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Workpiece surface integrity and productivity when cutting CFRP and GFRP composites using a CO2 laser (2014)
Journal Article
Shyha, I., Kuo, C. L., & Soo, S. L. (2014). Workpiece surface integrity and productivity when cutting CFRP and GFRP composites using a CO2 laser. International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 7(2/3), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMMS.2014.064746

Following a brief literature review, results from tests involving laser cutting of carbon and glass fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP and GFRP) composites are presented. The influence of cutting speed, laser beam power and gas pressure on material remov... Read More about Workpiece surface integrity and productivity when cutting CFRP and GFRP composites using a CO2 laser.

Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, F., Ip, K., Oxizidis, S., & Piroozfar, P. (2014). Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates.

Double skin facades (DSFs) are gaining momentum in Europe as a low-energy design technique for the refurbishments of office buildings due to their potential to act as a thermal buffer in winter and maximise the use of natural ventilation in... Read More about Energy and comfort analysis of glazed double skin facades for refurbishments in temperate climates.

How to train your DragonBot: Socially assistive robots for teaching children about nutrition through play (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Short, E., Swift-Spong, K., Greczek, J., Ramachandran, A., Litoiu, A., Grigore, E. C., Feil-Seifer, D., Shuster, S., Lee, J. J., Huang, S., Levonisova, S., Litz, S., Li, J., Ragusa, G., Spruijt-Metz, D., Mataric, M., & Scassellati, B. (2014, August). How to train your DragonBot: Socially assistive robots for teaching children about nutrition through play. Presented at The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Edinburgh, UK

This paper describes an extended (6-session) interaction between an ethnically and geographically diverse group of 26 first-grade children and the DragonBot robot in the context of learning about healthy food choices. We find that children demonstrat... Read More about How to train your DragonBot: Socially assistive robots for teaching children about nutrition through play.

Briefing Education Malaysia (EM) UK & Ireland (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2014, October). Briefing Education Malaysia (EM) UK & Ireland. Presented at Fresher’s Meet and Greet with Education Malaysia 2014, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements (2014)
Journal Article
Machimbarrena, M., Monteiro, C. R. A., Pedersoli, S., Johansson, R., & Smith, S. (2015). Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements. Applied Acoustics, 89, 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.09.018

In building acoustics the measurement uncertainty of sound insulation measurements is traditionally either not reported or reported as stated in the corresponding standard ISO 12999–1:2014. Determination and application of measurement uncertainties i... Read More about Uncertainty determination of in situ airborne sound insulation measurements.

Dynamics of an oscillating Stirling heat pump (2014)
Journal Article
Barreno, I., Costa, S., Cordon, M., Urrutibeascoa, I., Gomez, X., & Mateos, M. (2014). Dynamics of an oscillating Stirling heat pump. Applied Energy, 136, 704-711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.080

In this paper, a promising heat pump based on Stirling technology is examined. Based on the volume variation produced by the oscillating displacement of two pistons, the advantages of this particular system lie in the elimination of a transmission me... Read More about Dynamics of an oscillating Stirling heat pump.

Form finding and structural analysis of actively bent timber grid shells (2014)
Journal Article
D’Amico, B., Kermani, A., & Zhang, H. (2014). Form finding and structural analysis of actively bent timber grid shells. Engineering Structures, 81, 195-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.09.043

Grid shells are efficient structural systems covering large open spaces with relatively small amount of materials. Also, post forming techniques allow realization of geometrically complex (free-form) shapes by means of standard connection systems. Ho... Read More about Form finding and structural analysis of actively bent timber grid shells.

Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market (2014)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2014). Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market. Research in Transportation Economics, 48, 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2014.09.049

The pure free market will theoretically result in economic efficiency being achieved. At the heart of this proposition is the idea of consumer sovereignty, where producers that best meet the material wants of consumers will be the most successful. Wi... Read More about Performance, profit and consumer sovereignty in the English deregulated bus market.

Enhancement of viberational serviceability performance of metal web joist timber floors using strongbacks (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, B., Kermani, A., & Fillingham, T. (2014, October). Enhancement of viberational serviceability performance of metal web joist timber floors using strongbacks. Presented at 10th Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering

Enhancement of vibrational serviceability performance of metal web joist timber floors using strongbacks.

When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money? (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money?

How safe is Microsoft Windows? After all, the list of malware that has caused major headaches worldwide over the last 15 years is long – viruses, worms and Trojans have forced computers to shut down, knocked South Korea offline and even overloaded Go... Read More about When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money?.

TG1/201410/40rev: Derivation of MTG 960, mtgBATCH 962 and mtgBATCH 966 grading machine settings for green British Spruce (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ridley-Ellis, D. TG1/201410/40rev: Derivation of MTG 960, mtgBATCH 962 and mtgBATCH 966 grading machine settings for green British Spruce

Confidential report for CEN TC124 WG2 TG1 Grading machines: MTG 960, mtgBATCH 962, mtgBATCH 966 Manufacturer: Brookhuis Micro Electronics bv Growth area: United Kingdom + Republic of Ireland Species: Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) Norway spruc... Read More about TG1/201410/40rev: Derivation of MTG 960, mtgBATCH 962 and mtgBATCH 966 grading machine settings for green British Spruce.

