Engineering & Applied Science

Research Output

Research Output per year

1977 2021

• 5903 Article
• 3114 Conference publication
• 348 Chapter
• 261 Paper
• 1130 More
  • 217 Conference article
  • 152 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 84 Abstract
  • 82 Editorial
  • 70 Review article
  • 55 Poster
  • 52 Special issue
  • 50 Other chapter contribution
  • 50 Letter, comment or opinion
  • 45 Patent
  • 42 Conference abstract
  • 39 Technical report
  • 38 Other
  • 22 Working paper
  • 20 Book
  • 15 Edited Book
  • 13 Correction
  • 9 Doctoral Thesis
  • 9 Master's Thesis
  • 9 Book/Film/Article review
  • 8 Commissioned report
  • 8 Foreword/postscript
  • 8 Other contribution
  • 7 Scholarly edition
  • 5 Other report
  • 4 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 4 Software
  • 4 Project report
  • 3 Manual
  • 2 Literature review
  • 2 Blog Post
  • 1 Obituary
  • 1 Preprint

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• Special issue

  Acidity-reactivity relationships in catalytic esterification over ammonium sulfate-derived sulfated zirconia

  Rabee, A. I. M., Mekhemer, G. A. H., Osatiashtiani, A., Isaacs, M. A., Lee, A. F., Wilson, K. & Zaki, M. I., 5 Jul 2017, In: Catalysts. 7, 7, 204.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Lewis Acids
  • Propylamines
  • ammonium sulfates
  • Esterification
  • Acidity

• A community based participatory research study into why some girls don't 'Do' engineering

  Andrews, J. & Clark, R., 30 Jun 2016, In: International Journal of Engineering Education. 32, 6, p. 2415-2425 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • engineering
  • career
  • lack
  • gender
  • research approach

• A framework for automated construction of resource space based on background knowledge

  Yu, X., Peng, L., Huang, Z. & Zhuge, H., Mar 2014, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 32, p. 222-231 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Semantics
  • Cyber Physical System
  • Data structures

• A high-efficiency solar rankine engine with isothermal expansion

  Igobo, O. N. & Davies, P. A., 12 May 2013, In: International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies. 8, Suppl.1, p. i27-i33 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • engine
  • Engines
  • Rankine cycle
  • Desalination
  • solar cycle

• A method of fundamental solutions for radially symmetric and axisymmetric backward heat conduction problems

  Johansson, B. T., Lesnic, D. & Reeve, T., 2012, In: International Journal of Computer Mathematics. 89, 11, p. 1555-1568 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue

  • Method of Fundamental Solutions
  • Heat Conduction
  • Heat conduction
  • Temperature Measurement
  • Transient Heat Conduction

• Analysis of powder caking in multicomponent powders using atomic force microscopy to examine particle properties

  Prime, D. C., Stapley, A. G. F., Rielly, C. D., Jones, J. R. & Leaper, M., Jan 2011, In: Chemical Engineering and Technology. 34, 1, p. 98-102 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Atomic force microscopy
  • Powders
  • Nanoindentation
  • Microscopic examination
  • Oils

• A survey of semantic web services formalisms

  Wang, H. H., Gibbins, N., Payne, T., Patelli, A. & Wang, Y., Oct 2015, In: Concurrency and Computation. 27, 15, p. 4053-4072 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Semantic Web Services
  • Web Services
  • Semantic Web
  • Web services
  • Ontology

• Can surface energy measurements predict the impact of catalyst hydrophobicity upon fatty acid esterification over sulfonic acid functionalised periodic mesoporous organosilicas?

  Pirez, C., Lee, A. F., Jones, C. & Wilson, K., 1 Oct 2014, In: Catalysis Today. 234, p. 167-173 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Esterification
  • Electric power measurement
  • Sulfonic Acids
  • Hydrophobicity
  • Surface measurement

• Complexation in composite solutions of melanin with 2,4,7-trinitrofluorenone

  Verbitsky, A. B., Rozhin, A. G., Lutsyk, P. M., Piryatinski, Y. P. & Perminov, R. J., 31 Dec 2014, In: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 589, 1, p. 209-217 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • 2,4,7-trinitrofluorenone
  • Melanin
  • Complexation
  • melanin
  • Melanins

• Comprehensive characterization of Napier grass as a feedstock for thermochemical conversion

  Mohammed, I. Y., Abakr, Y. A., K. Kazi, F., Yusup, S., Alshareef, I. & Chin, S. A., Dec 2015, In: Energies. 8, 5, p. 3403-3417 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Biomass
  • Nitrogen
  • Feedstocks
  • Heating
  • Pyrolysis

