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Centre for Doctoral Training in Ultra Precision Engineering

 

2020

J Macdonald, H Fossard, N Gabbani, W O'Neill, R Daly. Material ejection dynamics in direct-writing of low resistivity tracks by laser-induced reverse transfer. Applied Surface Science, Volume 536.

Goel S., Sara Hawi, Gaurav Goel, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Oliver Pearce, Clare Hoskins, Tanvir Hussain, Hari M Upadhyaya, Anupam Agrawal, Graham Cross and Asa Barber, “Resilient and Agile Engineering Solutions to Address Societal Challenges like Coronavirus Pandemic”, Materials Today Chemistry, 2020: p. 100300

Sims-Waterhouse D, Isa M A, Piano S, Leach R K 2020 Uncertainty model for a traceable stereo-photogrammetry system Prec. Eng. 63 1-9

Rivas Santos V M, Thompson A, Sims-Waterhouse D, Maskery I, Woolliams P, Leach R K 2020 Design and characterisation of an additive manufacturing benchmarking artefact following a design-for-metrology approach Addit. Manuf. 32 100964

Bointon P, Todhunter L, Clare A T, Leach R K 2020 Performance verification of a flexible vibration monitoring system Machines 8 1-17

Isa M A, Sims-Waterhouse D, Piano S, Leach R K 2020 Volumetric error modelling of a stereo vision system for error correction in photogrammetric three-dimensional coordinate metrology Prec. Eng. 64 188-199

Catalucci S, Senin N, Sims-Waterhouse D, Ziegelmeier S, Piano S, Leach R K 2020 Measurement of complex freeform additively manufactured parts by structured light and photogrammetry Measurement154 108081

Dickins A, Widjanarko T, Sims-Waterhouse D, Thompson A, Lawes S, Senin N and Leach R K 2020 Multi-view fringe projection system for surface topography measurement during metal powder bed fusion J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37 B93-B105

Karim S, Piano S, Tolley M, Leach R K 2020 Real-time target alignment system for high-power high-repetition rate laser operations using a five degree-of-freedom hybrid mechanism Int. J. Control In press

Zhang H, Eastwood J, Isa M, Sims-Waterhouse D, Leach R K, Piano S 2020 Optimisation of camera positions for optical coordinate measurement based on visible point analysis Prec. Eng. 67 178-188

Goel S., Michael Knaggs, X Zhou, G Goel, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Vinod Kumar, Gregory Bizarri, Hari M Upadhyaya, Ashutosh Tiwari, Adrian Murphy, Alexander Stukowski and Allan Matthews, “Horizons of accelerated molecular dynamics in digital solid freeform manufacturing of new generation advanced materials” Materials Today Chemistry, 2020

A. Rizzo, Goel S, M.L. Grilli, R. Iglesias, L. Jaworska, V. Lapkovsky, P. Novak, B.O. Postolnyi, D. Valerini, “The critical raw materials in cutting tools for machining applications: a review”, Materials, 2020

Samuel Clinton Daminabo, Goel S., Sotirios A. Grammatikos, Hamed Yazdani Nezhad and Vijay Kumar Thakur, “FDM-based Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing): Techniques for Polymer Material Systems”, Materials Today Chemistry, 2020

Khatri N, Borad M Barkachary, Muneeswaran B, Rajab, Xichun Luo and Goel S, Surface Defect incorporated Diamond Machining of Silicon, Int J of Extreme Manufacturing, IOP, 2020

Ning Huang, Ying Yan, Ping Zhou, Renke Kang, Dongming Guo and Goel S, “Elastic recovery of monocrystalline silicon during ultra-fine rotational grinding”, Precision Engineering, Volume 65,  Pages 64-71, September 2020

Nerly D. Montañez, Heider Carreño, Patricia Escobar, Hugo A. Estupiñán, Darío Y. Peña, Goel S and José L. Endrino, “Functional evaluation and testing of a newly developed Teleost’s Fish Otolith derived biocomposite coating for healthcare”, Nature Scientific reports, 2020. 10(1): p. 1-16

