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Readiness of organisations to implement a knowledge management strategy: A construction industry overview (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Mohd Zin, I., & Egbu, C. (2010, September). Readiness of organisations to implement a knowledge management strategy: A construction industry overview. Presented at Annual ARCOM Conference, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Leeds, UK,

Many organisations are now looking towards knowledge management (KM) initiatives to address some of the challenges brought forward by marketplace pressures and the nature of the workplace. Organisations in the construction industry are no exceptions.... Read More about Readiness of organisations to implement a knowledge management strategy: A construction industry overview.

Exploitation of knowledge mapping benefits in the facilities performance evaluation process: A conceptual framework (2010)
Presentation / Conference
conceptual framework. Presented at Association of Researchers in Construction Management,, Leeds, UK,

Previous studies in various fields have identified numbers of knowledge mapping tools and techniques that are widely used. Knowledge mapping tools and techniques assist with information and knowledge flow throughout an organization. However, for a kn... Read More about Exploitation of knowledge mapping benefits in the facilities performance evaluation process: A conceptual framework.

Critical success factors associated with effective knowledge sharing in the provision of floating support services in sheltered housing for the elderly (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Egbu, J., Wood, G., & Egbu, C. (2010, September). Critical success factors associated with effective knowledge sharing in the provision of floating support services in sheltered housing for the elderly. Presented at 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, Leeds, UK,

As the population ages, an increasing number of vulnerable older people are choosing to live in some sort of home, including sheltered housing, extra care sheltered housing and residential care homes. The needs of older people are constantly changing... Read More about Critical success factors associated with effective knowledge sharing in the provision of floating support services in sheltered housing for the elderly.

Measuring the impact of knowledge sharing on the planning permission process in Malaysian local authorities (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Mohamed, O., & Egbu, C. (2010, September). Measuring the impact of knowledge sharing on the planning permission process in Malaysian local authorities. Presented at 26th Annual ARCOM Conference,, Leeds, UK,

organizations like local authorities, the ability to effectively share knowledge across organizations can lead to improved service delivery and the achievement of best practices. Hence, the degree to which an organization effectively applies knowle... Read More about Measuring the impact of knowledge sharing on the planning permission process in Malaysian local authorities.

Knowledge retention in construction in the UAE (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Arif, M., Egbu, C., & Toma, T. (2010, September). Knowledge retention in construction in the UAE. Presented at 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, Leeds, UK,

With employees leaving construction organizations for all sorts of reasons, it is imperative that organizations look at ways to retain their knowledge. This paper presents a four step process in order to ensure knowledge retention. The four steps inc... Read More about Knowledge retention in construction in the UAE.

Selection criteria frameword for choosing industrialized building systems for housing projects (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Abdullah, M., & Egbu, C. (2010, September). Selection criteria frameword for choosing industrialized building systems for housing projects. Presented at 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, Leeds, UK,

An Industrialized Building System (IBS) has been accepted as an innovation strategy to assist in overcoming key problems in the Malaysian housing sector. The manufacturers and producers of IBS have claimed that their systems have a multitude of advan... Read More about Selection criteria frameword for choosing industrialized building systems for housing projects.

A literature review of the role of project management in post-disaster reconstruction (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hidayat, B., & Egbu, C. (2010, September). A literature review of the role of project management in post-disaster reconstruction. Presented at 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, Leeds, UK,

The number of natural disasters has increased sharply in the past few decades, threatening human lives, and the built environment. Recent disaster management paradigms have, arguably, shifted from disaster relief to disaster preparedness, hazard miti... Read More about A literature review of the role of project management in post-disaster reconstruction.

High pressure overlapping flat sprays nozzles (2010)
Presentation / Conference
El Kamkhi, M., Nasr, G., Burby, M., & Nourian, A. (2010, September). High pressure overlapping flat sprays nozzles. Presented at ILASS - Europe 2010 23rd Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Brno, Czech Republic

Descaling of oil and gas well pipes has proved to be a major problem to oil and gas companies, as scale formation significantly reduces well productivity and costs the industry millions of pounds a year. Current scale removal methods involve the us... Read More about High pressure overlapping flat sprays nozzles.

Radial analysis of fine sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA) (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Stewart, J., Nasr, G., Burby, M., & Nourian, A. (2010, September). Radial analysis of fine sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA). Presented at ILASS - Europe 2010 23rd Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Brno, Czech Republic

A mobile fine spray unit, utilising a Spill Return Atomiser (SRA) has been developed for the purpose of decontamination within healthcare environments. The unit must be able to spray uniformly onto any given surface, providing ‘mist like’ coverage.... Read More about Radial analysis of fine sprays using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA).

