Ongoing Projects

Ongoing projects cover a broad range of engineering sectors, including research and co-creation activities in STEM education. A list of key projects in each relevant area is provided in the table below.

Research Sector	Research Project	QMCUR Undergraduate Researchers	Project Supervisor
Aerospace Engineering	Hybrid Airplane Propellers for Sustainable Air Travel: A Path Towards Climate-Neutral Aviation	Ms Emma Nicolai	Dr Hussain Ali-Abid
	Principles and Design of Single-Stage Rocketry: Strategies for Achieving 3 km Apogee	Mr Noah Leigh
	Development of Novel Surface Textures to Reduce Aerodynamic Drag	Ms Jarifa Shah Mr Arrin Fernandes	Dr Kshitij Sabnis
Mechanical Engineering	‘Sway and Play’: The Mathematics of Playground Swinging	Mr Barbaros Zeren Mr Yash Vaghela	Dr Rehan Shah
	‘String and Spin': Investigating the Dynamics of Yo-Yo Tricks	Mr Muhie Al-Haimus Ms Allegra Celesia
Robotic Engineering	Adaptive Soft Robotics Inspired Cap For Electroencephalography: A preliminary Study	Mr Rayyan Abhram	Dr Thilina Lalitharatne
	Development of Soft Optical Tactile Sensors	Mr Akash Sivananthan	Dr Abu Bakar Dawood
	Optimising a stiffness-controllable sensing tip	Mr Arvin Tharumalingam Mr Hashir Hamid
	Development of a Caulk-Dispensing Robot	Mr Nikita Topolskis	Dr Kethao Zhang
	Development of a controllable robotic breast phantom for palpation training	Ms Tanishta Ramlall	Dr Thilina Lalitharatne
Biomedical engineering	DLP-printable Microfluidics for Microvasculature Tissue Modelling	Mr Jake Seah	Prof Julien Gautrot
	Detection of Altered Vertebral Biomechanics induced by Prostate Cancer Treatments	Mr Enrico Maria Gigantino	Dr Stefan Verbruggen
	Lattice Boltzmann Method for Blood Flow Simulation with Machine Learning Integration	Ms Medha Shringari	Prof Rob Kram
	Personalised cardiac modelling to simulate atrial fibrillation and treatments	Ms Tasneem Hussain	Dr Alexander Zolotarev
	Predicting Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Outcome with Digital Twins	Ms Kiane Johnson
	Mechanical Characterization and Modelling of Elastomeric Wound Dressings	Ms Prapti Shrestha	Dr Marco Pensalfini
	Vascular Smooth Muscle Mechanosensing	Ms Nina Serwin	Prof Thomas Iskratch
Materials Science and Engineering	Investigating Charging and Discharging Rates of Lithium-ion Batteries through Graphite Alignment	Mr Limbani Mbedwe	Dr Salvatore Grasso
	Characterisation of Electrically Active Defects in Solids	Ms Michaela Lastovickova	Dr Giuseppe Viola
	Data Sonification as a Pedagogical Tool for Teaching Blind People NMR Chemistry	Ms Michaela Lastovickova	Prof Stoyan Smoukov
	Development of Epidermal Dressings with Strain Sensing and Wound Recovery Properties Fabricated by Green Technologies	Ms Paloma Miranda Cipriano	Dr Dimitrios Papageorgiou
STEM Education	Cross-National Mathematical Skills Inventory for Engineers	Mr Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy	Dr Rehan Shah
	‘Squashing Bugs not Snakes’: Developing Students’ Programming Proficiency through Co-Creation of a Python Toolkit	Mr Yash Vaghela Mr Muhie Al-Haimus Mr Ilan Sivagnanamoothy
	Making Diversity Count: Empowering Students in the Co-Creation of Inclusive STEM Curricula	Ms Ava Belafonte Ms Allegra Celesia
	Embedding Ethics and Sustainability in Mathematics Courses	Ms Meherun Soud Ms Malmi Mahagamage
Industrial and Technological Systems	The Processing Ceiling: Impact of Northern Health and Sustainability Policies on African Cashew Producers	Ms Hana Emma Hadidi	Dr Jae-Hwan Park
	Successful Processed Agriculture Industry Based on Sustainable Development in Thailand.	Mr Aryan Bhatnagar
	Interactive Creation of a New Form of Cluster – The Case of Felixstowe Port City, UK	Mr David Dennis Buck