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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 ... -
Anchor Institutions and Regional Innovation Systems for supporting micro and small businesses
Culkin, Nigel (2016-07-16)The after-shocks of the global financial crisis, the EU Referendum, the growth in popularity of the Regional Innovation System (RIS), and the growing use of the term anchor institutions, have highlighted the crucial and ... -
‘Before University’ provision : enterprise education through the school curriculum
Culkin, Nigel; Brentnall, Catherine (Routledge, 2019-01-01)In this chapter the authors focus on enterprise education students experience before university. We consider the current state of play in English secondary schools, where a national programme situates enterprise as an ... -
Beyond Being A Student : An Exploration of Student & Graduate Start-Up’s (SGSU’s) Operating From University Incubators
Culkin, N. (2013)The purpose of this paper is to explore, evaluate and share the motivations and behaviours of student and graduate entrepreneurs (referred to as SGSUs) operating from university incubators. The study aims to understand the ... -
Bringing Land Law to Life: Lessons From the Development and Deployment of an Immersive “Virtual Town” in the Teaching of Land Law
Dunk, Thomas; Marunchak, Yulia (Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-10-14)This chapter sets out to explore the use of a virtual town in the teaching of Land Law. This 3D model of a small town was used to help illustrate legal issues, problems, and concepts in a highly visual manner. By employing ... -
The contribution of realist evaluation to critical analysis of the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education competitions
Brentnall, Catherine; Rodríguez, Iván Diego; Culkin, Nigel (2018-12-01)The purpose of this article is to explore the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education (EE) programmes through the lens of realist evaluation (RE). The interest of the authoring team – a practitioner–academic mix with ... -
Creating Innovative Regions: The role of universities in local growth and productivity
Culkin, Nigel (University Alliance, 2016-06-02)Our latest report aims to bust a myth – that the main contribution of universities to innovation is through the commercialisation of their research. Universities contribute so much more, particularly in their regions. ... -
Crisis and the Role of Money in the Real and Financial Economies - An Innovative Approach to Monetary Stimulus
Simmons, Richard; Dini, Paolo; Culkin, Nigel; Littera, Guiseppe (2021-03-20)‘Financial crisis’ is sometimes regarded as synonymous with ‘economic crisis’, but this is an oversimplification and risks missing the feedback loops between the financial and real economies. In this paper, the role of ... -
Critical Innovations in the UK Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Equity Alternative Finance Markets for Small Firm Growth
Culkin, Nigel; Murzacheva, Ekaterina; Davis, Andy (2016-08-01)This paper examines the disruptive nature of financial innovations available to small firms by the growing range of online platforms that have emerged in the UK since the financial crisis. It is unveiled that finance ... -
Delivery of Prototype Automated Sample Processing Unit for Incorporation into a Biological Identification System
Tan, Christabel; 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; Johnston, Ian; McCluskey, Daniel; Lodge, Matthew; Munro, Ian (UH MEMS, 2017-02-28) -
Design of a high efficiency cyclone for collection of rare and low concentration airborne pathogens
Baxter, Richard; Johnston, Ian; Kaye, Richard; Munro, Ian; Tracey, Mark; Day, Rodney; McCluskey, Daniel (2017-03-16)Recent serious outbreaks of pathogens such as Chalara Fraxinea, (Ash Dieback) demonstrate the vulnerability of UK’s forests, woods, and trees. Early detection of threats is critical in the fight against such tree pests and ... -
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. ... -
Development of an automated smart trap for wheat pathogens
Kaye, Richard; Johnston, Ian; Baxter, Richard; Munro, Ian; Tracey, Mark; Day, Rodney; McCluskey, Daniel (2017-03-16)National surveys show fungicide use on wheat continues to increase despite fluctuations in disease pressure, reaching a 30 year high in 2012 (Defra). Septoria tritici is the most significant foliar disease in UK wheat ... -
The development of iHARP: a multiple instruction issue processor chip
Steven, G.B.; Adams, R.G.; Findlay, P.; Trainis, S.A. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1991)During the last decade RISC ideas on processor architecture have become widely accepted. RISC architectures achieve significant performance advantages over CISC architectures by striving to execute one instruction per ... -
Development report EnviGuard Port physical components (D5.4)
Suckow, Bjorn; Johnston, Ian; Hanken, Thomas; Dortu, Fabian; Riesgo, Teresa; Veenstra, Theo; Munro, Ian (Technologie-Transfer-Zentrum Bremerhaven, 2017-01-19) -
Digital Cinema : Opportunities and Challenges
Culkin, N.; Randle, K.R. (2003)While the process of distributing and exhibiting a film has changed little over the past century, Digital Cinema, the process of using digitally stored data instead of strips of acetate, has arrived. With technology ... -
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 ... -
An emotional business : a guide to understanding the motivations of small business decision takers
Culkin, N. (2000)Argues that the way in which the UK Government, through its various departments and quangos, approaches designed to approve the effectiveness of the small business sector, is based on a flawed understanding of how small ... -
Enterprise Education Competitions: A Theoretically Flawed Intervention?
Culkin, Nigel; Brentnall, Catherine; Rodríguez, Iván Diego (Emerald Publishing, 2018-12-10)The demand for including enterprise in the education system, at all levels and for all pupils is now a global phenomenon. Within this context, the use of competitions and competitive learning activities is presented as a ...