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Q: Web Scraping Notable Names I'm trying to get the

*

*Gender

*Race or Ethnicity

*Sexual orientation

*Occupation

*Nationality

from each site listed here: https://www.nndb.com/lists/494/000063305/
Here's an individual site so viewers can see the single page.
I'm trying to model my R code after this site but it's difficult because on the individual sites there aren't headings for Gender, for example. Can someone assist?
library(purrr)
library(rvest)
url_base <- "https://www.nndb.com/lists/494/000063305/"
b_dataset <- map_df(1:91, function(i) {
  page <- read_html(sprintf(url_base, i))
  data.frame(ICOname = html_text(html_nodes(page, ".name")))
})

A: I'll take you halfway there: it's not too difficult to figure out from here.
library(purrr)
library(rvest)
url_base <- "https://www.nndb.com/lists/494/000063305/"

First, the following will generate a list of A-Z surname list URLs, and then consequently each person's profile URLs.
## Gets A-Z links
all_surname_urls <- read_html(url_base) %>%
  html_nodes(".newslink") %>%
  html_attrs() %>%
  map(pluck(1, 1))

all_ppl_urls <- map(
  all_surname_urls,
  function(x) read_html(x) %>%
    html_nodes("a") %>%
    html_attrs() %>%
    map(pluck(1, 1))
) %>%
  unlist()

all_ppl_urls <- setdiff(
  all_ppl_urls[!duplicated(all_ppl_urls)],
  c(all_surname_urls, "http://www.nndb.com/")
)

You are correct---there are no separate headings for gender or any other, really. You'll just have to use tools such as SelectorGadget to see what elements contain what you need. In this case it's simply p.
all_ppl_urls[1] %>%
  read_html() %>%
  html_nodes("p") %>%
  html_text()

The output will be
[1] "AKA Lee William Aaker"
[2] "Born: 25-Sep-1943Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA"
[3] "Gender: MaleRace or Ethnicity: WhiteOccupation: Actor"
[4] "Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin"
...

Although the output is not clean, things rarely are when webscraping---this is actually relatively easier one. You can use series of grepl and map to subset the contents that you need, and make a dataframe out of them.

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Robert Durst Practiced Killing By Slaughtering Seven Pet Dogs, Brother Claims
by Tyler Johnson at March 17, 2015 12:35 pm . Updated at March 17, 2015 1:16 pm .
On March 14, Robert Durst was arrested for his alleged involvement in the 2000 death of Susan Berman.
Durst was charged with first-degree murder and may face the death penalty if convicted. His arrest coincided with the conclusion of the HBO documentary series The Jinx, in which Durst seems to unwittingly confess to killing Berman and two others.
While his own incriminating ramblings might be the most damaging evidence against Durst, stories told by those who know him best portray a man more than capable of committing the atrocities of which he's been accused.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Durst's younger brother Douglas described Robert as a "true psychopath" and revealed a chilling theory regarding how the 71-year-old real estate scion became an expert on getting away with murder.
"Before the disappearance of my sister-in-law, Bob had a series of Alaskan Malamutes, which is like a husky," said Douglas. "He had seven of them, and they all died, mysteriously, of different things, within six months of his owning them. All of them named Igor.
"We don't know how they died and what happened to their bodies...In retrospect, I now believe he was practicing killing and disposing of his wife with those dogs."
Douglas Durst added that he often feared for his life while in Robert's presence. "There's no doubt in my mind that if he had the opportunity to kill me, he would," Douglas said.
There is no word yet on whether Durst's siblings will be called to testify in his trial.
If Douglas takes the stand, his speculation about the fates of Robert's dogs may help the prosecution to prove that the murder of Susan Berman was not a crime of passion committed by a man suffering from mental illness, but rather the premeditated work of a calculating and cold-blooded killer.
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Newsfile
CloudBreak Discovery Corp. Provides Update on Proposed Transaction
Newsfile Corp.
January 8, 2021, 5:41 PM ·3 min read
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 8, 2021) - CloudBreak Discovery Corp. ("CloudBreak" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update respecting its proposed transaction with Imperial X plc ("Imperial X") (see the Company's press release dated September 2, 2020). The parties are now contemplating a transaction under which CloudBreak will amalgamate with Howson Ventures Inc. ("Howson") and Cabox Gold Corp. ("Cabox") to form an amalgamated company that will be a subsidiary of Imperial X.
As consideration under the proposed transaction, Imperial X would issue an aggregate of approximately 149,568,502 Imperial X shares pro rata to the CloudBreak shareholders. Accordingly, each CloudBreak shareholder would receive approximately 4.643 Imperial X shares in exchange for each CloudBreak share held. Imperial X would also issue an aggregate of approximately 31,614,118 Imperial X shares to the Howson shareholders and an aggregate of approximately 35,000,000 Imperial X shares to the Cabox shareholders. Following completion of the transaction, as well as other ancillary transactions and financings being pursued by Imperial X, it is anticipated that on closing there would be an aggregate of approximately 316,983,947 Imperial X shares issued and outstanding, of which the former CloudBreak shareholders would hold approximately 47.18%.
The parties are currently conducting mutual due diligence and drafting and negotiating the transaction agreements and UK regulatory filings. CloudBreak will provide further updates respecting the transaction as and when warranted.
About CloudBreak Discovery Corp.
CloudBreak Discovery Corp. is focused on creating shareholder value through acquisition and monetization of prospective and underexplored mineral properties both domestically and internationally. The Company acquires undervalued assets both pre discovery and post discovery then works with 3rd party explorers and developers to advance the assets and build shareholder value.
Robert Meister
Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking statements, including with respect to future plans, and other matters. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such information can generally be identified by the use of forwarding-looking wording such as "may", "expect", "estimate", "anticipate", "intend", "believe" and "continue" or the negative thereof or similar variations. The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of any forward-looking information may prove to be incorrect. Events or circumstances may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted, as a result of numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including but not limited to, business, economic and capital market conditions, the ability to manage operating expenses, and dependence on key personnel. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future, anticipated costs, and the ability to achieve goals. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, the continued availability of capital and financing, litigation, failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations, loss of key employees and consultants, and general economic, market or business conditions. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking information.
The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Plug Power Learns French, and This Analyst Plays La Marseillaise
For the second time in a week, hydrogen fuel cell company Plug Power (PLUG) had big news to report. Last week, as you may recall, it was a $1.5 billion alliance with Korea's SK Group to build a "hydrogen economy" for South Korea. This week, it's a deal to build fuel cell vans in France alongside local partner Renault -- and although Plug didn't attach a price tag to this one, investors still cheered like mad, sending Plug stock up more than 22% in a day. As Plug revealed Tuesday, it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French automaker. Through it, the parties expressed interest in forming a 50-50 joint venture within the next six months to supply "turn-key fuel cell vehicle solutions with hydrogen fuel, refueling infrastructures and services" to customers in France -- and capture 30% of the market for fuel cell-powered light commercial vehicles in the country. Renault will provide the automobile manufacturing capability, and Plug will supply the fuel cell systems to make them go "zoom!" Plug will also manufacture hydrogen refueling systems to fuel up the vans on the road. Shareholders weren't the only ones pleased by Plug Power's announcement, and analyst Christopher Souther at B. Riley quickly rushed out a note doubling down on its "buy" rating on Plug stock, and raising his price target more than 50%, to $79 a share. (To watch Souther's track record, click here) Calling Renault a "strong partner" for Plug on the Continent, where the local market for fuel cell-powered light commercial vehicles is expected to grow from essentially zero today, to 500,000 units by 2030. Souther increased his long-range forecast for Plug's commercial vehicles revenues accordingly. In fact, long before 2030, he is valuing Plug stock at 20 times his fiscal 2024 sales forecast. What is that forecast, precisely? Souther didn't say straight out. But a $79 share price would imply an enterprise value of a little over $37 billion for Plug stock, implying that the analyst sees the new relationship with Renault pushing Plug's 2024 revenues up past $1.8 billion -- roughly a six-fold increase over Plug's trailing revenues of $308 million. Curiously, this estimate is nearly twice the $1 billion in fiscal 2024 revenue that Plug itself most recently promised. And here's another curious thing about Souther's predictions: While not expressly putting a number to his 2024 forecast, Souther did give detailed guesses at what Plug will produce nearer term, predicting full-year 2020 sales and full-year 2021 sales as well. In contrast to the average consensus on Wall Street, where most analysts agree Plug did perhaps $329 million in sales last year, Souther thinks the company's revenues were only $291 million. Similarly, consensus estimates for fiscal 2021 put Plug's sales at $444 million -- but Souther sees only $419 million. Now, how the analyst goes from predicting disappointing results for two straight years, to predicting sales twice what Plug itself promises just three years from now is not quite clear. And why he is recommending that investors buy Plug ahead of what, by his own admission, look likely to be sales disappointments is similarly opaque. Then again, as Souther himself laments: No matter how expensive Plug stock gets, "it is tough to fight the secular tailwinds." So, that's B. Riley's view, what does the Street of the Street have in mind? The current outlook offers a conundrum. On the one hand, based on 10 Buys and 1 Hold, the stock has a Strong Buy consensus rating. However, after soaring so high recently, the analysts expect shares to cool down and anticipate downside of 18% from current levels. (See PLUG stock analysis on TipRanks) To find good ideas for stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks' Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks' equity insights. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analyst. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.


