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James Taylor holds a Personal Chair in Control Engineering. He is Impact Champion for the School of Engineering and lead for Robotics & Control. He was group lead for Nuclear Science & Engineering (2019-24) and Director of Teaching and/or Deputy Head of Engineering (2005-2018). His research focuses on data-driven modelling and automatic control, applied to challenging, uncertain systems across energy, health, robotics, and the environment.
Professor Taylor has been co-investigator for £10m+ of UK research council funding across 10+ projects, addressing diverse topics, such as responsive manufacturing (EP/V051059), decommissioning robotics (EP/V026941/1), wave energy conversion (EP/V040561/1) and adaptive medical treatment (EP/M015637/1). He has been principal investigator for 10+ industry projects, primarily in relation to matched or fully-funded PhD studentships.
He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), member of the IET Academic Accreditation Committee, past chair for the IET Control & Automation Network and sits on the UK Automatic Control Council Executive Committee. He is external examiner at the University of Southampton, and has previously held program examiner roles at the universities of Bath, Coventry and Loughborough. He sits on the Editorial Boards for three Elsevier Journals, Environmental Modelling & Software, Biosystems Engineering and Progress in Nuclear Energy.
He is the co-author of over 200 peer reviewed Journal and International Conference articles. His co-authored book on True Digital Control: Statistical Modelling and Non-Minimal State Space Design was published by Wiley. He co-develops the CAPTAIN Toolbox (MATLAB) for system identification, time series analysis, forecasting and control, used by researchers worldwide.
Professor Taylor arrived at Lancaster University as an undergraduate student, graduating with BSc (Hons) (1992) and PhD (1996) degrees in Environmental Science, the latter in the area of control system design. His PhD was supervised by Professor Peter Young and Dr Arun Chotai. He was Research Associate in Environmental Science for six years, before his appointment in 2000 to an academic position in Engineering.
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Advancing Location Accuracy via Collimated Nuclear Assay for Decommissioning Robotic Applications
Joyce, M. (Principal Investigator), Taylor, J. (Co-Investigator) & Taylor, J. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
8/04/21 → 7/01/26
Project: Research
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Autonomous Inspection for Responsive and Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Manufacture (AIRS-NFM)
Joyce, M. (Principal Investigator), Ma, X. (Co-Investigator) & Taylor, J. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
6/09/21 → 5/10/25
Project: Research
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Novel High Performance Wave Energy Converters with advanced control, reliability and survivability systems through machine-learning forecasting (NHP-WEC)
Aggidis, G. (Principal Investigator), Ma, X. (Co-Investigator) & Taylor, J. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/08/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Motion Planning and Trajectory Generation for a Robot Assisted Laser Cutting Manipulator
Montazeri, A. (Principal Investigator) & Taylor, J. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/10/19 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
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Mobile Sensor Network for Deployment and Characterisation of the Environment in Nuclear Sites.
Montazeri, A. (Principal Investigator), Monk, S. (Co-Investigator) & Taylor, J. (Co-Investigator)
United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory
1/10/18 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
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A responsive integrated dry route for uranium hexafluoride conversion using machine intelligence
Bandala, M., Chard, P., Cockbain, N., Dunphy, D., Eaves, D., Hutchinson, D., Lee, D., Leech, G., Ma, X., Marshall, S., Murray, P., Parker, A., Stirzaker, P., Taylor, C. J., Zabalza, J. & Joyce, M. J., 31/10/2025, In: Energy Conversion and Management: X. 28, 101230.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Data-Driven Insights: Boosting Algorithms to Uncover Electricity Theft Patterns in AMI
Khan, I. U., Ali, A., Taylor, C. J. & Ma, X., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74, p. 1-12 12 p., 2524212.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Hyperspectral imaging suggests potential for rapid quantification of fission products in spent nuclear fuel
Dunphy, R. D., Parker, A. J., Bandala, M., Bennet, S., Boxall, C., Chard, P., Cockbain, N., Eaves, D., Goddard, D., Ma, X., Taylor, C. J., Wilbraham, R., Zabalza, J., Murray, P. & Joyce, M. J., 13/02/2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 5434.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Digital twin challenges and opportunities for nuclear fuel manufacturing applications
Bandala Sanchez, M., Chard, P., Cockbain, N., Dunphy, D., Eaves, D., Hutchinson, D., Lee, D., Ma, X., Marshall, S., Murray, P., Parker, A., Stirzaker, P., Taylor, C. J., Zabalza, J. & Joyce, M., 15/04/2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 420, 13 p., 113013.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Review article › peer-review
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Robust Data Driven Analysis for Electricity Theft Attack-Resilient Power Grid
Khan, I. U., Javaid, N., Taylor, C. J. & Ma, X., 31/01/2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 38, 1, p. 537-548 12 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile243 Downloads (Pure)