Properties of CuInSe2 and Mo thin films produced by pulsed d.c magnetron sputtering for solar cell fabrication (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., Cowpe, J., & Pilkington, R. (2010, August). Properties of CuInSe2 and Mo thin films produced by pulsed d.c magnetron sputtering for solar cell fabrication. Poster presented at Photon 10, Southampton

Copper indium diselenide (CIS) is one of the most promising semiconducting thin film materials used in the solar cell industry. A typical CIS based solar cell comprises a Mo/CuInSe2/CdS/i-ZnO/ZnO heterojunction. This work describes the use of pulsed... Read More about Properties of CuInSe2 and Mo thin films produced by pulsed d.c magnetron sputtering for solar cell fabrication.

Black and grey soliton refraction at interfaces (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sánchez-Curto, J., Chamorro-Posada, P., & McDonald, G. (2010, August). Black and grey soliton refraction at interfaces. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

The behaviour of grey solitons incident on Kerr defocusing interfaces is studied within the framework of Helmholtz theory. We report that the refraction of grey solitons is governed by a generalized Snell's law whose validity extends to arbitrary ang... Read More about Black and grey soliton refraction at interfaces.

Novel cavity effects in ultra-broadband multiline Raman generation (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rose, C., McDonald, G., & Christian, J. (2010, August). Novel cavity effects in ultra-broadband multiline Raman generation. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

Broadband multiline frequency combs present a wealth of applications, ranging from meteorology, sensing and measurements to those potentially in the domain of attosecond science. We report here on detailed investigations of, what we believe is, a nov... Read More about Novel cavity effects in ultra-broadband multiline Raman generation.

Fractal laser sources: new analyses, results and contexts (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., McDonald, G., Heyes, A., & Huang, J. (2010, August). Fractal laser sources: new analyses, results and contexts. Presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

A series of significant new extensions concerning fractal light generation are reported. Firstly, we summarise techniques and results from the first full analysis of the linear modes of ‘fractal lasers’ [1] – unstable-cavity geometries with arbitrary... Read More about Fractal laser sources: new analyses, results and contexts.

Optical pulses with spatial dispersion – solitons & relativity (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., McDonald, G., Hodgkinson, T., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2010, August). Optical pulses with spatial dispersion – solitons & relativity. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

We propose a new model for describing the evolution of scalar optical pulses in Kerr-type waveguides. The (normalized) wave envelope u satisfies a governing equation that is of the nonlinear Helmholtz type, where the space and time coordinates are de... Read More about Optical pulses with spatial dispersion – solitons & relativity.

Universal Snell’s law & bright spatial soliton refraction (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sánchez-Curto, J., Chamorro-Posada, P., Christian, J., McDonald, G., & McCoy, E. (2010, August). Universal Snell’s law & bright spatial soliton refraction. Poster presented at National Photonics Conference, Photon 10, Southampton, UK

The behaviour of a scalar optical beam at the boundary between two dissimilar Kerr media is of fundamental interest in nonlinear photonics. Since this class of problem is intrinsically nonparaxial, the limitations of conventional (paraxial) theory mu... Read More about Universal Snell’s law & bright spatial soliton refraction.

The impact of immersive virtual reality on visualisation for a design review in construction (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bassanino, M., Wu, K., Yao, J., Khosrowshahi, F., Fernando, T., & Skjærbæk, J. (2010, July). The impact of immersive virtual reality on visualisation for a design review in construction. Presented at 14th International Conference Information Visualisation, London

Communication during the design process has a substantial role because; it exchanges messages and conveys ideas to people with different skills and interests. Also, the development of high quality 3D modelling, photo rendering and VR software has shi... Read More about The impact of immersive virtual reality on visualisation for a design review in construction.

Manipulation of spin dynamics in semiconductor structures by orientation of small external magnetic field (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Litvinenko, K., Leontiadou, M., Li, J., Bowyer, E., Clowes, S., Pidgeon, C., & Murdin, B. (2010, July). Manipulation of spin dynamics in semiconductor structures by orientation of small external magnetic field. Presented at 30th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul, Korea

We have investigated the effect of an external magnetic field on the electron spin lifetime in narrow gap semiconductors (NGS). In zero field, we show that the D'yakonov‐Perel process dominates even at low temperatures. In the Faraday configuration i... Read More about Manipulation of spin dynamics in semiconductor structures by orientation of small external magnetic field.

Social construction : understanding construction in a human context (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Slivon, C., Howell, G., Koskela, L., & Rooke, J. (2010, July). Social construction : understanding construction in a human context. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

As lean construction has evolved as a practice, efforts have been made to develop theoretical foundations for understanding it. These efforts have been informed by our understanding of lean manufacturing, a source of many of the seminal ideas for lea... Read More about Social construction : understanding construction in a human context.