Research Centres
There are curently four research centres associated with the department:
University Technology Centre (UTC) in Control and Systems Engineering supported by Rolls-Royce
This Centre carries out co-ordinated and directed programmes of research in the fields of control systems, embedded software, systems and control law definition, safety and reliability, high integrity software and systems integration.
The main work areas are in Architectures and Hardware, Prognostics and Aftermarket, Advanced Control Law Strategies, Staged Combustion, and Re-configurable Computing Platforms for Control System Applications.
Applications include gas turbine engines for civil and military fixed and rotary wing aircraft, Advanced Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) aircraft, industrial turbo-generator systems and maritime installations.
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The Institute for Microstructural and Mechanical Process Engineering at The University of Sheffield (IMMPETUS)
IMMPETUS is the Institute for Microstructural and Mechanical Process Engineering at The University of Sheffield. It involves AC&SE, together with the Departments of Engineering Materials and Mechanical Engineering.
IMMPETUS aims to integrate metallurgical, mechanical and thermal considerations in developing soundly based models for process planning and control to achieve target microstructures and product properties within increasingly fine tolerances and greater efficiency.
Centre for Signal Processing and Complex Systems
The Centre for Signal Processing and Complex Systems develops system identification, signal processing and analysis methods to address the challenging problems and highly complex behaviours in the life sciences and other related fields.
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Centre for Signal Processing in Neuroimaging and Systems Neuroscience (SPiNSN)
The Centre for Signal Processing in Neuroimaging and Systems Neuroscience conducts world class research on the identification of complex and nonlinear systems and the development of advanced neuroimaging techniques and computational modelling in systems neuroscience.
SPiNSN provides the under-pinning signal processing and data analysis expertise to support the emerging neuroimaging and computational neuroscience programme at the University of Sheffield. The centre involves staff from the Departments of Psychology and Automatic Control and Systems Engineering.