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Profiles in Industrial Research
Knowledge & Innovation


Table of Contents

 

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2.

Contributors

 

 

3.

Knowledge and Innovation

 

“The Business of Universities in Business and Industry”
(Toncich, D.J.)

 

 

4.

Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

 

“Optimising the Focus Tube Length for Abrasive Water Jet Using Numerical Simulations”
(Ahmed, D., Deam, R., Naser, J. and Chen, F.)

 

“Remote Diagnostics for Data Acquistion Systems”
(Beasley, S., Ng, C.K., Toncich, D.J. and Dennison, A.)

 

“The Effect of Protuberance on Thermal Convection in a Square Enclosure”
(Das, S. and Morsi, Y.)

 

“Preliminary Results of a Vehicle Model for Simulation in Motorsport”
(Greenbury, A., Toncich, D., Ng, C.K and Dennison, A.)

 

“Characterisation of Surface Finishing Processes for Wood Manufacture”
(Hendarto, B., Shayan, E. and Ozarska, B.)

 

“Effect of Additives on Processing and Physical Properties of Recycled
Polyethylene Terephthalate (RPET)”
(Kegel, M, Sbarski, I., Iovenitti, P., Masood, S. and Kosior, E.)

 

“Maximum Depth of Cut and Other Performance Characteristics of the AWJ Oscillation Cutting Process of Ductile Materials”
(Lemma, E., Deam, R., Chen, L., Wang, J.)

 

“Control of Cooling in Casting Dies Based on Thermal Feedback”
(Patrzalek, M., Shayan, E., Toncich, D. and Savage, G.)

 

“Ultrasonic Inspection of Sub-Surface Defects In Aluminium Die-Castings”
(Palanisamy, S., Nagarajah, R. and Iovenitti, P.)

 

“Performance Improvement of Servo Motor Drive Controls”
(Pendharkar, M., Toncich, D. and Nagarajah, R.)

 

“Ice Particles Study For Ice Jet Machining”
(Shanmugam, D., Morsi, Y. and Chen, L.)

 

“Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Using Fuzzy Logic”
(Srinoi, P., Shayan, E. and Ghotb, F.)

 

“Formation of Intermetallic Compound (IMC) in the H13-magnesium Alloy System”
(Tang, C., Jahedi, M. and Brandt, M.) 103

 

“Ultrasonic Inspection of Adhesive Bonds”
(Tavrou, S., Siores, E. and Sbarski, I.)

 

“Development of High Performance Sorting Process for Recycling of Plastics”
(Teichmann, D., Masood, S., Iovenitti, P. Sbarski, I. and Kosior, E.)

 

“ Feedback and Control of Micropumps”
(Tomac, T., Toncich, D., Harvey, E., Hayes, J. and Overmars, A.)

 

“Flexible Mandrel and Well System for Folding Corrugated Fibreboard Trays”
(Waterman, T., Toncich, D., Iovenitti, P. and Masood, S.)

 

“The Development of a Supply Chain Measurement Framework for the
Milk Products Industry”

(Yaibuathet, K., Toncich, D. and Ng, C.K.)

 

 

5.

Lasers for Industrial Macro Applications

 

“Laser Assisted Machining of Hard-to-Wear Materials”
(Armitage, K., Masood, S., Brandt, M. and Pomat, C.)

 

“Visualisation of Nd:YAG Laser Beams Using Black PMMA”
(Harris, J. and Brandt, M.)

 

“Optical Monitoring of Nd:YAG Laser Produced Hastelloy C Clad Layers”
(Salehi, D., Brandt, M. and Nagarajah, R.)

 

 

6.

Lasers for Industrial Micro Applications

 

“Improved Techniques for the Miniaturisation of Bioarrays”
(Atkin, M., Harvey, E., Cattrall, R. and Poetter, K.)

 

“Fabrication of 3D High Aspect Ratio Micro-Fluidic Components
Using Laser Machining and LIGA”

(Barber, R., Ghantasala, M., Turney, T. and Harvey, E.)

 

“In-shoe Measurement for Biomechanical Monitoring”
(Billing, D., Nagarajah, R., Hayes, J. and Baker, J.)

 

“Laser Patterning of TiN Films from Metal Sacrificial Layers
for Surface Micromachining Applications”

(Dowling, A., Harvey, E., and Doyle, E.D.)

 

“Design, Modelling and Fabrication of Piezoelectric Actuators”
(Fu, Y., Harvey, E., Ghantasala, M. and Spinks, G.)

 

“Laser LIGA for Nickel Microheaters”
(Jin, H., Harvey, E. and Doyle, E.D.)

 

“Monitoring of Excimer Laser Ablation of Multi-layer Thin Films
by Acoustic Emissions”

(Liu, G., Toncich, D., Harvey, E. and Ng, C.K.)

 

“Development of Packaging Systems and Interconnects
for Microfluidics Applications”

(Liu, T., Masood, S., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E.)

 

“Sealing of Microfluidic Devices using Microwave Technology”
(Miller, P., Sbarski, I., Taube, A. and Nicolau, D.)

 

“Automatic NC Part Programming Interface for a UV Laser Ablation Tool”
(Mutapcic, E., Iovenitti, P., and Hayes, J.)

 

“Evaluation of Shim Characteristics in Micro Hot Embossing
on Polycarbonate Substrate”
(Telgarsky, M., Ghantasala, M. and Harvey, E.)

 

“Passive Mixing in a Microchannel”
(Wang, H., Masood, S., Iovenitti, P. and Harvey, E.)

 

“Sealing and Bonding Techniques for Polymer-Based Microfluidic Devices”
(Yussuff, A., Sbarski, I., Hayes, J. and Solomon, M.)

 

 

7.

Microwave Industrial Applications

 

“Tiger Stripes in Microwave Processing”
(Antonio, C. and Deam, R.)

 

“Design Study for the Destruction of Trichloroethene”
(Binner, E., Deam, R. and Destefani, C.)

 

“Signal Performance of Multi-Mode Digital IF Receivers
in Mobile Communication Environments”

(Ho, C.Y. and Tran, N.)

 

 

8.

BioEngineering

 

“Multifunctional Bioreactor for in vitro Tissue Engineering of Cardiac Structures”
(Damen, B., Morsi, Y. and Yang, W.)

 

“Polymer Microstructures for Multianalyte Protein Assay”
(Filipponi, L., Ivanova, E., Wright, J., Pham, D. and Nicolau, D.)

 

“Modelling and Simulation of Particle Deposition in the Human Lung”
(Lai, T., Morsi, Y. and Mazumdar, J.)

 

“Tissue Construction and Development of Artificial Arteries of Optimized Graft”
(Yousef , K., Yang, W., Mazumdar, J. and Morsi, Y.)

 

 

 

Appendix - Knowledge & Innovation Week Business Plans 2002

 

“Quest Sensors” – Food Packaging Sensors

 

“Green Energy Solutions” – Environmental Energy Products

 

“Magthix” – Thixomoulding System

 

“SaveHeart” – Heart Valve Replacement

 

“Celtek” – Micro Fuel Cells

 

“SporTrack” – Sports Measurement Systems

 

“LaserPower” – Mobile Laser Cladding