”Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do not deserve wealth, because they do not desire it. Even so, a well-organized society should assure to such workers the efficient means of accomplishing their task, in a life freed from material care and freely consecrated to research.” - Marie Curie, scientist, Nobel laureate (1867-1934)  

My research interest is in Mathematical Modelling and Simulation, Applied Control and Computing. The applications are in :

  1. Real-Time Systems encompassing Data Acquisition, Sensitivity Analysis, and Systems Modelling. We are engaged with Machine Tools Manufacturer, Continuous Systems Process, Micro-Electronics, Laser and Opto-Electronics Fabrication and Manufacturing, Penetrating and Surface Technology detection and Quality Inspection, Aerospace and Aviation (Flight Data Analysis, Scenario Analysis, Fault Diagnostics, and Predictive Maintenance), Automotive (Control and Optimisation of Safety Systems). Further applications in real-time performance monitoring and optimisation of Power Plants and Factory Performance Optimisation. (see Publications and Activities)
  2. Systems Modelling and Simulation: Application of discrete event modelling and simulation for measuring and optimisation of plant/shopfloor performance optimisation. Measurement of key performance indicators in industrial systems including manufacturing, health care, retail, logistics, and service industry. Linking internal resource performance with external and environmental factors (secondary models) such as customer satisfaction, environmental impact and complex socio-economics factors.
  3. Data-Driven Learning Predictive Systems Failure, Risk and Threat modelling including physical and digital systems i.e. machines, networked machines (process), and systems of systems. 
  4. Mathematical Modelling and Computing: Application of Physical (in forms of Transfer Functions), analytical, stochastic and heuristic modelling in describing and controlling complex systems and presenting them in the form of software tools.

I lead the Brunel Centre for Digital Manufacturing (BCDM) where you can find detail of research activities and our team in a dedicated University website.

Here a brief overview of my research and consultancy activities can be viewed under (Activities & Results) page. My research interests can be browsed under (Research Areas), and the publications page lists the articles we published with co-authors. You can also view the courses I teach on the (Teaching) page.

Systems Engineering Research Group Laboratory:

Our capabilities include: Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC, Rockwell Automation Suites, National Instrument Suite (NI), Sensor & Actuation Networks, Flexible I/O Configurations, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL), Software-in-the-Loop (SiL), ABB Robots, RFID technologies. High performance computing facilities (e.g. intel xeon (E5-2583 V4) platform and the latest pascal GPU architecture), state-of-the-art image processing of penetrating and surface technologies.

Modelling tools: in-house EventTracker, EventiC,Systems Engineering Large Data Collider, HiSTEED, CALM, Green Scheduler, Predictive Maintenance, ... solutions as we all as other tools such as LabView, MATLAB, Arena, CAD/CAM and other research based software tools for quality assessment, control and event modelling built in BCDM.

 
 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

Centre for Digital Manufacturing is Recruiting Research Assistants, Fellows and PhD students in the areas of Automation, Control, Sensors and Actuation, Mathematical Modelling and Optimisation, Machine Learning & AI, and Software Engineering (contact me for details)

 

Full Special Papers by author not published anywhere else:

Railway System Capacity Planning based on Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning and Discrete-Event Simulation (2020) (Paper)(Figures)(Tables)

 
Lecture on General Systems Theory and Cyber-Physical Systems - The Real-Time Event Modeller  

Application of Discrete Event Simulation in Measuring Pollutant Emissions: A case study for London Heathrow (LHR) - Including single-mode, mixed mode and 3rd runway

 
An Idea for Treating Phantom Limb Pain with a highly customisable solution using latest 3D VR Technology)