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Dr Gordon Flockhart

Academic Director

Faculty of Engineering

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Personal statement

I am Academic Director of the Engineering Academy in the Faculty of Engineering and Principal Teaching Fellow in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. The is a widening access programme providing students with an alternative pathway into higher education. I have experience teaching at all levels of higher education from 1st to 5th year undergraduate students and postgraduate taught students and supervision of postgraduate research students.听

My area of expertise is photonics and in particular the application of optical sensors for industrial measurement applications. I am Deputy Director of the EPSRC - a partnership of 7 universities and the National Physical Laboratory. Optical sensing and instrumentation is increasingly used in advanced technologies and I have the pleasure of introducing the field of photonics to 4th and 5th year undergraduate students.

Office: Centre for Microsystems and Photonics, R219B (Royal College Building)

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
9/2009

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Publications

Cranch GA,
Journal of Modern Optics Vol 59, pp. 493-526 (2012)
Cranch GA, , Kirkendall CK
IEEE Sensors Journal Vol 8, pp. 1161-1172 (2008)
, MacPherson W N, Barton J S, Jones J D C, Zhang L, Bennion I
Optics Letters Vol 28, pp. 387-389 (2003)
, Cranch G A, Kirkendall C K
Electronics Letters Vol 42, pp. 390-391 (2006)
Cranch G A, , Kirkendall C K
Journal of Lightwave Technology Vol 23, pp. 3798-3807 (2005)
, Bonner Gerald M, , , Selyem Adam
2025 IEEE International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS) 2025 IEEE International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS), pp. 1-10 (2026)

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Teaching

My teaching primarily covers analogue electronics, photonics and the integration of them both. I teach at all levels of our undergraduate degrees. I am responsible for developing the academic programme to provide 听a successful transition to university for our Engineering Academy programme. I have also developed a new postgraduate class for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics. I also supervise 4th year undergraduate research projects, MSc projects and postgraduate PhD students and EngD research engineers.

I currently contribute to the following classes:

  • EF015 EEE Engineering Academy
  • EE318 Engineering Project
  • EE473 Photonic Systems
  • EE979 Systems Engineering Project
  • 19496 4th Year Indvidual Projects
  • EF105 Physics for Engineering
  • EF102 Engineering Skills
  • EF300/EF500 STEM Engagement

I have previously taught:

  • EE107 Small group tutorials
  • EE269 Electronic and Electrical Principles 2
  • EE312 Instrumentation and Microcontrollers

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Research Interests

I am a member of the Centre for Microsystems and Photonics and my research investigates the application of photonic technologies for measurement applications. Optical sensing technologies provide a range of different advantages compared to conventional electrical sensors. For some applications, these advantages allow optical sensors to provide a unique solution whereas conventional electrical sensors may not meet the required specification. I enjoy the challenge of developing optical sensing systems where photonics, electronics and software systems are integrated. As a researcher this exposes me to a wide range of technologies and the applications of my research can be quite varied from underwater acoustics to bio-medical applications.

Professional Activities

Organiser
19/6/2025
Examiner
7/11/2022
Consultant
27/9/2022
Consultant
29/3/2022
Participant
17/5/2021
Participant
2021

Projects

Sypek, Katarzyna (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Thomson, Avril (Co-investigator)
31-Jan-2025 - 23-Jan-2025
Lengden, Michael (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Co-investigator) Gardner, Andrew (Research Co-investigator)
11-Jan-2023 - 11-Jan-2028
Murray, Michael (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Principal Investigator) MacLachlan, Ross (Principal Investigator) Adams, Richard (Principal Investigator) Magueijo, Vitor (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Hasty, William (Principal Investigator)
Strathclyde Intern Funding:
01-Jan-2023 - 03-Jan-2023
Lengden, Michael (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Co-investigator) Gill, Kamalpreet (Research Co-investigator)
09-Jan-2023 - 09-Jan-2027
Lengden, Michael (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Co-investigator) Martin, Euan (Research Co-investigator)
12-Jan-2022 - 12-Jan-2026
Flockhart, Gordon (Principal Investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator) Monaghan, Martin (Research Co-investigator)
12-Jan-2022 - 12-Jan-2026

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Contact

Dr Gordon Flockhart
Academic Director
Faculty of Engineering

Email: gordon.flockhart@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4267