Idc Newsletter May2012

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SEESIndustrial Doctorate Centre Newsletter

May 2012 | Issue 6

Welcome to the new IDC Manager, Kelly BoazmanI joined the IDC at the beginning of April 2012 to replace Nicki Ledger as the IDC Manager. I previously

worked as part of the Universitys Researcher Development Team, supporting the delivery of the

Postgraduate Skills Development Programme (PGSDP), so I am quite familiar with the University and

its researchers (staff and students!) Prior to joining the University, I studied for 4 years in Paris and am

currently completing the MSc in Social Research Methods here at Surrey. I am looking forward to the

new challenges of working with all involved in the IDC and hope to continue Nickis work to develop and

improve the Centre for the future. I will be working my way round over the coming weeks to introduce

myself properly but, particularly for those of you who are based far away, I would be very happy if you would like to drop by the

IDC Office so I can meet you face-to-face whenever you are next on campus.

Kelly Boazman, IDC Manager

Gitanjali Nayaris working with Rolls

Royce Plc on the

transformation of the

chemical management

system to adapt to

changing global

regulations. Her work

includes identifying

the business transformation

framework to adapt to regulations

such as European-REACH, GHS and

CLP and their applications in themarine, civil, defence aerospace

and energy sectors. Gitanjali has

professional experience in the

environmental, facilities and

academic sectors with a Masters

Degree in Environmental Studies

from the University of Strathclyde,

Glasgow. She has recently completed

CPD training in REACH and CLP-Basics.

Rittick Baruawill be working with Thames Water on a project called

Optimising Advanced Anaerobic Digestion Processes for

Sustainable Energy Extraction from Sewage Sludge. Rittick

studied his Bachelor in Chemical Engineering at University

College London

Gledys Gonzalez

will be working with Valero Energy at Pembroke Refinery

on a project to develop an approach leading to the selection

of technically feasible process engineering solutions for

waste management, which are environmentally sound,

economically viable and socially acceptable. Gledys,

studied her BEng in Chemical Engineering at Metropolitan

University in Caracas, Venezuela, and has a diploma in

Petroleum Studies from IFP School.

Linzi Shearer

will be working with Surrey County Council on a project

entitled: A systems approach to changing residents wastebehaviours delivering a World Class Waste Solution for

Surrey. Linzi has a MA (Hons) in Psychology from the

University of Glasgow and an MSc in Environmental Studies

from the University of Strathclyde. Prior to joining the

EngD programme Linzi was employed as a Research Assistant at the David

Livingstone Centre for Sustainability in Glasgow.


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Sponsor Company: Thermacore Europe

Project title: Experimental study of single-phase flow

and heat transfer in Electron Beam enhanced surfaces

Featured RE Arben Ferhati

I am a mechanical engineer specialized in Energy Systems and

Thermal Processes with 13 years experience in different areas

of energy sector. During this time I have worked on electrical

energy production and distribution, building services, industrial

and commercial cooling and heating systems. Interest in the

field of heat transfer has driven me to take the opportunity in

2009 and be part of Prof. Tassos Karayiannis research group at

Brunel University as Engineering Doctorate student. The project

is sponsored by EPSRC and Thermacore Europe one of the

leading companies in the field of heat management.

As economy shifts from paper-based, to electronic information management, requirements for higher storage capacities and faster

processing, communication and networking is essential to the functioning and development of private and government sectors. However

the high performance equipment generates considerable amount of heat and requires technologically advanced, powerful and costly

cooling systems in order to maintain operating conditions. Thus the aim of this project was to develop a new low energy, zero production

waste enhanced cooling technique for electronics sector, utilizing an innovative electron beam (EB) treatment on the surface of conductive

materials.

Therefore the main objectives were to develop in the laboratory conditions desired EB enhanced structures, experimentally and analytically

investigate thermal and hydraulic performance, and in continuity prepare the transfer of technology from laboratory into mass production

environment.

The first steps in the research of EB welding and joining techniques were initiated by The Welding Institute (TWI). The Advanced Surface

Tailoring for Innovative Applications (ASTIA) which has been a project financed by

Technology Strategy Board (TSB) brought together TWI and Thermacore Europe. The

objective was to further develop the EB treatment as enhancement technology for heat

transfer applications. The new EB heat transfer enhancement technique makes use of a

novel power-beam technology enabling carefully designed features to be applied over the

surface of material, to enhance its heat transfer performance.

The desired structure is achieved by deflecting a high quality electron beam rapidly over

the substrates surface in a controlled manner,

Figure 1.

This pioneering enhancement technology improves the cooling capacity of electronic

equipment by more than 300% compared to untreated devices. This will enable

products to be manufactured smaller, faster and with more processing power, without

compromising safety, materials or labor cost, or the environment. Figure 1 Electron beam surface treatment

Upcoming VivasAll final EngD vivas are public and REs are encouraged to

attend at least one during their time on the programme to

gain a better understanding of the examination process.

If you would like to attend any vivas please contact Lisa

Casson.

Helen Smethurst

Wednesday 23rd May from 2.00pm 5.00pm

University of Surrey

Graduation:

Well done to Paul Canning who attended his Graduation in

April. The IDC Team would like to wish him success in the

future.

All final EngD vivas are public and REs are encouraged to

attend at least one during their time on the programme to

gain a better understanding of the examination process.

If you would like to attend any vivas please contact

Lisa Casson.


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Mark Dowson (Brunel) who has had his 3rd journal paper

published: M. Dowson, I. Pegg, D. Harrison, Z. Dehouche,

Predicted and in situ performance of a solar air collector

incorporating a translucent granular aerogel cover, Energy andBuildings Journal (2012), Article in press, Available: dx.doi.org

The paper investigates the in-situ performance and payback

period of a novel solar-air collector integrated into the

south facade of an externally insulated 1960s end terrace

house in South East London. The 6-meter wide prototype

provides additional pre-heat to the properties newly installed

MVHR (mechanical ventilation with heat recovery system). The

solar collector contains a translucent cover containing high

performance aerogel insulation. This material greatly reduces

heat losses inside the solar collector, whilst allowing sufficient

solar transmission for heat generation. The performance of

several different cover thicknesses are analysed, and compared

against conventional single and double glazed collectors.

Funding for this work was obtained through the Technology

Strategy Boards Retrofit for the Future competition A project

challenging design teams to refurbish existing houses in the UK,

reducing 80% of their CO2 emissions, through innovative and

scalable whole house retrofit solutions.

Congratulations to David

Fairbairn (Yr3) on his

wedding on March 31st

to his bride Ana at the

Vela Branca hotel inPorto Seguro, Brazil. The

wedding was a great

success except that Davids

dancing at the reception

disco has much room for improvement!

Simon Wilson (Yr2) was nominated for my field research and

public health engineering work in the Democratic Republic of

Congo near Rwanda & Burundi. Here he worked for Oxfam as

the Innovation Project Coordinator for South Kivu, an area of

the country about twice the size of England. The initial research

involved testing a novel water treatment technology that utilises

silver wool for killing bacteria. The portable kit developed by

Barry Lloyd was then used to determine numbers of bacteria left

in the drinking water after treatment. Additional work included

public health advice and education on basic sanitation to the

local people, including an additional study on Mosquito nets

and malaria prevention in another village.

Stafford Lloyd (Yr4)has had a paper accepted in the

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Waste and

Resources Management, titled Recommendations for assessing

materials criticality.

Gideon Susman (Brunel) The low

energy cooling system he designed

known as NewMass, was shortlisted

for the Ecobuild innovation awardand came 3rd out of 25. The display

received a lot of attention and he also

received a favourable review in the

Architects Journal which picked the

design out as one of the three best

things to see at the event.

Links:

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

www.burohappold.com

www.connect.innovateuk.org

He is currently pursuing partners to bring the product to market.

Congratulations to Gideon who also passed his viva on 23rdApril.

