News and Events

Feb 2022 IEEE International conference on mechatronics will be held at LU

Feb 2022 Project: Futuristic drones and survey robots converge on coastal farm

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Jun 2021 Project: Next-generation drone technology for Intelligent solar panel inspections

Feb 2021 New pictures for the lab

11 Feb 2021 Prof. Chen presents a lecture in Fellowship Inaugural Lecture series

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18 Nov 2020 Tianxiang Zhang passes his PhD viva

18 Nov 2020 Prof. Mark Cannon from University of Oxford gives us a talk

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Nov 2019 Prof. Chen wins the EPSRC Established Career Fellowship

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30 Oct 2018 Dewei Yi passed his PhD viva

07 Oct 2018 Prof. Chen is interviewed by the prestigious IEEE Control System Magazine

29 Aug 2018 Prof. Richard Murray visited LUCAS

16 Feb 2018 Successful demonstration at the EPSRC/Dstl UDRC final Showcase Event

22 Feb 2018 New project COSMIC P&D kick off meeting

30 Jan 2018 Invited Session of CCC 2018

18 Jan 2018 Dr Shuyi Zhao gives us a talk

05 Jan 2018 New Newton project granted

04 Jan 2018 Abdullaha Daniyan joins LUCAS as research associate

04 Jan 2018 New members joining LUCAS

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15 Dec 2017 Christmas lunch

08 Dec 2017 Dr Bing Chu and Dr. Zhan Shu visit us

02 Dec 2017 Prof Wen-Hua Chen is elevated to IEEE Fellow

13 Oct 2017 Our team led by Cunjia Liu was mentioned in this news item as a winning team

28 Sep 2017 UAV survey for apple orchard

22 Sep 2017 Dr Jun Yang and Dr Liang Hu joined us

18 Sep 2017 Seminar talks from Jiangsu University, etc.

04 Sep 2017 Agri-Tech project review meeting (UK side)

29 Aug 2017 Prof. Wen-Hua Chen gave an invited talk on IEEE CCTA 2017

22 June 2017 Dr Matthew Coombes attended ICUAS (2017) conference

29 April 2017 Group members visited China for Agr-Tech and Irrigation projects meeting

23 March 2017 A talk by Prof. David J. Murray-Smith

20 March 2017 New grant on irrigation using satellite technology

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25 October 2016	LUSAS researcher Jinya Su won ICI best paper prize


15 August 2016	Our latest project described in China Daily


15 August 2016	Matthew Coombes Graduates


15 July 2016	Two Members Leaves LUCAS Group


15 July 2016	Seminar by Professor Plamen Angelov


13 July 2016	Seminar by Dr Hyo Sang Shin


26 June 2016	£1M secured for supporting sustainable agriculture in China with enhanced remote sensing capability


23 Feb 2016	Dr. Fanlin Meng and Mr. Jinya Su won highest awards from Chinese Governments


19 Feb 2016	Jinya Su won IEEE-IES Student Paper Travel Award


19 Oct 2015	New PhD Researcher -Michael Hutchinson


8 Oct 2015	New PhD Researcher - Dewei Yi


29 Sep 2015	Industrial Visit


29 Sep 2015	Seminar by Prof Il Song Han


26 June 2014	New Position Available for Post Doc in Autonomous Vehicles


19 June 2014	LUCAS Hosts EPSRC Autonomous and Intelligent Systems Partnership Review Meeting


17 June 2014	LUCAS 'Head of Group' is Keynote Speaker for Newly Formed Technical Work Group in Autonomy


21 Mar 2014	New book: Disturbance Observer-Based Control: Methods and Applications


15 Mar 2014	Call for Papers for the special issue on IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics


7 Feb 2014	Position Available for Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles


24 April 2013	LUCAS researcher Dr Cunjia Liu wins IMechE Charles Sharpe Beecher Prize


28 Jan 2013	New Grant for University Defence Research Centre (UDRC)


5 Dec 2012	LUCAS PhD student Jonathan Clarke graduates. Congratulations to Dr Clarke!


21 Sep 2012	LUCAS researcher Owen McAree wins the Royal Aeronautical Society UAS Innovation award


13 Sep 2012	ICAC 2012 Conference Held at Loughborough University


10 Sep 2012	PhD researcher Owen McAree shortlisted for Royal Aeronautical Society Innovation award


2 Jul 2012	Aerial Survey Vehicle for Geography Department


20 Jun 2012	Promotion to Professor


24 May 2012	New PhD Researcher - William Eaton


24 May 2012	LUCAS Secures £1M in EPSRC Funding


3 May 2012	New PhD Researcher - Simon Howroyd


26 Mar 2012	LUCAS Member is awarded "Best Poster" at the annual Loughborough University "Research that Matters" Conference