Dr Abdeldjalil Bennecer studied Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Bristol before attending the University of Cambridge, where he graduated with a PhD in 2011. Prior to his appointment as a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at University of Northampton in 2012, he worked as a post-doctoral Research Fellow at Brunel Innovation Centre where he successfully coordinated an FP7 European Project worth €1.5m involving a consortium of 9 partners across 4 countries. He also held a Research Fellow position at Strathclyde University in Glasgow to investigate the use of fibre optic sensors to monitor sonar probes. Since 2016, he has been regularly supervising Engineering Tripos at Homerton College and has been elected a Bye-Fellow in 2020.
His research interests lie in photonic devices and sensors and their application in condition monitoring of critical infrastructure. The primary focus of his research has been on the modelling of photonic sensors for thermographic imaging and advanced non-destructive testing techniques. He has recently developed a particular interest in human factors and intelligent non-destructive inspection using artificial intelligence. He has published a number of articles in the fields of lasers, infrared photodetectors, fibre optic sensors, IoT, condition monitoring of oil and gas pipelines and radiographic imaging.
Photonics devices and systems
Non-destructive testing and condition monitoring
University of Northampton:
Associate Professor
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mathematics
Ultrasonic, Electromagnetic and Chemical Testing
PhD Supervision
Programme leader of BEng Non-Destructive Testing (Degree Apprenticeship)
Cambridge Colleges Supervisions:
1P3: Electrical Engineering
1P4: Mathematics and Computing
2P5: Electrical Engineering
2P7: Mathematics
Becer, Z., Bennecer, A. and Sengouga, N. (2019) Modeling Energy Bands in Type II Superlattices. Crystals. 9(12), pp. 1-22. 2073-4352
Abbas, R., Al-Sherbaz, A., Bennecer, A., & Picton, P. (2019) Collision Evaluation in Low Power Wide Area Networks. In 19th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communication (pp. 1-8)
Becer, Z., Bennecer, A. and Sengouga, N. (2018) A multiple quantum well structure simulator. In: International Conference on Modelling & Simulation. USA: IEEE.
Oyeniyan, A., Olamide, A., & Bennecer, A. (2018). Fatigue Assessment of Welded Pipelines in Ultra-Deep Water. Abstract from COMSOL Conference, Lausanne, Swaziland.
Francis, J., Bennecer, A. and Picton, P. (2018) North Sea oil platform corrosion under insulation survey. Invited Presentation presented to: International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Non-Destructive Evaluation, Chennai, India, 19-20 June 2018. Chennai, India: Scopus.
Mapletoft, D. P., Bennecer, A. and Picton, P. (2018) Production of a suitable RT(CR) procedure to ensure the ASTM E2445-14 standard is met. Invited Presentation presented to: International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Non-Destructive Evaluation, Chennai, India, 19-20 June 2018. Chennai, India: Scopus.
Bennecer, A. (2018) Reliability of manual ultrasonic testing. Paper presented to: International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Non-Destructive Evaluation (RANE 2018), Chennai, India, 2018-06-20.
Bennecer, A. (2018) Reliability of manual ultrasonic testing. Paper presented to: International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Non-Destructive Evaluation (RANE 2018), Chennai, India, 2018-06-20.
Duaka, U. P., Bennecer, A. and Picton, P. (2018) Reliability of remote field testing in detecting defects on steam boiler tubes. Invited Presentation presented to: International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Non-Destructive Evaluation, Chennai, India, 19-20 June 2018. Chennai, India: Scopus.
Nowicki, A. and Bennecer, A. (2017) Modeling of electro-thermal microbolometer for thermal imaging. Poster presented to: COSMOL Conference 2017, Rotterdam, 18-20 October 2017.
Al-Gubury, H. and Bennecer, A. (2017) UV-Advanced Oxidation Process for Enhanced Bleaching of Waste Water Using composite ZnO-Co2O3. In: European Waste Water Management Conference. UK: European Waste Water Management Conference.
Abbas, R., Al-Sherbaz, A., Bennecer, A. and Picton, P. (2017) A new channel selection algorithm for the Weightless-N Frequency Hopping with lower collision probability. In: 8th International Network of the Future (NoF) Conference Proceedings : London: IEEE.
Abbas, R., Al-Sherbaz, A., Bennecer, A. and Picton, P. (2017) A new channel selection algorithm for the Weightless-N Frequency Hopping with lower collision probability. In: 8th International Network of the Future (NoF) Conference Proceedings : London: IEEE.
Angelo, J., Bennecer, A., Picton, P., Kaczmarczyk, S. and Soares, A. (2016) Eddy current analysis of shipped stainless steel heat exchanger bundle. Case Studies in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation. 6(A), pp. 89-93. 2214-6571.
Angelo, J., Bennecer, A., Kaczmarczyk, S. and Picton, P. (2016) Modelling of thermal behaviour of iron oxide layers on boiler tubes. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 721(012002), pp. 1-8. 1742-6596.
Angelo, J., Bennecer, A., Kaczmarczyk, S. and Picton, P. (2015) Modelling of the influence of iron oxide layers on microstructural damage of boiler tubes. Proceedings of the VIIIth International Workshop NDT in Progress. 2015, pp. 1-8. 1435-4934.
Chong, Y. B., Bennecer, A., Hagglund, F., Siddiqi, S., Kappatos, V., Selcuk, C., & Gan, T-H. (2015). A new synthetic training environment system based on an ICT-approach for manual ultrasonic testing. Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 71, 11-22.
Bennecer, A., & Picton, P. (2015). Distance Engineering Students Enjoy Creative Problem-Solving. (1 ed.) Northampton.
Qu, Z., Bennecer, A., Selcuk, C., & Gan, T-H. (2012). Development on the laser-based weld flaw identification system. In 51st Annual Conference of BINDT (pp. 21-29). (51st Annual Conference of BINDT). Daventry, UK
Pierce, S., Flockhart, G., Mcguire, M., Bennecer, A., Hayward, G., Thursby, G., ... Culshaw, B. (2011). Towards smart sonar transducers - polarimetric sensing for sonar array compensation. In 8th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (pp. 1504-1511)
Bennecer, A., McGuire, M., Flockhart, G. M. H., Pierce, S. G., Hayward, G. and Culshaw, B. (2010) Frequency response of underwater ultrasonic transducers in the near field using polarimetric polarization maintaining fiber sensors. In: Santos, J. L., Culshaw, B., Lopez-Higuera, J. M. and MacPherson, W. N. (eds.) Fourth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors : Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. pp. 1-4.
Bennecer, A., Williams, K. A., Penty, R. V., White, I. H., Hamacher, M. and Heidrich, H. (2008) Directly modulated wavelength-multiplexed integrated microring laser array. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 20(16), pp. 1411-1413. 1041-1135.
Bennecer, A., Ingham, J. D., Williams, K. A., Penty, R. V., White, I. H., Ehlers, H., Hamacher, M. and Heidrich, H. (2008) Ultracompact microring laser-based optical-add multiplexer. Electronics Letters. 44(9), pp. 593-595. 0013-5194
