Dr Gordon Flockhart
Academic Director
Faculty of Engineering
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 9/2009
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)
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.
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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
Contact
Dr
Gordon
Flockhart
Academic Director
Faculty of Engineering
Email: gordon.flockhart@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4267