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Posts By / Zulfiqar Khan
Grand Challenges – Clean Growth and Future of Mobility
BU research, Impact, innovation, policy, the conversation Zulfiqar Khan
There are several initiatives to develop state of the art low carbon energy technologies to capture, generate and store energy from renewable sources. Non-renewable sources of energy especially those derived from fossil fuels are finite, and have been contributing to greenhouse gases. In turn ozone depletion and global warming are on the rise.
There have been recent developments in terms of tidal, wind, solar PV and solar thermal technologies, however there are still challenges in terms of efficiency and amount of useful energy that can be generated versus global demands. In addition, dependency on rare earth materials still exists, thermal efficiency of thermo-fluids (fluids used as a medium of heat energy transfer) have upper thresholds and have implications on the durability of systems. Costs of conventional energy materials such as cobalt and lithium carbonates have been rising sharply since 2015-16. Thermal instability of lithium ion batteries and issues are still significant.
At BU NanoCorr, Energy & Modelling (NCEM) Research Group we are developing novel solar thermal (low carbon) technologies incorporating nano enhanced thermofluids and storage materials.
Research and development in low carbon technology at BU is focused on two main themes; clean growth and future of mobility. For further details and to take part in discussion by providing your comments please click on the link (it takes less than a minute to register).
Multidisciplinary research: where Fusion meets REF
BU research, Fusion, PG research, student research Zulfiqar Khan
"We have developed multidisciplinary research within the Department of Design & Engineering, Faculty of Science & Technology at BU in collaboration with major international, national and regional industrial and HEI partners", Associate Professor Zulfiqar Khan said. He added, "multidisciplinary research within NanoCorr, Energy & Modelling (NCEM) theme is a direct response to industrial needs in terms of enhancing design for durability & reliability, meeting the demands for generating energy from renewable sources and enhancing students learning experience through research informed education. New knowledge, created during this process, is shared with stakeholders and academic communities through relevant platforms.
Multidisciplinary research within NCEM is led by Zulfiqar and includes the development of nano coatings (nano composites and graphene; materials science and engineering) to increase service life of machines and equipment deployed in harsh operational and environmental conditions (design & engineering), understanding corrosion (materials science and mechanical engineering) issues to prevent structural failures within machines, automotive, locomotives, large structures & marine applications (preventative and predictive condition monitoring; MEMS, NEMS, Micro LPRs) and developing cutting edge solar thermal techniques to generate mechanical and heat energies from renewable sources (mechanical engineering; heat transfer and nano additives).
The objectives of this research are to develop state of the art novel and innovative energy efficient design for durability and reliability solutions applied in wide ranging industrial applications, bring about socio-economic benefits including impacts on cultural life via public engagement. This research is fully and match funded through a current portfolio of one postdoctoral research assistant and four PhD students by major industrial and HEI partners plus three PhD projects were completed early this year.
Majority of you would have had a chance to read through the Stern's review of REF which was released in late July, "steps taken to promote interdisciplinary and other joint working internally and externally and to support engagement and impact, beyond that which is just the aggregate of individual units of assessment (para.88)". "The proposal to allow the (tick-box) identification interdisciplinary outputs, as well as document the role of 'interdisciplinary champions' (para. 100)"
Zulfiqar said, "our vision of developing and engaging in multidisciplinary research which is industrially relevant, academically robust and has significant socio-economic value will play an important role in the REF 2021 and beyond and we are better positioned to lead in this area". He has previously led the University Sustainable Design Research Centre between 2007-2015 and the centre received its REF14 Panel Feedback as, "Sustainable Design Research Group had the highest proportion of outputs judged to be internationally excellent".
Fusion of research, education and professional practice is a key to lead to multidisciplinary research. BU Fusion of research, education and professional practice is at the heart of BU 2018 strategy. Zulfiqar said, "we have been and are currently delivering research informed education through the delivery of several UG/PG taught courses. This is a major contributor in enhancing students' learning experience and enabling them to be more employable both in the country and globally.
He previously led the final year Design Engineering, Advanced Technology & Innovation 40 credit unit. Students participated in research activities which led them to publish journal and international conference papers including an invited Springer book chapter.
He developed a 20 credit Thermo fluids & Heat Transfer unit, taught in the second year of BEng/MEng course. Education in this unit is research informed and the unit is supported by laboratory experimentations. This provides an opportunity for the students to bridge the gap between theory and practice. He has also developed two new units Fluids and Thermodynamics L5/Year 2 MEng (Hons) Mech Engg and Thermofluids and Energy Conversion L6/Year 4 MEng (Hons) Mech Engg for recent IMechE accreditation. Education in these units will be supported by state of the art experimental techniques with in kind support from industrial partner and informed by current research in renewable energy technology within NCEM.
Zulfiqar is also leading first year Design Methods & Projects a 40 credit unit in the Design Engineering course. This unit has several projects that allow students to solve real world industrial problems and engage in research within corrosion, contact mechanics and materials science through a live project with The Tank Museum Bovington.
Both Fusion and multidisciplinary research are benefiting students in terms of their learning experience, solving immediate and challenging industrial problems, improving standard of life and bringing economic impacts including impacts on cultural life.
Some latest research activities are documented in recent publications, for further information you may contact Zulfiqar Khan.
BU Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor) International Esteem
BU research, Featured academics, Global engagement, international, Knowledge Exchange, PG research, Research news Zulfiqar Khan
Dr Zulfiqar Khan was recently selected by invitation by the Pakistan President's Highly Qualified Professionals (HQPs) Programme, part of PPQP, managed and administered by the Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training Government of Pakistan.
This programme funded Zulfiqar's participation in the 14th International Symposium on Advanced Materials Oct 2015 held at National Centre for Physics Islamabad as invited speaker and guest speaking at key universities and research institutes.
This conference is held every two years and has been successfully running for the last 28 years. This conference attended by high profile researchers from Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Serbia, Turkey, UK (Bournemouth and Leeds) and US. The conference provided and excellent platform for disseminating latest research findings, exchange of ideas, networking and initiating research collaborations.
Zulfiqar presented latest findings in Surface Engineering through nano coatings (thin films 300-400 nm and up to 5 μm) incorporating corrosion. This research is conducted at the Sustainable Design Research Cluster with PGRs (Parisa Pashaei, Rizwan Bajwa and Hammad Nazir).
He also led the discussion panel on Surface Engineering & Ceramics as Panel Chair.
The Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform Professor Ahsan Iqbal spoke at the closing ceremony of the 14th International Conference on Advanced Materials ISAM 2015. He informed the conference delegates on the Government strategy for research & development.
This programme also included Zulfiqar's invited guest speaking at key Universities and research institutes as Institute of Space Technology, National Institute of Vacuum Science & Technology NINVST, National Centre for Physics NCP and National University of Sciences & Technology NUST. He also held meetings with key staff including DG NINVAST, Director NCP, Deans NUST Mechanical and Chemical & Manufacturing Engineering, Rector GIK (Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology), researchers and students.
His participation in the ISAM 2015 and invited guest speaking has provided a platform for incubating international research and education collaborations and promoting BU as an international leader in nano materials & corrosion research.
Tsinghua University Collaborative Research Award
BU research, Featured academics, Fusion, Global engagement, PG research, Research news Zulfiqar Khan
Tsinghua University has awarded CNY 150K (approx. £15.5K) to support Zulfiqar Khan collaborative research in nano coatings incorporating corrosion for a multitude of industrial applications. The award will support his visit to the University, participate in collaborative research, developing a research proposal and delivering guest speaking.
Tsinghua University Beijing PR China is within the top two among well over 1,000 universities in China, it is ranked 49th in Times Higher Education and 25th in the World QS Ranking.
Zulfiqar has developed significant research collaboration with Tsinghua University's State Key Laboratory of Tribology Beijing PR China for several years in the area of design for durability through nano coatings within complex interacting systems & energy efficiency.
He has also established a match funded doctoral centre with National University of Sciences & Technology Islamabad, Pakistan in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission.
This programme has been kicked off by its first PhD student recruitment, who has already started to conduct research in "Energy Recovery at Thermodynamic Expansion and Thermal Boosting Through Convection in Flat Plate Solar Thermal Systems (FPSTS)", a 2nd PhD student to conduct research in "Developing Thin Film Nano-Composite Coatings for Advanced Industrial Applications" is under recruitment process and a 3rd PhD studentship in "Development of thermally activated self-lubricated ceramic-based polymeric Nano composite coatings for enhanced performance in conventional lubricants under sliding contact" is currently being advertised.
He has also developed research collaborations with Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology Pakistan, & PES University Bangalore India and MoUs with these two institutions have been signed.
What does Safety, Reliability & Durability mean to you?
BU research, innovation, PG research, Publishing Zulfiqar Khan
You must have heard about the recent tragic accident at Alton Towers. Unfortunately it involved one of the most popular rides, the Smiler. Accidents are bound to happen due to various reasons e.g. human error or faults in mechanical, electrical, electronics or control systems/components. Some of the accidents are catastrophic and involves the loss of human lives that includes today's (Saturday August 22, 2015) vintage plane crash at the air show at Shoreham.
Among several reasons, corrosion is one of the major phenomena which plays an important role in structural deterioration and compromising reliability and durability of components, systems within petrochemical & process industries, automotive, locomotive and aircrafts.
Special attention to corrosion in terms of design, detection and prediction of failures is needed especially where human lives are involved. Here are some of the images from major international and home theme parks where there are visible signs of structural deterioration. Although corrosion initiation, its propagation and affects on structural deterioration may not be physically and visually very prominent, it needs full attention to avoid accidents.
A significant portfolio of research & development in corrosion has been developed at BU, which responds to structural integrity issues. Earlier work [15-17] in corrosion fatigue has led to a successful research portfolio in corrosion at BU [1-17]. We have developed a meso-mechanics based approach incorporating fracture mechanics and electrochemical processes to predict corrosion through a novel holistic modelling tool.
