Dr Luke Boorman (he/him)

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research Fellow: Decarbonisation of Heat

luke.boorman@sheffield.ac.uk

E201, Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Dr Luke Boorman
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
E201
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile: With a diverse research background spanning neuroscience, robotics, and renewable energy systems, I specialise in the integration of low-carbon technologies. My current work focuses on evaluating both emerging and established systems for the capture, storage, and distribution of thermal and electrical energy, optimising performance for both individual dwellings and multi-home communities.

Research interests

Mechanical Engineering

Sustainable Thermal Systems: Low-carbon heating, heat pumps, and district-scale heat networks.

Smart Home Systems & Control: Domestic energy monitoring, advanced heating system control and custom user interfaces.

Grid & System Integration: Renewable energy systems integration, custom energy storage solutions.

Publications

Journal articles

Wang R, Patel P, Boorman L, Okun M, Howarth C & Berwick J (2025) Disassociating cerebral vasomotion from low frequency spontaneous neurovascular coupling. Scientific Reports, 15(1). View this article in WRRO
Lee L, Boorman L, Glendenning E, Shen C, Berwick J & Howarth C (2025) Nitric oxide is not responsible for initial sensory-induced neurovascular coupling response in the barrel cortex of lightly anaesthetised mice.. Neurophotonics, 12(S2). View this article in WRRO
Boorman LW, Harris SS, Shabir O, Lee L, Eyre B, Howarth C & Berwick J (2023) Bidirectional alterations in brain temperature profoundly modulate spatiotemporal neurovascular responses in-vivo. Communications Biology, 6. View this article in WRRO
Eyre B, Shaw K, Sharp P, Boorman L, Lee L, Shabir O, Berwick J & Howarth C (2022) The effects of locomotion on sensory-evoked haemodynamic responses in the cortex of awake mice. Scientific Reports, 12. View this article in WRRO
Sharp PS, Ameen-Ali KE, Boorman L, Harris S, Wharton S, Howarth C, Shabir O, Redgrave P & Berwick J (2020) Neurovascular coupling preserved in a chronic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease : methodology is critical. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 40(11), 2289-2303. View this article in WRRO
Shabir O, Sharp P, Rebollar MA, Boorman L, Howarth C, Wharton SB, Francis SE & Berwick J (2020) Enhanced cerebral blood volume under normobaric hyperoxia in the J20-hAPP mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific Reports, 10(1). View this article in WRRO
Lee L, Boorman L, Glendenning E, Christmas C, Sharp P, Redgrave P, Shabir O, Bracci E, Berwick J & Howarth C (2020) Key aspects of neurovascular control mediated by specific populations of inhibitory cortical interneurons. Cerebral Cortex, 30(4), 2452-2464. View this article in WRRO
Sharp PS, Ameen-Ali K, Boorman L, Harris S, Wharton S, Howarth C, Redgrave P & Berwick J (2018) Neurovascular coupling preserved in a chronic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease: Methodology is critical.
Harris S, Boorman L, Das D, Kennerley A, Sharp P, Martin C, Redgrave P, Schwartz T & Berwick J (2018) Physiological and pathological brain activation in the anesthetized rat produces hemodynamic-dependent cortical temperature increases that can confound the BOLD fMRI signal. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12. View this article in WRRO
Harris SS, Boorman L, Kennerley AJ, Sharp PS, Martin C, Redgrave P, Schwartz TH & Berwick J (2018) Seizure epicenter depth and translaminar field potential synchrony underlie complex variations in tissue oxygenation during ictal initiation. NeuroImage, 171. View this article in WRRO
Martinez-Hernandez U, Boorman L & Prescott T (2017) Multisensory Wearable Interface for Immersion and Telepresence in Robotics. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(8), 2534-2541. View this article in WRRO
