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Nanorg Microbial Factories: Light-Driven Renewable Biochemical Synthesis Using Quantum Dot-Bacteria Nanobiohybrids (2019)
Journal Article
Ding, Y., Bertram, J. R., Eckert, C., Bommareddy, R. R., Patel, R., Conradie, A., Bryan, S., & Nagpal, P. (2019). Nanorg Microbial Factories: Light-Driven Renewable Biochemical Synthesis Using Quantum Dot-Bacteria Nanobiohybrids. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(26), 10272-10282. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b02549

Living cells do not interface naturally with nanoscale materials, although such artificial organisms can have unprecedented multifunctional properties, like wireless activation of enzyme function using electromagnetic stimuli. Realizing such interfac... Read More about Nanorg Microbial Factories: Light-Driven Renewable Biochemical Synthesis Using Quantum Dot-Bacteria Nanobiohybrids.

Transient high-frequency impedance comparison-based protection for flexible DC distribution systems (2019)
Journal Article
Jia, K., Xuan, Z., Feng, T., Wang, C., Bi, T., & Thomas, D. W. (2020). Transient high-frequency impedance comparison-based protection for flexible DC distribution systems. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 11(1), 323-333. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsg.2019.2921387

Flexible direct current (DC) distribution systems have emerged as the development trend for future distribution grids. However, these systems are vulnerable to DC faults, rapid fault identification and faulted line selection method are required to en... Read More about Transient high-frequency impedance comparison-based protection for flexible DC distribution systems.

Machining of biocompatible materials: Recent advances (2019)
Journal Article
Axinte, D., Guo, Y., Liao, Z., Shih, A. J., M’Saoubi, R., & Sugita, N. (2019). Machining of biocompatible materials: Recent advances. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 68(2), 629-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2019.05.003

Machining of biocompatible materials is facing the fundamental challenges due to the specific material properties as well as the application requirements. Firstly, this paper presents a review of various materials which the medical industry needs to... Read More about Machining of biocompatible materials: Recent advances.

Scour damage detection and structural health monitoring of a laboratory-scaled bridge using a vibration energy harvesting device (2019)
Journal Article
Fitzgerald, P., Malekjafarian, A., Bhowmik, B., Prendergast, L., Cahill, P., Kim, C.-W., Hazra, B., Pakrashi, V., & Obrien, E. (2019). Scour damage detection and structural health monitoring of a laboratory-scaled bridge using a vibration energy harvesting device. Sensors, 19(11), 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19112572

A vibration-based bridge scour detection procedure using a cantilever-based piezoelectric energy harvesting device (EHD) is proposed here. This has an advantage over an accelerometer-based method in that potentially, the requirement for a power sourc... Read More about Scour damage detection and structural health monitoring of a laboratory-scaled bridge using a vibration energy harvesting device.

Phase Change Material Blind System for Double Skin Façade Integration: System Development and Thermal Performance Evaluation (2019)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Darkwa, J., Kokogiannakis, G., & Su, W. (2019). Phase Change Material Blind System for Double Skin Façade Integration: System Development and Thermal Performance Evaluation. Applied Energy, 252, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113376

Double skin facades (DSFs) are often applied as energy reducing elements in modern buildings, but do experience overheating problems in warm seasons which may contribute to increase in cooling loads. There are currently various thermal management dev... Read More about Phase Change Material Blind System for Double Skin Façade Integration: System Development and Thermal Performance Evaluation.

A Feasibility Trial of Power Up: Smartphone App to Support Patient Activation and Shared Decision Making for Mental Health in Young People (2019)
Journal Article
Edbrooke-Childs, J., Edridge, C., Averill, P., Delane, L., Hollis, C., Carven, M., Martin, K., Feltham, A., Jeremy, G., Deighton, J., & Wolpert, M. (2019). A Feasibility Trial of Power Up: Smartphone App to Support Patient Activation and Shared Decision Making for Mental Health in Young People. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(6), Article e11677. https://doi.org/10.2196/11677

Background: Digital tools have the potential to support patient activation and shared decision making in the face of increasing levels of mental health problems in young people. There is a need for feasibility trials of digital interventions to deter... Read More about A Feasibility Trial of Power Up: Smartphone App to Support Patient Activation and Shared Decision Making for Mental Health in Young People.

Energy and exergy analysis of two novel hybrid solar photovoltaic geothermal energy systems incorporating a building integrated photovoltaic thermal system and an earth air heat exchanger system (2019)
Journal Article
Afrand, M., Shahsavar, A., Talebizadeh Sardari, P., Sopian, K., & Salehipour, H. (2019). Energy and exergy analysis of two novel hybrid solar photovoltaic geothermal energy systems incorporating a building integrated photovoltaic thermal system and an earth air heat exchanger system. Solar Energy, 188, 83-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.05.080

In this paper, two novel configurations of the building integrated photovoltaic thermal (BIPVT)-compound earth-air heat exchanger (EAHE) system are proposed. Both the configurations operate in two modes, namely heating and cooling modes. In the heati... Read More about Energy and exergy analysis of two novel hybrid solar photovoltaic geothermal energy systems incorporating a building integrated photovoltaic thermal system and an earth air heat exchanger system.

Energy storage and energy management in distribution grids, communities and buildings: results from SENSIBLE, a flagship project (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andre, R., Naghiyev, E., Guerra, F., Leonide, A., Langemayer, S., Dentel, A., Kandasamy, K., Gouveia, C., Murphy O'Connor, C., & Kilkki, O. (2019, June). Energy storage and energy management in distribution grids, communities and buildings: results from SENSIBLE, a flagship project. Presented at 25th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2019), Madrid, Spain

In a time of energy transition, this article summarizes the most relevant conclusions obtained from the SENSIBLE project [3], which aimed to demonstrate that the 2030 EU energy policy targets are achievable, and that distributed energy storage has a... Read More about Energy storage and energy management in distribution grids, communities and buildings: results from SENSIBLE, a flagship project.

Retrograde p-well for 10-kv class sic igbts (2019)
Journal Article
Tiwari, A. K., Antoniou, M., Lophitis, N., Perkin, S., Trajkovic, T., & Udrea, F. (2019). Retrograde p-well for 10-kv class sic igbts. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 66(7), 3066-3072. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2019.2918008

In this paper, we propose the use of a retrograde doping profile for the p-well for ultrahigh voltage (>10 kV) SiC IGBTs. We show that the retrograde p-well effectively addresses the punchthrough issue, whereas offering a robust control over the gate... Read More about Retrograde p-well for 10-kv class sic igbts.

Micro product and process fingerprints for zero‐defect net‐shape micromanufacturing (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tosello, G., & Gulcar, M. (2019, June). Micro product and process fingerprints for zero‐defect net‐shape micromanufacturing. Paper presented at euspen’s 19th International Conference & Exhibition, Bilbao, Spain

Highly miniaturized systems find applications in key technological fields such as health‐care, mobility, communications and optics. Required innovations for precision manufacturing of micro components can be achieved through post‐process and in‐proce... Read More about Micro product and process fingerprints for zero‐defect net‐shape micromanufacturing.