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An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharma, S., Sellami, N., Tahir, A., & Mallick, T. (2016). An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material. In Proceedings of the 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and E

A novel Window-Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic (WICPV) system proposed suitable for window integration, has been fabricated and characterised at 1000 Wm-2 (higher irradiance)and 500 Wm-2 (lower irradiance). This paper investigates the use of a c... Read More about An Experimental Investigation into Passive Temperature Regulation of a Novel WICPV System with Phase Change Material.

Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, W., Paul, M., Sellami, N., Mallick, T., & Knox, A. (2016). Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell. In 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics a

Crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is a solar energy device used to increase the photovoltaic (PV) cell electrical power output. CCPC’s thermal and optical performance issues are equally important for a PV cell or module to work under a f... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a crossed compound parabolic concentrator with PV cell.

The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2016). The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution. In OEE2: The Second Workshop on Open-Ended Evolution

Biological and social systems are considered as a flux of interacting components that transiently participate in interactions with other system components as part of the system. This suggests that any simulated system undergoing open ended evolution... Read More about The Infiniteness of Open Ended Evolution.

Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saharudin, M., Shyha, I., & Inam, F. (2016). Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites. In ICAME2016 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering

In this study, multi-layered-graphene (MLG) reinforced unsaturated polyester (UP) were prepared by adding different weight percentage of graphene in polyester resin and subsequently cross linked using mixture of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide. The mech... Read More about Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties of Multi-layered Graphene Polyester Composites.

Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Wodehouse, A., Corney, J., MacLachlan, R., & Jagadeesan, A. (2016, June). Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation. Presented at 23rd Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, Glasgow, UK

Innovation is critical to sustain in prevailing competitive business environments. Industries need effective innovation strategies in-practice to develop and deliver novel products and services swiftly. In order to implement innovation strategies eff... Read More about Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation.

Fibre Grating-based Sensor Design for Humidity Measurement in Chemically Harsh Environment (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alwis, L. S. M., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. V. (2016, September). Fibre Grating-based Sensor Design for Humidity Measurement in Chemically Harsh Environment. Presented at 30th anniversary Eurosensors Conference – Eurosensors 2016, Budapest, Hungary

A temperature compensated Relative Humidity (RH) sensor incorporating Fibre Bragg Gratings (FBGs) has been developed to be tested in extremely harsh gaseous acidic environment. One FBG is coated with moisture sensitive polymer while the other was use... Read More about Fibre Grating-based Sensor Design for Humidity Measurement in Chemically Harsh Environment.

Better for everyone: an approach to multimodal network design considering equity. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Camporeale, R., Caggiani, L., Fonzone, A., & Ottomanelli, M. (2016, June). Better for everyone: an approach to multimodal network design considering equity. Presented at International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport, Munich, Germany

We propose a formulation of the Network Design Problem (NDP) to support transport planners in dealing with multimodal networks in contexts characterised by different (and sometimes conflicting) interests and limited resources in a transparent way. We... Read More about Better for everyone: an approach to multimodal network design considering equity..

Distribution Power Loss Minimization Via Distributed Generation, Capacitor and Network Reconfiguration (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhtazaruddin, M., Bani, N., Mohd Aris, S., Jalil, S., Mad Kaidi, H., Muhammad-Sukki, F., …Abd Fatah, A. (2016, December). Distribution Power Loss Minimization Via Distributed Generation, Capacitor and Network Reconfiguration. Paper presented at Interna

This paper presents a solution to solve the network reconfiguration, DG coordination (location and size), and capacitor coordination (location and size), simultaneously. The proposed solution will be determined by using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC). V... Read More about Distribution Power Loss Minimization Via Distributed Generation, Capacitor and Network Reconfiguration.

Frequency Dependence of Electroluminescence Measurement in LDPE (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bani, N., Mohd Aris, S., Jalil, S., Muhtazaruddin, M., Mad Kaidi, H., Syed Abd Rahaman, S., …Ardila Rey, J. (2016, December). Frequency Dependence of Electroluminescence Measurement in LDPE. Paper presented at International Conference on Electrical, Ele

A good insulator for high voltage cable has low dielectric loss, reasonable flexibility and thermo-mechanically stable. However, prolonged application of electrical stresses on the cable will degraded the cable; physically and morphologically. Electr... Read More about Frequency Dependence of Electroluminescence Measurement in LDPE.

