Wednesday, April 17th – Thursday April 18th, 2019
Ulster University, Belfast
The Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium is an annual conference, first established in 1997, under the auspices of Engineers Ireland and the Council of Professors of Mechanical Engineering in Irish Universities, with delegates comprising academics, industrialists and PhD students.
The Symposium programme includes oral paper presentations from PhD students with prizes funded by a bequest from Sir Bernard and administered by Engineers Ireland.
The prizes are awarded for the best presentations based on technical merit and presentation skills:
An annual postgraduate research workshop will be held concurrently with the Symposium.Prizes will also be awarded for the best student posters at the research workshop:
The Symposium pays tribute to Sir Bernard’s great interest in education and research in Mechanical Engineering and, in particular, recognition of the critical importance of design and manufacture in engineering practice.
The Symposium also seeks to encourage collaboration with industry through high quality research activity which will be demonstrated in the papers and posters.
We are pleased to announce that the 22nd Annual Symposium is being held in Belfast, and is being hosted by the School of Engineering, Ulster University in association with Engineers Ireland and the Council of Professors of Mechanical Engineering in Irish Universities.
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| Friday 22nd February | Names of participants to be sent to Prof. Eileen Harkin-Jones (e.harkin-jones@ulster.ac.uk) |
| Friday 22nd March | Papers and posters submission date
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Submission information
File format:
Submission files in PDF format should be emailed to e.harkin-jones@ulster.ac.uk
Remember that the deadline for submitting the papers is 22nd March 2019.
Please use the following naming convention: SBCS_2019_Surname_Forename_Paper.pdf
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|
| € 1,200 | € 500 | € 200 |
The symposium is intended to display leading edge research and development in Mechanical Engineering which is currently being undertaken at universities in Ireland. Only one student per university or IT may submit and present a paper. The student should be in Year 2 of their postgraduate research.
Postgraduate students from Universities and ITs in Ireland can contribute up to four posters (from any year of their research).
The format of the paper should be as follows:
The structure of the paper should be as follows:
Submission of files in PDF format should be emailed to e.harkin-jones@ulster.ac.uk Remember that the deadline for submitting the posters is 22nd March 2019.
Please use the following naming convention: SBCS_2019_Surname_Forename_Poster.pdf
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|
| € 600 | € 400 | € 200 |
The symposium is intended to display leading edge Research and Development in Mechanical Engineering which is currently being undertaken at Universities in Ireland.
Only four students per University may submit and present a poster.
Each student should have completed 1 year of postgraduate research in their institute.
The format of the poster should be as follows:
The conference will take place at Ulster University's Belfast campus.
Ulster University
York Street
Belfast
County Antrim
BT15 1ED
The Belfast campus is situated in the artistic and cultural centre of the city, the Cathedral Quarter
The conference venue, hotels and attractions in Belfast City Centre are only a 5-10 minute walk from each other.
Belfast is easily accessible with a comprehensive rail and bus network and two airports.
There are a number of bus and train options available https://journeyplanner.translink.co.uk
Taxis in the city are affordable (approximately £3 from Europa Bus Centre to the conference venue, £6 from Belfast City Airport to the conference venue).
Irish Rail operates services from towns and cities across the Republic of Ireland to Dublin's Connolly Station, where you can then catch a connecting train to Belfast.
The Enterprise Train service (provided jointly by Translink and Irish Rail), from Dublin's Connolly Station to Lanyon Station (previously known as Belfast Central Station), runs eight times daily (five times on Sundays) and takes 2 hours 15 minutes http://www.translink.co.uk/Services/Enterpriseor www.irishrail.ie for the best value fares.
Your Enterprise ticket includes free onward rail travel from Lanyon Station (previously known as Belfast Central Station) there is a free Metro Bus Service from Lanyon Station (previously known as Belfast Central Station) to the city centre (Belfast City Hall area).
From Dublin, the X1 bus service (provided jointly by Translink and Bus Eireann) operates from Dublin Busáras in the city centre and Dublin Airport to Belfast, with 21 departures every day.
The journey time from Dublin to Belfast is approximately 2 hours.
For more information on routes and fares, visit www.buseireann.ie or https://bustimes.org/services/x1-belfast-europa-buscentre-dublin
Starting out at Dublin Airport, the M1 Motorway is well signposted for Belfast; this is a toll road and there is one toll plaza approximately 31 km from Dublin Airport. Continue on this motorway signposted for Belfast.
Just after passing the city of Newry, the road becomes a dual carriageway (A1) and motorway regulations fall away. At the Sprucefield roundabout (approximately 137 km from Dublin Airport) the A1 joins the M1 motorway (signposted The North, Belfast).
Situated just three miles from Belfast City Centre, this airport has 350 weekly return flights, including 79 from London with British Airways and Aer Lingus which take approximately one hour.
The Translink Airport Express 600 bus service runs between the airport and Belfast City Centre.
Belfast International Airport at Aldergrove is only 30 minutes drive from Belfast City Centre. The airport has daily flights to 13 UK and 20 European/International airports.
The Translink Airport Express 300 bus service runs between the airport and Belfast City Centre
Dublin airport is less than two hours by rail and there is an excellent road network between the two Capital Cities.
The Visit Belfast site has everything from 5 star hotels, guest houses, bed & breakfast and self-catering.
