School of Engineering (ENG)
Dr David Sanders
Reader
School of Engineering
Anglesea Building, Anglesea Road, Portsmouth, Hants, PO1 3DJ
Profile
Until 1990 I was the Research Group Secretary for a research group led by Professor John Billingsley. I formed the Systems Engineering Research Group in 1991 after Professor Billingsley emigrated to Australia.
Between 1991 and 1999, the group went through eight years of slow expansion of the three research areas in the group. This allowed natural groupings to form and the academics within the areas to be tested. Automation & Robotics was the core research area during that time. The areas are described at:
Since then the numbers of staff and students in the research group have been increasing year on year so that my research group now consists of 25 people. The group is still expanding as new staff join as co-investigators for grants and supervisors for research students.
RECENT EXAMPLES OF EXTERNAL ACTIVITY:
Guest Editor (2003, 2006, 2008 and 2009) for Industrial Robot: an international journal ISSN: 0143-991X, http://info.emeraldinsight.com; Assembly Automation Journal; ISSN: 0144-5154 (2006, 2008 and 2009) and Sensor Review Journal ISSN 0260-2288 (2004, 2007 and 2008) http://info.emeraldinsight.com, and Editor for the Journal of Computing in Systems & Engineering (ISSN 1472-9083) http://www.jcise.electronic-development.co.uk and Editor for Journal of Intelligent Mobility (ISSN: 1472-7633) http://www.jim.electronic-development.co.uk.
Visiting Professor (2003 - 2004) at de-La Salle University in Manila (Philippines), presenting work on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Systems and investigating control engineering and software modelling problems; funded by the British Council.
Patents (2004/2005). First named inventor for US patents concerning biometric recognition titled "Recording writing movements" and second named inventor for UK patents for biometric recognition. The new systems are now successfully being used to capture electronic signatures in Nationwide Building Society (UK).
Assessor (2004 - 2005) at the Defence College of Logistics, concentrating on the training of new officers in the engineering and management of Port, Maritime and Rail.
NATO Research Fellowship (2004) exploring potential collaboration between UK and Russian Universities. The Fellowship led to research work as a Visiting Professor at Stankin University.
Coordinator (2004) / Board Member & UK Coordinator (2005) Cognitive Systems Forum. The Forum is establishing an approach to cognitive systems for decision-making in industry. Two projects have been submitted: IDECIDE - Intelligent decision making for industry and INDESPOSE - Knowledge Based Disposal for Industry.
Melvin Jones Fellowship (2005) awarded by the LCI Foundation in recognition of commitment to humanitarian work and Certificate of Merit (2004) awarded by the Manila District of the LCI Foundation Chamber and Business Association of Commerce for training in Knowledge Engineering and Management and advanced business communication techniques.
Visiting Professor (2004 - 2005) at Stankin University / Moscow State University (Russia) presenting work on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Systems and working with Russian research teams investigating environmental control and computer modelling methods for industrial processes and environmental impact (with a view to reducing energy and environmental costs).
Referee for external funding: for Action Research and as a selected reviewer for the EPSRC.
Conference Chair for the Symposium on Powered Vehicles for Disabled Persons in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and Cognitive Systems Symposia in 2006 and 2008. Regularly chaired sessions at other International Conferences for example: Mechatronics, EuroMicro, ISATA, Euriscon, Robotics, Motion & Machine Vision, International Conference on Information Technology, Communication & Control and at the Robotics & Machine Vision Conference.
Invited Member of the Research Cadre (2006-) of the Advanced Research and Assessment Group, a collaboration between the United Kingdom Defence Academy, Kings College London, Shrivenham University and Cranfield University to investigate defence and security subjects for the Ministry of Defence and other government departments.
Fellow of Institute of Engineering and Technology (also Mentor & committee member) and Fellow of Institute of Mechanical Engineers (also Mentor & Vice Chairman of Area Committee).
Senior Staff Officer (2004 - 2007) at the UK Defence Academy and Joint Services Command and Staff College. Selected to be part of a group investigating technology ten years hence for the Ministry of Defence Directorate. Deputy Commander of 2 (SE) Brigade (2007-2009). Following that successful role, now selected to command 2 Logistic Support Group (2010-2013).
Paul Harris Fellowship awarded by Rotary International in appreciation of significant contributions to the Rotary Foundation's Humanitarian and Educational programmes.
Examples of external ceremonial representation in the past year: Presented the address and awards at the Havant District Scout Awards Ceremony, gave the opening address at the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex Awards Ceremony, and gave the closing address at the Lord Lieutenant of Kent Awards Ceremony. Member of the organising committee (and County Committee) for the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire and the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey Awards.
Charity representation: Named and Registered Trustee for four charities: The Hampshire Volunteer Trust (http://www.hampshiretrust.ewebnet.co.uk) and the Sussex Volunteer Trust (http://www.sussextrust.ewebnet.co.uk), Fareham Lions (http://www.farehamlions.org.uk - Registered Charity Number 1089643), and The Rifle Association (Registered Charity Number 292225).
RESEARCH DEGREES RECENTLY DIRECTED TO COMPLETION
BERGASA J (2006). Intelligent software agents for teaching across the WWW. PhD.
TAN YC (2006). Multi expert concurrent engineering system to assist a designer. PhD.
LANGNER M (2004). A wheelchair guidance system for people with complex needs. MPhil.
LAUSSENIERE A (2003). New music technology systems and methods to assist teachers. PhD.
CHESTER S (2009). Electronic Assessment Systems & Generic Models of student assessment. PhD.
Some recent publications are listed below and at: publications
Details of external funding are at: funding
Publications
Recent output since RAE 2003
Publications in the three main areas are:
Automation and robotics publications
Langner M and Sanders DA (2008). Controlling wheel-chair direction on slopes Journal of Assistive Technologies, 2 (2), pp 32 – 42.
Sanders DA (2007). Force sensing. Industrial robot – international journal, 34 (4), pp 268-269.
Sanders DA (2008). Controlling the direction of “walkie” type forklifts and pallet jacks on sloping ground. Assembly Automation Journal, 28 (4), pp 317-324.
Sanders DA (2009). Recognising shipbuilding parts using ANNs and Fourier Descripors. IMechE Part B: Jnl of Eng Manf 223 (B3), pp 337 - 342.
Sanders DA (2009). Comparing speed to complete progressively more difficult mobile robot paths between human tele-operators and humans with sensor systems to assist. Assembly Automation Journal. In press.
SANDERS DA (2004) Intelligent knowledge-based system for electrical fault diagnosis in a vehicle, Jnl Intelligent Mobility, Vol 7(3), ISSN 1472-7633, pp 104 -110
Sanders DA, Tewkesbury GE, Little APF, Onuh S, Rogers I and Urwin-Wright S (2005). Innovative design that shares expertise between a human designer and a knowledge-based design assistant. Journal of computing in systems and engineering, 6 (2), ISSN 1472-9083, pp 82 – 87.
Sanders DA, Urwin-Wright SD , Tewkesbury GE, et al (2005). Pointer device for thin-film transistor and cathode ray tube computer screens. Electronics Letters, 41 (16), pp 894-896.
TAN YC, SANDERS DA and TEWKESBURYGE. (2004). Creating a New Smart Workplaces using Intelligent Task Machines. Work with Computing Systems, pp 120-125. ISBN 9834174209
TAN YC, SANDERS DA and TEWKESBURYGE. (2004). Control, Programming and Automation of Intelligent Production Machines using a Task Oriented Approach. Artificial Intelligence in Engineering and Technology, (2), pp 162-166, ISBN 9832643384
URWIN-WRIGHT S, SANDERS DA and CHEN S, (2003), Predicting terrain contours using a feed-forward neural network. Journal of engineering applications of artificial intelligence, Vol 16, Issue 5-6, pp 465-472, published by Elsevier
Computing and electronics publications
Bergasa-Suso J, Sanders DA and Tewkesbury GE (2005). Intelligent browser-based systems to assist Internet users. IEEE Transactions (E), 48 (4), pp 580-585.
Chester S, Tewkesbury, GE and Sanders DA, et al (2006). New electronic multi-media assessment system. Web information systems and technologies - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, pp 320-324.
SANDERS DA (2005). Knowledge management and potentially useful new hyper-didactic structures. Defense & Security Analysis, Volume 20, ISSN: 1475-1798, pp 229 – 243.
Sanders DA (2008) Progress in Machine Intelligence. Industrialrobot – international journal, 35 (6), pp 100-109.
Sanders DA (2005). Creation of new knowledge. Defense & Security Analysis, Volume 21, No 3, ISSN: 1475-1798, pp 283- 302.
Sanders DA and Gegov A (2006). Ambient Intelligence. Journal of computing in systems and engineering, 7 (1), pp 78 – 82.
Sanders DA, Liu H and Harrison DJ (2008). Distributed user interfaces for ambient intelligent environments. Journal of Intelligent Mobility, 11 (3), pp 158 – 167. ISSN 1472-7633
Sanders DA and Tewkesbury GE (2009 – in press). A pointer device for TFT display screens that determines position by detecting colours on the display using a colour sensor and an Artificial Neural Network. Displays Journal.
Sanders DA, Smart CR, Gegov A and Gremont B (2007). A prototype ambient intelligence sensor network based on a computer and a radio transceiver. Journal of Intelligent Mobility, 10 (1), pp 136 – 138. ISSN 1472-7633.
Sanders DA, Urwin-Wright SD , Tewkesbury GE, et al (2005). Pointer device for thin-film transistor and cathode ray tube computer screens. Electronics Letters, 41 (16), pp 894-896.
Sanders DA (2009 – in press). Ambient Intelligence and energy efficiency in rapid prototyping and manufacturing. Journal of computing in systems and engineering. ISSN 1472-9083.
TEWKESBURYGE, SANDERS DA, URWIN-WRIGHT SU, POWELL P, POWELL W (2003). Recording writing movements. UK Patent.
Urwin-Wright SD, Sanders DA and Tewkesbury GE (2005). Computer screen pointer using intelligent colour sensing systems. Sensor Review Journal. Volume: 25 Issue: 2, pp 125– 133. ISSN: 0260-2288.
Environmental systems publications
Sanders DA (2007). Intelligent ambient software to optimize energy and power systems, Journal of computing in systems and engineering, 8 (2). pp 110 – 112. ISSN 1472-9083.
Sanders DA (2008). Environmental sensors and networks of sensors. Sensor Review Journal, Volume 28 (4), pp 273 – 274.
Sanders DA, Liu H, Harrison DJ and Gegov A (2008). Energy Efficiency based on Ambient Intelligence. Journal of computing in systems and engineering, 9 (1), pp 114 – 120. ISSN 1472-9083.