The Sensors and Instrumentation Group develops and exploits detectors, instrumentation, and data analysis methods. We apply our work to research in high energy particle physics, space science, medical imaging, and remote instrumentation and control. Data processing techniques include Grid computing, genetic programming and visualization. Meet our experts The people behind our research Covid-19 epidemiological modelling Bringing together epidemiological modelling and high-performance computing world experts to develop modelling architectures for a detailed and robust understanding of Covid-19 scenarios. Our expertise areas Experimental Particle Physics at Large Hadron Collider CERN Understanding of the "Standard Model" of top-quark physics The High-Luminosity Upgrade of the Compact Muon Solenoid Detector Developing state-of-the-art tracking, calorimetry and trigger capabilities Ionization-Cooling at the Muon Collider: Neutrino Factory Exploring future accelerator technologies for Neutrino factories GridPP computing for Particle Physics Delivering large-scale computational resources to the UK particle physics community Image source: CERN Browse our research projects Covid-19 epidemiological modelling: ODE and agent based strategies Ongoing Analysis of the nature of loneliness using natural language programming Completed Smart wearable for non-invasive foetal heart monitoring Completed Low-cost, scalable far-UVC source for reducing pathogen transmission Completed Solving 'hard to recycle' plastic packaging Completed Physics analysis and operations of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment Completed R&D in preparation for an upgrade of CMS for the Super- Large Hadron Collider Ongoing Pause Radiation facilities and expertise Space weather Understanding of the space radiation environment and its effects on missions such as Gaia, XMM-Newton, Chandrayaan-1, GeoSCIA, ExoMars Vacuum phototriode production Assessing the performance of radiation tolerant vacuum phototriodes in the extreme radiation environment CCD irradiation Extensive research into the effects of protons, electrons and gamma rays on CCDs Collaborative research Our group works closely with other parts of the university and beyond to further the impact and understanding of our research. Research Centres Centre for AI: Social and Digital Innovation Smart Technology Advancements for Health and Rehabilitation Wolfson Centre for Sustainable Materials Development and Processing Research Institutes Institute of Digital Futures Institute of Health, Medicine and Environments AIDA-2020: Advanced European Infrastructures for Detectors at Accelerators Access the password protected documentation folder