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Location: Ground Floor Foyer
Time | Description |
|---|---|
11:00 - 12:00 | Registration and set up of Posters (bring posters and fasteners) |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
13:00 - 13:20 | Welcome & Introduction to Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium Prof. Eileen Harkin-Jones and Professor Jim McLaughlin (Head of School of Engineering, UU) |
13:20 - 14:50 | Poster Session: Chairperson, Dr. Edward Archer Poster Presentations - Session 1. (Schedule Pages 3) 4 mins presentation + 1 min Q&A (PowerPoint Slides) |
14:50 - 15:15 | Tea/ Coffee and Poster viewing (Posters are graded by students) |
15:15 - 16:45 | Poster Presentations - Session 2. (Schedule Page 4) 4 mins presentation + 1 min Q&A (PowerPoint Slides) |
16:45 - 18:30 | Poster Viewing (Posters are graded by students) Wine & Cheese |
Location: Ground Floor Foyer
Time | Description |
|---|---|
08:30 - 09:00 | Sign-in and coffee |
09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome and Introduction to Keynote speaker. Prof. Eileen Harkin-Jones |
09:10 - 10:00 | Keynote Lecture Title: TBA |
10:00 - 10:15 | Tea/Coffee |
10:15 – 12:15 | Paper Sessions: Chairperson, Dr. Alistair McIlhagger |
Paper Presentations - Session 1. (Schedule Page 5) | |
20 mins presentation + 5 min Q&A | |
12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch |
13:15 - 15:15 | Paper Presentations - Session 2. (Schedule Page 5) 20 mins presentation + 5 min Q&A |
15:15 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee |
15:15 - 16:00 | Paper Judging - Panel only – Room BA-02-010 |
16:00 - 16:45 | Presentation of Paper and Poster Prizes |
Session slot | Poster title | Candidate |
|---|---|---|
1-1 | Patient Specific Modelling of Atherosclerotic Carotid Arteries – Insights into Possible Diagnostic Measures of Plaque Rupture | Robert Johnston |
1-2 | Through-Process Microstructure Prediction of Ti-6Al-4V in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process | Xinyu Yang |
1-3 | Morphing Composite Cylindrical Lattices: Enhanced Modelling and Experiments | Ciaran McHale |
1-4 | Pathogen detection through the analysis of breath data | Tahereh Shah Mansouri |
1-5 | How Can Lasers Beat Bacteria? | Ryan McFadden |
1-6 | Direct Mixed-Mode Partitioning using J-integral: from numerical to experimental results | Lucas Binsfeld |
1-7 | Cycling Collisions in Ireland: Priorities for Injury/Fatality Prevention Strategies | Kevin Gildea |
1-8 | Ti-6Al-4V Functionally Graded Material by Laser Powder Bed Fusion | Yaoyi Geng |
1-9 | Moisture Ageing Effects on Mechanical Properties of Basalt Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites for Wind Turbine Blades | Indraneel Roy Chowdhury |
1-10 | Study on the Interfacial and Mechanical Properties of Basalt – Polypropylene Composites | Calvin Ralph |
1-11 | Biomechanical Investigation of Injury Mechanisms to the Pelvic Floor Muscles As a Result of Childbirth | Katie Harte |
1-12 | Reducing the epistemic uncertainty in Structural Health Monitoring through Time Series Analysis | Tadhg Buckley |
Session slot | Poster title | Candidate |
|---|---|---|
2-1 | Uniaxial Tensile Strain and Collagen Structure Affect Vascular Cell Orientation and Proliferation | Pattie Mathieu |
2-2 | Towards Accurate and Validated Open-Source Simulations of Rapid Compression Machines for The Study of Novel Fuels | Sean Gorry |
2-3 | A Finite Element Method for Prediction of Temperature Distribution Within a P91 Martensitic Steel | Spyridon Alexandratos |
2-4 | Conductive High Performance Thermoplastic Composites | Shiyao Li |
2-5 | Using Auxetic Cores in Lightweight Composite Sandwich Structures for Blast Protection | Clare Burnett |
2-6 | Mechanical Characterisation of Drawn Pearlitic Steel Wires in Tension AND Torsion | Abhay Pant |
2-7 | Autonomous Grasping of Moving Objects | Patrick Lynch |
2-8 | Microstructure-Sensitive Fatigue Initiation Behaviour: A Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Modelling Study | Yuhui Tu |
2-9 | The Development of a Perfusion Device to Apply Varying Hemodynamic Parameters to Bovine Arteriovenous Tissue | David O’Connor |
2-10 | High Performance Thermoplastic Composites via Overmoulding | Noel Bloomfield |
2-11 | Wave-based attitude control of light-weight spacecraft | Daire Sherwin |
2-12 | An Investigation of the effect of fatigue loading of bone cells and their processes, surrounding micro-cracks as a driver of targeted remodelling of bone | Morgana Afonso |
Session | Paper title | Candidate | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
1-1 | Engineered Electroconductive Biomaterial Platforms for Cardiac Tissue Engineering Applications | Matteo Solazzo | TCD |
1-2 | Thermomechanical modelling of the linear friction welding process for manufacturing high-performance fasteners | Saviour Okeke | NUIG |
1-3 | Biomechanics and Mechanical Trauma; Investigating the role of the Cortical Meninges in Concussion | Darragh Walsh | UL |
1-4 | Improvement of Mechanical Performance in 3D Woven Carbon/Epoxy Composites by Modification of Weave Parameters | Monali Dahale | UU |
| Session | Paper title | Candidate | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
2-1 | Fibre Laser Treatment of Commercially Pure (CP) Titanium for Orthopaedic Implant Applications: Identifying the Antibacterial Effect Arising from Laser-induced Physical Features | Ryan McFadden | QUB |
2-2 | In-process and Post-process Characterisation of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Parts | Frederico Rossi Kaschel | UCD |
2-3 | Evaluation of the metal additive manufacturing process through the study of the recyclability of metal powders and in-situ metrology | Paul Quinn | WIT |
2-4 | Scale-up of Nanoparticle Production via Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids | Brian Freeland. | DCU |
