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Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Abba, M., Naeem, Z., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2021, August). Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants. Presented at ICLASS 2021, 15th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Edinburgh, UK

Conventional aerosols sprays contain different Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). These organic compounds have different properties and can have detrimental impact on air quality. This study investigated the spray performance and variation of the type... Read More about Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants.

Qualitative analysis of spray characteristics of impinging jets using a gelled non-Newtonian propellant simulant (2021)
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Darvan, A., Kebriaee, A., Nouri-Borujerdi, A., & Nourian, A. (2021, August). Qualitative analysis of spray characteristics of impinging jets using a gelled non-Newtonian propellant simulant. Presented at ICLASS 2021, 15th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Edinburgh, UK

The utilization of liquid and solid fuels for propulsion and combustion processes with Newtonian characteristics are widely known. However, recent studies are considering the application of shear-thinning non-Newtonian fuels as alternative simulant s... Read More about Qualitative analysis of spray characteristics of impinging jets using a gelled non-Newtonian propellant simulant.

Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Johnson, A., Nasr, G., Nourian, A., & Abba, M. (2021, August). Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions. Presented at ICLASS 2021, 15th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Edinburgh, UK

For past decades, various industries, such as oil and gas, have come to realisation that using water-based spraying systems, with fine very fine droplets should be the preferred option in mitigating and suppressing the thermal explosions. Previous st... Read More about Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions.

Social Media and the Olympics (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2021, August). Social Media and the Olympics. Presented at UK-Japan Student Conference, Tokyo

Potential of automated digital hemispherical photography and wireless quantum sensors for routine canopy monitoring and satellite product validation (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Brown, L., Morris, H., Albero, E., Lopez-Baeza, E., Tiedemann, F., Siebecke, L., …Dash, J. (2021, July). Potential of automated digital hemispherical photography and wireless quantum sensors for routine canopy monitoring and satellite product validation. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, Brussels, Belgium

To better characterize the temporal dynamics of vegetation biophysical variables, a variety of automated in situ measurement techniques have been developed in recent years. In this study, we investigated automated digital hemispherical photography (D... Read More about Potential of automated digital hemispherical photography and wireless quantum sensors for routine canopy monitoring and satellite product validation.

How is innovation impacting the sport sector? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2021, June). How is innovation impacting the sport sector?. Presented at Sport Innovation Seminar, Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU,, Portugal

UKRI Climate Expo (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2021, May). UKRI Climate Expo. Presented at Online

Series of events as part of the UKRI Climate Expo, linked to the COP26 UK programme in Glasgow

Continuous professional development changes for construction professionals post Covid-19 (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Watts, G., & Harris, N. (2021, March). Continuous professional development changes for construction professionals post Covid-19. Presented at Exploring Contemporary Issues and Challenges in the Construction Industry: (CCC2021), the 5th Coventry University Construction Conference, Online

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a requirement of all Chartered construction professionals. The benefits of CPD are also espoused by many construction companies so arguably CPD should also be undertaken by all professionals regardless of... Read More about Continuous professional development changes for construction professionals post Covid-19.

Comparing construction professionals job descriptions with university modules. Do the modules taught match the needs required? (2021)
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Harris, N., & Watts, G. (2021, March). Comparing construction professionals job descriptions with university modules. Do the modules taught match the needs required?. Presented at Exploring Contemporary Issues and Challenges in the Construction Industry: (CCC2021), the 5th Coventry University Construction Conference, Online

Long before Covid19 the roles and requirements of construction professionals have been evolving. The pandemic has served to increase this pace of change. Some of these changes are temporary (although who knows for how long) whilst other changes could... Read More about Comparing construction professionals job descriptions with university modules. Do the modules taught match the needs required?.

