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Effect of pulsating flow on flow-induced vibrations of circular and square cylinders in the laminar regime

Journal Article
Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Shi, K., Zhu, X., Guo, X., Mei, Y., & Kadapa, C. (2024)
Effect of pulsating flow on flow-induced vibrations of circular and square cylinders in the laminar regime. Ocean Engineering, 301, Article 117609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117609
Through fluid-structure interaction simulations, this study assesses the dynamic response characteristics of elastically mounted circular and square cylinders subjected to pul...

Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation

Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., Coll, J., Leak, J., & Barreto, D. (2024)
Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation. In Geo-Congress 2024: Soil Improvement, Sustainability, Geoenvironmental, and Cold Regions Engineering (450-460). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485330.046
This paper aims to investigate the mechanical behaviour of peat stabilised with glacial rock flour for foundation construction. Peat, a natural organic soil, presents challeng...

Railway vehicle forces on curved track: a re-evaluation of published explanations

Journal Article
Taylor, M. (in press)
Railway vehicle forces on curved track: a re-evaluation of published explanations. The PWI Journal,

Design Of A Serious Game For Safety In Manufacturing Industry Using Hybrid Simulation Modelling: Towards Eliciting Risk Preferences

Conference Proceeding
El Raoui, H., Quigley, J., Aslan, A., Vasantha, G., Hanson, J., Corney, J., & Sherlock, A. (2024)
Design Of A Serious Game For Safety In Manufacturing Industry Using Hybrid Simulation Modelling: Towards Eliciting Risk Preferences. In 2023 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) (1304-1315). https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC60868.2023.10407667
Conventional methods used to elicit risk-taking preferences have demonstrated significant disparities with real-world behaviours, compromising the validity of the data collect...

Cognitive Factors Affecting the Manufacturing Optimization Skills of Rural Indian BPO Workers

Journal Article
Vasantha, G., Corney, J., & Upadhyay, C. K. (2023)
Cognitive Factors Affecting the Manufacturing Optimization Skills of Rural Indian BPO Workers. Knowledge, 3(4), 626-641. https://doi.org/10.3390/knowledge3040039
Crowdsourcing offers on-demand access to large numbers of human workers to implement new forms of human–computer collaborative functionalities that can be seamlessly integrate...

Experiences of Design for Disability in Collaborating with Students and Industries

Book Chapter
Harris, N., & Vasantha, G. (in press)
Experiences of Design for Disability in Collaborating with Students and Industries. In Future of Design Education: InFuSED23. Springer
This chapter looks at the design and engineering of products to assist people with disability. It looks at the process that companies, disability organisations and universitie...

Carbon impact & mitigation of housing developments on peatlands in the UK - A case study

Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., & Gaspari, A. (2023)
Carbon impact & mitigation of housing developments on peatlands in the UK - A case study. In Proceedings of the ISSMGE TC215 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics 25-28 June 2023 (361-371). https://doi.org/10.53243/ICEG2023-216
Peatlands are a key asset in the drive to reduce annual carbon emissions due to their potential as a carbon sink. This is especially important in Scotland where 25% of the lan...

Predictive CAD System Suggestion for Efficient Engineering Design Reuse

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Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Quigley, J., & Sherlock, A. (2023)
Predictive CAD System Suggestion for Efficient Engineering Design Reuse. [Magazine article]

Four-Element/Eight-Port MIMO Antenna System with Diversity and Desirable Radiation for Sub 6 GHz Modern 5G Smartphones

Journal Article
Ojaroudi Parchin, N., S.I. Amar, A., Darwish, M., H. Moussa, K., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., … Mohamed, H. G. (in press)
Four-Element/Eight-Port MIMO Antenna System with Diversity and Desirable Radiation for Sub 6 GHz Modern 5G Smartphones. IEEE Access, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3227199
In this manuscript, a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array system with identical compact antenna elements providing wide radiation and diversity function is int...

Detection of Signals in MC–CDMA Using a Novel Iterative Block Decision Feedback Equalizer

Journal Article
Bagadi, K., Ravikumar, C., Sathish, K., Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Kouhalvandi, L., …Limiti, E. (2022)
Detection of Signals in MC–CDMA Using a Novel Iterative Block Decision Feedback Equalizer. IEEE Access, 10, 105674-105684. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3211392
This paper presents a technique to mitigate multiple access interference (MAI) in multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) wireless communications systems. Althoug...

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An enhanced and extended CAVForth automated bus service

2023 - 2025
CAVForth+ aims to advance the achievements of CAVForth in several directions. From the point of view of the service offered to public transport passengers, it expands the scope of the automated, full-...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £194,441

Higher-Order Shell Finite Elements for Morphoelastic Shells

2023 - 2025
The aim of this project is to develop state-of-the-art shell finite element models for computational morphoelasticity for modelling the deformation behaviour and pattern formation due to growth (or at...
Funder: Royal Society | Value: £5,794

Developing Airglove V2 Technology for Peripheral Arterial Disease Healthcare

2022 - 2023
This project was funded by IUK Fast Start grant to develop a new generation of internationally-compatible mobile Airglove power efficient device. The mobile Airglove will improve patient outcomes and ...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £30,340

Feasibility Study of Wireless Microwave Power Transfer

2022 - 2023
This project will carry out a feasibility study of building a simple wireless power transfer prototype. Our research team here will work with EnterGaia Technologies to develop this.
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £14,999

Optimal and robust methodologies for nonlinear control systems with applications to the control of renewable wave-energy converters

2022 - 2023
This project is a theoretical study at the interface of mathematics and control engineering, investigating mathematical models which arise in the context of renewable wave-energy converters. Research ...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £57,568

Design model predictive control with swarm inspired MPPT algorithms to extract optimum power for a single-stage grid connected PV inverter

2022 - 2023
Brief Description This project aims to develop a control algorithm using Model predictive control with swarm-inspired MPPT algorithm for a single stage grid connected PV inverter. Single-stage PV inv...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £6,680

Novel portable aluminum-air battery: A green technology for sustainable power generation via circular economy approach

2022 - 2023
The main aim of this research is to produce a high performance portable cellulose-based aluminium-air battery. Based on this aim, several specific objectives are outlined as the following: 1. To proce...
Funder: British Council | Value: £24,020

Sintering improvement and electrical property tuning of lead-free AgNbO3-based ceramics for energy storage applications

2022 - 2023
With the environment and climate degrading, it is critical to accelerate the development of reliable energy storage equipment to enable the continued use of renewable energy. Dielectric capacitors are...
Funder: Royal Society | Value: £19,009

IV: Airglove Leg product design for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

2022 - 2022
GCM would like to work with a specialist academic team who could analyse the product design aspect of the PAD design
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

Stoane Lighting KTP

2022 - 2024
The overall aim of this project is to develop a world-first Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) approach focused on the lighting industry Within the Lighting sector there is a growing focus around the key them...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £170,688
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Numerical and experimental investigations into particle size distribution and variability effects on soil behaviour using discrete element modelling and grading entropy concepts

2018 - date
Soil is a particulate m...
Dr James Leak | Director of Studies: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez | Second Supervisor: Dr Vicky Dimitriadi

Design, modelling and control of a rotorcraft landing gear for uneven ground conditions

2016 - 2020
The PhD project studies the area of robotic landing gear. Most aerial vehicles, including helicopters, incorporat...
Daniel Melia Boix | Director of Studies: Dr Keng Goh | Second Supervisor: Gareth Smith

Investigations into the application of engineered bamboo for future hybrid beams

2015 - 2020
Around half of all non-renewable resources mankind consumes are used in construction sector, making it one of the least ...
Niaz Gharavi | Director of Studies: Prof Johnson Zhang | Second Supervisor: Dr Kenneth Leitch

Cyclic performance of rubber-soil mixtures to enhance seismic protection

2015 - 2020
The main aim of the project seeks to enhance the resistance of the soil foundation against seismic events with the introduction ...
Dr Juan Bernal-Sanchez | Director of Studies: Dr John McDougall | Second Supervisor: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez

The feasibility study of development and implementation of smart energy system for 100% renewable energy and transport solutions for Sri Lanka

2015 - date
Mr Wattala Fernando | Director of Studies: Dr Kamyab Givaki | Second Supervisor: Prof Naren Gupta

The use of torsion test method to evaluate the shear modulus and the shear strength of timber joists

2005 - 2011
Dr Aamir Khokhar | Director of Studies: Prof Johnson Zhang | Second Supervisor: Dr Dan Ridley-Ellis

Novel Processing and Characterisation of Anodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)

2001 - 2007
Solid oxide fuel cells are an important strand of future energy provision, offering high efficiency, compactness and ...
Dr Neil Shearer | Director of Studies: Alan Davidson | Second Supervisor: Janos Hajto
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Visiting professor in Wireless Communication - Royal Academy of Engineering

30 August 2022
Dr Junaid Syed has been appointed Visiting Professor to the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. The grant is 3 years which is funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering from Se...

Dr See becomes a full member of the EPSRC Peer Review College

17 May 2021
Dr Chan H. See has been promoted from the EPSRC Associate College to Full College membership.

Dr Mark Taylor Appointed to BSI Working Group on Human Exposure to Mechanical Vibration and Shock

5 October 2020
Dr Mark Taylor (Lectuer in Civil Engineering) has been nominated to represent Edinburgh Napier University at a British Standards Institution Working Group (GME/21/6).

Cyclists: why uneven roads and potholes are endangering your health

25 August 2019
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 ...

Japanese vibration expert joins Scottish monitoring firm Reactec

28 July 2019
Professor Setsuo Maeda, one of the world’s most respected experts in human response to vibration, has been appointed as Reactec’s chief scientific liaison – relocating from Japan to Edinburgh for the ...

Curvilinear MetaSurfaces for wave manipulation: a closer step to invisibility cloak

11 March 2019
Scientists from Edinburgh Napier University (Dr. Luigi La Spada) in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London and UK Industries (Qinetiq Group Ltd) have successfully developed a new design me...

Cyclists risk nerve damage from potholes and rough roads, study finds

15 October 2017
Cyclists are at risk of permanent nerve damage because of poor road surfaces, research using an innovative measuring bike has revealed.

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.

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

8 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. The study by Edinburgh Napier University found ...

Is your commute causing you permanent nerve damage?

7 October 2017
Potholes are not just a danger to your bike - but could also cause permanent nerve damage to you, according to new research. A study by Edinburgh Napier University discovered that Hand Arm Vibration ...