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Energy efficient homes: implementation of renewable energies in retrofitted buildings. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HERRERA, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2013. Energy efficient homes: implementation of renewable energies in retrofitted buildings. Presented at the 2013 All-Energy exhibition and conference (All-Energy 2013), 22-23 May 2013, Aberdeen, UK.

According to the Climate change (Scotland) Act 2009, by 2020 total carbon emission should be reduced 42% respect 1990 levels (and 80% lower than the baseline by 2050). In this context, it is important to highlight that buildings are responsible of 45... Read More about Energy efficient homes: implementation of renewable energies in retrofitted buildings..

A technical evaluation of wind-hydrogen (WH) demonstration projects in Europe. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
VALVERDE, L., ALI, D., ABDEL-WAHAB, M., GUERRA, J. and HOGG, D.F. 2013. A technical evaluation of wind-hydrogen (WH) demonstration projects in Europe. In Proceedings of 4th international conference on Power engineering, energy and electrical drives 2013 (POWERENG 2013), 13-17 May 2013, Istanbul, Turkey. Piscataway: IEEE [online], pages 1098-1104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/powereng.2013.6635764

Investment in Renewable Energy Sources (RES) is at the center of energy policy in Europe. A key shortcoming of renewable energy is the issue of intermittency which can pose a risk to the security of energy supply. Energy storage thus becomes essentia... Read More about A technical evaluation of wind-hydrogen (WH) demonstration projects in Europe..

Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
NWOGU, N.C. and GOBINA, E. 2013. Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture. In Laudon, M. and Romanowicz, B. (eds.) TechConnect briefs: technical proceedings of the 2013 Clean technology and trade show: energy, renewables, materials, storage and environment, 12-16 May 2013, Washington, USA. Boston, MA: TechConnect [online], pages 204-207. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/Cleantech2013/pdf/415.pdf

A nano-structure tubular hybrid inorganic membrane capable of stripping carbon dioxide from flue gas stream was designed and tested at laboratory scale to improve compliance to various environmental regulations to cushion the effect of global warming... Read More about Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture..

Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
NWOGU, N.C. and GOBINA, E. 2013. Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture. In Laudon, M., Romanowicz, B.F. and NSTI. (eds.) TechConnect briefs: Nanotechnology 2013, vol 3: bio sensors, instruments, medical, environment and energy: technical proceedings of the 2013 NSTI (Nano Science and Technology Institute) Nanotechnology conference and expo, 12-16 May 2013, Washington, USA. Boston, MA: TechConnect [online], pages 708-711. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/Nanotech2013v3/pdf/415.pdf

A nano-structure tubular hybrid inorganic membrane capable of stripping carbon dioxide from flue gas stream was designed and tested at laboratory scale to improve compliance to various environmental regulations to cushion the effect of global warming... Read More about Advanced membrane design for improved carbon dioxide capture..

Numerical simulation of 2D turbulent natural convection of humid air in a cavity filled with solid objects. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
IYI, D., HASAN, R. and PENLINGTON, R. 2013. Numerical simulation of 2D turbulent natural convection of humid air in a cavity filled with solid objects. Procedia engineering [online], 56: proceedings of 5th Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers (BSME) International conference on thermal engineering 2012 (ICTE 2012), held during 21-23 December 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pages 538-543. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2013.03.157

Natural convection flow in enclosures containing solid objects is important in the design of a wide range of industrial and engineering applications. Numerical calculations were performed for low turbulence double-diffusion convection for humid air i... Read More about Numerical simulation of 2D turbulent natural convection of humid air in a cavity filled with solid objects..

Transformative design thinking: a human-centred model for innovation. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MALINS, J.P. 2013. Transformative design thinking: a human-centred model for innovation. In Proceedings of the 10th International conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD 10): crafting the future, 17-19 April 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothenberg: University of Gothenberg [online], paper number 67133. Available from: http://www.trippus.se/eventus/userfiles/67133.pdf

In recent years there have been a number of Innovation Centres established in the UK and associated funding calls to support the development of new ones, however there is no common theoretical framework, which underpins the methodology for their oper... Read More about Transformative design thinking: a human-centred model for innovation..