Bruyns-Haylett M, Luo J, Kennerley AJ, Harris S, Boorman L, Milne E, Vautrelle N, Hayashi Y, Whalley BJ, Jones M , Berwick J et al (2017) The neurogenesis of P1 and N1: a concurrent EEG/LFP study. NeuroImage, 146(1), 575-588. View this article in WRRO
Niven K & Boorman L (2016) Assumptions beyond the science: encouraging cautious conclusions about functional magnetic resonance imaging research on organizational behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37(8), 1150-1177.
Sharp PS, Shaw K, Boorman L, Harris S, Kennerley AJ, Azzouz M & Berwick J (2015) Comparison of stimulus-evoked cerebral hemodynamics in the awake mouse and under a novel anesthetic regime (vol 5, 12621, 2015). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 5.
Sharp P, Shaw K, Boorman L, Harris S, Kennerley AJ, Azzouz M & Berwick J (2015) Comparison of stimulus-evoked cerebral hemodynamics in the awake mouse and under a novel anesthetic regime. Scientific Reports, 5. View this article in WRRO
Boorman L, Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Kennerley A, Zheng Y, Martin CJ, Jones M, Redgrave P & Berwick J (2015) Long-latency reductions in gamma power predict hemodynamic changes that underlie the negative BOLD signal . Journal of Neuroscience, 35(11), 4641-4656. View this article in WRRO
Harris S, Boorman L, Bruyns-Haylett M, Kennerley A, Ma H, Zhao M, Overton PG, Schwartz TH & Berwick J (2014) Contralateral dissociation between neural activity and cerebral blood volume during recurrent acute focal neocortical seizures. Epilepsia, 55(9), 1423-1430. View this article in WRRO
Harris S, Ma H, Zhao M, Boorman L, Zheng Y, Kennerley A, Bruyns-Haylett M, Overton PG, Berwick J & Schwartz TH (2014) Coupling between gamma-band power and cerebral blood volume during recurrent acute neocortical seizures.. Neuroimage, 97, 62-70. View this article in WRRO
Bertram C, Dahan L, Boorman LW, Harris S, Vautrelle N, Leriche M, Redgrave P & Overton PG (2014) Cortical regulation of dopaminergic neurons: role of the midbrain superior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology, 111(4), 755-767.
Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Kennerley A, Boorman L, Overton PG, Berwick J, Ma H, Zhao M & Schwartz TH (2013) The effects of focal epileptic activity on regional sensory-evoked neurovascular coupling and postictal modulation of bilateral sensory processing. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 33(10), 1595-1604. View this article in WRRO
Bruyns‐Haylett M, Harris S, Boorman L, Zheng Y, Berwick J & Jones M (2013) The resting‐state neurovascular coupling relationship: rapid changes in spontaneous neural activity in the somatosensory cortex are associated with haemodynamic fluctuations that resemble stimulus‐evoked haemodynamics. European Journal of Neuroscience, 38(6), 2902-2916.
Kennerley AJ, Mayhew JE, Boorman L, Zheng Y & Berwick J (2012) Is optical imaging spectroscopy a viable measurement technique for the investigation of the negative BOLD phenomenon? A concurrent optical imaging spectroscopy and fMRI study at high field (7 T). NeuroImage, 61(1), 10-20.
Kennerley AJ, Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Boorman L, Zheng Y, Jones M & Berwick J (2012) Early and Late Stimulus-Evoked Cortical Hemodynamic Responses Provide Insight into the Neurogenic Nature of Neurovascular Coupling. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 32(3), 468-480.
Kennerley AJ, Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Boorman L, Zheng Y, Jones M & Berwick J (2011) Early and late stimulus-evoked cortical hemodynamic responses provide insight into the neurogenic nature of neurovascular coupling. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism.
Boorman L, Kennerley AJ, Johnston D, Jones M, Zheng Y, Redgrave P & Berwick J (2010) Negative Blood Oxygen Level Dependence in the Rat:A Model for Investigating the Role of Suppression in Neurovascular Coupling. The Journal of Neuroscience, 30(12), 4285-4294.
Slack R, Boorman L, Patel P, Harris S, Bruyns-Haylett M, Kennerley A, Jones M & Berwick J () A novel method for classifying cortical state to identify the accompanying changes in cerebral haemodynamics. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 267, 21-34. View this article in WRRO