A PhD degree research in sustainable methodology of conserving historic military vehicles subject to structural deterioration due to corrosion [13, 14] has been successfully completed. This research was conducted in collaboration with The Tank Museum at Bovington. Controlled environment within the newly designed VCC (Vehicles Conservation Centre) is informed by the outcomes of this research. In addition NASA [13] has also been collaborating in corrosion research at BU along with BAE Systems and Analatom Inc. Discussions with Analatom are currently in progress for further collaboration in corrosion sensors technology.
A second project in corrosion monitoring techniques in collaboration with Defence Science & Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence, through a match funded PhD is currently in progress [1-5]. Recent publications [2-4] from this research have made to the Taylor & Francis top 20 most read articles list. This is an evidence of novel contributions to corrosion and corrosion modelling techniques.
A third project in collaboration with Defence Science & Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence through BU match funded PhD programme has been awarded to look into wireless corrosion monitoring techniques.
In addition nano coatings (in collaboration with Schaeffler, a major industrial partner) have been developed at BU incorporating corrosion issues to solve current corrosion problems within industrial applications.
A collaborative research project with National University of Science & Technology & Future Energy Source Ltd (the overall portfolio includes 2 x fully funded PhDs, 2 x match funded PhDs and 1 x Post Doctoral Research Assistant, PDRA) is currently underway to investigate corrosion issues within thermal storage applied in renewable technologies.
We have state of the art corrosion bench testing (environmental simulation) and modelling tools. We have micro LPRs (Linear Polarisation Resistors) & MEMS (Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems) based live corrosion monitoring stations for large stationary and moving vehicles.
Please contact Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor) if you would like to know more about the research activities or have interests in corrosion related issues,
Publications in Corrosion
Nazir, M. H., Khan, Z., & Stokes, K. (2015). A Holistic Mathematical Modelling and Simulation for Cathodic Delamination
Mechanism – A Novel and an Efficient Approach. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. doi:10.1080/01694243.2015.1071023
Nazir, H., & Khan, Z. (2015). Maximising the interfacial toughness of thin coatings and substrate through optimisation of defined parapmeters. International Journal of Computational Methods & Experimental Measurements, 1-13. doi:10.2495/CMEM-V0-N0-1-13
Nazir, M., Khan, Z., & Stokes, K. (2015). Optimisation of Interface Roughness and Coating Thickness to Maximise Coating-Substrate Adhesion – A Failure Prediction and Reliability Assessment Modelling. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 29(14), 1415-1445. doi:10.1080/01694243.2015.1026870
Nazir, H., Khan, Z., & Stokes, K. (2015). A Unified Mathematical Modelling and Simulation for Cathodic Blistering Mechanism
incorporating diffusion and fracture mechanics concepts. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 29(12), 1200-1228. doi:10.1080/01694243.2015.1022496
Nazir, H., Khan, Z., & Stokes, K. (2014). Modelling of Metal-Coating Delamination Incorporating Variable Environmental Parameters. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 29(5), 392-423. doi:10.1080/01694243.2014.990200
Nugent, M., & Khan, Z. (2014). The effects of corrosion rate and manufacturing in the prevention of stress corrosion cracking on structural members of steel bridges. The Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering JCSE, 17(16). Retrieved from http://www.jcse.org/
Wilton-Smith, K., Khan, Z., Saeed, A (2014). Accelerated Corrosion tests of Waste-gated Turbocharger's Adjustable and Fixed End Links. In High Performance and Optimum Design of Structures and Materials Vol. 137 (pp. 501-508). Southampton: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK. doi:10.2495/HPSM140461
Ramesh, C. S., Khan, S., Sridhar, K. S., & Khan, Z. (2014). Slurry erosive wear behavior of hot extruded Al6061-Si3N4 composite. Materials Science Forum, 773-774, 454-460. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.773-774.454
Ramesh, C. S., Khan, S., Khan, Z., & Sridhar, K. S. (2013). Slurry Erosive Wear Behavior of Hot Extruded Al6061-Si3N4 Composite. Materials Science Forum, 773-774(2014), 462-468. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.773-774.462
Chinnakurli, R., Adarsha, H., Pramod, S., & Khan, Z. (2013). Tribological Characteristics of Innovative Al6061-Carbon Fibre Rod Metal Matrix Composites. Materials and Design, Volume 50(September 2013), 597-605. doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2013.03.031
Dobson, P., & Khan, Z. (2013). Design considerations for carbon steel pipes materials' selection applied in fossil powered plants subjected to wet-steam flow accelerated- corrosion review paper. Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering, 16, 1-13. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/source/sourceInfo.url?sourceId=12326&origin=recordpage
Denham, L., & Khan, Z. (2013). The prevention of corrosion and corrosion
stress cracking on structural members of
fixed deep sea oil rigs. The Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering, 16, 1-13. Retrieved from http://www.jcse.org/
Saeed, A., Khan, Z., & Montgomery, E. L. (2013). Corrosion Damage Analysis and Material Characterization of Sherman and Centaur – The Historic Military Tanks. Materials Performance and Characterization, 2(1), 1-16. doi:10.1520/MPC20120016
Saeed, A., Khan, Z. A., Nel, M., & Smith, R. (2011). Non destructive material characterisation and material loss evaluation in large historic military vehicles. Insight – Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, 53, 382-386. doi:10.1784/insi.2011.53.7.382
Khan, Z. A., & Zhen, P. J. (2001). Corrosion Fatigue & Remaining Life Assessment Techniques of 16MnR Pressure Vessel Steel (96-918-02-04). Shanghai: Ministry of Labour, Government of the Peoples' Republic of China.
Khan, Z. A., & Zhen, P. J. (2000). Corrosion fatigue of 16Mn pressure vessel steel in H2S environment. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP, 413, 49-54.
Zhen, P. J., & Khan, Z. A. (2000). Pressure Vessel Materials: Handbook (1 ed.). Beijing, PR China: Industrial Equipment and Information Engineering Centre.
BU Academic International Engagement
BU research, Fusion, PG research, Research news Zulfiqar Khan
Asia Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering (ACPEE 2016) has invited Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor) to join as a Technical Committee Member. ACPEE is organised by Hong Kong Society of Mechanical Engineers. The conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 20-22 March 2016.
Renewable Energy Sources and Technology is one of the conference themes. This theme includes topics such as Solar Energy Systems, Wind Energy Systems, Marine Renewable Energy, Energy Management & Environmental issues, Hybrid Power Systems, Distributed & Co-Generation Systems, Biomass Energy and Geothermal Resources, Hydro Power Plants, Hydrogen Systems and Fuel Cells.
Dr Zulfiqar Khan is leading a significant research portfolio in renewable technologies in collaboration with Future Energy Source Ltd and National University of Science & Technology. This includes three PhD degree research projects: 1) Energy Recovery at Thermodynamic Expansion and Thermal Boosting Through Convection in Flat Plate Solar Thermal Systems (match funded by NUST), 2) Experimental investigation and mathematical modelling of dynamic equilibrium of novel thermo fluids for renewable technology applications (fully funded by Future Energy Source Ltd), 3) Research and development in novel alternative renewable energy technology (fully funded by Future Energy Source Ltd) and a recently awarded Post Doctoral Research Assistant PDRA, 3) Modelling & development of thermo-fluids incorporating nano-additives (funded by Future Energy Source Ltd).
ACPEE is an international forum for the dissemination of latest research findings in the fields of Power and Electrical Engineering. The conference will provide a forum for exchange of ideas, networking and initiating collaborations among world leading researchers, engineers and scientists from around the globe.
All submissions will be peer reviewed, accepted papers will be published in the ACPEE 2016 conference Proceedings and will be submitted to IEEE Xplore review.
If you have interests in renewable energy technologies or would like to know more please contact Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor)
BU research in the spot light
BU research, PG research, Research news Zulfiqar Khan
Taylor & Francis one of the major international publishers publishes a list of top 20 most read/downloaded papers in the Journal of Adhesion Science & Technology. Three of the BU's Sustainable Design Research Centre (now Cluster) recent publications are in the top 20 most read publications list, of which one is now the top most read publication.
It is note worthy that most of the publications in the top most read articles have been available since 2012. BU publications have been available since December 2014 and Mar/April 2015.
Current research in corrosion is conducted in collaboration with the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence and led by Dr Zulfiqar Khan. This research focuses on structural deterioration through corrosion, its monitoring and prediction. A second project in collaboration with the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence in wireless corrosion monitoring techniques will start soon.
A recently successful research in collaboration with The Tank Museum at Bovington in corrosion has led to significant contributions and has informed environmental controlled Vehicle Conservation Centre at the Museum.
If you have interests in this area or would like to know more about the corrosion, its implications on structural integrity, longevity, durability & reliability then do contact us.
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BU publications in Taylor & Francis top 20 most read articles
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SDRC has developed a significant research portfolio in collaboration with industrial partners within corrosion, corrosion modelling, corrosion simulation, in-situ and remote corrosion condition monitoring.
SDRC industrial partners in corrosion research include The Tank Museum at Bovington, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence and Wessex Institute of Technology.
SDRC researchers have delivered invited guest speaking on the above topics in corrosion at the University of Oxford, Cranfield University, Institute of Physics and University of Southampton.
This activity also led to organising the 1st BU-International Tank Museums Conference at BU and organising a special session at the recent Contact & Surface conference that included solving corrosion issues through Surface Engineering.
Recent publication "Optimisation of interface roughness and coating thickness to maximise coating–substrate adhesion – a failure prediction and reliability assessment modelling" has made to the top 16th in the top 20 most read Taylor & Francis publications list with 409 article views/downloads.
Another recent publication "Modelling of metal-coating delamination incorporating variable environmental parameters" now stands 2nd in the above list with 1161 article views/downloads.
It is worth noting that the first publication was available since April 13, 2015 and the later publication was available since December 15, 2014. The rest of the papers (except one Feb 7, 2014) in the Taylor & Francis most read articles list were available since April-Aug 2012.
If you have interest in the above research area or would like to know more please visit SDRC webpage or contact
Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor)
BU SDRC Contributions to WIT Contact & Surface 2015 International Conference
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Dr Zulfiqar Khan presenting
Dr Adil Saeed presenting
PGR Hammad Nazir presenting
SDRC Erasmus Mundus Exchange Student Parisa Pashaei presenting
Mark Hadfield – Chairing Surface Engineering Session
BU SDRC Director Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor) organised a special session on "Surface Engineering" at the WIT 2015 Contact and Surface International Conference and contributed as a member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) as a reviewer during 2014-15.
SDRC Professor Mark Hadfield chaired the special session and also helped the conference as a member of the ISAC to support review process.
BU academics and researchers along with the SDRC international partners from Gazi University Turkey contributed presentations and have submitted the following extended full length papers to the WIT International Journal of Computational Methods & Experimental Measurements (CMEM), which are all currently under review for publication.
Khan, Z., Pashaei, P., Bajwa, R., Nazir, M. H., & Cakmak, M. (2015). Fabrication and characterisation of electrodeposited and magnetron sputtered thin films. In Contact and Surface 2015. València, Spain. Retrieved from http://www.wessex.ac.uk/15-conferences/contact-and-surface-2015.html
