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Dr Abdelfateh Kerrouche Lecturer

Associate Professor
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

A.Kerrouche@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Chan Hwang See BEng(Hons) PhD CEng FIET SMIEEE FHEA

Associate Professor
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

C.See@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Pat Langdon

Professor
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

P.Langdon@napier.ac.uk

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An Investigation of the Effects of Drill Operator Posture on Vibration Exposure and Temporary Threshold Shift of Vibrotactile Perception Threshold

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Taylor, M., Maeda, S., & Miyashita, K. (2021)

An Investigation of the Effects of Drill Operator Posture on Vibration Exposure and Temporary Threshold Shift of Vibrotactile Perception Threshold. Vibration, 4(2), 395-405. https://doi.org/10.3390/vibration4020025

The present study involved performing an experiment to clarify whether vibration measurement values on the tool handle, in accordance with ISO 5349-1, can assess risk from wor...

Cycle & Mountain Biking Industries Innovation Summit

Presentation / Conference

Taylor, M. (2018, November)

Cycle & Mountain Biking Industries Innovation Summit. Presented at Scottish Mountain Biking Conference Innovation Summit

The partners and companies of Cycle Industries Europe (CIE), Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland (MTBCoS) and Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland (DMBinS) invitation to attend...

Megasonic elution of waterborne protozoa enhances recovery rates

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Bridle, H., Kerrouche, A., & Desmulliez, M. (2018)

Megasonic elution of waterborne protozoa enhances recovery rates. Matters, https://doi.org/10.19185/matters.201712000007

Waterborne pathogens represent a major concern for human and animal health making monitoring of water essential to prevent outbreaks. Sample preparation is critical to assess ...

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PiezoACT membranes: Piezo-Active Nanofibrous Self-decontaminating Facemasks/Filters using Solution Blow Spinning in Egypt

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, facemasks have been in short supply in particular for health care workers who should be fully safeguarded to protect health system from being overwhelmed. The...

Funder: British Council | Value: £79,920

Development of improved nanocellulose based rheology modifiers for personal care products

With an ever increasing push towards sustainability and environmentally friendly products, Unilever is actively evaluating bio-based functional materials for use in Home and Personal Care products (HP...

Funder: University of Stratchlyde (Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre) | Value: £24,828

Seaweed CNF reinforced composites for cycle seat padding

This is for an Innovation voucher to enable comparative testing of seaweed CNF based composites with existing silicone based material used in seat padding for cycling. The industrial partner is Endura...

Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £13,058

Bike Saddle Design

With an increased number of people taking to their bikes through the current Covid 19 pandemic and cycling being seen as part of the transport and delivery solutions in the future, particularly when a...

Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

BikeSenz: getting to grips with cyclists' comfort.

Although the overall benefits of cycling to health and wellbeing are well understood, the prevalence of several painful and debilitating injuries of the wrist, including ulnar neuropathy and carpal tu...

Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,999

Design a smart system for pathogens detection in bathing waters

Monitoring the quality of recreational waters such as beaches and rivers is becoming a global concern to protect human health (e.g. the EU Bathing Water Directive (BWD) in Europe). In Scotland, water ...

Funder: Data Lab | Value: £38,822

Reactec vibrotactile threshold testing

Design and construct reaction frame for undertaking vibrotactile threshold testing for hand held power tools.

Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,948

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Cyclists: why uneven roads and potholes are endangering your health

A HIGH-TECH bicycle which measures cyclists' exposure to potentially harmful vibrations from uneven road surfaces could be used to check the safety of cycle lanes and other routes. Back problems and ...

Cobbles, potholes, and rough roads can cause nerve damage for cyclists, study finds

12 October 2017

Cyclists who regularly ride on poor road surfaces or cobbles could be at risk of suffering nerve damage in their hands and arms, a new study has found.

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Meeting with Recoil Ltd.

Hand-arm vibration exposure testing with Professor Setsuo Maeda

Edinburgh Napier University, School of Engineering & the Built Environment, heavy strutures laboratory.

29 April 2018 - 3 May 2018

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