Outputs (30)

Continuous monitoring of soil carbon dioxide emissions using an Arduino platform (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study introduces an innovative approach using an Arduino microcontroller equipped with onboard programmable sensors for continuous, real-time in-field monitoring of soil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By minimising soil disturbance and allowing... Read More about Continuous monitoring of soil carbon dioxide emissions using an Arduino platform.

Sensing solutions in soil biodiversity and carbon monitoring; from acoustics to biosensing (2024)
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This presentation formed an overview of the current research into the technologies we are developing in SOAS at UWE for the analysis of soil carbon dynamics and soil biodiversity. It highlights three main strands; electrochemical (bio)sensing, gas s... Read More about Sensing solutions in soil biodiversity and carbon monitoring; from acoustics to biosensing.

Towards the acceptance of autonomous vehicles: The role of government and vehicles manufacturers government and vehicles manufacturers (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Self-driving vehicles continue to attract scholarly attention, yet understanding beyond technological barriers is crucial. This study, using critical review and interviews with 21 participants, explores factors influencing UK user acceptance of auton... Read More about Towards the acceptance of autonomous vehicles: The role of government and vehicles manufacturers government and vehicles manufacturers.

Exploring materiality: Advancing tectonic understanding through large-scale reproduction in two and three dimensions (2024)
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The first year of architectural education marks a period of foundational exploration, where students encounter a multitude of firsts and advance quickly. It marks their first exposure to design briefs and concepts, diagramming techniques, and the app... Read More about Exploring materiality: Advancing tectonic understanding through large-scale reproduction in two and three dimensions.

Scope and arbitration in machine learning clinical EEG classification (2023)
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A key task in clinical EEG interpretation is to classify a recording or session as normal or abnormal. In machine learning approaches to this task, recordings are typically divided into shorter windows for practical reasons, and these windows inherit... Read More about Scope and arbitration in machine learning clinical EEG classification.

A more ‘inclusive’ approach to module delivery and assessment (2022)
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In 2020, Covid and the introduction of an alternative blended learning approach, provided a welcome opportunity for implementing innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the module Construction Technology and Services 1, at UWE Bristol. A fl... Read More about A more ‘inclusive’ approach to module delivery and assessment.

Creative exploitation of laser processing: A new toolbox for textile design (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this talk, Laura will discuss her design-led research on innovative digitally-driven surface treatments for colouration, 3D finishing and surface design of materials. She has developed multiple new opportunities to harness infrared laser irradiati... Read More about Creative exploitation of laser processing: A new toolbox for textile design.

WhiskEye: A biomimetic model of multisensory spatial memory based on sensory reconstruction (2021)
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We present WhiskEye, a visual tactile robot supporting a neurorobotic investigation of spatial memory as a multisensory reconstructive process. This article outlines the motivation for building WhiskEye; the technical details of the physical robot, a... Read More about WhiskEye: A biomimetic model of multisensory spatial memory based on sensory reconstruction.

Laser textile design: Designing digital processes for sustainability in the textile industry (2021)
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Adventures in lithography (2021)
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Lithography is the most important industrial printing process for non-textile printing. Liquid crystal is ubiquitous in display technology. What happens when the two are combined? The adventure begins.
Lithography was invented in 1796 by Alois Sene... Read More about Adventures in lithography.

The butterfly effect: Facilitating and enabling citizen self-organising for systemic change (2021)
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In this presentation for the Public Communication of Science and Technology conference, Sophie draws on three case studies from her own research that exemplify the changing nature of public engagement on climate change and air pollution. She explain... Read More about The butterfly effect: Facilitating and enabling citizen self-organising for systemic change.

Is it time to escape? Examining "Escape Rooms' as science communication interventions (2021)
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Escape rooms are a recent cultural phenomena, whereby a group of players are locked in a room and must solve a series of clues, puzzles, or mysteries in order to escape. From an educational perspective, escape rooms have been praised for offering a m... Read More about Is it time to escape? Examining "Escape Rooms' as science communication interventions.

Standards and regulations for physically assistive robots**Research supported by Lloyds Register Foundation, under the Assuring Antonomy International Programme (2021)
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In this paper we consider the regulations that currently exist in relation to supporting people in the home and in different care settings. Using existing standards and guidelines that relate to assistive technology and care in the UK, we consider wh... Read More about Standards and regulations for physically assistive robots**Research supported by Lloyds Register Foundation, under the Assuring Antonomy International Programme.

Community engagement on air quality - Environment agency air quality inequalities (2021)
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The art of the maker – Craft, design and technology in the 21st century (2020)
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Invention, innovation and insight are keywords for any technologist and designer working in the academic or commercial sector. In the twenty-first century, a wealth of new and emerging materials, alongside digital methods for the manufacture of produ... Read More about The art of the maker – Craft, design and technology in the 21st century.

Citizen engagement and behaviour modelling for clean air and net zero carbon (2020)
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The environmental and health impacts of climate change and air pollution are being felt around the world and yet cohesive and collaborative policymaking to mitigate emissions are moving too slowly. Behaviour change campaigns instead focus on individu... Read More about Citizen engagement and behaviour modelling for clean air and net zero carbon.

Stimulus-organism-response model for understanding autonomous vehicle adoption in the UK (2020)
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This paper outlines a conceptual model of the factors affecting the adoption of autonomous vehicles (AV) in the UK based on the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) model. By conducting a critical literature review of literature, 17 factors were identi... Read More about Stimulus-organism-response model for understanding autonomous vehicle adoption in the UK.

Time and value at Bath Abbey: Erosion, fragmentation and the role of the replica (2020)
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Bath Abbey is undergoing a substantial programme of conservation and change; including the removal and reinstatement/replacement of the 847 ledger stones comprising its floor. The floor is, in fact, almost entirely comprised of these burial markers.... Read More about Time and value at Bath Abbey: Erosion, fragmentation and the role of the replica.

Crowd-driven music: Interactive and generative approaches using machine vision and Manhattan (2020)
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This paper details technologies and artistic approaches to crowd-driven music, discussed in the context of a live public installation in which activity in a public space (e.g. a busy railway platform) is used to drive the automated composition and pe... Read More about Crowd-driven music: Interactive and generative approaches using machine vision and Manhattan.

Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Slides presented at the final of ClairCity's four webinar series, delivered as an alternative to their planned in-person conference. Sophie spoke alongside colleagues Laura Fogg-Rogers and community organisations in Bristol.

The presentation focus... Read More about Resources and top tips for making our engagements inclusive.