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    Prelim. Progr. PGR Conf 2015-21.08

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    The document summarizes the program for a two-day postgraduate research conference on civil engineering hosted by the School of Civil Engineering. The conference will take place on September 8-9, 2015 in rooms 5 and 6 of the Student Union Building and will include keynote speeches, student presentations on civil engineering topics, and a poster competition. Presentation topics on the first day include disaster relief shelters, concrete durability, masonry retrofitting, and precast concrete connections. The second day will focus on transportation engineering topics such as the Crossrail project, driver distraction, and bus rapid transit.

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    The document summarizes the program for a two-day postgraduate research conference on civil engineering hosted by the School of Civil Engineering. The conference will take place on September 8-9, 2015 in rooms 5 and 6 of the Student Union Building and will include keynote speeches, student presentations on civil engineering topics, and a poster competition. Presentation topics on the first day include disaster relief shelters, concrete durability, masonry retrofitting, and precast concrete connections. The second day will focus on transportation engineering topics such as the Crossrail project, driver distraction, and bus rapid transit.

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    The document summarizes the program for a two-day postgraduate research conference on civil engineering hosted by the School of Civil Engineering. The conference will take place on September 8-9, 2015 in rooms 5 and 6 of the Student Union Building and will include keynote speeches, student presentations on civil engineering topics, and a poster competition. Presentation topics on the first day include disaster relief shelters, concrete durability, masonry retrofitting, and precast concrete connections. The second day will focus on transportation engineering topics such as the Crossrail project, driver distraction, and bus rapid transit.

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    The document summarizes the program for a two-day postgraduate research conference on civil engineering hosted by the School of Civil Engineering. The conference will take place on September 8-9, 2015 in rooms 5 and 6 of the Student Union Building and will include keynote speeches, student presentations on civil engineering topics, and a poster competition. Presentation topics on the first day include disaster relief shelters, concrete durability, masonry retrofitting, and precast concrete connections. The second day will focus on transportation engineering topics such as the Crossrail project, driver distraction, and bus rapid transit.

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    PGR Students Conference 2015

    School of Civil Engineering


    Venue: Student Union Building, Rooms 5 & 6
    Dates: 8th 9th September 2015

    CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
    Tuesday, 8th September 2015

    Time

    Topic

    10:50 11:10

    Registration
    Welcome Speech, Professor Catherine Noakes (Director of Research, School of Civil
    Engineering) TBC
    Keynote presentation. Dr Pazit Ziv water@leeds: water@leeds: Interdisciplinary
    Approaches for Interdisciplinary Challenges
    Coffee break

    11:10 11:25

    Life Cycle of Disaster Relief Shelters - Abdulrahman Bashawri

    11:25 11:40

    12:25 13:25

    Effects of Improper Curing on Concrete Durability - Olusola Idowu


    Retrofitting of masonry walls by using a mortar joint technique; experiments and numerical
    validation - Chuanlin Wang
    An Experimental Study on Precast Concrete Beam-to-Column Connections Using Interlocking Bars
    under Static Monotonic Loading - Vera A. Noorhidana
    Long-Term Behaviour of Debonded Reinforced Concrete Beams under Sustained and Repeated
    Loading - Sultan Daud
    Lunch

    13:25 13:35

    Introductory speech Dr Doug Stewart (Director of iPHEE.)

    9:00 9:40
    9:40 10:00
    10:00 10:50

    11:40 11:55
    11:55 12:10
    12:10 12:25

    15:30 15:45

    Keynote presentation. Dr Isabel Douterelo - University of Sheffield: Methodological approaches


    for studying the microbial ecology of drinking water ecosystems
    Characterization of the microbial community present in a water distribution network from a tropical
    country Carolina Montoya-Pachongo
    Coffee break
    Effect of sand filtering media thickness on the performance of faecal sludge drying bed - Musa
    Manga
    Pilot-scale evaluation of wood chip-based biofilters for mitigation of odour, ammonia, hydrogen
    sulphide and bioaerosols from enclosed waste management facilities - Ikpe Ibanga
    Urbanisation Impact on Runoff and Fluvial Flood Plain Areas - Pelin Sertyesilisik

    15:45 16:30

    Poster competition (see list of selected posters on the last page)

    13:35 14:25
    14:25 14:40
    14:40 15:00
    15:00 15:15
    15:15 15:30

    PGR Students Conference 2015


    School of Civil Engineering
    Venue: Student Union Building, Rooms 5 & 6
    Dates: 8th 9th September 2015
    Wednesday, 9th September 2015

    Time

    Topic

    9:30 9:40

    Introductory speech Dr Leon Black (Director of iRI)

    9:40 10:30

    Keynote presentation. Dr Ral Fuentes Institute of Resilient Infrastructure: Hot


    & cold, wet & dry, hard & soft a sensorial introduction to geomechanics

    10:30 10:45 Crossrail project: what problems does it solve? - Mohamed H. Elmahroug
    10:45 11:05

    Coffee break

    11:05 11:15 Introductory speech Prof Greg Marsden (Director of ITS)


    Keynote presentation. Dr Charisma Choudhury Institute of Transport Studies:
    Transport Modelling Using Emerging Data Sources
    Eyes Off the Road; a Computational Model of Visual Distraction and its Effects on
    12:05 12:20
    Driving - Panagiotis Spyridakos
    Driver Distraction During Vehicle Automation: How Does Driver Engagement Affect
    12:20 12:35
    Resumption Of Control? - Tyron Louw
    12:35 13:35
    Lunch
    11:15 12:05

    13:35 13:50 PGRT report Dr Miller Alonso Camargo-Valero (PGRT Civil Engineering)
    13:50 14:05

    Understanding power relations in the development of bus rapid transit in Quito, Ecuador
    - Alvaro Guzmn-Jaramillo

    14:05 14:20

    Road Users Perception and Attitudes as a Barrier to Cycle in Mexico City - Magda
    Cepeda-Zorrilla

    14:20 14:35 Improving Risk Management in Megaprojects - Mustafa Al-Shammaa


    14:35 14:55

    Coffee break

    Influence of temperature on the reactivity and durability of slag blended cements Okiemute Ogirigbo
    Performance of Textile Reinforced Concrete retrofitted RC beams under cyclic loading 15:10 15:25
    Georgios Kampisios
    15:25 15:40 Coupled SPH-DEM Model for Fluid-Structure Interaction - Ke Wu
    14:55 15:10

    15:40 15:55 Acoustic emission modelling in a rock sample - Rizgar Maolod


    15:55 16:10 Limestone-Slag Interaction in Composite Cements - Samuel Adu-Amankwah
    16:10 16:35

    Closure speech, Professor P. A. M. Basheer, Civil Engineering Head of the


    School (TBC) Awards to best poster and best presentation

    --- Note: Changes in this programme may be made on the day ---

    Selected posters for exhibition


    ID

    Institute

    Title
    Modelling Flow Transition for Intermittent Water Supply with EPA
    SWMM 5
    A new candidate for low energy nutrient recovery from
    wastewater for the UK: a possible alternative to chemical
    treatment with added benefits?

    iPHEE

    iPHEE

    iPHEE

    iPHEE

    iPHEE

    iPHEE

    iPHEE

    iRI

    iRI

    10

    iRI

    Microstructure and Phase Assemblage of Low-Clinker Cements


    during Early-Stages of Carbonation

    Julia Herterich

    11

    iRI

    Initiating civil engineering infrastructure projects: a new approach

    Mohamed H. Elmahroug

    12

    iRI

    Electroosmosis treatment on a composite soil

    Developing CFD simulations of personalised ventilation systems


    Hydrothermal Processes as an Alternative to Conventional
    Sewage Sludge Management
    Potential Implementation of Heterotrophic and Phototrophic
    Microalgae Cultivation for Nutrient Recovery in Wastewater
    Treatment Works
    Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium Using Organic Substrates
    Multi-composting as a tool to produce compost from olive mill waste
    as a substitute for growing strawberries in the UK
    Matching the Systemic Organisation Capability of the Public
    Sector to the Complexity of the Project or Programme Delivery
    Environment
    Inadequacies of Existing Techniques for Predicting the Behavior
    of Edge Restrained Reinforced Concrete Members

    Author
    Habeeb Sirajo Muhammad
    Jaimie Paterson
    Natalie Gilkeson
    Christian Israel AragnBriceo
    Cigdem Oz
    Suha Al-Dmour
    Natasha Mortimer
    Abdulaziz Alobaid
    Muhammad Kashif Shehzad

    Maher Z. Mohammed

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