Deepak Kumar, Goel S., Nitya Nand Gosvami and Jayant Jain, Towards an improved understanding of plasticity, friction and wear mechanisms in precipitate containing AZ91 Mg alloy, Materialia, 2020: p. 100640

Danka Labus Zlatanovic, Sebastian Balos, Jean Pierre Bergmann, Tobias Köhler, Michael Grätzel, Leposava Sidjanina and Goel S., “An experimental investigation on friction stir spot welding of aluminum alloy (AA 5754) for lap joining of multiple sheets”, Int J of Adv Mfg. Tech., p. 1-15, 2020

Eastwood, Joe & Sims-Waterhouse, Danny & Piano, Samanta & Weir, Ralph & Leach, Richard. (2020). Pose estimation from a monocular image for automated photogrammetry.

Eastwood, Joe & Zhang, Hui & Isa, Mohammed & Sims-Waterhouse, Danny & Leach, Richard & Piano, Samanta. (2020). Smart photogrammetry for three-dimensional shape measurement. 11. 10.1117/12.2556462.

Tuchman, Y., Mangoma, T., Gkoupidenis, P., Van de Burgt, Y., John, R., Mathews, N., . Salleo, A. (2020). Organic neuromorphic devices: Past, present, and future challenges. MRS Bulletin, 45(8), 619-630.

A. A. Guy, A. W. Justin, D. M. Aguilar-Garza and A. E. Markaki, "3D Printable Vascular Networks Generated by Accelerated Constrained Constructive Optimization for Tissue Engineering," in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 1650-1663, June 2020

Catherine R. M. Fitzpatrick, Abby Wilson, Travis W. Sawyer, Peter J. Christopher, Timothy D. Wilkinson, Sarah E. Bohndiek, and George S. D. Gordon. Robustness to misalignment of low-cost, compact quantitative phase imaging architectures. OSA Continuum Vol. 3, Issue 10, pp. 2660-2679 (2020).

Peter J.Christopher, RalfMouthaan, A. MohamedSoliman, Timothy D.Wilkinson. Sympathetic quantisation - A new approach to hologram quantisation. Optics Communications, Volume 473, 15 October 2020, 125883.

Peter J. Christopher, Ralf Mouthaan, Miguel El Guendy, Timothy D. Wilkinson. Linear-time algorithm for phase-sensitive holography. Optical Engineering, 59(8), 085104 (2020).

Peter J.Christopher, RalfMouthaan, George S.D.Gordon, Timothy D.Wilkinson. Holographic Predictive Search: Extending the scope. Optics Communications Volume 467, 15 July 2020, 125701.

Peter J.Christopher, Timothy D.Wilkinson. Relative limitations of increasing the number of modulation levels in computer generated holography. Optics Communications Volume 462, 1 May 2020, 125353.

Youchao Wang, Daoming Dong, Peter J. Christopher, Andrew Kadis, Ralf Mouthaan, Fan Yang, Timothy D. Wilkinson. Hardware implementations of computer-generated holography: a review. Optical Engineering, 59(10), 102413 (2020).

Peter J. Christopher, Barnaby Dobson, Nicholas A. Alexander, "Exploring the Dynamics of Base-Excited Structures Impacting a Rigid Stop", Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2020, Article ID 6721025, 12 pages, 2020.

Ong Hui Chong, J., Zhao, J., Levy, G. K., Macdonald, J., Justin, A. W., & Markaki, A. (2020). Functionalisation of a heat-derived and bio-inert albumin hydrogel with extracellular matrix by air plasma treatment.. Scientific reports, 10 (1), 12429.

K. Lange, M. Sparkes, J. Bulmer, J.P.F. Feighan, W. O‘Neill and T.J. Haugan. Analysing Laser Machined YBCO Microbridges Using Raman Spectroscopy and Transport Measurements Aiming to Investigate Process Induced Degradation. Lasers in Eng., Vol. 46, pp. 285–294.

