Publications

Historical Publications

The below is a list of peer reviewed papers written and presented by Vincent Utsi/Erica Utsi (Erica -Carrick Utsi) and other associates, at one or more International GPR conferences during over 20+ years of their association with GPR and Utsi Electronics. Most papers can still be found online.

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Archaeology (See also Re-examining the Evidence)

Utsi, E (2012) “GPR Investigations at Westminster Abbey” in Forde, MC (ed) Proceedings of the 14th International Structural Faults and Repair Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 3rd to 5th July 2012.

Utsi, E (2012) “The Shrine of St Edward the Confessor: a study in multi-frequency GPR Investigation”, Near Surface Geophysics, Vol 10 No 1, February 2012.

Utsi, E (2010) “The Shrine of St Edward the Confessor: a study in multi-frequency GPR Investigation”, in Persico, R, Carrozzo, MT, Soldovieri, F & Tarricone, L (eds) The Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Lecce, Italy, pp 405 – 410.

Utsi, E (2010) “The use of Ground Penetrating Radar to extend the Results of Excavation” in Near Surface Geophysics, Vol 8 No 5, October 2010, pp 415 – 422.

Utsi, E & Kruse F (2008) “The Villiers Street Burial Vaults: a Case Study in GPR Detection” in Chignell, RJ & Rogers C (eds) The Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Birmingham, UK, 2008.

Szynkiewicz, A & Utsi, V (2008) “GPR Monitoring of Pyramids & Large Structures” in Chignell, RJ & Rogers C (eds) in The Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Birmingham, UK, 2008.

Utsi, E (2006): “Improving Definition: GPR Investigations at Westminster Abbey” in Daniels, J & Chen CC, (eds) GPR 2006 Advancements: Expanding the Boundaries, 11th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Columbus, Ohio.

Utsi, E (2006) “Sinking into Old Ground” in Jones, R E & Sharpe L (eds) ‘Going over Old Ground. Perspectives on archaeological geophysical and geochemical survey in Scotland” Proceedings of a conference held at the Dept of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, August 2003, pp 174 – 184, BAR British Series 416.

Utsi, E (2004) “GPR Timeslices from Ballachulish Moss”, Archaeological Prospection 11, pp 65 -75.

Utsi, E and Alani, A (2002) “Barcombe Roman Villa: An Exercise in GPR Time Slicing and Comparative Geophysics” in Koppenjan, SK, & Lee, H (eds) in The Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Santa Barbara, California, USA, 2002, pp 102 – 105

Clarke, CM, Utsi, E and Utsi, V (1999) “Ground Penetrating Radar Investigations at North Ballachulish Moss, Highland, Scotland, Archaeological Prospection 6, pp 107 – 121.

Utsi, V and Utsi, E (1989) “Ground Radar Survey” in Wilson, D (ed) “Excavation of a Romano-British Villa in Wortley, Gloucs.”, University of Keele Department of Adult and Continuing Education, Keele, 5th Interim report, pp 31 – 34.

Bridgedeck Investigation

Carrick Utsi, E, Birtwisle, A, and Utsi, V (2014) “GPR Analysis of Bridgedeck Construction and the Detection of Delamination” in Forde, M (ed) Proceedings of the Structural Faults and Repair Conference, July 2014, London.

Development & Design

Francke, J & Utsi V (July 2009) “Advances in long-range GPR systems and their applications to mineral exploration, geotechnical & static correction problems” in First Break, volume 27 pp85-93 (EAGE).

Utsi, V & Francke, J (2008)“Low Frequency GPR Measurements on a Deep Mine Waste Dump” in Chignell, RJ & Rogers C (eds) The Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Birmingham, UK, 2008.

Utsi, V (2007) “Design of a GPR for Deep Investigations” in Soldoviere et al (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar IWAGPR 2007, June, Naples, Italy (ISBN 1-4244-0887-3).

Utsi, V. (2000) “The Development and Different Modes of Operation of a Multi-Receiver Ground Penetrating Radar System” in Noon, DA, Stickley, GF, & Longstaff, D (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Gold Coast, Australia, 2000, pp351 – 355.

Forensics

Utsi, E (2013) “Bringing up the Bodies: High Resolution and Target Definition Using GPR” in the Proceedings of the Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium (PIERS 2013), Stockholm, Sweden, 12th to 15th August 2013.

General

*Daniels, DJ and Utsi, E (2013) “GPR Case Histories and Known Physical Principles” Keynote Lecture, In Dérobert, X (ed) Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, Nantes, 2nd to 5th July 2013.*

*This paper analyses some current scientific claims that, on the face of it, appear to be too good to be true. We recommend reading it if you are in doubt about the technology you are currently using or which is being proposed for your use.*

Utsi, E (2012) “The Use of GPR for Asset Management”, in the Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium Geoinformation (ISG 2012), 25th – 26th September 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Utsi, V (2010) “How many points per scan?” in Persico, R, Carrozzo, MT, Soldovieri, F & Tarricone, L (eds) The Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Lecce, 2010, pp 313 – 316.

Utsi, E (2010) “GPR as an Imaging Device: some Problems and Potential Solutions”in Persico, R, Carrozzo, MT, Soldovieri, F & Tarricone, L (eds) The Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Lecce, 2010, pp550 – 555.

Utsi, V (1995) “Investigations using Impulse Radar”, in the Proceedings of the Conference of the Association of Consulting Scientists, London 1995.

Licensing

Carrick Utsi, E (2014) “The European GPR Association: Its Present and Future Roles in Engineering” in Forde M (ed) Proceedings of the Structural Faults and Repair Conference, July 2014, London.

Utsi, V (1998) “Ground Probing Radar and Current EMC Directives”, Paper presented to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London 1998.

Radar System Performance

Utsi, V (2013) “Sub-millimetre Resolution GPR” in “Dérobert, X (ed) Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar, Nantes, 2nd to 5th July 2013”.

Re-examining the Evidence

Soldovieri, F, Utsi, E, Alani, A and Persico, R (2012) “Imaging of Archaeological Remains at Barcombe Roman Villa using Microwave Tomographic Depictions of Ground Penetrating Radar Data” in Proceedings of the European Geoscience Union General Assembly, 22-27 April, 2012, Vienna, Austria, p.9345

Soldovieri, F, Utsi, E, Persico, R and Alani, A (2012) “Imaging of Scarce Archaeological Remains Using Microwave Tomographic Depictions of Ground Penetrating Radar Data” in the International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Vol 2012.

Persico, R Soldovieri, F and Utsi, E (2010) “Microwave tomography for processing of GPR data at Ballachulish,” Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 164–173, 2010

Soldovieri, F, Persico, R, Utsi E & Utsi, V (2006) “The Application of Inverse Scattering Techniques to the Problem of Rebar Location in Concrete” in NDT & E International, vol 39, no7 pp 602 – 607, 2006..

Road Profiling/Flexible Pavement Investigation (See also Structural Investigation)

Forest, R and Utsi, V (2004) “Non-Destructive Crack Depth Measurements with Ground Penetrating Radar”, in Slob, E, Yarovoy, A & Rhebergen, J (eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Delft, Netherlands, 2004,pp 799 – 802.

Structural Investigation

Carrick Utsi, E (2014) “Target Resolution using Very High Frequency GPR” in Forde, M. (ed) Proceedings of the Structural Faults and Repair Conference, July 2014, London.

Utsi, V (2011) “Use of High Frequency GPR for the Detection of Construction Faults in Roads and Built Structures” in the Proceedings of the European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna 2011.

Utsi, V and Alani, A (2010) “Detection of Leaking Joints in Water Reservoirs using GPR” in Forde, MC (ed) Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Structural Faults and Repair, Edinburgh, 2010.

Utsi, E, Birtwisle, A & Cook, J (2008) “Detection of Subsurface Reflective Cracking Using GPR” in Forde MC (ed) Proceedings of Structural Faults & Repair conference, Edinburgh, 2008.

Birtwisle, A, and Utsi, E, (2008) “The Use of Ground Penetrating Radar to Detect Vertical Subsurface Cracking in Airport Runways” in Chignell, RJ & Rogers, C (eds) Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Birmingham, UK, 2008.

Utsi, V and Utsi, E, (2004) “Measurement of Reinforcement Bar Depths and Diameters in Concrete” in Slob, E, Yarovoy, A & Rhebergen, J (eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Delft, Netherlands, 2004, pp659 – 662.

Utsi, V (2003) “Measurement of Minimum Delamination Width for GPR” in Forde, MC (ed) Proceedings of Tenth Structural Faults & Repair conference, London, 2003.

Utility Detection

Utsi, V (2014). “Detection of Fibre Optic Cables using GPR” in Lambot et al (eds) Proceedings of the 15th International GPR Conference, July 2014, Brussels. 

Utsi, E (2012) “The Importance of Utility Detection”, Plenary address, in the Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium Geoinformation (ISG 2012), 25th – 26th September 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Utsi, E (2004) “The Use of Ground Penetrating Radar as a Risk Mitigation Tool” in Slob, E, Yarovoy, A & Rhebergen, J (eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Delft, Netherlands, 2004, pp 795 – 798.