Blair David Brown

Dr Blair David Brown is a Researcher in Electronic And Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. His work focuses on predictive monitoring systems, fault detection in industrial plants, and renewable energy grid security. He leads projects such as the AI Utilisation Practices review for ScottishPower and SF6 Escape Prediction for National Grid Electricity Transmission. Collaborations include work on transfer learning approaches for asset management and surrogate models for grid stability analysis.

Research Interests: His expertise spans knowledge acquisition systems, data-centric engineering, and application of machine learning to industrial challenges. He co-supervises doctoral research in nuclear asset lifecycle management and has contributed datasets for structural health monitoring validations.

Projects: Currently active in 6 research projects including strategic AI applications and grid security. Recent activities include participation in Applied AI Workshops and Generative AI in Financial Services events.

Advising: Supervised PhD candidate Jennifer Blair's thesis on nuclear asset analytics. Involved in interdisciplinary collaborations across engineering and data science domains.