• Controlled growth of poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) brushes via atom transfer radical polymerisation on planar silicon surfaces

  Topham, P. D., Howse, J. R., Crook, C. J., Parnell, A. J., Geoghegan, M., Jones, R. A. L. & Ryan, A. J., Jul 2006, In: Polymer International. 55, 7, p. 808-815 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)
  • Atom transfer radical polymerization
  • Silicon
  • Brushes
  • trichlorosilane

• Controlled synthesis of poly(neopentyl p-styrene sulfonate) via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerisation

  Fraga Domínguez, I., Kolomanska, J., Johnston, P., Rivaton, A. & Topham, P. D., May 2015, In: Polymer International. 64, 5, p. 621-630 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Styrene
  • Polymerization
  • Monomers
  • Molecular weight
  • polybutadiene

• Crowdsourcing, citizen science or volunteered geographic information? The current state of crowdsourced geographic information

  See, L., Mooney, P., Foody, G., Bastin, L., Comber, A., Estima, J., Fritz, S., Kerle, N., Jiang, B., Laakso, M., Liu, H. Y., Milčinski, G., Nikšieč, M., Painho, M., Pődör, A., Olteanu-Raimond, A. M. & Rutzinger, M., May 2016, In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 5, 5, 55.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • crowdsourcing
  • Crowdsourcing
  • citizen
  • science
  • Internet

• Culture and the psychological impacts of natural disasters: Implications for disaster management and disaster mental health

  Jogia, J., Kulatunga, U., Yates, G. P. & Wedawatta, G., Nov 2014, In: Built and Human Environment Review. 7, 1, p. 1 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Natural Disasters
  • Disasters
  • Mental Health
  • Psychology
  • Mental Health Services

• Essential BIM input data study for housing refurbishment: homeowners’ preferences in the UK

  Park, K. S. & Kim, K. P., 11 Sep 2011, In: Buildings. 4, 3, p. 467-487 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Sustainable development
  • Construction industry
  • Roofs
  • Decision making
  • Hot Temperature

• Exploring the impact of e-business adoption on logistics processes: empirical evidence from the food industry

  Matopoulos, A., Vlachopoulou, M. & Manthou, V., Jun 2007, In: International Journal of Logistics. 10, 2, p. 109-122 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Empirical Evidence
  • Food Industry
  • Electronic Business
  • Logistics
  • Industry

• Fast bragg grating inscription in PMMA polymer optical fibres: impact of thermal pre-treatment of preforms

  Marques, C. A. F., Pospori, A., Demirci, G., Çetinkaya, O., Gawdzik, B., Antunes, P., Bang, O., Mergo, P., André, P. & Webb, D. J., 18 Apr 2017, In: Sensors. 17, 4, 8 p., 891.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Bragg gratings
  • Plastic optical fibers
  • Optical Fibers
  • Polymethyl methacrylates
  • preforms

• Fast pyrolysis oil fuel blend for marine vessels

  Chong, K. J. & Bridgwater, A. V., May 2017, In: Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy. 36, 3, p. 677-684 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • fuel oil
  • Fuel oils
  • Oils
  • Pyrolysis
  • Butenes

• Fuzzy c-means variants for medical image segmentation

  Zhou, H. & Schaefer, G., 31 Aug 2010, In: International Journal of Tomography and Statistics. 13, W10, p. 3-18 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Image segmentation
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Medical imaging
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Clustering algorithms

• High rate growth of nanocrystalline diamond films using high microwave power and pure nitrogen/methane/hydrogen plasma

  Tang, C. J., Fernandes, A. J. S., Granada, M., Leitão, J. P., Pereira, S., Jiang, X. F., Pinto, J. L. & Ye, H., Dec 2015, In: Vacuum. 122, Part B, p. 342-346 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Diamond films
  • Methane
  • hydrogen plasma
  • Hydrogen
  • diamond films

• High-visibility photonic crystal fiber interferometer as multifunctional sensor

  Cárdenas-Sevilla, G. A., Fávero, F. C. & Villatoro, J., 8 Feb 2013, In: Sensors. 13, 2, p. 2349-2358 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Photonic crystal fibers
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Interferometers
  • visibility
  • Visibility

• Implementing dynamic capabilities for corporate strategic change towards sustainability

  Wu, Q., He, Q., Duan, Y. & O'Regan, N., Aug 2012, In: SC : Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance. 21, 5-6, p. 231-247 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Reconfiguration
  • Strategic Change
  • Market Environment
  • Dynamic Capabilities
  • Competitive Advantage

• Integrating multiple spatial datasets to assess protected areas: lessons learnt from the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA)

