In recent years, monolithic systems are being composed into bigger systems as Systems of Systems (SoSs). This evolution of SoS raises several software engineering key challenges, such as the management of emerging inconsistent goals and requirements,... Read More about A semantically-enriched goal-oriented requirements engineering framework for systems of systems using the i* framework applied to cancer care.
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Toward navigating complex terrains using a biomimetic whisker sensor array (2019)
Thesis
This thesis proposes a parsimonious approach to localization, mapping and object recog- nition for a pseudo-mobile robot equipped with a biomimetic array of tactile whiskers to autonomously interact, explore and represent a real-world environment. Ta... Read More about Toward navigating complex terrains using a biomimetic whisker sensor array.
Visions of swarming robots: Artificial intelligence and stupidity in the military-industrial projection of the future of warfare (2019)
Book Chapter
My subject in this paper is the analysis, speculation and recommendations for the future development and deployment of lethal autonomous robotic systems such as they appear in reports, studies and presentations emanating from what is still aptly call... Read More about Visions of swarming robots: Artificial intelligence and stupidity in the military-industrial projection of the future of warfare.
© 2019 Elsevier B.V. This is the first report on the fabrication, characterisation and application of an electrochemical (bio)sensor system for the simultaneous measurement of skatole and androstenone. A biosensor for androstenone was fabricated usin... Read More about Novel, rapid, low-cost screen-printed (bio)sensors for the direct analysis of boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole in porcine adipose tissue: Comparison with a high-resolution gas chromatographic method.
Access to transport and life opportunities (2019)
Report
This report presents the findings from a study conducted by NatCen and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) to investigate how access to transport affects the life opportunities and w... Read More about Access to transport and life opportunities.
An assessment of engaged social science research in nanoscale science and engineering communities (2019)
Journal Article
© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Increased funding of nanotechnology research in the USA at the turn of the millennium was paired with a legislative commitment to and a novel societal research policy fo... Read More about An assessment of engaged social science research in nanoscale science and engineering communities.
Intersections Exhibition 2019: Collaborations in Textile Design Research (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Intersections celebrates the breadth of creative collaborations in textile design research.
Centred around the four themes of textiles and architecture, textiles and interactions, textile materialities and processes, as well as critical textiles, th... Read More about Intersections Exhibition 2019: Collaborations in Textile Design Research.
Marimo machines: Oscillators, biosensors and actuators (2019)
Journal Article
Background
The green algae balls (Aegagropila linnaei), known as Marimo, are large spherical colonies of live photosynthetic filaments, formed by rolling water currents in freshwater lakes. Photosynthesis therein produces gas bubbles that can attach... Read More about Marimo machines: Oscillators, biosensors and actuators.
Impact of graphene oxide and highly reduced graphene oxide on cement based composites (2019)
Journal Article
This study examines and compares the performance of two specific forms of graphene nanomaterials in the cement based composite, namely graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO). A typical forms of GO with the average C:O ratio of 54:46 and... Read More about Impact of graphene oxide and highly reduced graphene oxide on cement based composites.
Science Live -articulating the aims and ethos of science event practitioners in the USA and UK (2019)
Journal Article
Live science events engage publics with science in a social context. This article articulates the aims and ethos of this growing sector within a research context. Semi-structured interviews (N=13) and focus groups (N=77) were conducted with event pra... Read More about Science Live -articulating the aims and ethos of science event practitioners in the USA and UK.
Solar shimmer (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Autogenous self-healing of cement with expansive minerals-II: Impact of age and the role of optimised expansive minerals in healing performance (2018)
Journal Article
This part of the study presents the optimisation of expansive minerals mix proportions and establishes a quantitative and qualitative correlation between self-healing and the cracking age of cementitious materials. The hydration degree of cementitiou... Read More about Autogenous self-healing of cement with expansive minerals-II: Impact of age and the role of optimised expansive minerals in healing performance.
Nano-cement composite with graphene oxide produced from epigenetic graphite deposit (2018)
Journal Article
This study presents the development of a nano-cement composite with graphene oxide (GO) carbon-based nanomaterials synthesized from a high-purity epigenetic graphite deposit. Diamond drill sampled graphite mineralization was upgraded through benefici... Read More about Nano-cement composite with graphene oxide produced from epigenetic graphite deposit.
The dynamics of industrial development in a resource-rich developing society: A political economy analysis (2018)
Journal Article
© 2018 SAGE Publications. This article criticizes the resource curse thesis for neglecting the interplay of international factors and domestic politics, that is the political settlement, in explaining industrial performance in a resource-dependent so... Read More about The dynamics of industrial development in a resource-rich developing society: A political economy analysis.
From Responsive Design to Sustainable Systems: Digital Laser Processing across the Textile Production Cycle (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Addressing environmental concerns in the textile industry has led to a growing field of research into material and process innovation. Digital technologies can facilitate on-demand manufacture and improve textile processes, resulting in waste reducti... Read More about From Responsive Design to Sustainable Systems: Digital Laser Processing across the Textile Production Cycle.
Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Textile Coloration and Surface Design (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The environmental impact of textile dyeing and finishing is of paramount concern in the textile industry. Research into two emerging textile processing technologies, laser processing and enzyme biotechnology, were investigated as a means of applying... Read More about Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Textile Coloration and Surface Design.
Cercocebus sanjei (2018)
Other
Listed as Endangered based on its small extent of occurrence (1,872 km2), small area of occupancy (ca. 300 km2) and population fragmented into two isolated sub-populations, one of them residing in an area of limited protection and where there are ong... Read More about Cercocebus sanjei.
Interdisciplinary textile design research for material innovation: Synthesising design, science and industry collaboration (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Within the landscape of contemporary textile design research lies a rich site for collaboration, with the opportunity to draw on specialist knowledge across disciplines. This paper argues that Integrating textile design practice with specialist scien... Read More about Interdisciplinary textile design research for material innovation: Synthesising design, science and industry collaboration.
Textile Led Sustainable Innovation for Sportswear (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Textiles design research: from chemistry to craft, towards sustainable design innovation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Academic research in textile design has traditionally been dominated by technical studies situated with science and engineering knowledge frameworks. Increasingly textile designers are undertaking research into technical areas with creative intention... Read More about Textiles design research: from chemistry to craft, towards sustainable design innovation.