Dr Richard Middlemiss
- Honorary Research Fellow (School of Physics & Astronomy)
email:
Richard.Middlemiss@glasgow.ac.uk
Office 716a, Rankine Building, Oakfield Avenue, University of Glasgow
Biography
Dr Richard Middlemiss is a Royal Academy of Engineering research fellow in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. His main focus is on the development of a new generation of pendulum-based MEMS gravity sensors for subterranean imaging in fields such as volcanology, geothermal engineering, and slope stability
Before his Fellowship, Richard was based at the Institute for Gravitational Research, and with whom he still closely collaborates. His PhD research there was was published in the journal 'Nature', and was subsequently named as one of the top ten global breakthroughs in global physics for 2016 by the Institute of Physics.
Dr Middlemiss also leads the development of a new MEMS sensor for the calibration of scanning probe microscopes. This work is performed in collaboration with the Dutch company – ‘Optics11’. Dr Middlemiss has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s flagship science show - ‘Inside Science’, and has presented/produced several short documentary films. During his PhD, Richard was the winner of the Scottish final of ‘FameLab’, and the winner the UK final of the ‘Three Minute Thesis’ competition. In 2018 Richard was awarded the Isambard Kingdom Brunel award lecture by the British Science Association in recognition of his research and outreach activities.
Publications
2024
Prasad, A. et al. (2024) MEMS gravimeters for geophysics. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, 27(6), pp. 46-52. (doi: 10.1109/MIM.2024.10654725)
2022
Belwanshi, Vinod ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-8637, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Toland, Karl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Paul, Douglas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2022)
Investigation of temperature sensitivity of a MEMS gravimeter based on geometric anti-spring.
Review of Scientific Instruments, 93(12),
125002.
(doi: 10.1063/5.0114664)
(PMID:36586950)
Prasad, Abhinav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Middlemiss, Richard P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Noack, Andreas, Anastasiou, Kristian, Bramsiepe, Steven G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-3422, Toland, Karl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Utting, Phoebe R., Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2022)
A 19 day earth tide measurement with a MEMS gravimeter.
Scientific Reports, 12,
13091.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16881-1)
(PMID:35906251)
(PMCID:PMC9338064)
Belwanshi, Vinod ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-8637, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Toland, Karl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Anastasiou, Kristian, Bramsiepe, Steven
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-3422, Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2022)
A Simulation Study of the Temperature Sensitivity and Impact of Fabrication Tolerances on the Performance of a Geometric Anti-Spring Based MEMS Gravimeter.
In: 9th International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL 2022), Avignon, France, 8-11 May 2022,
ISBN 9781665402828
(doi: 10.1109/INERTIAL53425.2022.9787761)
Middlemiss, R. P. et al. (2022) A MEMS Gravimeter with Multi-Axis Gravitational Sensitivity. In: 9th International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL 2022), Avignon, France, 8-11 May 2022, ISBN 9781665402828 (doi: 10.1109/INERTIAL53425.2022.9787754)
Utting, Phoebe, Walker, Richard, Prasad, Abhinav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622 and Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750
(2022)
Design and Testing of a MEMS Semi-Absolute Pendulum Gravimeter.
EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10306)
Walker, Richard, Utting, Phoebe, Middlemiss, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210 and Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2022)
Mathematics & Analysis of a MEMS Semi-Absolute Pendulum Gravimeter.
EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12991)
2021
Prasad, Abhinav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Middlemiss, Richard P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Anastasiou, Kristian, Bramsiepe, Steven G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-3422, Noack, Andreas, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Toland, Karl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Utting, Phoebe R. and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2021)
A Nineteen Day Earth Tide Measurement with a MEMS Gravimeter.
arXiv,
(Unpublished)
Middlemiss, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Campsie, Paul, Cunningham, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5517-8795, Douglas, Rebecca, McIvor, Victoria, Hough, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-3123, Rowan, Sheila
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9907, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210 and Hammond, G. D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2021)
A MEMS gravimeter with multi-axis gravitational sensitivity.
arXiv,
(Unpublished)
Toland, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Noack, Andreas, Anastasiou, Kristian, Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Paul, Douglas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2021)
Development and Assembly of a MEMS Based High-Sensitivity Relative Gravimeter for Multi-Pixel Imaging Applications.
EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 Apr 2021.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13167)
Utting, Phoebe, Hammond, Giles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210 and Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750
(2021)
Optical Readout Design for a MEMS Semi-Absolute Pendulum Gravimeter.
EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 Apr 2021.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-5045)
2020
Carbone, D. et al. (2020) The NEWTON-g gravity imager: toward new paradigms for terrain gravimetry. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 573396. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.573396)
2019
Westaway, Rob, Watson, Sean, Williams, Aaron, Harley, Tom and Middlemiss, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750
(2019)
Geometry of the Butterknowle Fault at Bishop Auckland (County Durham, UK), from gravity survey and structural inversion.
Technical Report.
Earth and Space Science Open Archive.
(doi: 10.1002/essoar.10501104.1).
Marocco, G. et al. (2019) MEMS Gradiometers for Attitude Determination on CubeSats. In: 33rd Annual Small Satellite Conference, Utah, USA, 3-8 Aug 2019,
2018
Aftalion, M. et al. (2018) Low-cost MEMS Gravimeters for Underwater Gravimetry and Submarine Detection. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, 10-14 Dec 2018.
Noack, Andreas, Middlemiss, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210 and Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2018)
MEMS Gravity Sensors for Imaging Density Anomalies.
In: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV, San Diego, CA, USA, 19-23 Aug 2018,
107230J.
ISBN 9781510620179
(doi: 10.1117/12.2323969)
Bramsiepe, Steven G., Loomes, David, Middlemiss, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2018)
A high stability optical shadow sensor with applications for precision accelerometers.
IEEE Sensors Journal, 18(10),
pp. 4108-4116.
(doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2818066)
Middlemiss, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Bramsiepe, Steven G., Douglas, Rebecca, Hild, Stefan, Hough, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-3123, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Samarelli, Antonio, Rowan, Sheila
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9907 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2018)
Microelectromechanical system gravimeters as a new tool for gravity imaging.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2120),
20170291.
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0291)
(PMID:29661979)
2017
Middlemiss, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Bramsiepe, Steven G., Douglas, Rebecca, Hough, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-3123, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Rowan, Sheila
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9907 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2017)
Field tests of a portable MEMS gravimeter.
Sensors, 17(11),
2571.
(doi: 10.3390/s17112571)
(PMID:29117099)
The University Court of the University of Glasgow (2017) Measurement of Acceleration. .
2016
Middlemiss, R. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Samarelli, A., Paul, D. J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Hough, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-3123, Rowan, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9907 and Hammond, G. D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2016)
Measurement of the Earth tides with a MEMS gravimeter.
Nature, 531(7596),
pp. 614-617.
(doi: 10.1038/nature17397)
(PMID:27029276)
Articles
Prasad, A. et al. (2024) MEMS gravimeters for geophysics. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, 27(6), pp. 46-52. (doi: 10.1109/MIM.2024.10654725)
Belwanshi, Vinod ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-8637, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Toland, Karl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Paul, Douglas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2022)
Investigation of temperature sensitivity of a MEMS gravimeter based on geometric anti-spring.
Review of Scientific Instruments, 93(12),
125002.
(doi: 10.1063/5.0114664)
(PMID:36586950)
Prasad, Abhinav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Middlemiss, Richard P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Noack, Andreas, Anastasiou, Kristian, Bramsiepe, Steven G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-3422, Toland, Karl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Utting, Phoebe R., Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2022)
A 19 day earth tide measurement with a MEMS gravimeter.
Scientific Reports, 12,
13091.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16881-1)
(PMID:35906251)
(PMCID:PMC9338064)
Prasad, Abhinav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Middlemiss, Richard P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Anastasiou, Kristian, Bramsiepe, Steven G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-3422, Noack, Andreas, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Toland, Karl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Utting, Phoebe R. and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2021)
A Nineteen Day Earth Tide Measurement with a MEMS Gravimeter.
arXiv,
(Unpublished)
Middlemiss, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Campsie, Paul, Cunningham, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5517-8795, Douglas, Rebecca, McIvor, Victoria, Hough, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-3123, Rowan, Sheila
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9907, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210 and Hammond, G. D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2021)
A MEMS gravimeter with multi-axis gravitational sensitivity.
arXiv,
(Unpublished)
Carbone, D. et al. (2020) The NEWTON-g gravity imager: toward new paradigms for terrain gravimetry. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 573396. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.573396)
Bramsiepe, Steven G., Loomes, David, Middlemiss, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2018)
A high stability optical shadow sensor with applications for precision accelerometers.
