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iTrend Project Hardware Upgrade
As part of our activities on iTrend Phase 4, I’m upgrading our hardware to have wireless capability, with the dialysis sensors communicating to a central server.
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iTrend Research Programme Phase 4
The iTrend Project (Intelligent Technologies for Renal Dialysis) is a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving the University of Derby, the University of Nottingham’s School of Medicine and the Royal Derby Hospital. Its aim is to improve long-term outcomes for patients with end-stage renal failure receiving dialysis treatment.
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iTrend/DIAMONDS presentation at Kidney Research UK conference
Driving Discoveries 2024: Accelerating Research 4-5 September 2024, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nottingham. The DIAMONDS trial and optimising dialysis. Professor Nicholas Selby, professor of nephrology, Royal Derby Hospital and University of Nottingham Prof Nick Selby will be presenting on activity and achievements since 2017 on the iTrend (Intelligent Technologies for Renal Dialysis) and DIAMONDS (Dialysis Monitoring…
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November 2003 (14 day) Royal Society funded lecture tour of Taiwan Universities and research centres – “EV system intelligent design by multiobjective methodologies”
In November 2003, I was still a Junior Lecturer in Control Systems in the Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group at the University of Sheffield. I had the opportunity to join my great friend Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu on a 14 day Royal Society funded lecture tour of University and EV research centres in Taiwan
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Thermal management and control of permanent magnet synchronous motors
The research programme started with the EPSRC funded FPEC Free Piston Energy Converter project which I led from Sheffield University, and Prof Rui Chen led from the University of Loughborough. Our industrial partner was Lotus Engineering
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Real-time Prognostics, Diagnostics and Failure Mode Computation and Control for Complex Flight Power Systems and Actuators
In this article, the multi-objective design of a fuzzy logic augmented flight controller for a high performance fighter jet (the Lockheed-Martin F16) is described. A fuzzy logic controller is designed and its membership functions tuned by genetic algorithms in order to design a roll, pitch, and yaw flight controller with enhanced manoeuverability which still retains…
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EU Framework 6 More Open Electrical Technologies (MOET) for the More Electric Aircraft
Optimised power systems, electrical machines, architecture and energy storage for the More Electric Aircraft A broad portfolio of funded programme activities, with collaborators including Rolls-Royce, Goodrich, EADS, QinetiQ, Airbus etc.
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iTrend Intelligent Technologies for Renal Dialysis Publications
Current publications (April 2024) from iTrend Intelligent Technologies for Renal Dialysis research programme
Prof Paul Stewart - University of Derby UK 