Symposium Programme
Location: Fraser Noble Building (FN1)
8:30 – 9:00: Registration
9:00 – 9:10: Welcome Address – Professor Igor Guz
09:10 – 09:25: Invited Speaker
Group 1: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
09:25 – 09:35: Introduction- Dr Richard Neilson
1) 09:35 – 09:50: “FE modelling of rock fracture in Drilling (Conventional drilling +Resonance Enhanced Drilling (RED)” – Nina Yari
2) 09:50 – 10:05: “Modelling Ultrasonic Health Monitoring of the Pipelines”– Atiemie Dagogo
3) 10:05 – 10:20: “Three-Dimensional Damage Characterisation of Composite Materials Using X-ray Computed Tomography” – Lawrence Henry Dugdale
10:20 – 10:30: Coffee break
Group 2: Fluids and Structures
10:30 – 10:40: Introduction – Prof Vladimir Nikora
4) 10:40 – 10:55: “Large and very-large-scale motions in rough-bed open-channel flow: Effects of roughness and channel aspect-ratio”– Andrea Zampiron
5) 10:55 – 11:10: “The interaction between the seabed sediment and the ground gear: An experimental study”– Clara Casanovas
6) 11:10 – 11:25: “A Multi-Objective Framework for the Optimization of Life-Cycle Cost of Wind Turbines”– Anu Hanish Nithin
Poster Session
11:25 – 12:25: Poster session
12:25 – 13:15: Lunch break
13:15 – 13:45: Invited Speaker – Prof Raffaella Ocone
Group 3: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
13:45 – 13:55: Introduction – Prof Alfred Akisanya
7) 13:55 – 14:10: “The impact of Pore Scale to Field Scale Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery” – Gilbert Scott
8) 14:10 – 14:25: “Modelling and Analysis of Shale Gas Production Behaviour”– Mohammed Shaibu
9) 14:25 – 14:40: “Waterflood oil recovery under mixed-wet conditions: a direct comparison between limestone and its microfluidic analogue”–Xanat Zacarias Hernandez
14:40 – 15:10: Invited Speaker: – Steve Cromar: “Offshore well abandonment: Economics and Opportunity”
Group 4: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
15:10 – 15:20: Introduction – Prof. Gorry Fairhurst
10) 15:20 – 15:35: “Application of miniature robot to detect and control flow assurance problems in offshore oil wells: Mechanical design aspects” – Darren Argo
11) 15:35 – 15:50:” Digital holographic aquatic particle detection utilising Gaussian filtering “– Aled Jones
12) 15:50 – 16:05:” Infinite DC Bus Concept in DC Grid Protection “–Mario Zaja
16:05 – 16:15: Coffee break
Group 5: Materials and Chemical Engineering
16:15 – 16:25 Introduction – Prof. Jos Derksen
16:25– 16:55: - Invited speaker –SCI
13) 16:55 – 17:10: “Energy and chemicals from organic waste via microbial fermentation”- Igor Maciel De Oliveira e Silva
14) 17:10 – 17:25: “Using Adaptive Neural-Fuzzy Inference System with Grid Partition to Simulate Experts’ Judgement for Optimum Decision to Safety Management in LNG Terminal” - Renyou Zhang
17:20 – 17:30: Closing Statement – Prize Distribution
17:30 – 17:40: Vote of thanks / Closing
17:40 – 18:10: Cheese and Wine