Outputs (158)

Interdisciplinary textile design research for material innovation: Synthesising design, science and industry collaboration (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Within the landscape of contemporary textile design research lies a rich site for collaboration, with the opportunity to draw on specialist knowledge across disciplines. This paper argues that Integrating textile design practice with specialist scien... Read More about Interdisciplinary textile design research for material innovation: Synthesising design, science and industry collaboration.

Simulation and experimental analysis of hovering and flight of a quadrotor (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Quadcopters were the first heavier than air vertical take-off landing vehicles. Quadrotors have become increasingly popular in the recent years finding a great variety of applications in different fields such as surveillance and small goods transport... Read More about Simulation and experimental analysis of hovering and flight of a quadrotor.

Immersive Architecture Conference (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Immersive Architecture Conference is the first conference on virtual
reality and augmented reality within architecture, design, real estate and
cultural heritage.
Im-Arch is organized by CGarchitect, the leading online community for
architect... Read More about Immersive Architecture Conference.

Lyra: blurring the line between the physical and virtual to encourage engagement (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This project sought to address concerns about student engagement with a previously handbook-based module and its task-based approach. An aesthetic approach to the challenge was adopted, with an extra layer of meaning being added through external play... Read More about Lyra: blurring the line between the physical and virtual to encourage engagement.

Textile Led Sustainable Innovation for Sportswear (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Laser Moulding For Textiles: Supporting Sustainable Design and Manufacture (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper considers the potential for digital laser technology to facilitate sustainable innovation in the field of textile design and manufacture enabling transition towards a circular economy. Using recent design research as a case study, it discu... Read More about Laser Moulding For Textiles: Supporting Sustainable Design and Manufacture.

Exploiting diverse distance metrics for surrogate-based optimisation of ordering problems (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Surrogate-assisted optimisation has proven success in the continuous domain, but only recently begun to be explored for other representations, in particular permutations. The use of Gaussian kernel-based models has been proposed, but only tested on s... Read More about Exploiting diverse distance metrics for surrogate-based optimisation of ordering problems.

Thermal management of downhole measuring tools using thermoelectric cooling; A numerical and experimental investigation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Vertical seismic profiling (VSP) is a common geophysical technology used in oil and gas investigation in deep wells. VSP provides high resolution and dependable results but is subjected to high temperatures and harsh well environments. As these wells... Read More about Thermal management of downhole measuring tools using thermoelectric cooling; A numerical and experimental investigation.

Textiles design research: from chemistry to craft, towards sustainable design innovation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Academic research in textile design has traditionally been dominated by technical studies situated with science and engineering knowledge frameworks. Increasingly textile designers are undertaking research into technical areas with creative intention... Read More about Textiles design research: from chemistry to craft, towards sustainable design innovation.

Animation - An impossible course (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A talk about the complexities of designing and delivering HE Animation programmes, addressing the multidisciplinary, sticky nature of animation curricula and the challenges of delivering a comprehensive course. It included an investigation of industr... Read More about Animation - An impossible course.

Conventional and renewable energy resources in Oman (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation focuses on the conventional and renewable energy resources in Oman with a specific reference to climate change. The conventional energy resources which Oman is currently using are the oil and gas. These resources also contribute tow... Read More about Conventional and renewable energy resources in Oman.

A method for privacy-preserving context-aware mobile recommendations (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mobile recommender systems aim to solve the information overload problem found by recommending products or services to users of mobile smartphones or tables at any given point in time and in any possible location. Mobile recommender systems are desig... Read More about A method for privacy-preserving context-aware mobile recommendations.

Laser-dyeing for Sustainable Textile Design (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Current industry standards for dyeing woollen textiles use high temperatures and long processing times to aid dye diffusion. The consumption of water, energy and chemicals used in dyeing and finishing processes have been identified as key challenges... Read More about Laser-dyeing for Sustainable Textile Design.

Tooteko: A case study of augmented reality for an accessible cultural heritage. Digitization, 3D printing and sensors for an audio-tactile experience (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Tooteko is a smart ring that allows to navigate any 3D surface with your finger tips and get in return an audio content that is relevant in relation to the part of the surface you are touching in that moment. Tooteko can be applied to any tactile sur... Read More about Tooteko: A case study of augmented reality for an accessible cultural heritage. Digitization, 3D printing and sensors for an audio-tactile experience.

Proposing A Digital Laser-Design Supply Service (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The effect of CO2 laser irradiation on surface and dyeing properties of wool for textile design (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The consumption of water and energy used in current dyeing and finishing processes in the textile industry pose significant environmental concern. By offering alternative solutions to traditional textile wet processing through laser technology, there... Read More about The effect of CO2 laser irradiation on surface and dyeing properties of wool for textile design.

Laser enhanced dyeing of wool for textile design (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A laser assisted dyeing technique for wool based textiles, allowing surface pattering of the textile substrate, is presented in this paper. Laser technology can offer digital design capabilities combined with the ability for bespoke or short run prod... Read More about Laser enhanced dyeing of wool for textile design.

Towards a design for frugal: Review of implications for product design (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Since 2010 the concept of frugal innovation has increasingly attracted the attention of both researchers and industry. Frugal innovation holds much promise in the rapidly changing global economy. It has been suggested that this approach needs to be u... Read More about Towards a design for frugal: Review of implications for product design.