Outputs (94)

Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The environmental, social, and financial sustainability around projects is currently one of the most serious alarming concerns. However, the progress made in developing contemporary methods for the evaluation and adoption of sustainable project manag... Read More about Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability.

Coordinating crowdfunded innovation projects in the cryptocurrency sector through narratives (2023)
Thesis

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are innovation projects that serve as a crowdfunding mechanism. This study discusses the need to examine how cryptocurrencies are created, particularly through ICOs. ICO projects are described as radical, multistakeholde... Read More about Coordinating crowdfunded innovation projects in the cryptocurrency sector through narratives.

A novel decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration: From mirror neurons to conflict-free interactions (2023)
Thesis

Inspired by the role of mirror neurons and the importance of predictions in joint action, a novel decision-making structure is proposed, designed and tested for both individual and dyadic action during real-world human-human and human-robot experimen... Read More about A novel decision-making architecture for human-robot collaboration: From mirror neurons to conflict-free interactions.

Achieving goals using reward shaping and curriculum learning (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Real-time control for robotics is a popular research area in the reinforcement learning community. Through the use of techniques such as reward shaping, researchers have managed to train online agents across a multitude of domains. Despite these adva... Read More about Achieving goals using reward shaping and curriculum learning.

Development of U-model enhanced nonlinear dynamic control systems —Framework, algorithms and validation (2023)
Thesis

This study aims to develop the classical model-based U-control design framework to enhance its robustness and reduce its dependence on model accuracy. By absorbing the design concepts of other advanced control algorithms, firstly, based on the discre... Read More about Development of U-model enhanced nonlinear dynamic control systems —Framework, algorithms and validation.

Comparative study of mechanical properties of limestone calcined clay cement, ordinary Portland cement, and pozzolana Portland cement (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Carbon emissions from cement manufacturing are reduced by partially replacing cement clinkers with supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). In this study, Limestone calcined clay cement (LC 3 ) was prepared by blending 50% of OPC-43 grade with 50%... Read More about Comparative study of mechanical properties of limestone calcined clay cement, ordinary Portland cement, and pozzolana Portland cement.

Optimisation of an elastomeric pre-buckled honeycomb helmet liner for advanced impact mitigation (2023)
Journal Article

Advances in computational modelling now offer an efficient route to developing novel helmet liners that could exceed contemporary materials’ performance. Furthermore, the rise of accessible additive manufacturing presents a viable route to achieving... Read More about Optimisation of an elastomeric pre-buckled honeycomb helmet liner for advanced impact mitigation.

Mechanical characterisation of adobe samples from the state of Morelos, Mexico (2023)
Journal Article

Properties of adobe are highly dependent on the local soil composition and can vary significantly depending on fabrication techniques, configurations and state of conservation. The effect of the earthquakes that occurred in 2017 in Mexico relaunched... Read More about Mechanical characterisation of adobe samples from the state of Morelos, Mexico.

Development of waterless extra-terrestrial concrete using Martian regolith (2023)
Journal Article

Human colonization on Martian land is gaining significant attention in space exploration activities that demand in-situ resource utilization in the development of construction and building materials for human habitation. This research explores the ut... Read More about Development of waterless extra-terrestrial concrete using Martian regolith.

Sustainable and photoresponse triboelectric nanogenerators based on 2D-gC3N4 and agricultural wastes (2023)
Journal Article

Two bio-friendly and photoactive triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) are introduced, employing sustainable and biocompatible materials as functional components. The TENGs utilize corn husk and coconut coir fibers as the positive layers and incorporat... Read More about Sustainable and photoresponse triboelectric nanogenerators based on 2D-gC3N4 and agricultural wastes.