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: 鈥淔E modelling of rock fracture in Drilling (Conventional drilling +Resonance Enhanced Drilling (RED)鈥� - Nina Yari
2) 09:50 - 10:05: 鈥淢odelling Ultrasonic Health Monitoring of the Pipelines鈥�- Atiemie Dagogo
3) 10:05 - 10:20: 鈥淭hree-Dimensional Damage Characterisation of Composite Materials Using X-ray Computed Tomography鈥� - 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: 鈥淟arge and very-large-scale motions in rough-bed open-channel flow: Effects of roughness and channel aspect-ratio鈥�- Andrea Zampiron
5) 10:55 - 11:10: 鈥淭he interaction between the seabed sediment and the ground gear: An experimental study鈥�- Clara Casanovas
6) 11:10 - 11:25: 鈥淎 Multi-Objective Framework for the Optimization of Life-Cycle Cost of Wind Turbines鈥�- 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: 鈥淭he impact of Pore Scale to Field Scale Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery鈥� - Gilbert Scott
8) 14:10 - 14:25: 鈥淢odelling and Analysis of Shale Gas Production Behaviour鈥�- Mohammed Shaibu
9) 14:25 - 14:40: 鈥淲aterflood oil recovery under mixed-wet conditions: a direct comparison between limestone and its microfluidic analogue鈥�-Xanat Zacarias Hernandez
14:40 - 15:10: Invited Speaker: - Steve Cromar: 鈥淥ffshore well abandonment: Economics and Opportunity鈥�
Group 4: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
15:10 - 15:20: Introduction - Prof. Gorry Fairhurst
10) 15:20 - 15:35: 鈥淎pplication of miniature robot to detect and control flow assurance problems in offshore oil wells: Mechanical design aspects鈥� - Darren Argo
11) 15:35 - 15:50:鈥� Digital holographic aquatic particle detection utilising Gaussian filtering 鈥�- Aled Jones
12) 15:50 - 16:05:鈥� Infinite DC Bus Concept in DC Grid Protection 鈥�-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: 鈥淓nergy and chemicals from organic waste via microbial fermentation鈥�- Igor Maciel De Oliveira e Silva
14) 17:10 - 17:25: 鈥淯sing Adaptive Neural-Fuzzy Inference System with Grid Partition to Simulate Experts' Judgement for Optimum Decision to Safety Management in LNG Terminal鈥� - 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