School of Engineering (Research Newsletter), Issue 2, September 2018

RESEARCH NEWSLETTER

School of Engineering

Issue 2 (September 2018)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE SCHOOL RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS TECHNICAL FOCUS RESEARCH GROUP FOCUS

PUBLICATION TEAM

INTERVIEW (NEW STAFF) ACADEMIC RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS INTERVIEW (STUDENT)

Managing Editor: Dr Nadimul Faisal News Editor: Dr James Njuguna Overall Content Managers: Dr Nadimul Faisal, Dr Sheikh Islam, Kristof Starost Research Student Content Managers: Alasdair Crawford, Yatin Suri, Ruissein Mahon Photography & other support: Colin Hetherington, Dr Miki Sun Proof-reading: Dr Jennifer McConnachie

VISITORS INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY

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ADMINISTRATOR’S COMMENT Copyright © 2018 RGU School of Engineering and individual contributors. All rights reserved.

UPCOMING EVENTS

EDITORIAL NADIMUL FAISAL

WELCOME to the second edition of School’s research newsletter.

This issue includes contributors from new academics and researchers. In fact, I reckon there are a number of potential contributors doing great research, who I guess could be willing to share and contribute to future editions.

I am inviting special name to be given to this newsletter. If you have some recommendations, please propose one.

Meanwhile, if you have news, views and reviews, please get in touch with the editorial team.

FOREWORD PROF JOHN STEEL, HEAD OF SCHOOL

With the second issue of School’s research newsletter, I would like to draw your attention to the School’s collaboration and impact in research and innovation and I would encourage you to contribute to future issues.

Your participation and voice are important and help us make the strongest case for our research as we approach REF2021.

It is increasingly important that as many of us have experience as principal investigators, as independent researchers, on externally funded research as possible.

Much thanks go to those who have contributed so far.

SCHOOL RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS JAMES NJUGUNA STRATEGIC LEAD – ENGINEERING RESEARCH

“The Research Exercise Framework (REF2021) is the main item on the agenda for this Academic Year as preparations takes on fifth gear” ON REFLECTION, the School have achieved significant increase in research outputs since 2013, when since REF2014 took place. The strategies implemented by School of Engineering has led to increased number of research active staff from just 5 to currently 18 research active researchers and 7 early career researchers (ECRs). The ECRs, too, are engaging with research at various levels e.g. publishing and yet to generate significant research income. The number of independent researchers has increased from just 2 to 10.

Since REF2014, we have seen an increased PhD students’ enrolment / registered (40 to currently 56) and completion of (5 in 2013 to approximately 9/year). Our research students have received a total of 21 Best Paper Awards and Prizes since 2014.

The research environment continues to improve with significant efforts from both the School and University at large.

Research income remains work in progress, however, the number of research bids has increased from 14/yr (2013) to presently 63 bids/yr worth approx. £7.8m/year, while awards increased from 8/yr to presently 20/yr. The primary goal is to consolidate research groups and networks to build environment for writing many large bids - noting that research bids success rate is a game of numbers, the large the number of bids, the better the success rates overall.

The research publications are at an average of 35 journals/year and approximately 30 conference papers/year; up from 18 & 15 respectively in 2013. The Field-Weighted Citation Impact for the School of Engineering publications in the Top 10% subject areas has increased from 0.75 to 1.25 (Scival) - indicating significant increase in quality and quantity of School’s publications.

As the new Academic Year take off, we will have many undergraduate and postgraduates’ projects running, and once again our labs will become a beehive and competition for every opportunity to create best project outputs. Last year, a number of these contributed to Journals and Conference papers and we expect that number to rise this year.

There is a major expectation for research active staff to present their outputs in the best possible manner. However, most research active staff must get themselves to ‘research independent’ status as defined by REF2021 to maximise the School opportunity in our returns. Our Research growth remains highly positive and we must equally work as hard and smart to maintain momentum and competitive advantage on research topics that we are leading.

TECHNICAL FOCUS Neutron scattering of porous rocks subjected to uniaxial compression in cryogenic conditions for offshore drilling operations in the Arctic NADIMUL FAISAL, REZA SANAEE, RAO MARTAND SINGH Recently, it has been proposed to exploit the stresses in frozen geological rock samples (e.g.