Saeed, A., Khan, Z., & Hadfield, M. (2015). Performance Evaluation of Surface Protection Applied to Large Vehicles. In Contact and Surface 2015. València, Spain: Wessex Institute, UK. Retrieved from http://www.wessex.ac.uk/15-conferences/contact-and-surface-2015.html
Gultekin, A., Pashaei, P., Khan, Z., Ozturk, M. K., Tamer, M., & Bas, Y. (2015). X-ray and ab initio study of structural, electronic, elastic and optical properties in Be1-xZnxS alloys depending on Vegard's law. In Contact and Surface 2015. València, Spain. Retrieved from http://www.wessex.ac.uk/15-conferences/contact-and-surface-2015.html
Nazir, M. H., Khan, Z. A. (2015). Maximising the Interfacial Fracture Toughness of Thin Coatings and Substrate through Optimisation of Defined Parameters. In Contact and Surface 2015. València, Spain: WIT. Retrieved from http://www.wessex.ac.uk/15-conferences/contact-and-surface-2015.html
WIT is currently collaborating with BU in Corrosion research through a post doc programme Mark Hadfield (PI), Zulfiqar Khan (Co-I) led by Dr Adil Saeed as a post doc researcher.
Corrosion (experimental, modelling and simulation) and Surface Engineering (nano coatings) research within BU SDRC is conducted in collaboration with multinational industrial partners through match funding with significant in-kind experimental support.
For further details on current research activity in SDRC please visit the Centre webpage. If you have interests in these areas and would like to find more please contact Dr Zulfiqar Khan
BU is leading research in areas identified in the top 10 emerging technologies
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The top 10 emerging technologies will significantly influence the future landscape of research council funding, its initiatives, collaborative opportunities and formation of consortiums on global level.
Although service and product based economy is on the rise in the South and South East Asian countries, core Engineering and Technological disciplines have conventional and strategic importance in terms of education and research mainly due to higher employability both in academic and industrial sectors. The number of UG/PG students is usually high with highest tariff points in medicine and engineering.
Key BU partners such as PES University (MoU has been signed, joint Journal and Conference publications, funding proposals have been developed, mutual visits), National University of Science & Technology (match funded PhD studentships), National Institute of Technology (joint publications and organising international conference) and Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology (MoU has been signed, mutual research visits, and education activity through British Council funding) are some, which are a window, to their research and education activity.
SDRC has been leading research and research informed education in collaboration with national and international higher education and industrial partners in major themes of the top 10 emerging technologies.
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMs):
Research in this area is conducted through a PhD programme entitled "In-situ corrosion health monitoring and prediction in military vehicles" in collaboration with a major industrial partner.
Nanomaterials:
This research is performed through two PhD programmes entitled "Developing thin film nano-composite coatings for advanced applications" and "Electroplated composite coatings with incorporated nano particles for tribological systems with the focus on water lubrication". Both these programmes are in collaboration with international HEI and industrial partners.
Advanced Energy Storage And Generation:
Research in this area is supported by industrial and HEI partners through "Energy recovery at thermodynamic expansion and thermal boosting through convection in flat plate solar thermal systems", "Experimental investigation and mathematical modelling of dynamic equilibrium of novel thermo fluids for renewable technology applications" and "Research and development in novel alternative renewable energy technology".
BU is best placed in terms of the above themes that provide a strong foundation to further enhance international collaborations for research and education.
If you would like further information or have interest in any of the above areas please contact Dr Zulfiqar Khan.
BU Academic's Major International Engagement and Esteem
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Dr Zulfiqar Khan FIMechE, CEng, SFHEA
Dr Zulfiqar Khan (Associate Professor), Director Sustainable Design Research Centre SciTech has been invited to Chair Surface Engineering Track at the STLE (Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers) 70th Annual Meeting & Exhibition May 2015.
Zulfiqar is leading the Surface Engineering Technical Committee as Vice-Chair. He is also Technical Editor of Tribology & Lubrication Technology (TLT), STLE's official membership publication. Around 126 STLE members were invited to submit a case for support to become technical editor, only 17 were selected, of whom Zulfiqar is the only non-US member of the technical committee.
He has been actively engaged and making significant contributions to the STLE since May of 2008, as conference track Chair, Vice-chair, Paper Solicitation Chair and is currently leading the selection process of the Surface Engineering 2015 best paper award.
SLTE mission is "to advance the science of tribology and the practice of lubrication engineering in order to foster innovation, improve the performance of equipment and products, conserve resources and protect the environment." [STLE website].
STLE is serving the needs of more than 10, 000 members and over 150 industrial partners within the Tribology & Lubrication Engineering sector. STLE has a 24 member elected board with elected president (annual) who leads STLE as CEO and heads the board as Chair, 23 technical committees and councils and has an annual budget of around 2.25 million USD [STLE website].
If you would like to know more or have interests to get involved please contact Dr Zulfiqar Khan directly.
Taylor & Francis one of the most read publications
Publishing, Research news Zulfiqar Khan
Corrosion in large vehicles in the museum environment
Sustainable Design Research Centre recent publication "Modelling of metal-coating delamination incorporating variable environmental parameters" by Hammad Nazir (PhD student), Dr Zulfiqar Khan and K Stokes (Defence Science & Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence industrial partner) has made it to the most read articles list on the Taylor & Francis website.
This research is co-funded by BU and Defence Science & Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence, with in-kind support from The Tank Museum at Bovington and other industrial partners.
This paper has been available online since December 15th 2014 with 338 downloads/views recorded on Feb 28th 2015.
cathodic delamination, coating delamination, degradation, mathematical modelling, diffusion, adhesion
SDRC Research Seminar Series 2014-15 # 1
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An Example of Research Informed Education
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I have been leading final year Design & Engineering "Advanced Technology & Innovation" unit. This is a 40 credit unit and 50% of the course work is assessed through a research publication.
During this unit the students had the opportunity to choose a topic for research within the area of coatings including nano coatings, structural integrity (corrosion simulation and modelling), thermodynamics, renewable energy and materials. These areas of research are supported through state-of-the-art experimental and analytical resources in Sustainable Design Research Centre and supported by significant industrial collaborations.
Final year design engineering students have been actively engaged with the research activity and were successful in publishing the following journal (open access) and conference papers.
Grover, M., & Khan, Z. (2014). The Comparison on Tool Wear, Surface Finish and Geometric Accuracy when turning EN8 Steel in Wet and Dry Conditions. In M. Grover (Ed.), World Congress on Engineering 2014: The 2014 International Conference of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management (pp. 1093-1097). Imperial College London: Newswood Limited International Association of Engineers. Retrieved from http://www.iaeng.org/WCE2014/index.html
Wilton-Smith, K., Khan, Z., Saeed, A., & Hadfield, M. (2014). Accelerated Corrosion tests of Waste-gated Turbocharger's Adjustable and Fixed End Links. In High Performance and Optimum Design of Structures and Materials Vol. 137 (pp. 501-508). Southampton: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK. doi: 10.2495/HPSM140461
Denham, L., & Khan, Z. (2013). The prevention of corrosion and corrosion
stress cracking on structural members of
fixed deep sea oil rigs. The Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering, 16, 1-13. Retrieved from http://www.jcse.org/
The paper "The Comparison on Tool Wear, Surface Finish and Geometric Accuracy when turning EN8 Steel in Wet and Dry Conditions" was accepted in the World Congress on Engineering 2014 organised by International Association of Engineers (IAENG) at the Imperial College London 2-4 July 2014. This paper was presented at the conference. This paper has now been selected to be contributed as a book chapter which will be published by Springer.
"We are happy to inform you that Springer has invited us to publish the edited book [ Transactions on Engineering Technologies – World Congress on Engineering 2014] for our WCE 2014 and we are now inviting our WCE 2014 conference participants of selected papers for the edited book." [extract from invitation].
SDRC newly appointed visiting professor
Fusion Zulfiqar Khan
SDRC has developed significant portfolio of industrially funded research, national and international collaborations and visiting faculty. BU has recently appointed Professor Bob Cripps as visiting professor.
He is currently a Director of Longitude Consulting Engineering part of London Offshore Consultants (LOC) which was established to provide independent, high quality marine and engineering consultancy to the shipping and offshore industries.
Professor Cripps was previously Director Engineering College for BAE Systems Surface Ships responsible for developing and maintaining BAE Systems Surface Ships academic and engineering reputation as being world class and he was responsible for setting up University Technology Partnerships at six key UK universities.
Prior to this, Professor Cripps was Technical Director at VT Halmatic responsible for all technical aspects including boat design/engineering and composite development. He was Engineering Manager at RNLI for 18 years responsible for the design and development of all classes of lifeboat (offshore and inshore), launching equipment and moorings. He was instrumental in the development of the latest generation of lifeboats namely, Severn, Trent, Tamar and Atlantic 85 class lifeboats. He was also responsible for all research and development undertaken by the RNLI and he established the Advanced Technology Partnership between the RNLI and the University of Southampton in 2000.
Professor Cripps is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in the Principles of Engineering Design at the University of Southampton. He is well known for his work in the design and development of small craft and the use of composite materials in marine applications and this was recognised with the award of an Honorary Doctor of Engineering from Bournemouth University in 2005. Particular areas of interest and expertise are the development and integration of methods and processes to enable designers to utilise latest technical developments simply at an early stage of the design process.
Professor Cripps was instrumental in introducing different NDE methods into the construction and in-service inspection of composites hulls and this was recognised by The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing with the 2002 NEMET Award for outstanding examples of effective use of NDT.
He was a Senior Ship Surveyor with Lloyds Register of Shipping for nearly 13 years in the Research and Development Group and the Plan Approval Department. Graduating in 1976 from University of Southampton with a BSc.(Hons) Ship Science, Professor Cripps is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (FRINA), Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (FIMarEST), Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI), a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and European Engineer (EurIng).
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Fury: Brad Pitt and BU Research meet at the cross roads
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Brad Pitt's new movie "Fury" which is soon to be released is based upon a story in the 2nd World War. Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank in this movie.