Potential of Implementing the Low Concentration Photovoltaic Systems in the United Kingdom (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abu-Bakar, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Freier, D., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Mallick, T., Munir, A., …Muhtazaruddin, M. (2016, December). Potential of Implementing the Low Concentration Photovoltaic Systems in the United Kingdom. Paper presented at International

This paper discusses the prospect of integrating a novel type of low concentration photovoltaic (LCPV) design known as the rotationally asymmetrical compound parabolic concentrator (RACPC) in a building in the United Kingdom. This is done by proposin... Read More about Potential of Implementing the Low Concentration Photovoltaic Systems in the United Kingdom.

The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xie, Y. H., Yang, Z. X., & Barreto, D. (2017). The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (253-264). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-

The mechanical response of granular material depends both on the material properties (e.g. stiffness, anisotropy, permeability, etc.) and particle geometry (shape, roughness, etc.). This paper presents a study of the effect of particle shape (i.e. as... Read More about The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials.

Parking enforcement activity and public attitudes to enforcement: a case study of Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) in the context of the EU Push and Pull project (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rye, T., & Llewellyn, R. (2016, November). Parking enforcement activity and public attitudes to enforcement: a case study of Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) in the context of the EU Push and Pull project. Paper presented at International workshop on the economic

Effective parking enforcement is absolutely critical to the effective operation and to the public acceptability of on-street parking policy. Very little empirically-based academic research has however been devoted to this topic; one of the more rece... Read More about Parking enforcement activity and public attitudes to enforcement: a case study of Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) in the context of the EU Push and Pull project.

Management approaches for Industry 4.0: A human resource management perspective (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shamim, S., Cang, S., Yu, H., & Li, Y. (2016). Management approaches for Industry 4.0: A human resource management perspective. In 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/cec.2016.7748365

Industry 4.0 is characterized by smart manufacturing, implementation of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) for production, i.e., embedded actuators and sensors, networks of microcomputers, and linking the machines to the value chain. It further considers t... Read More about Management approaches for Industry 4.0: A human resource management perspective.

Enhanced performance controller design for stochastic systems by adding extra state estimation onto the existing closed loop control (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, Y., Zhang, Q., & Wang, H. (2016). Enhanced performance controller design for stochastic systems by adding extra state estimation onto the existing closed loop control. In 2016 UKACC 11th International Conference on Control (CONTROL). https://doi.or

To enhance the performance of the tracking property, this paper presents a novel control algorithm for a class of linear dynamic stochastic systems with unmeasurable states, where the performance enhancement loop is established based on Kalman filter... Read More about Enhanced performance controller design for stochastic systems by adding extra state estimation onto the existing closed loop control.

A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaen-Sola, P., & Mcdonald, A. (2016, April). A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components. Presented at 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016), Glasgow, UK

Direct-drive generators are low speed electrical machines requiring robust and large supporting structures designed to resist the significant loads present during assembly and operation. Generator structures have to be stiff, especially in the radial... Read More about A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components.

Modelling the restoration of activity in a biological neural network (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dos Santos, F., Steyn, J. S., & Andras, P. (2016). Modelling the restoration of activity in a biological neural network. In 2016 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) (4672-4679). https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2016.7727813

Understanding the mechanisms of restoration of activity in biological neural systems following exposure to damage is key for design of future neuro-prosthetic devices and restorative treatments. The pyloric rhythm network within the crustacean stomat... Read More about Modelling the restoration of activity in a biological neural network.

Cellulose as a Pore Former in Electroless Co-Deposited Anodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turnbull, R., Davidson, A., Shearer, N., & Wilson, C. (2016). Cellulose as a Pore Former in Electroless Co-Deposited Anodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. In Proceedings of the 12th EUROPEAN SOFC & SOE FORUM (1-11)

A study was conducted to investigate the feasibility of cellulose as a pore former in the manufacture of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) anodes using Electroless Co-Deposition (ECD). Previous work into the use of ECD to produce SOFC anodes has found tha... Read More about Cellulose as a Pore Former in Electroless Co-Deposited Anodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.

Wind Power (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2016, October). Wind Power. Presented at Research Presentation, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow

Identifying smart design attributes for Industry 4.0 customization using a clustering Genetic Algorithm (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saldivar, A. A. F., Goh, C., Li, Y., Chen, Y., & Yu, H. (2016). Identifying smart design attributes for Industry 4.0 customization using a clustering Genetic Algorithm. In 2016 22nd International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). https://doi

Industry 4.0 aims at achieving mass customization at a mass production cost. A key component to realizing this is accurate prediction of customer needs and wants, which is however a challenging issue due to the lack of smart analytics tools. This pap... Read More about Identifying smart design attributes for Industry 4.0 customization using a clustering Genetic Algorithm.