The Disappeared Village Jan 5, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This project aims to host an exhibition and event as part of Scotland's Year of Stories 2022. Working in collaboration with Moray Libraries the exhibition and event will celebrate the story of Culbin, The Disappeared Village, and showcase creative ou...
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All Projects (305)
Towards Avoiding Conflict in Difficult Care Management Decisions: understanding the causes of local disputes in paediatric medicine in order to develop pathways to dispute resolution in NHS Grampian Apr 18, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023
Cases such as Charlie Gard’s placed disagreement between the family of an infant with a life-limiting condition and his doctors in the public spotlight. While the Gard case unfolded in the English courts, it can be only a matter of time before a case...
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Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor based high temperature solid oxide water electrolysis Oct 17, 2022 - Nov 16, 2023
Design, fabricate, and test thermally sprayed novel large-scale and large-length scale meta-surface area coatings for anode supported solid oxide water electrolysis (SOWE) cell in the steam electrolysis mode for hydrogen production over a temperature...
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Development of a pre-rehabilitation program informed by cognitive behavioural therapy (pR-CBT) to improve outcomes in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common and effective treatments for severe knee osteoarthritis, with >100,000 knee replacements performed in the UK annually. Despite success in reduction of pain after knee replacements, around 1 in 5...
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Toward Data-driven solution for accurate quantification of energy loss in Scottish homes Mar 14, 2022 - Nov 22, 2022
The overall aim of the project is to develop AI and data-driven solutions for processing and analysing large volumes of thermal images of the built environment.
The developed solution will be integrated within an intelligent framework...
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How good is our public library service? Refresh Jan 31, 2022 - Jul 1, 2022
Work commissioned by Scottish Information and Library Council to update, revise and refresh the quality standards framework for Scottish public libraries 'How good is our public library service?'
Covid-19 lessons learned research Jan 10, 2022 - May 2, 2022
The Care Inspectorate is looking to undertake a literature review of published research to consider the lessons that can be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic and how it impacted on the social care sector, particularly focusing on care homes for old...
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Talk2Health - Conversational AI Designed for Ageing May 1, 2022 - Jan 31, 2024
This project is led by PhysioMedics with RGU’s AI & Reasoning researchers and the Edinburgh based company SpeechGraphics. The goal of the collaboration is to enhance the existing assessment system, PhysioWizard, for accessibility and engagement among...
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Raban 400 May 1, 2022 - Mar 24, 2023
The printed word revolutionised our world; it changed ideas, thinking and societies. 2022 marks the 400th anniversary of printing coming to Aberdeen with the arrival of Edward Raban and his printing press.
It will tell Raban’s life...
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Health Determinants Research Collaborative Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2027
A Health Determinants Research Collaborative in Aberdeen will bring unique opportunities for the City, its residents and as a path-finder for UK-wide and international learning. Our proposal is based on i) the strength of our existing arrangements f...
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Evaluation of Children First Border's FGDM project Jan 27, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
The evaluation will seek to explore and evaluate the implementation of the FGDM process with families offered early intervention by Borders Council who, at the time of commencement in FGDM, are at the beginning of their Child Protection journey.
LCM Phase 2 - Cooperation under the COMET K2 Center for Symbiotic Mechatronics Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) set up a new COMET K2 competency centre called “Symbiotic Mechatronics” which is funded by BMVIT, BMWFJ and the province of Upper Austria and handled by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). LCM carries...
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Ferry Passenger and Freight Modelling for Shetland Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
Through this project, ZetTrans, the regional transport partnership for Shetland, in partnership with RGU and HIE will investigate and demonstrate in a pilot study the potential for a holistic data-driven transport model for Shetland ferries that can...
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Connecting Threads May 1, 2022 - Oct 30, 2023
The Augmented Fashion project encountered a range of issues including the impact of Covid-19 and the need for project partners to rapidly digitally upskill, and the siloed and gendered nature of computing science and fashion/textile disciplin...
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Hydrogen leakage sensor May 2, 2022 - Oct 31, 2023
Hydrogen is expected as a next-generation clean energy to replace a fossil energy Several porous and nonporous structured ZnO nanotubes will be synthesized to research the effects of wall structures in hydrogen gas sensing. To synthesize porous and n...
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Improving Access to Service Charities for Female Veterans Apr 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023
There has been research carried out to discover the barriers to veterans accessing specific specialist services, however, these studies have comprised mainly male participants. It has become apparent recently that there are gender differences involve...
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Agroforestry Futures Aug 14, 2022 - Aug 10, 2025
This research will identify the barriers to, and facilitators of, farmer adoption of rural agro-forestry practices.
Implementation of agroforestry is relevant as it results in eligibility for various schemes in the UK . The propose...
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Development and characterisation of novel polymer-drug conjugates for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2024
Using new polymer-drug compounds to improve the ability to deliver anti-Alzheimer drugs in the body.
Safety in numbers: an investigation into reductions in road traffic collisions and casualties across NE Scotland between 2011-2020 Nov 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023
Road collisions and casualties are reducing across Scotland; the reductions are significant and sustained. These significant reductions are mirrored over the same timescale for local casualties among the six nationally identified vulnerable road user...
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LACS Thermal Investigations for Battery Applications Aug 1, 2022 - Oct 7, 2022
The aim of the project is to investigate the effect that charge / discharge cycles have have on a battery pack. A map distribution of the registered temperature over each charge / discharge cycle will be monitored and all values recorded using a temp...
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