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Thermal Performance through Heat Retention in Integrated Collector-Storage Solar Water Heaters: A Review (2018)
Journal Article
Saint, R. M., Garnier, C., Pomponi, F., & Currie, J. (2018). Thermal Performance through Heat Retention in Integrated Collector-Storage Solar Water Heaters: A Review. Energies, 11(6), 1615. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11061615

Solar thermal systems are a long-standing technology that is receiving increased attention, in terms of research and development, due to ambitious climate change targets and the need for renewable energy solutions. Integrated collector-storage solar... Read More about Thermal Performance through Heat Retention in Integrated Collector-Storage Solar Water Heaters: A Review.

Briefing: BS 8001 and the built environment: a review and critique (2018)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Moncaster, A. (2018). Briefing: BS 8001 and the built environment: a review and critique. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.17.00067

The BSI has recently published the world’s first standard on the Circular Economy. The standard is intentionally broad and inclusive to suit all types of organisations and products. However, when it comes to complex products such as buildings – with... Read More about Briefing: BS 8001 and the built environment: a review and critique.

Wideband printed monopole antenna for application in wireless communication systems (2018)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Ali, A., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018). Wideband printed monopole antenna for application in wireless communication systems. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 12(7), 1222-1230. ht

Empirical results of an electrically small printed monopole antenna is described with fractional bandwidth of 185% (115 MHz–2.90 GHz) for return-loss better than 10 dB, peak gain and radiation efficiency at 1.45 GHz of 2.35 dBi and 78.8%, respectivel... Read More about Wideband printed monopole antenna for application in wireless communication systems.

Array Antenna for Synthetic Aperture Radar Operating in X and Ku-Bands: A Study to Enhance Isolation Between Radiation Elements (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Limiti, E., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Falcone, F. (2018). Array Antenna for Synthetic Aperture Radar Operating in X and Ku-Bands: A Study to Enhance Isolation Between Radiation Elements.

Modern synthetic aperture radars (SAR) require a system bandwidth of greater than 1 GHz. Waveguide slot antennas are popular for use in SAR applications because of their inherent advantages, namely high efficiency and power handling capability, but s... Read More about Array Antenna for Synthetic Aperture Radar Operating in X and Ku-Bands: A Study to Enhance Isolation Between Radiation Elements.

An experimental study of the amphibious robot inspired by biological duck foot (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kashem, S. B. A., Jawed, S., Ahmed, J., & Iqbal, A. (2018). An experimental study of the amphibious robot inspired by biological duck foot. In 2018 IEEE 12th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG

A lot of issues are faced in the exploration due to complexity of terrain and/or unexpected environment, due to which many places are left unmapped. The aim of this project is to design and develop an amphibious robot which uses webbed duck feet desi... Read More about An experimental study of the amphibious robot inspired by biological duck foot.

Demand Response of Space Heating and Ventilation – Impact on Indoor Environmental Quality (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martin, K., Jokisalo, J., Kosonen, R., & Alimohammadisagvand, B. (2018). Demand Response of Space Heating and Ventilation – Impact on Indoor Environmental Quality. In Proceedings of Roomvent & Ventilation 2018 (133-138)

Demand response can be utilized within heating and ventilation of buildings to reduce CO2 emissions and energy costs on both utility and consumer level. During demand response control, some of the indoor environmental parameters (room air temperature... Read More about Demand Response of Space Heating and Ventilation – Impact on Indoor Environmental Quality.

When Universal Access does not go to plan: Lessons to be learned (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S. (2018). When Universal Access does not go to plan: Lessons to be learned. In M. Antona, & C. Stephanidis (Eds.), 12th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (UAHCI 2018), Proceedings, Part I (75-90). https://

While the theory of designing for Universal Access is increasingly understood, there remain persistent issues over realising products and systems that meet the goal of being accessible and usable by the broadest possible set of users. Clearly product... Read More about When Universal Access does not go to plan: Lessons to be learned.

Construction 4.0: Towards Delivering of Sustainable Houses in South Africa (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Osunsanmi, T., Aigbavboa, C., Oke, A., & Ohiomah, I. (2018, June). Construction 4.0: Towards Delivering of Sustainable Houses in South Africa. Presented at CCC 2018: Creative Construction Conference 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Housing is a major challenge for most African countries including South Africa which is characterized by numerous backlog of housing provision. This study seeks the adoption of construction 4.0 principles for reducing the housing backlog experienced... Read More about Construction 4.0: Towards Delivering of Sustainable Houses in South Africa.

