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Research interests

My key research work is in analogue electronics specifically the design and development of novel electronic circuit designs, this is often coupled into different areas of research in visible light communication and power electronics.  Design and implementation of electronics for visible light communication driver design, and in the analysis of LiPo battery charging design has led to several successful PhD students awards.

One key aspect of my research is engaging students both undergrad and postgraduate in research, with several students starting on a research journey from their respective project work.

Biography

Dr Richard Binns serves as the Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and an Associate Professor at Northumbria University. In this strategic leadership role, he is responsible for the educational portfolio across all five departments within the faculty. This includes oversight of approximately 44 undergraduate programmes, 20 postgraduate programmes, degree apprenticeships, and distance learning provision. He also leads the management of around 20 professional body accreditations, primarily within the UK, with some international reach.

Dr Binns holds a BEng in Electronic and Information Engineering (1993) and a PhD in Analogue Test Strategies (1997), both from the University of Huddersfield. He joined Northumbria University in 2001 as part of an EPSRC-funded postdoctoral research initiative focused on analogue synthesis tool development, in collaboration with Ericsson Components and Cadence Design Systems.

His research portfolio is broad, unified by a core expertise in analogue electronic design. His work contributes to several advanced technological domains, including gigabit laser satellite communication terminals, visible light communication systems, energy management for electric vehicles, radiation detection technologies for personal dosimetry, and power control system development.

Further Information

Research Supervisions

Graduate Name

Jonathan James Gunn

Supervision Role

Director of Studies

Thesis Title

“New Electronic Techniques for Personal Dosimetry”

Industrial collaboration with NDT Electronic Services Ltd company in South Shields

 

Aim of the research is to investigate possible replacements for the personal dosimeter (radiation detection using a film badge). New and novel mechanisms for high energy photon detection (ionising radiation) are to be investigated based originally on the Geiger-Muller tube as a baseline experiment. Initial work has looked into the PIN diode, an APD and established a baseline from existing technology. New technologies the GFET are to be investigated along with possible memory structures.

 

 

Graduate Name

Jethro Vernon – Graduate 2022

Thesis Title

“Thin Film Acoustic Wave Platform for Conformable and Mechanically Flexible Biosensors”

 

 

Graduate Name

Mariam Abdelmoteleb – Graduate 2020

Thesis Title

“Low level data rate Visible Light Communications”

 

 

Graduate Name

Peter Harrington – Graduate 2020

Thesis Title

“Autonomous Drone Network: Non-Intrusive Control and Indoor Formation Positioning”

 

 

Graduate Name

Geetika Agagrwal - Graduated 2020

Thesis Title

“Visible Light Communication for Medical Data Transfer”

 

 

Graduate Name

Ahmed Al-Karakchi - Graduated 2018

Thesis Title

“Smart Control of Power Electronic Chargers for Integrating Electric Vehicles into the Power Grid”


 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Education/Academic qualification

Electrical Engineering, PhD

30 Jun 199631 Dec 2099

Award Date: 30 Jun 1996

External positions

Robert Gordon University

1 Sept 201731 Aug 2022

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