  Dubois, G., Bastin, L., Bertzky, B., Mandrici, A., Conti, M., Saura, S., Cottam, A., Battistella, L., Martínez-López, J., Boni, M. & Graziano, M., 15 Dec 2016, In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 5, 12, 242.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Observatories
  • Biodiversity
  • observatory
  • protected area
  • Conservation

• Is Bologna working? Employer and graduate reflections of the quality, value and relevance of business and management education in four European Union countries

  Andrews, J. & Higson, H., Jul 2014, In: Higher Education Quarterly. 68, 3, p. 267-287 21 p., 12054.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • business management
  • business education
  • employer
  • European Union
  • graduate

• Lessons to be learned and recommendations for long-term sustainability of post-disaster housing projects

  Wedawatta, G. & Ingirige, B., 31 Aug 2017, NBRO Newsletter, 39, p. 3-4.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Special issue

  Open Access

• Life cycle assessment in the food supply chain: a case study

  McCarthy, D., Matopoulos, A. & Davies, P., 2015, In: International Journal of Logistics. 18, 2, p. 140-154 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Food supply
  • Life Cycle Assessment
  • Food Supply
  • Supply chains
  • Environmental Impact

• Light scattering study of human serum albumin in pre-denaturation: relation to dynamic transition in water at 42°C

  Bardik, V., Gotsulskii, V., Pavlov, E., Malomuzh, N., Nerukh, D., Yanchuk, I. & Lavoryk, S., Dec 2012, In: Journal of Molecular Liquids. 176, p. 60-64 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Denaturation
  • Light scattering
  • biopolymer denaturation
  • albumins
  • serums

• Long-term sustainability of post-disaster housing reconstruction projects

  Wedawatta, G. & Ingirige, B., 31 Aug 2016, NBRO Newsletter, 34, p. 4 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Special issue

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• Making the construction industry resilient to extreme weather: lessons from construction in hot weather conditions

  Alshebani, M. N. & Wedawatta, G., 2014, In: Procedia Economics and Finance. 18, p. 635-642 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • construction industry
  • weather
  • snow
  • summer
  • wage rates

• Model of the femtosecond laser inscription by a single pulse

  Petrović, J. S., Mezentsev, V., Schmitz, H. & Bennion, I., Aug 2007, In: Optical and Quantum Electronics . 39, 10-11, p. 939-946 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Femtosecond lasers
  • Laser pulses
  • Anelastic relaxation
  • Fused silica
  • plasma dynamics

• Performance analysis of an experimental wireless relay sensor network

  Zhang, G-C., Peng, X-H. & Gu, X-Y., 25 Mar 2010, In: Concurrency and Computation. 22, 4, p. 462-480 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Relay Networks
  • Sensor Networks
  • Performance Analysis
  • Sensor networks
  • Relay Channel

• Preparation and property testing of compatibilized poly(l-lactide)/thermoplastic polyurethane blends

  Suthapakti, K., Molloy, R., Punyodom, W., Nalampang, K., Leejarkpai, T., Topham, P. D. & Tighe, B. J., Aug 2015, In: Macromolecular Symposia. 354, 1, p. 299-304 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • dilactide
  • caprolactone
  • Polyurethanes
  • Phase locked loops
  • Thermoplastics

• Process monitoring of aluminum-foam sandwich structures based on thermoplastic fibre-metal laminates using fibre Bragg gratings

  Kuang, K. S. C., Zhang, L., Cantwell, W. J. & Bennion, I., Mar 2005, In: Composites Science and Technology. 65, 3-4, p. 669-676 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Sandwich structures
  • Fiber Bragg gratings
  • Aluminum
  • Process monitoring
  • Thermoplastics

• Putting together environmental sustainability and profitability in logistics and supply chains

  Evangelista, P. (ed.), Huge-Brodin, M. (ed.), Sweeney, E. (ed.) & Morvillo, A. (ed.), 1 Oct 2017, In: International Journal of Business and Systems Research. 11, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

• Reactive processing of polymers: functionalisation of ethylene-propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) in the presence and absence of a co-agent and effect of functionalised EPDM on compatibilisation of poly(ethylene terephthalate)/EPDM blends

  Al-Malaika, S. & Kong, W., Nov 2005, In: Polymer Degradation and Stability. 90, 2, p. 197-210 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Polyethylenes
  • glycidyl methacrylate
  • propylene
  • Terpolymers
  • Compatibilizers

• Real-time intensity domain characterization of fibre lasers using spatio-temporal dynamics

  Sugavanam, S., Tarasov, N. & Churkin, D. V., 25 Feb 2016, In: Applied Sciences. 6, 3, 15 p., 65.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Fiber lasers
  • fiber lasers
  • characterization
  • methodology
  • Radiation

