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A novel mechatronics design of an electrochemical mechanical end-effector for robotic-based surface polishing (2015)
Conference Proceeding
El Khalick Mohammad, A., & Wang, D. (2015). A novel mechatronics design of an electrochemical mechanical end-effector for robotic-based surface polishing. In 2015 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII) (127-133). https://doi.org/10.1109/SII.2015.7404966

This paper presents a novel design of an end-effector and a process for automatic electrochemical mechanical polishing of conductive materials. The proposed end-effector employs three different actions, electrical, chemical and mechanical in a synerg... Read More about A novel mechatronics design of an electrochemical mechanical end-effector for robotic-based surface polishing.

Comparing the NHTSA and ISO occlusion test protocols: how many participants are sufficient? (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Pournami, S., Large, D. R., Burnett, G., & Harvey, C. (2015). Comparing the NHTSA and ISO occlusion test protocols: how many participants are sufficient?. In AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 110-116. doi:10.1145/2799250.2799255

Occlusion is a popular technique used to evaluate the visual demand associated with secondary tasks/devices in a driving context offering a low cost, highly accessible alternative to driving simulators and on-road studies. Several standardised occlus... Read More about Comparing the NHTSA and ISO occlusion test protocols: how many participants are sufficient?.

Predicting the visual demand of finger-touch pointing tasks in a driving context (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Large, D. R., Crundall, E., Burnett, G., & Skrypchuk, L. (2015). Predicting the visual demand of finger-touch pointing tasks in a driving context. In AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 221-224. doi:10.1145/2799250.2799256

Finger-touch based interactions with capacitive touchscreen devices in cars are becoming increasingly common. As such, it is critical to understand the basic human factors of target acquisition (pointing/touching) in this context. We describe a simul... Read More about Predicting the visual demand of finger-touch pointing tasks in a driving context.

An investigation of augmented reality presentations of landmark-based navigation using a head-up display (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Bolton, A., Burnett, G., & Large, D. R. (2015). An investigation of augmented reality presentations of landmark-based navigation using a head-up display. In AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 56-63. doi:10.1145/2799250.2799253

Using landmark-based navigation can greatly improve drivers’ route-finding performance. Previous research in this area has tended to focus on the inclusion of text or icon-based landmark information utilising dashboard-mounted displays. In contrast,... Read More about An investigation of augmented reality presentations of landmark-based navigation using a head-up display.

Applying NHTSA task acceptance criteria to different simulated driving scenarios (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Large, D. R., van Loon, E., Burnett, G., & Pournami, S. (2015). Applying NHTSA task acceptance criteria to different simulated driving scenarios. In AutomotiveUI '15: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 117-124. doi:10.1145/2799250.2799254

Driver distraction is a major contributor to road traffic accidents. Consequently, NHTSA have published detailed guidelines intended to discourage the introduction of excessively distracting electronic devices in vehicles. However, concerns have been... Read More about Applying NHTSA task acceptance criteria to different simulated driving scenarios.

Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, L., Qi, W., & Hanks, L. (2015). Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum. In Conference proceedings, Chengud, China, April, 2015: ICEPAS International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Society, ISBASS International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences

Although there is a large number of study about the public participation in museum, little of this touched the public engagement in the stage of architecture design. To resolve the conflicts between the laymen and professionals, this paper generally... Read More about Cooperation and Control: Resolving Conflicts in the Public Participation of Architecture Design in Museum.

Analysis of the performance of an air-powered energy-harvesting pavement (2015)
Journal Article
Chiarelli, A., Dawson, A., & Garcia, A. (2015). Analysis of the performance of an air-powered energy-harvesting pavement. Transportation Research Record, 2523, 156-163. https://doi.org/10.3141/2523-17

Current energy-harvesting pavements do not have the features needed for large-scale applications. For example, the use of water as an operating fluid may create problems with the pavement structure if leakage occurs. Moreover, the design of such syst... Read More about Analysis of the performance of an air-powered energy-harvesting pavement.

Experimental analysis of ethanol dual-fuel combustion in a heavy-duty diesel engine: An optimisation at low load (2015)
Journal Article
Pedrozo, V. B., May, I., Dalla Nora, M., Cairns, A., & Zhao, H. (2016). Experimental analysis of ethanol dual-fuel combustion in a heavy-duty diesel engine: An optimisation at low load. Applied Energy, 165, 166-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.052

Conventional diesel combustion produces harmful exhaust emissions which adversely affect the air quality if not controlled by in-cylinder measures and exhaust aftertreatment systems. Dual-fuel combustion can potentially reduce the formation of nitrog... Read More about Experimental analysis of ethanol dual-fuel combustion in a heavy-duty diesel engine: An optimisation at low load.

Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Dowthwaite, L., Houghton, R., & Mortier, R. (2015). Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share. In Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015 (355-362). https://doi.org/10.1201/b18293

Online social networks are complex systems that are traditionally discussed in several different ways, often revolving around either the technology and design of the platforms themselves, or the behaviour and social interactions of the communities th... Read More about Fame or function? How webcomic artists choose where to share.

