Professor Anthony Gachagan
Head Of Department
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Prof听Gachagan has been Director of the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE) since October 2010. This research Centre comprises approximately 55 staff and students and has a current funding portfolio of in excess of听拢5M.听Prof Gachagan has line management responsibilities for all CUE personnel, reporting directly to the Departmental Head of Department. Interestingly, the research portfolio within CUE is diverse, with Electronic and Mechanical Engineers, Physicists, Mathematicians, Polymer Scientists and Biologists involved in the research teams. The research portfolio of the Centre has expanded in recent years, with robotics, metrology, bioacoustics and high power ultrasound building on the traditional fields of NDE and Sonar.听Prof Gachagan has been directly involved in all of these areas and it is his interest in a broad, diverse range of scientific and engineering topics coupled with his strategic leadership that has seen CUE strengthen in terms of international profile, industrial engagement and funding profile.
Prof听Gachagan is the Academic Chair and a member of the Management Board of RCNDE. He is also a member of both the Technical and Scottish Branch Committees of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT). Within Strathclyde, he is the Deputy Head of Department for EEE,听EEE Research Director and sits on the departmental Departmental Strategy Advisory Group and听Departmental Executive Team.
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Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 5/9/2019
Qualifications
- PG Cert in Advanced Academic Studies, Strathclyde,听2009
- PhD entitled "An evaluation of 1-3 connectivity compoiste transducers for air-coupled ultrasonic applications", Strathclyde, 1996
- BSc Electronic and Microprocessor Engineering, Strathclyde, 1985
Publications
- , Feeney Andrew,
- 2025 Annual Ultrasonic Industry Association Symposium (UIA) 2025 Annual Ultrasonic Industry Association Symposium (UIA), pp. 1-4 (2026)
- , , , Tabatabaeipour Morteza, , Lam Kwok-Ho, Hughes David, Trodden Heather,
- NDT and E International Vol 158 (2026)
- , , Warner Veronica, Jones Richard, Sibson Jim, ,
- ASTM International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing 2025 (2025)
- , , , Tabatabaeipour Morteza, Lam Kwok Ho, Hughes David, Trodden Heather,
- IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IEEE IUS) 2025 (2025)
- , Core Giulia, Metzger Hilde, Kinney Joseph, Russel David, , , Lam Kwok Ho, Hughes David, Trodden Heather,
- IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IEEE IUS) 2025 (2025)
- , , , Tabatabaeipour Morteza, Lam Koko, Hughes Dave, Trodden Heather,
- 62nd Annual British Conference on NDT (2025)
Teaching
Prof听Gachagan is involved with the delivery of Analogue Electronics modules to 3rd (EE315) and 4th (EE468) year EEE/CES/EME students. These modules focus on amplifier design using transistors and cover amplifier design, biaising considerations, frequency response and noise characteristics. In addition, he delivers a Project Management module (EE318)听to 3rd year EEE/CES students.
Research Interests
Prof听Anthony Gachagan's specific research interests encompass ultrasonic transducers and arrays, power ultrasound, robotics and automation, industrial process control,听bioacoustics, thermosonics and the application of coded excitation techniques. His research activities involve both national and international collaboration with academia and industry.听His research activities encompass the following thematic sectors:
- Non-Destructive Evaluation and Condition Monitoring
- Sensors听for Process Control
- Health Technologies
- Process Intensification
- Pressure Field Mapping
- Ultrasonic Transduction
Professional Activities
- Contributor
- 30/10/2023
- Contributor
- 20/7/2023
- Contributor
- 26/4/2023
- Contributor
- 19/4/2023
- Contributor
- 30/10/2022
- Speaker
- 7/9/2022
Projects
- MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Dobie, Gordon (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Stratoudaki, Theodosia (Co-investigator) Ward, Michael (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator) Lines, David (Research Co-investigator) Loukas, Charalampos (Research Co-investigator) Munro, William (Research Co-investigator) Nicolson, Ewan (Research Co-investigator) Watson, Robert (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Gachagan, Anthony (Principal Investigator) Wilson, Mark (Co-investigator)
- 29-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2026
- MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Dobie, Gordon (Co-investigator) Fitzpatrick, Stephen (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Stratoudaki, Theodosia (Co-investigator) Tant, Katherine Margaret Mary (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
- Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) Lotfian, Saeid (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator)
- In-situ Robotic and Ultrasonic Stress Measurement for Predictive 鈥嶮aintenance of Offshore Wind Bolted Flange Connections
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
- Gachagan, Anthony (Principal Investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Germano, Elmergue (Research Co-investigator)
- 13-Jan-2021 - 22-Jan-2026
- Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator)
- "Automated non-destructive testing of high value additive manufactured components": The IAA application is geared towards how to commercialise the in-process NDT technology (ultrasonic and electromagnetic approaches).
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
Contact
Professor
Anthony
Gachagan
Head Of Department
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: a.gachagan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2535