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Digital technology in engineering design teaching (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Valentine, R., & Matthews, J. (2023). Digital technology in engineering design teaching. In DS 123: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2023). https://doi.org/10.35199/epde.2023.13

Digital technology is widely used in engineering design teaching, enabling students to create parametric models of their solutions and data files for computer-aided manufacture (CAM). However, the digital industry is predicted to grow significant... Read More about Digital technology in engineering design teaching.

Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2023). Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site. In R. Kilian, S. Saba, & C. Gietz (Eds.), EEHB 2022 Post Prints. The 4th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings (219-227)

Carbon emissions from the built environment must be urgently reduced to mitigate climate change. Retrofit of existing buildings is key. However, heritage buildings pose a particular challenge, particularly domestic buildings where retrofit is mainly... Read More about Low carbon heritage: Residents' views from Cumbria and the English Lake District World Heritage Site.

Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Adzic, F., Mustafa, M., Wild, O., Cheung, H. Y. W., & Malki-Epshtein, L. (2023). Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate (Indoor Air 2022) (1-8)

This post-occupancy study aims to assess the indoor air quality (IAQ) and ventilation performance in workshops and laboratories of a UK university during the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply airflow rates and CO2 were monitored as a proxy for evaluating ven... Read More about Post-Occupancy study of indoor air quality in university laboratories during the pandemic.

Understanding people's perceptions of their liveable neighbourhoods: A case study of East Bristol (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Covato, E., & Jeawak, S. (2023). Understanding people's perceptions of their liveable neighbourhoods: A case study of East Bristol. . https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.24

Liveable neighbourhoods are urban planning initiatives that aim to improve the quality of residential areas. In this paper, we focus on the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood (EBLN) to understand people's perceptions of their neighbourhood's urban r... Read More about Understanding people's perceptions of their liveable neighbourhoods: A case study of East Bristol.

Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Hulke, M., Jafari, A., & Etoundi, A. C. (2023). Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change. In 2023 International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSE58758.2023.10227215

It has been estimated that approximately 7000 people undergo limb amputation in the UK every year [1]. This issue is even more significant in the US, where over 150,000 people undergo lower limb extremity amputations, and this number is predicted to... Read More about Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change.

Speed settling of AC-coupled amplifier for active contactless ECG electrode (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Yue, A., Kiely, J., & Errey, K. (2023). Speed settling of AC-coupled amplifier for active contactless ECG electrode. In 2023 IEEE 5th Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability (ECBIOS). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECBIOS57802.2023.10218677

Contactless electrodes have the ability of long- term wearable physiological recording to meet the massive data requirements in digital health. Active electrodes have been used to avoid noise induced by the high-impedance contactless electrodes for b... Read More about Speed settling of AC-coupled amplifier for active contactless ECG electrode.

A systematic review of reverberation and accessibility for B/blind users in virtual environments (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Child, L., Mitchell, T., & Ford, N. (2023). A systematic review of reverberation and accessibility for B/blind users in virtual environments.

Reverberation is often used in linear and non-linear media to convey the acoustic characteristics of a space. This information is presented alongside visual stimuli to create a multi-modal experience, assisting participants in developing visual and a... Read More about A systematic review of reverberation and accessibility for B/blind users in virtual environments.

Understanding pedestrian red light violation: Exploration of the impact of traffic engineering and traffic conditions (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Pellecuer, L., & Chusseau, A. (in press). Understanding pedestrian red light violation: Exploration of the impact of traffic engineering and traffic conditions.

The design of the geometry and traffic controls at signalised junctions is often focused on the level of service offered to drivers and rarely takes into consideration the level of service offered to pedestrians. This results in pedestrian adopting i... Read More about Understanding pedestrian red light violation: Exploration of the impact of traffic engineering and traffic conditions.

Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aderibigbe, A., Umeokafor, N., & Umar, T. (2023). Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?. In Proceedings of the 11th World Construction Symposium (634-644). https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2023.52

Adversarialism is an endemic feature of the construction industry, resulting in devasting effects on productivity, cost, performance and client satisfaction within the industry. This can be explained by various factors of which adversarial ‘tradition... Read More about Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?.

Assessing the conformity to ISO27001 security policy of information systems policies of universities in the SADC region (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Eyitayo, O. T., & Ishmael, O. (in press). Assessing the conformity to ISO27001 security policy of information systems policies of universities in the SADC region. . https://doi.org/10.33422/6th.conferenceme.2023.03.100

It is very important for universities to devise strategies for realising their mandate and one of those strategies is to leverage on information systems for improved service efficiency and realising business goals. This is bearing in mind that organi... Read More about Assessing the conformity to ISO27001 security policy of information systems policies of universities in the SADC region.

