Introduction to the AIM Lab

Welcome to the website of the Advanced Imaging and Measurement Lab, or AIM Lab (formerly the Ultrasonics Lab), led by Professor David Hutchins. This multi-disciplinary research group is active in many areas of research. Examples include the design and characterisation of novel ultrasonic transducer systems for both NDE and high-power medical applications, NIR measurements for security and food testing, other imaging technologies, and numerous other practical applications of our technology. Please use the menu on the left to see examples of our various technologies. The group has collaborations with a number of institutions both within the UK and internationally. Recent collaborations include:

The UK Research Centre for NDE (RCNDE), a consortium of six UK Universities and 15 industrial members from around the world. This involves both Core Research, and Targetted Research Programmes such as capacitive imaging (see link on left) which is performed with input from industrial partners. The core research for the RCNDE at the University of Warwick is a collaboration between the AIM Lab within the School of Engineering and the Department of Physics (Dr Steve Dixon and Dr Rachel Edwards - click on link opposite).

The AIM Lab is involved in the UK TSB consortium on In-situ Wireless Monitoring of Offshore Wind Towers and Blades (INSIGHT). The INSIGHT consortium comprises of the The Welding Institute plus 11 other industries, together with the AIM Lab at the University of Warwick, looking at novel methods for monitoring off-shore stuctures.

We are also part of the Cargo Screening Network, established as part of an EPSRC initiative in cargo screening.

Members of the AIM Lab are founders of a University of Warwick spin-off company, Warwick Audio Technologies. This company is investigating new stuctures for the design of ultra-thin and flexible loudspeakers.

We have also taken part in designs for a future ESA mission to Mars. Our input, following work with Cornell University and the University of Oxford, was to design sensor systems for wind measurement on the Martian surface.

For additional information or enquiries about our research, please contact Professor D.A.Hutchins.

An evening out for some of the lab members.