Research Areas
Research areas
Multimodal opto-mechatronic systems and signal processing anchor six research areas, each carried from the optical bench through algorithm development to on-site validation.
What we can build
Six areas of capability
Core engineering capability across optical design, condition monitoring, edge computing and system integration, setting the practical scope for collaboration and deployment.
Optical Inspection & Image Processing
- Precision schlieren optical bench design
- Colour schlieren flow visualisation
- Multimodal image fusion and registration
- Automated defect inspection of optical components
Smart Manufacturing & Equipment Monitoring
- Machine-tool thermal error modelling and compensation
- Vibration and acoustic emission diagnostics
- Real-time tool wear monitoring
- Production-line vision inspection integration
Smart Agriculture & Precision Livestock Farming
- Image-based plant disease detection
- Field stress and growth trait analysis
- Dairy cattle health and behaviour monitoring
- Automation of poultry production and distribution
Biomedical Signals & Non-contact Measurement
- Electroencephalography (EEG) signal analysis
- Image-based heart rate and respiration estimation
- Integrated multimodal physiological monitoring
- Outcome assessment for horticultural therapy
Edge & Cloud AI Deployment
- Deep-learning model compression
- Inference deployment on embedded devices
- Sensor data preprocessing pipelines
- Agentic AI anomaly alerting
Application Interfaces & Decision Platforms
- Decision-support platform interface development
- Real-time data visualisation and statistics
- AIoT system integration
- LLM retrieval-augmented generation query interfaces
01 · Systems Engineering & Green Energy Control
Systems & ControlSystems Engineering & Green Energy Control
Modelling and control of complex dynamic systems. Wind-turbine array wakes are measured on a precision schlieren bench and simulated for array monitoring and power optimisation, and the same control work extends to reinforcement-learning autonomous flight and CNC feedback compensation.
- Wind farm wake optimisation
- Reinforcement-learning control
- Autonomous flight control
- CNC feedback compensation
02 · Automated Imaging & Vision
Imaging & VisionAutomated Imaging & Vision
Micro-scale defect inspection and flow-field visualisation. The work develops adaptive robust geometric fitting, automated inspection of night-vision optics, and real-time prediction from dynamic colour schlieren using deep neural networks.
- Multimodal fusion
- Schlieren visualisation
- Geometric fitting
- Enhanced U-Net
03 · IT & System Integration
IT IntegrationIT & System Integration
Deep-learning models are compressed for embedded deployment at the edge, delivering real-time anomaly alerts where compute is constrained, and combined with large language models (LLM) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to build industrial knowledge platforms.
- Edge computing
- Model compression
- LLM + RAG
- Biomedical engineering integration
04 · Precision Measurement
Precision MeasurementPrecision Measurement
Acquisition and analysis of weak signals under demanding conditions: terahertz single-pixel fast imaging (patented in Taiwan and the US), Z-type precision schlieren optical paths, image-based non-contact physiological measurement, and machine-tool thermal error compensation.
- Schlieren measurement
- Thermal error compensation
- Non-contact biomedical sensing
- Micro-vibration diagnostics
05 · Biomedical Signal Processing
Biomedical SignalsBiomedical Signal Processing
EEG feature extraction, multimodal physiological signal analysis and visualisation, and objective assessment systems, validated through long-standing collaborations with clinical psychiatry, dementia care and horticultural therapy teams.
- EEG attention
- Infrared facial thermography
- Horticultural therapy
- Eye-tracking analysis
06 · Agricultural Technology & Smart Livestock
Agri & LivestockAgricultural Technology & Smart Livestock
Image-based plant disease recognition, field machinery automation, precision growth analysis, and real-time monitoring of dairy cattle lameness and poultry health, with every result validated on working farms and in greenhouses.
- Malabar chestnut inspection
- Soybean flooding tolerance
- Dairy cattle lameness
- Poultry production automation
Technical Categories
Fields
- Systems & Controlsys
- Imaging & Visionimg
- Precision Measurementmeas
- IT Integrationit
- Biomedical Signalsbio
- Agri & Livestockagri
Method
How we work
Every topic runs a closed loop: theoretical modelling, opto-mechatronic build, algorithm development, then on-site validation. Results are tested against data from production lines, fields and greenhouses, or clinical settings, so the technology holds up in the environment it was built for.