Book chapters

Kennerley AJ, Boorman L, Harris S & Berwick J (2014) Simultaneous Functional Magnetic Resonance and Two-Dimensional Optical Imaging Spectroscopy, Neuromethods (pp. 3-20). Springer New York

Conference proceedings

Lee L, Boorman L, Glendenning E, Christmas C, Sharp PS, Bracci E, Berwick J & Howarth C (2019) The contribution of specific inhibitory cortical interneurons to neurovascular coupling. JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, Vol. 39 (pp 19-19)
Martinez-Hernandez U, Damianou A, Camilleri D, Boorman LW, Lawrence N & Prescott AJ (2017) An integrated probabilistic framework for robot perception, learning and memory. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO). Qingdao, China, 3 December 2016 - 3 December 2016. View this article in WRRO
Camilleri D, Boorman L, Martinez U, Damianou A & Prescott T (2016) A bioinspired approach to vision. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 9716 (pp 40-52). Sheffield, UK, 26 June 2016 - 26 June 2016. View this article in WRRO
Berwick J, Patel P, Jones M, Boorman L, Sharp P, Harris S, Martin C & Bruyns-Haylett M (2016) COULD VASOMOTION BE AN EMERGENT EARLY BIOMARKER OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE?. JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM, Vol. 36 (pp 241-242)
Aitken JM, McAree O, Boorman L, Cameron D, Chua A, Collins EC, Fernando S, Law J & Martinez-Hernandez U (2015) Safety and Verification for a Mobile Guide Robot. USES 2015 - The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield, 24 June 2015 - 24 June 2015. View this article in WRRO
Law J, Aitken JM, Boorman L, Cameron D, Chua A, Collins EC, Fernando S, Martinez-Hernandez U & McAree O (2015) "Please Press Floor B": Engendering Trust in a Guide Robot. USES 2015 - The University of Sheffield Engineering Symposium. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield, 24 June 2015 - 24 June 2015. View this article in WRRO
Law J, Aitken J, Boorman L, Cameron D, Chua A, Collins E, Fernando S, Martinez Hernandez U & McAree O (2015) ROBO-GUIDE: Towards Safe, Reliable, Trustworthy, and Natural Behaviours in Robotic Assistants. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9287 (pp 149-154) View this article in WRRO
McAree O, Aitken J, Boorman L, Cameron D, Chua A, Collins E, Fernando S, Law J & Martinez Hernandez U (2015) Floor Determination in the Operation of a Lift by a Mobile Guide Robot. 2015 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR). Lincoln, UK, 2 September 2015 - 2 September 2015. View this article in WRRO
Cameron D, Collins E, Chua A, Fernando S, McAree O, Martinez Hernandez U, Aitken J, Boorman L & Law J (2015) Help! I Can’t Reach the Buttons: Facilitating Helping Behaviors Towards Robots.. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 354-358) View this article in WRRO
Damianou A, Ek CH, Boorman L, Lawrence ND & Prescott TJ (2015) A Top-Down Approach for a Synthetic Autobiographical Memory System. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 280-292). Barcelona, Spain View this article in WRRO
Boorman LW, Damianou AC, Martinez-Hernandez U & Prescott TJ (2015) Extending a Hippocampal Model for Navigation Around a Maze Generated from Real-World Data. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 441-452). Barcelona, Spain View this article in WRRO
Martinez-Hernandez U, Boorman LW & Prescott TJ (2015) Telepresence: Immersion with the iCub Humanoid Robot and the Oculus Rift. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222(9222) (pp 461-464). Barcelona, Spain View this article in WRRO
Martinez-Hernandez U, Szollosy M, Boorman LW, Kerdegari H & Prescott TJ () Towards a Wearable Interface for Immersive Telepresence in Robotics. Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation, Vol. 196(LNICST, volume 196) (pp 65-73). Esbjerg, Denmark, 2 May 2016 - 2 May 2016. View this article in WRRO

Preprints

Wang R, Patel P, Boorman L, Okun M, Howarth C & Berwick J (2025) Disassociating cerebral vasomotion from low frequency spontaneous neurovascular coupling, openRxiv.
Lee L, Boorman L, Glendenning E, Shen C, Berwick J & Howarth C (2022) Nitric oxide is not responsible for the initial sensory-induced neurovascular coupling response in mouse cortex, openRxiv.
Boorman LW, Harris SS, Shabir O, Lee L, Eyre B, Howarth C & Berwick J (2022) Bidirectional alterations in brain temperature profoundly modulate spatiotemporal neurovascular responses in-vivo: Implications for theragnostics, openRxiv.
Eyre B, Shaw K, Sharp P, Boorman L, Lee L, Shabir O, Berwick J & Howarth C (2021) The effects of locomotion on sensory-evoked haemodynamic responses in the cortex of awake mice, openRxiv.
Harris SS, Boorman LW, Das D, Kennerley AJ, Sharp PS, Martin C, Redgrave P, Schwartz TH & Berwick J (2017) Physiological and pathological brain activation in the anesthetized rat produces hemodynamic-dependent cortical temperature increases that can confound the BOLD fMRI signal, openRxiv.
Harris SS, Boorman LW, Kennerley AJ, Sharp PS, Martin C, Redgrave P, Schwartz TH & Berwick J (2017) Seizure epicenter depth and translaminar field potential synchrony underlie complex variations in tissue oxygenation during ictal initiation., openRxiv.
Shabir O, Sharp P, Rebollar MA, Boorman L, Howarth C, Wharton SB, Francis SE & Berwick J () Enhanced Cerebral Blood Volume under Normobaric Hyperoxia in the J20-hAPP Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Research group: Low Carbon