Rate My Professor Joe Fleming

Dr Joe Fleming is an Associate Professor at Coventry University, affiliated with the Centre for E-Mobility and Clean Growth and the Centre for Advanced Low Carbon Propulsion Systems (C-ALPS) Systems team. He brings over 14 years of experience in the theory, design, and experimental development of bespoke electronic systems, sensors, and instrumentation for both academic and industrial applications. Prior to his current role, Fleming served as Lead Engineer at the University of Warwick and Alert-iT Care Alarms. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from De Montfort University, Leicester, U.K., in 2012, followed by a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K., in 2018. His principal research interests encompass sensors, communications, and system integration. Since 2015, he has built a broad research portfolio aimed at enhancing the performance and understanding of energy storage limitations through embedded electronics and sensors. This work has established an international reputation for instrumented energy storage, yielding fundamental high-impact research with direct benefits to the energy storage sector.

Fleming's key publications include 'In-situ measurements of oxygen concentration at the PEMFC cathode catalyst layer/membrane interface' (Journal of Power Sources, 2025), 'Mechanistic Insights and Technical Challenges in Sulfur-Based Batteries: A Comprehensive In Situ/Operando Monitoring Toolbox' (ACS Energy Letters, 2024), 'GaN Transistors’ Radiated Switching Noise Source Evidenced by Hall Sensor Experiments Toward Integration' (IEEE Access, 2024), 'Novel Li-Ion Battery Diagnostics: Detection of Redox Peaks Utilising Plasmonic Fibre Optic Sensors and Evaluation of Interference on Cell Function' (Batteries & Supercaps, 2024), 'In-situ electronics and communications for intelligent energy storage' (HardwareX, 2022), and 'Development and evaluation of in-situ instrumentation for cylindrical Li-ion cells using fibre optic sensors' (HardwareX, 2018). His scholarship has accumulated over 600 citations on Google Scholar and an h-index of 9 on Scopus. He leads as Principal Investigator for the Healing Bat project, funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe (£581,543 to Coventry University, 2023-2027), in collaboration with partners including Technical University Dortmund and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. Additionally, Fleming holds a Faraday Institution Industry Fellowship with FEV Group to advance battery monitoring and control systems by integrating data and power transmission through shared wires. He has also contributed to the Energetic Digital Twin project and secured a patent for 'An ion exchange membrane fuel cell' (GB2633395, 2025).