Designing interactive secure systems: CHI 2013 special interest group. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
FAILY, S., COLES-KEMP, L., DUNPHY, P., JUST, M., AKAMA, Y. and DE LUCA, A. 2013. Designing interactive secure systems: CHI 2013 special interest group. In Baudisch, P., Beaudouin-Lafon, M. and Mackay, W.E. (eds.) Extended abstracts from the 31st Annual CHI conference on human factors in computing systems (CHI 2013): changing perspectives, 27 April - 2 May 2013, Paris, France. New York: ACM [online], volume 3, pages 2469-2472. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468807

Despite a growing interest in the design and engineering of interactive secure systems, there is also a noticeable amount of fragmentation. This has led to a lack of awareness about what research is currently being carried out, and misunderstandings... Read More about Designing interactive secure systems: CHI 2013 special interest group..

A case study of retrofitting a non-domestic building in Scotland. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ABDEL-WAHAB, M., ALI, D. and JENKINS, D. 2013. A case study of retrofitting a non-domestic building in Scotland. Presented at 2013 Sustainable building (sb 13 Munich): implementing sustainability; barriers and chances, 24-26 April 2013, Munich, Germany.

Enhancing the energy performance of buildings is a complex undertaking which involves the implementation of various measures which can include: insulation using innovative technologies in-particular for hard-to-treat buildings (e.g. historic listed b... Read More about A case study of retrofitting a non-domestic building in Scotland..

Design for social innovation and inclusion. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CRADDOCK, C.T. and FAIRBURN, S.M. 2013. Design for social innovation and inclusion. Presented at the 10th European Academy of Design conference (EAD 10): crafting the future, 17-19 April 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Designing out crime is a strategy that the UK Design Council continues to profile and support, promoting the use of design as an approach for addressing social challenges and combating crime (UK Design Council 2011). This paper considers the strategy... Read More about Design for social innovation and inclusion..

Trust me, I am a designer: why is there a lack of trust in design expertise? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GULARI, M.N., FAIRBURN, S. and MALINS, J. 2013. Trust me, I am a designer: why is there a lack of trust in design expertise? Presented at the 10th European Academy of Design conference (EAD 10): crafting the future, 17-19 April 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden.

The design field has broadened to include a wide range of design interventions following the promotion of concepts such as design thinking that are based on a generalist mind-set. Yet, some designers as specialist-generalists find it difficult to com... Read More about Trust me, I am a designer: why is there a lack of trust in design expertise?.

Assessing the effectiveness of design-led innovation support for SMEs. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GULARI, M.N., FAIRBURN, S. and MALINS, J. 2013. Assessing the effectiveness of design-led innovation support for SMEs. In Proceedings of the 10th European academy of design conference (EAD 10): crafting the future, 17-19 April 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden. Lancaster: European Academy of Design [online]. Available from: http://www.trippus.se/eventus/userfiles/67134.pdf

This paper aims to understand the effectiveness of design-led methods and approaches to support small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) with innovation, and how their needs are fulfilled by support instruments through investigating the activities of... Read More about Assessing the effectiveness of design-led innovation support for SMEs..

Modelling hydrogen energy technology to facilitate increased renewable penetration. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GAZEY, R., ALI, D. and AKLIL, D. 2013. Modelling hydrogen energy technology to facilitate increased renewable penetration. Presented at the 2nd ETP (Energy Technology Partnership) annual conference 2013, 16-17 April 2013, Edinburgh, UK.

Started on the 01st February 2011, this research project has developed models for the innovative applications of Hydrogen (H2) production, storage and end-use technologies to facilitate the planned increase of renewable generation into existing elect... Read More about Modelling hydrogen energy technology to facilitate increased renewable penetration..

Engaging the future. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MACDONALD, S. 2013. Engaging the future. Presented at the 2013 International conference on cultural and creative industries: crossover: collaborating for success, 12 April 2013, Yunlin, Taiwan.

Whilst design thinking and user needs and experience remain important to the debate about design and design as a driver of innovation, this paper suggests that greater attention should be given to the increasing importance of engagement. We need to u... Read More about Engaging the future..

