Projects (531)

Career information literacy and decision-making Oct 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2023
The main aim of this doctoral study is to generate new knowledge on career development learning with reference to decision-making amongst young people in S2-S6 preparing for their lives beyond school education. As well as developing theoretical insig... Read More about Career information literacy and decision-making.

Harmonisation of Timber Frame to Eurocode 5 Dec 16, 2018 - Mar 31, 2019
To undertake a structural analysis of a series of timber frame buildings to determine the implication of harmonising to Eurocode 5.

PhD Studentship 2019: Work Based Learning and Firm Performance Oct 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2025
The PhD studentship project will analyse the benefits and challenges of work-based learning (WBL) in organisations and develop a maturity model for benchmarking and a toolkit for maximising value and performance

Critical Infrastructure Protection & ICT Gender Equality (Women in IT) Guest Speaker's Travel Grant Nov 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018
1st event: a speaker for the Cyber Security Conference (Critical Infrastructure Protection) (200 words):

Industrial Control Systems(ICS) are widely used in critical infrastructure such as nuclear power plants, water, and transportation industries... Read More about Critical Infrastructure Protection & ICT Gender Equality (Women in IT) Guest Speaker's Travel Grant.

Shared Secret Steganography for Usable Mnemonic Based Security Mar 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2020
This project will use steganography technology and shared secrets to improve the usability of the process of recovering cryptocurrency/distributed ledger wallet. It will do so by encoding parts of the recovery mnemonic within images, which can then b... Read More about Shared Secret Steganography for Usable Mnemonic Based Security.

Continental Style Zebra Crossings Dec 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2022
This project is to assess the feasibility of making continental style zebra crossings legal on Scotland's roads and to test their impact on pedestrian safety, attitudes and experience. Scotland provides a good testing ground for new initiatives that... Read More about Continental Style Zebra Crossings.

BikeSenz: getting to grips with cyclists' comfort. Jul 8, 2019 - Oct 7, 2019
Although the overall benefits of cycling to health and wellbeing are well understood, the prevalence of several painful and debilitating injuries of the wrist, including ulnar neuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome is relatively high amongst cyclists.... Read More about BikeSenz: getting to grips with cyclists' comfort..

SIRT 2018-19 (WP1&2) Aug 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2019
Our research activities are focused on understanding the physical and mechanical properties of wood and how these affect its performance in different applications. Our main aim is to better understand how the management site, and climate, of forests... Read More about SIRT 2018-19 (WP1&2).

Context-driven proactively Auto-recognising and Learning Met-bot for Meteorological Disaster Surveillance and Precautious Warning Apr 1, 2019 - Feb 28, 2022
The project aims to advance the autonomy of field robots with a novel approach to developing a new generation of Meteorological Drone Robots (Met-Bot) which will be context-driven, proactively auto-recognising and proactively learning in coping with... Read More about Context-driven proactively Auto-recognising and Learning Met-bot for Meteorological Disaster Surveillance and Precautious Warning.

CupClean - fast coffee cup cleaner Feb 11, 2019 - May 31, 2019
This project is to assist in the research of cleaning coffee cups to a standard acceptable for public use. The research will be used in the development of a product that can be installed in office spaces, which is the first target market.

The aim... Read More about CupClean - fast coffee cup cleaner.

Innovative Engineered Bamboo-Timber Composite Materials Sep 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020
The proposed project aims to 1) develop an innovative prestressed Bamboo-timber Sandwich Composite Beam; 2)
to improve the I-bone Bamboo-timber Composite Beam with the support of the manufacturing expertise and
capacity from the industry.

Hydrogen Powered Distillery for Orkney May 1, 2019 - Oct 14, 2019
A recent study undertaken under the Energy Technology Partnership (PJ0208-EUB) identified hydrogen energy solutions for a craft distillery based on the Islands of Orkney. The proposed solution of utilising locally generated hydrogen to displace both... Read More about Hydrogen Powered Distillery for Orkney.

beX FCS Fund 18/19 Mar 1, 2019 - Dec 1, 2022
Forestry Commission Scotland funds for Innovation Internships, learning journey and Holz Forum Mutual Placemaking Exercise.
These funds are provided to beX for Innovation Internship, Scholarship or Employability support

Monitoring Of Railway Related Infrastructure Using Optical Fibre Sensors Apr 8, 2019 - Mar 28, 2020
Student Placement Innovation Voucher as continuation of earlier Standard Innovation Voucher in partnership with Geo-Info Ltd.
This project aims to extend the earlier project by assessing the performance of the same optical fibre sensors for full sca... Read More about Monitoring Of Railway Related Infrastructure Using Optical Fibre Sensors.

Construction on Peat Jun 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021
Housing Construction on Peatland: Opening up Opportunities and Minimising Disruption through Innovation – Phase 1 Feasibility of Proposed Solutions

Bamboo-Timber Composite Materials for Structural Use Aug 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019
Based on the successful proof-of-concept pioneering timber structures manufactured in the university lab, the proposed project aims to explore the potentials to 1) develop an innovative prestressed Bamboo-timber Sandwich Composite Beam; 2) to improve... Read More about Bamboo-Timber Composite Materials for Structural Use.

CSIC Mass Timber Commercialisaton Dec 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2021
Edinburgh Napier University to investigate and undertake the following tasks:
• Collate, analyse and summarise their research base on mass timber and its viability as a construction technique for the UK construction industry.
• Update figures aroun... Read More about CSIC Mass Timber Commercialisaton.

Research informed teaching of sustainable development in South Africa: The case of 'Local' Building Materials and their Environmental impacts Apr 1, 2019 - Jun 14, 2023
The study examines the properties and benefits of selected local materials (such as clay and recycled elements) and whether their use as construction materials enhances environmental protection. The rationale for this examination stems from the views... Read More about Research informed teaching of sustainable development in South Africa: The case of 'Local' Building Materials and their Environmental impacts.

Optimisation of AirNode mesh nets Sep 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2020
Urban air quality affects the lives of millions, according to WHO statistics air quality contributes to 6.7% of all deaths worldwide. Managing air quality in urban areas is now a priority for governments. In order to manage air quality and to predic... Read More about Optimisation of AirNode mesh nets.

Freemove Innovation Voucher May 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
A project to provide decentralised identity for meeting KYC & AML requirements in the property industry.