Technology and society research

There are a number of research areas that fall under this theme, worked on by members from all across the University.

Research areas around technology and society

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Ageing
Transnational cybercrime is depicted through a skull on a computer screen
Crime, law and regulation
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Entertainment and the arts
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Health and wellness
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Homes, families and relationships
Computer security
Security
Solar panels
Technology and sustainability
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Travel, tourism and hospitality

Research projects

Active projects

The NEREUS project

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Development of a chemistry-themed escape room that can be used by personal tutor groups in the chemistry laboratory

Start date: June 2021

End date: May 2023

Emergent everyday ethics in infrastructures for smart care

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Completed projects

Developing a non-linear and flipped approach to learning and teaching to increase student understanding and engagement

Start date: May 2022

End date: July 2022

A chemical engineering card game to practice conceptual learning in competitive groups

Start date: April 2022

End date: July 2022

Development of interactive pre-lab resources using Xerte with GoPro first-person video for chemistry

Start date: April 2022

End date: July 2022

Engineering tutorials or problem classes

Start date: April 2022

End date: July 2022

How to use feedback effectively: A guide for computer science students

Start date: April 2022

End date: July 2022

Lightboard

Start date: April 2022

End date: June 2022

Teaching innovation fund proposal: towards a universal distributed practice platform

Start date: April 2022

End date: July 2022

Feasibility study of a moon-enabled sun occultation mission (MESOM)

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Chemical and environmental engineering/mechanical engineering sciences 3D printing facility

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Evaluating the capabilities of high resolution, space borne MWIR data for maritime vessel detection using synthetic data

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Transfer and station-keeping strategies for observation orbits around small bodies and planetary moons

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Buried pipelines monitoring

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Generalized likelihood ratio test operational algorithm for ship detection in SAR imagery: Testing and benchmarking (Phase 2)

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Space enable monitoring of illegal gold mining

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SAR multi-frequency ship detection with cross calibration with AIS data in NRT

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Earth observation for the preservation of the ecological bacalar corridor

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D-BOX: Demining tool-BOX for humanitarian clearing of large scale areas from anti-personal landmines and cluster munitions

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