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Can Near-Peer Facilitated Small Group Learning Encourage the Development of Self- Regulated Learning Skills in Undergraduate Medical Students? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maud, A., Graham, A., & Church, H. (2020, September). Can Near-Peer Facilitated Small Group Learning Encourage the Development of Self- Regulated Learning Skills in Undergraduate Medical Students?. Paper presented at AMEE 2020, Virtual Online Conference

Background: Literature suggests that undergraduate medical students lack Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) skills, including goal-setting, monitoring progress and reflection, which are required for professional practice and lifelong learning. This resear... Read More about Can Near-Peer Facilitated Small Group Learning Encourage the Development of Self- Regulated Learning Skills in Undergraduate Medical Students?.

Decarbonising our transport system: Vehicle use behaviour analysis to assess the potential of transitioning to electric mobility (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Waldron, J., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., Naylor, S., & Shipman, R. (2020, September). Decarbonising our transport system: Vehicle use behaviour analysis to assess the potential of transitioning to electric mobility. Presented at 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA 2020). Planning Post Carbon Cities, A Coruna, Spain

The transport sector is responsible for over 20% of the global carbon emissions. One of the strategies to reduce its impact includes transitioning to electric vehicles (EV). However, this represents several challenges to existing cities, such as the... Read More about Decarbonising our transport system: Vehicle use behaviour analysis to assess the potential of transitioning to electric mobility.

Multi-Sector Windings For Bearing Relief E-Machine: Saturation and Cross Coupling Effects (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahmoud, H., Valente, G., Degano, M., Nardo, M. D., Gerada, C., & James, B. (2020, August). Multi-Sector Windings For Bearing Relief E-Machine: Saturation and Cross Coupling Effects. Presented at Proceedings - 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2020, Gothenburg, Sweden

The key driving elements for any electrical machine (EM) used in aerospace and other safety critical applications are the reliability, mass, volume, and efficiency. To reduce mass/volume while satisfying the power required, the option is to increase... Read More about Multi-Sector Windings For Bearing Relief E-Machine: Saturation and Cross Coupling Effects.

An Analytical Approach for the Design of Innovative Hairpin Winding Layouts (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Arzillo, A., Nuzzo, S., Braglia, P., Franceschini, G., Barater, D., Gerada, D., & Gerada, C. (2020, August). An Analytical Approach for the Design of Innovative Hairpin Winding Layouts. Presented at 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Gothenburg, Sweden

This work deals with an analytical approach aimed at accurately predicting Joule losses in innovative hairpin winding layouts. While hairpin windings are seeing an everincreasing use in automotive and aerospace applications due to their inherently hi... Read More about An Analytical Approach for the Design of Innovative Hairpin Winding Layouts.

Optimized Magnet wire size and Slot winding height for minimum AC losses in a Traction Machine (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bardalai, A., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., & Gerada, C. (2020, August). Optimized Magnet wire size and Slot winding height for minimum AC losses in a Traction Machine. Presented at 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Gothenburg

The demand for high performance electrical machines that combine high power density (kW/kg or kW/L), light – weighting and high efficiency have become more and more important in recent years. In these machines, mitigation of the parasitic losses asso... Read More about Optimized Magnet wire size and Slot winding height for minimum AC losses in a Traction Machine.

System condition monitoring through Bayesian change point detection using pump vibrations (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tochev, E., Rengasamy, D., Pfifer, H., & Ratchev, S. System condition monitoring through Bayesian change point detection using pump vibrations. Presented at IEEE 16th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2020), Hong Kong, China

This paper presents a method for vibration analysis and a simple test bench analogue for the solder pumping system in an industrial wave-soldering machine at a Siemens factory. A common machine fault is caused by solder build-up within the pipes of t... Read More about System condition monitoring through Bayesian change point detection using pump vibrations.

The p-ring Trench Schottky IGBT: A solution towards latch-up immunity and an enhanced safe-operating area (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Antoniou, M., Lophitis, N., Udrea, F., Corvasce, C., & De-Michielis, L. (2020, September). The p-ring Trench Schottky IGBT: A solution towards latch-up immunity and an enhanced safe-operating area. Presented at 2020 32nd International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD), Vienna, Austria

© 2020 IEEE. A novel Trench IGBT design, namely the p-ring Trench Schottky IGBT, with improved latch-up immunity and an enhanced safe-operating area is proposed. This design improves the performance of the FS+ IGBT by facilitating the collection of h... Read More about The p-ring Trench Schottky IGBT: A solution towards latch-up immunity and an enhanced safe-operating area.

Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor: From Trench to Planar (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vemulapati, U., Stiasny, T., Wikström, T., Lophitis, N., & Udrea, F. (2020, September). Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor: From Trench to Planar. Presented at 2020 32nd International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD), Vienna, Austria

© 2020 IEEE. The planar Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor (IGCT) concept is proposed to simplify the fabrication process of the device and improve the ruggedness as well as electrothermal performance of the device. The planar IGCT concept has been... Read More about Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor: From Trench to Planar.

Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Recalde, A. A., Bozhko, S., & Atkin, J. (2020, August). Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft. Presented at AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum, VIRTUAL EVENT

© 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. The synthesis of a power distribution architecture for More Electric Aircraft requires weight optimization in order to reduce energy consumption. The weight of... Read More about Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft.

Advantages of a Double Three-Phase Winding Layout for a Dual Rotor E-Bike Motor Considering Third Current Harmonic Injection Technique (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gaetano, D. D., Golovanov, D., Sala, G., Galassini, A., Degano, M., Mahmoud, H., & Gerada, C. (2020, June). Advantages of a Double Three-Phase Winding Layout for a Dual Rotor E-Bike Motor Considering Third Current Harmonic Injection Technique. Presented at 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), Chicago, IL, USA

The transportation electrification process is rapidly demanding for drivers with enhanced performance. Modern systems are moving from fossil fuel technologies toward hybrid and fully electric solutions. Consequently, in automotive and motorcycle sect... Read More about Advantages of a Double Three-Phase Winding Layout for a Dual Rotor E-Bike Motor Considering Third Current Harmonic Injection Technique.

Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RECALDE, A., BOZHKO, S., & ATKIN, J. (2020, June). Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization. Presented at 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (iTEC 2020), Chicago, Illinois, USA (online)

The increased utilization of electrical energy in future aviation requires an efficient method to perform load flow for optimizing on-board operating conditions. Load flow models of electrical networks are complex to solve and requires iterative meth... Read More about Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization.

Three-Level Indirect Matrix Converter With Series Z-source Networks (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Effah, F. B., Wheeler, P., Okyere, P., Watson, A., Ojo, J., & Clare, J. (2020, August). Three-Level Indirect Matrix Converter With Series Z-source Networks. Presented at 2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, Nairobi, Kenya (online)

The concept of series Z-source network has been extended to a conventional indirect matrix converter in previous publications for raising the voltage gain to unity and beyond. In this paper, this idea is adapted and applied to a three-level indirect... Read More about Three-Level Indirect Matrix Converter With Series Z-source Networks.

Comparing Intervals Using Type Reduction (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Runkler, T. A., Chen, C., Coupland, S., & John, R. (2020, July). Comparing Intervals Using Type Reduction. Presented at 2020 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), Glasgow, UK

Many decision making processes are based on choosing options with maximum utility. Often utility assessments are associated with uncertainty, which may be mathematically modeled by intervals of utilities. Intervals of utilities may be mapped to singl... Read More about Comparing Intervals Using Type Reduction.

FuzzyR: An Extended Fuzzy Logic Toolbox for the R Programming Language (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, C., Razak, T. R., & Garibaldi, J. M. (2020, July). FuzzyR: An Extended Fuzzy Logic Toolbox for the R Programming Language. Presented at 2020 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), Glasgow, UK

This paper presents an R package FuzzyR which is an extended fuzzy logic toolbox for the R programming language. FuzzyR is a continuation of the previous Fuzzy R toolboxes such as FuzzyToolkitUoN. Whilst keeping existing functionalities of the previo... Read More about FuzzyR: An Extended Fuzzy Logic Toolbox for the R Programming Language.

Training the trainers curriculum on co-creation of virtual reality reusable e-resources (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Konstantinidis, S. T., Wharrad, H., Nikolaidou, M. M., Antoniou, P., Neokleous, K., Schiza, E., Matsangidou, M., Frangoudis, F., Hatziaros, M., Avraamides, M., Bamidis, P. .., & Pattichis, C. S. (2020, July). Training the trainers curriculum on co-creation of virtual reality reusable e-resources. Presented at 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Online Conference

Clinical skills labs exist in many Universities and University Hospitals, having a high maintenance cost and not always offering to the medical and nursing students a fully immersive experience. In recent years there has been an expansion of ICT in h... Read More about Training the trainers curriculum on co-creation of virtual reality reusable e-resources.

From sharing to gifting: A web app for deepening engagement (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adams, M., Spence, J., Clark, S., Farr, J. R., Benford, S., & Tandavanitj, N. (2020, July). From sharing to gifting: A web app for deepening engagement. Presented at EVA London 2020, London, UK

Visitors currently use social media to share their experiences in museums, but these interactions are often short, quick and superficial. Is it possible to transform the impulse to share into an act of generosity, deepening engagement with museum col... Read More about From sharing to gifting: A web app for deepening engagement.

Finding Comfortable Routes for Ambulance Transfers of Newborn Infants (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Partridge, T. J., Morris, D. E., Light, R. A., Leslie, A., Sharkey, D., Crowe, J. A., & McNally, D. S. (2020, July). Finding Comfortable Routes for Ambulance Transfers of Newborn Infants. Presented at 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Montreal, QC, Canada

Early inter-hospital ambulance transport of premature babies is associated with more severe brain injury. The mechanism is unclear, but they are exposed to excessive noise and vibration. Smart-routing may help minimise these exposure levels and poten... Read More about Finding Comfortable Routes for Ambulance Transfers of Newborn Infants.

Choosing Sample Sizes for Statistical Measures on Interval-Valued Data (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCulloch, J., Ellerby, Z., & Wagner, C. (2020, July). Choosing Sample Sizes for Statistical Measures on Interval-Valued Data. Presented at 2020 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), Glasgow, United Kingdom

Intervals have frequently been used in the literature to represent uncertainty in data, from eliciting uncertain judgements from experts to representing uncertainty in sensor measurements. This widespread use of intervals has led to research on inter... Read More about Choosing Sample Sizes for Statistical Measures on Interval-Valued Data.