur Stephen; CDT Masterclass 2018 (2018)
Innovation in regulated electricity distribution networks : a review of the effectiveness of Great Britain's low carbon network fund: Frame Damien, Hannon Matthew, Bell Keith, McArthur Stephen; Energy Policy Vol 118, pp. 121-132 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.02.033
Automated feature validation of trip coil analysis in condition monitoring of circuit breakers: Hosseini Michael, Helm Joseph, Stephen Bruce, McArthur Stephen D J; Fourth European Conference of the PHM Society (2018)
Power transformer dissolved gas analysis through Bayesian networks and hypothesis testing: Aizpurua Jose Ignacio, Catterson Victoria M, Stewart Brian G, McArthur Stephen D J, Lambert Brandon, Ampofo Bismark, Pereira Gavin, Cross James G; IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Vol 25, pp. 494-506 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2018.006766
Uncertainty-aware fusion of probabilistic classifiers for improved transformer diagnostics: Aizpurua Jose Ignacio, Catterson Victoria M, Stewart Brian G, McArthur Stephen D J, Lambert Brandon, Cross James G; IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems, pp. 1-13 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2018.2880930

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Teaching

My teaching activities cover intelligent systems, distributed intelligence in power systems, smart grids, condition monitoring, and diagnostic systems.

Research interests

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and intelligent system applications in power engineering
Engineering application of data science and data analytics
Condition monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics for equipment, plant and power networks
Distributed intelligence in electric power systems, active network management and Smart Grids
Nuclear power plant monitoring, diagnosis, prediction, and lifetime extension
Intelligent system methods: knowledge based systems; model based reasoning; machine learning
Multi-Agent Systems and Intelligent Agents: multi-agent methods, models, techniques and architectures for power engineering applications
Decision support environments

Professional activities

Keynote Presentation on "Digitilisation in Nuclear - Harnessing Data Science for Enhanced Through Life Management of Nuclear Plants": Speaker; 24/1/2018
EPSRC (External organisation): Advisor; 1/1/2018
Low Carbon Networks Fund: what has been achieved to date and what does it mean for future innovation?: Contributor; 23/5/2017
Royal Society of Edinburgh (External organisation): Member; 1/3/2017
Faculty Robotics and Automation Users Group Discussion: Participant; 10/10/2017
ScottishPower (External organisation): Member; 2014

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Projects

EPSRC Capital Award: Emphasising Support for Early Career Researchers: McArthur, Stephen (Principal Investigator); 21-Jan-2018 - 20-Jan-2020
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Fallman, Jonathan: McArthur, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Fallman, Jonathan (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Gordon, Samuel: McArthur, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Gordon, Samuel (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Tait, James Gordon: McArthur, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Tait, James Gordon (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Anderson, Amy Chanissa: McArthur, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Anderson, Amy Chanissa (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Power Networks and Smart Grids | Aldarmon, Mohamed: McArthur, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Aldarmon, Mohamed (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College Building

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