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A comparison of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and pure graphene: early age properties of cement composites (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Qureshi, T., & Panesar, D. (2019). A comparison of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and pure graphene: early age properties of cement composites. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS2019) New Generation of Construction Materials (342-349)

This study compares the hydration, mechanical and transport properties of cement based composites containing graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and pure graphene (G). The only mix design variable other than the type of graphene materi... Read More about A comparison of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and pure graphene: early age properties of cement composites.

Behaviour and design of stainless steel tubular beam-columns members in fire (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Mohammed, A., & Afshan, S. (2019). Behaviour and design of stainless steel tubular beam-columns members in fire. In Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Structural Safety Under Fire & Blast

Cold-formed stainless-steel tubular sections are commonly used in building design as they combine the high strength and stiffness-to weight ratios offered by closed cross-sections with the corrosion resistance and durability offered by stainless stee... Read More about Behaviour and design of stainless steel tubular beam-columns members in fire.

Air Pollution 2019 (2019)
Conference Proceeding
(2019). Air Pollution 2019. In G. Passerini, C. Borrego, J. Longhurst, M. Lopes, & J. Barnes (Eds.), WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Environmental technologies for remediation of contaminated lands in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: Opportunities for ecosystem services to host communities (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Ngene, S., & Tota-Maharaj, K. (2019). Environmental technologies for remediation of contaminated lands in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: Opportunities for ecosystem services to host communities.

Several remediation technologies have been tried in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria to address the persistent hydrocarbon contamination with little or no success as they are either inappropriate for the environment and thus complete remediation is... Read More about Environmental technologies for remediation of contaminated lands in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: Opportunities for ecosystem services to host communities.

Air pollution in Delhi: A review of past and current policy approaches (2018)
Conference Proceeding
De Vito, L., Chatterton, T., Namdeo, A., Nagendra, S., Gulia, S., Goyal, S., …Barnes, J. (2018). Air pollution in Delhi: A review of past and current policy approaches. . https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR180411

Delhi National Capital Region (Delhi NCR) is facing serious challenges linked to worrying levels of air pollution (mainly NO2, PM10 and PM2.5). The CADTIME prject (Clean Air in Delhi through Implementation, Mitigation and Engagement) aims to understa... Read More about Air pollution in Delhi: A review of past and current policy approaches.

Deep ground and energy: Carbon sequestration and coal gasification (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Thomas, H. R., Hosking, L. J., Sandford, R. J., Zagorščak, R., Chen, M., & An, N. (2019). Deep ground and energy: Carbon sequestration and coal gasification. In L. Zhan, Y. Chen, & A. Bouazza (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Volume 1 (38-60). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2221-1_2

Deep coal reserves represent a valuable resource, both in terms of their potential for the sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and for energy extraction through underground coal gasification (UCG). This paper looks at the current field and... Read More about Deep ground and energy: Carbon sequestration and coal gasification.

Reduction of Pollutant Toxicity Levels in Produced Water from Crude Oil Production Processes (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Tota-Maharaj, K., & Ngene, S. (2018). Reduction of Pollutant Toxicity Levels in Produced Water from Crude Oil Production Processes.

Produced water from crude oil production process is imbued with various contaminants which makes it unsafe for discharge into the environment without adequate treatment. The weight fractions of these contaminants vary from one well to another dependi... Read More about Reduction of Pollutant Toxicity Levels in Produced Water from Crude Oil Production Processes.

A review: The effect of graphene oxide on the properties of cement-based composites (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Qureshi, T. S., & Panesar, D. K. (2017). A review: The effect of graphene oxide on the properties of cement-based composites. In CSCE annual conference

Graphene oxide (GO) is a recently invented 2D nanoplane fiber. GO is typically produced via the chemical oxidation and exfoliation of graphite. It contains active functional groups on its nanoplane surface, and these groups play a major role during t... Read More about A review: The effect of graphene oxide on the properties of cement-based composites.