Luka Skoric, Dédalo Sanz-Hernández, Fanfan Meng, Claire Donnelly, Sara Merino-Aceituno, and Amalio Fernández-Pacheco. Layer-by-Layer Growth of Complex-Shaped Three-Dimensional Nanostructures with Focused Electron Beams. Nano Letters 2020 20 (1), 184-191.

2019

Dennis A, Goel S., Al-Sayegh Rajab and Neill WO, “The importance of wavelength for tight temperature control during µ-laser assisted machining”, Journal of Micromanufacturing, Sage, 2019

Eastwood, Joe & Sims-Waterhouse, Danny & Piano, Samanta & Leach, Richard. (2019). Single image pose estimation for automated photogrammetry.

Peter J.Christopher, RalfMouthaan, VamseeBheemireddy, Timothy D.Wilkinson. Improving performance of single-pass real-time holographic projection. Optics Communications, Volume 457, 15 February 2020, 124666.

Peter J. Christopher, Youchao Wang, and Timothy D. Wilkinson. Predictive search algorithm for phase holography. Journal of the Optical Society of America A Vol. 36, Issue 12, pp. 2068-2075 (2019)

Youchao Wang ; Daoming Dong ; Andrew Kadis ; Peter J. Christopher ; Timothy D. Wilkinson. Computer-Generated Holography Using a Digital Signal Processor. 2019 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP).

Daoming Dong ; Youchao Wang ; Peter J. Christopher ; Andrew Kadis ; Timothy D. Wilkinson. Fixed-Point Accuracy Analysis of 2D FFT for the Creation of Computer Generated Holograms.  2019 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP).

Stavroulakis P, Chen S, Derlome C, Bointon P, Tzimiropoulos G, Leach R K 2019 Rapid tracking of extrinsic projector parameters in fringe projection using machine learning Opt. Lasers Eng. 114 7-14

Dickins A, Widjanarko T, Lawes S, Leach R K 2019 Sensor fusion approach for in-situ measurement of metal laser powder bed fusion SFF Symp. 2019, Austin, USA, Aug.

Eastwood J, Sims-Waterhouse D, Piano S, Leach R K 2019 Autonomous close-range photogrammetry using machine learning Proc. ISMTII, Niigata, Japan, Sep.

John S.Bulmer, Jenifer E.Mizen, Thurid S.Gspann, Adarsh Kaniyoor, James B.Ryley, Patrick J.Kiley, Martin R.Sparkes, BillO'Neill, James A.Elliott. Extreme stretching of high G:D ratio carbon nanotube fibers using super-acid. Carbon Volume 153, November 2019, Pages 725-736

Shaheen A, Sims-Waterhouse D, Bointon P, Piano S, Leach R K 2019 Automated characterisation of multi-view fringe projection system for three-dimensional measurement of additively manufactured parts Proc. euspen/ASPE Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing, Nantes, France, Sep.

Widjanarko T, Dickins A, Lawes S, Leach R K 2019 Multi-sensor measurement system for metal laser powder bed fusion inspection Proc. euspen/ASPE Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing, Nantes, France, Sep.

Hawi S., Dickins A., Pardal Goncalo Rodrigues, Giusca C., Pearse Oliver and Goel S., “Fabrication of functionalised surfaces on Gum metal (Ti-30Nb) using micromachining”, 19th EUSPEN International Conference, Bilbao, Spain, 3rd-7th June 2019 

Giusca C. and Goel S., “Improved and simpler estimation of scales linearity contribution to topography characterization”, Precision Engineering, 2019

Liu C., Goel S., Iñigo Llavori, Pietro Stolf, Claudiu Giusca, Alaitz Zabala, Joern Kohlscheen, Jose Mario Paiva, Jose L Endrino, Stephen C. Veldhuis and German S. Fox Rabinovich, “Benchmarking of several material models for machining simulations of Ti6Al4V”, Journal of the Mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 2019

Peter J. Christopher, Jamie D. Lake, Daoming Dong, Hannah J. Joyce, and Timothy D. Wilkinson. Improving holographic search algorithms using sorted pixel selection. Journal of the Optical Society of America A.

