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Alan Hunter is a Reader (Associate Professor) in mechanical engineering and integrated mechanical / electrical engineering at Bath, and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo. His research interests are in underwater acoustics, signal processing, imaging, and machine intelligence. He is particularly interested in applications in underwater remote sensing using sonar and marine robotics.
Alan is a member of the University of Bath's Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory, the Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC@Bath), and the Centre for Space, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Science. He is also a Member of the Institute of Acoustics (IoA), Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and Associate Editor for the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering.
Biography
Alan was born in New Zealand and studied at the University of Canterbury (NZ), obtaining a BE(Hons I) degree in electrical and electronic engineering in 2001 and a PhD on synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) in 2006. He left New Zealand for Europe in 2007.
For the next three years, Alan was a research associate at the University of Bristol, where he worked with ultrasonic arrays for non-destructively inspecting engineering components. Here, he developed auto-focusing algorithms for imaging the interiors of objects with complex geometries and material properties.
In 2010, he moved to the Netherlands and spent four years as a defence scientist at TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Research) in The Hague. At TNO, he developed underwater technologies for the Royal Dutch Navy, including sub-sediment imaging sonar, diver detection sonar, and autonomous naval mine-hunting systems.
Before returning to England in 2014, Alan spent three months in La Spezia, Italy as a visiting scientist at the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE). During this time, he developed precision micro-navigation algorithms for SAS imaging of the seafloor over repeated passes.
Research areas
Willing to supervise doctoral students
Interested in supervising students studying:
- Underwater acoustics
- Synthetic aperture sonar imaging of the seafloor
- Low-frequency broadband acoustic scattering
- Non-destructive inspection using ultrasonic arrays
- Marine robotics and autonomous systems
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):
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TESSMEX V2
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1/12/22 → 30/04/23
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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DASA Rapid Innovation: Structural Acoustic Target Measurements
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1/09/21 → 31/08/23
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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UK Acoustics Network Plus
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/21 → 31/03/25
Project: Research council
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KTP with Seiche Water Technology Group Limited
30/03/20 → 29/03/23
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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IAA - OCEAN2020: Realtime Detection of Underwater Targets from the Autonaut Autonomous Surface Vehicle
Hunter, A., Blondel, P. & Wilson, P.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
6/04/20 → 30/06/22
Project: Research council
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Challenges of Labelling Unknown Seabed Munition Dumpsites From Acoustic and Optical Surveys: A Case Study at Skagerrak
Bryan, O., Hansen, R. E., Haines, T. S. F., Warakagoda, N. & Hunter, A. J., 31 May 2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 11, 2619.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coherence-Induced Bias Reduction in Synthetic Aperture Sonar Along-Track Micronavigation
Thomas, B. & Hunter, A. J., 1 Jan 2022, In: IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 47, 1, p. 162-178 17 p., 9543700.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Erratum: Coherence-Induced Bias Reduction in Synthetic Aperture Sonar Along-Track Micronavigation (2022) 47:1 (162-178) DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2021.3103264)
Thomas, B. & Hunter, A., 31 Jul 2022, In: IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 47, 3, p. 847-847 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Exploring the use of AI in marine acoustic sensor management
Clark, E., Hunter, A. J., Isupova, O. & Donnelly, M., 2022. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Measurements of shipping, fin whales, earthquakes and other soundscape components at the Lofoten-Vesterålen Observatory, Norway (2018-2019)
Garibbo, S., Blondel, P., Heald, G., Heyburn, R., Hunter, A. J. & Williams, D., 19 Jun 2022, p. 38.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Datasets
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Dataset for "Breaking Wave Imaging using Lidar and Sonar"
Blenkinsopp, C. (Creator), Hunter, A. (Creator), Bayle, P. (Creator) & Bryan, O. (Creator), University of Bath, 20 Mar 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00623
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Dataset for "Parameter Reduction and Optimisation for Point Cloud and Occupancy Mapping Algorithms"
Miao, Y. (Creator), Hunter, A. (Creator) & Georgilas, I. (Creator), University of Bath, 14 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00594
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