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Researcher Details
 
Name: Professor D Hand
Organisation: Heriot-Watt University
Department: Sch of Engineering and Physical Science
Current EPSRC-Supported Research Topics:
Artificial Intelligence Lasers & Optics
Manufacturing Machine & Plant Med.Instrument.Device& Equip.
Optical Devices & Subsystems Robotics & Autonomy
Software Engineering Surfaces & Interfaces

Current EPSRC Support
EP/Y023978/1 STREAM 1: Accelerating Impact of Community healthCarE in Tayside (AICCET)(C)
EP/X025365/1 Smart Products Made Smarter(C)
EP/V047612/1 ''Mechanically-intelligent'' Intra-operative Tissue Assessment for Robot-Assisted Surgery (MIRAS)(C)
EP/V01269X/1 Ultra-short pulsed laser welding - an industrially-relevant manufacturing tool for bonding IR and visible optical materials(P)
EP/V006312/1 3D Laser Beam Shaping: The True Potential of Laser Based Manufacturing(C)
EP/V006185/1 PreCisE: A Precision laser scalpel for Cancer diagnostics and Eradication(C)
EP/T020903/1 U-care: Deep ultraviolet light therapies(C)
Previous EPSRC Support
EP/T005076/1 3D printing of micro-scale graded shape memory components for in-vivo actuated medical devices(P)
EP/P027415/1 Multi-modal Manufacturing of Medical Devices (4MD)(P)
EP/N509474/1 DTP 2016-2017 Heriot-Watt University(P)
EP/N02494X/1 A fluorescence guided steerable laser tool for precision resection of early stage cancers(C)
EP/P511158/1 Institutional Sponsorship 2016- Heriot-Watt University(P)
EP/P510786/1 EPSRC Global Challenges Research Fund Institutional Sponsorship Award 2016 - Heriot-Watt University(P)
EP/M025888/1 Hollow antiresonant fibres for visible and ultraviolet beam delivery(P)
EP/N508688/1 Institutional Sponsorship 2015- Heriot-Watt University(P)
EP/K030884/1 EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes(P)
EP/K031643/1 KitBoost: Enabling Early Career Researchers with Small Equipment(C)
EP/J015040/1 Heriot-Watt - Equipment Account(P)
EP/I01246X/1 New fibres for new lasers - photonic crystal fibre optics for the delivery of high-power light(P)
EP/G037523/1 Industrial Doctorate Centre: Optics and Photonics Technologies(C)
EP/F02553X/1 Scottish Manufacturing Institute - Renewal, 2008 - 2013(C)
EP/E02923X/1 Advanced Ultra-wideband (UWB) devices for wireless communications and radar(C)
GR/S96555/01 BIOPLATFORM: Advanced Photonics for the Dynamic Study of Living Biological Systems(C)
GR/S80011/01 Photonics Engineering(P)
GR/S12395/01 Proposal for the Establishment of an EPSRC Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre(C)
GR/S20215/01 Engineering Doctorate Centre: Photonics Engineering(P)
GR/R59151/01 Photonic crystal fibres for industrial laser beam delivery systems(P)
GR/R62915/01 JREI - CO2 laser machining: Interaction process experiments, process modelling and adaptive control.(C)
GR/R99744/01 Engineering Doctorate Centre: Photonics Engineering(P)
GR/N38398/01 SENSORS FOR CONTROL & AUTOMATION OF WELDING PROCESSES (SCAWP)(P)
GR/R45024/01 Laser processing of electronics circuit board substrates(C)
GR/N21734/01 LASER FORMING OF AEROSPACE ALLOYS - A DIRECT FABRICATION TECHNIQUE(C)
GR/M83629/01 FIBRE OPTIC DELIVERY OF HIGH ENERGY Q-SWITCH ND:YAG LASER LIGHT FOR INTERNAL FLOW MEASUREMENTS(P)
Key: (P)=Principal Investigator, (C)=Co-Investigator, (R)=Researcher Co-Investigator