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Biography
Professor Andrew Ball is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise and Professor of Diagnostic Engineering at the University of Huddersfield.
Graduating from the University of Leeds in 1987, Andrew attained a first class honours in Mechanical Engineering, his degree having been sponsored by BICC Electronic Cables. Andrew went on to work for Ruston Gas Turbines and then gained a sponsorship from WM Engineering and the Royal Navy, enabling him to join the Total Technology Scheme at the University of Manchester, from which he graduated in 1991 with a PhD in Machinery Condition Monitoring.
Andrew then took the Shell sponsored lectureship in Maintenance Engineering at the University of Manchester; he was promoted to Professor of Maintenance Engineering in 1999, and was the Head of School of the Manchester School of Engineering from 2003 to 2004. In 2005 he became Dean of Graduate Education and in late-2007 he moved to the University of Huddersfield as Professor of Diagnostic Engineering and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise.
Over the 25 years that he has been an academic, Andrew has established the largest independent plant maintenance and diagnostics research group in the world. The Centre for Efficiency and Performance Engineering aims to advance the scope and sensitivity of machinery fault detection and diagnosis and of plant performance and emissions monitoring. The philosophy is to use routine instrumentation where possible, to apply sophisticated signal processing, to develop non-intrusive on-line techniques and to focus upon incipient faults with the intention of predicting future behaviour. The group works across all industry sectors from shipping to oil and gas, and it is recognised internationally for its specialism in:
- Machinery condition monitoring, fault detection and diagnosis
- Signal processing, feature extraction and pattern recognition
- Vibro-acoustic and vibro-impact analysis
- Model based and predictive methods
- Sensor development & novel measurement
- Non-intrusive parameter estimation
Andrew’s personal research expertise is in the detection and diagnosis of faults in mechanical, electrical and electro-hydraulic machines, in data analysis and signal processing, and in measurement systems and sensor development. He is the author of over 400 technical and professional publications, and he has spent a large amount of time lecturing and consulting to industry in all parts of the world.
Andrew has to date graduated more than 120 research degrees, in the fields of Mechanical, Electrical and Diagnostic Engineering. He has acted as external examiner at over 30 institutions, he holds visiting and honorary positions at 6 overseas universities, he sits on 3 large corporate scientific advisory boards, and he is also a Registered Expert Witness in 3 countries.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Machinery condition monitoring
- Vibration analysis
- Signal processing
- Fault detection
- Acoustics
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Research Expertise and Interests
- Machinery condition monitoring
- Vibration analysis
- Signal Processing
- Fault Detection
- Fault Diagnosis
- Acoustics
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Projects
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HARP^2: (H)olistic (A)pproach to the Design of Efficient Heat (R)ecovery Systems for Electrical (P)ower (P)roduction
1/05/18 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
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ESPRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology
Jiang, J., Blunt, L., Longstaff, A., Towns-Andrews, L., Scott, P., Myers, A., Fletcher, S. & Ball, A.
1/09/11 → 28/02/17
Project: Research
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World Class Materials Facilities at the University of Huddersfield
Ball, A., Donnelly, S., Vishnyakov, V., Hinks, J. & Greaves, G.
1/04/15 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
Research output
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A multi-objective flexible job-shop cell scheduling problem with sequence-dependent family setup times and intercellular transportation by improved NSGA-II
Han, Y., Chen, X., Xu, M., An, Y., Gu, F. & Ball, A. D., 1 Apr 2022, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 236, 5, p. 540-556 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An iterative morphological difference product wavelet for weak fault feature extraction in rolling bearing fault diagnosis
Guo, J., He, Q., Zhen, D., Gu, F. & Ball, A., 26 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Structural Health Monitoring. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel method of parameter identification and state of charge estimation for lithium-ion battery energy storage system
Wang, Z., Feng, G., Liu, X., Gu, F. & Ball, A., 1 May 2022, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 49, 15 p., 104124.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Informative singular value decomposition and its application in fault detection of planetary gearbox
Shen, Z., Shi, Z., Shen, G., Zhen, D., Gu, F. & Ball, A., 1 Aug 2022, In: Measurement Science and Technology. 33, 8, 13 p., 085010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modulation signal bispectrum with optimized wavelet packet denoising for rolling bearing fault diagnosis
Guo, J., Shi, Z., Zhen, D., Meng, Z., Gu, F. & Ball, A. D., 1 May 2022, In: Structural Health Monitoring. 21, 3, p. 984-1011 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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The Efficiency and Performance Engineering Network
Andrew Ball (Chair)
Apr 2021 → 23 Aug 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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32nd International Congress and Exhibition on Conditioning Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management Conference
Andrew Ball (Chair)
2019 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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International Conference on Maintenance Engineering
Usama Haba (Participant), Abdulkarim Shaeboub (Participant), Zainab Mones (Participant), Fengshou Gu (Participant) & Andrew Ball (Participant)
5 Sep 2017 → 6 Sep 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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The Monitoring of Gear Deterioration Using Vibration Demodulation Techniques
Andrew Ball (Keynote speaker)
11 Jul 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Research Journal of Applied Sciences (Journal)
Andrew Ball (Member of editorial board)
2016 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
Press / Media
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Huddersfield joins Chinese university for engineering research network
10/06/19 → 11/06/19
7 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Energy Harvesting from Shock Absorbers to Benefit Road and Rail
Andrew Ball, Fengshou Gu, Ruichen Wang & Paul Allen
28/10/16 → 31/10/16
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Huddersfield Breakthrough Harvests Energy from a Vehicle’s Shock Absorbers
31/10/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Researchers Perform Numerical Analysis of Complex Welding Technique
29/09/14
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment