Advanced Technologies Research Group
What is the Advanced Technologies Research Group?
The Advanced Technologies Research Group (ATRG) consists of staff with interests in a broad range of research areas. They provide an active research environment with knowledge transfer activities conducted at the highest international level.
The Group works closely with national and international industrial partners and has strategic partnerships with key beneficiaries. These industry links have led to new product developments, helping businesses to achieve a competitive advantage and secure new markets.
The research performance of the Group has recently been highly rated by the Research Excellence Framework (REF) with 90% of research output judged to be “internationally excellent”.
Areas of interest
The Advanced Technologies Research Group has research interests in the following areas
- Acoustic Emission and Vibration analysis and testing
- Computing systems
- Immersive Technologies
- Lift Technology and High Performance Engineering
- Networking and robotics
- Non-destructive testing (NDT)
Recent projects
Computer Simulation Methodology for the Control of Vibrations in High-Rise, High-Speed Elevator Systems
The Lift Technology and High Performance Engineering section of the ATRG have been involved in a number of projects covering the dynamic performance of high-rise elevator systems. Their partnership with ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG has led to a number of research and innovation projects, including investigation into aerodynamic effects that occur when a high-speed lift travels through the hoistway.
The project resulted in the development of a computational model to predict the aerodynamic interactions in high-speed lift systems. The model has been implemented in a high-performance computer simulation and 3D visualisation platform and can now be deployed as a tool for aerodynamic design and optimization of high-rise lift systems.
Current projects
Modelling and Simulation of a nonstationary high-rise elevator system to predict the dynamic interactions between its components
This study is focused on the prediction and analysis of the dynamic responses of suspension and compensating ropes in high-rise elevator systems that are induced by building motions.
The scope of this project involved the development of mathematical models of a high-rise elevator system which can be used to predict the dynamic interactions taking place during its operation. The model is implemented in a high performance computational platform and the dynamic response of the system is determined through numerical simulation.
External partners
ATRG works with a range of external partners locally, nationally and internationally.
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ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG is one of the world’s leading elevator and escalators companies and incorporate the latest research into their development work and manufacture all elevator and escalator systems in their own plant. |
Working closely with the British Institute of NDT which is the professional institute for all those engaged in non-destructive testing and condition monitoring, in terms of standards and sharing testing facilities. |
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Partnership with Royal Mail involves generating new knowledge and ideas to drive research and innovation in the field of logistics. These involve varieties of projects across the different disciplines of technology. |
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Lifts Group supports lift engineering research and scholarship activities. |
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Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) supports the lift engineering postgraduate teaching programme and knowledge transfer partnership / enterprise activities in lift technology. |
ATRG Staff
Staff working with the ATRG include:
Professor Stefan Kaczmarczyk, Research Leader; LT&HPE
Stefan.Kaczmarczyk@northampton.ac.uk |
Professor Phil Picton, Research Leader; NDT
Phil.Picton@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Scott Turner, Research Leader; Computing
Scott.Turner@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Jonathan Adams, researcher
Jonathan.Adams@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Surat Ajit, researcher
Suraj.Ajit@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Ali Al-Sherbaz, researcher
Ali.Al-Sherbaz@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Abdeldjalil Bennecer, researcher
Abdeldjalil.Bennecer@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Maurice Hendrix, researcher
Maurice.Hendrix@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Triantafyllos Kanakis, researcher
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Dr Seyed Mirhadizadeh, researcher
Seyed.Mirhadizadeh@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Stephen Mabbutt, researcher
Steve.Mabbutt@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr James Xue, researcher
James.Xue@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Douglas Mills, researcher
Douglas.Mills@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Huijuan Su, researcher
Huijuan.Su@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Angel Torres Perez, researcher
Angel.TorresPerez@northampton.ac.uk |
Dr Mu Mu, researcher
mu.mu@northampton.ac.uk |
ATRG Students
ATRG currently has over 20 research students:
Hayder Al-JelawyHayder.Al-Jelawy@northampton.ac.uk Hayder’s research investigates the modelling of fluid structure interactions and flow induced vibration phenomena to predict and control the dynamic behaviour of high-speed high-rise vertical transportation system. |
Sylvester AjahSylvester.Ajah@northampton.ac.uk Enhancing the energy efficiency of machine to machine communication (M2M) devices using compressive sensing.
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Thomas Ehrl
Thomas explores different learning styles of a multi-cultural engineering workforce to improve teaching concepts of higher education distance-learning courses.
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Stefan Gerstenmeyer
Stefan.Gerstenmeyer@northampton.ac.uk |
Karl FlowersKarl.Flowers@northampton.ac.uk Karl’s research focuses on the dynamics of leather rotating in a horizontal drum. It contributes to the field of leather by allowing industry and academia to understand the model of motion of leather contents and how water can be saved in the leather process. |
Ali HassanAli is investigating the theoretical and experimental implementation of active control techniques for machine induced vibrations using linear actuators to damp the undesired vibration of a Stirling engine generator which utilises heat energy resources to generate electricity. |
Ayodeji OlamideAyodeji.Olamide@Northampton.ac.uk Ayodeji’s research aims to evaluate the effects of weld geometric profile on the fatigue life of monopile structures, using Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics. |
Rafael Sanchez CrespoRafael.SanchezCrespo@northampton.ac.uk In his PhD Rafael has been developing a mathematical model of a high rise elevator installation to predict the dynamic interactions in the building – elevator system when it’s subject to the action of adverse environmental phenomena such as strong winds. |
Sam BroujeniSam.Broujeni@northampton.ac.uk Sam’s research explores various methods of non destructive testing to ascertain a reliable measure of vertical depth of cracks in rails in order to reduce the depth by material removing techniques to prolong the serviceability of the rail. |
Tom ButlerThomas.Butler@northampton.ac.uk Towards the Development of Enhanced Strategies for Computing Education within UK Schools Utilising Contemporary Technology. |
James OakesResearch Topic: Intelligent Management of Virtualised Computer Based Workloads and Systems. |
Ahmad Baheej Al-KhaliAhmad.Al-Khalil@northampton.ac.uk Enhancing The PHY Layer in Vehicle to Vehicle V2V Communications. |
Alex DziubekAleksandra.Dziubek@northampton.ac.uk Towards the Development of Enhanced Strategies for Computing Education within UK Schools Utilising Contemporary Technology. |
Alyaa Al BarrakAlyaa.AlBarrak@northampton.ac.uk Network Coding for Wireless Network Security over Galois Field Theory. |
Oyindamola Olajubu |
Mohamed Redha Sidoumou |
Working with ATRG
If you are interested in working with ATRG please contact Stefan.Kaczmarczyk@northampton.ac.uk
Publications
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