According to the WHO, there are an estimated 1.35 million road-traffic related deaths each year, with pedestrians constituting approximately 22% of this figure, which justifies the necessity of research into vehicle-pedestrian ...

Developing robotic systems which can operate in complex, human centred environments is a major challenge, but one which holds the promise of dramatically improving human living standards in several areas including ...

This work concerns the relationship between bone and its environment and how changes in this environment affect its mechanical behaviour. More particularly, it concerns how the alteration of this environment following ...

Prediction of fatigue failure in engineering artefects is becoming increasingly important as we enter the third millennium; more catastrophic fatigue failures will occur as engineers push the limits of design even further ...

Project-based design courses are an increasingly conunon component of engineering education. Most engineering schools have traditionally emphasized the analytical and scientific aspects of the discipline, and an increase ...

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two of the most prevalent chronic respiratory disorders. Over 800 million people suffer from these diseases and over four million people die annually. Although ...

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) are a key enabling technology to meet new challenges in a global market. These emerging products and markets are defined as having short development cycles, being highly customisable ...

Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering (AC TE) is a promising strategy for the treatment of small cartilage defects, however complete mimicry of the native tissue remains a significant challenge. Mechanical cues like dynamic ...

As they are the structural components of the body, bones are subjected to the accumulation of damage because of cyclical stress (fatigue). The fatigue damage in bone takes the form of microscopic cracks (microcracks) that ...