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Empowering SMEs Through XR Technologies: Bridging Expertise Gaps and Promoting Sustainable Development (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents three XR (Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality) case studies that showcased knowledge transfer between Academia and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Developed under the UK-based Centre for Digital In-novation (CDI), these pro... Read More about Empowering SMEs Through XR Technologies: Bridging Expertise Gaps and Promoting Sustainable Development.

Adoption of circular economy within the UK construction industry: Particular analysis of one of the UK top-5 contractor companies (2025)
Journal Article

The construction industry is the major contributor to waste generation in the world. Construction and demolition waste comprised more than 60% of the total UK waste generation in 2020. This presents challenges to material resource efficiency, sustain... Read More about Adoption of circular economy within the UK construction industry: Particular analysis of one of the UK top-5 contractor companies.

ASSESSING POST-DISASTER RECOVERY USING SENTIMENT AND TOPIC ANALYSIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS: L'AQUILA, ITALY (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this conference paper, we assess the progress in post-disaster recovery by analysing 4349 tweets posted between 4th and 10th April 2019 that we collected around the 10th anniversary of the earthquake in L'Aquila. Text data collected from social me... Read More about ASSESSING POST-DISASTER RECOVERY USING SENTIMENT AND TOPIC ANALYSIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS: L'AQUILA, ITALY.

The impact of moving home for private rental tenants in greater manchester: a mixed-methods analysis (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Greater Manchester has over 240,000 privately rented households, with tenants often subjected to higher costs (compared to mortgage payments or social housing), alongside poor-quality properties and insecure tenancies. Due to a reduction... Read More about The impact of moving home for private rental tenants in greater manchester: a mixed-methods analysis.

Citizen Scientists: Motivation to Participate in Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveys: A Case Study on Monitoring Mammals in the UK (2025)
Journal Article

Citizen scientists have become integral participants in biodiversity monitoring, and the demand for effective surveying efforts has sparked interest in utilizing environmental DNA (eDNA) for species monitoring, drawing volunteers into survey planning... Read More about Citizen Scientists: Motivation to Participate in Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveys: A Case Study on Monitoring Mammals in the UK.

Analytical Solutions Incorporating Interfacial Mode II Fracture Energy for Predicting the Shear Response of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Samples (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are widely used for strengthening and rehabilitating ageing concrete structures, with their effectiveness strongly influenced by the behaviour at the FRP-concrete interface. This study presents a closed-form analytica... Read More about Analytical Solutions Incorporating Interfacial Mode II Fracture Energy for Predicting the Shear Response of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Samples.

Verified implementations of the Sottek psychoacoustic Hearing Model standardised sound quality metrics (ECMA-418-2 loudness, roughness and tonality (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Metrics for describing perceptual sound qualities have previously been developed from a variety of psychoa- coustic models. The Sottek Hearing Model (SHM) of- fers a holistic approach to characterising perceptual sound quality and the SHM metrics for... Read More about Verified implementations of the Sottek psychoacoustic Hearing Model standardised sound quality metrics (ECMA-418-2 loudness, roughness and tonality.

The Effect of Blade Crop and Skew on the Interaction Tones Produced by a Contra-Rotating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Rotor System (2025)
Journal Article

Contra-rotating rotor systems are commonly used on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The periodic unsteady loading on the blades of these rotor systems due to their interaction with the flow field of the adjacent rotor produces a mul... Read More about The Effect of Blade Crop and Skew on the Interaction Tones Produced by a Contra-Rotating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Rotor System.

Determining Management Strategies to Control Ash Dieback Disease Through the Study of Molecular and Environmental Interactions (2025)
Journal Article

Ash dieback (ADB) disease, caused by the devastating fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Baral, Queloz & Hosoya, currently poses a significant threat to forest health by decreasing the ash population across the UK and Europe. In our study, we evaluated ho... Read More about Determining Management Strategies to Control Ash Dieback Disease Through the Study of Molecular and Environmental Interactions.

Pedagogy showcase at The University of Salford (2025)
Digital Artefact

Jess Power, APVC Learning and Teaching Enhancement, and Davina Whitnall, LTEC EDI lead, share The University of Salford Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre’s new publication ‘Pedagogy: LTEC Learning and Teaching Showcase’.

Overcoming the Long-Term Barriers to Digital Twinning Usage in the UK Construction Industry (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Adopting Digital Twinning (DT) technology will help the construction industry unlock a wealth of economical, environmental, and societal benefits. These have been outlined in the extant literature, but all largely focus on the immediate benefits attr... Read More about Overcoming the Long-Term Barriers to Digital Twinning Usage in the UK Construction Industry.