A photovoltaic panel modelling method for flexible implementation in Matlab/Simulink using datasheet quantities (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Kitson, J., Williamson, S. J., Harper, P., McMahon, C. M., Rosenberg, G., Tierney, M., & Bell, K. (2017). A photovoltaic panel modelling method for flexible implementation in Matlab/Simulink using datasheet quantities. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2017.8001373

© 2017 IEEE. This paper presents a detailed method for creating an embedded Matlab model in Simulink for any solar photovoltaic panel starting with its datasheet values. It links extrinsic functions to the Simulink embedded model to provide fast and... Read More about A photovoltaic panel modelling method for flexible implementation in Matlab/Simulink using datasheet quantities.

A permeable pavement system utilising recycled concrete aggregate in the sub-base - Preliminary laboratory performance assessments (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Monrose, J., Tota-Maharaj, K., Cheddie, D., & Mwasha, A. (2017). A permeable pavement system utilising recycled concrete aggregate in the sub-base - Preliminary laboratory performance assessments. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480632.010

Sustainable development gears towards preserving the environment and conserving the rapidly diminishing natural resources such as natural resources. This research seeks to assess the performance of crushed recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) from Trin... Read More about A permeable pavement system utilising recycled concrete aggregate in the sub-base - Preliminary laboratory performance assessments.

Increasing small business resilience to flood risk: Co-production in the development of a prototype e-learning tool to promote small business adaptation to flood risk (2016)
Conference Proceeding
McEwen, L., Wragg, A., & Harries, T. (2016). Increasing small business resilience to flood risk: Co-production in the development of a prototype e-learning tool to promote small business adaptation to flood risk. . https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160708010

© 2016 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. Flooding of communities is becoming a repeated, widespread issue within the UK, and elsewhere. Small businesses are a crucial part of the UK economy; the UK Summer 2007 flood resulted in flooding of 7,00... Read More about Increasing small business resilience to flood risk: Co-production in the development of a prototype e-learning tool to promote small business adaptation to flood risk.

SESAME: Exploring small businesses' behaviour to enhance resilience to flooding (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Coates, G., Wright, N., McGuinness, M., Guan, D., Harries, T., & McEwen, L. (2016). SESAME: Exploring small businesses' behaviour to enhance resilience to flooding. . https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160708011

© 2016 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. In the United Kingdom, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) account for approximately 99.9% of businesses, 60% of the working population and 47% annual turnover. However, despite the important contr... Read More about SESAME: Exploring small businesses' behaviour to enhance resilience to flooding.

Exploring the co-production of digital storytelling for lay knowledge exchange within and between flood risk communities: The case of the River Severn, UK (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Holmes, A., McEwen, L., & Hansen, J. G. (2016). Exploring the co-production of digital storytelling for lay knowledge exchange within and between flood risk communities: The case of the River Severn, UK. . https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160715003

© 2016 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. This paper evaluates the potential role of co-produced digital storytelling as a medium of linking flood memories and lay knowledge exchange around flood preparedness for resilience within flood risk com... Read More about Exploring the co-production of digital storytelling for lay knowledge exchange within and between flood risk communities: The case of the River Severn, UK.

Ice jam flood hazard assessment and mapping of the Peace River at the Town of Peace River (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Lindenschmidt, K., Das, A., Rokaya, P., Chun, K., & Chu, T. (2015). Ice jam flood hazard assessment and mapping of the Peace River at the Town of Peace River. In 18th Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers (18-21)

Efforts are underway in Canada to develop, update and extend flood risk assessments and mapping for river sections prone to flooding. However, most of these previous works are limited to the open-water case. Very little has been done to include flood... Read More about Ice jam flood hazard assessment and mapping of the Peace River at the Town of Peace River.

Influence of expansive minerals on the self-healing of cement paste and mortar systems (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Qureshi, T., & Al-Tabbaa, A. (2015). Influence of expansive minerals on the self-healing of cement paste and mortar systems. In Fifth International Conference of Self-healing Materials, Durham, NC (U.S.A.)

Expansive minerals have great prospects for improving the self-healing capacity of concrete. Once a crack start propagating, an embedded unhydrated expansive mineral could hydrate and expand hence bridging and healing the cracks. This study investiga... Read More about Influence of expansive minerals on the self-healing of cement paste and mortar systems.