Some of the scenes of this movie were filmed in The Tank Museum Bovington mainly on two historically significant tanks the Sherman and Tiger 1. These are the same tanks which were subjects of SRDC widely published research by Adil Saeed (lead researcher), Zulfiqar Khan, Mark Hadfield and Richard (supervisors). These tanks can be seen in action in the movie trailer Brad Pitt – FURY in around 2 minutes and 26 seconds.
This movie reflects the importance of our research that "how can we preserve vehicles in a valuable state for the benefit of society for lengths of time that far exceed the basis any normal design intent". As with the imminent centenaries of the First World War and the passing of the Generation that fought in the Second World War, the conservation of significantly degrading vehicle collections has taken on a new importance.
The Tank Museum at Bovington is arguably one of the largest museums in the world. There is a collection of over 300 historic military vehicles with historic significance. Structural deterioration through corrosion, corrosion fatigue, stress corrosion cracking and mechanical failures are a threat to these vehicles in terms of conservation.
Tiger and Sherman are some of the prominent collections. The only operational Tiger tank in the world is currently at The Tank Museum at Bovington. These artefacts had to be conserved sustainably while operating modestly to enthuse spectators during the annual Tank Fest, other events and engaging new generation in science, technology and maths through the interactive ingenuity of the early 20th century to develop mechanical engineering design solutions and above all conserve them sustainably for the future generations to come.
Team from the Sustainable Design Research Centre with The Tank Museum, academics from Oxbridge, Bath, Cardiff universities and stakeholders from industry met in 2008-09 at the Tank Museum to discuss/brain storm on how to develop a framework. This will allow to formulate sustainable methodology of conserving these vehicles.
These early discussions incubated The Tank Museum match funded (£25K + £3600) PhD programme in "Sustainable Methodology of Conserving Historic Vehicles". The successful completion of the project provided an understanding of military vehicle conservation from a predominantly technical viewpoint.
The research between BU and The Tank Museum was focused to address increasing problems of corrosion and component failures in The Tank Museum military tanks including the Tiger 1, Sherman, Centaur, King Tiger, Wolverine M10 and BT – R 60, which have significant cultural, heritage and historical value.
This research has delivered immense impact through scientific findings and benefits to the British Heritage. Research led by Dr Adil Saeed with supervisory team Zulfiqar Khan, Mark Hadfield and Richard Smith has delivered a framework of condition monitoring and conservation of ageing military vehicles. This is the first kind of research which has resulted in the development of new conservation facility, installation of relative humidity and temperature monitoring sensors, live-corrosion condition monitoring sensors and the implementation of a control environment.
The findings have also attracted international industrial players in corrosion, structural deterioration and materials' characterisation, who have been involved through in-kind support such as NASA Materials Testing and Corrosion Control Branch (joint research publication), Systems Technology, PANalytical Ltd, Analatom, PMI Analytical, Carl-Zeiss Cambridge and West-Dean Chichester (in kind support totalling £21Kl) in experimental resources.
The successful delivery of this project produced measurable significant societal and academic impacts. Defence Science and Testing Laboratories (DSTL), Ministry of Defence is match funding (£22.5K) PhD studentship in "In-situ corrosion health monitoring and prediction in military vehicles" (Dr Khan PI).
This work led to collaborative research postdoctoral research programme in "Polarisation and Coating Data research" with Wessex Institute of Technology. This work is led by Dr Adil Saeed as postdoc researcher, Mark Hadfield & Zulfiqar Khan (PI, Co-I) and Professor Carlos A. Brebbia and Dr Robert A Adey from WIT.
A first BU-Tank Museums EU Conference was held at BU on Monday 2nd July 2012. The following participated in a hugely successful conference
The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK
Oxford University, UK
Military Museum, Munster Panzer Museum, Germany
Finnish Tank Museum, Finland
Swedish Tank Museum, Sweden
Belgian Military Museum
Military Museum, Dresden, Germany
Sustainable Design Research Centre has developed advanced labs which will play a significant role in future research. This is a major source of raising BU profile as International leader in Structural Integrity.
Level C Design Methods & Projects (40 credit unit led by Dr Khan) in Design Engineering course benefits from research informed education through their live project (50% of course work) in collaboration with The Tank Museum.
A newly developed level M unit "Structural Integrity" (20 credit led by M Koohgilani) will benefit from this research.
If you would like to know more about this research or SDRC activities in research, education and professional practice please contact
Energy Scarcity and the Role of Renewable Technologies
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BU Festival of Learning
Date: Friday 13 June
Venue: EB306 (Bournemouth University Executive Business Centre)
European initiative to generate 20% in the total energy supply from renewable sources by 2020 leads to a strong need for research and development of low carbon technologies. For the successful delivery of this objective through a sustainable mechanism wider community and stakeholders' engagement is important.
The proposed event will initiate discussion and understanding of the energy issues, sustainability and potentials of providing engineering and technological solutions to generate energy through solar thermal, tidal, fluvial and wind turbines. The potentials of generating heat energy through heat pumps will also be discussed. It is also important to fully understand and assess the socio-economic, political, geographical and environmental implications of the future needs of energy and supply chain.
This event will provide a networking opportunity for public engagement, local/regional businesses, government, community and local council representatives, cross-channel collaborators, academics and researchers.
Brief presentations from the Renewable Energy and Technology theme will be delivered. There will be a number of key interventions from local advocates for and against the proposed theme.
The audience will then be invited to ask questions from the panellists to learn more about the issues around topic.
18:00 Arrival, Registration, Informal Networking
18:30 Presentation: BU Sustainable Design Research Centre's Community Engagement, Research & Education activities in Renewable Technologies – Dr Zulfiqar Khan
18:50 Q&A
19:00 Introduction of Q&A Panel – Professor Mark Hadfield (Host)
19:05 Q&A session with panel– Professor Mark Hadfield (Host)
19:35 Informal Networking
For further info and how to book for the event please visit following links
Event Lead/Organiser: Dr Zulfiqar Khan
Dr Zulfiqar Khan is leading Sustainable Design Research Centre (SDRC) as Director. He has interests in Nano-materials/tech, tribology, durability of interacting systems through surface engineering, corrosion, corrosion simulation and modelling, solar thermal technologies and mechanical current devices. SDRC has developed a significant portfolio of research (fully funded/match funded research projects), education (UG Design Engineering live projects) and professional practice (joint collaborative industrial projects, engagement with professional institutions/forums) within Renewable Technology.
Panel Host: Professor Mark Hadfield
Deputy Dean Research, Enterprise & Internationalisation
Professor Mark Hadfield has been the Deputy Dean REI for almost five years and a Professor at Bournemouth for ten years. During the last five years he has led research within the School which includes Computing, Psychology and Engineering at a period of changing academic emphasis. He joined Bournemouth University in 1997 as a Senior Lecturer teaching Materials and Manufacture and also started an MSc programme in the area of sustainable product design. During this period he has received grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, The Royal Academy of Engineering, international research centres, charities and industry.
Panel Member: Pete West
Renewable Energy Development Officer
Dorset County Council
Pete West has 10 years' previous experience as Renewable Energy Project Manager at not-for-profit energy advice centres in West Wales and Gloucestershire. During that time he worked on projects covering energy crops, wood fuel, locally owned wind turbines, training for renewable energy installers and community sustainable energy.
Pete was also a member of the management board of the Danish-based International Network for Sustainable Energy and has extensive renewable energy contacts in a number of European countries.
He has been employed as Dorset County Council Renewable Energy Development Officer since 2008 and whilst in post has been secretary of the Dorset Energy Partnership's Community Sustainable Energy Group, Planning Working Group and Bioenergy Working Group.
He has led Dorset County Council's participation in a number of successful European funding bids to support sustainable energy in Dorset.
Panel Member: Dr Nigel Garland
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Technology
A member of the Sustainable Design Research Centre, Nigel's areas of interest include tribology and sustainable system design. He has developed new technical models in the area beyond the "eco-design" philosophies of environmental and economic impacts to focus upon the long term success of projects through social usefulness and effective resource utilisation.
If you would like more information about this event, Sustainable Design Research Centre or have any question please contact
Dr Zulfiqar Khan Associate Professor
Sustainable Design Research Centre
Faculty of Science & Technology SciTech
Bournemouth University Poole House – 330
Dorset, BH12 5BB, UK
zkhan@bournemouth.ac.uk
Sustainable Design Research Centre New Experimental Resources for Research & Education
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Newly Added and Commissioned Experimental Resources for Research & Education
The following new equipment have been recently added to the lab resources for both research & education. Two PhD research projects in Renewable Technology (Heat Transfer and Thermodynamic Expansion) and one Research Assistant within SDRC are fully funded by industrial partner FES Ltd [Dr Zulfiqar Khan, PI]. This research informs education within the Design & Engineering Framework, MEng Programme, through Level I Thermo-fluids & Heat Transfer (20 Credit) unit led by Dr Zulfiqar Khan.
These equipment are significant addition for enhancing students' experience and providing a vehicle for realising BU Fusion initiative.
The experimentation stand can be used to investigate pipe frictional losses with laminar and turbulent flows. The pipe section is a brass pipe with an internal diameter of 3 mm. The distance between the pressure measuring fittings and thus the length of the experimental pipe section is 400 mm.
The pressure losses for laminar flow are measured using a water manometer. The static pressure difference is displayed. A head tank is available to create a laminar flow and ensures a constant water inlet pressure in the pipe section at a constant water level.
For turbulent flow, the pressure difference is measured using a dial manometer. The head tank is not used to create a turbulent flow. The water is fed directly into the pipe section from the water supply via a bypass. The flow is adjusted using shut-off valves at the beginning and end of the pipe. The water supply is provided either by the Basic Hydraulics Module or from the mains supply in the laboratory.
BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE DEMONSTRATOR
The equipment is used to investigate Bernoulli's law. The measurement object is a Venturi nozzle with six pressure measurement points. The six static pressures are displayed on a board with six water pressure gauges. The overall pressure can also be measured at various locations in the Venturi nozzle and indicated on a second water pressure gauge. Measurement is by way of a probe which can be moved axially with respect to the Venturi nozzle. The probe is sealed by way of a compression gland. Water is supplied either from the Fluid Mechanics Basic Module or from the laboratory mains.
The equipment enables a closed water circuit to be constructed.
Possible experiments:
Demonstration of Bernoulli's law
Pressure measurements along Venturi nozzle
Determination of flow rate factor K
[The above information are provided by GUNT Publication-no.: 917.000 01 A 150 12 (A) Experiment instructions HM 150.01 Pipe Friction Apparatus & Experiment Instructions HM 150.07 Bernoulli's Principle Demonstrator].
If you have interest in Renewable Technology research & education and would like to find more about the activities within the Sustainable Design Research Centre, then please contact.


