Professor Charles Norman MacLeod
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Charles MacLeod is a Professor in the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering.聽
He is the Babcock International Group / Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Sensor-Driven Automated Welding.
He is director of the Sensor Enabled Automation & Robotics Control Hub (SEARCH), a 拢24M research innovation and technology transfer laboratory. Aligned to this, he is Course Director of the Autonomous Robotic Intelligent Systems (ARIS) MSc.
His research is primarily associated with the inspection and manufacturing enhancement of high-value assets and components, where he leads a number of high-profile inter-disciplinary in-process welding and metal additive research projects.
He has driven and co-developed core robotic and ultrasonic technology from fundamental EPSRC research, which is now being licensed by a leading industrial organisation and co-developed an innovative inspection robot for a critical life-extension inspection at Sellafield Reprocessing Facility.
He is the PI and designer of the聽Engaging Robotic Interactive Cell聽(ERIC) STEM Outreach cell.聽
His research interests include:
Non-Destructive Evaluation
In-Process Inspection of Fusion Welding & Metal Additive Components
Sensors including Ultrasonic, Electromagnetic, Tactile and Visual
Automation & Robotics聽
Automated Manufacturing & Welding
Teaching Activities.
Course Director: Autonomous Robotic Intelligent Systems (ARIS) MSc.
Module Registrar: EE987 Sensors & Instrumentation
Lecturer: EE312 Instrumentation and Microcontrollers聽
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 19/3/2026
- Recipient
- 1/3/2022
- Recipient
- 1/3/2022
- Recipient
- 5/9/2019
- Recipient
- 1/8/2016
- Recipient
- 2016
Publications
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- Postdocs in Nuclear Energy 2026 (2026)
- , , , , , , , Bomphray Iain, , Munro Gavin, O'Hare Tom
- NDT and E International Vol 159 (2026)
- , , , , , , , , Sibson James
- Welding in the World Vol 70, pp. 1411-1421 (2026)
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- NDT and E International Vol 158 (2026)
- , , , , Razii Nima, Wallace David, Vidakovic Hrvoje, , , Son Jae, ,
- IEEE Sensors Journal (2026)
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- NDT and E International Vol 161 (2026)
Professional Activities
- Contributor
- 22/10/2025
- Contributor
- 15/9/2025
- Contributor
- 10/9/2025
- Contributor
- 23/7/2025
- Chair
- 22/6/2025
- Participant
- 30/1/2025
Projects
- Loukas, Charalampos (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2030
- Stratoudaki, Theodosia (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator)
- Linked to RKES 221449
- 22-Jan-2025 - 21-Jan-2028
- Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) BUFFA, GIANLUCA (Co-investigator) Tamimi, Saeed (Co-investigator) Rahimi, Salaheddin (Co-investigator) Paradowska, Anna (Co-investigator) Alipooramirabad, Houman (Co-investigator)
- This collaborative study between ANSTO, University of Palermo, University of 黑料正能量, and AFRC investigates residual stresses in aluminum components produced via WAAM and AFSD (including MELD). Using neutron diffraction and ultrasonic techniques, the project aims to characterize and compare stress profiles across processes. The findings will inform process optimization and contribute to a doctoral thesis on in-situ stress measurement in metal additive manufacturing.
- 10-Jan-2025 - 09-Jan-2026
- MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Dobie, Gordon (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Stratoudaki, Theodosia (Co-investigator) Ward, Michael (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator) Lines, David (Research Co-investigator) Loukas, Charalampos (Research Co-investigator) Munro, William (Research Co-investigator) Nicolson, Ewan (Research Co-investigator) Watson, Robert (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
Contact
Professor
Charles Norman
MacLeod
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: charles.macleod@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted