Programme
10th November 2015
Tuesday
10thwillNovember
All presentations
be delivered in
G08, Ground Floor, Chadwick Building
10.00 am
Tea/Coffee & networking, G04, Ground floor, Chadwick Building
10.30 am
Welcome and overview of USAR, Dr Helena Titheridge
10.45 am
Viable and scalable reuse in construction: the case of upcycling waste
wood to make cross-laminated timber, Colin Rose
11.00 am
Scaling up the solar energy revolution in Africa through improved
remote monitoring and customer satisfaction of decentralized systems,
Iwona Bisaga
11.15am
What are the perceived effects of the use of sustainability rating
systems on the sustainability outcomes of a civil engineering project?,
Shiela Birungi
11.30am
Usefulness of acoustic indices to measure biodiversity in urban areas,
Alison Fairbrass
11.45am
Flexible scheduling of London’s water supply system expansion,
Ivana Huskova
12 noon
Networking lunch & poster session, Chadwick G04
1.30pm
Practices of Sustainability Certification: A Case Study near Eastleigh,
UK, Lewis Sullivan
1.45pm
An evaluation of the viability of ICT based tools for use by local
authorities in the provision of Water and Sanitation for the urban poor,
Vera Bukachi
2.00pm
Fluid bed gasification – plasma converter process generating energy
from solid waste: assessment of sulphur species, Shane Morrin
2.15pm
Everyday Water Practices’ of the Urban Poor in Kisumu, Kenya,
Stephanie Butcher
2.30pm
Star presentation: Developing a Geo-Spatial Agent-based model to
Understand Relief Distribution During Flood Emergencies in the UK,
Kurtis Garbutt
3.00pm
Break
3.25pm
Human Energy Harvesting in the Urban Environment,
Dr Julius Partridge, USAR EngD Graduate
3.40pm
Industry Guest Presentation: Delivering without compromising,
Kate Young, CH2M
4.20pm
Closing remarks, Dr John Twigg
4.30pm
Drinks Reception, Chadwick G04