All Outputs (67)

Methods for improving robustness against adversarial machine learning attacks (2023)
Thesis

Machine learning systems can improve the efficiency of real-world tasks, including in the cyber security domain; however, these models are susceptible to adversarial attacks; indeed, an arms race exists between adversaries and defenders. The benefits... Read More about Methods for improving robustness against adversarial machine learning attacks.

Enhancing collaborative governance for coastal stewardship in the UK (2023)
Thesis

The UK’s extensive and diverse coastline is on the frontline of climate change and our response is challenging, because the governing system in place to manage coastal space is complex. Coastal governance lacks identity, having evolved in a fragmente... Read More about Enhancing collaborative governance for coastal stewardship in the UK.

Enhancing tele-operation - Investigating the effect of sensory feedback on performance (2023)
Thesis

The decline in the number of healthcare service providers in comparison to the growing numbers of service users prompts the development of technologies to improve the efficiency of healthcare services. One such technology which could offer support a... Read More about Enhancing tele-operation - Investigating the effect of sensory feedback on performance.

From traffic in towns to people in streets: Exploring the relationships between behaviour, design, and regulation (2022)
Thesis

This research investigates how street environments and culture are shaped by behaviour, design, and regulation, and explores the implications of this shaping for street users who walk and cycle. The work of Buchanan and Smeed in the 1960s helped crea... Read More about From traffic in towns to people in streets: Exploring the relationships between behaviour, design, and regulation.

A web-based Decision Support System (DSS) for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield sites (2021)
Thesis

Reusing brownfield sites always raises concern for the health and safety of site workers involved in site renovations and redevelopments and, subsequently, for the residents or occupants of the sites. As a minimum, a preliminary risk assessment is ne... Read More about A web-based Decision Support System (DSS) for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield sites.

Monitoring companion for industrial robotic processes (2021)
Thesis

For system integrators, optimizing complex industrial robotic applications (e.g. robotised welding) is a difficult and time-consuming task. This procedure is rendered tedious and often very hard to achieve when the operator cannot access the robotic... Read More about Monitoring companion for industrial robotic processes.

Development of design criteria for novel 3D-printed quadric-surfaced sludge digesters for wastewater infrastructure (2020)
Thesis

The quadric-surfaced sludge digester (QSD), also known as the egg-shaped sludge digester, has proven its advantages over traditional cylindrical digesters recently. A reduction in operational cost is the dominant factor. Its shell can be described as... Read More about Development of design criteria for novel 3D-printed quadric-surfaced sludge digesters for wastewater infrastructure.

Towards an automated photogrammetry-based approach for monitoring and controlling construction site activities (2020)
Thesis

The construction industry has a poor productivity record, which was predominantly ascribed to inadequate monitoring of how a project is progressing at any given time. Most available approaches do not offer key stakeholders a shared understanding of p... Read More about Towards an automated photogrammetry-based approach for monitoring and controlling construction site activities.

An investigation into the use of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete (2020)
Thesis

The behaviour of bamboo reinforced concrete is not well understood and the methods proposed for its design suffers from problems that can result in an overly conservative design in some situations and unconservative designs in others. This investigat... Read More about An investigation into the use of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete.

Implementation of Building Information Modelling in the Dominican Republic construction industry (2020)
Thesis

The Dominican Republic (D.R.) is a Caribbean nation whose construction industry is key in the economic growth and development of the country; however, the productivity of the sector is being affected by inefficient traditional practices. The increase... Read More about Implementation of Building Information Modelling in the Dominican Republic construction industry.

Understanding the influence of psychology and vicarious experience on property flood resilience choices (2020)
Thesis

There is an acknowledged need to improve the resilience of those at risk of flooding in the UK. The majority of the at-risk population do not actively adopt mitigation measures even when they have experienced multiple flood events. If uptake of resil... Read More about Understanding the influence of psychology and vicarious experience on property flood resilience choices.

Calibration of sound source localisation for robots using multiple adaptive filter models of the cerebellum (2020)
Thesis

The aim of this research was to investigate the calibration of Sound Source Localisation (SSL) for robots using the adaptive filter model of the cerebellum and how this could be automatically adapted for multiple acoustic environments. The role of th... Read More about Calibration of sound source localisation for robots using multiple adaptive filter models of the cerebellum.

Permeable pavement systems with low carbon and recycled materials for Caribbean Small Island Developing States (2020)
Thesis

This PhD research project targets the utilisation of permeable pavement systems (PPS) as a long-term, sustainable urban drainage option for flood risk mitigation and improvement in stormwater runoff quality in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ac... Read More about Permeable pavement systems with low carbon and recycled materials for Caribbean Small Island Developing States.

A semantically-enriched goal-oriented requirements engineering framework for systems of systems using the i* framework applied to cancer care (2019)
Thesis

In recent years, monolithic systems are being composed into bigger systems as Systems of Systems (SoSs). This evolution of SoS raises several software engineering key challenges, such as the management of emerging inconsistent goals and requirements,... Read More about A semantically-enriched goal-oriented requirements engineering framework for systems of systems using the i* framework applied to cancer care.

Analysis of the spin dynamics of a single-engine low-wing aeroplane (2019)
Thesis

As spinning is still involved in around 60% of all aircraft accidents (BFU, 1985 and Belcastro, 2009), this aerodynamic phenomenon is still not fully understood. As U.S. and European Certification Specifications do not require recoveries from fully d... Read More about Analysis of the spin dynamics of a single-engine low-wing aeroplane.

Excavating the post-political: Mining, water and public participation in Arizona, USA (2019)
Thesis

Contributing to recent debates in democratic theory and human geography around the ‘post-political’ nature of contemporary modes of governance, this thesis challenges the extent to which deliberative, participatory spaces of decision-making lend demo... Read More about Excavating the post-political: Mining, water and public participation in Arizona, USA.

Applying social practice theory to contemporary working practices in sustainable office buildings: Implications for the performance gap (2019)
Thesis

The UK Government has committed to an 80% reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) against 1990 levels by 2050. Widening understandings of the environmental impact of the built environment have fuelled debates around how the environmental performance of bui... Read More about Applying social practice theory to contemporary working practices in sustainable office buildings: Implications for the performance gap.

Characterisation of a nuclear cave environment utilising an autonomous swarm of heterogeneous robots (2019)
Thesis

As nuclear facilities come to the end of their operational lifetime, safe decommissioning becomes a more prevalent issue. In many such facilities there exist ‘nuclear caves’. These caves constitute areas that may have been entered infrequently, or ev... Read More about Characterisation of a nuclear cave environment utilising an autonomous swarm of heterogeneous robots.

Mathematical modelling and analysis on male urine flow rate (2019)
Thesis

Troublesome voiding lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a common problem in men, particularly with ageing. Management of voiding LUTS can be guided by accurate determination of underlying mechanisms, distinguishing men with voiding symptoms cause... Read More about Mathematical modelling and analysis on male urine flow rate.

Development of a flexible and modular metrology system for measuring complex surfaces (2018)
Thesis

The demand for customised optical devices is increasing tremendously. Such optical devices do not employ traditional designs like planar, spherical, or even aspherical shapes. Instead, modern lenses exhibit free-form surfaces with a large variety of... Read More about Development of a flexible and modular metrology system for measuring complex surfaces.