Nov 10
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Infrastructure Systems would like to share an update of some of our projects with you at the 6th Annual conference. This year our CDT Sustainable Infrastructure Systems students will be teaming up with the new CDT Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities students to present the annual conference. Conference title “Sustainable Futures“ This …
Aug 30
Marcus Young, Georgios Rempelos, Evangelos Ntotsios, Dr Simon Blainey, Prof David Thompson and Prof Jonathan Preston Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 0954-4097 Scopus rating (2019): CiteScore 3.4 SJR 0.58 SNIP 1.296 10.1177/0954409720953730 Abstract The environmental impacts of noise and vibration are becoming increasingly important in the assessment …
Feb 28
Georgios Rempelos, Prof Jonathan Preston and Dr Simon Blainey Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 1361-9209 Scopus rating (2019): CiteScore 7.7 SJR 1.662 SNIP 2.05 10.1016/j.trd.2020.102285 Abstract This paper provides an assessment of the lifecycle Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions associated with the four most common sleeper (railroad tie or cross-tie in North America) types present in the …
Sep 16
Boniface Hima, Prof David Thompson, Dr Giacomo Squicciarini, Evangelos Ntotsios and David Herron 13th International Workshop on Railway Noise 16/09/19 → 20/09/19 Ghent, Belgium Abstract The dynamic properties of the rail fastening system affect the damping of the rail and the degree of coupling between the rail and the foundation. It is well known that the rate …
Jul 03
Toshan Rampat, Dr Louis Le Pen, Prof William Powrie, Dr John Harkness and Dr Antonios Zervos Railway Engineering-2019 15th International Conference & Exhibition 3rd -4th July 2019 Abstract Sleepers are conventionally designed in a cuboid shape of similar volume regardless of the material of construction. However, the bending stiffness and load transfer into the track …
Jul 06
Luke Hutchinson, Dr Ben Waterson, Bani Anvari and Denis Naberezhnykh IET Intelligent Transport Systems 1751-956X Scopus rating (2019): CiteScore 3.8 SJR 0.627 SNIP 1.468 10.1049/iet-its.2018.5221 Abstract Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) offers a viable means of charging Electric Vehicles (EV)’s whilst in a dynamic state (DWPT), mitigating issues concerning vehicle range, the size of on-board energy storage and the …
Mar 21
On the 20th March 2017 CDT-SIS invited non-academic partners from the South Downs National Park Authority, Southern Water, Forest Research, Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Environment Agency and CPRE Hampshire to take part in an Engagement Day at the University. The aim of the event was to bring together a variety of …
Sep 30
CDT-SIS students come from a diverse range of backgrounds and subject specialisms. Richard Deacon who is studying ‘Mitigating Range Anxiety and Reducing Energy Consumption by Drivers in Electric Vehicles’ completed his BSc in Psychology prior to starting on the CDT-SIS iPhD course. Alongside his PhD studies Richard has been regularly busy with public engagement showing …
Jun 04
The University of Southampton Roadshow tours the country every year between February and September with the goal of ‘Bringing Research to Life’. With over fifteen event across England the roadshow has managed to engage tens of thousands of members of public in the research currently being conducted at the University of Southampton and its importance …
May 27
The Festival of Doctoral Research was an inaugural event for the University of Southampton’s Doctoral College and ran from 12 – 27 May, 2016. The festival was designed to celebrate and showcase the world class doctoral research being conducted across the University. The event was aimed at students and staff from across the university, from undergraduates …
