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Drone avionics (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Wright, S. (2016, June). Drone avionics. Presented at Environmental and Safety Assurance Symposium 2016, MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, UK

MAVs, UAVs, Drones, Quads, call them what you will. These machines are in the news a lot at the moment, and usually for all the wrong reasons. However, one thing is clear: a set of technologies have converged to cause a breakthrough in capability and... Read More about Drone avionics.

Is it possible to control an arc to glow transition for practical use in DC low voltage electrical installations? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Miedzinski, B., Kozlowski, A., Wisniewski, G., Kharin, S., Grechanyuk, N., & Nouri, H. (2016, June). Is it possible to control an arc to glow transition for practical use in DC low voltage electrical installations?. Paper presented at 28th International Conference on Electric Contacts, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

The paper presents and discusses investigated results of the study of arc to glow transformation at breaking of DC inductive load of a low power (less than 10J) and low voltage (about 250V).The ratio in duration of arcing and glowing is investigated... Read More about Is it possible to control an arc to glow transition for practical use in DC low voltage electrical installations?.

Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Köhler, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016, June). Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Stockholm, June 2016, Stockholm, Sweden

Robotic assistance can bring significant improvements to orthopedic fracture surgery: facilitate more accurate fracture fragment repositioning without open access and obviate problems related to the current minimally invasive fracture surgery techni... Read More about Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries.

Mathematical model of the arc erosion in bimetallic electrical contacts (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Kharin, S., Nouri, H., & Miedzinski, B. (2016, June). Mathematical model of the arc erosion in bimetallic electrical contacts. Paper presented at 28th International Conference on Electric Contacts, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

The mathematical model describing the nonstationary temperature field in a bimetallic contact consisting of a basic material and a covering is presented. It is based on the axially symmetric heat equation with the boundary conditions including an arc... Read More about Mathematical model of the arc erosion in bimetallic electrical contacts.

Open innovation and knowledge integration: A cross-cultural thinking (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Celadon, K. L., & Sbragia, R. (2016, May). Open innovation and knowledge integration: A cross-cultural thinking. Presented at Conference Ida-Eulac-Cerale 2016, Paris, France

Knowledge entry and exit are part of the innovation processes, and involve practices that encourage the participation of workers in the search for opportunities, through the multiple channels in the market (West & Gallagher, 2006). Other researches (... Read More about Open innovation and knowledge integration: A cross-cultural thinking.

DES prediction of near stall performance of a high lift airfoil (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ouyang, B., Yao, Y., & Bouferrouk, A. (2016, May). DES prediction of near stall performance of a high lift airfoil. Paper presented at International Symposium of Sustainable Aviation, Istanbul, Turkey

CFD analyses using Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) and Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) techniques are conducted on a two-element NLR 7301 airfoil configuration at take-off flow conditions to predict its near stall aerodynamic performance. Meshi... Read More about DES prediction of near stall performance of a high lift airfoil.

Development and testing of a variable camber morphing wing mechanism (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Evans, C., Harmer, M., Marks, O., Tiley, S., Willis, T., Bouferrouk, A., & Yao, Y. (2016, May). Development and testing of a variable camber morphing wing mechanism. Paper presented at International Symposium of Sustainable Aviation, Istanbul, Turkey

The aim of this study was to develop, build and test a morphing wing design in a low-speed wind tunnel to demonstrate its viability as a practical morphing mechanism. The original concept this study is based upon is so-called the Direct Control Airfo... Read More about Development and testing of a variable camber morphing wing mechanism.

Small scale ceramic MFCs for efficient energy harvesting from wastewater and full system development (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2016, May). Small scale ceramic MFCs for efficient energy harvesting from wastewater and full system development. Presented at The Electrochemical Society, 29th ECS Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA

The main aim of this work was to increase the efficiency of the ceramic based MFCs by compacting the design and exploring the ceramic support as the building block for small scale modular multi-unit systems. The improved energy density would then all... Read More about Small scale ceramic MFCs for efficient energy harvesting from wastewater and full system development.

A new interaction force decomposition maximizing compensating forces under physical work constraints (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Schmidts, A. M., Schneider, M., Kühne, M., & Peer, A. (2016, May). A new interaction force decomposition maximizing compensating forces under physical work constraints. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Stockholm

In manipulation tasks interaction forces are often decomposed to be able to control robustness-reflective and accelerating forces separately. While this decomposition is typically performed for the synthesis of interaction forces to be applied for ex... Read More about A new interaction force decomposition maximizing compensating forces under physical work constraints.

Port-based modeling of human-robot collaboration towards safety-enhancing energy shaping control (2016)
Presentation / Conference
safety-enhancing energy shaping control. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Stockholm

While collision detection and contact-related injury reduction in physical human-robot interaction has been studied intensively, safety issues in physical human robot collaboration (pHRC) with continuous coupling of human and robot(s) has received li... Read More about Port-based modeling of human-robot collaboration towards safety-enhancing energy shaping control.

Scientists in person: Live science events (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Fogg-Rogers, L. A. (2016, April). Scientists in person: Live science events. Presented at Science and Technology Education Group, London, UK

We are told that the modern researcher needs to be digitally connected and fluent with communicating online and through the media. Indeed, communicating science to thousands of people has never been easier, and yet, live, in-person, public events sti... Read More about Scientists in person: Live science events.

Science learning through play (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Fogg-Rogers, L. A., & Hobbs, L. (2016, January). Science learning through play. Paper presented at Association for Science Education Conference, Birmingham, UK

Play is frequently associated with ‘just having fun’, giving it a bad reputation amongst learning practitioners. However, neuroscience and psychological research indicates that play is essential for human development and wellbeing. We argue that play... Read More about Science learning through play.

Royal Society scientists in schools (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Fogg-Rogers, L. A., Wilkinson, C., & Weitkamp, E. (2016, January). Royal Society scientists in schools. Paper presented at Association for Science Education Conference, Birmingham, UK

Scientists are increasingly being urged to participate in education outreach programmes as part of the public engagement agenda, to connect society with science and improve attitudes to STEM subjects. Although often taking place in a formal education... Read More about Royal Society scientists in schools.

Multistep simulation for three-dimensional ice accretion on an aircraft wing (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Huang, J., Cao, Y., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2016, January). Multistep simulation for three-dimensional ice accretion on an aircraft wing. Paper presented at 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California

A simplified icing model combined with Eulerian two-phase flow theory has been proposed and the method was employed for direct simulation of ice accretion occurred on an aircraft wing. An innovative wall boundary condition treatment has been proposed... Read More about Multistep simulation for three-dimensional ice accretion on an aircraft wing.

Large-eddy simulation of shock-induced flow separation control using SparkJet concept (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Yang, G., Yao, Y., Fang, J., Gan, T., & Lu, L. (2016, January). Large-eddy simulation of shock-induced flow separation control using SparkJet concept. Paper presented at 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, USA

Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) of shock-wave/boundary layer interactions (SWBLI) with SparkJet control technique is carried out in this paper. The base flow is an oblique shock-wave generated by an 8°wedge impinging onto a spatially-developing Mach 2.3... Read More about Large-eddy simulation of shock-induced flow separation control using SparkJet concept.

Numerical investigation on two streamline-traced busemann inlet-isolators (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Xing, F., Xiaoyuan, F., Can, L., & Yao, Y. (2016, January). Numerical investigation on two streamline-traced busemann inlet-isolators. Paper presented at 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, USA

This paper presents a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study of flow characteristics within three-dimensional Busemann inlet with isolator models. The primary aim of the study was to compare various performances between two streamline-traced inlets... Read More about Numerical investigation on two streamline-traced busemann inlet-isolators.

Gelatin as a promising printable nutrient feedstock for microbial fuel cells (MFC) (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Theodosiou, P., Ieropoulos, I., Taylor, B., Greenman, J., & Melhuish, C. (2015, December). Gelatin as a promising printable nutrient feedstock for microbial fuel cells (MFC). Presented at European Fuel Cell Technology & Applications Conference - Piero Lunghi Conference, Naples, Italy

This study describes the work carried out towards the optimization of critical MFC components with potential 3D fabricated materials. The response of the optimised fuel cells, which were fed with soft materials such as gelatin, alginate and Nafion™,... Read More about Gelatin as a promising printable nutrient feedstock for microbial fuel cells (MFC).

Microbial fuel cell - A self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gajda, I., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015, December). Microbial fuel cell - A self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation. Presented at EFC15 European Fuel Cell Technology & Applications - Piero Lunghi Conference, Naples, Italy

This abstract describes the suitability of the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) for generation of electrical power with a simultaneous synthesis of active catholyte in the form of caustic solution. The active solution was a product of self-powered electroly... Read More about Microbial fuel cell - A self-powered wastewater electrolyser for electrocoagulation.

Absorptive capacity in the Brazilian cosmetics industry (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Celadon, K. L., & Sbragia, R. (2015, November). Absorptive capacity in the Brazilian cosmetics industry. Paper presented at The 9th International Management Conference, Bucharest, Romenia

There is currently a growing interest in two concepts and practices related to open innovation and absorptive capacity, in particular with regard to the role played by individuals. This requires a deeper understanding of these concepts because the fu... Read More about Absorptive capacity in the Brazilian cosmetics industry.