Research Output

2025

Publications

  • Alexander Zolotarev*, Kiane Johnson, Yusuf Mohammad, Omnia Alwazzan, Greg Slabaugh, Caroline Roney*: "Synthetic Fibrosis Distributions for Data Augmentation in Predicting Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Outcomes: an In-silico Study", Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (in press). Supervisor: Dr Alexander Zolotarev, Dr Caroline Roney.

Conferences

British Conference of Undergraduate Research (9-10th April 2025), Newcastle University)

  • Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy: "Cross-National Development of a Competency-Oriented Assessment Instrument in Engineering Mathematics", Oral Presentation. (Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah).
  • Kiane Johnson: "Predicting Atrial Fibrilllation Treatment Outcomes with Digital Twins", Poster. (Supervisors: Dr Alexander Zolotarev, Dr Caroline Roney).
  • David Dennis Buck: "Felixstowe's Transformation: The Industrial and Regional Evolution of a Port City (1960-2024)", Oral Presentation. (Supervisor: Dr Jae-Hwan Park).
  • Ava Dahlia Belafonte: "Making Diversity 'Count': Empowering Students through Co-creation of Inclusive STEM Curricula", Oral Presentation. (Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah).
  • Fasika Bekele: "Sustainable Production of Living Microalgal Paint", Oral Presentation + Poster. (Supervisor: Dr Jincheng Wu).

Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today (15-16th March, University of Greenwich)

  • Barbaros Zeren, Yash Vaghela: "Childhood in Motion: Mathematical Insights into Playground Swings", Oral Presentation. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Muhie Al Haimus, Allegra Celesia: "String and Spin: The Mathematics of Yo-Yo Tricks", Oral Presentation. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.

evasys Student Engagement Conference (26thFebruary 2025, University of Westminster)

  • Ava Dahlia Belafonte, Allegra Celesia: "Making diversity count: empowering students through inclusive STEM curricula", Poster.  Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Muhie Al-Haimus, Yash Vaghela, Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy: "'Squashing bugs not snakes': designing a Python toolkit to develop students’ programming proficiency", Poster. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.

The London Student Sustainability Conference (26thFebruary 2025, University of Westminster)

  • Malmi Mahagamage, Meherun Soud: "Embedding sustainability in mathematics modules", Oral Presentation. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.

Research showcase events

Posters in Parliament (5th March 2025, UK Parliament)

  • Jarifa Tasnim Shah, Arrin Fernandes: "Development of Novel Surface Textures to Reduce Aerodynamic Drag". Supervisor: Dr Kshitij Sabnis.

  • Balvinder Dhillon, Seagull Presanna Nithyanandam, Bohdan Skulimovskyi, Charmaine Winky Wong, Ria Chandarana, Tamas Attila Hajdu, Jensen Jill Rajesh, Rindhiya Vishnu Shankar, Ella Miller, Shayan Usman, Antoni Kocan: "Seeing Through Touch: A Method for Navigation of the Visually Impaired". Supervisor: Prof Lei Su.

Posters at the Industrial Liaison Forum (5th March 2025, Queen Mary University of London)

2024

Conferences

CRISPR VIP Symposium (13th December 2024, University of Westminster)

Presentations

  • Balvinder Dhillon, Ella Miller, Rindhiya Vishnusankar, Charmaine Wong, Seagull Vennila, Tamas Attila Hajdu, Bohdan Skulimovskyi: "Developing a Low-Cost Vision Assistance System for Vacant Seat Identification in Public Transportation". Supervisor: Prof Lei Su.
  • Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy, Alexandra Werth, Rehan Shah: "Towards a Cross-National Mathematical Skills Inventory for Engineers". Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Olivia Bogathy, Filip Roch: "Student-led activities in synthetic biology at QMUL".
  • Arvin Tharumalingam, Hashir Hamid, Abu Bakr Dawood: "Development of a controllable vision-based sensor". Supervisor: Abu Bakr Dawood.
  • Muhie Al-Haimus, Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy, Yash Vaghela, Rehan Shah: "'Squashing bugs not snakes': developing students programming proficiency by the co-creation of a python toolkit". Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Saituran Nadipineni, Chenhao Hong, Tanishtha Ramlall, Chapa Sirithunge, Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne: "Exploring the Intersections of Human Emotions, Soft Robotics and Arts". Supervisor: Dr Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne.
  • Noah Leigh: "Reflections on the benefits of epistemology in science-making endeavours".

Undergraduate Research Forum (23rd-25th October 2024, Queen Mary University of London)

Presentations

  • Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy, Yash Vaghela and Muhie Al-Haimus: “Squashing bugs not snakes: developing students’ programming proficiency through co-creation of a Python toolkit”. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Hana Hadidi: “The Processing Ceiling: Impact of Northern Health and Sustainability Policies on African Cashew Producers”. Supervisor: Dr Jae Hwan Park.
  • Enrico Gigantino: “Altered vertebral biomechanics in prostate cancer patients using phantom and phantom-less calibrations”. Supervisor: Dr Stefaan Verbruggen.
  • Michaela Lastovickova: “Data sonification as a pedagogical tool for teaching blind people NMR chemistry”. Supervisor: Prof Stoyan Smoukov.
  • Noah Leigh: “Principles and Design of Single-Stage Rocketry: Strategies for Achieving 3 km Apogee”. Supervisor: Dr Hussain Ali Abid.
  • Emma Nicolai: “Optimizing Hybrid Airplane Propellers for Sustainable Air Travel: A Path Towards Climate-Neutral Aviation”. Supervisor: Dr Hussain Ali Abid.
  • Kiane Johnson: “Predicting Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Outcome with Digital Twins”. Supervisor: Dr Alexander Zolotarev, Dr Caroline Roney. 
  • Jake Seah: “DLP-printable Microfluidics for Microvasculature Tissue Modelling”. Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot.
  • Akash Sivananthan: “Designing a novel optical stiffness probe for Minimally Invasive Surgery”. Supervisor: Abu Bakr Dawood.
  • Barbaros Zeren and Yash Vaghela: “’Sway and Play’: The Mathematics of Playground Swinging”. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Muhie Al-Haimus and Allegra Celesia: “Investigating the dynamics of a yo-yo”.  Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.

BioMedEng2024 (5-6th September 2024, Queen Mary University of London)

  • Jake Seah, Davide Carta, Daniel Hayer, Hossein Heidari, Julien Gautrot: “DLP Printing of Chips for Microvascularized Tissue Models”, Poster. Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot.
  • Enrico Gigantino, Fiona Gibson, Stefaan Verbruggen: “Altered Biomechanics Analysis of Prostate Cancer Patients Using Phantom and Phantomless Densitometric Calibrations”, Poster. Supervisor: Dr Stefaan Verbruggen.

British Conference of Undergraduate Research (25-26th April 2024, School of Economics and Political Science, London)

  • Barbaros Zeren, Yash Vaghela, Rehan Shah: "Sway and Play: The Mathematics of Playground Swinging", Oral presentation. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Emma Nicolai, Hussain Ali Abid: "Optimizing Hybrid Airplane Propellers for Sustainable Air Travel: A Path Towards Climate-Neutral Aviation", Oral presentation. Supervisor: Dr Hussain Ali Abid.
  • Xiang Li, Jesus Vazquez Chavez: "Enhancing Electrical Conductivity in Polyaniline (PANI): A Comprehensive Study on Doping from Acids to Metal Halides and Embedding Carbon Dots for Advanced Applications", Oral presentation + poster. Supervisor: Mr Jesus Vazquez Chavez.

Tomorrow’s Mathematicians Today (9-10th March 2024, University of Greenwich Maths Centre)

  • Barbaros Zeren, Yash Vaghela, Rehan Shah: "Sway and Play: The Mathematics of Playground Swinging", Oral presentation. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.

Research showcase events

Posters at the Industrial Liaison Forum (5th November 2024, Queen Mary University of London)

  • Arrin Erral Fernandes,  Jarifa Tasnim Shah, Kshitij Sabnis: "Development of Novel Surface Textures to Reduce Aerodynamic Drag". Supervisor: Dr Kshitij Sabnis.
  • Jake Seah, D. Carta, D. Hayer, H. Heidari, J.E. Gautrot: “DLP Printing of Chips for Microvascularised Tissue Models”. Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot.
  • Limbani Konwani Mdebwe, Salvatore Grasso, Shahad Alfadhli: “Investigating Charging and Discharging Rates of Lithium-Ion Batteries through Graphite Alignment”. Supervisor: Dr Salvatore Grasso.
  • Emma Nicolai: “Modelling Orbital Dynamics of Swarm Satellite Constellations”.
  • Barbaros Zeren, Yash Vaghela, Rehan Shah: “‘Sway and Play’: The Mathematics of Playground Swinging”. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Muhie Al-Haimus, Allegra Celesia, Rehan Shah: “‘String and Spin’: Investigating the Dynamics of Yo-Yo Tricks”. Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.

Posters at the Industrial Liaison Forum (6th March 2024, Queen Mary University of London)

  • Barbaros Zeren, Yash Vaghela, Rehan Shah: "Sway and Play: The Mathematics of Playground Swinging". Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.
  • Fasika Bekele, Harry Bhadeshia: "Investigation of order configurations in gaseous systems". Supervisor: Prof Harry Bhadeshia.
  • Jake Seah, Julien Gautrot, Davide Carta, Daniel Hayer: "DLP Printing of Chips for Microvascularised Tissue Models". Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot.
  • Rayyan Abhram, Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne: "Adaptive Soft Robotics Inspired Cap For Electroencephalography: A preliminary Study". Supervisor: Dr Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne.
  • Tasneem Maria Hussain, Caroline Roney: "Personalized Cardiac Modelling to Improve Outcomes of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation". Supervisor: Dr Alexander Zolotarev.
  • Xiang Li, Jesús Vázquez-Chávez, Ana Sobrido: "Synthesis of polyaniline with urea-based carbon dots for pseudocapacitance energy storage". Supervisor: Mr Jesus Vazquez Chavez.
  • Enrico Maria Gigantino, Stefaan Verbruggen, Fiona Gibson: "Altered biomechanics analysis of prostate cancer patients by using phantom and phantom-less densitometric calibrations". Supervisor: Dr Stefaan Verbruggen.

Posters in Parliament (28th February 2024, UK Parliament)

  • Enrico Maria Gigantino, Stefaan Verbruggen, Fiona Gibson: "Altered biomechanics analysis of prostate cancer patients by using phantom and phantom-less densitometric calibrations". Supervisor: Dr Stefaan Verbruggen.
  • Ava Dahlia Belafonte, Rehan Shah: "Diversifying and decolonizing the curriculum". Supervisor: Dr Rehan Shah.

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