Outputs (16)

Digital thread: The missing link (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Zaidi, Y. (2022, December). Digital thread: The missing link. Presented at Model Driven Engineering Network (MDENet) Annual Symposium 2022, King's College London and online

An area where model-driven engineering methodologies offer the potential to accelerate digital engineering in different development phases is the connectivity of models and lifecycle activities via a digital thread. However, we need to understand how... Read More about Digital thread: The missing link.

Framework for developing digital twin prototypes (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Zaidi, Y., & Portapas, V. (2022). Framework for developing digital twin prototypes. In Emerging and Disruptive Modelling and Simulation Technologies to Transform Future Defence Capabilities (STO-MP-MSG-197). https://doi.org/10.14339/STO-MP-MSG-197

This paper presents an agile co-simulation framework for developing digital twin prototypes of novel flying vehicles. The framework enables rapid assessment of flying vehicles' performance and flying dynamics in the early stages of their design cycle... Read More about Framework for developing digital twin prototypes.

Dock-to-dock multimodal freight transportation in coastal regions (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Zaidi, Y., Portapas, V., Bakunowicz, J., & Didey, A. (2022, August). Dock-to-dock multimodal freight transportation in coastal regions. Paper presented at International Conference for Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS), University of the West of England, Bristol

The Dock to Dock (D2D) project defines the primary infrastructure for future electric freight transport solutions between coastal cities, in particular the energy infrastructure (battery charging/hydrogen refuelling) required for ground vehicles, and... Read More about Dock-to-dock multimodal freight transportation in coastal regions.

SpaceWire communications in power over Ethernet environment (2022)
Journal Article
Martin, J., & Zaidi, Y. (2023). SpaceWire communications in power over Ethernet environment. CEAS Space Journal, 15, 451–465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-022-00454-z

This is a high-level study into the validation of a unified electric power and communications architecture for modern spacecraft systems. We leverage from blending the European Cooperation for Space Standardisation (ECSS) SpaceWire and the IEEE 802.3... Read More about SpaceWire communications in power over Ethernet environment.

Energy harvesting from landing and taxiing of commercial aircraft (2022)
Journal Article
Brown, E. T. G., & Zaidi, Y. (2022). Energy harvesting from landing and taxiing of commercial aircraft. SAE International Journal of Aerospace, 15(1), 57-74. https://doi.org/10.4271/01-15-01-0004

We demonstrate a virtual proof-of-concept design and experiment for energy harvesting enabling economic and environment-friendly aircraft by recycling forces for power conversion. The harvesting uses piezoelectric materials for extracting energy from... Read More about Energy harvesting from landing and taxiing of commercial aircraft.

Environmental analysis and optimisation of an in-orbit shape memory alloy deployment mechanism (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Zaidi, Y., & Wright, C. (2021). Environmental analysis and optimisation of an in-orbit shape memory alloy deployment mechanism

This study presents the analysis and optimisation of a novel deployment mechanism that utilises the shape memory effect inherent in Nickel-Titanium alloys, namely Nitinol. The mechanism is currently designed to secure and deploy solar panels on board... Read More about Environmental analysis and optimisation of an in-orbit shape memory alloy deployment mechanism.

The Design of a 3U CubeSat to Monitor the Great Pacific Garbage Patch following a Systems Engineering Approach (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Zaidi, Y., Greenly, C., Passmore, J., Wong, H., Chinn, S., Gray, H., & Johnson, P. (2021). The Design of a 3U CubeSat to Monitor the Great Pacific Garbage Patch following a Systems Engineering Approach

This paper proposes a novel application of a CubeSat to help tackle one of the most alarming calamities in the present time, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). One of six similar accumulations of garbage across the world’s oceans, the GPGP is wi... Read More about The Design of a 3U CubeSat to Monitor the Great Pacific Garbage Patch following a Systems Engineering Approach.

Targeting global environmental challenges by the means of novel multimodal transport: Concept of operations (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Portapas, V., Zaidi, Y., Bakunowicz, J., Paddeu, D., Valera-Medina, A., & Didey, A. (2021). Targeting global environmental challenges by the means of novel multimodal transport: Concept of operations. In 2021 Fifth World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability (WorldS4) (101-106). https://doi.org/10.1109/WorldS451998.2021.9514048

Novel modes of transport form the basis of environmentally friendly and economically efficient transport system of the future. This paper introduces the feasibility study of a Dock to Dock (D2D) use case, combining aspects of route development and in... Read More about Targeting global environmental challenges by the means of novel multimodal transport: Concept of operations.

Observing and tracking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Greenly, C., Gray, H., Wong, H., Chinn, S., Passmore, J., Johnson, P., & Zaidi, Y. (2021). Observing and tracking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The subtropical waters between Hawaii and California are currently infested with an accumulation of plastic estimated to be twice the area of Texas, otherwise known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This paper presents a novel CubeSat missio... Read More about Observing and tracking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Rapid, automated, test, verification and validation for the CubeSats (2019)
Journal Article
Zaidi, Y., Fitz-Coy, N. G., & Van Zyl, R. (2019). Rapid, automated, test, verification and validation for the CubeSats. International Journal of Space Science and Engineering, 5(3), 242-268. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSPACESE.2019.101412

Bringing up of a small-scale mission assurance and engineering workflow is described. The experiences learned in the ZACUBE-1 mission prompted the development of an automated systems engineering platform leading to conformity in system design, test,... Read More about Rapid, automated, test, verification and validation for the CubeSats.