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Socially assistive walker for daily living assistance in older adults (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction: This paper addresses the growing healthcare needs of an ageing population and the lack of advanced technologies with social capabilities that are cost effective, user friendly, and readily adopted. In response to this motivation, a soci... Read More about Socially assistive walker for daily living assistance in older adults.

Properties of textured piezoceramics measured with miniature samples (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background, Motivation and Objective: Piezoelectric materials carry intrinsic elastic-piezoelectric-dielectric (EPD) properties, typically represented in matrix form, which make them crucial for various technological fields. They are usually employed... Read More about Properties of textured piezoceramics measured with miniature samples.

SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Given the intricacy and variability of anatomical structures in medical images, some methods employ shape priors to constrain segmentation. However, limited by the representational capability of these priors, existing approaches often struggle to cap... Read More about SPGNet: A shape-prior guided network for medical image segmentation.

Drag reduction of lift-type vertical axis wind turbine with slit modified gurney flap (2024)
Journal Article

This study examines aerodynamic performance enhancement of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) blades with Gurney flap (GF) modified by slits. A quasi-3D computational fluid dynamics solution based on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes model is employed t... Read More about Drag reduction of lift-type vertical axis wind turbine with slit modified gurney flap.

Development of a polymeric optical fiber sensor for stress estimation: A comparative analysis between physiological sensors (2024)
Journal Article

The global prevalence of stress and its far-reaching impact on well-being has spurred the pursuit of innovative solutions for physiological and stress monitoring. Existing methods, whereas informative, often lack cost-efficiency, daily usefulness, re... Read More about Development of a polymeric optical fiber sensor for stress estimation: A comparative analysis between physiological sensors.

Development of a learner model tool for predicting strength and embodied carbon for lightweight concrete production (2024)
Journal Article

The demand for sustainable concrete in meeting the net zero carbon target places a burden in optimizing concrete response to structural strength that satisfy acceptable embodied carbon. In most cases, a low carbon concrete is deficient in structural... Read More about Development of a learner model tool for predicting strength and embodied carbon for lightweight concrete production.

A review on the modelling of aligned discontinuous fibre composites (2024)
Journal Article

Aligned discontinuous fibre-reinforced composites are becoming more popular because they have the potential to offer stiffness and strength comparable to their continuous counterparts along with better manufacturability. However, the modelling of hig... Read More about A review on the modelling of aligned discontinuous fibre composites.

Aerodynamic performance optimisation of an aerofoil with combined leading-edge and trailing-edge morphing transformations (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The long-term strategy for aviation sustainability poses the need for more efficient aerodynamic designs. Many researchers have investigated innovative solutions offered by biologically inspired morphing wing concepts, with the leading- or trailing-e... Read More about Aerodynamic performance optimisation of an aerofoil with combined leading-edge and trailing-edge morphing transformations.

Determination of a pilot sample size to determine the sample size of a substantive trial (2024)
Thesis

This research intends to determine the appropriate sample sizes for two-arm pilot studies to help correctly determine the required sample size for the corresponding substantive or definitive trial. Previous research in the area has been reviewed. R p... Read More about Determination of a pilot sample size to determine the sample size of a substantive trial.

Characterising the amplitude and mechanisms responsible for the pushout load and torque for a staked self-lubricating spherical plain bearing (2024)
Thesis

Staking is a cold metal joining process widely used in the manufacture of self-lubricating spherical plain aerospace bearings. These are used to form components such as tie-rod links or threaded rod ends as often seen on control surfaces for rotary w... Read More about Characterising the amplitude and mechanisms responsible for the pushout load and torque for a staked self-lubricating spherical plain bearing.

Seismic vulnerability assessment of pre-1945 unreinforced masonry buildings located in Queensland, Australia, using an index-based approach (2024)
Journal Article

The Australian state of Queensland (QLD) is home to numerous unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings constructed more than 120 years ago. Many of these masonry structures hold heritage value and are significant cultural assets, leading to their inclusio... Read More about Seismic vulnerability assessment of pre-1945 unreinforced masonry buildings located in Queensland, Australia, using an index-based approach.

Strengthening of reinforced concrete slabs using carbon fiber reinforced polymers rods and concrete jacket with a mechanical anchorage system (2024)
Journal Article

This study presented the development of a new method for strengthening of Reinforced Concrete (RC) slabs using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer rods (CFRP) and an Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforcement Concrete (UHPFRC) external jacket with a Mech... Read More about Strengthening of reinforced concrete slabs using carbon fiber reinforced polymers rods and concrete jacket with a mechanical anchorage system.

Analytical vulnerability functions for assessing fatalities in masonry buildings (2024)
Journal Article

The assessment of human losses and injuries due to earthquakes is critical for the development of risk reduction measures. Yet, most vulnerability studies have focused on the derivation of fragility functions for structural damage, neglecting the eva... Read More about Analytical vulnerability functions for assessing fatalities in masonry buildings.

Be less scientist, be more human: Scientists and policymakers mastering the art of public engagement in environmental governance (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In environmental psychology, a disconnection from nature is often studied but a disconnection from one another is less commonly discussed. Through a similar process of industrial growth, researchers and policymakers have been distanced from fellow hu... Read More about Be less scientist, be more human: Scientists and policymakers mastering the art of public engagement in environmental governance.

Development of a label-free, non-faradaic impedimetric biosensor for the monitoring of caspase-9 in mammalian cell culture (2024)
Thesis

Lower yields and poorer quality of biopharmaceutical products result from cell death in bioreactors. Such cell death is commonly associated with programmed cell death or apoptosis. During apoptosis, caspases are activated and cause a cascade of event... Read More about Development of a label-free, non-faradaic impedimetric biosensor for the monitoring of caspase-9 in mammalian cell culture.

Understanding consumer attitudes towards second-hand robots for the home (2024)
Journal Article

As robot numbers in the home increase, creating a market for second-hand robotic systems is essential to reduce the waste impact of the industry. Via a survey, consumer attitudes of United Kingdom participants towards second-hand robots were investig... Read More about Understanding consumer attitudes towards second-hand robots for the home.

MAKERS - Making and knowledge exchange for repair & sustainability (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Research indicates that STEM activities which draw on wider societal or environmental purpose (communal goals) are more attractive to women. Maker projects have also been shown to improve identity and agency in STEM for black men and encourage engage... Read More about MAKERS - Making and knowledge exchange for repair & sustainability.

Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose-
In alignment with the European Union’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate road fatalities by 2050, leveraging technological advancements becomes crucial for addressing the challenges of vulnerable road users (VRUs), and for mitigating the... Read More about Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety.

Smaller and faster robotic grasp detection model via knowledge distillation and unequal feature encoding (2024)
Journal Article

In order to achieve higher accuracy, the complexity of grasp detection network increases accordingly with complicated model structures and tremendous parameters. Although various light-weight strategies are adopted, directly designing the compact net... Read More about Smaller and faster robotic grasp detection model via knowledge distillation and unequal feature encoding.

Finite element modelling of composite materials under impact loading, challenges and potential ways forward (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite the high performance of composite materials, they have an Achilles' heel in their susceptibility to impact damage, causing barely visible impact damage (BVID) and catastrophic failure at low loads. BVID significantly affects the performance a... Read More about Finite element modelling of composite materials under impact loading, challenges and potential ways forward.