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    • 2x Personal Electrostatic Biocollector Prototype(s) (STRATA) - (D05) : Worn bio-detector Phase 1 

      Johnston, Ian; Tracey, Mark; School of Engineering and Technology; Enterprise and Business Development; Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems; Centre for Engineering Research; Centre for Hazard Detection and Protection Research; Microfluidics and Microengineering; Department of Engineering and Technology; McCluskey, Daniel; Munro, Ian; Coudron, Loic (UH MEMS, 2017-05-04)
      The design and development of two man worn Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) aerosol collection platform prototypes. These prototypes should interface with a, co-developed, laboratory particle recovery instrument exploiting ...
    • Controlled Actuation of Self-Propelled Droplets 

      Coudron, Loic; Lemenu, Clément; Lemaine, Kevin; McCluskey, Daniel; Tan, Christabel; Munro, Ian; Holdo, Arne; Tracey, Mark; Johnston, Ian (2020-10-09)
      In this paper we present controlled self-propelled actuation of droplets employing Laplace pressure gradients between two non-parallel superhydrophobic plates. For small angles (cos β ≈ 1) a simplification of available ...
    • Copper Electrochemical Deposition in Macroporous Silicon Arrays for Through Silicon Via Applications 

      Defforge, Thomas; Coudron, Loic; Gautier, Gael; Grimal, Virginie; Ventura, Laurent; Tran Van, Francois (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011)
      The present paper deals with the realization of high conductivity through silicon via from macroporous silicon arrays. The pores were first etched by anodization into a hydrofluoric acid mixture. The high aspect ratio via ...
    • Design & Development of the electronics and control system - (D6.1): Worn Bio-detector Phase 2 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Munro, Ian; Coudron, Loic (UH, 2017-10-31)
    • The Design of an Innovative Research Led, Undergraduate Programme for Effective Development of R&D Skills and Learning. 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Tan, Christabel; Tracey, Mark; Johnston, Ian; Coudron, Loic (2016-10-25)
      Engineering education has suffered a shift in focus between research led fundamental engineering and vocational training that has resulted in many graduate engineers equipped without a thorough grasp of either skill set. ...
    • The Design of an Innovative Research Led, Undergraduate Programme for Effective Development of R&D Skills and Learning. 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Tan, Christabel; Tracey, Mark; Johnston, Ian; Coudron, Loic (2016-10-25)
      Engineering education has suffered a shift in focus between research led fundamental engineering and vocational training that has resulted in many graduate engineers equipped without a thorough grasp of either skill set. ...
    • Design Review of ESP/EWOD/ESP Translation Mechanisms - (D3.1): Worn Bio-detector Phase 2 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Lodge, Matthew; Coudron, Loic; Munro, Ian (UH, 2017-10-31)
    • Electrowetting on Dielectric (EWOD) prototype recovery platform - (D06) : Worn bio-detector Phase 1 

      Tracey, Mark; Johnston, Ian; School of Engineering and Technology; Enterprise and Business Development; Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems; Centre for Engineering Research; Centre for Hazard Detection and Protection Research; Microfluidics and Microengineering; Department of Engineering and Technology; Munro, Ian; Coudron, Loic; McCluskey, Daniel (UH MEMS, 2017-05-04)
      The design and development of a laboratory particle recovery instrument exploiting Electrowetting on Dielectric (EWOD) techniques. This instrument should interface with the, codeveloped, man worn Electrostatic Precipitator ...
    • Electrowetting-Based Digital Microfluidics Platform for Automated Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay 

      Dimov, Nikolay; McDonnell, M.B.; Munro, Ian; McCluskey, Daniel; Johnston, Ian; Tan, Christabel; Coudron, Loic (2020-02-23)
      Electrowetting is the effect by which the contact angle of a droplet exposed to a surface charge is modified. Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) exploits the dielectric properties of thin insulator films to enhance the ...
    • Final Report - (D04) : Worn bio-detector Phase 1 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Coudron, Loic; Munro, Ian; Johnston, Ian (UH MEMS, 2017-05-04)
    • Fully integrated digital microfluidics platform for automated immunoassay; a versatile tool for rapid, specific detection of a wide range of pathogens 

