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Artificial Intelligence Aided Automated Design for Reliability of Power Electronic Systems (2018)
Journal Article
Dragicevic, T., Wheeler, P., & Blaabjerg, F. (2019). Artificial Intelligence Aided Automated Design for Reliability of Power Electronic Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(8), 7161-7171. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2883947

© 1986-2012 IEEE. This paper proposes a new methodology for automated design of power electronic systems realized through the use of artificial intelligence. Existing approaches do not consider the system's reliability as a performance metric or are... Read More about Artificial Intelligence Aided Automated Design for Reliability of Power Electronic Systems.

Understanding the effect of indoor air pollution on pneumonia in children under five in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of evidence (2018)
Journal Article
Adaji, E. E., Ekezie, W., Clifford, M., & Phalkey, R. (2019). Understanding the effect of indoor air pollution on pneumonia in children under five in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of evidence. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(4), 3208–3225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3769-1

Background Exposure to indoor air pollution increases the risk of pneumonia in children, accounting for about a million deaths globally. This study investigates the individual effect of solid fuel, carbon monoxide (CO), black carbon (BC) and PM2.... Read More about Understanding the effect of indoor air pollution on pneumonia in children under five in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of evidence.

A reflection-mode fibre-optic sensor for breath carbon dioxide measurement in healthcare (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, L., Hao, F., Morgan, S. P., Correia, R., Norris, A., & Korposh, S. (2019). A reflection-mode fibre-optic sensor for breath carbon dioxide measurement in healthcare. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 22, Article 100254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2018.100254

A reflection-mode carbon dioxide (CO2) fibre optic sensor (FOS) is developed based on the colorimetric change of pH indicator dye thymol blue. The CO2 sensing film comprises thymol blue and tetramethylammonium hydroxide in the form of an ion pair dop... Read More about A reflection-mode fibre-optic sensor for breath carbon dioxide measurement in healthcare.

An investigation of lime addition to fuel as a countermeasure to bed agglomeration for the combustion of non-woody biomass fuels in a 20kWth bubbling fluidised bed combustor (2018)
Journal Article
Chi, H., Pans, M. A., Sun, C., & Liu, H. (2019). An investigation of lime addition to fuel as a countermeasure to bed agglomeration for the combustion of non-woody biomass fuels in a 20kWth bubbling fluidised bed combustor. Fuel, 240, 349-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.11.122

The unique fuel flexibility of fluidised bed system facilitates the combustion of low quality solid fuels such as agricultural residues, but may suffer from serious bed agglomeration problems especially when operating at the high end of the typical f... Read More about An investigation of lime addition to fuel as a countermeasure to bed agglomeration for the combustion of non-woody biomass fuels in a 20kWth bubbling fluidised bed combustor.

The continuous combustion of glycerol in a fluidised bed (2018)
Journal Article
Gibson, I., Slim, C. J., Zheng, Y., Scott, S. A., Davidson, J. F., & Hayhurst, A. N. (2019). The continuous combustion of glycerol in a fluidised bed. Combustion and Flame, 200, 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.10.021

It is difficult to burn a liquid fuel inside a fluidised bed. For the first time, liquid glycerol has been burned, when continuously injected into the bottom of an electrically heated bed of alumina particles (sieved to 355–425 µm), fluidised by air.... Read More about The continuous combustion of glycerol in a fluidised bed.

Plausible petri nets as self-adaptive expert systems: a tool for infrastructure asset monitoring (2018)
Journal Article
Chiachío, M., Chiachío, J., Prescott, D., & Andrews, J. (2019). Plausible petri nets as self-adaptive expert systems: a tool for infrastructure asset monitoring. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 34(4), 281-298. https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.12427

This paper provides a computational framework to model self-adaptive expert systems using the Petri net (PN) formalism. Self-adaptive expert systems are understood here as expert systems with the ability to autonomously learn from external inputs, li... Read More about Plausible petri nets as self-adaptive expert systems: a tool for infrastructure asset monitoring.

