Mini Seminars 2025

Mini Seminars - Instrumentation, Analysis and Testing Exhibition

Join us for a series of short presentations on a variety of topics throughout the day.

AI for Integrity and Measurement Engineers - Ali Parandeh, ADSP

This talk explores how AI is transforming integrity engineering by enhancing safety, reliability, and efficiency.

Attendees will gain insights into various AI technologies used in engineering and explore applications such as predictive maintenance for forecasting and categorising equipment failures with measurement data, risk assessment gap analysis, and the use of computer vision and sensor analytics in automated inspections. It will also address limitations of AI and ethical issues such as AI carbon footprint, data bias and quality, reproducibility, and algorithm transparency. By the end of this presentation, integrity engineers will feel more comfortable navigating AI technologies for their own use cases.

BIOGRAPHY: Ali Parandeh is a Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council and a certified developer and data scientist with Microsoft and Google. He’s also author of an O’Reilly book on productising GenAI models (Building Generative AI Services with FastAPI, May 2025) and has led engineering teams both at large multi-national consultancies and at tech startups.  

From Paper Streaming to Data Streaming; 40 years of data acquisition - Iain Godwin, Axiometrix Solutions

Can you remember how to calculate the value of a gain resistor?
Do you remember “pot trimmers”, DIP switches and jumper links?
Remember when “Ai” was the abbreviation of “Analogue Input”?

From an age of analogue amplifiers and paper streaming out of chart recorders, through the introduction of digital techniques and modern communication systems. The way that we record, analyse, interpret and share data has changed vastly over the last four decades.

The 40th anniversary of the EIS provides an opportunity to review some of the major developments that have changed and shaped the field of data acquisition and signal analysis. We can also reflect on some of the fundamentals that remain as true today as they have ever been.

BIOGRAPHY: A profession spanning 40 years of experience of instrumentation and controls systems integration. Having originally worked in the process industry, Iain transferred to the world of test and measurement, starting with off-highway vehicles. Subsequent career moves allowed access to a broader range of applications, mostly in harsh environments including defence land vehicles, mining equipment, the energy sector and even more off-highway vehicles. Currently the Regional Technical Manager for Axiometrix Solutions providing technical support and advice to customers on data acquisition applications in the EMEA-I region.

Turning Testing Data into Decisions – A Series of Case Studies - Adam Buckell, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd

In-service testing campaigns large and small can yield significant amounts of data to support decision making.  With so much data its often difficult to see the wood for the trees allowing actionable decisions to be made.  During this presentation we’ll present some specific case studies which show the essence of this problem, and the high-level processes and tools that were deployed to make actionable decisions – turning data to decisions.

BIOGRAPHY: Adam is a Group Leader with over 22 years cross-industry experience of solving complex engineering problems using a combination of test, measurement and numerical analysis. Adam’s experience includes large scale non-destructive inspection campaigns, laboratory and field trials across a range of technical disciplines. Adam specialises in the fusion of experimental and numerical analysis to support operational and engineering decision making.

The role of Digital Twins and Multi-physics Modelling in the Testing of Aerospace Propulsion Systems - Adam Harris, Rolls Royce

Over the past decade digital twins and multi-physics models have played an important role in the design and development of aerospace propulsion systems where their use is becoming more prevalent in the development of the test facilities in which these products are physically evaluated as well as the experimental designs upon which testing is based. This presentation examines the application of these tools and methods through testing examples and considers the future strategic direction to meet demands of a changing product portfolio.

Smart Batteries to Electrify Transportation – Characterisation, Safety and Management - Tim Vincent, WMG

Electric vehicles are now commonplace on our roads, but how can we develop next-generation batteries to power future EVs, aircraft, off-highway vehicles? Smart battery cells (instrumentation, communication and control) offer unique insights into battery operation, with sensors to understand degradation, effectiveness of thermal management and performance windows.

We’ll look at the development of sensors, instrumentation of cells, and data collected from performance and safety testing. We’ll also introduce novel sensors to underpin future smart batteries, with the goal to extend battery longevity, maintain value for second life and build a circular economy.

Biography:

Timothy Vincent is an assistant professor, part of the Battery Systems Research Group in WMG, University of Warwick. His background is in electronic engineering, with a PhD in Gas Sensor engineering. He has over 10 years’ experience working both in academia and industry in sensor development, and for the past 6 years, has researched in the area of sensors for battery cells. His research interests include fabrication of miniature sensors, embedded sensing within battery cells and gas sensor analysis.

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