      Coudron, Loic; McDonnell, M.B.; Munro, Ian; McCluskey, Daniel; Johnston, Ian; Tan, Christabel; Tracey, Mark (2019-03-01)
      With the tangible threat posed by the release of chemical and biological warfare (CBW) agents, detection of airborne pathogens is a critical military and security concern. Recent air sampling techniques developed for ...
    • Interim report and pre-build design - (D3.2): Worn Bio-detector Phase 2 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Coudron, Loic; Munro, Ian; Lodge, Matthew; Baxter, Richard; Johnston, Ian; Tracey, Mark (UH, 2017-10-31)
    • Low-cost credit card-based microfluidic devices for magnetic bead immobilisation 

      Coudron, Loic; Johnston, Ian; Tan, Christabel; Tracey, M.C. (2013-01)
      We report a simple low-cost magnetic microfluidic device for magnetic bead separation and immobilisation. One dimensional arrays of localised high magnetic field gradients are constructed at the interfaces between regions ...
    • New Strategies towards the Next Generation of Personal Worn Bio Detector 

      Coudron, Loic; Foat, T.; Sellors, W.; Walker, M.; Rachwal, P.; Jones, J.; Despeyroux, D.; McDonnell, M.B.; McCluskey, Daniel; Munro, Ian; Johnston, Ian; Tan, Christabel; Tracey, Mark (2016-06-20)
      Although personal samplers have been used for many years in fields such as occupational hygiene to measure individual exposure to toxic materials [1], they are still not widely used by the military and civil defence agencies ...
    • Performance and functionality assessment of the EWOD system (D2.1): Worn Bio-detector Phase 2 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Coudron, Loic; Johnston, Ian; Baxter, Richard; Munro, Ian (UH, 2017-10-31)
    • Performance Optimisation of the ESP System - (D1.1): Worn Bio-detector Phase 2 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Coudron, Loic; Baxter, Richard; Munro, Ian (UH, 2017-10-31)
    • Proceedings of Abstracts Engineering and Computer Science Research Conference 2019 

      Nwawe, Richard; Grasso, Marzio; CHEN, Yong Kang; Klusak, Jan; Rosiello, Vincenzo; Counsell, Nathan; Herfatmanesh, Mohammad Reza; Partou, Helen; Menon, Catherine; Barker, Trevor; Veneziano, Vito; Kirner, Raimund; Tveretina, Olga; Verma, Alok; Lane, Peter; Lilley, Mariana; Canoville, Paul; Robinson, Matthew; Crook, Brian; Hall, Samantha; Kaye, Richard; Johnston, Ian; McCluskey, Daniel; Tracey, Mark; Munro, Ian; Wang, Yuan; Suckow, Bjorn; Klaholz, Ingo; Drix, Damien; Hafner, Verena Vanessa; Schmuker, Michael; Sinha, Ankur; Metzner, Christoph; Davey, Neil; Adams, Roderick; Steuber, Volker; Miko, Rebecca; Toffe, Gilles; Ren, Guogang; Montalvão, Diogo; Ismail, Sikiru O.; Newman, James; Dhakal, Hom; Sunmola, Funlade; Panday, Deepak; Helian, Na; Amafabia, Daerefa-a; David-West, Opukuro; Haritos, George; Schirmer, Pascal; Mporas, Iosif; Skaltsas, Grigorios; Siadati, Rana; Wernick, Paul; Sutton, Samuel; Lekkala, Himayasri Rao; Sayers, Paul; Khan, Imran; Cañamero, Lola; Hassan, Eheda; Denai, Mouloud; Pissanidis, Georgios; Goncharenko, Julia; Schilstra, Maria; Beka, Nathan; te Boekhorst, Rene; Bonivart, Agnes; Nehaniv, Chrystopher; Kadir, Shabnam; Bhavsar, Ronakben; Sun, Yi; Mayor, David; Steffert, Tony; CHEN, Yong Kang; Chrysanthou, Andreas; Johnston, Ian; Kirner, Raimund; Kourtessis, Pandelis; McCluskey, Daniel; Polani, Daniel; Steuber, Volker; Sun, Yichuang (University of Hertfordshire, 2019-09-01)
      This book is the record of abstracts submitted and accepted for presentation at the Inaugural Engineering and Computer Science Research Conference held 17th April 2019 at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK. This ...
    • Proceedings of Abstracts, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science Research Conference 2022 

      Amafabia, Daerefa-a; Asimea, Laurel; Bally, John; Baran, Anthony; Boies, Adam; Borjali, Amirhossein; Bosomworth, Chloe; Burningham, Ben; Chaliasou, Napoleana-Anna; CHEN, Yong Kang; Cheong, Yuen Ki; Chizari, Mahmoud; Chung, Etelka; Coppin, Kristen; David-West, Opukuro; Dennler, Nik; Dhakal, Hom; Dimov, Nikolay; Dmitruk, Emil; Donald, Allen; Drix, Damien; Dzib, Sergio A.; Eltaweel, Mahmoud; Fadlelseed, Sajid; Farahani, Atena; Felix, Adrian; Foat, Tim; Forbrich, Jan; Franco, Maximilien; Gaarn, Joesphine; Garratt, Tracy; Geach, Jim; Ghias, Narges; Ghita, Adrian; Giannetti, Niccolo; Vargas-Gonzalez, Jaime; Greenaway, Richard; Haritos, George; Hatami, Sara; Haydock, David; Helian, Na; Herfatmanesh, Mohammad Reza; Herve, Jean-Baptiste; Hesse, Evelyn; Korani, Hossein; Hosseini, Vahid; Hu, Wei; Hubbard, Thomas; Inal, Jameel; Irigo, Patrick; Ismail, Sikiru O.; Jepleting, Fiona; Ji, Wei; Johnston, Ian; Jombo, Gbanaibolou; Kadir, Shabnam; Kalyvas, Christos; Kamran, Syed Muhammad; Kanellopoulos, Antonios; Kiflay, Aklil Zenebe; Kirner, Raimund; Knox, Kerry; Kobayashi, Chiaki; Kumar, Dhirendra; Kumar, Ritesh; Lane, Peter; Lekkala, Himayasri; Lewis, Andrew; Li, Liang; Luo, Qi; Madani, Hossein; Mallet, Colin; Maruthupandian, Surya; Mathen, Elizabeth Reeja; Matousek, Pavel; McCool, Simon; McGarry, James C.; Menon, Catherine; Metzner, Christoph; Miles, Rachael E. H.; Moeinnia, Hadi; Moggridge, Paul; Mohseni, Mahdi; Montalvão, Diogo; Moraby, Mohammad Najeeb; Murnane, Darragh; Norgate, Marc; Nourani, Amir; Prasad, Kumar Shantanu; Ramalingam, Soodamani; Rastogi, Shavika; Reid, Jonathan P.; Ren, Guogang; Rivilla, Victor M.; Saidpour, Hossein; Saito, Kiyoshi; Sajedi, Seyed Amir Hossein; Salge, Christoph; Samararatne, Samadhi; Schmuker, Michael; Sensoy, Elif; Shriram, Ajay; Singh, Harpreet; Sorouraddin, Yasser; Steuber, Volker; Stone, Nicholas; Sun, Yi; Sureddi, Roopesh; Sutton, Samuel; Thomas, Peter; Timms, Andrew R; Tiwari, P. R.; Tsokanos, Athanasios; Vadalia, Mansukhlal; Yaqoob, Muhammad; Yulianto, Muhamad; Zheng, Minghua (University of Hertfordshire, 2022-11-04)
      The present proceedings record the abstracts submitted and accepted for presentation at SPECS 2022, the second edition of the School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science Research Conference that took place online, ...
    • Protein droplet actuation on superhydrophobic surfaces: A new approach toward anti-biofouling electrowetting systems 

      Abdul Latip, Eli Nadia; Coudron, Loic; McDonnell, M.B.; Johnston, Ian; McCluskey, Daniel; Day, Rodney; Tracey, Mark (2017-10-25)
      Among Lab-on-a-chip techniques, Digital microfluidics (DMF), allowing the precise actuation of discrete droplets, is a highly promising, flexible, biochemical assay platform for biomedical and bio-detection applications. ...
    • Report on Stage 1 Elution Testing : Thales Group SPINNAKER evaluation 

      McCluskey, Daniel; Tan, Christabel; Baxter, Richard; Johnston, Ian; Tracey, Mark; Coudron, Loic; Lodge, Matthew (Thales Group, 2016-02-06)