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Development of an affordable and auto-reconfigurable solution for small box assembly (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, Z., Kendall, P., Gumma, K., Smith, A., Turner, A., & Ratchev, S. (2022, June). Development of an affordable and auto-reconfigurable solution for small box assembly. Paper presented at 10th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control, Nantes, France

The aerospace manufacturing industry has been using dedicated assembly systems with manual processes for decades. Not only is this labour-intensive, it is also extremely wasteful as no reuse is possible at the end of a product life cycle. As automati... Read More about Development of an affordable and auto-reconfigurable solution for small box assembly.

Towards Distributed Cell-less MIMO Testbed: An RFNoC Implementation (2022)
Presentation / Conference
You, M., Chen, T., & Zheng, G. (2022, June). Towards Distributed Cell-less MIMO Testbed: An RFNoC Implementation. Paper presented at 2022 EuCNC & 6G Summit, Grenoble, France & online

In this extended abstract, we will present a novel cell-less multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) testbed design and an initial implementation based on the design. The key objective is to design a flexible and scalable architecture to facilitate the... Read More about Towards Distributed Cell-less MIMO Testbed: An RFNoC Implementation.

Impact of three different phases of UK Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Covid infections and Covid vaccination status on runners training distance and pace (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Stocks, J., Bullock, G. S., Feakins, B., Gayer De Mena, L., Tahir, D., Zheng, J., …Kluzek, S. (2022, May). Impact of three different phases of UK Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Covid infections and Covid vaccination status on runners training distance and pace. Poster presented at BASEM 2022 Conference, Brighton, UK

Common Joint Pain In The Running Community (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Stocks, J., Bullock, G. S., & Kluzek, S. (2022, April). Common Joint Pain In The Running Community. Poster presented at Pain in Europe XII: 12th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC, Dublin, Ireland

Investigation of scenarios format delivery in user studies for future technology (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, X., & Hermawati, S. (2022, April). Investigation of scenarios format delivery in user studies for future technology. Presented at International Conference of Ergonomics and Human Factors 2022, Birmingham, UK and online

Manufacturing is a domain that is heavily influenced by and relies on future technology which have direct effects on its employees. It is known that user studies are required to ensure that products or systems meet requirement from and are accepted b... Read More about Investigation of scenarios format delivery in user studies for future technology.

Validating the Salience of Haptic Icons for Automotive Mid-Air Haptic Gesture Interfaces (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Brown, E., Large, D., Limerick, H., Frier, W., & Burnett, G. (2022, April). Validating the Salience of Haptic Icons for Automotive Mid-Air Haptic Gesture Interfaces. Paper presented at Ergonomics & Human Factors 2022, Birmingham, UK

Mid-air haptic technology has enabled a new research arena in spatial interaction to emerge. Various efforts have attempted to pair mid-air haptics with gestural input for In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems but have not explored the higher reaches of se... Read More about Validating the Salience of Haptic Icons for Automotive Mid-Air Haptic Gesture Interfaces.

Pro-Social Mobility: Using Mozilla Hubs as a Design Collaboration Tool (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Large, D., Hallewell, M., Briars, L., Harvey, C., & Burnett, G. (2022, April). Pro-Social Mobility: Using Mozilla Hubs as a Design Collaboration Tool. Paper presented at Ergonomics & Human Factors 2022, Birmingham, UK

This paper showcases the novel application of Mozilla Hubs in the context of interface design for future, autonomous taxis. It demonstrates that repurposing pro-social virtual reality as a design collaboration tool enables an embodied and spatialised... Read More about Pro-Social Mobility: Using Mozilla Hubs as a Design Collaboration Tool.

Evaluating Virtual Reality 360 Video to Inform Interface Design for Driverless Taxis (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Large, D., Hallewell, M., Coffey, M., Evans, J., Briars, L., Harvey, C., & Burnett, G. (2022, April). Evaluating Virtual Reality 360 Video to Inform Interface Design for Driverless Taxis. Paper presented at Ergonomics & Human Factors 2022, Birmingham, UK

Autonomous, self-driving taxis are a commonly cited solution for future mobility but inevitably raise myriad human-centred design and usability challenges. However, conducting usability and user experience studies in imagined, future vehicles is trou... Read More about Evaluating Virtual Reality 360 Video to Inform Interface Design for Driverless Taxis.

COVID-Well Study: Qualitative Evaluation of Supported Wellbeing Centres and Psychological First Aid for Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Blake, H., Gupta, A., Javed, M., Wood, B., Knowles, S., Coyne, E., & Cooper, J. (2022, March). COVID-Well Study: Qualitative Evaluation of Supported Wellbeing Centres and Psychological First Aid for Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at Midlands Academy of Medical Sciences Research Festival, Nottingham

Evaluation of the diabetes education app (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Swaby, R., Greening, J., Sachdev, P., & Blake, H. (2021, November). Evaluation of the diabetes education app. Presented at 48th Annual Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes 2021, Online

Introduction Structured education is an integral part of type one diabetes care for children and young people and their families, delivered at diagnosis. There is currently no validated curriculum or outcome measures of diabetes education in the... Read More about Evaluation of the diabetes education app.

Trench Floating Field Rings termination for 10kV+ rated SiC n-IGBTs (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Lophitis, N., Gammon, P. M., Renz, A. B., Dai, T., Tiwari, A., Trajkovic, T., …Antoniou, M. (2021, October). Trench Floating Field Rings termination for 10kV+ rated SiC n-IGBTs. Paper presented at The 13th European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ECSCRM 2020·2021), Tours, France

An Enhanced Droop Control Method for multi-source Electric Power System of More Electric Aircraft (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Hussaini, H., Yang, T., Wang, C., & Bozho, S. (2021, October). An Enhanced Droop Control Method for multi-source Electric Power System of More Electric Aircraft. Paper presented at MEA2021, Bordeaux, France

The more electric aircraft concept has been identified as the major trend of future aircraft. The DC distribution network where multiple electrical sources are connected to a common HVDC bus is a promising architecture for more electric aircraft appl... Read More about An Enhanced Droop Control Method for multi-source Electric Power System of More Electric Aircraft.

COVID-Well Study: Qualitative Evaluation of Supported Wellbeing Centres and Psychological First Aid for Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Blake, H., Gupta, A., Javed, M., Wood, B., Knowles, S., Coyne, E., & Cooper, J. (2021, October). COVID-Well Study: Qualitative Evaluation of Supported Wellbeing Centres and Psychological First Aid for Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presented at Annual Medical Education Conference of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2020, Nottingham, UK