• Scavenging of halogen in recycling of halogen-based polymer materials

  Luda, M. P., Camino, G., Balabanovich, A. I. & Hornung, A., Mar 2002, In: Macromolecular Symposia. 180, 1, p. 141-151 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Bromine
  • Halogens
  • Scavenging
  • scavenging
  • bromine

• Silica promoted self-assembled mesoporous aluminas. Impact of the silica precursor on the structural, textural and acidic properties

  López Pérez, L., Zarubina, V., Mayoral, A. & Melián-Cabrera, I., 15 Jul 2015, In: Catalysis Today. 250, p. 115-122 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • tetraethoxysilane
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Structural properties
  • Silica
  • Alumina

• Single-cell analysis for bioprocessing

  Zhang, H., Cui, X., Bi, J., Dai, S. & Ye, H., Sep 2015, In: Engineering in Life Sciences. 15, 6, p. 582-592 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • Single-Cell Analysis
  • Metabolites
  • Gene expression
  • Cells
  • Proteins

• Solid bridge formation between spray-dried sodium carbonate particles

  Leaper, M., Prime, D. C., Taylor, P. M. & Leach, V., 29 May 2012, In: Drying Technology. 30, 9, p. 1008-1013 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • sodium carbonate
  • sodium carbonates
  • Sodium Carbonate
  • sprayers
  • Crystalline materials

• Special issue on microtechnology and nanotechnology in medicine

  Ma, X. (ed.), 1 Feb 2007, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine. 221, 2, p. i-ii 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

• Stabilisation of metallocene ethylene-1-octene copolymers during multiple extrusions

  Al-Malaika, S. & Peng, X., Sep 2008, In: Polymer Degradation and Stability. 93, 9, p. 1619-1631 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • 1-octene
  • Organometallics
  • antioxidants
  • ethylene
  • Antioxidants

• Supply market uncertainty: exploring consequences and responses within sustainability transitions

  Knight, L., Pfeiffer, A. & Scott, J., Sep 2015, In: Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 21, 3, p. 167-177 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Supply Market
  • Market Uncertainty
  • Market Evolution
  • Innovation
  • Sustainability

• Tackling transition: the value of peer mentoring

  Clark, R., Andrews, J. & Gorman, P., 7 Mar 2013, In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 14, Winter 2012-13, p. 57-75 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • mentoring
  • student
  • university
  • participation
  • pedagogics

• The motion of microbeads in shear flow throgh a conical tube

  Akinaga, T., Sugihara-Seki, M., Itano, T. & Yamamoto, J., 2010, In: Journal of the Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics. 10, P, p. s102-s106 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  Open Access

  • beads
  • shear flow
  • tubes
  • trajectories
  • hematocrit

• The surface chemistry of nanocrystalline MgO catalysts for FAME production: an in situ XPS study of H₂O, CH₃OH and CH₃OAc adsorption

  Montero, J. M., Isaacs, M. A., Lee, A. F., Lynam, J. M. & Wilson, K., Apr 2016, In: Surface science. 646, p. 170-178 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Surface chemistry
  • X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
  • Methanol
  • methyl alcohol
  • Adsorption

• Toward a new generation of photonic humidity sensors

  Kolpakov, S. A., Gordon, N. T., Mou, C. & Zhou, K., 26 Feb 2014, In: Sensors. 14, 3, p. 3986-4013 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Optics and Photonics
  • Optical Fibers
  • Humidity sensors
  • Humidity
  • Photonics

• Tsunami disaster recovery experience: a case study on micro, small and medium scale enterprises in Southern Sri Lanka

  Dasanayaka, S. W. S. B. & Wedawatta, G., 30 Dec 2014, In: Procedia Economics and Finance. 18, p. 584-591 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • disaster recovery
  • tsunamis
  • Sri Lanka
  • case studies
  • sole proprietorship

• Using apparent activation energy as a reactivity criterion for biomass pyrolysis

  Carrier, M., Auret, L., Bridgwater, A. & Knoetze, J. H., 20 Oct 2016, In: Energy and Fuels. 30, 10, p. 7834-7841 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • Lignin
  • Activation energy
  • Pyrolysis
  • Biomass
  • Cellulose

• Valorisation of vietnamese rice straw waste: catalytic aqueous phase reforming of hydrolysate from steam explosion to platform chemicals

  Giang, C. H., Osatiashtiani, A., dos Santos, V. C., Lee, A. F., Wilson, D. R., Waldron, K. W. & Wilson, K., 15 Dec 2014, In: Catalysts. 4, 4, p. 414-426 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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  • 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
  • Fructose
  • Steam
  • Straw
  • rice