Preparing architectural technology students for BIM 2016 mandate. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SALMAN, H. 2013. Preparing architectural technology students for BIM 2016 mandate. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 4th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2013): architectural technology: the defining features, 22 March 2013, Sheffield, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 142-158. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202013%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

This paper presents a challenging stand for architectural technology (AT) students, and roles. What roles are AT graduates going to play before and after the 2016 Building Information Modelling (BIM) mandate and how academia is preparing them for suc... Read More about Preparing architectural technology students for BIM 2016 mandate..

Architectural technology and the BIM acronym: critical perspectives of evangelical and evolutionary paradigms for technical design. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KOUIDER, T. and PATERSON, G.J. 2013. Architectural technology and the BIM acronym: critical perspectives of evangelical and evolutionary paradigms for technical design. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 4th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2013): architectural technology: the defining features, 22 March 2013, Sheffield, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 122-141. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202013%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

The United Kingdom Governments intent to embed collaborative Level 2 BIM into publicly procured building projects from 2016 (BIM Task Group, 2012) trails the General Services Administrations (GSA, 2012) earlier and similar initiative to require the a... Read More about Architectural technology and the BIM acronym: critical perspectives of evangelical and evolutionary paradigms for technical design..

The role of 3D technology in enhancing the visitor experience in the 21st century. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PRITCHARD, D. 2013. The role of 3D technology in enhancing the visitor experience in the 21st century. Presented at the Seminar on tourism at world heritage sites: challenges and opportunities, co-located with the 55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe, 26 March 2013, Çeşme, Turkey.

This presentation provided a demonstration of a new computer graphics platform that uses multiple high-definition photographs of a specific place to construct a very accurate, three-dimension digital model.

Extending the web to support personal network services. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LYLE, J., NILSSON, C., ISBERG, A. and FAILY, S. 2013. Extending the web to support personal network services. In Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM symposium on applied computing (SAC 2013), 18-22 March 2013, Coimbra, Portugal. New York: ACM [online], volume 1, pages 711-716. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2480362.2480499

Web browsers are able to access resources hosted anywhere in the world, yet content and features on personal devices remain largely inaccessible. Because of routing, addressing and security issues, web applications are unable to use local sensors, ca... Read More about Extending the web to support personal network services..

Smart grid operation while integrating photovoltaic through green hydrogen technology. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GAZEY, R., ALI, A. and AKLIL, D. 2013. Smart grid operation while integrating photovoltaic through green hydrogen technology. Presented at the 2nd TAMUQ (Texas A and M University at Qatar) annual research and industry forum 2013, 4-5 March 2013, Doha, Qatar.

Environmental pressures coupled with high fossil fuel prices have led to the rapid penetration of electricity generation from Renewable Energy Sources (RES). Because of the rapid RES penetration, the stability of grid energy infrastructures are now b... Read More about Smart grid operation while integrating photovoltaic through green hydrogen technology..

Goin' Holyrood? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BAXTER, G., MARCELLA, R., CHAPMAN, D. and FRASER, A. 2013. Goin' Holyrood? A study of voters' online information behaviour when using parties' and candidates' websites during the 2011 Scottish Parliament election campaign. Procedia: social and behavioral sciences [online], 73: proceedings of the 2nd International conference on integrated information (IC-ININFO 2012), 30 August - 3 September 2012, Budapest, Hungary, pages 209-216. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.02.043

This paper reports the results of a study of voters' online behaviour conducted during the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election campaign. Here, 64 citizens of Aberdeen, North-east Scotland, were observed and questioned while they searched for, browse... Read More about Goin' Holyrood?.

Dynamic agent prioritisation with penalties in distributed local search. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SAMBO-MAGAJI, A., ARANA, I. and AHRIZ, H. 2013. Dynamic agent prioritisation with penalties in distributed local search. In Filipe, J. and Fred, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International conference on agents and artificial intelligence (ICAART 2013), 15-18 February 2013, Barcelona, Spain. Setúbal: Science and Technology Publications [online], volume 1, pages 276-281. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5220/0004259202760281

Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems (DisCSPs) solving techniques solve problems which are distributed over a number of agents.The distribution of the problem is required due to privacy, security or cost issues and, therefore centralised prob... Read More about Dynamic agent prioritisation with penalties in distributed local search..