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Investigation of zeolite supported platinum electrocatalyst for electrochemical oxidation of small organic species (2016)
Journal Article
Yao, J., & Yao, Y. (2016). Investigation of zeolite supported platinum electrocatalyst for electrochemical oxidation of small organic species. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(33), 14747-14757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.121

© 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC Zeolite supported Pt electrocatalysts, made by ion exchange method using Pt/Y type zeolite, have been investigated to determine Pt electrochemical activity of HCOOH and CH3OH oxidation using the cyclic voltamme... Read More about Investigation of zeolite supported platinum electrocatalyst for electrochemical oxidation of small organic species.

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.

Neural-Learning-Based Telerobot Control with Guaranteed Performance (2016)
Journal Article
Yang, C., Wang, X., Cheng, L., & Ma, H. (2017). Neural-Learning-Based Telerobot Control with Guaranteed Performance. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 47(10), 3148-3159. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2016.2573837

© 2013 IEEE. In this paper, a neural networks (NNs) enhanced telerobot control system is designed and tested on a Baxter robot. Guaranteed performance of the telerobot control system is achieved at both kinematic and dynamic levels. At kinematic leve... Read More about Neural-Learning-Based Telerobot Control with Guaranteed Performance.

Eye centre localisation: An unsupervised modular approach (2016)
Journal Article
Zhang, W., Smith, M. L., Smith, L. N., & Farooq, A. R. (2016). Eye centre localisation: An unsupervised modular approach. Sensor Review, 36(3), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-06-2015-0098

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - This paper aims to introduce an unsupervised modular approach for eye centre localisation in images and videos following a coarse-to-fine, global-to-regional scheme. The design of the algorithm aims at ex... Read More about Eye centre localisation: An unsupervised modular approach.

Urine transduction to usable energy: A modular MFC approach for smartphone and remote system charging (2016)
Journal Article
Walter, X. A., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2017). Urine transduction to usable energy: A modular MFC approach for smartphone and remote system charging. Applied Energy, 192, 575-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.006

© 2016 The Authors This study reports for the first time the full charging of a state-of-the-art mobile smartphone, using Microbial Fuel Cells fed with urine. This was possible by employing a new design of MFC that allowed scaling-up without power de... Read More about Urine transduction to usable energy: A modular MFC approach for smartphone and remote system charging.

Dependability in autonomous maritime vehicles: Building resilence into service-oriented agent robots (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Insaurralde, C. C., & Petillot, Y. R. (2016). Dependability in autonomous maritime vehicles: Building resilence into service-oriented agent robots. https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSCON.2016.7490650

© 2016 IEEE. Technologies for oceans engineering are being based in autonomous solutions (mainly adaptation capabilities) able to tackle more complex maritime missions. This paper presents how an Intelligent Vehicle Control Architecture (IVCA) for ma... Read More about Dependability in autonomous maritime vehicles: Building resilence into service-oriented agent robots.

Visual-tactile sensory map calibration of a biomimetic whiskered robot (2016)
Journal Article
Assaf, T., Wilson, E. D., Anderson, S., Dean, P., Porrill, J., & Pearson, M. J. (2016). Visual-tactile sensory map calibration of a biomimetic whiskered robot. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016-June, 967-972. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487228

© 2016 IEEE. We present an adaptive filter model of cerebellar function applied to the calibration of a tactile sensory map to improve the accuracy of directed movements of a robotic manipulator. This is demonstrated using a platform called Bellabot... Read More about Visual-tactile sensory map calibration of a biomimetic whiskered robot.

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.

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.

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?.

An Integrated Decision Making Approach for Adaptive Shared Control of Mobility Assistance Robots (2016)
Journal Article
Geravand, M., Werner, C., Hauer, K., & Peer, A. (2016). An Integrated Decision Making Approach for Adaptive Shared Control of Mobility Assistance Robots. International Journal of Social Robotics, 8(5), 631-648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-016-0353-z

© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Mobility assistance robots provide support to elderly or patients during walking. The design of a safe and intuitive assistance behavior is one of the major challenges in this context. We present an... Read More about An Integrated Decision Making Approach for Adaptive Shared Control of Mobility Assistance Robots.

