Engineering
Research
Conference
2014
The Faculty of Engineering, University of Malta is organising a three-day research conference.
The event is intended to showcase research carried out at the Faculty through presentations and a poster session, delivered by postgraduate students reading for Master of Science.
ELT, ENGINEERING BUILDING
WED 9 APRIL - FRI 11 APRIL
REGISTRATION FEE: Free
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 6 APRIL 2014
Registration: michael.spiteri
@ um.edu.mt

Engineering
Research
Conference
2014
Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
08:00 - 08:45 Registration and coffee
08:45 - 09:00 Opening address - Dr John Betts
(Dean, Faculty of Engineering)
12:00 - 12:30 Micallef Marisa - Load and Motion
Analysis of a Floating Wind Monitoring Mast in
Deep Sea
12:30 - 13:30 Poster session and lunch break
09:00 - 09:30 Agius Damian - Classical Methods of
Determining Wing Lift Distribution
09:30 - 10:00 Axisa Redeemer - Structural
Evaluation and Testing of a Multiple-Bladed Wind
Turbine Prototype
10:00 - 10:30 Azzopardi Jean Paul - Analysis of
Spark Ignition Engine Down Sizing
13:30 - 14:00 Pace Luke - Stretching Behaviour of
Polymer Materials during Pattern-Heated
Thermoforming
14:00 - 14:30 Zahra Keith - An Investigation of
Influences of Nozzle Design on the Injection
Moulding of Thermoset Elastomers
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
14:30 - 15:00 Zammit Annemarie - Engineering
Stress Analysis using Photostress and
Computational Techniques
11:00 - 11:30 Cuschieri Kurt - The Influence of
Floating Structure Dynamics on the Energy Yield
Characteristics of Floating Turbines
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Galea Gary - Modelling
Fluid-Structure Interaction on Vertical Axis Wind
Turbine Blades
15:30 - 16:30 Rounding up - Panel board chaired by Dr John Betts (Dean, Faculty of Engineering) registration fee: FREE
Registration deadline: 6 APRIL 2014
Registration: michael.spiteri
@ um.edu.mt

Engineering
Research
Conference
2014
Metallurgy & Materials Engineering
08:00 - 08:45 Registration and coffee
08:45 - 09:00 Opening address - Dr Joseph Buhagiar
(ENR 5007 Coordinator)
09:00 - 09:30 Abela Chris - Investigating the
Thermal Properties of Novel Polymer-Diamond
Composites
09:30 - 10:00 Bonello Thelma - Investigation of
Duplex PIRAC-PVD Coated Ti-6Al-4V
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Brincat Nicholas - Tribological
Enhancement of Biomedical Stainless Steel using
Duplex Surface Treatments
11:00 - 11:30 Cortis Michelle - Biocompatibility testing of PIRAC Treated Titanium Material
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30 Maniscalco Shaun - S-phase Surface
Engineering for Longer Lasting Metal-on-Metal
Implants: A Tribocorrosion Evaluation
12:30 - 13:00 Scerri Antonella - Study of Corrosion
Response of PIRAC Treated Titanium Alloy in a Body
Simulated Fluid
13:00 - 14:00 Poster session and lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Rounding up - Panel board chaired by Dr Joseph Buhagiar (ENR 5007 Coordinator) registration fee: FREE
Registration deadline: 6 APRIL 2014
Registration: michael.spiteri
@ um.edu.mt

Engineering
Research
Conference
2014
Electrical Engineering
08:00 - 08:45 Registration and coffee
08:45 - 09:00 Opening address - Dr Maurice Apap
(Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering)
09:00 - 09:30 Azzopardi Shawn - Emulator Test Rig for the Control and Grid Interfacing of Wave Energy
Converters
09:30 - 10:00 Bartolo Terence Moses - Sensorless
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for
Scroll Compressors in Heat Pump Applications
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Flórez Luna Néstor - Electronics to
Cognition
11:00 - 11:30 Borg Dora Lee - A Study of Autonomic
Control for Intelligent Traffic Junctions
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30 Gauci Norbert - Assistive
Environmental Control Based on VEPs
12:30 - 13:00 Zammit David - AC Motor Integrated
Inverter Drive for Industrial Applications
13:00 - 14:00 Poster session and lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 Rounding up - Panel board chaired by Dr Maurice Apap (Deputy Dean, Faculty of
Engineering) registration fee: FREE
Registration deadline: 6 APRIL 2014
Registration: michael.spiteri
@ um.edu.mt