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Duncan's research is focused on applications of high power lasers in manufacturing and in medicine. He is Director of the £3.2M 4-University Medical Device Manufacturing Centre, and PI of 3 current EPSRC grants (total funding £2.5M): (i) Platform Grant on Manufacturing of Medical Devices; (ii) 3D printing of shape memory alloys for medical applications; (iii) Ultra-short pulsed laser welding for bonding IR and visible optical materials. He is also involved in ERC-funded work on laser-based manufacture of micro-fluidic devices to simulate porous media for application in Carbon Capture and Storage; and is co-Investigator of 4 current EPSRC grants (i) to develop minimally-invasive laser-based surgery for treatment of early stage colon cancer; (ii) 'Mechanically-intelligent'' Intra-operative Tissue Assessment for Robot-Assisted Surgery (MIRAS); (iii) U-CARE Deep UV light therapies; (iv) 3D laser beam shaping for manufacturing.
Current industrial collaborators include Renishaw, Leonardo, Oxford Lasers, Coherent Scotland, SPI Lasers, AWE, MAN Energy Systems, MBDA, TRD Surfaces, Gooch & Housego, Luxinar, NSG, GTS.
Duncan graduated from the University of St Andrews in 1986 with a BSc in Physics with Electronics, and from the University of Southampton (Optical Fibre Group) in 1991 with a PhD. In 1991 he moved to Heriot-Watt University, initially employed as a Research Associate. In 1997 he was appointed Lecturer in Physics and subsequently promoted to Reader (2001) and Professor of Applied Photonics (2003). He has held a range of additional appointments, as Director of the Photonics EngD Centre (2001 - 2007); Director of Postgraduate Research (2001 - 2007); Head of Physics (2007 - 2011); Acting Head of School (2011); Director of Research (2012 - 2015); Acting Deputy Principal (Pro-VC) Research (2015-2016); Deputy Head of School (2012-2020); Acting Head of School (2021-2022) and again as Deputy Head of School (2022).
Duncan is currently Deputy Head of School of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Director of the Medical Device Manufacturing Centre
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Wlodarczyk, K. (Creator), Hand, D. P. (Contributor) & Maroto-Valer, M. M. (Supervisor), Heriot-Watt University, 28 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.17861/81a3a5c6-01e4-4736-affc-5608827826fd, https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41598-019-56711-5/MediaObjects/41598_2019_56711_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
Dataset
Carter, R. (Creator), Yu, F. (Contributor), Wadsworth, W. J. (Contributor), Shephard, J. D. (Contributor), Birks, T. A. (Contributor), Knight, J. C. (Contributor) & Hand, D. P. (Contributor), Heriot-Watt University, 16 Aug 2017
DOI: 10.17861/442bdb1d-8f71-4879-8ed9-2b0d2f93b789
Dataset
Wlodarczyk, K. (Creator), MacPherson, B. (Contributor), Hand, D. P. (Contributor) & Maroto-Valer, M. M. (Contributor), Heriot-Watt University, 2 Sep 2021
DOI: 10.17861/412124ec-3477-4c82-95cf-ab10aeeec4fe
Dataset
Carter, R. (Creator), Troughton, M. (Creator), Chen, J. (Creator), Elder, I. (Creator), Thomson, R. R. (Creator), Esser, M. J. D. (Creator), Lamb, R. A. (Creator) & Hand, D. P. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 2017
DOI: 10.17861/4d584d51-b575-4273-b915-405d2612b524
Dataset
Wlodarczyk, K. (Creator), Schille, J. (Creator), Naumann, L. (Creator), Bitharas, I. (Creator), Lopes, A. (Creator), Bidare, P. (Creator), Dondieu, S. (Creator), Blair, P. (Creator), Loeschner, U. (Creator), Moore, A. J. (Creator), Maroto-Valer, M. M. (Creator) & Hand, D. P. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 2020
DOI: 10.17861/a6985114-fe42-4abb-bcb9-5fb2356c16cb
Dataset
Samuel Hann (Speaker), Nathan Macleod (Speaker), Paulina Morawska (Speaker), Richard Carter (Speaker), Ian Elder (Speaker), Robert A. Lamb (Speaker), Matthew Jan Daniel Esser (Speaker) & Duncan Paul Hand (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Richard Carter (Invited speaker), Paulina Morawska (Invited speaker), Adrian Dzipalski (Invited speaker), Samuel Hann (Invited speaker), Matthew Jan Daniel Esser (Invited speaker) & Duncan Paul Hand (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Krystian Wlodarczyk (Speaker), Marcus Ardron (Contributor), Simone Mazzucato (Contributor), Luca Valisari (Contributor), Federico Iacovella (Contributor), Nicholas J. Weston (Contributor) & Duncan Paul Hand (Contributor)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Krystian Wlodarczyk (Speaker), Marcus Ardron (Contributor), Nicholas J. Weston (Contributor) & Duncan Paul Hand (Contributor)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Krystian Wlodarczyk (Speaker), Richard Carter (Contributor), Omid Shahrokhi (Contributor), Rumbidzai Nhunduru (Contributor), Amir Jahanbakhsh (Contributor), Duncan Paul Hand (Contributor) & M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer (Contributor)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Duncan Paul Hand (Manager)
School of Engineering & Physical SciencesFacility/equipment: Equipment