Ian Woodhead NZCE, BSc (Canterbury), PhD (Lincoln)

Manager, Lincoln Technology Group

Research Engineer

 

Academic and professional history:

  • 1998-present – Manager, Lincoln Technology Group, Lincoln Ventures Ltd
  • 1994-1998 Research Engineer, Lincoln Ventures Ltd
  • 1987-1998 Research Scientist, Agricultural Engineering Institute

Member of:

  • Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Board Member, Centre for Soil and Environmental Quality
  • Board Member, Centre for Advanced Computational Solutions
  • Editorial Board Member, Biosystems Engineering (Elsevier)

Research subjects:


- Measurement of the dielectric properties of composite materials
- Electromagnetic modelling
- Non-invasive measurement of moisture content
- Solutions to non-linear and poorly posed inverse problems
- Sensors

- Sprinkler frost protection

 

Current projects:

 

- Application of Bayesian techniques to industrial sensors and calibration
- Electromagnetic modelling

- Microwave/TDR imaging

 

Recent publications:

 

Woodhead, I. M.; Buchan, G. D; Platt, I G; Christie J H; 2007.  Improved electric field modelling for TDR, Meas. Sci. Technol. 18 1110-1117;doi:10.1088/0957-0233/18/4/020

Woodhead, I. M.; Platt, I G; Buchan, G. D; 2006. Non-invasive measurement of moisture content profiles using TDR 3rd International Symposium and Workshop on Time Domain Reflectometry for Innovative Soils Applications, Purdue University, Illinois.

Woodhead, I. M; Riding, P; Hayward, A; 2006.   Sprinkler Frost protection: Early Results from a Hawkes Bay Trial. Sixth International Cool Climate Symposium for Viticulture and Oeneology, Christchurch, NZ.

Platt, I G; Woodhead, I. M.; 2005.   A 1-D Inversion Method for Permittivity Calculations using a Non-Invasive TDR.  Proceedings of the First International Conference on Sensing Technology. Massey University, NZ.

Woodhead, I. M; Platt, I G; 2005.   TE Field Integration for Electromagnetic Sensors  Proceedings of the First International Conference on Sensing Technology. Massey University, NZ.

Woodhead, I. M.; Buchan, G. D; Platt, I G; Christie J H; 2005.  Enhanced Integral Equation Modelling for Moisture Sensors, Sixth Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances, Weimar, Germany

Kulasiri, D; Woodhead, I; 2005.  On Modeling Drying Porous Materials: Analytical Solutions to Coupled Partial Differential Equations Governing Heat and Moisture Transfer, Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2005:00:1-17

Christie, J. H; Sylvander, S R; Woodhead, I. M; and Irie, K, 2004.  The Dielectric properties of Humid Cellulose.  Journal of Non-Crystaline Solids. 341: 115.

Woodhead, I. M.; Riding, P; Christie J. H.; Buchan, G. D.; 2004.   Non-Invasive Measurement of Moisture Distribution.  Proceedings of the 2004 New Zealand National Conference on Non Destructive Testing. Massey University, NZ.

Woodhead, I. M.; Buchan, G. D.; Christie, J. H.; Irie, K. A. 2003. A General Dielectric Model for Time Domain Reflectometry.  Biosystems Engineering, 86:207-216.

Woodhead, I. M; Riding, P; Christie, J. H; and Buchan, G D. 2003.  Non-Invasive probing of the Near-Surface Soil Moisture Profile. Fifth International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances, Rotorua, NZ.

 

Christie, J. H; Sylvander, S R; Woodhead, I. M; and Irie, K. 2003.  The Spectroscopic Impedance of Cellophane. Fifth International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances, Rotorua, NZ

Ian Woodhead

Contact Details

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Email:
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