Programme Day 1

Tuesday 10 September

There are three presentation rooms running simultaneously.

09:30 - 10:00 Registration, coffee and pastries

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome and Introduction (CC012)

  • Professor Karen Coopman, Associate Dean of Research & Innovation (AACME) and Professor Anish Roy Associate Dean of Research & Innovation (WMEME)

10:15 - 10:45 Plenary 1 Keynote Speaker, Dr Katy Milne (CC012)

11:00 - 12:00 Parallel Session 1

Session 1, Room 1 (CC011). Sport and Healthcare Engineering

Chair: Jinju 'Vicky' Chen

  • Huyen Le (AACME): Controlling the distribution of antibacterial photosensitisers in binary colloidal coatings

  • Hengshuo Zhang (WMEME): Computer Simulation of Ankle Fusion Surgery
  • Shangmou Yang (WMEME): Design, manufacturing and validation of biocompatible bulk metallic glasses for orthopaedic applications

Session 1, Room 2 (CC021). Systems, Networks & AI

Chair: Sarah Dunnett
Research Associate: Andy Wileman

  • Lincoln Kairie (WMEME): Congestion Control using Reinforcement Learning
  • Roman Lukianchuk (AACME): Issues with solving Partial Differential Equations using Physics Informed Neural Network
  • Aobakwe Makgarapa (WMEME): Optimisation and Machine Learning for Ambient Backscatter Communications

Session 1, Room 3 (CC013). Power, Energy & Net Zero

Chair: Elliott Wooley

  • Lichung (Carl) Lu (AACME): Smart Thermal Regulating Film with Joule Heating and Latent Heat Capacity for All-Climate Thermal Management of Batteries
  • James Delaney (WMEME): Inter-seasonal Domestic Thermochemical Energy Storage
  • Ollie Harris (AACME): RAFT polymerisation of fatty acid acrylamide monomers derived from plant oils

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & Poster Session.
Drop in: LMCC / Research & Enterprise / WES (desks in exhibition area)

13:00 - 13:30 Plenary 2 Keynote Speaker, Dr Jennifer Longyear (CC012)

13:40 - 14:20 Parallel Session 2

Session 2, Room 1 (CC011). Sport & Healthcare Engineering

Chair: M. Zecca
Research Associate: Sina Akhbari

  • Oliver Frost (WMEME): Targeting Senescence: A Hallmark of Aging
  • Xuezhi Cao (WMEME): Characterisation and in-vitro evaluation of 3D printed CoCr stent

Session 2, Room 2 (CC021). Advanced Materials

Chair: Sina Saremi

  • Beth Jordan (AACME): Microplastic mimics produced using RAFT mediated PISA
  • Sandy Guo (AACME): Fatty acid enhanced positive temperature coefficient effect for ultra-sensitive temperature monitoring and thermal management

Session 2, Room 3 (WPT003). Transport

Chair: Stephanos Theodossiades

  • Tom Sanders (AACME): Getting a Grip: The Effect of Operating Conditions on Tyre Friction
  • Yixin Yang (AACME): Bifurcation analysis of wheel hop considering the influence of tire inflation pressure and vertical load

14:20 - 14:30 Break

14:30 - 15:30 Parallel Session 3 

Session 3, Room 1 (CC011). Sport & Healthcare Engineering

Chair: Karen Coopman
Research Associate: Constantina Sofroniou

  • Rebecca Hooker (WMEME): Developing a numerical model to simulate the hyperelastic and viscoelastic behaviour of soft tissue
  • Mudassar Khalil (WMEME): Validating porous structures for bone applications: A cyber-physical approach.
  • Pangkhi Medhi (AACME): Potential of Multiscale Modelling for Design of Dissolving Microneedle

Session 3, Room 2 (CC021). Network & AI

Chair: Jenny Coupland

  • Raquel Lampaca-Vieira-Radoman (WMEME): The Open Architecture Approach in Military Systems
  • Leroy Morton (WMEME): Acoustic Particle Velocity of Deflagration Methods for the Removal of Unexploded Ordnance in Shallow Water Environments
  • Connor Nolan (WMEME): Absolute Distance Measurement with Frequency Scanning Interferometry using Adaptive Delay Lines

Session 3, Room 3 (CC013). Advanced Manufacturing

Chair: tbc

  • Zijian Ge (AACME): Adaptive Path Planning for Robots in Crowded and Dynamic Environments
  • Xuming Yuan (AACME): A systematic model discrimination-model refinement methodology for a batch crystallisation process
  • Abbas (AACME): Effect of Different Biocatalysts and Environmental Conditions on Carbon Dioxide Fixation

15:45 Close Day 1