Congratulations to Helen Smethurst for her new role as

project manager for the continuous education program

within the Swiss Centre for Applied Toxicology (SCAHT) at

the University of Basel, Switzerland. Helen has also had her

paper, An exceptional case of long range odorant transport,

published in the Journal of Wind Engineering. The article can be

viewed at

www.ac.els-cdn.co

On 16th April Julie Winnard (Yr2)took part in the ARU

Chelmsford lunchtime seminar series on sustainability

www.anglia.ac.uk, speaking as a Surrey postgrad. Julie

presented an overview of her research so far on how to make

sustainability-related strategy decisions in industrial settings

by using a number of approaches, including resilience. The

audience was a mixture of general public, sustainability-

focussed local groups, and ARU staff including those from their

sustainability institute who were hosting the seminar.

Julie felt that it went well and that it was useful practice in

giving a presentation to an unknown and mixed-background (if

well-educated on sustainability) group. The audience was alsointerested in it as a practical approach, one even going away

and managing to have a previously-thwarted conversation with

his boss later, by using Julies resilience-focussed approach. This

is very useful feedback as it indicates it should be a useful way

of doing things and produce some interesting results. Julie was

invited to participate after attending a related event where she

discussed the listed seminar speakers with the organiser, and

pointed out there were academics and policy-makers but no

industrialists.

Well done to Nick Mills (Yr2) for being awarded an Industrial

Fellowship from the Royal Commission.

Research Engineer News
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Rosanna Kleemann

(Yr1) attended the 3rd

Sustainable P Summit

in Sydney, Australia.The aim of the three

day summit was to

develop a blueprint for global phosphorus

security, outlining steps to provide a more

sustainable phosphorus future. A mixture

of expert panels, soap box presentations,

plenary sessions, ideas bazaar, seminars

and workshops ensured a high level of

interactivity, participation and creativity. As

more phosphorus is required to produce

a meat-based diet than a vegetarian diet,

food provided during the summit was

entirely vegetarian and locally sourced.

Rosanna was involved with the soap box

presentations which allowed presenters to

propose ideas to attendees in a faced-paced

dynamic format. The soap box was sharedwith fellow UK postgraduate researcher

James Cooper from the University of

Birmingham. The title of the presentation

was Phosphorus Management in the UK

Water Industry from Costly Pollutant

to Valuable Resource. The summit was

very useful for gaining an insight into the

phosphorus life cycle from industry experts

who are normally under-represented. This

was a fantastic networking opportunity

and allowed Rosanna to view her

current research in the context of global

phosphorus security.

For more information please call 01483 684036or email [email protected] on Recycled Paper

using Vegetable Inks

The Queens Anniversary PrizeThe Queens Anniversary Prize was held in Buckingham Palace, with Professor

Barry Lloyd and Vice Chancellor Christopher Snowden forming the robed party

to collect the medal and scroll. After the prize ceremony in the Royal Ballroom,

prize winners and all audience representatives of the Universities were invited

to the Royal Gallery for drinks and further discussions with the Queen and Prince

Philip. Time was spent with each group allowing us to tell them what we had

accomplished, and how we represent the university.

The prize relates mainly to focus on specific areas of social challenge: meetingthe Millennium Development Goals for access to safe drinking water and

sanitation; developing new, low carbon, affordable techniques for creating safe,

fresh water from seawater; and understanding attitudes to water across cultures.

In recognition of the expertise it has built up, the University is a designated WHO

Collaborating Centre for the protection of water quality and human health (one

of only two in the UK, and just 10 in the world), while the Universitys CEHE was

invited to join the UNICEF IASC WASH Cluster Group of Relief Agencies.

Simon Wilson (Yr2)

Research Engineercommunityinformation

The current Research EngineersSummer Social 2012 will be held

again in Somerton on 28th and

29th June. If you would like to

attend please contact Lisa Casson

[email protected]

01483 684036

Reminder that it is our 2012 EngDConference on the 26th and 27th

June. Please contact Kelly

Boazman if you would like to

confirm your attendance if you

have not already done so or if

you have any queries.

[email protected]

01483 689076

Conferences
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