Programme Day 2

Wednesday 11 September

There are three presentation rooms running simultaneously.

09:30 - 10:00 Registration and welcome refreshments

10:00 - 10:40 Plenary 3: Keynote Speaker, Dr James Stevens (CC012)

10:45 - 11:45 Parallel Session 4

Session 4, Room 1 (CC011). Power, Energy & Net Zero

Chair: Sheryl Williams

  • Mariam Qaiser (WMEME): Is it really clean? Surface degradation assessment of reusable plastic food packaging for a circular economy
  • Mark Pellowe (AACME): Application of Multi-Fidelity Bayesian Machine Learning Algorithms to the Design of Gas Turbine Components
  • Matthew Brenton (WMEME): Battery Electrolysers - a novel approach to green hydrogen production

Session 4, Room 2 (CC021). Advanced Manufacturing

Chair: Bala Vaidhyanathan
Research Associate: Jiongyi Yan

  • Boyu Li (WMEME): Water Diffusion in additively manufactured composite
  • Fred Hamlyn (AACME): Ballistic impact simulation of alumina/steel composite armour
  • Ishan Nadkarni (AACME): Industrially Scalable Microencapsulation of Plant Beneficial Rhizobacteria

11:45 - 12:00 Break & refreshments
Drop-in: LMCC Research & Enterprise (desks in exhibition area)

12:00 - 13:00 Parallel Session 5

Session 5, Room 1 (CC021). Advanced Materials

Chair: Konstantinos Baxevanakis
Research Associate: Jiongyi Yan

  • Xingling Luo (WMEME): Interaction of propagating crack with microstructure in CGI: In situ tensile test and numerical simulation
  • Connor Gill (WMEME): An In-line Measurement Strategy for Quality Monitoring in 3D Concrete Printing
  • Minghua Cao (WMEME): Influence of thermal-expansion mismatch on thermomechanical performance of compacted graphite iron

Session 5, Room 2 (CC013). Power, Energy & Net Zero

Chair: Jingjing Jiang

  • Giulio Peroni (AACME): Investigating scalability for a Gas Turbine Fuel Spray Nozzle (FSN) in a Multipoint Lean Direct injection (MPLDI) Combustion System
  • Ashley van Bruygom (AACME): Computational Modelling of Hydrogen Combustion for the Future of Aviation
  • Siyang Tang (AACME): Single harmonic PTO force control for wave energy converter optimisation under Dual Control of Exploration and Exploitation framework

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch & Poster Session.
Drop in: LMCC / Research & Enterprise (desks in exhibition area)

14:00 - 15:00 Parallel Session 6

Session 6, Room 1 (CC011). Advanced Manufacturing

Chair: Pablo Ruiz
Research Associate: Rodolfo Teixeira

  • Fatih Tarak (WMEME): Artificial Intelligence Assisted Ceramic Vat-Photopolymerisation
  • Shadi Soheilian (AACME): Adsorption of heavy metal ions by polystyrene nanoparticles in aquatic environments
  • Faisal Ali (AACME): Responsive polymeric microgels and hybrid microgels for the treatment of pollutants present in wastewater

Session 6, Room 2 (CC021). Sport and Healthcare Engineering

Chair: Raman Maiti

  • Owen Latham (WMEME): Prosthetic Knee Joint for Transfemoral Amputees
  • Tianhui Li (WMEME): Power and data transfer for medical implants using ultrasonic phased array
  • Angus Fitzsimons (WMEME): Piezoelectric energy harvester for sensor powering in total knee replacement

Session 6, Room 3 (CC013). Power, Energy & Net Zero

Chair: Ishara Dharmasena
Research Associate:
Quasy Hawari

  • Rameesh Bulathsinghala (WMEME): The Intrinsic Impact of Dielectric Constant on Output Generation of Triboelectric Nanogenerators
  • Jacques Kenyon (WMEME): Solution-processed thin film CIGS photovoltaics
  • Luksa Kujovic (WMEME): Buffer Layers for High Efficiency Thin Film CdSeTe/CdTe Solar Cells

15:00 - 15:40 Plenary 4 Keynote Speaker, Prof Lisa-Dionne Morris (CC012)

15:40 - 16:00 Break & refreshments

16:00 - 16:15 Prizes and meeting close, Prof Valerie Pinfield