Our Research Projects

Ranging from fundamental research to applied impact- and challenge-led activities

Our Active Projects (Chronological Order)

UofG PI + WP Lead: "Sustainable heterogenoUs e-textileS for impercepTible humAn INterfaces (SUSTAIN)" EPSRC Programme Grant (£7.3M, £2.3M share, PI; S Beeby, 2025-2030)

Deputy/Acting-PI/Pillar Lead: "REACT: Responsible Electronics and Circular Technologies Centre" UKRI Accelerating the Green Economy Centre (£5.5M+£1M (external), 10/2024-09/2028, PI: Jeff Kettle)

PI: "Mass-Manufacturable Biodegradable Microwave Systems for Next-Generation Sustainable Wireless PCBs (BioWaveS)" EPSRC IAA (£45k, 03/2024-02/2025, Co-I: Jeff Kettle)

PI: “UPGRADE: UPskilling for bridging the skills Gap in RF/microwAve inDustries through Engagement & Education” EPSRC IAA (£5k, 2024; Co-I: Rami Ghannam).

PI: "A Student-Centred Approach to Independent Hands-On ElectRomagnetics Education using Equivalent Circuits (SCORE)" IEEE Educational Initiatives (Antennas & Propagation Society - $5k), 2024 (Co-I: Rami Ghannam).

Co-I: "Automated Nano AnaLysing, characterisatiOn and additive packaGing sUitE (ANALOGUE)" EPSRC Strategic Equipment Grant (£3.1M, 2024-2027, EP/Y015215/1; core team member; PI: Hadi Heidar)

PI: "Environmentally-Driven Body-Centric Electromagnetic Co-Sensing" EPSRC ECR International Collaboration (£200kFEC +£50k partner support, 2023-2025, EP/Y002008/1).

Co-I: "Dielectrophoretic roll system for high performance electronics using contactless selective assembly of nanostructures on large areas (DIELECT)" EPSRC (PI: Hadi Heidari, Co-Is: Jeff Kettle, David Cumming, Mahmoud Wagih, Morteza Amjadi). (£1.08M, 2023-2026; EP/W025752/1).

Previous completed projects

PI: "ACC2039985: Functional natively stretchAble Materials for body-centric cOmmUnication, Sensing, and powering (FAMOUS) " DSTL (Co-I: S. Kumar; £227k, 2023-2025).

Co-PI: "ACC2037863: READ: Reconfigurable IntElligent surfAces for Deployable orthogonal N-LOS communication" DSTL (£100k, 2023-2025).

PI: "Sustainable Sensing and Transduction using Microwave Scattering (STEMS)" Royal Society Research Grants. (£70k, 2023-2024; RGS/R1/ 231028).

PI: "RF-Powered Sensing in Energy-Deprived Environments (REMINDER)" EPSRC IAA Impact Acceleration Account. (£38k, 2023-2024).

PI: "Radio Frequency-Enabled Multi-Source Energy Harvesting in Inaccessible Locations" UK Intelligence Community Research Fellowship, Royal Academy of Engineering | Government Office for Science. (£249k FEC, 2021-2023).

Co-I: "Showcase of the 6G test capabilities at the University of Glasgow (SOUL)" EPSRC IAA. (PI: Chong Li, Co-Is: Qammer Abbasi, Hasan Abbas, Abdullah Al-Khalidi, Mahmoud Wagih, Edward Wasige); £34k, 2023-2024)

PI: "Environmentally-Driven Electromagnetic Co-Sensing" CoSE Rewards for Excellence, UofG College of Science and Engineering (£10k, 2023)

PI: "6G Power Amplifiers for Wireless Power Transfer" James Watt School of Engineering ECR Small Equipment Fund (£10k).

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