Why method matters: temporal, spatial and physical variations in LCA and their impact on choice of structural system (2018)
Journal Article
Moncaster, A., Pomponi, F., Symons, K., & Guthrie, P. (2018). Why method matters: temporal, spatial and physical variations in LCA and their impact on choice of structural system. Energy and Buildings, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.05.039

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is increasingly used as an early-stage design-decision tool to support choices of structural system. However LCA modellers must first make numerous methodological decisions, and the resultant wide variations in approach ar... Read More about Why method matters: temporal, spatial and physical variations in LCA and their impact on choice of structural system.

Career Path as a Lecturer (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2018, June). Career Path as a Lecturer. Presented at Career Week, St Mungo Primary, Glasgow

Screen Printed Thick Film Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing (2018)
Journal Article
Manjakkal, L., Vilouras, A., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Screen Printed Thick Film Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing. IEEE Sensors Journal, 18(19), 7779-7785. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2018.2840349

This paper presents printed thick film Ag|AgCl|KCl reference electrodes (RE) for electrochemical sensors. The screenprinted REs with 10-μm thick glass-KCl salt matrix layer exhibit a stable potential of 5 mV. Cyclic voltammetric analysis shows that t... Read More about Screen Printed Thick Film Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing.

A new family of projection schemes for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with control of high-frequency damping (2018)
Journal Article
Lovrić, A., Dettmer, W. G., Kadapa, C., & Perić, D. (2018). A new family of projection schemes for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with control of high-frequency damping. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 339, 160-183.

A simple spatially discrete model problem consisting of mass points and dash-pots is presented which allows for the assessment of the properties of different projection schemes for the solution of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. In partic... Read More about A new family of projection schemes for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with control of high-frequency damping.

Impact evaluation of assistive technology support for the people with dementia (2018)
Journal Article
Asghar, I., Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2019). Impact evaluation of assistive technology support for the people with dementia. Assistive Technology: The Offical Journal of RESNA, 31(4), 180-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2017.1411405

This study explores important factors of assistive technology (AT) and evaluates their relative impact on AT effectiveness and retention. Questionnaire based survey is used for data collection from 327 people with dementia (PWD). This empirical study... Read More about Impact evaluation of assistive technology support for the people with dementia.

Measurement of Cycling Risk and Quantitative Policy (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Meade, S., Stewart, K., & Maher, M. (2018, May). Measurement of Cycling Risk and Quantitative Policy. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications and Research (STAR) Conference 2018, Glasgow

The SiN (Safety-in-numbers) effect has become prevalent within cycling research in recent years and describes the phenomenon whereby cycling accident risk may fall when the volume of cyclists increases. Such an effect is clearly attractive to policy... Read More about Measurement of Cycling Risk and Quantitative Policy.

The bus industry in Scotland – just a bunch of profiteering opportunists? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cowie, J. (2018, May). The bus industry in Scotland – just a bunch of profiteering opportunists?. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications and Research (STAR) 2018

The Transport Act 1985 privatised and deregulated the bus industry in Great Britain outside of London, with the intention of creating a competitive industry that would compete for patronage through the economic principles of contestability and consum... Read More about The bus industry in Scotland – just a bunch of profiteering opportunists?.

Impulse excitation measurement of small changes in elastic moduli and damping using R (2018)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D., Libeau, M., & Mignerat, D. (2018). Impulse excitation measurement of small changes in elastic moduli and damping using R. International Wood Products Journal, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2018.1475928

Impulse excitation is commonly used to assess wood stiffness in both scientific and industrial settings. Modes of vibration are excited by a mechanical impulse and their resonant frequencies measured to calculate elastic moduli. It is also possible t... Read More about Impulse excitation measurement of small changes in elastic moduli and damping using R.

Mutual Coupling Reduction Using Metamaterial Supersubstrate for High Performance & Densely Packed Planar Phased Arrays (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Salvucci, A., Virdee, B. S., Polli, G., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., …Limiti, E. (2018). Mutual Coupling Reduction Using Metamaterial Supersubstrate for High Performance & Densely Packed Planar Phased Arrays. . https://doi.org/10.

This paper proposes on an effective mutual coupling suppression technique for planar phased array. This is achieved locating a metamaterial superstrate patch between radiation elements of phased array. The superstrate patch is realised by incorporati... Read More about Mutual Coupling Reduction Using Metamaterial Supersubstrate for High Performance & Densely Packed Planar Phased Arrays.

Mechanical design and trajectory planning of a lower limb rehabilitation robot with a variable workspace (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Feng, Y., Yu, H., Wang, Z., Vladareanuv, V., & Du, Y. (2018). Mechanical design and trajectory planning of a lower limb rehabilitation robot with a variable workspace. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 15(3), Article 17298814187

The early phase of extremity rehabilitation training has high potential impact for stroke patients. However, most of the lower limb rehabilitation robots in hospitals are proposed just suitable for patients at the middle or later recovery stage. This... Read More about Mechanical design and trajectory planning of a lower limb rehabilitation robot with a variable workspace.