Building sandcastles is child's play. Who has not built them either at the beach or in a sandbox in the backyard. A dream world of make-believe in your fingertips, a personal kingdom fashioned just to your liking and desires. Sandcastles – big, small, elaborate or just a row of simple pillars made from upside-down buckets of wet sand. Some things never change. The dreams just get deeper and more intense.
Cities of the world are built of the same stuff. Sand is the principle ingredient of concrete and glass. Skyscrapers are basically pillars of sand reaching the heavens, lifting and supporting its building occupants high above the earth. And the older we get it seems we prefer them bigger, higher and with fancier street names and fashionable zip codes.
Nimrod was in the sandcastle business big time. The Bible refers to him as a "mighty hunter". A mighty hunter not of the earth, but "before the LORD". We never read anywhere where he ever hunted and killed an animal. But, he surely hunted after good real estate. There are nine cities listed in Genesis 10 attributed to him. And the man picked some prime real estate to build the greatest sandcastle of his day, what is commonly referred to as the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:9).
Jesus knows all things. He knew about this innate tendency within us to build sandcastles. You see, building them is easy for us. The material is plentiful, easily obtained, cheap and the results appear before our eyes almost instantaneously.
Building sandcastles and playing in a sandbox is a regulated industry. Within the sandbox are rules and regulations to follow.
1. Play nice. Consider who you are playing with and who invited you here.
2. Stay on your side of the line and don't play in my sand. Play in your own sand.
3. Don't ever wreck or touch my work and sand creations. And I won't touch yours either.
4. Never, never, never offend me by throwing sand, especially in my eyes!
Jesus came to this earth not to deal with its sand, Jesus came to this earth with the distinct intention of dealing with souls. Jesus came with the anticipation of life waiting to happen – abundant life. How we fall so short sometimes in realizing God's expectations of us and how we fall short in realizing our expectations of God. There was one man in particular mentioned in the Bible who "got it". His name was Abraham.
A city built on rock and not sand.
The Apostle Paul referred to many things as "My": Gospel, Service, Helpers, Life, Kinsmen, Fellowprisoners, God, Brethren, Ways, Spirit, Work, Will, Liberty, Understanding, Soul, Joy, Children, Conversation, Body, Prayers, Record, Bonds, and Doctrine. Paul never penned the words "My Church".
Jesus is the only one to refer to the church as "Mine". God's church is His mighty fortress on the earth. The opening scripture shows the enemy's strategy to point attention to kingdoms made of and built upon "sand" – sandcastles. What castle am I building today, the one on earth or the one forged upon 'The Rock' Christ Jesus spanning both earth and heaven?
Excellent! The sandcastles we pride ourselves on building will all fall to pieces. But the Rock will remain.


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Home Hospitals Apollo TeleHealth bags British Standards Institution Certification
Apollo TeleHealth bags British Standards Institution Certification
On Friday, December 10th, Apollo TeleHealth, a unit of the Apollo Hospitals group that has stayed engaged in telemedicine for two decades, became the "1st ever organisation in the world to attain the certification of ISO 13131:2021" presented by the British Standards Institution (BSI).
Led by Apollo Hospitals group founder and chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy along with Preetha Reddy, his eldest daughter and the executive vice chairperson at Apollo and Sangita Reddy, his youngest daughter and the joint managing director at Apollo addressed a press meeting along with the group's other senior business leaders.
A note circulated by the hospitals group says: "the ISO 13131:2021 offers recommendations on standards that can be used to help in the development of telehealth services, the responsibility for developing appropriate guidelines for each health service remains with each organisation."
In response to a question from Financial Express Online, Sangita Reddy said this did not mean a fundamental shift in its remote access towards a greater dependence on the digital medium with a local service provider model from the original 'Apollo Reach' model where it had plans to set up hospitals across several tier II cities and towns.
"Both will co-exist – one if a B2C for the patient connect and the other is a B2B model." She said, "very soon we will have connected devices for further monitoring, like we already do with cardiac assessments. In the advanced care, tele- pathology, tele-radiology, e-ICU, video-consults are all services that come under advanced telehealth, which is a B2B or a service provider to Apollo and here we have multiple connections."
She said, "today, we are managing over 200 ICU beds which are outside of an Apollo Hospital. These formats will continue to grow. On the use of echo-machine in cardiac care where a physical presence by a specialist is essential, she said, "the certification becomes critical because the standard of transmission is very important. The intervention and the quality of the bandwidth and here we are committed to using the highest standards, ensuring a quality transmission, putting in a standard electronic health record."
Apparently, a qualified radiologist can telemonitor and telementor technicians who can do a real time doppler ultrasound that be controlled by a radiologist located hundreds of miles away. She also added that "we also have telemedicine technicians and teleradiology technicians and training our own echo technicians to do this all
remotely."
She said, today, "India has a significant advantage and that is high quality human resources at cost- effective prices and therefore our chairman Dr Reddy says a young India will be taking care of a graying world." Apollo Hospitals as a group hasretained focus on six major tier 1 cities – Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi and has presence across around a dozen tier II cities and towns.
"Our business is providing medical care and assistance to millions of people around the country and worldwide. Therefore, it is vital that we employ strict processes to ensure quality in the delivery of telehealth services. We invest
heavily in quality programmes and this certification recognises our industry leadership in developing and deploying user-friendly technological solutions and the high standard for medical services across our platform. By achieving
certification of ISO 13131:2021, Apollo TeleHealth has demonstrated that it has adopted best practice for its telehealth services, a requirement for delivering safe healthcare from a distance," Dr. Prathap C. Reddy was quoted in the note issued by the group.
Sangita Reddy added that "today, Apollo TeleHealth has emerged as India's single largest turnkey provider in the area of telemedicine with over 800 public health centres, over 100 franchised teleclinics and point of presence through 350,000 common service centres, and rapidly expanding to other geographies."
Institution Certification
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Q: If jquery DropDown selected value is "y/n" update textfield I want to update a text box when a drop down is either select to Yes or No.  The code I have checks it the is an option for Y or N. How to I check  which value is selected?
html
<select id="SelectionFlag" name="SelectionFlag">
<option value="">Select one</option>
<option selected="selected" value="Y">Yes</option>
<option value="N">No</option>
</select>

