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EPSRC Support by Research Area in Control Engineering

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. All the grants listed below have some relevance to this research area. The value of the investment is the total awarded by EPSRC and does not reflect the proportion assigned to this research area.

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Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
A digital COgnitive architecture to achieve Rapid Task programming and flEXibility in manufacturing robots through human demonstrations (DIGI-CORTEX)Oyekan, Dr JOJUniversity of YorkComputer Science 290,176
A hybrid precision manufacturing platform for next-generation of nanoscale productsLuo, Professor XUniversity of StrathclydeDesign Manufacture and Engineering Man 766,513
A Nuclear Decommissioning Manipulator with Novel Variable Impedance ActuatorGlovnea, Professor RPUniversity of SussexSch of Engineering and Informatics 397,509
Advancing Probabilistic Machine Learning to Deliver Safer, More Efficient, and Predictable Air Traffic ControlEverson, Professor RThe Alan Turing InstituteResearch 3,156,740
An insect-inspired approach to robotic graspingWebb, Professor BUniversity of EdinburghSch of Informatics 1,718,900
ATRACT: A Trustworthy Robotic Autonomous system to support Casualty TriageBehera, Professor AEdge Hill UniversityComputer Science 869,031
Automatic Control Engineering (ACE) NetworkCoca, Professor DNewcastle UniversitySch of Engineering 568,024
Autonomous Inspection for Responsive and Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Manufacture (AIRS-NFM)Joyce, Professor MJLancaster UniversityEngineering 1,499,367
CMMI-EPSRC - Right First Time Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals (RiFTMaP)Litster, Professor JDUniversity of SheffieldChemical & Biological Engineering 1,543,633
COMICO: Feedback Control for Microbial CommunitiesSteel, Professor HUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 397,660
COmpetition models and cross-Subsidies for equitable and green MObility - COSMOPaccagnan, Dr DImperial College LondonComputing 132,051
ContRol methods for rELiable sensIng informAtion in interConnected Energy systemsBoem, Dr FUCLElectronic and Electrical Engineering 377,537
Dynamic optimisation of tumor’s dense-dose scheduling via closed-loop control and beyondBelkhatir, Dr ZUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Electronics and Computer Sci 51,353
EEBio: Efficient Engineering and Control of Predictable and Reliable BiosystemsPapachristodoulou, Professor AUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 8,941,241
Enhanced Control Methods for Aerial and Space Vehicles Equipped with Limited Force ActuatorsTurner, Professor MCUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Electronics and Computer Sci 244,356
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and SystemsOsborne, Dr MAUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 5,532,026
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Embedded IntelligenceConway, Professor PLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 3,603,175
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Autonomous and Robotic Systems - FARSCOPEHauser, Dr HUniversity of BristolEngineering Mathematics and Technology 4,942,724
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Autonomous Robotic Systems (FARSCOPE-TU: Towards Ubiquity)Hauser, Dr HUniversity of BristolEngineering Mathematics and Technology 5,102,043
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CDT-RAS)Hastie, Professor HFHeriot-Watt UniversityS of Mathematical and Computer Sciences 7,174,727
Fluidity in simulated human-robot interaction with speech interfacesHough, Dr JSwansea UniversityCollege of Science 469,255
FREEpHRI: Flexible, Robust and Efficient physical Human-robot Interaction with iterative learning and self-triggered role adaptionLi, Dr ZUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 257,541
Goal-Oriented Control Systems (GOCS): Disturbance, Uncertainty and ConstraintsChen, Professor WLoughborough UniversityAeronautical and Automotive Engineering 1,599,964
Heterogeneous Fibre Optic sensor Arrays to Monitor Composite Manufacture (H-FOAM)Gilbert, Professor JUniversity of HullElectrical and Electronic Engineering 1,011,752
Industrial Robots-as-a-Service (IRaaS) - Resilient and responsive manufacturing systems enabled by rapidly deployable mobile robotsLohse, Professor NLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 1,436,069
InTarget: An intelligent signature for magnetic controlKafash Hoshiar, Dr AUniversity of EssexComputer Sci and Electronic Engineering 313,589
Integrated wind-wave control of semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine platforms (FOWT-Control)Edwards, Professor CUniversity of ExeterEngineering 436,700
Integrated wind-wave control of semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine platforms (FOWT-Control)Greaves, Professor DUniversity of PlymouthSch of Eng, Comp and Math (SECaM) 307,175
Integrated wind-wave control of semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine platforms (FOWT-Control)Stansby, Professor PKUniversity of Manchester, TheMechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng 391,015
Integrated wind-wave control of semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine platforms (FOWT-Control)Li, Professor GUniversity of Manchester, TheMechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng 384,522
Intelligent Structures for Low Noise EnvironmentsDaley, Professor SUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Engineering 1,803,189
Interfacing Next-Generation Grid-Scale Storage to the Electrical Power Network (Inter-Storage)Barnes, Professor MUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 840,201
Learning of safety critical model predictive controllers for autonomous systemsFleming, Dr JMLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 400,125
Made Smarter Innovation - Digital Medicines Manufacturing Research CentreFlorence, Professor AJUniversity of StrathclydeInst of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sci 5,086,406
Made Smarter Innovation - Research Centre for Connected FactoriesRatchev, Professor SMUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 5,091,837
Model reduction from dataAstolfi, Professor AImperial College LondonElectrical and Electronic Engineering 807,643
Modulator-free Performance-Oriented Control (MfPOC) for Direct Electric DrivesYang, Dr JLoughborough UniversityAeronautical and Automotive Engineering 394,616
MUlti-limb Virtual Environment (MUVE) for full body and augmented interactionsBurdet, Professor EImperial College LondonBioengineering 1,027,493
Pervasive Sensing for Buried PipesHoroshenkov, Professor KVUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 7,290,965
RESICS:Resilience and Safety to attacks in ICS and CPSLupu, Professor ECImperial College LondonComputing 919,122
Robotic picking and packing with physical reasoningDogar, Dr MRUniversity of LeedsSch of Computing 1,196,801
Satisficing Trust in Human Robot TeamsBaber, Professor CUniversity of BirminghamSchool of Computer Science 1,218,852
Self-learning robotics for industrial contact-rich tasks (ATARI): enabling smart learning in automated disassemblyWang, Dr YUniversity of BirminghamMechanical Engineering 298,263
Smart Solutions Towards Cellular-Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles SystemRamchurn, Professor SDUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Electronics and Computer Sci 351,585
Smart Solutions Towards Cellular-Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System (AUTONOMY)Nallanathan, Professor AQueen Mary University of LondonSch of Electronic Eng & Computer Science 409,171
Smart Solutions Towards Cellular-Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System (AUTONOMY)Deng, Dr YKings College LondonEngineering 432,537
STREAM 2: The LINCAM AgTech ClusterPearson, Professor SUniversity of LincolnLincoln Inst for Agri-Food Technology 5,244,818
Structured adaptive estimation: reliable "grey box" adaptationLecchini Visintini, Dr AUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Electronics and Computer Sci 224,207
Structured adaptive estimation: reliable "grey box" adaptationTurner, Professor MCUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Electronics and Computer Sci 315,220
The shadow of turbulence: algorithms and applicationsPapadakis, Professor GImperial College LondonAeronautics 519,096
The shadow of turbulence: algorithms and applicationsLasagna, Dr DUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Engineering 432,506
Thermal monitoring instrumentation for metal additive manufacturing - PYRAMTatam, Professor RPCranfield UniversitySch of Aerospace, Transport & Manufact 961,863
Towards Zero Emissions Electric Aircraft through Superconducting DC Distribution NetworkPei, Dr XUniversity of BathElectronic and Electrical Engineering 1,381,562
UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems HubRamchurn, Professor SDUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Electronics and Computer Sci 14,069,722
UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in FunctionalityWindsor, Dr SUniversity of BristolAerospace Engineering 3,315,004
UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Governance and RegulationRamamoorthy, Professor SUniversity of EdinburghSch of Informatics 2,671,812

Total Number of Grants: 56
Total Value of Grants: £110,620,983

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).