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Airborne microplastic monitoring: Developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment (2024)
Journal Article

A novel, yet simple, airborne microplastic (MP) sampling approach using global pollen monitoring equipment was applied to identify, characterise and quantify outdoor airborne MPs for the first time. Modification of Burkard spore trap tape adhesive pr... Read More about Airborne microplastic monitoring: Developing a simplified outdoor sampling approach using pollen monitoring equipment.

Seismic performance of deficient reinforced concrete frames in developing countries: A case study in Ramallah City (2024)
Journal Article

Buildings in developing regions with moderate to high seismicity are more vulnerable to earthquakes. This increased vulnerability is primarily due to the lack of appropriate seismic design guidelines and limited control of construction technologies.... Read More about Seismic performance of deficient reinforced concrete frames in developing countries: A case study in Ramallah City.

Development of the viscous plane damper applicable in limited space within structures subjected to dynamic loads (2024)
Journal Article

Shipping impact and wave loads impose dynamic loads on jetties and platforms in the sea, which cause the vibration of structures. Recently, many advanced viscous damper devices have been developed for implementation in structures to diminish structur... Read More about Development of the viscous plane damper applicable in limited space within structures subjected to dynamic loads.

Innovations in wind turbine blade engineering: Exploring materials, sustainability, and market dynamics (2024)
Journal Article

This manuscript delves into the transformative advancements in wind turbine blade technology, emphasizing the integration of innovative materials, dynamic aerodynamic designs, and sustainable manufacturing practices. Through an exploration of the evo... Read More about Innovations in wind turbine blade engineering: Exploring materials, sustainability, and market dynamics.

Noise-robust modal parameter identification and damage assessment for aero-structures (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose
Ground vibration testing is critical for aircraft design and certification. Fast relaxed vector fitting (FRVF) and Loewner framework (LF), recently extended to modal parameter extraction in mechanical systems to address the computational cha... Read More about Noise-robust modal parameter identification and damage assessment for aero-structures.

URHAND: Hand prosthesis for identifying objects for activities of daily living (2024)
Journal Article

This work introduces URHAND, an innovative prosthetic hand designed to succeed in the identification of objects used in daily life activities, addressing a critical gap in the field of hand prosthetics and artificial intelligence. By leveraging advan... Read More about URHAND: Hand prosthesis for identifying objects for activities of daily living.

Interleukins in urine and blood as markers of infection and as risk factors for systemic conditions (2024)
Journal Article

Interleukins are a diverse group of cytokines that play a crucial role in controlling immune responses and have potential as biomarkers. This mini review evaluates 12 recent papers linking urinary interleukins to both urinary infection and systemic d... Read More about Interleukins in urine and blood as markers of infection and as risk factors for systemic conditions.

Cooperative adaptive cruise control for connected vehicle systems under composite attacks (2024)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) problem under composite attacks. A novel resilient scheme is proposed for connected vehicle systems to deal with several types of attacks, including denial of service (DoS), camou... Read More about Cooperative adaptive cruise control for connected vehicle systems under composite attacks.

Experimental investigation of buckling and post-buckling behaviour of repaired composite laminates under in-plane shear loading (2024)
Journal Article

The performance of Ramped Scarf (RS) and Stepped Scarf (SS) repair schemes for highly loaded composite structures has been extensively studied under compressive, tensile, and flexural loadings. However, there is a lack of research on the buckling and... Read More about Experimental investigation of buckling and post-buckling behaviour of repaired composite laminates under in-plane shear loading.

A practitioner’s introduction to LCA databases: EPiC and ICE (2024)
Digital Artefact

This short comparative review of two construction material databases explains their potential use for assessing embodied carbon to designers and practitioners not yet expert in the field. It introduces and examines the Australian Environmental Perfor... Read More about A practitioner’s introduction to LCA databases: EPiC and ICE.

Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand" (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Inspired by nature's evolutionary marvels, this study explores the development of a novel bio-mimetic prosthetic hand, emphasizing a soft robotic approach. Through a meticulous review of various prosthetic designs, focusing on actuation and construct... Read More about Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand".

What's missing from this picture? Ethical, legal, and practical challenges for autonomous-vehicle data-recorders (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many sources propose that Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) could offer societal benefits in the future. Although such claims frequently relate to safety, AVs will undoubtedly also create new types of incidents and accidents. Data related to failure or accid... Read More about What's missing from this picture? Ethical, legal, and practical challenges for autonomous-vehicle data-recorders.

I can do anything with my AV data (but I won't do that): Public attitudes towards data recorders in self-driving cars (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This article reports results from a public survey designed to evaluate public attitudes and perceptions towards data recorders in Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). Our study indicated that road users are willing to make compromises about their privacy in an... Read More about I can do anything with my AV data (but I won't do that): Public attitudes towards data recorders in self-driving cars.

Video gaming and sleep in adults: A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article

Video games (VGs) are one of the most common forms of entertainment and their diffusion is constantly increasing. Although largely studied in the framework of their relationship with mental and physical health, the relationship of VGs with sleep are... Read More about Video gaming and sleep in adults: A systematic review.

Can a student-led Repair Café develop a sense of belonging and provide hands-on experiences for engineering students? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Repair Cafés offer an effective challenge to the “throwaway society” providing a space where communities can work together to repair. Meanwhile, it has been shown that for engineering students from under-represented backgrounds, hands-on environments... Read More about Can a student-led Repair Café develop a sense of belonging and provide hands-on experiences for engineering students?.

Embedding sustainability in built environment curricula: Opportunities and challenges (2024)
Book Chapter

In the face of climate emergency, the built environment professional is required to engage meaningfully with a range of emotive topics across pollution, tackling inequalities, resource scarcity, acute weather events, ecological damage and financial c... Read More about Embedding sustainability in built environment curricula: Opportunities and challenges.

Exploring inner-outer sustainability competencies with young people: The TAKE ACTION report (2024)
Report

This report explores green career aspirations and how they relate to competency development and learning approaches. 669 young people were engaged during this project, exposed to various engagement approaches. The report finds that empowering approac... Read More about Exploring inner-outer sustainability competencies with young people: The TAKE ACTION report.

Flood susceptibility assessment for improving the resilience capacity of railway infrastructure networks (2024)
Journal Article

Floods often cause significant damage to transportation infrastructure such as roads, railways, and bridges. This study identifies several topographic, environmental, and hydrological factors (slope, elevation, rainfall, land use and cover, distance... Read More about Flood susceptibility assessment for improving the resilience capacity of railway infrastructure networks.

Sustainable transportation solutions: Life cycle analysis of emissions reduction in heavy duty vehicles under evolving EU standards (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents a detailed analysis of operational emissions and energy use for Diesel and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDVs) under the evolving EU7 regulatory standards, which are expected to be implemented by 2027. By focus... Read More about Sustainable transportation solutions: Life cycle analysis of emissions reduction in heavy duty vehicles under evolving EU standards.

U-control – a universal platform for control system design with inversion/cancellation of nonlinearity, dynamic and coupling through model-based to model-free procedures (2024)
Journal Article

This paper presents the key components in the Universal(U)-control framework for designing dynamic control systems from model-based to model-free paradigms, in which the pillars include U-control system configuration, open-loop dynamic inversion, clo... Read More about U-control – a universal platform for control system design with inversion/cancellation of nonlinearity, dynamic and coupling through model-based to model-free procedures.