Creating social vale by building extreme low carbon homes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Watts, G., & Zhao, J. (in press). Creating social vale by building extreme low carbon homes.

The construction industry is facing numerous demands. For example, a contractor will have to ensure they achieve their cost targets and time and quality contractual obligations whilst also meeting any social value and environmental expectations. Soci... Read More about Creating social vale by building extreme low carbon homes.

Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics (2023)
Conference Proceeding
O'Donovan, C., Caleb-Solly, P., Kumar, P., Russell, S., Sumpter, L., & Williams, R. (2023). Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics. In Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3600210

How and what health and care professionals do will be changed by the use of robotics technologies in their workplaces. This paper reports provisional results of a 12-month scoping project in which we explained to people working in care sectors what e... Read More about Empowering future care workforces: scoping human capabilities to leverage assistive robotics.

Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Jones, M. (2023). Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes.

This paper reflects on collaborative live architectural design projects between Birmingham School of Architecture and Design (BSoAD) students and social lab, CoLab Dudley in Dudley, UK. CoLab Dudley is an experimental form of social and imagination i... Read More about Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes.

A simplified digital twin framework of a trainer aircraft (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Reinhardt, D., & Bouferrouk, A. (in press). A simplified digital twin framework of a trainer aircraft.

This paper aims to establish a simplified, user-friendly framework for a Digital Twin (DT) of a PC21 jet trainer aircraft. The implementation of the DT is carried out in Matlab with the aid of embedded Neural Network tools. The aircraft is trained a... Read More about A simplified digital twin framework of a trainer aircraft.

Numerical framework for aerodynamic and aeroacoustics of bio-inspired UAV blades (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Wilkins, R., & Bouferrouk, A. (in press). Numerical framework for aerodynamic and aeroacoustics of bio-inspired UAV blades.

With the aim to understand and control the noise from small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), this work presents a numerical framework for small-scale rotor blade, employing a bio-inspired finlet design. The simulation framework employs Direct Eddy Si... Read More about Numerical framework for aerodynamic and aeroacoustics of bio-inspired UAV blades.

Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Otálora, S., Sierra, S. D., Ballén-Moreno, F., Munera, M., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2023). Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (10449-10456). https://doi.org/10.1109/icra48891.2023.10160867

Lower-limb exoskeletons and smart walkers are robotic devices to assist patients in regaining their autonomy after a stroke. The integration of these devices enables gait rehabilitation and functional compensation, promoting natural over-ground walki... Read More about Exploring multimodal gait rehabilitation and assistance through an adaptable robotic platform.

Sensitivity of the seismic response to the modelling variables defining constitutive models of reinforced concrete frames (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Karaki, G. (2023). Sensitivity of the seismic response to the modelling variables defining constitutive models of reinforced concrete frames. In Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323020

Probabilistic performance-based methods are well integrated into earthquake engineering applications. Therefore, the seismic response uncertainty and its sources must be adequately characterized for a more reliable seismic assessment. The paper exami... Read More about Sensitivity of the seismic response to the modelling variables defining constitutive models of reinforced concrete frames.

Exploring the potential for a FEA-based design of experiments to develop design tools for bulk-metal joining processes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Hatherell, J., Marmier, A., Dennis, G., Curry, W., & Matthews, J. (2023). Exploring the potential for a FEA-based design of experiments to develop design tools for bulk-metal joining processes. In Proceedings of the Design Society (1815-1824). https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2023.182

Over the last 20 years, finite element analysis (FEA) has become a standard analysis tool for metal joining processes. When FEA tools are combined with design of experiments (DOE) methodologies, academic research has shown the potential for virtual D... Read More about Exploring the potential for a FEA-based design of experiments to develop design tools for bulk-metal joining processes.

Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Al Barazi, R., & Kishk, M. (in press). Engineering and project management: A long journey towards sustainability. In 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering Fundamentals and Applications (ICCEFA'23)

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.

Digital twins in industry 4.0 cyber security (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Lo, C., Win, T. Y., Rezaeifar, Z., Khan, Z., & Legg, P. (in press). Digital twins in industry 4.0 cyber security. In IEEE Smart World Congress 2023 - IEEE SWC / UIC / ATC / ScalCom / Digital Twin / PCDS / Metaverse-2023

The increased adoption of sophisticated Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) in critical infrastructure and various aspects of Industry 4.0 has exposed vulnerabilities stemming from legacy CPS and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices. The interconnec... Read More about Digital twins in industry 4.0 cyber security.