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Electrical and Computer Engineering
Summary
A wide range of research is carried out within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Research areas include: acoustics, communication, computational imaging, nanostructure engineering, networking, electric power engineering, power electronics and power systems. The Department has four specialist research laboratories: Communications, High Voltage, Nanofabrication and Power Electronics.
Researchers
Alan Ruthven Wood
Andrew Bainbridge-Smith
, also
College Office (Engineering)
Andrew Craig Lapthorn
Christopher Eric Hann
Ciaran Patrick Moore
Desmond Taylor
Harsha Rajaram Sirisena
Le Yang
Maan Alkaisi
Martin Ward Allen
Michael Philip Hayes
Neville Robert Watson
Pat Bodger
, also
Electric Power Engineering Centre
Paul T Gaynor
Peter Gough
Phil Bones
Philippa Anne Martin
Richard Darryl Jones
Richard Michael Clare
Rick Millane
Stephen John Weddell
Volker Michael Nock
, also
Biomolecular Interaction Centre
Research Groups
Centre for Bioengineering
Acoustic Research Group (ARG)
Algorithm Engineering
Communications Research Group (UCCRG)
Computational Design and Adaptation (CDA)
Computational Imaging Group (CIG)
Nanostructure Engineering Science and Technology (NEST)
Networking Research Group (NRG)
Power Electronics Research Group (PERG)
Power Systems Group
Wood Technology Research Centre
Engineering Leadership and Management (ELeMent)
Māori Research Advisory Group (MRAG)
Spatial Engineering Research Centre (SERC)
Search and Rescue Research Group (SRRG)
Resilience: Technological Research
The University of Canterbury Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research at St George’s Medical Centre
Projects
MARS-CT: Medipix All Resolution System - CT
Navigation Systems for Semi-autonomous Operation of Wheelchairs
Energy Harvesting for Wireless Instrumentation
Wireless Sensor Network for Wheelchair Control
Navigation and Control for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems
Nonlinear Adaptive Control for UAV
UC Rover
Change detection using multiple-pass InSAS
Tools for timber stiffness measurement
Autonomous Forest Pruning and Data Collection of Tree Metrics
Hyphae-on-a-Chip - A microfluidic platform for the study of protrusive forces in hyphal invasion
Using synthetic communities to visualise bacterial plant leaf community development and pathogen invasion processes at the single-cell resolution
Self-propelling droplets for microfluidic applications
Using the Lab-on-a-Chip to understand the protrusive force exerted by pathogenic hyphae
Controlling the Oxygen Microenvironment On-chip
Flexible microdevices for characterization of the role of bionanomechanics in cancer
PhD. Scholarship available (Marsden funded) High-Resolution Imaging of Near-Earth Objects and Space Debris: Real-Time Atmospheric Tomographic Signal Processing
Equipment
Nanolab Mask Aligner
Subject Area: Disciplines
Agriculture and Other Applied Biological Sciences:
Biotechnology
Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Sciences:
Computer Vision
Education:
Diversity
; Learning Communities
Engineering and Technology:
Acoustics
; Applied Mechanics
; Bioengineering
; Communications
; Computer & Software Engineering
; Design
; Earthquake Engineering
; Electrical Engineering
; Electromagnetics
; Energy and Fuels
; Engineering Management
; Fluids Engineering
; Instrumentation & Control
; Signal and Image Processing
; Manufacturing
; Materials
; Mechatronics
; Microwave and millimetre-waves
; Nanotechnology & Solid State Devices
; Optical & Laser Engineering
; Power Systems & Power Electronics
; Resource/Environment Engineering
; Simulation, Control and Computer Modelling
; Thermophysical Properties
; Timber
; Transportation
; Modelling
Physics:
Condensed Matter
; Medical Physics
; Nanotechnology
Psychology:
Behavioural Science
; Cognitive Psychology
; Neuroscience
; Forensic Psychology
Resilience: Technological:
Robotics
Resources
Department website
Contact details
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