Arctic/Alaskan region for offshore drilling operations) as an additional source of structural information for the stresses which acts in-situ. The majority of current engineering practices in hydrocarbon exploration concerning wellbore stability, reservoir depletion driven subsidence and rock mechanical failure of formations are based on conventional formation characteristics.

Considering the consistent need for drilling and exploitation of relatively remote unconventional resources such as Arctic formations, bespoke engineering design based on these region’s formation temperature and pressure conditions is required. Therefore, this proposal, in partnership with University of Surrey, University of Aberdeen, and beamtime funded by Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) [Proposal no.

RB1810235], relates to studying frozen (cryogenic conditions) geological rock samples using neutron scattering (at ENGIN-X) subjected to uniaxial compression loading conditions. Two main hydrocarbon reservoir rock types (sandstone, limestone) were used at high pressure (15-50 MPa) and low temperature conditions (as low as -150°C). Each core sample was cylindrical in shape (typically 38.1 mm diameter and 48 mm length).

RESEARCH GROUP FOCUS Flow Modelling Group MAMDUD HOSSAIN, GROUP LEAD

RGU’s Flow Modelling Group is one of the leading research groups in its field in Scotland, with expertise in the modelling of complex multiphase flows. The Research Group consists of 3 academics, 9 PhD students and 1 Research Assistant. The group has carried out research for the oil and gas, wind energy, wave energy and fuel cell sectors.

The group has access to market leading CFD software Ansys Fluent/CFX, SOLIDWORKS and mesh generator ICEM-CFD. The group is also equipped with a multiphase flow loop, wind tunnel, data acquisition unit, 3D printer and PIV system for experimental measurements. The main funders for the group include OGIC, Interface food and drink, The Carnegie Trust and Innovate UK. The research group has carried out various pieces of research for Oil & Gas clients including Halliburton, NOV (formerly Opus Plus), NCR (formerly Sure Clean). The group has several academic collaborators nationally and internationally.

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Design and development of an innovative wave energy extractor

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Waste water treatment, NCR, Knowledge Transfer Partnership,

device, Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), £29,938, April 2018. £249,731, May 2016 - May 2019, PI: Mamdud Hossain, Morgan Adams; Co-PI: Sheikh Islam, Carlos Fernandez.

INTERVIEW (NEW STAFF) CLARE O'FARRELL LECTURER IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

“I am…interested in addressing the ever-growing problem of plastics and in particular microplastics pollution of the earth’s water”

“I plan…to continue the work I started during my PhD on arsenic removal solutions for small scale applications in developing countries” What is your background?

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I received an honours degree in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) in 2007 and remained there to complete a PhD in Environmental Engineering. My research involved the removal of arsenic from drinking water using UV and natural solar light. I then began teaching at ICRGU on the undergraduate engineering pathway programme.

What sparked your initial interest in engineering?

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I always had an interest in science and how things worked, so when it came to leaving school I thought that a degree in engineering would be right for me. I chose Trinity as it delivered a broad curriculum course, so all of first and second year covered subjects in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. Very quickly I realised that environmental engineering and water treatment was where my real interest lay.

What are your research interests?

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As I’ve said, water and wastewater treatment processes are my predominant focus, but there are many aspects of environmental engineering that I am interested in, such as renewable energy, waste management, and water resources. My PhD also involved looking at low-cost sustainable solutions for developing countries, and this is an area in which I have a keen interest.

What are your plans for future research development within your expertise?

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I plan to continue the work I started during my PhD on arsenic removal solutions for small scale applications in developing countries, along with other water and waste treatment options, especially those appropriate for use in remote, underdeveloped settings. I am also interested in addressing the ever-growing problem of plastics and in particular microplastics pollution of the earth’s water.

Any advice for today’s research students?

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Make sure you have a passion for what you’re doing. I was lucky in a way to fall into my research question, but it made it easier to get the work done when it was something I was passionate about. Enjoy yourself too, some of the time it’s very tough going – so enjoy the time that’s not!

ACADEMIC RESEACH HIGHLIGHTS •

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A 12-month OGIC fund of £27,300 on “Autonomous Deployment of Underwater Sensor Nodes for Marine Seismic Imaging” started in July 2018. Dr Wai-keung Fung and Mr Adham Sabra (PhD candidate, School of Engineering, RGU) are collaborating with Autonomous Robotics Ltd. in this project. The aim of the project is to develop distributed and scalable algorithms for large scale underwater swarm localisation so that the locations of all underwater sensor nodes can be tracked accurately throughout subsea missions, including marine seismic imaging.

Dr Wai-keung Fung and Dr Radhakrishna Prabhu are guest editing a special issue on “Sensing in Oil and Gas Applications” in the SENSORS journal (impact factor: 2.475) published by MDPI. Submission is due on 31st December 2019. Author’s information can be accessed at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/OS Dr Nadimul Faisal presented at the IoP Conference: Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis (MPSVA 2018), 2-4 July 2018, Clare College, Cambridge, UK

Invited Talk 12 June 2018, Nadimul Faisal, Innovate with Interface: Partnering with universities and academics, in partnership between CeeD & Interface [Royal Bank of Scotland, 1 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, AB10 1BR, UK]

ACADEMIC RESEACH HIGHLIGHTS RADHAKRISHNA PRABHU As part of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineer’s (SPIE’s) Security + Defence symposium, a conference on Counterterrorism, Crime Fighting, Forensics, and Surveillance Technologies was organised at the ESTREL Congress Centre Berlin, Germany 10 - 13 September 2018.

This conference brought together engineers and scientists working on emerging technologies for countering terrorism and crime and providing support to forensics, surveillance, security and defence forces. It tried to address the big issue of maintaining security and safety by detecting and identifying dangerous, hidden and camouflaged materials through optical and various spectroscopic techniques and recognizing suspicious behaviour from video imagery, all the while working within a legal and moral framework that respects individuals’ rights.

Conference link: https://spie.org/ESD/conferencedetails/counterterrorism-crime-fighting-forensics-surveillance?SSO=1

Dr. Radhakrishna Prabhu, a conference chair, was delighted to welcome the participants from all over the world emphasising the need for the development of advanced optical technologies for overcoming global issues related to security and defence.

POSTGRADUATE RESEACH HIGHLIGHTS RGU SPE Student Chapter networks with SPE International 2018 President

Group photo of Mr. Darcy Spady, Mr. Jean-Marc Dumas, Mr. Bryan Atchison, Professor Babs Oyeneyin, Dr. Ibiye Iyalla and other members of the RGU SPE Student Chapter.

The RGU SPE Student Chapter was honoured to host the SPE International 2018 President, Darcy Spady, and SPE South, Central and East Europe Regional Director, Jean-Marc Dumas on 6th September 2018 at Robert Gordon University.

The event programme began with poster presentations from several PhD candidates from the School of Engineering - Bola Adewoye, Voke Salubi, Auwalu Mohammed, Yakubu Balogun and Shohel Siddique.

Professor Oyeneyin then opened the session with a speech challenging the SPE to help groom the young generation of engineers to succeed in their careers. Dr. Iyalla presented a talk based upon the “Past, Present and Future Work of the RGU SPE Student Chapter”.

SPE International 2018 President, Darcy Spady presented an encouraging talk “SPE Members as Change Driver: Our responsibility to provide energy and innovate but also to drive Community Consensus” which motivated the audience to persevere in future careers in the energy industry.

POSTGRADUATE RESEACH HIGHLIGHTS VOKE SALUBI, at the 8th Sand Management Euroforum Voke Salubi, a 2nd year PhD candidate in the School of Engineering, was invited to make a presentation at the 8th Sand Management Euroforum hosted by the SPE Aberdeen and Sand Management Network. Voke’s presentation entitled “Multiphase Flow Assurance in Subsea Tiebacks” explored the challenges faced in the simultaneous flow of multiphase (oil-gaswater and solids) fluids in a subsea tieback during production. It provided an in-depth strategy using the traffic light concept in the design of a simulator which can be employed in the development and maintenance of a multiphase tieback system.

Voke continues to champion research in the areas of underbalanced drilling and cuttings transport, solving flow assurance issues in drilling applications to drive down cost per foot and improve well integrity.

LAWRENCE BOMA WILCOX, winner of RGU’s Three Minute Thesis Competition Lawrence Boma Wilcox won RGU’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition to secure his entry into the online semifinal round of the 3MT UK competition 2018.

On June 1st Boma gained victory with his 3-minute talk entitled “High-Angle HPHT Well Integrity and Cement Failure” while competing against three other PhD candidates — Tesnime Jebara, Calum McNerney, and Yatin Suri. Boma is a 3rd year PhD student under the supervision of Professor Babs Oyeneyin and Dr Sheikh Islam in the School of Engineering.

The runner-up was Mr. Yatin Suri.

Congratulations, Boma & Yatin, on a job well done!

ALASDAIR CRAWFORD, presented at the 33rd European Conference on Acoustic Emission (EWGAE), 12-14 September 2018, Senlis, France [Alasdair R. Crawford, Mohamad G. Droubi, Nadimul H. Faisal, Modal acoustic emission analysis of mode-I and mode-II fracture of adhesively-bonded joints, 33rd European Conference on Acoustic Emission (EWGAE), 12-14 September 2018, Senlis, France]

POSTGRADUATE RESEACH HIGHLIGHTS

Mr Yatin Suri presenting at the School of Engineering research seminar, 29th August 2018, SIWB, N108.

YATIN SURI The 4th UK InterPore Conference 2018: Recently, Mr. Yatin Suri, working with Dr. Sheikh Islam was selected to present his research paper on ‘A hybrid numerical model (CFD-DEM) for proppant transport in hydraulic fractures in shale gas reservoir’at the 4th UK InterPore Conference 2018 held at the University of Aberdeen from 10-11th September 2018. The InterPore is an International Society for Porous Media and the UK chapter of the InterPore organises conference annually focussing on research in porous media.

Mr. Haider Al-Mashhadanie, working with Dr. Sheikh Islam was selected to present poster on ‘A comparison between Friction Factor Model for Real (Rough) Fracture and Parallel Plates Fracture Geometries inside Fractured Reservoirs with heterogeneous permeability by using Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling Technique’.

OSAMA HEBALA Osama’s paper “Generic Closed Loop Controller for Power Regulation in Dual Active Bridge DC/DC Converter with Current Stress Minimization”, has been accepted in IEEE Transactions of Industrial Electronics. This is the highest quality journal in Electrical Engineering with the highest impact factor (see link). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?pun umber=41 The work is available now (as an early access) through ieeexplore.ieee.org, the largest online database of electrical and electronic engineering literature (see link). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8424184/

OSAMA HEBALA Osama’s novel research, titled “Generalized Small Signal Modelling of Dual Active Bridge DCDC Converter” has been accepted at the International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, Paris, France. This is one of the highquality conferences in its field and has been organized by IJRER (www.ijrer.org) with technical co-sponsorship from IEEE PELS and IES. The work will also be published in the conference proceedings and will be available through ieeexplore.ieee.org, the largest online database of Electrical and Electronic Engineering literature.

The proposed modelling technique is novel, simple and generic for all active bridge converters which is one of the hot topics in electrical conversion systems and High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) networks. In addition, the abstract attracted the reviewer’s attention and has been nominated for the best paper award.

ELIZABETH WUYEP Elizabeth recently published a paper titled "Geomechanical effects of oilfield chemicals on sand failure in reservoir rock" in the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 165 p. 347 - 357 (Elsevier) and her abstract titled "Numerical modelling of effects of oilfield chemicals interaction with formation rock” and “Sand failure: Effects of biocide on the geomechanical properties of reservoir rock” has been accepted for presentation at the Geological Society of America (GSA) 130th Annual Meeting and Conference of Arabian Geosciences Journal (CAGJ), respectively.

POSTGRADUATE RESEACH HIGHLIGHTS RGU PhD researchers participate at the 1st International Conference on Numerical Modelling in Engineering (NME 2018) DAVID ALAITA, OLUWADEMILADE OGUNSESAN AND NKEMIJKA CHINENYE-KANU

Group photo of participants at the Numerical Modelling in Engineering conference at Ghent University, Belgium including RGU PhD Researchers, David Alaita, Oluwademilade Ogunsesan and Nkemijka Chinenye-Kanu PhD Researchers, David Alaita, Oluwademilade Ogunsesan and Nkemijka Chinenye-Kanu each presented a paper at the 1st International Conference on Numerical Modelling in Engineering (NME 2018) held at Ghent University, Belgium on the 28-29 August 2018. The conference was a great opportunity for them to present their PhD work in the midst of 23 different nationalities and gain valuable feedback. The conference presentations covered varied and exciting numerical modelling work in different engineering applications and gave them the opportunity to share their research work within a wider community.

This international conference has helped them to build their confidence and presentation skills which is of vital importance for a researcher. Link to the conference proceedings: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811322723 Volume 2: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering David Alaita paper and presentation: Modelling Multiphase Flow in Vertical Pipe Using CFD Method (pp. 300-309).

Oluwademilade Ogunsesan paper and presentation: CFD Modelling of Pipe Erosion due to Sand Transport (pp. 274-289).

Nkemijka Chinenye-Kanu paper and presentation: Numerical Investigation of Two-phase Flow Induced Local Fluctuations and Interactions of Flow Properties through Elbow (pp. 124-141).

INTERVIEW (STUDENT) BOYING LIU RESEARCH STUDENT, SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

“The main goal of my research is to design control laws to switch the behaviours of multistable systems from the undesired state to the desired state” “I will go back to China and find a drilling engineering job related to my research in the oil and gas industry” What is your background?

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I studied BEng (Hons) in Mechanical and Offshore Engineering in Robert Gordon University in 2013-2015 obtained the Carnegie Trust PhD Fellowship and joined the PhD research program in 2015. My thesis supervisor is Dr Wai-keung Fung.

What sparked your initial interest in engineering?

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I like cars, aircrafts and many other mechanical products/systems. I also joined model building interest groups building model cars or aircrafts when I was young. All of these spurred my interest to explore in engineering.

What are your research interests?

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My research interests include nonlinear control and multi-objective optimization of the engineering process. My PhD research focuses on control of multistable systems. A multistable system is a dynamical system that has more than one stable states given a set of parameters. Some states are preferable than others under various operating conditions and applications and they can be switched due to unwanted external disturbances. For example, in vibrational energy harvesters, the state with large amplitude of oscillations is preferred for operation in general for energy harvesting using wave energy converter (WEC) in ocean. If the WEC operates in the state with large amplitude, more energy can be harvested. However, in oil well drilling, the state with small amplitude of oscillation is preferred. Drill string vibrates during drilling. If the amplitude of the vibration of the drill string is large, the energy required for drilling is increased and its expected lifetime is reduced. The main goal of my research is to design control laws to switch the behaviours of multistable systems from the undesired state to the desired state.

What are your plans for future research development within your expertise?

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Maybe I will go back to China and find a drilling engineering job related to my research in the oil and gas industry.

Any advice for today’s research students?

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Have passion for what they do!!!

Have good relationship with their supervisor and group mates.

VISITORS JOSEF HLINKA Dr Josef Hlinka from VSB-Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic, visited Robert Gordon University 27-31 August 2018, to collaborate with Dr Nadimul Faisal, Dr Carlos Fernandez and Prof Paul Kong Thoo Lin. Dr Hlinka has expertise in electrochemical characterization of biomaterials. His work during the visit mainly included characterization of metals under various corrosion inhibitors.

His previous visit in 2016 resulted in publications:

CHUNYUN HU Dr Chunyun Hu joined us as a visiting researcher recently. Her research expertise is Distributed Video Coding.

Dr Chunyun Hu is a Lecturer at the College of Electronic Engineering, South China Agriculture University. She lectures on Digital Communication, HighFrequency Electronic Technology, and Optical Fiber communication to undergraduates. She received both her PhD (2016) and MSc (2003) with expertise in Communication and Information Systems at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology. https://www3.rgu.ac.uk/dmstaff/hu-chunyun

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Josef Hlinka, Stanislav Lasek, Nadimul Faisal, Corrosion properties of anodized titanium, Acta Metallurgica Slovaca, 23, 2017, p. 270-275.

