THE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
“Communicating Research to a wider audience”
23 June 2014: Wilberforce Building
9.00-9.30
Arrivals and Registration: refreshments and registration desk in the
West Concourse (near Zucchini’s, Wilberforce upper level)
9.30
Welcome by Professor Ian Pashby, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
Engagement
Wilberforce LT15
9.45-11.00
Student Presentations (15 minutes each): Panels 1-3
11.00-11.15 Tea and Coffee Break: Wilberforce West Concourse
11.15-12.00 Keynote lecture: ‘Engagement to Impact’: Jamie Gallagher,
Public Engagement Officer, University of Glasgow: Wilberforce LT15
12.00-1.00
Lunch and Poster Exhibition: Leslie Downs Lecture Theatre, Ferens
Building: Vote for your favourite poster!
1.00-2.15
Student Presentations: Panels 4-5
2.15-2.30
Short break
2.30-3.30
Student Presentations: Panels 6-7
3.30
Closing Comments; Poster Awards: Wilberforce LT15
End
Presentation Panels
Panel 1) Education: Wilberforce LR9 [Chair: Thamer Almahboub]
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Faisal Alsuiadi: ‘Parental perceptions of quality in public and private school in
Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia

Pip McDonald: ‘How is Social Justice Framed in Contemporary Higher
Education?’
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Sulaiman Alshathri: ‘Evaluating the Effectiveness of the blended learning
experience in Saudi electronic University from Male Students’ Perceptions’
Panel 2) Chemistry and Engineering: Wilberforce LT 15 [Chair: Kevin
Fancey]
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Srinivas Reddy Komandla: ‘Carbosilane End-Group Fluoroterphenyls as
potential Ferroelectric Host Materials’
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Bing Wang, ‘’Process Optimization of Viscoelastically Prestressed Plymeric
Matrix Composites’

Rami Pasha: ‘Synthesis and Properties of Novel Liquid Crystal Materials with
Bulky Terminal Chain for Ferroelectric Display’

Ahmed Althobaiti (Newcastle), ‘Reduction of the ripple in the current of a
three-phase PV inverter connected to the grid by using PR controller’
Panel 3) Cognitive, Health and Social Issues: Wilberforce LT12 [Chair: Amel
Alnooh]
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Ghada Zamka: ‘A Cognitive Approach on how children construct and
understand the concept of death as scientific knowledge’

Paraskevi Zafeiridi: ‘Subjective and Objective measures on cognitive ageing’

Damien O. Gleadall-Siddall: ‘Effectiveness of a six-week high-intensity interval
training programme on cardiometabolic markers in sedentary males’

Rafaela Vasiliadou: “Reactive drug metabolites generated by EC/MS”
Panel 4: Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving: Wilberforce LT12 [Chair: Damien
Gleadall-Siddall]
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Nick Potter: ‘Problem-Solving: Strategies, Solutions, Successes’
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Darren Woodward: ‘A Critical Examination of the Reintegration of SexOffenders in the Community’

Sohag Kabir: ‘Hierarchical Safety Analysis Using State Machines’
Panel 5: Heathcare: Wilberforce LT15 [Chair: Valerie Sanders]

Selorm Mensah Yevu: ‘Some discursive effects of professional and social
capital frameworks among primary healthcare providers: a teamworking
critique’

Murad A. Sawalha: ‘Understanding Factors influencing paediatric nurses’
compliance with standard precautions: a qualitative study’

Adbullah Abdulbasit Almilaibary: ‘HIV testing barriers (systematic literature
search)’
Panel 6: Business: Wilberforce LT12 [Chair: Rizwan Ahmed]

Tong Fu: ‘An exploration of ex-post contract adjustment under Public-Private
Partnership with special investigation of the transportation industry’

Mustafa Affi Bin Ab Halim: ‘Consumer Rights and Legal Protections in Halal
Food: A Proposal’

Guoxin (Moona) Ma: ‘What Happens to the Psychological Contract when
Injustice is Implicit within the Work Relationship? An Exploratory Study of
Chinese “Atypical” Workers
Panel 7: Sustainability: Wilberforce LT15 [Chair: Valerie Sanders]

Zhen Yu: ‘Sustainability in urban-industrial China’

Eid Algarni: ‘Informing the Development of Land Use Policies that Support
Sustainable Planning’

Lucy Rose Wright: ‘The Sustainability of Community Food Production
Projects: Case Studies From the Ground Up’