Grants and Contracts

Total awarded grants to date = GBP 5.88M, details of which follow:

• Regional Growth Fund, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, UK
  Growing Autonomous System Mission Management Applications (GAMMA),
  In collaboration with North West Aerospace Alliance Ltd., BAe Systems, National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd. and the Universities of Liverpool, Salford, Lanchaster and Central Lancaster. Jan 2012 - Jan 2015. Total amount granted GBP4.4M, includes University of Manchester's share of GBP1.52M.

• Faculty Strategic Funds, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
  Gimballed rig for hardware-in-the-loop attitude control systems testing of Unmanned Aerial and Underwater Vehicles,
  In collaboration with B. Lennox, A. Stancu. Nov 2011 - Jul 2012. Amount granted GBP19,600.

• Faculty Strategic Funds, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
  Nano-positioning control test bed,
  In collaboration with W. Heath. Nov 2011 - Jul 2012. Amount granted GBP17,330.

• University of Manchester Intellectual Property Premier Fund, UK,
  Demonstration of a variable pitch hexrotor vehicle with expanded manoeuvre envelope,
  In collaboration with B. Crowther, Jul 2011 - Nov 2011. Amount granted GBP25,000.

• Faculty Strategic Funds, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
  Small-scale research and teaching equipment,
  In collaboration with R. Van Silfhout, B. Grieve, P. Dudek, P. Wright, F. Podd, C. Woodyatt, A. Lopich, A. Kachatkou. Jan 2011 - Jul 2011. Amount granted GBP16,500.

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK,
  Absolute stability theory of feedback interconnections and robust antiwindup control design,
  In collaboration with W. Heath, Sep 2010 - Sep 2013. Amount granted GBP500,518.

• University of Manchester Intellectual Property Proof-of-Principle Fund, UK,
  Patented HexRotor UAV,
  In collaboration with B. Crowther, May 2009 - Feb 2010. Amount granted GBP90,137.

• Sellafield Remote Technology Ltd., Remote Handling Centre of Excellence, UK,
  Use of the patented TumbleWeed rotary wing vehicle to solve part of the future nuclear decommissioning challenge,
  In collaboration with B. Crowther and R. Richardson, Mar 2009. Amount granted GBP3,000.

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK,
  Advances in robust control methods and application to flying discs,
  Sole investigator, Jan 2009 - Jan 2012. Amount granted GBP372,110.

• AVL Powertrain UK Ltd., UK,
  Optimised car engine tuning: An adaptive control approach,
  Sole investigator, Nov 2008 - Aug 2009. Amount granted GBP2,000.

• Royal Society Research Grant, UK,
  Novel concepts and control challenges in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,
  Sole investigator, Oct 2008 - Apr 2010. Amount granted GBP15,000.

• Royal Society Conference Grant, UK,
  Sole investigator, Jul 2007. Amount granted GBP1,110.

• Australian Research Council, Australia,
  Development of robust adaptive and nonlinear control methodologies,
  In collaboration with B. D. O. Anderson, Jan 2006 - Dec 2008. Amount granted AUD336,000.

• Australian Research Council, Australia,
  Research Network on Control, Dynamics and Systems,
  In collaboration with several Australian Universities, Dec 2003 - Aug 2004. Amount granted AUD30,000.

• Australian Research Council, Australia,
  Fellowship on Adaptive Control,
  Sole fellow, May 2003 - May 2006. Amount granted AUD207,090.

• Australian Research Council, Australia,
  Safe adaptive control,
  In collaboration with B. D. O. Anderson, May 2003 - May 2006. Amount granted AUD60,000.