Projects (566)

North Lands Creative Jun 12, 2019 - Dec 11, 2019
North Lands Creative is the only open access dedicated glass studio in Scotland and one of a very small number in Europe.
Sustainability, perceived environmental impact and cost prevent the facility being used to its full potential and is restricti... Read More about North Lands Creative.

Tenement refurbishment trial Jan 14, 2019 - Feb 29, 2020
Thermal pre & post intervention trial evaluation of tenements in Central belt of Scotland. The trials will document and measure the process of surveying the dwelling, conduct U-value, thermography and desktop evaluations of the pre and post stages of... Read More about Tenement refurbishment trial.

Eyecademy: Innovation Voucher for Food Provenance Aug 1, 2018 - Nov 30, 2018
This project will focus on the building of a food provenance platform based on distributed ledger technologies

Hypervine: Innovation Voucher Construction Site Safety Enhancement Aug 1, 2018 - Nov 30, 2018
This focuses on the use of distributed ledger technologies to manage both compliance events such as signing off on work and also document management

Next Generation Connectivity with Health and Well-being Oct 1, 2018 - Jul 2, 2021
This project will investigate existing consumer tech, IOT and connectivity capabilities for simulation activities.

Napier and DHI will explore a range of technologies that can connect to DHI’s simulation infrastructure by collaboratively approach... Read More about Next Generation Connectivity with Health and Well-being.

Design a smart system for pathogens detection in bathing waters Apr 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2025
Monitoring the quality of recreational waters such as beaches and rivers is becoming a global concern to protect human health (e.g. the EU Bathing Water Directive (BWD) in Europe). In Scotland, water quality at 86 designated bathing water sites is as... Read More about Design a smart system for pathogens detection in bathing waters.

Kippitech: Innovation Voucher for Incentivising Green Behaviour with Tokens Dec 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2019
This will investigate the feasibility of incentivising environmentally friendly behaviours through rewards given in tokens as well as IoT wearables to discover this behaviour and reward automatically.

Statistical mechanis of particle breakage, fragmentation and shape evolution during shearing of granular materials Feb 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2019
This is a follow on project, which aims to use statistical entropy concepts to understand the behaviour of granular materials, and will fund a 4-week stay in Hungary to work with Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Obuda University and U... Read More about Statistical mechanis of particle breakage, fragmentation and shape evolution during shearing of granular materials.

Innovative Leaf Sprung Diaphragm Building System Jan 21, 2019 - Apr 22, 2019
Our aim with aaltspace is to produce an enhanced innovative, lightweight timber framed building system that is visually distinct and beautiful to look at, flexible in use, environmentally considerate and surpasses current market competitors’ product... Read More about Innovative Leaf Sprung Diaphragm Building System.

Retrofit Evaluation of Non Domestic Buildings in Scotland prior to 4th Generation Heat Networks Oct 1, 2018 - Oct 31, 2022
The development of a 4th generation smart heating and cooling network is an emerging technology to supply low carbon heat. However, the technology relies on low-temperature flow delivery temperatures whereas most existing buildings are designed to ru... Read More about Retrofit Evaluation of Non Domestic Buildings in Scotland prior to 4th Generation Heat Networks.

An Autonomous Bus Service from Park & Ride Across Forth Bridge to Edinburgh Park Train & Tram Interchange Apr 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2023
Project CAV Forth, led by Fusion Processing, will bring together organisations from across the UK to develop a high capacity Autonomous Bus Pilot Service across the Forth Bridge – a UNESCO World Heritage site. The project will convert five full-size... Read More about An Autonomous Bus Service from Park & Ride Across Forth Bridge to Edinburgh Park Train & Tram Interchange.

Gaze tracking through in-ear sensing Jan 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2019
Eye-tracking is an increasingly popular technique in which user’s eye movements are captured by a computer system, allowing it to ascertain where the user is looking in a display or visual scene (fixations), and the sequence in which these fixations... Read More about Gaze tracking through in-ear sensing.

Research Impact and Value in Library and Information Science (RIVAL) Network Feb 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2021
This project developed a formal Scotland-wide network of LIS researchers and practitioners, to help spread expertise into a connected practitioner community across all LIS sectors through high quality training and opportunities for knowledge exchange... Read More about Research Impact and Value in Library and Information Science (RIVAL) Network.

Renewables to Potatoes Cold Storage for Energy Efficient Agriculture Jan 7, 2019 - Feb 28, 2019
Cononsyth Farm currently has renewable power generation through a wind turbine (330 kWp) and solar array (100 kWp). The farm also has significant cooling needs, in this case due to potato storage sheds. However the cooling load isn’t well optimised w... Read More about Renewables to Potatoes Cold Storage for Energy Efficient Agriculture.

Essential Evidence for Scotland Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019
Translational research can be powerful in providing practitioners with targeted evidence summaries when they have neither time, knowledge of, nor access to much of the peer reviewed evidence base. The value of de-jargonised summaries of robust academ... Read More about Essential Evidence for Scotland.

Holistic Energy and Resource Integration for Distilling Dec 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2019
Traditionally energy balance in distilling has focused around process function or operation. The intention of this study is to develop a holistic approach; which includes aspects such as availability and redundancy of energy producing and absorbing e... Read More about Holistic Energy and Resource Integration for Distilling.

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.