Profile
Dr Declan Vogt
Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Automated Mining
Overview
I am trained as an electronics engineer, spent the first half of my career to date developing geophysical instruments, and the balance managing mining research. My research interests are diverse, including:
- In-mine geophysics, especially radio-based techniques, including RIM and GPR
- Underground communications
- Application of Lean principles to mining
- Stand-off remote sensing, particularly the application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to in-situ mineral identification
- Mining automation
- Robotics
- Instrumentation for mine occupational health
I'm driven by a desire to make mines more pleasant working environments that are also more productive, safer and lower cost.
Biography
Academic qualifications
- BSc Eng (Elec), 1989 (University of the Witwatersrand)
- MSc Eng, 1992 (University of the Witwatersrand)
- PhD Electronics, 2001 (University of York)
Employment History
- 1992 - 2009, Chamber of Mines Research Organisation, then CSIR, in-mine geophysical tool development
- 2009 - 2014, CSIR, Manager of mining research
- 2014 - 2017, University of the Witwatersrand, Director of the Centre for Mechanised Mining Systems
- 2017 - present, University of Exeter, Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Mining