Cyclic and Post-cycling Anchor Response in Geocell-Reinforced Sand (2018)
Journal Article
Moghaddas Tafreshi, S. N., Rahimi, M., Dawson, A., & Leshchinsky, B. (2018). Cyclic and Post-cycling Anchor Response in Geocell-Reinforced Sand. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 56(11), 1700-1718. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2018-0559

Plate anchors are commonly used to resist static, cyclic and monotonic after cyclic-loading uplift loads. Under cyclic loading, progressive sudden failure may occur, characterized by accumulated displacement – even under loads significantly less than... Read More about Cyclic and Post-cycling Anchor Response in Geocell-Reinforced Sand.

Collaborative Virtual Environment to Facilitate Game Design Evaluation with Children with ASC (2018)
Journal Article
Roper, T., Millen Dutka, L., Cobb, S., & Patel, H. (2018). Collaborative Virtual Environment to Facilitate Game Design Evaluation with Children with ASC. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 35(8), 692-705. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2018.1550179

© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Involvement of children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) in the design of new educational technology is becoming more prevalent. Despite potential barriers due to communication and ideation difficulties for... Read More about Collaborative Virtual Environment to Facilitate Game Design Evaluation with Children with ASC.

The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells (2018)
Journal Article
Grey, J. F. E., Campbell-Ritchie, A., Everitt, N. M., Fezovich, A. J., & Wheatley, S. P. (2019). The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells. Journal of Cell Science, 132(4), Article jcs219907. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.219907

Since the establishment of cell culture, common practice has been to grow adherent cells in 2D monolayers. Although cells behave completely differently when grown under these artificial conditions, the ease of 2D culturing has meant that this practic... Read More about The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells.

Chitosan as a coupling agent for phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone composites (2018)
Journal Article
Tan, C., Rudd, C., Parsons, A. J., Sharmin, N., Zhang, J., Chen, W., & Ahmed, I. (2018). Chitosan as a coupling agent for phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone composites. Fibers, 6(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/fib6040097

This study shows that chitosan (CS) could be highly useful as a coupling agent in phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone (PGF/PCL) composites, as it improved the interfacial shear strength by up to 78%. PGFs of composition 45P2O5-5B2O3-5Na2O-24CaO-10... Read More about Chitosan as a coupling agent for phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone composites.

Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche (2018)
Working Paper
Prina, E., Sidney, L., Tromayer, M., Moore, J., Liska, R., Bertolin, M., …Rose, F. R. Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche

Stem cells within epithelial tissues reside in anatomical structures known as crypts that are known to contribute to the mechanical and chemical milieu important for function. To date, epithelial stem cell therapies have largely ignored the niche and... Read More about Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche.

Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Chen, L., Wang, Z., Shao, S., Tarisciotti, L., Dragicevic, T., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads

Dedicated Energy Storage System (ESS) has been an integral part of the shipboard micro-grids in naval vessels. Dual-Active-Bridge (DAB) converters are often chosen to be the interface between the ESS and the medium voltage DC bus due to isolation cap... Read More about Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads.

Position Paper: The Usefulness of Data-driven, Intelligent Agent-Based Modelling for Transport Infrastructure Management (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Faboya, O., Figueredo, G. P., Ryan, B., & Siebers, P. (2018). Position Paper: The Usefulness of Data-driven, Intelligent Agent-Based Modelling for Transport Infrastructure Management. In The 21st IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (144-149). https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2018.8569946

The uneven utilisation of modes of transport has a big impact on traffic in transport pathway infrastrutures. For motor vehicles for instance, this situation explains rapid road deterioration and the large amounts of money invested in maintenance and... Read More about Position Paper: The Usefulness of Data-driven, Intelligent Agent-Based Modelling for Transport Infrastructure Management.

Wind turbine blade end-of-life options: an eco-audit comparison (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, P., Meng, F., & Barlow, C. Y. (2019). Wind turbine blade end-of-life options: an eco-audit comparison. Journal of Cleaner Production, 212, 1268-1281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.043

Wind energy has developed rapidly over the last two decades to become one of the most promising economical and green sources of renewable energy, responding to concerns about use of fossil fuels and increasing demand for energy. However, attention is... Read More about Wind turbine blade end-of-life options: an eco-audit comparison.