Pawan K. Shrestha, Matt J. Pryn, Jia Jia, Jhen-Si Chen, Hector Navarro Fructuoso, Atanas Boev, Qing Zhang, and Daping Chu. Accommodation-Free Head Mounted Display with Comfortable 3D Perception and an Enlarged Eye-box. Research 2019

2018

Steven B. Fairchild ; Paul T. Murray ; Daniel Gortat ; Tyson C. Back ; Nathaniel Lockwood ; David C. Ingram. Hydrogen Outgassing and Secondary Electron Reduction From Laser-Processed Stainless Steel Anodes. IEEE, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS).

Hsin-Ling Liang, Mélanie M. Bay, Roberto Vadrucci, Charles H. Barty-King, Jialong Peng, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Michael F. L. De Volder & Silvia Vignolini. Roll-to-roll fabrication of touch-responsive cellulose photonic laminates. Nature Communications volume 9, Article number: 4632 (2018).

Karim S, Weber U. Kinematic design. In: Leach RK, Smith ST, (ed.). Basics of precision engineering. New York: CRC Press; 2018.

Karim S, Piano S, Leach R, Tolley M. Error modelling and validation of a high-precision five degree of freedom hybrid mechanism for high-power high-repetition rate laser system. Prec. Eng. 2018, 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2018.04.018.

Junguo Zhao, Claudiu Giusca and Saurav Goel. Manufacturing uncertainty: How reproducible is the depth of cut during diamond turning of OFHC copper? euspen’s 18th International Conference & Exhibition, Venice, IT, June 2018.

Saurav Goel, Fabian Duarte Martinez, Saeed Zare Chavoshi,
Neha Khatri and Claudiu Giusca. Molecular dynamics simulation of the elliptical vibration-assisted machining of pure iron. Journal of Micromanufacturing. DOI: 10.1177/2516598418765359.

A. Bennett et al., 2018, Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Etching of Crystal Quartz, EUSPEN International Conference, Venice.

Stavroulakis P, Sims-Waterhouse D, Shaheen A, Catalucci S, Bointon P, Leach R K, Tzimiropoulos G, Doyen E, Biskong Y 2018 External shape measurement for industrial applications using artificial intelligence and optimised data fusion. IEEE IntelliSys 2018.

Sims-Waterhouse D, Piano S, Leach R K 2018 Photogrammetric coordinate metrology. 18th Int. euspen Conf., 443-444.

Rivas Santos V M, Maskery I, Sims-Waterhouse D, Thompson A, Leach R K, Ellis A, Woolliams P E 2018 Benchmarking of an additive manufacturing process. ASPE/euspen Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing, 138-142.

Piano S, Sims-Waterhouse D, Leach R K 2018 Close-range photogrammetry for in-line measurement of surface form. Metromeet.

Leach R K, Sims-Waterhouse D, Medossi F, Savio E, Carmignato S, Su R 2018 Fusion of photogrammetry and coherence scanning interferometry data for all-optical coordinate measurement Ann. CIRP 67 599-602

Leach R K, Bointon P, Feng X, Lawes S, Piano S, Senin N, Sims-Waterhouse D, Stavroulakis P, Su R, Syam W P, Thomas M 2018 Information-rich manufacturing metrology. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 372, Precision assembly technologies and systems (Springer).

Karim S, Piano S, Leach R K, Tolley M 2018 Performance improvement of a hybrid five degree-of-freedom mechanism for manipulation of high-repetition rate laser microtargets. 7th Target Fabrication Workshop.

Karim S, Piano S, Leach R K, Tolley M 2018 Calibration of a high-precision five degree of freedom hybrid mechanism. ASPE.

Goel S, Iñigo Llavori AZ, Giusca C, Veldhuis SC & Endrino JL (2018) The possibility of performing FEA analysis of a contact loading process fed by the MD simulation data, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 134 79-80.

Dickins A, Widjanarko T, Lawes S, Leach R K 2018 Design of a multi-sensor in-situ inspection system for additive manufacturing. ASPE/euspen Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing, 248-242.

Cole, M. T., Collins, C., Parmee, R., Li, C. & Milne, W. I., Chemical Functionalization of Carbon Nanomaterials. Vol. 1 1034 - 1061 (CRC Press, 2015).

Bointon P, Clare A T, Stavroulakis P, Leach R K 2018 Effects of vibration on fringe projection systems. 18th Int. euspen Conf., 119-120.

2017

A. Bennett et al., 2017, Microwave plasma technology for ultra-precision applications, Institute Of Physics - Plasma Physics Symposium, Loughborough.

Karim S, Piano S, Leach R, Tolley M. Error analysis for a high-precision five degree of freedom hybrid mechanism for high-power high-repetition rate laser system. In: Proc ASPE 32nd Annual Meeting 2017. p. 366-372.

Ten, J. S., Sparkes M. S. & O’Neill, W. (2017). Femtosecond Laser-induced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Tungsten Quasi-periodic Structures on Silicon Substrates. Journal of Laser Applications.

D. Sims-Waterhouse, P. Bointon, S. Piano and R. Leach, Experimental comparison of photogrammetry for additive manufactured parts with and without laser speckle projection, 2017, Proc. SPIE, At Munich, Volume: 10329

P. Stavroulakis, D. Sims-Waterhouse, S. Piano and R. Leach, Flexible decoupled camera and projector fringe projection system using inertial sensors, 2017, Optical Engineering 56(10)

D. Sims-Waterhouse, S. Piano and R. Leach, Verification of micro-scale photogrammetry for smooth three-dimensional object measurement, 2017, Measurement Science and Technology 26(5):055010

V.M. Rivas Santos, D. Sims-Waterhouse, S. Piano, I. Maskery, R. Leach, M. Papastavrou, A. Ellis and P. Woolliams, Metrological design of calibration and benchmarking artefacts for an additive manufacturing system, 2017,  Proc. Euspen/ASPE Dimensional Accuracy & Surface Finish in AM, At Leuven, Belgium.

D. Sims-Waterhouse, S. Piano and R. Leach, Fusion of light-field and photogrammetric surface form data, 2017, Proc. SPIE, Volume: 10373.

P. Stavroulakis, S. Chen, D. Sims-Waterhouse, S. Piano, N. Southon, P. Bointon and R. Leach, Combined use of a priori data for fast system self-calibration of a non-rigid multi-camera fringe projection system, 2017, Proc. SPIE, At Munich.

Petros I. Stavroulakis, Shuxiao Chen, Danny Sims-Waterhouse, Samanta Piano, Nicholas Southon, Patrick Bointon, Richard Leach. Combined use of a priori data for fast system self-calibration of a non-rigid multi-camera fringe projection system. International Society for optics and photonics (SPIE) Optical Metrology June 2017 in Munich.

D Sims-Waterhouse, P Bointon, S Piano, R K Leach. Experimental comparison of photogrammetry for additive manufactured parts with and without laser speckle projection. Manufacturing Metrology Team, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Nottingham, UK. SPIE Optical Metrology June 2017 in Munich.

D. Gortat, P.T. Murray, S.B. Fairchild, M. Sparkes, T.C. Back, G.J. Gruen, M.M. Cahay, N.P. Lockwood, W. O'Neill. "Laser surface melting of stainless steel anodes for reduced hydrogen outgassing." Materials Letters external linkVolume 190 external link, 1 March 2017, Pages 5–8.

Patrick Land, Patrick Bointon, Richard Crossley, Petros Stavroulakis, David Branson, Svetan Ratchev, University of Nottingham. Rapid evaluation of Thermal Roll Formed thick composite panels using Surface NDT methods. SAE 2017 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition - Manufacturing/Materials/Structures - Composites Fabrication and Joining (ATC903).

Sims-Waterhouse D, Piano S and Leach R K, 2017. Verification of micro-scale photogrammetry for smooth three-dimensional object measurement Measurement Science & Technology. 28, 055010.

