Projects (566)

Computational analysis of a zero-carbon hydrogen fuelled thermal engine for heavy duty transport applications Oct 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
Two types of transport which are currently challenging to decarbonize and electrify are heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and ships. HDVs and ships are predominantly powered by compression ignition (CI) engines fueled with diesel. Hydrogen use in CI engines... Read More about Computational analysis of a zero-carbon hydrogen fuelled thermal engine for heavy duty transport applications.

SIRT 2021-2022 (WP1&2) Sep 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2025
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 2021-2022 (WP1&2).

A critical evaluation of large scale direct-drive wind turbine electrical machines manufacturing techniques considering sustainability aspects and recyclability issues Nov 22, 2021 - Sep 21, 2022
Direct-driven generators are low speed machines requiring robust and heavy supporting structures capable of withstanding a demanding set of loads. It has been reported that at least 2/3 of the total machine mass corresponds to the supporting structur... Read More about A critical evaluation of large scale direct-drive wind turbine electrical machines manufacturing techniques considering sustainability aspects and recyclability issues.

Researching and proposing a standard rule of responsibility for embodied carbon emissions through the value chain Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2026
Researching and proposing a standard rule of responsibility for embodied carbon emissions through the value chain

Golf Scorecard Software & Electronics Oct 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
To digitise the scorecard for game of golf for a company.

Texonomy Prize Challenge - British Council Researchers Link Climate Challenge Aug 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2022
The project is funded by British Council and led by Northumbria University at Newcastle. It is part of the "Researcher Link Climate Challenge" funding to establish links between early career researchers in the UK and Pakistan universities with the ai... Read More about Texonomy Prize Challenge - British Council Researchers Link Climate Challenge.

Scoping an AI Powered Peer Advice System for Creative Freelancers Nov 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
The aim of this project is to conduct an enhanced scoping exercise to establish the feasibility and parameters of creating an AI powered system (such as a ‘chatbot’) to offer advice to creative freelancers on common contracting questions, such as pri... Read More about Scoping an AI Powered Peer Advice System for Creative Freelancers.

Essential Evidence 4 Scotland (3) Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
Such concise summarisation of sustainable transport-related topics is part of what is known of as Translational research. This tool can be powerful in providing practitioners with targeted evidence summaries when they have neither time, knowledge of,... Read More about Essential Evidence 4 Scotland (3).

Sentinel: Security alert level automation Nov 1, 2021 - Jan 31, 2022
Prototype a SaaS platform for automation of risk assessment, management and associated security alerts as a service in high risk areas of the world. The core will be implementation of a prototype machine learning platform, together with development... Read More about Sentinel: Security alert level automation.

Dolphin Wave Energy Device Computational Analysis Jan 31, 2022 - Apr 30, 2022
This project’s objectives are:
To evaluate the device design and optimise it for maximum power output using the following techniques:
A CAD model of the device
A Finite Elements Analysis (CFD) model
A Blade Optimisation and materials selection in... Read More about Dolphin Wave Energy Device Computational Analysis.

IV: Radio Frequency (RF) Tracker Oct 4, 2021 - Apr 3, 2022
The company has developed a brand new concept for personal RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tracker and locator pendant, for use with a RFID tag attached to hearing aids. Whist investigating the technology needed for an optimal product, it becam... Read More about IV: Radio Frequency (RF) Tracker.

Redevelopment of the Rough reservoir as a hydrogen storage facility Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2023
To numerically assess the performance of the Rough gas facility as a hydrogen storage facility using an alternative cushion gas such as CO2, it requires a numerical simulator which is capable of modelling thermodynamics of the gas mixture and multi-p... Read More about Redevelopment of the Rough reservoir as a hydrogen storage facility.

Link Forty2 Feb 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
The aim of the project is to design a recruitment service for jobseekers and employers in the form of a software system, e.g., a web service or mobile app. The system is intended to re-define and speed up the recruitment process and lower the recruit... Read More about Link Forty2.

Scottish Gaelic Generation for Exhibitions Feb 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
Developing resources and prototype systems for Natural Language Generation in Scottish Gaelic for cultural and artistic exhibits.

Platform to platform: an investigation into audience engagement with digitised archives and its transformative impact across different online formats Feb 2, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
This project was closely tied to two goals of the AHRC/Creative Informatics call: unlocking value from digitised heritage content, and online performance.
In respect of ‘unlocking value from digitised heritage’, the practical aspect of the research... Read More about Platform to platform: an investigation into audience engagement with digitised archives and its transformative impact across different online formats.

Security and Privacy in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks Mar 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2024
The great leap forward in wireless communications technology drives the recent advancements of Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs). As a key part of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) framework, VANETs offer active road safety, and traffic e... Read More about Security and Privacy in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks.

BSL in Embodied Music Interaction Feb 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2023
This is an exploratory study in the field of Embodied Music Interaction (EMI) to greater understand how British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters categorise music for the hearing impaired. EMI looks at how music makes us move, the affordances of soun... Read More about BSL in Embodied Music Interaction.

Novel portable aluminum-air battery: A green technology for sustainable power generation via circular economy approach Mar 31, 2022 - Mar 30, 2023
The main aim of this research is to produce a high performance portable cellulose-based aluminium-air battery. Based on this aim, several specific objectives are outlined as the following:
1. To process high purity cellulose nanofibrils from water h... Read More about Novel portable aluminum-air battery: A green technology for sustainable power generation via circular economy approach.

TRUST AND PRIVACY PRESERVING COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR CROSSBORDER FEDERATION OF PERSONAL DATA Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
As we live in a data-driven era, the emergence of interdisciplinary, geographically dispersed, data repositories, is inevitable. The fact that these repositories do not necessarily abide with existing interdisciplinary data representation standards,... Read More about TRUST AND PRIVACY PRESERVING COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR CROSSBORDER FEDERATION OF PERSONAL DATA.

Integration and re-engineering of architectural heritage in Guangxi, Inner Mongolia minority regions in China with UK modern bio-based construction technology Jan 16, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Architecture is frozen music. Architectural heritage is a crystallization of arts, engineering, culture and history, carrying the ancient wisdom of different nations, an indelible mark of human-nature interactions, and undoubtedly, a national treasur... Read More about Integration and re-engineering of architectural heritage in Guangxi, Inner Mongolia minority regions in China with UK modern bio-based construction technology.