Engineering research portfolio

Mathew Legg

Sensor systems, acoustic and ultrasonic measurement, signal processing, 3D imaging, agriculture technology, and applied engineering research.

74research outputs
32journal articles
16project areas
3Dinteractive hardware models

Altium 3D PCB

High Resolution Array Hardware

Ultrasonic laser

An interactive web preview generated from the Altium STEP export, showing the array PCB component layout and back-side detail.

Showing Ultrasonic laser PCB

Hardware media

High Resolution Array Details

Ultrasonic laser

Physical board photos and PCB layout views to show the component density, connector placement, and the two sides of the ultrasonic laser hardware.

Front side of the circular ultrasonic laser PCB
Ultrasonic laser front face
Back side of the circular ultrasonic laser PCB
Ultrasonic laser back face
Populated circular power amplifier PCB at an angle
Drive electronics board
2D PCB layout for the ultrasonic laser
2D PCB layout

Featured work

Projects With Engineering Artefacts

Selected projects connect practical engineering problems with sensing hardware, experiments, signal processing, and published outcomes.

MBIE

MBIE

Focused Ultrasound for Painless Calf Disbudding

Co-wrote funding application; HIFU hardware, lab and field trials

2025-2028 0 linked outputs
MBIE

MBIE

Precision Acoustic Sensors for Pastoral and Arable Farming

Ultrasonic sensor hardware, algorithms, and field trials

2015-2019 10 linked outputs
MBIE

MBIE

Acoustic NDE of Wood Properties

Acoustic and ultrasonic tools for internal wood stiffness

2014-2016 12 linked outputs
Industry

Industry

Automated Grape Yield Estimation System

Wrote funding application; main PhD supervisor

2018-2021 7 linked outputs
PhD / MSc

PhD / MSc

Acoustic Camera 3D Imaging

72-channel microphone array, 3D beamforming, and deconvolution

2008-2012 7 linked outputs
Current Research

Current Research

Smart Inhaler Sensing

Vibrational sensing and flow-rate estimation

2024-present 2 linked outputs

Technical focus

What The Full Site Should Show

3D PCB and CAD Models

Interactive model viewers for Altium PCB assemblies, enclosures, acoustic arrays, and sensor hardware.

Simulation and Signal Processing

Visualisations for beamforming, ultrasound propagation, depth sensing, localisation, and field-trial analysis.

Funded Project Storytelling

Concise project pages showing the problem, engineering approach, prototypes, collaborators, outputs, and publications.