Leaching as a pretreatment process to complement torrefaction in improving co-firing characteristics of Jatropha curcas seed cake (2015)
Journal Article
Madanayake, B. N., Gan, S., Eastwick, C., & Ng, H. K. (2016). Leaching as a pretreatment process to complement torrefaction in improving co-firing characteristics of Jatropha curcas seed cake. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 7(3), 559-569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-015-9467-z

The presence of certain inorganic elements in biomass causes issues such as slagging, fouling and corrosion when co-firing with coal for power generation. In this work, the efficacy of leaching to remove these elements from Jatropha curcas seed cake... Read More about Leaching as a pretreatment process to complement torrefaction in improving co-firing characteristics of Jatropha curcas seed cake.

An investigation on thermoelastic damping of high-Q ring resonators (2015)
Journal Article
Hossain, S. T., McWilliam, S., & Popov, A. A. (2016). An investigation on thermoelastic damping of high-Q ring resonators. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 106, 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2015.12.023

For applications requiring high performance angular rate measurements it is important to be able to design MEMS rate sensors with high quality factors (Q). This paper considers ring resonator based rate sensors and investigates the influence of desig... Read More about An investigation on thermoelastic damping of high-Q ring resonators.

Experimental evaluation of a Chinese sulfur-containing lean iron ore as the oxygen carrier for chemical-looping combustion (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Liu, H., Jin, B., Zhao, J., Sun, C., & Snape, C. E. (2016). Experimental evaluation of a Chinese sulfur-containing lean iron ore as the oxygen carrier for chemical-looping combustion. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 55(2), 428-435. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03660

A series of chemical-looping combustion (CLC) tests were conducted in a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) reactor to investigate the potential of a Chinese sulfur-containing lean iron ore as the oxygen carrier. Two main products of solidfuel pyrolysis... Read More about Experimental evaluation of a Chinese sulfur-containing lean iron ore as the oxygen carrier for chemical-looping combustion.

Inference on stiffness and strength of existing chestnut timber elements using Hierarchical Bayesian Probability Networks (2015)
Journal Article
Sousa, H. S., Branco, J. M., Lourenço, P. B., & Neves, L. C. (2015). Inference on stiffness and strength of existing chestnut timber elements using Hierarchical Bayesian Probability Networks. Materials and Structures, https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-015-0770-8

The assessment of the mechanical properties of existing timber elements could benefit from the use of probabilistic information gathered at different scales. In this work, Bayesian Probabilistic Networks are used to hierarchically model the results o... Read More about Inference on stiffness and strength of existing chestnut timber elements using Hierarchical Bayesian Probability Networks.

Environmental and energy gains from using molten magnesium-sodium-potassium chlorides for electro-metallisation of refractory metal oxides (2015)
Journal Article
Li, W., Yuan, Y., Jin, X., Chen, H., & Chen, G. Z. (2015). Environmental and energy gains from using molten magnesium-sodium-potassium chlorides for electro-metallisation of refractory metal oxides. Progress in Natural Science, 25(6), 650-653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsc.2015.11.002

© 2015 The Authors. The molten eutectic mixture of magnesium, sodium and potassium chlorides (MgCl2-NaCl-KCl) has inappreciable solubility for oxide ions, and can help disengage a carbon anode from the oxide ions generated at a metal oxide cathode, a... Read More about Environmental and energy gains from using molten magnesium-sodium-potassium chlorides for electro-metallisation of refractory metal oxides.

Environmental and financial implications of ethanol as a bioethylene feedstock versus as a transportation fuel (2015)
Journal Article
McKechnie, J., Pourbafrani, M., Saville, B. A., & MacLean, H. L. (2015). Environmental and financial implications of ethanol as a bioethylene feedstock versus as a transportation fuel. Environmental Research Letters, 10(12), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124018

Bulk chemicals production from biomass may compete with biofuels for low-cost and sustainable biomass sources. Understanding how alternative uses of biomass compare in terms of financial and environmental parameters is therefore necessary to help ens... Read More about Environmental and financial implications of ethanol as a bioethylene feedstock versus as a transportation fuel.

Reconstruction-classification method for quantitative photoacoustic tomography (2015)
Journal Article
Malone, E., Powell, S., Cox, B. T., & Arridge, S. (2015). Reconstruction-classification method for quantitative photoacoustic tomography. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 20(12), https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jbo.20.12.126004

We propose a combined reconstruction-classification method for simultaneously recovering absorption and scattering in turbid media from images of absorbed optical energy. This method exploits knowledge that optical parameters are determined by a limi... Read More about Reconstruction-classification method for quantitative photoacoustic tomography.

Global and local hydrodynamics of bubble columns – Effect of gas distributor (2015)
Journal Article
Sharaf, S., Zednikova, M., Ruzicka, M. C., & Azzopardi, B. J. (2016). Global and local hydrodynamics of bubble columns – Effect of gas distributor. Chemical Engineering Journal, 288, 489-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2015.11.106

Global (level swell) and local (WMS – Wire Mesh Sensor) measurements were made on waters of different purities and air, in a cylindrical laboratory bubble column (2 m tall, 0.127 m dia) using two different gas distributors: a perforated plate (to pro... Read More about Global and local hydrodynamics of bubble columns – Effect of gas distributor.

Modular integration of a matrix converter (2015)
Journal Article
Solomon, A. K., Skuriat, R., Castellazzi, A., & Wheeler, P. (2016). Modular integration of a matrix converter. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/tee.22194

The future development of high-performance power electronics will rely increasingly on system-level integration, where semiconductor devices are co-packaged with other active and passive components (e.g., gate drivers, filter capacitors, and inductor... Read More about Modular integration of a matrix converter.