The next meeting of the Gas Analysis and Sensing Group will be held on Thursday 25th June 2026 at the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford.
The programme for ‘Light Matters – Optical Sensing of Gases & Particles’, will feature a fantastic array of experts discussing new methods and developments ranging from the laboratory bench to the field.
Optical sensors have always had the potential for measurements of the highest precision and specificity, but have challenges regarding cost and complexity. We will learn how our speakers are addressing these issues and pushing the field forward into real-life applications. Jason Smith (University of Oxford) will talk about new methods to detect ultrafine particles – which are critically important to human health but are extremely difficult to quantify reliably – while Colin Edge (Dynoptic) will discuss developments on gas measurement in tunnels using non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) techniques. Nicholas Davis (Cranfield University) will describe the latest tunable laser-based techniques using hollow-core optical fibre for methane measurement, and Cameron Mein (University of Strathclyde) will explain how tomographic methods can characterise emissions from aircraft. The programme is completed by Benoit Wastine (Senseair), who will talk about the development of NDIR-based environmental measurements (pushing that technology to its limits in a world-leading class of sensors) and Kathy Wu (University of Birmingham) discussing recent developments in frequency comb spectroscopy for gas sensing.
Registration is open so book now to reserve your place at what promises to be another great GASG meeting! A comprehensive travel plan with details of how to get to the venue is also available.
Please note that this meeting will be in-person only, with no online access on the day or speaker recordings available after the event. (Presentations will be accessible to members as usual, subject to publication approvals).