Lines of investigation
| Name | Description | Main researcher |
|---|---|---|
| Smart arrays design | Using simulation-based techniques and along with genetic algorithms, geometries are designed for random-type sensor arrays. | Lara del Val Puente |
| Design and construction of intelligent arrays with MEMS technology | Using microphones/ A/D converters with MEMS technology, smart microphones are designed and built, implementing real-time FPGA architectures. | Alberto Izquierdo Fuente / Juan Jose Villacorta Calvo |
| Biometric system based on intelligent acoustic sensors | Through an array of acoustic sensors, a person is scanned (analogously to ultrasound / tac / resonance techniques), obtaining their acoustic response for a set of specific frequencies and positions. With this information and using advanced classification techniques, systems are designed to identify an extensive set of people and therefore to establish a biometric system of reduced and non-intrusive cost. | Alberto Izquierdo Fuente / Lara del Val Puente |
| Surveillance and monitoring systems using intelligent acoustic sensors | By means of an extensive set of sensors of the same type (called array) consisting of microphones and loudspeakers that are arranged in a plane with an established geometry, and using techniques (called beamforming) that allow to point the array electronically to A point of space, (without the antenna having to make any movement), a monitoring space is explored, detecting the objects that are present, estimating its spatial position and finally making an estimate of its trajectory and its kinematic parameters (Speed , Acceleration, etc.). | Alberto Izquierdo Fuente / Juan Jose Villacorta Calvo |
| Fault detection in Fan Matrices | By analysing the acoustic signals and using machine learning techniques such as SVMs, it is possible to detect which fans in the array are failing. | Lara del Val |
| SHM systems design based on MEMS accelerometers | Design of structure monitoring systems for the analysis and detection of failures in wooden structures. | Juan José Villacorta Calvo / Alberto Izquierdo Fuente |