jquery
 $("#SelectionFlag").change(function () {
                var currentYear = (new Date).getFullYear();
                alert(currentYear + 1);
                if ($("#SelectionFlag").value = "N") {

                    $("#TermDate").val("12/31/" + currentYear);
                }
                if($("#SelectionFlag").value = "Y")
                {
                    $("#EffectiveDate").val("12/31/" + (currentYear + 1));
                }
            });

A: Change your IF statements to:
if ($("#SelectionFlag").val() == "N")

and
if ($("#SelectionFlag").val() == "Y")

A: $("#SelectionFlag").change(function() {
    var currentYear = (new Date).getFullYear();
    // alert(currentYear + 1);
    if ($(this).val() == "N") {
        $("#TermDate").val("12/31/" + currentYear);
    } else if ($(this).val() == "Y") {
        $("#EffectiveDate").val("12/31/" + (currentYear + 1));
    }
});

http://jsfiddle.net/mblase75/n4Ggz/

A: replace $("#SelectionFlag").value with $("#SelectionFlag").val()


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Officials clear early morning incident at Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, no injuries reported
MT. PLEASANT, S.C (WCBD) – Officials responded to an early morning reported structure fire at a local Mt. Pleasant hotel.
According to dispatch, the call for a structure fire came in at 4:42 a.m. for the Charleston Harbor Resort – Harborside Hotel on Patriots Point Rd.
Multiple agencies were on the scene responding to the incident including the Mt. Pleasant Police Department and Mt. Pleasant Fire Department.
News 2 crews reported seeing smoke coming from the area just before 5:00 a.m. All guests were evacuated as officials worked to determine the cause of the smell of smoke and smoke on the scene.
Authorities reported at 5:50 a.m. that employees and guests were being allowed back into the building after they were able to isolate the incident.
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One of the major themes at the 2014 African Epilepsy Congress was the role of traditional healers in the treatment of epilepsy. Although no one knows for sure, it is likely that the majority of people with epilepsy go to these caregivers who are established and respected members of their communities. There are many reasons why people who have had seizures consult traditional healers first. The African Epilepsy Congress brought together practitioners of traditional and modern medicine in a single venue to discuss their differing points of view on the causes for the disease and how it might be treated. The discussions provided extraordinary insights into the patients' beliefs about their disease, the implication of the disease within the community, and their understanding of how the disease should be treated.
In preparing this article, I interviewed two traditional healers: Gugu Ngubane and Gugu Madlakes who work in the countryside around Cape Town, South Africa; Ms Johannan Keikelame, a social worker who has done a number of studies on the role of traditional healers in treating epilepsy in rural South Africa; and Professor Daliwonga Magazi, a pediatric neurologist from the University of Limpopo, South Africa.
All agreed that the importance of the traditional healers arises from the complex beliefs about the causes of epilepsy, which influences the interpretation of the disease and how it should be treated. Traditional healers define epilepsy as a disease caused by confusion of brain nerves, and the actual seizure is the action done by the person when sick with epilepsy, a sickness that is always present and active. Many consider a person with epilepsy to be possessed and the condition is often viewed as punishment for wrongdoings of the family. However, in some cases a person may be convulsing for a greater good. In these cases the convulsions could be an attempt to remove bad spirits surrounding the family, and by convulsing, the bad spirits are removed. In other cases the convulsions may be a calling from the ancestors for that person to be a traditional healer. Until that person accepts the calling, the convulsions will continue. The definition and the belief about the possible causes are the same for a child and an adult, but the causes most often have a spiritual basis.
Although the spiritual causes have a major position in the traditional beliefs about the basis of epilepsy, there are other, more sinister forces that may bring the illness about. Witchcraft, bewitchment, poisoning, the presence of an evil spirit, or the casting of a spell on a family by someone who is jealous are all considered possible causes of epilepsy. In this theory of disease there are forces inside the afflicted person that fight with the blood and cause the disease.
These beliefs play a major role in people's choices of treatment. They choose to follow traditional treatment paths in part because they believe that traditional medicines work well in people with epilepsy, and the natural history of seizures and epilepsy may help support the beliefs. For febrile seizures, there may be only a single seizure, so treatment appears effective. Some forms of epilepsy have only rare seizures, so again treatment may appear effective. If the basis for the seizures is believed to be witchcraft or possession by evil spirits, the treatment must be more spiritual, and that treatment cannot be delivered in a hospital. Ultimately many people choose to seek help from the traditional healers because they believe that epilepsy must be treated by traditional medicine.
Although the lack of access to modern medicines often plays a significant role in people's seeking help from traditional healers, people also don't go to hospital because it often appears that modern medicine does not work and doctors prescribe the same medication every time and the seizures still persist. There is often the expectation that the modern medicines will cure the disease, so when the medication runs out or people stop taking the drug, the seizures return, so they see little benefit from the medicine or the effort to obtain it. Still, some people believe that occasionally modern medicines do work to treat seizures. However, if evil spirits are diagnosed as the cause then the spirit has to be removed first by a traditional healer before medications can work. For some patients who have what would be diagnosed by modern practitioners as psychogenic seizures, it is quite possible that traditional practices could be far more effective than modern. There are no data on this potential area of better efficacy of traditional practice.
Traditional medicine can have an important role in the treatment of epilepsy when used together with modern approaches. The local healers can help identify patients in the community and refer them to a hospital. Some practitioners believe that some of the traditional medicines have a true anticonvulsant effect, while others believe that some mix of western anticonvulsants with traditional medicines will be more effective. It is important to remember that traditional healers have a very strong influence on their local community, and they may play a huge role in reducing the stigma of epilepsy in the community. They do sometimes refer patients to hospitals and clinics. Once they have removed the evil spirit, the patient can be referred to a hospital. Some healers feel that once a patient sustains a burn from a seizure then that patient can no longer be treated by traditional medicine and has to be referred to a hospital.
Another reason for going to a traditional healer is the difficulty in accessing modern medicine from a village. There are no adequate local support services, and it can be very expensive to travel to the health facility. Further, the family may be required to purchase expensive medicines and pay for expensive tests, although no comparison has been made between the costs of traditional versus modern medicine. The traditional healers may also be preferred because they have a more holistic approach and occasionally visit the family for history-taking. Even when the family does not have money, the patient will be treated and the family will thank the traditional healer later. These local practitioners will not advertise, because patients will come based on recommendations by other people who have been treated by them.
In developing the much-needed infrastructure for epilepsy care, it is likely that the traditional healers will play a role. They are trusted by the local community, and they work within the local belief system of the causes and treatments of epilepsy. It may be best, until conditions in the communities change significantly, that traditional healers be educated in the basics of epilepsy care and that the medical community work in partnership with them.
In Senegal the neurologists have given day-long workshops with the traditional healers as part of a broader outreach to improve knowledge and care about the disease. These workshops were built around a respect for the position and role that these local leaders have in their communities as well as the recognition that the healers could become important partners. The healers were receptive to the western concepts about epilepsy. Although it remains unclear how these new relationships between traditional and modern will evolve, these workshops have come at a time when epilepsy and seizures have risen from seventh on the list of reasons for referral to hospitals to second.
In a region of the world with limited medical resources this collaboration with the recognized community medical professionals may provide new avenues to providing much needed access to care for people with epilepsy. Perhaps the key to this successful collaboration is the development of a respectful partnership with the traditional healers. They often play a major role in transitioning people with epilepsy from the older, more spiritual understanding of the epilepsies to the current neurobiological concepts of the disease.
Dr Edward Kija is a consultant Pediatrician and a Lecturer from Muhimbili University in Tanzania currently doing a Fellowship in Pediatric Neurology at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Capetown, South Africa supported by the African Pediatric Fellowship Program. He did his undergraduate and postgraduate training in Tanzania at the University of Dar es Salaam and Muhimbili University, respectively. He has been working as a consultant Pediatrician for the Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania since 2011.
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