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Renewable Energy Research at Robert Gordon University (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Islam, S., & Muhammad Sukki, F. (2017, September). Renewable Energy Research at Robert Gordon University. Presented at TechFest 2017, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom

The use of reading to improve student transition to university - and build the wider community. A case study within two universities (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baverstock, A., & Ennis, L. (2017, September). The use of reading to improve student transition to university - and build the wider community. A case study within two universities. Presented at Higher Education Institution Research

This workshop explores how two universities have collaborated to us pre-arrival shared reading to empower learners.

From promising premises to broken promises? Abolitionism, Restorative justice and the side-effects of institutionalisation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maglione, G. (2017, September). From promising premises to broken promises? Abolitionism, Restorative justice and the side-effects of institutionalisation. Paper presented at EuroCrim 2017: 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Cardiff

Maglione, G. (2017, September). From promising premises to broken promises? Abolitionism, Restorative justice and the side-effects of institutionalisation. Paper presented at EuroCrim 2017: 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminolog... Read More about From promising premises to broken promises? Abolitionism, Restorative justice and the side-effects of institutionalisation.

Advancing intervention effectiveness research in mental health occupational therapy (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Birken, M., Connell, C., & Inman, J. (2017, September). Advancing intervention effectiveness research in mental health occupational therapy. Poster presented at Royal College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section: Mental Health, Birmingham

This work proposed that advancing to advance occupational therapy intervention effectiveness research there needs to be consensus on the description of interventions, outcomes and measures.

OR and Grand Challenges: Sport, Space & Beyond (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2017, September). OR and Grand Challenges: Sport, Space & Beyond. Presented at Operational Research Society Annual Conference (OR59)

In this panel session the following was discussed:
What “Grand Challenges” face us today and into the future in the areas of Sport, Space and beyond?
What contribution can the OR community make to address these challenges?
The panel included:
- P... Read More about OR and Grand Challenges: Sport, Space & Beyond.

Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Crossan, K., Tan, H., Paxton, S., & McCallum, L. (2017, September). Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities. Paper presented at OR59 - The Annual Operational Research Society Conference

The presentation provides examples on how systems approaches have helped identify better ways for communities and socially responsible businesses to build value. The examples are the outcome of a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership with a Scottis... Read More about Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities.

An Intrusion Detection System Based on Polynomial Feature Correlation Analysis (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, Q., Tan, Z., Jamdagni, A., Nanda, P., He, X., & Han, W. (2017, August). An Intrusion Detection System Based on Polynomial Feature Correlation Analysis. Presented at 2017 IEEE Trustcom/BigDataSE/ICESS

This paper proposes an anomaly-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS), which flags anomalous network traffic with a distance-based classifier. A polynomial approach was designed and applied in this work to extract hidden correlations from traffic rel... Read More about An Intrusion Detection System Based on Polynomial Feature Correlation Analysis.

Jamming in the 3rd Room. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2017, September). Jamming in the 3rd Room. Paper presented at Royal Musical Association Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK

No abstract available.

An exploration of the lived experience of co-dependency through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Implications for occupational science. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bacon, I., McKay, E. A., & Reynolds, F. (2017, September). An exploration of the lived experience of co-dependency through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Implications for occupational science. Paper presented at The 4th Conference of Occupational Science Europe: Meeting in Diversity - Occupation as a Common Ground

Physically derived synthesis model of a cavity tone (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Selfridge, R., Reiss, J., & Avital, E. (2017, September). Physically derived synthesis model of a cavity tone. Presented at 20th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Edinburgh, UK

The cavity tone is the sound generated when air flows over the open surface of a cavity and a number of physical conditions are met. Equations obtained from fluid dynamics and aerodynamics research are utilised to produce authentic cavity tones witho... Read More about Physically derived synthesis model of a cavity tone.

Older adult insights for age friendly environments, products and service systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shore, L., deEyto, A., Kiernan, L., Nic A Bhaird, D., Connolly, A., White, P., Fahey, T., & Moane, S. (2017, September). Older adult insights for age friendly environments, products and service systems. Presented at 19th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE17), Building Community: Design Education for a Sustainable Future, Oslo, Norway

It is estimated that by 2020, a quarter of the European population will be aged over 65, and expected to grow further by two million annually after 2012 [1] There is also an expectation that children born after 2011 may live to 100 years old [2], the... Read More about Older adult insights for age friendly environments, products and service systems.

Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017). Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Knowledge Management ECKM 2017

The discussion in this paper derives from an analysis of data from twenty interviews conducted with members of an online knowledge sharing platform between October 2016 and February 2017. The empirical work is part of a larger doctoral study that inv... Read More about Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness.

Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stoltenberg, E., Firth, R., & Taks, M. (2017, September). Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences. Paper presented at 19th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2017), Oslo, Norway

To prepare students for their future careers in a globalizing society, several large-scale higher education student and staff exchange programmes focus on international collaboration. The organisation and duration of such programmes can often be a ba... Read More about Carousel: a study on collaboration within a small international design community of practice and its impacts on delivering ‘one week’ exchange experiences.

Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siyabi, I. A., Shanks, K., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2017). Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells. In AIP Conference Proceedings (070001). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001434

Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) technology is increasingly being considered as an alternative option for solar electricity generation. However, increasing the light concentration ratio could decrease the system output power due to the increase in the... Read More about Thermal analysis of a multi-layer microchannel heat sink for cooling concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells.

Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shanks, E., Senthilarasu, S., & Mallick, T. (2017). Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype. In AIP Conference Proceedings (020011). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001410

Ultrahigh concentrator photovoltaics hold a great potential in both reducing the cost of photovoltaic energy and to higher conversion efficiencies. The challenges in their design and manufacturing however have not yet permitted a reliable ultrahigh (... Read More about Reliability investigation for a built ultrahigh concentrator prototype.

Performance measurement systems: does market focused learning and entrepreneurial orientation improve travel agency performance? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cordina, R., Taheri, B., Bititci, U., Gannon, M., & McFarlane, J. (2017, September). Performance measurement systems: does market focused learning and entrepreneurial orientation improve travel agency performance?. Paper presented at 7th Advances in Tourism Marketing (ATMC) Conference,, Casablanca, Morocco

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A study of the relationship between personalised 3D printed 'Souvenirs of Place' and public perception of modern architectural heritage (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vettese, S., Anastasiadou, C., & Vones, K. (2017, April). A study of the relationship between personalised 3D printed 'Souvenirs of Place' and public perception of modern architectural heritage. Presented at EAD12/2017 Design for Next, Rome, Italy

At present, there is a disconnection between academic and public perception of Modern heritage, particularly Brutalist architecture. This research utilises the processes and experiences of making 3D printed ‘souvenirs of place’ to investigate their p... Read More about A study of the relationship between personalised 3D printed 'Souvenirs of Place' and public perception of modern architectural heritage.

Potentiality: the ethical foundation of design (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buwert, P. (2017, April). Potentiality: the ethical foundation of design. Presented at Design for Next. 12th European Academy of Design Conference, Rome, Italy

This paper presents the argument that design is by nature an activity which extends and transforms potentiality and that therefore, because of this, it is always an ethical activity. This foundational ethicality does not guarantee that design will al... Read More about Potentiality: the ethical foundation of design.