TG1/201410/31rev: Derivation of MTG 920, mtgBATCH 922 and mtgBATCH 926 grading machine settings for UK larch (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ridley-Ellis, D. TG1/201410/31rev: Derivation of MTG 920, mtgBATCH 922 and mtgBATCH 926 grading machine settings for UK larch

Confidential report for CEN TC124 WG2 TG1 Grading machines: MTG 920, mtgBATCH 922, mtgBATCH 926 Manufacturer: Brookhuis Micro Electronics bv Growth area: United Kingdom Species: European larch Larix decidua Hybrid larch Larix x eurolepsis Japa... Read More about TG1/201410/31rev: Derivation of MTG 920, mtgBATCH 922 and mtgBATCH 926 grading machine settings for UK larch.

TG1/201410/33rev: Derivation of MTG 920, mtgBATCH 922 and mtgBATCH 926 grading machine settings for British Spruce (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ridley-Ellis, D. TG1/201410/33rev: Derivation of MTG 920, mtgBATCH 922 and mtgBATCH 926 grading machine settings for British Spruce

Confidential report for CEN TC124 WG2 TG1 Grading machines: MTG 920, mtgBATCH 922, mtgBATCH 926 Manufacturer: Brookhuis Micro Electronics bv Growth area: United Kingdom + Republic of Ireland Species: Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) Norway spruc... Read More about TG1/201410/33rev: Derivation of MTG 920, mtgBATCH 922 and mtgBATCH 926 grading machine settings for British Spruce.

TG1/201410/34rev: Derivation of MTG 960, mtgBATCH 962 and mtgBATCH 966 grading machine settings for British Spruce (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ridley-Ellis, D. TG1/201410/34rev: Derivation of MTG 960, mtgBATCH 962 and mtgBATCH 966 grading machine settings for British Spruce

Confidential report for CEN TC124 WG2 TG1 Grading machines: MTG 960, mtgBATCH 962, mtgBATCH 966 Manufacturer: Brookhuis Micro Electronics bv Growth area: United Kingdom + Republic of Ireland Species: Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) Norway spruc... Read More about TG1/201410/34rev: Derivation of MTG 960, mtgBATCH 962 and mtgBATCH 966 grading machine settings for British Spruce.

User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients (2014)
Book Chapter
Mival, O., & Benyon, D. (2015). User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients. In S. Fricker, C. Thuemmler, & A. Gavras (Eds.), Requirements Engineering for Digital Health and Care (117-131). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5_6

UX design is concerned with all the issues that go into providing an engaging and enjoyable experience for people in both the short and longer term. This is more than mere functionality and includes aesthetics, pleasure, and emotional engagement in t... Read More about User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients.

Digital Health (2014)
Book Chapter
Thuemmler, C. (2015). Digital Health. In S. Fricker, C. Thümmler, & A. Gavras (Eds.), Requirements Engineering for Digital Health (1-23). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5_1

Healthcare is the biggest and fastest growing industry in the world and is one of the domains that are expected to grow significantly over decades to come. Underlying cause for this are the current demographic developments which are showing similar p... Read More about Digital Health.

Investigating undesired spatial and temporal boundary effects of congestion charging (2014)
Journal Article
Ge, Y., Stewart, K., Sun, B., Ban, X., & Zhang, S. (2016). Investigating undesired spatial and temporal boundary effects of congestion charging. Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, 4(2), 135-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/21680566.2014.961044

Two types of reported problems are related to the existing congestion charging projects that levy traffic only in a certain area within one or a few time periods during the day. One is that travellers depart earlier or later than a charging period to... Read More about Investigating undesired spatial and temporal boundary effects of congestion charging.

Modelling the impact of outsourcing decisions on facilities management service-level performance: a case of Nigeria’s public hospitals (2014)
Journal Article
Ikediashi, D., & Mbamali, I. (2014). Modelling the impact of outsourcing decisions on facilities management service-level performance: a case of Nigeria’s public hospitals. Construction Management and Economics, 32(11), 1130-1147. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2014.961497

The evolving trends within the facilities management (FM) domain over the past decades mean that it is becoming increasingly complex while the interrelationship between FM services provision and the decision to outsource has added more pressure to th... Read More about Modelling the impact of outsourcing decisions on facilities management service-level performance: a case of Nigeria’s public hospitals.

iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too

The computer operating systems and applications we use today have often evolved over many years, decades even, and contain tens or hundreds of millions of lines of code. Flaws in that code – and there will always be some – give rise to security probl... Read More about iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too.

An FEA study on the role of the source unload rate on the AE source identification in pipes (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abolle-Okoyeagu, J. (2014, October). An FEA study on the role of the source unload rate on the AE source identification in pipes. Presented at 2nd Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering (IMPEE) conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh