Department of Engineering

Projects

Projects per year 2009 2013 2015 2016 2017 2026

• 4 Active
• 68 Finished

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• HARP^2: (H)olistic (A)pproach to the Design of Efficient Heat (R)ecovery Systems for Electrical (P)ower (P)roduction

  Blunt, L. & Ball, A.

  1/05/18 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

  • Heat exchangers 100%
  • Thermoacoustics 96%
  • Heat transfer 68%
  • heat engines 63%
  • Heat engines 60%

• HARP^2: (H)olistic (A)pproach to the Design of Efficient Heat (R)ecovery Systems for Electrical (P)ower (P)roduction

  Jaworski, A.

  1/02/18 → 31/01/21

  Project: Research

  • Heat exchangers 100%
  • Thermoacoustics 96%
  • heat engines 79%
  • rural areas 76%
  • linear alternators 68%

• ARIES: Accelerator Research and Innovation for European Science and Society

  Edgecock, R.

  1/05/17 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

  • Particle accelerators 100%
  • Industrial applications 16%
  • High energy physics 12%
  • Industry 11%
  • Photons 10%

• 3DRM: Accurate Full-Field 3D Shape Measurement Technique of Specular Surfaces by Phase-to-Depth Deflectometry

  Jiang, J.

  1/09/16 → 31/08/18

  Project: Research

  • Quality assurance 100%
  • Mirrors 95%
  • Calibration 72%
  • Display devices 71%
  • Economics 60%

• AMPI: Advanced Machinery & Productivity Initiative - creating the new machines, technology and people needed to manufacture tomorrow’s products

  Longstaff, A. & Fletcher, S.

  1/02/22 → 30/09/26

  Project: Research

• Application of Next Generation Accelerators

  Barlow, R., Kirkby, K. J., Borghesi, M. & Jaroszynski, D. A.

  1/10/11 → 30/09/18

  Project: Research

  • Particle accelerators 100%
  • Particle beams 40%
  • Protons 29%
  • Lasers 27%
  • Ions 22%

• A semantic infrastructure for advanced manufacturing

  Qi, Q.

  25/06/18 → 24/06/21

  Project: Research

  • Feature Recognition 100%
  • Lenses 92%
  • Machining 82%
  • Multiscale Modeling 77%
  • 3D printers 76%

• A Study of the Combined Effects of Displacement Damage and Helium Accumulation in Model Nuclear Materials

  Donnelly, S. & Hinks, J.

  1/02/15 → 31/08/18

  Project: Research

  • Ion bombardment 100%
  • ion irradiation 65%
  • Dislocation Loop 63%
  • Tungsten 60%
  • Irradiation 53%

• Atomistic Scale Study of Radiation Effects in ABO3 Perovskites

  Donnelly, S.

  1/04/14 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

  • Radiation damage 100%
  • Fusion reactions 89%
  • Bubble formation 66%
  • Perovskite 60%
  • Nuclear reactors 48%

• Centre for Innovation in Rail

  Allen, P.

  7/02/14 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

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  • industry 100%
  • railroads 93%
  • funding 85%
  • supply chain 80%
  • research and development 79%

• Designing steel composition and microstructure to better resist degradation during wheel-rail contact

  Bevan, A. & Molyneux-Berry, P.

  1/07/15 → 30/06/17

  Project: Research

  • Steel 100%
  • network analysis 82%
  • Synchrotrons 75%
  • Turbine 75%
  • Ductility 67%

• Developing an integrated system to enable a robot arm to speak with a Zeeko machine to automate currently manual operations.

  Walker, D. & Li, H.

  1/09/13 → 31/03/17

  Project: Research

  • Polishing machines 100%
  • Tides 86%
  • Industrial robots 70%
  • Lenses 63%
  • Medicine 63%

• Developing Understanding of Cherenkov Interactions at High-Power Metamaterials

  Seviour, R.

  1/07/13 → 30/06/16

  Project: Research

  • air 100%

• Development of an optical system for on-line tracking of cell growth on microcarriers

  Martin, H.

  1/06/14 → 30/11/15

  Project: Research

  • Stem cells 100%
  • Cell growth 99%
  • Optical systems 80%
  • Optical Devices 70%
  • Repair 43%

• EuCARD-2: Enhanced European Coordination for Accelerator Research and Development

  Edgecock, R.

  1/05/13 → 30/06/17

  Project: Research

  • research and development 100%
  • European Commission 52%
  • infrastructure 38%

• EPSRC Fellowship in Manufacturing: Controlling Geometrical Variability of Products for Manufacturing

  Scott, P.

  1/09/13 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

  • Textures 100%
  • Tomography 58%
  • Specifications 57%
  • X rays 54%
  • Morphological Filter 50%

• ESPRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology

  Jiang, J., Blunt, L., Longstaff, A., Towns-Andrews, L., Scott, P., Myers, A., Fletcher, S. & Ball, A.

  1/09/11 → 28/02/17

  Project: Research

  • Machining 100%
  • 3D printers 98%
  • Surface topography 81%
  • Fusion reactions 78%
  • Calibration 74%

• European Spallation Neutron Source

  Edgecock, R.

  1/04/16 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research

  • testing 100%
  • neutrons 80%
  • support systems 79%
  • detectors 65%
  • prototypes 64%

• Feasibility of capturing crafts-based knowledge in an AI system to automate precision surface manufacturing

  Walker, D., Petrovic, S., Longstaff, A., Pan, W., Parkinson, S., Wilson, K., Yu, G. & Li, H.

  1/04/17 → 31/05/18

  Project: Research

  • Artificial intelligence 100%
  • Consumer products 73%
  • Cellular manufacturing 72%
  • Prosthetics 62%
  • Lenses 58%

• Front End Test Stand - Continuation

  Edgecock, R.

  1/04/12 → 31/03/15

  Project: Research

  • Particle accelerators 100%
  • Beam quality 52%
  • Ion sources 50%
  • Synchrotrons 43%
  • Hydrogen 26%

• Future Advanced Metrology Hub

  Jiang, J., Martin, H., Longstaff, A., Kadirkamanathan, V., Turner, M. S., Keogh, P., Scott, P., McLeay, T. E., Blunt, L., Zeng, W., Huntley, J. M., Bills, P., Fletcher, S., Gao, F., Coupland, J. M., Kinnell, P., Mahfouf, M. & Mullineux, G.

  1/10/16 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Calibration 100%
  • 3D printers 91%
  • Machining 77%
  • fretting 64%
  • Projection systems 62%

• GPS VT: Geometrical product specification and verification as toolbox to meet up-to-date technical requirements

  Bills, P.

  1/09/15 → 31/08/18

  Project: Research

  • strategic alliance 100%
  • vocational education 86%
  • Vocational Education 85%
  • qualification 71%
  • labor market 66%

• MOTOR5G: H2020 ITN MOTOR5G : MObility and Training fOR beyond 5G Ecosystems

  Lazaridis, P., Amjad, B., Syed, S. N., Tul Muntaha, S. & Kandregula, V. R.

  1/11/19 → 31/01/25

  Project: Research

  • Beamforming 100%
  • Antenna arrays 75%
  • antenna arrays 55%
  • beamforming 53%
  • Antennas 35%

• H2020 RISE RECOMBINE: Research Collaboration and Mobility for Beyond 5G Future Wireless Networks

  Lazaridis, P.

  1/01/20 → 30/05/25

  Project: Research

  • Beamforming 100%
  • Antenna arrays 97%
  • antenna arrays 75%
  • beamforming 48%
  • Smart antennas 37%

• HiLeMMS: High-Level Mesoscale Modelling System

  Meng, J., Zhang, Y., Kubiak, K., Emerson, D. R., Revell, A., Seaton, M., Nash, R. W. & Luo, K. H.

  1/06/17 → 31/05/20

  Project: Research

  • Data structures 100%
  • Geometry 91%
  • Computer hardware 70%
  • Multiphase flow 35%
  • Fluid structure interaction 34%

• Implementation of WSI/WLSI into the R2R production line

  Gao, F.

  6/01/14 → 31/05/17

  Project: Research

  • prototypes 100%
  • manufacturing 77%

• CAPACITY4RAIL: Increasing Capacity 4 Rail networks through enhanced infrastructure and optimised operations

  Bezin, Y.

  1/10/13 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

  • infrastructure 100%
  • train 51%
  • self-monitoring 42%
  • recommendation 40%
  • monitoring technique 33%

• Il Trovatore: Innovative cladding materials for advanced accident-tolerant energy systems

  Vishnyakov, V.

  1/10/17 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Dislocation Loop 100%
  • Solid solutions 92%
  • Bubble 86%
  • Irradiation 83%
  • Solid Solution 68%

• IN2RAIL: Innovative Intelligent Rail

  Bezin, Y.

  1/05/15 → 30/04/18

  Project: Research

  • Rails 100%
  • rails 69%
  • Surface properties 58%
  • Wear 55%
  • inhomogeneity 49%

• DYNAFREIGHT: Innovative technical solutions for improved train DYNAmics and operation of longer FREIGHt Trains

  Iwnicki, S., Bezin, Y. & Shackleton, P.

  1/11/16 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

  • Wheels 100%
  • Rails 79%
  • Locomotives 73%
  • Wear of materials 68%
  • Gears 54%

• WRIST: Innovative Welding Processes for New Rail Infrastructures

  Bezin, Y. & Neves, S.

  1/05/15 → 31/01/19

  Project: Research

  • welding 100%
  • rails 94%
  • Surface properties 79%
  • Rails 68%
  • inhomogeneity 67%

• Intelligent Tool-Holding for Metal-Cutting Machine Tools

  Longstaff, A. & Thorburn, T.

  1/08/17 → 31/07/18

  Project: Research

  • Precision engineering 100%
  • Metal cutting 84%
  • Supply chain management 83%
  • Cutting tools 70%
  • Machine tools 65%

• Materials for fusion & fission power

  Donnelly, S.

  1/12/09 → 30/09/15

  Project: Research

  • Neutrons 100%
  • Radiation damage 91%
  • Fusion reactions 85%
  • Helium 34%
  • Materials properties 25%

• Measuring the effect of machine tool accuracy on high value manufacturing

  Longstaff, A.

  1/06/14 → 31/05/18

  Project: Research

  • manufacturing 100%
  • machine tool 42%
  • industry 16%

• Miniature Flexible & Reconfigurable Manufacturing System for 3D Micro-products

  Jiang, J., Luo, X., Dunningan, M., Ion, W., Qin, Y. & Kong, X.

  1/06/13 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research

  • Micromachining 100%
  • Machine tools 79%
  • Materials handling 47%
  • Photonics 46%
  • Robotics 30%

• NANOMEND: Nanoscale Defect Detection, Cleaning and Repair for Large Area Substrates

  Blunt, L.

  1/01/12 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

  • Atomic layer deposition 100%
  • defects 80%
  • Defects 79%
  • atomic layer epitaxy 75%
  • Interferometry 70%

• Near-Zero Effective Media for High-Power Microwave Applications

  Seviour, R.

  1/07/16 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research

• Neutron Source for Security applications

  Seviour, R.

  1/10/11 → 30/09/15

  Project: Research

  • neutron sources 100%
  • fusion 77%
  • Neutrons 64%
  • Nuclear reactions 48%
  • neutron beams 41%

• Next Generation Visualisation & Metering Technology for Multi-phase Flows

  Lucas, G.

  1/08/10 → 31/07/13

  Project: Research

  • Flow Rate 100%
  • Volume Fraction 99%
  • Inclined 97%
  • water flow 94%
  • Two-phase Flow 91%

• Novel Mathematical Techniques for Advanced Tool-paths to Transform High-value Optical fabrication

  Yu, G.

  1/05/16 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

  • polishing 100%
  • robots 49%
  • Polishing 48%
  • automation 48%
  • robotics 47%

• Novel Mathematical Techniques for Advanced Tool-paths to Transform High-value Optical Fabrication (2)

  Walker, D.

  1/05/16 → 1/12/16

  Project: Research

  • polishing 100%
  • robots 49%
  • Polishing 48%
  • automation 48%
  • robotics 47%

• NPIF EPSRC Doctoral Training Grant

  Seviour, R.

  1/10/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• On-line surface inspection of roll-to-roll film processing

  Gao, F.

  1/05/13 → 31/10/14

  Project: Research

  • Interferometry 100%
  • interferometry 45%
  • Surface measurement 40%
  • Inspection 35%
  • Surface reconstruction 34%

• Optimised polishing media - a new approach

  Walker, D. & Yu, G.

  1/02/17 → 31/10/17

  Project: Research

  • slurries 100%
  • surface quality 39%
  • turbines 32%
  • instrumentation 30%
  • production economics 29%

• Perceptual Rendering of Vertical Image Width for 3D Multichannel Audio

  Lee, H.

  1/09/14 → 30/09/16

  Project: Research

  • Loudspeakers 100%
  • Acoustic waves 34%
  • Phantoms 31%
  • loudspeakers 26%
  • Frequency bands 24%

• Radiation Damage in Nanoporous Nuclear Materials

  Hinks, J. & Donnelly, S.

  1/10/15 → 30/09/18

  Project: Research

  • Nanowhiskers 100%
  • Ions 57%
  • Irradiation 56%
  • Metal foil 55%
  • Bubble 54%

• Rail Breaks Management Strategy – 50 by ‘30

  Bevan, A. & Hughes, P.

  1/06/19 → 30/10/19

  Project: Research

  • Rails 100%
  • Inspection 14%
  • Defects 13%

• DynoTRAIN: Railway Vehicle Dynamics and Track Interactions Total Regulatory Acceptance for the Interoperable Network

  Iwnicki, S.

  1/06/09 → 30/09/13

  Project: Research

  • Interoperability 100%
  • Rails 59%
  • Pantographs 47%
  • Aerodynamics 28%
  • Costs 26%

• RCUK Catapult RiR (HVM NAMRC) - Reducing uncertainty of in-process measure. of large compon. with embed. metrology for traceable on-machine inspection

  Fletcher, S.

  1/12/18 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

  • uncertainty 100%
  • knowledge 85%

• Resilient Societies Research Centre

  Amaratunga, D., Haigh, R., Hwang, B., Massey, R., Smyth, T., Allan, R., Hills, M., Mishra, R., Malalgoda, C., Gao, Y., Pitts, A., Davidson, A., Fox, B., Wood, A., Chen, T., McAuley, J., Wilson, R., Milner, T., Lever, J., Snell, M., Flynn, M., Schofield, N. & Hemachandra, K.

  1/10/21 → 31/07/24

  Project: Research