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Professor Joseph Spencer CEng FIET

Professor Electrical Engineering and Electronics

    Research

    Research Grants

    KEL09/09 - Opto-acoustic monitors for condition assessment

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 2010 - March 2011

    Transformer Insulating Oil.

    ENW LTD (UK)

    June 2010 - August 2016

    An optical fibre energised hybrid command module for HV switchgear and other power monitoring applications.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    June 2000 - June 2003

    Impact Acceleration Account - University of Liverpool 2012

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    October 2012 - March 2017

    The detection, assessment and alleviation of pain in laboratory zebrafish.

    NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REP, REF AND RED OF ANIMALS USED IN RESEARCH (NC3RS)

    November 2012 - April 2016

    Merton intelligent operating systems (MIMS).

    LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON (UK)

    August 2004 - September 2011

    Clean accessible transport for community Health (CATCH).

    LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL (UK)

    September 2003 - July 2005

    Adaptation and Resilience of Coastal Energy Supply (ARCOES)

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    November 2011 - October 2017

    HOMES: High-efficiency Off-grid Multi-source Electrical Supplies

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, INNOVATE UK (UK), POWER SYSTEMS WAREHOUSE LTD (UK)

    March 2010 - May 2012

    Testing of a non-SF6 interrupter

    ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (USA)

    March 2011 - July 2013

    SF6 Emission Monitoring with Mass Spectrometry.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 2003 - March 2006

    University of Liverpool Institutional Discipline Bridging.

    MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

    October 2003 - October 2006

    Optical detection of the degeneration of transformer oil

    ENW LTD (UK), THE JOULE CENTRE (UK)

    November 2008 - December 2010

    Intelligent Monitoring using rapid image capture and telematics.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    March 1999 - February 2001

    Enhanced Management and Performance for a Sustainable UK Energy Infrastructure (Supergen V)

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    February 2006 - October 2010

    Research Collaborations

    Professor B Hon

    Internal

    Force measurement on tools used for micro machining. Joint supervision of a PhD student.

    Dr Stephen Gordon

    Internal

    Monitoring of particulates produced by kerosene and wood fuel stoves.

    Professor Field

    Internal

    Monitoring the particulate content of smoke produced by cigarettes. Involves the use on novel mobile phone technology and embedded software applications for monitoring. The work is in collaboration with the Roy Castle Cancer Foundation.