IEEE Sensors Journal, 18(10),
pp. 4108-4116.
(doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2818066)
Middlemiss, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Bramsiepe, Steven G., Douglas, Rebecca, Hild, Stefan, Hough, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-3123, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Samarelli, Antonio, Rowan, Sheila
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9907 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2018)
Microelectromechanical system gravimeters as a new tool for gravity imaging.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2120),
20170291.
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0291)
(PMID:29661979)
Middlemiss, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Bramsiepe, Steven G., Douglas, Rebecca, Hough, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-3123, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Rowan, Sheila
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9907 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2017)
Field tests of a portable MEMS gravimeter.
Sensors, 17(11),
2571.
(doi: 10.3390/s17112571)
(PMID:29117099)
Middlemiss, R. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Samarelli, A., Paul, D. J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530, Hough, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-3123, Rowan, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9907 and Hammond, G. D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2016)
Measurement of the Earth tides with a MEMS gravimeter.
Nature, 531(7596),
pp. 614-617.
(doi: 10.1038/nature17397)
(PMID:27029276)
Research Reports or Papers
Westaway, Rob, Watson, Sean, Williams, Aaron, Harley, Tom and Middlemiss, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750
(2019)
Geometry of the Butterknowle Fault at Bishop Auckland (County Durham, UK), from gravity survey and structural inversion.
Technical Report.
Earth and Space Science Open Archive.
(doi: 10.1002/essoar.10501104.1).
Conference or Workshop Item
Utting, Phoebe, Walker, Richard, Prasad, Abhinav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622 and Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750
(2022)
Design and Testing of a MEMS Semi-Absolute Pendulum Gravimeter.
EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10306)
Walker, Richard, Utting, Phoebe, Middlemiss, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210 and Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2022)
Mathematics & Analysis of a MEMS Semi-Absolute Pendulum Gravimeter.
EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12991)
Toland, Karl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Noack, Andreas, Anastasiou, Kristian, Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Paul, Douglas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2021)
Development and Assembly of a MEMS Based High-Sensitivity Relative Gravimeter for Multi-Pixel Imaging Applications.
EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 Apr 2021.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13167)
Utting, Phoebe, Hammond, Giles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210 and Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750
(2021)
Optical Readout Design for a MEMS Semi-Absolute Pendulum Gravimeter.
EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 Apr 2021.
(doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-5045)
Aftalion, M. et al. (2018) Low-cost MEMS Gravimeters for Underwater Gravimetry and Submarine Detection. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, 10-14 Dec 2018.
Conference Proceedings
Belwanshi, Vinod ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-8637, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210, Toland, Karl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-9698, Anastasiou, Kristian, Bramsiepe, Steven
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-3422, Middlemiss, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Paul, Douglas J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Hammond, Giles D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2022)
A Simulation Study of the Temperature Sensitivity and Impact of Fabrication Tolerances on the Performance of a Geometric Anti-Spring Based MEMS Gravimeter.
In: 9th International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL 2022), Avignon, France, 8-11 May 2022,
ISBN 9781665402828
(doi: 10.1109/INERTIAL53425.2022.9787761)
Middlemiss, R. P. et al. (2022) A MEMS Gravimeter with Multi-Axis Gravitational Sensitivity. In: 9th International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL 2022), Avignon, France, 8-11 May 2022, ISBN 9781665402828 (doi: 10.1109/INERTIAL53425.2022.9787754)
Marocco, G. et al. (2019) MEMS Gradiometers for Attitude Determination on CubeSats. In: 33rd Annual Small Satellite Conference, Utah, USA, 3-8 Aug 2019,
Noack, Andreas, Middlemiss, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750, Prasad, Abhinav
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8234-6210 and Hammond, Giles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-3622
(2018)
MEMS Gravity Sensors for Imaging Density Anomalies.
In: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV, San Diego, CA, USA, 19-23 Aug 2018,
107230J.
ISBN 9781510620179
(doi: 10.1117/12.2323969)
Patents
The University Court of the University of Glasgow (2017) Measurement of Acceleration. .
Research datasets
2015
Middlemiss, R. , Samarelli, A., Paul, D. , Hough, J., Rowan, S. and Hammond, G. (2015) Measurement of the earth tides with a MEMS gravimeter. [Data Collection]