Professor Charles Norman MacLeod
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Charles MacLeod is a Professor in the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering.
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 £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 Engaging Robotic Interactive Cell (ERIC) STEM Outreach cell.
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
Automated Manufacturing & Welding
Teaching Activities.
Course Director: Autonomous Robotic Intelligent Systems (ARIS) MSc.
Module Registrar: EE987 Sensors & Instrumentation
Lecturer: EE312 Instrumentation and Microcontrollers
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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- NDT and E International Vol 161 (2026)
- , , McKnight Shaun, , , , , , , , O'Hare Tom, Munro Gavin
- Advanced Intelligent Systems Vol 8 (2026)
- , , McKnight Shaun, , Foster Euan, , , , , , Williams Stewart
- NDT and E International Vol 160 (2026)
- , , , Maes Vincent, Contino Matteo, , , , , Munro Gavin, O'Hare Tom
- NDT and E International Vol 160 (2026)
- , , , , , , Sibson James, , , ,
- Postdocs in Nuclear Energy 2026 (2026)
- , , , , Razii Nima, Wallace David, Vidakovic Hrvoje, , , Son Jae, ,
- IEEE Sensors Journal Vol 26, pp. 12696-12703 (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
- Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2029
- Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2028
- 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 51cg, 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
Contact
Professor
Charles Norman
MacLeod
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: charles.macleod@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted