Contact Professor John Economou
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 988372
- Email: j.t.economou@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Defence Sensors
- Gun Technologies
Background
Professor Economou is an Professor of Defence Robotics and Autonomous Systems. After his service as the Deputy Head Centre for Defence Engineering at Cranfield Defence and Security and Head of the Vehicles and Mechatronics Group, he is currently the Deputy Director of Consultancy for Defence and Security PVC office. He has a BEng in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Wales, Swansea and an MSc in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, from the University of Sheffield. His PhD is from Cranfield University, in modelling and control of skid-steer multi-wheeled vehicles.
Professor Economou completed Military Service with the Hellenic Armed Forces. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Chartered Engineer CEng of IET and a Member of the IET. He is the Course Director of the Aerosystems MSc.
Research opportunities
Campaign lead for Robotics and Autonomous Systems and Human Machine Teaming (RAS-HMT)
Control systems methods for land and aerial platforms (Uncrewed Ground Vehicles UGV and Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles UAS)
Fuzzy Logic Takagi-Sugeno Systems
Learning systems and acceptance
Technology and Systems Integrity for Aircraft Systems
Inertial sensors and localisation
Energy-Based path planning and guidance
Current activities
Professor John Economou is currently the Deputy Head of Consultancy for Defence and Security and can contacted for any related customer requirements.
Professor Economou is Course Director of Aerosystems MSc. He also leads activities in the areas of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems / RPAS , Uncrewed / Uninhabited Military Vehicle Systems (UMVS short course or MSc), Military Aircraft Systems (MAS short course or MSc), and Guidance and Control Systems (GWS MSc).
Campaign Lead for RAS-HMT.
Clients
- BAE Systems PLC
- QinetiQ Group PLC
- Ministry of Defence
- US Department of Defense
- Defence Equipment and Support (MOD)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Roke Manor Research Limited
- Richmond Defence Systems Ltd
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Maton D, Economou JT, Galvão Wall D, Khan I, Cooper R, .... (2024). Indirect tuning of a complementary orientation filter using velocity data and a genetic algorithm. Systems Science & Control Engineering, 12(1)
- Maton D, Economou JT, Galvão Wall D, Ward D & Trythall S. (2023). Subtractive clustering Takagi-Sugeno position tracking for humans by low-cost inertial sensors and velocity classification. Measurement and Control, 56(9-10)
- Norris J, Economou JT & Hameed A. (2022). A novel quasi-dynamic guidance law for a dynamic dual-spin projectile with non-conventional, asymmetric roll constraints. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 236(11)
- Hamilton J, Galvão Wall D, Saddington AJ & Economou JT. (2020). Hypersurface normalised gain-scheduled controller for a non-linear 6-DOF fast jet. Aerospace Science and Technology, 106
- Wang S, Economou JT & Tsourdos A. (2019). Indirect engine sizing via distributed hybrid-electric unmanned aerial vehicle state-of-charge-based parametrisation criteria. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 233(14)
- Norris J, Hameed A, Economou JT & Parker S. (2019). A review of dual-spin projectile stability. Defence Technology, 16(1)
- Galvão Wall D, Economou JT & Knowles K. (2018). Quasi-real-time confined environment path generation for mobile robotic manipulator arms. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 232(3)
- Gurav B, Economou JT, Saddington AJ & Knowles K. (2017). Multi-mode electric actuator dynamic modelling for missile fin control. Aerospace, 4(2)
- Suntharalingam P, Economou JT & Knowles K. (2016). Kinetic energy storage using a dual braking system for unmanned parallel hybrid electric vehicle. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 231(10)
- Wall DG, Economou J, Goyder H, Knowles K, Silson P, .... (2015). Mobile robot arm trajectory generation for operation in confined environments. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 229(3)
- Chindamo D, Economou JT, Gadola M & Knowles K. (2014). A neurofuzzy-controlled power management strategy for a series hybrid electric vehicle. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 228(9)
- Economou JT. (2013). Electrification of aircraft systems: Power and control. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 227(4)
- Moreno RF, Economou JT, Bray D & Knowles K. (2013). Modelling and simulation of a fuel cell powered electric drivetrain for wide body passenger aircraft. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 227(4)
- Karunarathne L, Economou JT & Knowles K. (2012). Power and energy management system for fuel cell unmanned aerial vehicle. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 226(4)
- Economou JT, Guerra T-M, Tsourdos A & White B. (2011). Computational intelligence for modelling and control of advanced automotive drivetrains. International Journal of Systems Science, 42(2)
- Economou JT, Knowles K, Tsourdos A & White BA. (2011). Fuzzy-hybrid land vehicle driveline modelling based on a moving window subtractive clustering approach. International Journal of Systems Science, 42(2)
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Knowles K, Lauber J & Guerra T-M. (2011). Energy conservation based fuzzy tracking for unmanned aerial vehicle missions under a priori known wind information. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 24(2)
- Karunarathne L, Economou JT & Knowles K. (2010). Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system-based intelligent power management strategies for fuel cell/battery driven unmanned electric aerial vehicle. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 224(1)
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Tsourdos A, White BA & Knowles K. (2009). Fault diagnosis with matrix analysis for electrically actuated unmanned aerial vehicles. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 223(5)
- Economou JT, Kladis GP, Tsourdos A & White BA. (2007). A node-to-node composite graph and pseudo-Boolean modelling: An unmanned aerial vehicle energy application. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 221(5)
- Economou JT, Tsourdos A & White BA. (2007). Fuzzy logic consequent perturbation analysis for electric vehicles. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 221(7)
- Economou JT, Tsourdos A & White BA. (2007). SoC ICE on-off control strategy via a SoC min-max approach for a SHEV. International Conference on Integrated Modeling and Analysis in Applied Control and Automation
- Economou JT & Colyer RE. (2006). Fuzzy-hybrid modelling of an Ackerman steered electric vehicle. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 41(3)
- Economou JT, Tsourdos A, White BA & Luk PCK. (2003). Takagi–Sugeno model synthesis of a quasi-linear multiwheeled mobile robot. International Journal of Systems Science, 34(14-15)
- Colyer RE & Economou JT. (1999). Soft modelling and fuzzy logic control of wheeled skid-steer electric vehicles with steering prioritisation. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 22(1-2)