Speed-Sensorless DTC of a Matrix Converter Fed Induction Motor Using an Adaptive Flux Observer (2018)
Journal Article
Mir, T. N., Singh, B., & Bhat, A. H. (2021). Speed-Sensorless DTC of a Matrix Converter Fed Induction Motor Using an Adaptive Flux Observer. IETE Journal of Research, 67(3), 414-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/03772063.2018.1552206

This paper aims at combining some of the best features of an available induction motor (IM) drive system while introducing a simplified adaptive flux estimation algorithm for sensorless operation. The use of a matrix converter (MC) is proposed to ach... Read More about Speed-Sensorless DTC of a Matrix Converter Fed Induction Motor Using an Adaptive Flux Observer.

Production of high purity silica by microfluidic-inclusion fracture using microwave pre-treatment (2018)
Journal Article
Buttress, A., Rodriguez, J., Ure, A., Ferrari, R., Dodds, C., & Kingman, S. (2019). Production of high purity silica by microfluidic-inclusion fracture using microwave pre-treatment. Minerals Engineering, 131, 407-419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2018.11.025

© 2018 Demand for high purity silica used in component manufacture is set to outstrip current supply in the near future. As such, alternative processing routes to feed-stock materials suitable for use in lighting and solar cell fabrication are requir... Read More about Production of high purity silica by microfluidic-inclusion fracture using microwave pre-treatment.

A validated analytical-numerical modelling strategy to predict residual stresses in single-track laser deposited IN718 (2018)
Journal Article
Walker, T., Bennett, C., Lee, T., & Clare, A. (2019). A validated analytical-numerical modelling strategy to predict residual stresses in single-track laser deposited IN718. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 151, 609-621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.12.004

Direct Energy Deposition (DED) is being increasingly used to repair high value components that have been damaged in-service. The uptake of DED and laser cladding operations for repair is inhibited by accurate modelling techniques. Often the repair pr... Read More about A validated analytical-numerical modelling strategy to predict residual stresses in single-track laser deposited IN718.

Analysis and Modeling of SiC JFET Bi-Directional Switches Parasitic Oscillation (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, L., Yang, J., Ma, H., Wang, Z., Olanrewaju, K. O., & Wheeler, P. (2019). Analysis and Modeling of SiC JFET Bi-Directional Switches Parasitic Oscillation. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(9), 8613-8625. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2018.2885145

Silicon carbide (SiC) junction field-effect transistor (JFET) based bi-directional switches (BDSs) have great potential in the construction of several power electronic circuits, including matrix converters, multi-level converters, solid state breaker... Read More about Analysis and Modeling of SiC JFET Bi-Directional Switches Parasitic Oscillation.

On modelling of laser assisted machining: forward and inverse problems for heat placement control (2018)
Journal Article
Shang, Z., Liao, Z., Sarasua, J. A., Billingham, J., & Axinte, D. (2019). On modelling of laser assisted machining: forward and inverse problems for heat placement control. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 138, 36-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2018.12.001

Laser assisted machining (LAM) is one of the most efficient ways to improve the machinability of difficult-to-cut materials (e.g. Nickel-based superalloys). In the conventional LAM process, the laser beam is focused ahead of the cutting area at a fix... Read More about On modelling of laser assisted machining: forward and inverse problems for heat placement control.

Investigation of the conversion of fuels in the presence of solid oxygen carriers and the development of a plasma-assisted chemical looping system for H2 production (2018)
Thesis
Zheng, Y. Investigation of the conversion of fuels in the presence of solid oxygen carriers and the development of a plasma-assisted chemical looping system for H2 production. (Thesis). University of Cambridge. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/32757541

The thesis, entitled ‘Investigation of the conversion of fuels in the presence of solid oxygen carriers and the development of a plasma-assisted chemical looping system for H2 production’, presents the work of Yaoyao Zheng in the Department of Engine... Read More about Investigation of the conversion of fuels in the presence of solid oxygen carriers and the development of a plasma-assisted chemical looping system for H2 production.