A new stepwise and piecewise optimization approach for CO2 pipeline (2016)
Journal Article
Zhao, D., Tian, Q., Li, Z., & Zhu, Q. (2016). A new stepwise and piecewise optimization approach for CO2 pipeline. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 49, 192-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.03.005

© 2016 . The process of CO2 capture, transportation, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and storage is one of the best ways for CO2 emission reduction, which is also named as Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS). It has been noted that CO2 transpo... Read More about A new stepwise and piecewise optimization approach for CO2 pipeline.

Large-eddy simulation of shock-wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction with and without SparkJet control (2016)
Journal Article
Yang, G., Yao, Y., Fang, J., Gan, T., Li, Q., & Lu, L. (2016). Large-eddy simulation of shock-wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction with and without SparkJet control. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 29(3), 617-629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2016.04.001

© 2016 Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Production and hosting by Elsevier Ltd. The efficiency and mechanism of an active control device "SparkJet" and its application in shock-induced separation control are studied using large-eddy s... Read More about Large-eddy simulation of shock-wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction with and without SparkJet control.

A randomised controlled feasibility and proof-of-concept trial in delayedgastric emptying when metoclopramide fails: We should revisitnasointestinal feeding versus dual prokinetic treatment: Achieving goal nutrition in critical illness and delayed gastric emptying: Trial of nasointestinal feeding versus nasogastric feeding plus prokinetics (2016)
Journal Article
Taylor, S. J., Allan, K., McWilliam, H., Manara, A., Brown, J., Greenwood, R., & Toher, D. (2016). A randomised controlled feasibility and proof-of-concept trial in delayedgastric emptying when metoclopramide fails: We should revisitnasointestinal feeding versus dual prokinetic treatment: Achieving goal nutrition in critical illness and delayed gastric emptying: Trial of nasointestinal feeding versus nasogastric feeding plus prokinetics. Clinical nutrition ESPEN, 14, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2016.04.020

© 2016 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Background & aims Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) commonly limits the use of enteral nutrition (EN) and may increase ventilator-associated pneumonia. Nasointestinal feeding has not been tes... Read More about A randomised controlled feasibility and proof-of-concept trial in delayedgastric emptying when metoclopramide fails: We should revisitnasointestinal feeding versus dual prokinetic treatment: Achieving goal nutrition in critical illness and delayed gastric emptying: Trial of nasointestinal feeding versus nasogastric feeding plus prokinetics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A comparative study of pose representation and dynamics modelling for online motion quality assessment (2016)
Journal Article
Tao, L., Paiement, A., Damen, D., Mirmehdi, M., Hannuna, S., Camplani, M., …Craddock, I. (2016). A comparative study of pose representation and dynamics modelling for online motion quality assessment. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 148, 136-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2015.11.016

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. Quantitative assessment of the quality of motion is increasingly in demand by clinicians in healthcare and rehabilitation monitoring of patients. We study and compare the performances of different pose r... Read More about A comparative study of pose representation and dynamics modelling for online motion quality assessment.

Robust deformable shape reconstruction from monocular video with manifold forests (2016)
Journal Article
Matuszewski, B. J., Tao, L., & Matuszewski, B. (2016). Robust deformable shape reconstruction from monocular video with manifold forests. Machine Vision and Applications, 27(6), 801-819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00138-016-0769-3

© 2016, The Author(s). Existing approaches to recover structure of 3D deformable objects and camera motion parameters from an uncalibrated images assume the object’s shape could be modelled well by a linear subspace. These methods have been proven ef... Read More about Robust deformable shape reconstruction from monocular video with manifold forests.