Design and development of a novel automated recovery system for the decommissioning of concrete mats from the sea bed to de-risk diving operations

Dr. Xiaojing Gao x.gao@rgu.ac.uk
KTP Associate

Professor James Njuguna j.njuguna@rgu.ac.uk
Professor

Dr Gbenga Oluyemi g.f.oluyemi@rgu.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Dr Nazila Fough n.fough1@rgu.ac.uk
Principal Lecturer

Granular Subsurface Seal Jun 1, 2017 - Mar 15, 2018
This project is aimed at developing and conducting physical tests on a new set of unique swellable materials that can expand into, seal and plug undesirable cavities and isolate distressed porous media downhole of an oil well.

During d... Read More about Granular Subsurface Seal.

Simulation of nanomaterials release from consumer products for environmental exposure assessment Oct 1, 2013 - Oct 1, 2014
Nanomaterials are increasingly being developed for a range of industrial uses. However, there is a lack of standardised methods for estimating the release of nanomaterials to the environment. Current legislation for chemicals and environmental protec... Read More about Simulation of nanomaterials release from consumer products for environmental exposure assessment.

Stab-In Pipe Stage 2 Feb 1, 2019 - Feb 14, 2020
This is Stage 2 of a project to design and develop new non-threaded drill pipe joints. .

Stage 2 will be related to 3D printing of conceptual design of snap latch based non-threaded tool joints, electromagnetic calculations and further... Read More about Stab-In Pipe Stage 2.

Develop capability to characterise the extrusion of elastomers Feb 4, 2020 - Feb 26, 2022
To develop an in-house capability to characterise the extrusion of elastomers at the nano-scales structural level to drive scientifically led new product design and development.

A Feasibility Study on an Anaerobic Digester (AD) Plant Installation in Orkney May 1, 2020 - Mar 30, 2021
The aim of this project is to conduct a feasibility study on a community driven Anaerobic Digester Plant Installation in Orkney for the Orkney Islands to address specific waste management challenges faced by remote, rural and island communities/local... Read More about A Feasibility Study on an Anaerobic Digester (AD) Plant Installation in Orkney.