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Category: Research Projects

Pipe Wave Modelling for Acoustic Leak detection

23rd November 202127th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Postgraduate researcher: Adila Nalisa Binti Mohd Roslan Supervisors: Dr Jennifer Muggleton, Dr Neil Ferguson Funder: UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) Project Description Leakage from pipes is a major issue in the water industry, not only in environmental terms, because of

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Artificial Intelligence for the Future of Society: AI for Sustainable Design

6th October 202027th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Postgraduate Researcher: Rachel Hayward Supervisors: Professor Dame Wendy Hall & Professor Pauline Leonard Research Group: Web Science Institute Project Description This project will investigate the use of computational tools in sustainable design to develop a way of visualising the natural

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Inter-generation influences on households heating controls

6th October 202027th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Postgraduate Researcher: Gregory Sewell   Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Gauthier; Prof Patrick James Research Group: Energy and Climate Change Project Description Previous research has shown significant differences in the adoption and the use of technology between generations; defined as ‘silent’, ‘boomers’, ‘generation

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Resource recovery from municipal wastewater with forward osmosis membrane-based process

15th July 202027th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Postgraduate Researcher: Jack Morton Supervisor: Dr Yongqiang Liu Research Group: Environmental Engineering Project Description To achieve sustainable wastewater treatment in the context of circular economy, various technologies have been studied to harness resources in wastewater such as anaerobic digestion for

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Simulating urban air pollution in the lab – Experimental Aerodynamics and Environmental Flows

12th June 202027th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Supervisor: Dr Christina Vanderwel  Postgraduate Researcher: Tomos Rich Project description  Two PhD students will shortly begin work on “Simulating urban air pollution in the lab”. The aim of this research is to apply novel laboratory techniques to simulate wind patterns

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A study of rolling contact fatigue in electric vehicles (EVs)

12th June 202027th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Primary Supervisor: Prof Ling Wang, nCATS Co- Supervisor: Prof Andy Cruden, Energy Technologies Group, Mechanical Engineering Dept. Sponsor: Centre of Excellence RE4EM Project Description While the zero emissions and energy efficiency advantages of electric cars compared with conventional internal combustion

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Advanced tracking methods and machine learning for multi-modal monitoring of fish behaviour

20th May 202027th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Postgraduate Researcher: Luocheng Wu Supervisor: Prof Paul White, Prof Paul Kemp  Project description  This project will develop advanced tracking method for the analysis of fish behavior. There will be two main aspects to this research. The first based on developing

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Quantification of fish response to multimodal signals

19th May 202027th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Postgraduate Researcher: Philip EricssonSupervisor: Prof Paul Kemp Co-supervisor: Prof Paul White  Research Group: International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research  Project Description Fish have significant economic, ecological and cultural value. Freshwater ecosystems are the most degraded of all environments, and as a consequence, freshwater

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Urban Light pollution – Understanding impacts on aquatic environments

19th May 202027th June 2024
Jenny Knight
Research Projects

Postgraduate Researcher: Matt Hatfield Supervisors: Dr Andrew Vowles, Prof Paul Kemp Research Group: International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research (ICER) Project Description The world has undergone wide-scale urbanisation in recent decades. From 1950-2018 the number of people living in cities grew

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