Willmott, Jon, Professor

Professor Jon Willmott

PhD, MPhys

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor of Metrology

Semiconductor Materials and Devices Research Group

j.r.willmott@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5436

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Professor Jon Willmott
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Profile

My Sensor Systems Research Group is part of the University’s . Within the ADC we are able to grow novel semiconductor detectors and use them as the sensing element for novel thermal imaging and other optoelectronic devices.

I received my masters and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Southampton in 1999 and 2003 respectively.

After two years as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Liquid Crystal research at the University of Cambridge I moved to the company Land Instruments International (now part of AMETEK Inc.)

In industry, I designed thermal imaging cameras, radiation thermometers and other ‘non-contact’ scientific instruments. In addition to optical, mechanical and electronic design skills, I also developed a fundamental understanding of temperature measurement science (metrology).

Following more than a decade in industry, I moved to the University of 91ֱ�� in 2015 with an EPSRC Established Career Fellowship. My group’s aim is to push forward temperature measurement science and imaging, particularly within manufacturing.

However, we are interested in all areas of scientific instrumentation and optical imaging. Our research philosophy is that if we can design and build novel instruments then we can enable new scientific measurements to be made that have not been possible before.

In this way, we have undertaken new research in fields as diverse as medical imaging, volcanology and additive manufacturing.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Southampton 2003
MPhys, University of Southampton 1999

Research interests

Optoelectronic and Optomechanical Instrumentation Including:

Thermal Imaging Metrology
Temperature Science
Emissivity and Optical Properties of Materials
Applications of Thermometry to Manufacturing
Aerosol Printed Electronics
Liquid Crystals

Publications

Journal articles

Elghazy E, Davies MMJ, Farr NTH, Rodenburg C, Willmott JR & Pandhal J (2025) . Journal of CO2 Utilization, 92, 103024-103024.
Lai Y, Liu X, Pan M, Davies M, Fisk C, King D, Zhang Y & Willmott J (2024) . Fuel, 378, 132901-132901.
Lai Y, Liu X, Davies M, Fisk C, Holliday M, King D, Zhang Y & Willmott J (2024) . Fuel, 373, 132397-132397.
Stuart MB, Davies M, Fisk C, Allen E, Sole AJ, Ing R, Hobbs MJ & Willmott JR (2024) . Science of The Total Environment, 951.
Farrimond DG, Woolford S, Barr AD, Lodge T, Tyas A, Waddoups R, Clarke SD, Rigby SE, Hobbs MJ, Willmott JR , Whittaker M et al (2024) . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2294).
Liu X, Lai Y, Fisk C, Willmott J, Zhou H & Zhang Y (2023) . Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 111061-111061.
Lai Y, Liu X, Li Y, Leonidas E, Fisk C, Yang J, Zhang Y & Willmott J (2023) . Construction and Building Materials, 407, 133586-133586.
Lai Y, Liu X, Fisk C, Davies M, Wang Y, Yang J, du Plessis C, Cotton L, Zhang Y & Willmott J (2023) . Fire Safety Journal, 140, 103841-103841.
Lee HJ, Ali Gamel MM, Ker PJ, Jamaludin MZ, Wong YH, Yap KS, Willmott JR, Hobbs MJ, David JPR & Tan CH (2023) . Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 153, 107135-107135.
Yang H, Lai Y, Liu X, Davies M, Willmott JR, Zhang Y & Yang J (2023) . IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 1-1.
Davies M, Hobbs MJ, Nohl J, Davies B, Rodenburg C & Willmott JR (2022) . Scientific Reports, 12(1).
Hobbs MJ, Barr A, Woolford S, Farrimond D, Clarke SD, Tyas A & Willmott JR (2022) . Sensors, 22(16).
Lai Y, Albadi A, Liu X, Davies M, Hobbs M, Willmott J & Zhang Y (2022) . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.
Leonidas E, Ayvar-Soberanis S, Laalej H, Fitzpatrick S & Willmott JR (2022) . Sensors, 22(13).
Stuart M, Davies M, Hobbs M, Pering T, McGonigle A & Willmott J (2022) . Sensors, 22(12).
Davies M, Stuart MB, Hobbs MJ, McGonigle AJS & Willmott JR (2022) . Remote Sensing, 14(5).
Lai Y, Wang X, Rockett TBO, Willmott JR & Zhang Y (2022) . Fire Safety Journal, 127.
Ahmed FF, Clark SJ, Alex Leung CL, Stanger L, Willmott J, Marussi S, Honkimaki V, Haynes N, Zurob HS, Lee PD & Phillion AB (2021) . Materials & Design, 210.
Boone N, Davies M, Willmott JR, Marin-Reyes H & French R (2020) . Sensors, 20(23).
Chechik L, Boone NA, Stanger LR, Honniball P, Freeman F, Baxter G, Willmott JR & Todd I (2020) . Additive Manufacturing, 101806-101806.
Lai Y, Wang X, Rockett TBO, Willmott JR, Zhou H & Zhang Y (2020) . Fire Safety Journal, 103223-103223.
Childs C, Elliott J, Khatab K, Hampshaw S, Fowler-Davis S, Willmott JR & Ali A (2020) . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18).
Heeley A, Hobbs MJ & Willmott J (2020) . Applied Sciences, 10(14).
Stuart MB, Stanger LR, Hobbs MJ, Pering TD, Thio D, McGonigle AJS & Willmott JR (2020) . Sensors, 20(11).
Pering TD, Ilanko T, Wilkes TC, Stanger L, Willmott JR & McGonigle AJS (2020) .
Zhu C, Hobbs M & Willmott JR (2019) . Measurement Science and Technology.
Zhu C, Hobbs MJ, Masters RC, Rodenburg C & Willmott JR (2019) . IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.
Hobbs M & Willmott JR (2019) . Measurement Science and Technology.
Wilkes TC, Pering TD, McGonigle AJS, Willmott JR, Bryant R, Smalley AL, Mims FM, Parisi AV & England RA (2019) . Frontiers in Earth Science, 7.
Pering TD, Ilanko T, Wilkes TC, England RA, Silcock SR, Stanger LR, Willmott JR, Bryant RG & McGonigle AJS (2019) . Frontiers in Earth Science, 6.
Childs C, Wright N, Willmott J, Davies M, Kilner K, Ousey K, Soltani H, Madhuvrata P & Stephenson J (2019) . Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 8.
Zhu C, Hobbs M, Grainger M & Willmott J (2018) . Applied Optics, 57(36), 10449-10457.
Heeley AD, Hobbs MJ, Laalej H & Willmott J (2018) . Sensors, 18(10).
Hobbs M, Zhu C, Grainger M, Tan CH & Willmott J (2018) . Optics Express, 26(19), 24904-24916.
Boone NA, Zhu C, Smith C, Todd I & Willmott J (2018) . Additive Manufacturing, 22, 601-605.
Stanger LR, Wilkes TC, Boone NA, McGonigle AJ & Willmott JR (2018) . Sensors, 18(7), 2169-2169.
Wilkes TC, Stanger LR, Willmott JR, Pering TD, McGonigle AJS & England RA (2018) . Remote Sensing, 10(3).
Hobbs M, Grainger MP, Zhu C, Tan CH & Willmott J (2018) . Optics Express, 26(3), 3188-3198.
McGonigle AJS, Wilkes TC, Pering TD, Willmott JR, Cook JM, Mims FM & Parisi AV (2018) . Sensors (Switzerland), 18(1), 223-223.
Wilkes TC, McGonigle AJS, Willmott JR, Pering TD & Cook JM (2017) . Optics Letters, 42(21), 4323-4326.
McGonigle AJS, Pering TD, Wilkes TC, Tamburello G, D’Aleo R, Bitetto M, Aiuppa A & Willmott JR (2017) . Geosciences, 7(3).
Zavala-Arredondo M, Boone N, Willmott J, Childs DTD, Ivanov P, Groom KM & Mumtaz K (2017) . Materials and Design, 117, 305-315.
Wilkes T, Pering T, McGonigle A, Tamburello G & Willmott J (2017) . Remote Sensing, 9(1).
Wilkes TC, McGonigle AJS, Pering TD, Taggart AJ, White BS, Bryant RG & Willmott JR (2016) . Sensors, 16(10).
Childs C, Siraj MR, Fair FJ, Selvan AN, Soltani H, Wilmott J & Farrell T (2016) . Journal of Wound Care, 25(9), 499-512.
Willmott JR, Lowe D, Broughton M, White BS & Machin G (2016) . Measurement Science and Technology, 27(9), 094002-094002.
Lowe D, Broughton M, Machin G & Willmott JR (2015) . Measurement, 76, 129-135.
Zhou X, Meng X, Krysa AB, Willmott JR, Ng JS & Tan CH (2015) . IEEE Sensors Journal, 15(10), 5555-5560.
Hobbs MJ, Tan CH, Zhou X, David JPR, Willmott JR, Plis E & Krishna S (2015) . IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 64(2), 502-508.
Xinxin Zhou , Hobbs MJ, White BS, David JPR, Willmott JR & Chee Hing Tan (2014) . IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 61(3), 838-843.
Willmott JR, Davenport CJ, Newton J & Coles HJ (2005) . Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 434(1), 209/[537]-217/[545].
Willmott JR, Pivnenko MN, Blatch AE & Coles HJ (2004) . Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications X and Projection Displays X.
Coles HJ, Musgrave B, Coles MJ & Willmott J (2001) . Journal of Materials Chemistry, 11(11), 2709-2716.
You Z, Yang J, Lai Y, Wang Y, Zheng L, Yang X, Davies M & Willmott JR () . Combustion Science and Technology, 1-19.
Karapateas L, Lai Y, Meng X, Zhang Y, Willmott JR & Hobbs MJ () . Sensors, 24(23), 7780-7780.
Wang B, Lai Y, Liu X, Davies M, Willmott JR, Zhang Y & Yang J () . Combustion Science and Technology, 1-23.
Mihaylova L & Farr N () . Advanced Science.
Leonidas E, Hobbs MJ, Ayvar-Soberanis S, Laalej H, Fisk C, Fitzpatrick S & Willmott JR () . Sensors, 23(23), 9514-9514.
Holliday M, Lai Y, Hobbs M, Boone N, Al-Haji T, Scott I & Willmott J () . Ironmaking & Steelmaking, 1-8.
Childs C, Nwaizu H, Bullivant E, Willmott J, Davies M, Ousey K, Soltani H & Jacques R () . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6), 5100-5100.
Stuart MB, Davies M, Hobbs MJ, McGonigle AJS & Willmott JR () . Remote Sensing, 14(16), 3846-3846.
Toolan DTW, Weir MP, Dowland SA, Winkel JF, Zhang Z, Gray V, Xiao J, Petty II AJ, Anthony JE, Greenham NC , Friend R et al () . Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
Toolan DTW, Weir MP, Kilbride RC, Willmott JR, King SM, Xiao J, Greenham NC, Friend RH, Rao A, Jones RAL & Ryan AJ () . Soft Matter.
Stuart , McGonigle & Willmott () . Sensors, 19(14), 3071-3071.
Hobbs MJ, Tan CH & Willmott JR () . Journal of Instrumentation, 8(03), P03016-P03016.
Stanger L, Rockett T, Lyle A, Davies M, Anderson M, Todd I, Basoalto H & Willmott JR () . Sensors, 21(14), 4859-4859.
Stuart MB, McGonigle AJS, Davies M, Hobbs MJ, Boone NA, Stanger LR, Zhu C, Pering TD & Willmott JR () . Journal of Imaging, 7(8), 136-136.
Rockett TBO, Boone NA, Richards RD & Willmott JR () . Sensors, 21(18), 6151-6151.

Conference proceedings papers

Meyers G, Zhu C, Mayfield M, Tingley DD, Willmott J & Coca D (2019) . Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Data Acquisition To Analysis - DATA'19, 10 November 2019 - 10 November 2019.
Willmott JR, Lowe D, Broughton M, White BS & Machin G (2015) . 17th International Congress of Metrology
Hobbs MJ, Willmott JR, Droegmoeller P, David J & Tan C (2015) . Proceedings IRS² 2015, 19 May 2015 - 21 May 2015.
Turner SF, Metcalfe SF, Mellor A, Willmott J & Drögmöller P (2012) . Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXIV

Preprints

Albadi A, Lai Y, Fisk C, Hobbs M, Davies M, Willmott J & Zhang Y (2024) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
DAVIES M, HOBBS MJ, NOHL J, DAVIES B, RODENBURG C & WILLMOTT JR () , Research Square Platform LLC.
Childs C, Elliott J, Khatab K, Hampshaw S, Fowler-Davis S, Willmott JR & Ali A () , MDPI AG.

Professional activities and memberships

EEE PGR Admissions Tutor
Royal Society Industry Fellow

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