The core staff associated with the centre are drawn from the School of Engineering and the Department of Physics. Work in this area has been managed in the past by staff responding individually to companies and our new venture is intended to give direct industrial support a higher profile. Current activities include the exploitation of novel devices for temperature sensing and the development of instrumentation for the oil and pipeline technology industry. Applications of our research are often protected by published patents in discussion with the company concerned. A very recent venture concerns the provision of a pre-compliance electromagnetic compatibility test service.
Expertise is available on all aspects of electronics and computer engineering.
In addition to industrial support activities, staff are also engaged in conventional grant funded research projects - on topics ranging from Novel Transducers, Silicon Design, Signal Processing to Digital Communication systems with the main objective of creating new knowledge made accessible through publication in learned journals and at conferences. Two significant regional projects have developed from the Centre of Electronic Systems. This is a joint venture with the University of Newcastle and is based at Royal Quays, North Tyneside. It specialises in critical problems for the economic operation of microchip foundries and the reliable performance and packaging of Integrated Systems. 0.97 Zn 0.03 Te and CdS at Elevated Temperatures.