We would like to welcome you to the 12th Engineering Postgraduate Research Webinar Symposium on Wednesday 14th and 21st of April 2021.
The EPRS is an annual event, taking the form of a conference, in which all engineering postgraduate students at the university are given the opportunity to present their research work. Its aim is to exhibit the level and quality of research work currently being undertaken within the School of Engineering, as well as to provide an interesting experience and liaising opportunity for an audience combining students, members of academia, and industry practitioners.
Due to continuing social distancing guidelines the conference will be held virtually in a similar format to the 11th Engineering Postgraduate Research Symposium in 2020. The exact format is still under consideration but each sessions will feature both live webinar presentations and a recorded poster sessions. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best poster and oral presentations.
The symposium brings together the five diverse fields of research;
• Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures
• Chemical and Material Engineering
• Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
This year's symposium is sponsored by:
School of Engineering - The University of Aberdeen
14th April 2021
Live Presentations Part 1:
| James Rogers |
Catalytic Conversion Of Biogas To Ethylene |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| Muhammad Fahmi |
Wave Hydrodynamics Over Vegetated Slope |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Peter Christie |
Computational Framework for Metal Forming of High Strength Alloys - Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys |
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| Sami Al Sulaimani |
Supervised Text Multi-Categorization using Contextual Analysis |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Elevator Pitches Part 1:
| Adedayo Babarinde |
Redistributing Controller Orders to Increase Positioning Bandwidth in Nanopositioners: A Positive Position Feedback Approach |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Miriam Castagna |
Hydrodynamics of swimming fish: drag, propulsion, and fish bioenergetics |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Wahab Abdul |
Thermodynamic modelling of Portland cement clinkers |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| Ludovic Picard |
Optimisation of grasp in an upper limb anthropomorphic biomechanical model |
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| James Long |
Efficient upgrading of biogas via plasma catalysis |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| Temiloluwa Onimisi |
Reduce Order Modelling of Permeability Matrix for Flow Simulations |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Febin Kachirayil |
Quantifying the trade-off between cost and supply security for autonomous municipal energy systems |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
Live Presentations Part 2:
| Zahrah Ibrahim |
The Effects of IoNanofluids on the Filtration Properties of Water-based Mud at Elevated Temperatures and Pressure |
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
| Ahmad Chanaa |
Decommissioning of Subsea Bundles |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Hussain Hamid |
Development of a Modern Supply Chain system for Managing Sugar Cane Hauling Operation in Sudan |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Serena Simonetti |
Effect of substrate concentration and retention time on the anaerobic digestion of food waste for the production of valuable chemicals. |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
Elevator Pitches Part 2:
| Omran Adeeb |
Non-isolated DC/DC Converter Under DC Fault |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Rigobert Zomafo |
Enhanced structural design for floating offshore wind turbine |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Muhammad Usman Azam |
Gate-to-grave comparative environmental impact assessment of various plastic waste management options in Scotland |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| Joanna Laing |
Biomechanical Evaluation of the Clinical Techniques used in Tendon Transfer Surgery |
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| Sief Abuqasem |
Study of the Differential Pressure Sticking Phenomenon in the drilling industry |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Bishnu Bhattarai |
Aerobic biodegradation of xenobiotics: degradation profiles of selected analgesics drugs in wastewater |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
21st April 2021
Live Presentations Part 1:
| Adamu Abdullahi Adamu |
Radiofrequency Antenna-Array Electromagnetic Heating for Enhanced Oil Recovery |
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
| Tianyu Wang |
Optimal design of composite pipes in-services condition |
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| Simba Biti |
Feasibility of microwave-assisted pre-treatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks to produce added-value chemicals and materials |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| Danny Dunbar |
An experimental and numerical study of turbulent oscillatory flow over a rough wall |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
Elevator Pitches Part 1:
| Rita Noelle Moussa |
Conversion of Wastewaters and Organic Waste into Valuable Chemicals, Energy and Biofertilizer |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| Nikolaos Bardas |
Neural interfacing between living systems and engineering devices |
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| Ibrahim Shehu Ahmad |
Offshore Wind Farms With DC Collection Systems |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Ryan Robert Benns |
CFD and experimental study on plasma catalysis for methane upgrading and hydrogen production |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| Alicia Terrero Gonzalez |
Dynamics of two coupled rotary pendula based wave energy harvester |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Michael Proffitt |
Cable-driven Cam Actuator for Minimalist Soft Robotic Elbow-exosuit for Stroke Rehabilitation |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Rui Li |
Pore-scale modeling of geophysical properties in hydrate-bearing sediments |
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
Live Presentations Part 2:
| Adam Arfaoui |
Decommissioning Decision Support System |
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| Uduak Akpan |
Automated Big Data Analysis |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Kazeem Odunlami |
Impact of Grain Roughness on Three-phase Flow in Water-Wet Porous Media: a Pore-Scale Study using X-ray Micro-computed Tomography |
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
| Ali Hassanirad |
Modelling of Fatigue in Structural Elements |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
Elevator Pitches Part 2:
| James MacLean |
A Novel Control Scheme for Suppressing Stick-Slip Oscillations in Drill-Strings |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Andy Smerdon |
Can acoustic measurements of fluid velocity along a single axis provide information on turbulence? |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Liam Boston |
Finding optimum mixing conditions in an anaerobic digester using computational fluid dynamics approach for sustainable production of chemicals and materials |
Chemical and Materials Engineering |
| Ana Custura |
Wide-Scale Internet Measurements in the context of Path Aware Networking |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Jenny Milne |
Rural Mobility as a Service |
Mechanics of Fluids, Soils and Structures |
| Kenneth Bisgaard Christensen |
Induced Ductile to Brittle Transition Impact Cut (IDBTIC) |
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |