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An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks (2019)
Journal Article
Dakanali, I., & Marinelli, A. (2019). An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (Fract

The present work aims at investigating the mechanisms activated during the extraction of titanium bars from a marble volume (pull-out phenomenon), used for rejoining fragmented marble structural members at the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens. Th... Read More about An experimental study on restoration technique for the Acropolis of Athens: developing the experimental set-up for pull-out testing of titanium bars embedded in marble blocks.

Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Enhanced Performance via an Optimized Low Permittivity Substrate (2019)
Journal Article
Min, G., Manjakkal, L., Mulvihill, D. M., & Dahiya, R. S. (2020). Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Enhanced Performance via an Optimized Low Permittivity Substrate. IEEE Sensors Journal, 20(13), 6856-6862. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2019.2938605

With electrical power generated from mechanical contact, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) offer a promising route to realizing self-powered sensors. For effective usage, it is important to improve their limited power range (0.1–100 mW/cm 2 ) and... Read More about Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Enhanced Performance via an Optimized Low Permittivity Substrate.

Monitoring of drinking water quality using automated ATP quantification (2019)
Journal Article
Hansen, C., Kerrouche, A., Tatari, K., Rasmussen, A., Ryan, T., Summersgill, P., …Albrechtsen, H. (2019). Monitoring of drinking water quality using automated ATP quantification. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 165, 105713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j

A microfluidic based system was developed for automated online method for the rapid detection and monitoring of drinking water contamination utilising microbial Adrenosine-5′-Triphosphate (ATP) as a bacterial indicator. The system comprises a polymet... Read More about Monitoring of drinking water quality using automated ATP quantification.

Design of an Electrically Powered Rickshaw, for Use in India (2019)
Journal Article
Cochrane, C., Muneer, T., & Fraser, B. (2019). Design of an Electrically Powered Rickshaw, for Use in India. Energies, 12(17), 3346. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12173346

The main aim of this article is to present research findings related to the design of an electric rickshaw for use in Kolkata, India, identifying weaknesses in the current cycle rickshaw, developing a design solution to address problems found, and ex... Read More about Design of an Electrically Powered Rickshaw, for Use in India.

Transferred versus local Safety Performance Functions: A geographical analysis considering two European case studies (2019)
Journal Article
Intini, P., Berloco, N., Binetti, R., Fonzone, A., Ranieri, V., & Colonna, P. (2019). Transferred versus local Safety Performance Functions: A geographical analysis considering two European case studies. Safety Science, 120, 906-921. https://doi.org/10.10

Two main approaches can be used to predict road accidents: transferring existing Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) from other areas (transferred SPFs), and developing local SPFs. Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages, and are affected b... Read More about Transferred versus local Safety Performance Functions: A geographical analysis considering two European case studies.

Improved non-contact 3D field and processing techniques to achieve macrotexture characterisation of pavements (2019)
Journal Article
Edmondson, V., Woodward, J., Lim, M., Kane, M., Martin, J., & Shyha, I. (2019). Improved non-contact 3D field and processing techniques to achieve macrotexture characterisation of pavements. Construction and Building Materials, 227, Article 116693. https:

Macrotexture is required on pavements to provide skid resistance for vehicle safety in wet conditions. Increasingly, correlations between macrotexture measurements captured using non-contact techniques and tyre-pavement contact friction are being inv... Read More about Improved non-contact 3D field and processing techniques to achieve macrotexture characterisation of pavements.

Origin of the large electrostrain in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 based lead-free ceramics (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, G., Fan, Z., Murakami, S., Lu, Z., Hall, D. A., Sinclair, D. C., …Reaney, I. M. (2019). Origin of the large electrostrain in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 based lead-free ceramics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(37), 21254-21263. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta

High electrostrain and breakdown strength (1 − x)BiFeO3-0.3BaTiO3-xNd(Li0.5Nb0.5)O3 (BF-BT-xNLN) ceramics were studied by in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) in combination with Rietveld refinement and conventional transmission electron micro... Read More about Origin of the large electrostrain in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 based lead-free ceramics.

Design of an absorptive reflective crossed CPC PV/T system (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alamoudi, A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Prabhu, R., & Sellami, N. (2019). Design of an absorptive reflective crossed CPC PV/T system. In 15th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-15) (050001). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5124186

Buildings make up 40% of the EU’s primary energy consumption and reducing this consumption through the use of building integrated concentrating photovoltaics (BICPV) is a potential solution to mitigate climate change. This study proposes an absorptiv... Read More about Design of an absorptive reflective crossed CPC PV/T system.

Modelling IoT devices communication employing representative operation modes to reveal traffic generation characteristics (2019)
Journal Article
Barakat, B., Keates, S., Wassell, I. J., & Arshad, K. (2021). Modelling IoT devices communication employing representative operation modes to reveal traffic generation characteristics. International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 3

Several traffic models for the Internet of Things (IoT) have been proposed in the literature. However, they can be considered as heuristic models since they only reflect the stochastic characteristic of the generated traffic. In this paper, we propos... Read More about Modelling IoT devices communication employing representative operation modes to reveal traffic generation characteristics.

Building Sustainability Assessment Method (BSAM) - for Countries in sub-Saharan region (2019)
Data
Olawumi, T., & Chan, D. W. (2019). Building Sustainability Assessment Method (BSAM) - for Countries in sub-Saharan region. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17632/jvjm5h8md3.1

This repository contains the full documentation for the BSAM scheme (green rating system) for countries in the sub-Saharan region of Africa. The BSAM scheme forms part of a research project funded by the Sustainable City Lab and the Department of... Read More about Building Sustainability Assessment Method (BSAM) - for Countries in sub-Saharan region.