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J. Hlinka, S. Lasek, R. Siostrzonek, N. Faisal, Characterization of hydroxyapatite layer on AISI 316L stainless steel. In Proceedings of the 26th international metallurgy and materials conference (METAL 2017), 24-26 May 2017, Brno, Czech Republic. Ostrava: Tanger Ltd, pages 1292-1297.

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEACH LABORATORY Condition Monitoring Research Group NADIMUL FAISAL, GHAZI DROUBI, SHA JIHAN, IAIN STEEL STRATEGIC GOALS AND RESEARCH FOCUS The primary goal of the Condition Monitoring Research Group (CMRG) is to understand various mechanical processes, through the application of methods drawn from materials, mechanics and physics. The aim is to exploit the potential application of various non-destructive or destructive testing of materials and structure for current or future generation products.

MAIN EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES • • • • • • • •

Acoustic emission (AE) Laser doppler vibrometer (LDV) Accelerometer Ultrasonic Eddy current Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)/Corrosion Strain gauge, Force transducer, Displacement transducer (LVDT) Others (instrumented mechanical testing which includes indentation, bending, double cantilever beam (Mode I), three or four-point bend end-notched flexure (Mode II), mixed-mode fracture)

Picture by Nadimul Faisal, taken during Engin-X neutron beamtime experiments (Proposal no. RB1720331, Oct 2017)

ADMINISTRATOR’S COMMENT Engineering is not just for boys!

ROSSLYN SHANKS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR MANAGER

L to R: Elizabeth Wuyep, Bola Adewoye, Maryam Heidarian, Ruissein Mahon

In this research newsletter for the School of Engineering, I thought I would focus on the successes of our female engineers.

We, in the school, do not make any real distinction based on gender; our engineering students are Engineers, first and foremost, however it interesting to note that of our total number of current students (including those preparing to submit theses following their Viva) which stands at 53 PhD students, 15 of this number are female.

In addition, we have had one or two of our recent PhD successes returning for short post-doctoral projects. We are certainly not a minority!

Of this 15 strong band, 2 have recently defended their theses and are just finalising their corrections – well done Habiba Shehu and Edi Okon! Ruissein Mahon was recently placed second in an SPE Student Paper Contest in Poland and several conference trips are planned or have taken place, with our ladies promoting our Engineering research from RGU. Our expertise covers a range of our engineering topics, with projects in oil & gas and energy fields, fluid dynamics, membrane technology, renewable energy, environmental remediation, electronic signalling, fibre optics, and video compression/quality.

Certainly, a wide range of talent displayed by our research students – Engineering is not just for boys!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Staff, School of Engineering Seminar Day, 21st August 2018, Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University (Photo by Mr Colin Hetherington) •

High Performance Computing training coming to Robert Gordon University Course: Hands on Introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC), 17-18th January 2019, Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Room: N340 (workshop), N336 (catering). Delivered by ARCHER (UK national supercomputing services). The ARCHER Service is based around a Cray XC30 supercomputer and is provided by the ARCHER Partners: EPSRC, NERC, EPCC, Cray Inc. and the University of Edinburgh. A formal announcement will be made, and registration invited soon. http://www.archer.ac.uk/about-archer/

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Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) Aberdeen branch technical events coming to Robert Gordon University ICorr is the largest community of Corrosion Scientists and Engineers in the UK. Events: Tuesdays 25/9/2018, 30/10/2018, 27/11/2018, 29/01/2019, 26/02/2019, 30/04/2019 [6-8 pm]; Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Room: N242 (lecture), N210c (catering).

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Training on Advanced Thermofluids and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD):

Dr Mamdud Hossain aims to deliver training to three researchers in Semester 1 (201819), starting 18th Sept 2018 (every Tuesday 9:00-10:00 am in H502, and then hands-on labs in N253 10:00-12:00, EN5501 module). The space will be provided only if you really need this knowledge for your thesis work. The delivery of lecture and lab will include theory and practice of Fluid Mechanics and Computational Fluid Dynamics, particularly applied to the energy industries. Please contact Dr Mamdud Hossain (m.hossain@rgu.ac.uk).