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Transport of Live Cells under Sterile Conditions Using a Chemotactic Droplet (2018)
Journal Article
Holler, S., Porcelli, C., Ieropoulos, I., & Hanczyc, M. (2018). Transport of Live Cells under Sterile Conditions Using a Chemotactic Droplet. Scientific Reports, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26703-y

© 2018 The Author(s). 1-Decanol droplets, formed in an aqueous medium containing decanoate at high pH, become chemotactic when a chemical gradient is placed in the external aqueous environment. We investigated if such droplets can be used as transpor... Read More about Transport of Live Cells under Sterile Conditions Using a Chemotactic Droplet.

Scaled simulation of the blast effects on structures using LEGO blocks: A pilot study (2018)
Journal Article
Critchley, R., Peare, A., & Sheldon, R. (in press). Scaled simulation of the blast effects on structures using LEGO blocks: A pilot study. Explosives Engineering, 26-28

Blast effects on structures is an important topic in this modern age for many practising engineers, including structural engineers designing buildings for safety or weapons engineers attempting to destroy enemy infrastructure. Due to the large costs,... Read More about Scaled simulation of the blast effects on structures using LEGO blocks: A pilot study.

Asymmetric ommatidia count and behavioural lateralization in the ant Temnothorax albipennis (2018)
Journal Article
Hunt, E., Dornan, S., Sendova-Franks, A., & Franks, N. (2018). Asymmetric ommatidia count and behavioural lateralization in the ant Temnothorax albipennis. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 5825. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23652-4

© 2018 The Author(s). Workers of the house-hunting ant Temnothorax albipennis rely on visual edge following and landmark recognition to navigate their rocky environment, and they also exhibit a leftward turning bias when exploring unknown nest sites.... Read More about Asymmetric ommatidia count and behavioural lateralization in the ant Temnothorax albipennis.

Increased power generation in supercapacitive microbial fuel cell stack using Fe–N–C cathode catalyst (2018)
Journal Article
Santoro, C., Kodali, M., Shamoon, N., Serov, A., Soavi, F., Merino-Jimenez, I., …Atanassov, P. (2019). Increased power generation in supercapacitive microbial fuel cell stack using Fe–N–C cathode catalyst. Journal of Power Sources, 412, 416-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.11.069

© 2018 The Authors The anode and cathode electrodes of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) stack, composed of 28 single MFCs, were used as the negative and positive electrodes, respectively of an internal self-charged supercapacitor. Particularly, carbon vei... Read More about Increased power generation in supercapacitive microbial fuel cell stack using Fe–N–C cathode catalyst.

Improvement of the impact properties of composite laminates by means of nano-modification of the matrix-A review (2018)
Journal Article
Saghafi, H., Fotouhi, M., & Minak, G. (2018). Improvement of the impact properties of composite laminates by means of nano-modification of the matrix-A review. Applied Sciences, 8(12), 2406. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8122406

© 2017 by the authors. This paper reviews recent works on the application of nanofibers and nanoparticle reinforcements to enhance the interlaminar fracture toughness, to reduce the impact induced damage and to improve the compression after impact pe... Read More about Improvement of the impact properties of composite laminates by means of nano-modification of the matrix-A review.

Damage mode identification in transverse crack tension specimens using acoustic emission and correlation with finite element progressive damage model (2018)
Journal Article
Oz, F. E., Ahmadvashaghbash, S., & Ersoy, N. (2019). Damage mode identification in transverse crack tension specimens using acoustic emission and correlation with finite element progressive damage model. Composites Part B: Engineering, 165, 84-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.11.104

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd In this study, damage progression in unidirectional composite specimens is investigated. Transverse Crack Tension specimens are used to stimulate damage in a predetermined progressive sequence. Acoustic Emission (AE) registration... Read More about Damage mode identification in transverse crack tension specimens using acoustic emission and correlation with finite element progressive damage model.

Active control of chatter in milling process using intelligent PD/PID control (2018)
Journal Article
Paul, S., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2018). Active control of chatter in milling process using intelligent PD/PID control. IEEE Access, 6, 72698-72713. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2882491

Chatter is an obstacle for achieving high-quality machining process and high production rate in industries. Chatter is an unstable self-exciting phenomenon that leads to tool wear, poor surface finish, and downgrade the milling operations. A novel ac... Read More about Active control of chatter in milling process using intelligent PD/PID control.

Investigating the pre-damaged PZT sensors under impact traction (2018)
Journal Article
Fotouhi, S., Fotouhi, M., Pavlovic, A., & Djordjevic, N. (2018). Investigating the pre-damaged PZT sensors under impact traction. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 6(4), 142. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse6040142

© 2018 by the authors. Ships are usually under vibration, impact, and other kinds of static and dynamic loads. These loads arise from water flow across the hull or surfaces, the propeller cavitation, and so on. For optimal design purposes and reliabl... Read More about Investigating the pre-damaged PZT sensors under impact traction.

Thickness effect on Mode I trans-laminar fracture toughness of quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, X., Paul, A., & Wisnom, M. R. (2019). Thickness effect on Mode I trans-laminar fracture toughness of quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates. Composite Structures, 210, 145-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.11.045

The thickness dependency of trans-laminar fracture toughness was studied in centre-notched quasi-isotropic IM7/8552 carbon/epoxy laminates with central double 0° plies with thicknesses between 1 and 8 mm. A reduction in trans-laminar fracture toughne... Read More about Thickness effect on Mode I trans-laminar fracture toughness of quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates.

Enhancing sustainable development goals and empathy through digital education: A pilot cross national study between India and the UK (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2018, November). Enhancing sustainable development goals and empathy through digital education: A pilot cross national study between India and the UK. Poster presented at UNESCO: Transforming Education Conference for Humanity, Vizag, India

This e-poster builds on our last year’s research (Bakthavatchaalam et al., 2017) on the effectiveness of digital education in enhancing the subject knowledge and SDGs in engineering Higher Education (HE) learners. In this study, expand our study by c... Read More about Enhancing sustainable development goals and empathy through digital education: A pilot cross national study between India and the UK.