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Design and testing of electromechanical actuator for aerospace applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papini, L., Connor, P., Patel, C., Empringham, L., Gerada, C., & Wheeler, P. (2018, January). Design and testing of electromechanical actuator for aerospace applications. Presented at 2018 25th International Workshop on Electric Drives: Optimization in Control of Electric Drives (IWED), Moscow, Russia

Electromechanical actuators are gaining interest in the aerospace industry within the More Electrical Aircraft (MEA) architecture. The end-goal of fully electric aircraft includes Electromechanical actuation for flight control systems. The design and... Read More about Design and testing of electromechanical actuator for aerospace applications.

Comparison of thermal and reliability performance between a SiC MOSFET module with embedded decoupling capacitors and commercial Si IGBT power modules (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, L., Agyakwa, P., Corfield, M., Johnson, M., Harris, A., Packwood, M., & Paciura, K. Comparison of thermal and reliability performance between a SiC MOSFET module with embedded decoupling capacitors and commercial Si IGBT power modules. Presented at 10th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics (CIPS 2018)

This paper characterizes thermal and reliability performance of a SiC MOSFET power module with embedded decoupling capacitors and without anti-parallel diodes. Active and passive temperature cycling, supported by transient thermal impedance character... Read More about Comparison of thermal and reliability performance between a SiC MOSFET module with embedded decoupling capacitors and commercial Si IGBT power modules.

Proposal of a design pattern for embedding the concept of social forces in human centric simulation models (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siebers, P.-O., Deng, Y., Thaler, J., Schnädelbach, H., & Özcan, E. (2018, March). Proposal of a design pattern for embedding the concept of social forces in human centric simulation models. Presented at Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2018 (SW18 )

There exist many papers that explain the social force model and its application for modelling pedestrian dynamics. None of these papers, however, explains how to implement the social force model in order to use it for systems simulation studies. In t... Read More about Proposal of a design pattern for embedding the concept of social forces in human centric simulation models.

Come and play: interactive theatre for early years (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patel, R., Schnadelbach, H., & Koleva, B. (2018, March). Come and play: interactive theatre for early years. Presented at Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interactions (TEI 2018)

The convergence of theatre and digital technologies can play a valuable role in theatre for early years, but, how an audience of under-5’s experiences and engages with these spaces is largely unexplored. We present an interactive performance installa... Read More about Come and play: interactive theatre for early years.

Supporting kids with diabetes in physical activity (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Knox, E. C., Glazebrook, C., Leighton, P., Randell, T., Greening, J., Guo, B., & Blake, H. (2018, March). Supporting kids with diabetes in physical activity. Paper presented at III Congreso Internacional en Investigacion y Didactica de la Educacion Fisica

Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Emberson, C. A., & Trautrims, A. Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network. Presented at 5th International EUROMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum

In this paper we argue that, to fully understand managers’ perceptions of modern slavery risk in the context of a UK health-care supply chain, it is necessary to adopt a ‘labour’ supply chain lens that puts the employment relationship at the heart of... Read More about Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network.

Formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Swan, M., & Foster, C. (2016, July). Formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving. Presented at 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education

Formative assessment is the process by which teachers and students gather evidence of learning and then use this to adapt the way they teach and learn in the classroom. In this paper we describe a design research project in which we integrated format... Read More about Formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving.

Exploring caregivers’ experiences of caring for men with advanced prostate cancer in a resource-poor setting: a qualitative serial interview study (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salifu, Y., Almack, K., & Caswell, G. Exploring caregivers’ experiences of caring for men with advanced prostate cancer in a resource-poor setting: a qualitative serial interview study. Presented at APM Supportive & Palliative Care Conference 2018

Background: Family caregivers who assume the responsibility of care for patients living with advanced diseases could have challenges especially in resource-poor settings. The bulk and responsibility for care are predominantly provided by the family c... Read More about Exploring caregivers’ experiences of caring for men with advanced prostate cancer in a resource-poor setting: a qualitative serial interview study.

Bidirectional partial power converter interface for energy storage systems to provide peak shaving in grid-tied PV plants (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muller, N., Kouro, S., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. Bidirectional partial power converter interface for energy storage systems to provide peak shaving in grid-tied PV plants. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT)

The ever growing participation of modern renewable resources in electric markets has shaken the paradigm of generation-demand constant match. Most modern renewables add intermittent behaviour and high variability to electric markets, forcing other re... Read More about Bidirectional partial power converter interface for energy storage systems to provide peak shaving in grid-tied PV plants.

Synthesis of orchestrations of transducers for manufacturing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
De Giacomo, G., Vardi, M. Y., Felli, P., Alechina, N., & Logan, B. Synthesis of orchestrations of transducers for manufacturing. Presented at 32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-18)

In this paper, we model manufacturing processes and facilities as transducers (automata with output). The problem of whether a given manufacturing process can be realized by a given set of manufacturing resources can then be stated as an orchestratio... Read More about Synthesis of orchestrations of transducers for manufacturing.

Fuzzy C-means-based scenario bundling for stochastic service network design (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jiang, X., Bai, R., Landa-Silva, D., & Aickelin, U. (2017, November). Fuzzy C-means-based scenario bundling for stochastic service network design. Presented at 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2017, Honolulu, HI, USA

Stochastic service network designs with uncertain demand represented by a set of scenarios can be modelled as a large-scale two-stage stochastic mixed-integer program (SMIP). The progressive hedging algorithm (PHA) is a decomposition method for solvi... Read More about Fuzzy C-means-based scenario bundling for stochastic service network design.

Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pinheiro, R. L., Landa-Silva, D., Laesanklang, W., & Constantino, A. A. (2018, January). Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems. Presented at 7th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES 2018), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Modern multiobjective algorithms can be computationally inefficient in producing good approximation sets for highly constrained many-objective problems. Such problems are common in real-world applications where decision-makers need to assess multiple... Read More about Using goal programming on estimated Pareto fronts to solve multiobjective problems.

The USNO-UKIRT K-band Hemisphere Survey (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, D., Justice, B., Jeffrey A., M., Fred J., V., Bryan, D., Simon, D., Tom, K., Watson, V., Mike, I., Andy, L., Robert, M., Klaus, H., & Guenther, H. (2018, January). The USNO-UKIRT K-band Hemisphere Survey. Presented at The 231th AAS Meeting, Washington D. C

We present initial results from the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) and UKIRT K-band Hemisphere Survey (U2HS), currently underway using the Wide Field Camera (WFCAM) installed on UKIRT on Maunakea. U2HS is a collaborative effort undertaken by... Read More about The USNO-UKIRT K-band Hemisphere Survey.

Functional modelling in evolvable assembly systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sanderson, D., Chaplin, J. C., & Ratchev, S. Functional modelling in evolvable assembly systems. Presented at 8th International Precision Assembly Seminar

The design and reconfiguration of adaptive production systems is a key driver in modern advanced manufacturing. We summarise the use of an ap-proach from the field of functional modelling to capture the function, behaviour, and structure of a system.... Read More about Functional modelling in evolvable assembly systems.

Design and fabrication of a low cost desktop electrochemical 3D printer (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, X., Liu, X., Childs, P., Brandon, N., & Wu, B. (2018, May). Design and fabrication of a low cost desktop electrochemical 3D printer. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2018), Singapore

Additive manufacturing (AM) (3D printing) is the process of creating 3D objects from digital models through the layer by layer deposition of materials. Electrochemical additive manufacturing (ECAM) is a relatively new technique which can create metal... Read More about Design and fabrication of a low cost desktop electrochemical 3D printer.

Voci di Britannia: microstorie di latinizzazione (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cotugno, F. (2016, December). Voci di Britannia: microstorie di latinizzazione. Presented at Mutamento linguistico e biodiversità. Atti del XLI Convegno della Società Italiana di Glottologia, Perugia, Italy

In questa sede vorremmo offrire un breve excursus della situazione linguistica della Britannia romana (I e il IV secolo d.C.). La maggiore fonte di informazioni proviene da testi non-letterari scritti su tavolette cerate, a inchiostro o su lamine met... Read More about Voci di Britannia: microstorie di latinizzazione.