P. Stavroulakis, D. Sims-Waterhouse, S. Piano and R. Leach, Flexible decoupled camera and projector fringe projection system using inertial sensors.

Norman, J., Tonnellier, X., Morantz, P. A laser based multilateration system for measurement of low-slope surfaces. 17th EUSPEN Int. Conference Proceedings.

Leach R K, Elmadih W, Piano S, Senin N, Sims-Waterhouse D, Syam W P, Su R, Thomas M 2017 Enriching micro-scale metrology with an all-optical dimensional measuring system. euspen Micro/Nano Manufacturing Workshop.

Karim S, Leach R K, Piano S, Tolley M 2017 Error modelling of a hybrid five degree of freedom mechanism for manipulation of high repetition rate laser microtargets. 6th Target Fab. Workshop.

Karim S, Leach R K, Piano S, Tolley M 2017 Error modelling of a hybrid five degree of freedom mechanism for manipulation of high repetition rate laser microtargets. ASPE, 372-377.


2016

M. T. Cole, R. J. Parmee, A. Kumar, C. M. Collins, M. H. Kang, J. Xiao, C. Cepek, X. Yuan, W. I. Milne. Conjugated polyelectrolyte nano field emission adlayers. Nanoscale Horizons 2016, 1, 304.

F. J. Rawson, M. T. Cole, J. M. Hicks, J. W. Aylott, W. I. Milne, C. M. Collins, S. K. Jackson, N. J. Silman, P. M. Mendes. Electrochemical communication with the inside of cells using micro-patterned vertical carbon nanofibre electrodes. Scientific Reports 2016, 6, 37672.

A. Bennett et al., 2016, Microwaves enable activated plasma figuring for ultra-precision fabrication of optics, EUSPEN International Conference, Nottingham.

A. Bennett et al., 2016, Designing, Commissioning, Implementing & Testing of Prototype Plasma Systems, 27th International Symposium on Plasma Physics & Technology, Prague.

Stavroulakis P, Bointon P, Southon N, Leach R K 2016 Information-rich approach to non-destructive non-contact measurement planning, inspection and verification for additive manufacturing. ASPE Summer Topical, 78-80.

Norman, J., Tonnellier, X., Morantz, P. A method for assessing measurement precision and stability of optical probes. 16th EUSPEN Int. Conference Proceedings.


2015

Cole, M. T., Collins, C., Parmee, R., Li, C. & Milne, W. I., Chemical Functionalization of Carbon Nanomaterials. Vol. 1 1034 - 1061 (CRC Press, 2015).

Han, J., Sparkes, M. & O'Neill, W. Controlling the optical fiber output beam profile by focused ion beam machining of a phase hologram on fiber tip. Applied Optics Vol. 54, Issue 4, pp. 890-894 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.54.000890

Collins, C. M., Parmee, R. J., Milne, W. I. & Cole, M. T., High Performance Field Emitters. Advanced Science, doi:10.1002/advs.201500318 (2015).

Parmee, R., Collins, C., Milne, W. & Cole, M. X-ray generation using carbon nanotubes. Nano Convergence 2, 1 (2015).


2014

Steven B. Fairchild, John S. Bulmer, Martin Sparkes, John Boeckl, Marc Cahay, Tyson Back, P. Terrence Murray, Gregg Gruen, Matthew Lange, Nathaniel P. Lockwood, Francisco Orozco, William O’Neill, Catharina Paukner and Krzysztof K. K. Koziol. "Field emission from laser cut CNT fibers and films external link." Journal of Materials Research, Volume 29, Issue 03 2014, pp392–402.

M. Cahay, P. T. Murray, T. C. Back, S. Fairchild, J. Boeckl, J. Bulmer, K. K. K. Koziol, G. Gruen, M. Sparkes, F. Orozco and W. O'Neill. Hysteresis during field emission from chemical vapor deposition synthesized carbon nanotube fibers external link. Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 173107 (2014).

Francisco Orozco’s image on the cover of the Journal of Materials Research.