Comparative Evaluation of the Effect of Pore Size and Temperature on Gas Transport in Nano-Structured Ceramic Membranes for Biogas Upgrading (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ogunlude, P., Abunumah, O., Orakwe, I., Shehu, H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Gobina, E. (2019, August). Comparative Evaluation of the Effect of Pore Size and Temperature on Gas Transport in Nano-Structured Ceramic Membranes for Biogas Upgrading. Paper present

As a result of rising economies and environmental constraints, the demand for clean and renewable sources of energy is fast increasing. Biogas is a renewable form of energy that fits all expectations in terms of delivery, cost, and greenhouse emissio... Read More about Comparative Evaluation of the Effect of Pore Size and Temperature on Gas Transport in Nano-Structured Ceramic Membranes for Biogas Upgrading.

Quantification of chemical changes taking place in spruce wood structure following long period thermal treatment (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Popescu, C., Ridley-Ellis, D., & Popescu, M. (2019, August). Quantification of chemical changes taking place in spruce wood structure following long period thermal treatment. Paper presented at 2DCOS-10, The 10th International Symposium on Two-dimensional

Wood is a natural composite polymer containing different amounts of cellulose, lignin and hemicelluloses and some other low molecular compounds (i.e. extractives). Due to its structure wood is susceptible to degradation in the surrounding environment... Read More about Quantification of chemical changes taking place in spruce wood structure following long period thermal treatment.

Futures Studies & the Circular Economy: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Development (2019)
Journal Article
Weigend Rodríguez, R., Pomponi, F., & D’Amico, B. (2019). Futures Studies & the Circular Economy: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Development. Economia Creativa, 11, 38-60. https://doi.org/10.46840/ec.2019.11.03

While the Circular Economy (CE) is gaining traction as a new economic paradigm to overcome the linear economy, it has not yet developed an understanding on how to transition from the present into the future. What if the future is different from what... Read More about Futures Studies & the Circular Economy: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Development.

Noise Cancellation for HIPERLAN/2 with Open Loop Transmit Diversity Technique (2019)
Journal Article
Yahya, M. A., Alsaif, O. I., Saleh, I. A., Abdulkhaleq, A. M., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2019). Noise Cancellation for HIPERLAN/2 with Open Loop Transmit Diversity Technique. Inventions, 4(3), Article 46. https://doi

A new proposed method is presented, where multiple antennas have been applied into HIPERLAN/2 system in addition to employing space-time diversity technique, especially the Alamouti technique. The suggested approach is used to cancel or reduce the ef... Read More about Noise Cancellation for HIPERLAN/2 with Open Loop Transmit Diversity Technique.

Finite field regime for a quantum spin liquid in α−RuCl3 (2019)
Journal Article
Balz, C., Lampen-Kelley, P., Banerjee, A., Yan, J., Lu, Z., Hu, X., …Nagler, S. E. (2019). Finite field regime for a quantum spin liquid in α−RuCl3. Physical Review B, 100(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.100.060405

An external magnetic field can induce a transition in α−RuCl3 from an ordered zigzag state to a disordered state that is possibly related to the Kitaev quantum spin liquid. Here, we present field-dependent inelastic neutron scattering and magnetocalo... Read More about Finite field regime for a quantum spin liquid in α−RuCl3.

Driven Performance of Electric Vehicles in Edinburgh and Its Environs (2019)
Journal Article
Milligan, R., Etxebarria, S., Muneer, T., & Jadraque Gago, E. (2019). Driven Performance of Electric Vehicles in Edinburgh and Its Environs. Energies, 12(16), 3074. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12163074

Fuelled by energy security problems and urban air pollution challenges, several countries worldwide have set the objective to gradually eliminate petrol and diesel cars. The increasing support from government and demands for environmental friendly me... Read More about Driven Performance of Electric Vehicles in Edinburgh and Its Environs.

Printed Temperature Sensor based on Graphene Oxide/PEDOT:PSS (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soni, M., Bhattacharjee, M., Manjakkal, L., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Printed Temperature Sensor based on Graphene Oxide/PEDOT:PSS. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps.2019

Temperature is an important physical parameter which need to be monitored for various applications ranging from health monitoring to robotics [1] , [2]. In humans, accurate measurement of the variations in the skin temperature is utilized for investi... Read More about Printed Temperature Sensor based on Graphene Oxide/PEDOT:PSS.

Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manjakkal, L., Soni, M., Yogeswaran, N., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps.2019.8792319

Circular economy focussing on the reuse and recycling of materials is gaining significant interest these days as the concern for environment sustainability is increasing [1] - [3] . In this regard, printed electronics or green electronics is being pr... Read More about Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor.

Survey dataset on fusing RFID with mobile technology for efficient safety of construction professionals (2019)
Journal Article
Osunsanmi, T. O., Oke, A. E., & Aigbavboa, C. O. (2019). Survey dataset on fusing RFID with mobile technology for efficient safety of construction professionals. Data in Brief, 25, Article 104290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104290

The fourth industrial revolution has encouraged technologies such as the RFID fused with mobile software for monitoring construction workers on site. In this dataset, a structured questionnaire was design directed to thirty-four (34) construction pro... Read More about Survey dataset on fusing RFID with mobile technology for efficient safety of construction professionals.

Critical success factors for building information modelling (BIM) implementation in Hong Kong (2019)
Journal Article
Chan, D. W., Olawumi, T. O., & Ho, A. M. (2019). Critical success factors for building information modelling (BIM) implementation in Hong Kong. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(9), 1838-1854. https://doi.org/10.1108/ecam-05-2018-

Purpose – Some initiatives have been proposed and implemented to facilitate successful project delivery and improve coordination and collaboration in the design, construction and management phases of project development. Building information modeling... Read More about Critical success factors for building information modelling (BIM) implementation in Hong Kong.