Computational fluid dynamic simulation of thermal convection in green fuel cells with finite volume and lattice Boltzmann methods (2021)
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Beg, O., Javaid, H., Beg, T., Prasad, V., Kuharat, S., Kadir, A., …Ozturk, Z. (2021, January). Computational fluid dynamic simulation of thermal convection in green fuel cells with finite volume and lattice Boltzmann methods. Presented at ICETP 2021: 15TH Int. Conference on Energy and Thermal Physics, Rome, Italy

The modern thrust for green energy technologies has witnessed considerable efforts in developing efficient, environmentally friendly fuel cells. This has been particularly so in the automotive sector which is the dominant mode of personal... Read More about Computational fluid dynamic simulation of thermal convection in green fuel cells with finite volume and lattice Boltzmann methods.

Computation of viscous channel flow in a rotating magnetohydrodynamic energy generator configuration with oscillatory effects (2021)
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Beg, O., Beg, T., El Gendy, M., Kadir, A., & Leonard, H. (2021, January). Computation of viscous channel flow in a rotating magnetohydrodynamic energy generator configuration with oscillatory effects. Presented at ICETP 2021: 15th International Conference on Energy and Thermal Physics, Rome, Italy

With the desire for a green economy in the 21st century, considerable resurgence in renewable energy systems has been witnessed. Among the most promising and least environmentally damaging systems is the MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) energy generator.... Read More about Computation of viscous channel flow in a rotating magnetohydrodynamic energy generator configuration with oscillatory effects.

Effort assessment: foreign-flagged vessels in coastal state exclusive economic zones (2020)
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Richardson, A. (2020, October). Effort assessment: foreign-flagged vessels in coastal state exclusive economic zones. Presented at 17th IOTC Compliance Committee, Online/Virtual

This report summarises the results of geospatial mapping of fishing effort as published by IOTC for the period 2016-2018. This was an analysis of activities within the Western Indian Ocean, conducted on behalf of the International Pole and Line Fou... Read More about Effort assessment: foreign-flagged vessels in coastal state exclusive economic zones.

The impact of baseline wall U-value on energy performance of solid wall insulation (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Seifhashemi, M., Elkadi, H., & Fitton, R. (2020, September). The impact of baseline wall U-value on energy performance of solid wall insulation. Poster presented at 5th Building Simulation and Optimization 2020 Conference, Virtual

Solid wall dwellings are in high energy demand and need to be treated by energy retrofit measures such as internal wall insulation (IWI). U-value is the key parameter for energy saving evaluations. There are uncertainties about the U-values of solid... Read More about The impact of baseline wall U-value on energy performance of solid wall insulation.

Construction procurement systems for refurbishment projects (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Egbu, C. (2020, August). Construction procurement systems for refurbishment projects. Presented at COBRA 2000: RICS Construction and Building Research Conference: The Millennium Conference, The University of Greenwich, England, UK

Movies emotional analysis using textual contents (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Kayhani, A., Meziane, F., & Chiky, R. (2020, June). Movies emotional analysis using textual contents. Presented at 25th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2020, Saarbrücken, Germany

In this paper, we use movies and series subtitles and applied text mining and Natural Language Processing methods to evaluate emotions in videos. Three different word lexicons were used and one of the outcomes of this research is the generation of a... Read More about Movies emotional analysis using textual contents.

Presence metadata in the Internet of Things challenges and opportunities (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Hegarty, R., & Haggerty, J. (2020, February). Presence metadata in the Internet of Things challenges and opportunities. Presented at 6th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, Valletta, Malta

The Internet of Things is an emerging computing paradigm that promises to revolutionise society. The widespread capture and aggregation of data from sensors and smart devices combined with processing using machine learning in cloud computing platfo... Read More about Presence metadata in the Internet of Things challenges and opportunities.

Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Silva, C., & Saraee, M. (2020, February). Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators. Presented at 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Electricity Distribution network operators (DNO) may receive a monetary reward or have a penalty reliant on their performance against the target set by the regulators. Customer minutes lost (CML) is one of the primary performance indicators which lea... Read More about Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators.

Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Silva, C., & Saraee, M. (2020, February). Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults. Presented at 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Power systems are inclined to frequent failures due to equipment malfunctions in the network. Equipment malfunctions can occur in any of the equipment in the network such as transformers, switchgear, overground cables or underground cables. Any failu... Read More about Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults.