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Instrumentation and Control
Subject Group Leader: Dr A Sheila Smith
T: 0141 331 3552
Summary of subject group area:
Instrumentation concerns the development of measurement systems for a wide range of applications in the scientific and technical world. Control is the application of control theory to design systems which have predicable behaviours.
The Instrumentation and Control subject area covers new developments in sensor technologies, instrument communication, networking and information processing to enhance business performance through improved production, systems optimisation and asset management.
Areas of excellence:
- Instrumentation for Particulate Solids Handling
- Industrial Weighing Systems
- Modelling, simulation and control of complex systems
- Subsea sensor development in collaboration with FMC Technologies
- Instrumentation for the detection of ionising radiation
Courses within subject group:
- MSc Applied Instrumentation and Control
Academic Staff:
- Prof John R Pugh
- Dr Geraint Bevan
- Dr George Cullen
- Mr Paul McKenna
- Mr Andrew Quinn
- Dr Peter Wallace
Accreditation:
MSc Applied Instrumentation and Control is accredited by the Institute of Measurement and Control as meeting the ECUK further learning requirements for Chartered Engineering registration.
Industry links:
MSc student project placement in industry:- Howden
- FMC Technologies Ltd
- AECOM
- Seebyte
- Batch Control Systems
- Macom
Industrial training provider for:
Rolls Royce Marine
Research Project with:
International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); in collaboration with Glasgow University: development of plant simulations and safeguards monitoring software to aid nuclear non-proliferation inspections.
Distance Learning students currently on the programme are employed by the following companies:
Aker Kvaerner; Shell, Chevron Nigeria, Rockwell Automation Ltd, Petrofac Engineering, BP Exploration, Marathon Oil, Wood Group; Nigeria LNG Ltd, Elite Control Systems Ltd, Honeywell, BAE Systems, LifeScan, Production Services Network (PSN), SSE, Emerson Process Management Ltd, Scottish Power, Babcock, AMEC, Maersk Oil, General Electric, Risktec Solution, Cameron, Qatar Petroleum, Aibel AS, Fluor Corporation, Syngenta.
Employability:
Some examples of job titles and companies where graduates of the MSc Applied Instrumentation and Control programme are employed:
- Lead Electrical and Control Engineer, Howden Process Compressors
- Control and Instrumentation Engineer, British Energy
- Senior Field Engineer, Tecon Oil Services Nigeria Ltd
- Remote Automation Solutions Engineer, Emerson
- LabVIEW control applications developer, Howden Technology
- Instrument Engineer, NNPC (Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation)
- Instrument Engineer, Mustang Engineering
- Research student, GCU
- Electronic Engineer, PSM Instrumentation
- Systems Engineer, ABB
- Instrument Automation and Control Professional, Nigeria LNG Ltd
- E&I Designer, BIS Industrial Services
- Senior Engineer, Rockwell Automation