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Projects
Cloud Computing for Planetary Defense
Hugh Lewis, Kenji Takeda (Investigators), Steven Johnston
We demonstrate how a cloud-based computing architecture can be used for planetary defense and space situational awareness (SSA). We show how utility compute can facilitate both a financially economical and highly scalable solution for space debris and near-earth object impact analysis. As we improve our ability to track smaller space objects, and satellite collisions occur, the volume of objects being tracked vastly increases, increasing computational demands. Propagating trajectories and calculating conjunctions becomes increasingly time critical, thus requiring an architecture which can scale with demand. The extension of this to tackle the problem of a future near-earth object impact is discussed, and how cloud computing can play a key role in this civilisation-threatening scenario.
OCCASION: Overcoming Capacity Constraints - A Simulation Integrated with Optimisation for Nodes
Tolga Bektas (Investigator)
OCCASION is a collaboration between TRG and the Schools of Mathematics and Management. The project's objective is to identify and investigate innovative methods of increasing the capacity of nodes (i.e. junctions and stations) on the railway network, without substantial investment in additional infrastructure. To this end, a state-of-the-art review of recent and ongoing work in this area will be conducted, followed by the development of tools to (i) assess existing levels of capacity utilisation at nodes, and (ii) investigate options for re-routeing and re-scheduling trains, with a view to reducing capacity utilisation levels. These tools will be used in combination to develop solutions delivering reduced levels of capacity utilisation, and thus increases in capacity and/or service reliability. Incremental changes to existing railway technologies (e.g. improved points) and operating practice (e.g. relaxations of the Rules of the Plan) will be investigated, as will concepts from other modes (e.g. road and air transport) and sectors (e.g. production scheduling).
Porcupine Basin Project
Louise Watremez
The Porcupine Basin is a narrow failed rift, offshore SW Ireland, featuring extreme crustal thinning. The M61/2 survey (May 2004, T. Reston and B. O'Reilly) allowed for the acquisition of seismic refraction data across and along the basin, along 5 transects. The processing of the data along these transects will give us information about the crustal structure across the basin, faulting due to the crustal extension, nature of the upper-mantle, etc. This project is funded by Petroleum Infrastructure Programme (PIP).
Real-time CFD for helicopter flight simulation
Kenji Takeda (Investigator), James Kenny
Project aims to show how real-time computational fluid dynamics (CFD) could be used to improve the realism of helicopter flight simulators.
ยต-VIS Computed Tomography Centre
Ian Sinclair, Richard Boardman, Dmitry Grinev, Philipp Thurner, Simon Cox, Jeremy Frey, Mark Spearing, Kenji Takeda (Investigators)
A dedicated centre for computed tomography (CT) at Southampton, providing complete support for 3D imaging science, serving Engineering, Biomedical, Environmental and Archaeological Sciences. The centre encompasses five complementary scanning systems supporting resolutions down to 200nm and imaging volumes in excess of one metre: from a matchstick to a tree trunk, from an ant's wing to a gas turbine blade.
People
Tolga BektasProfessor, Management (FBL)
Simon CoxProfessor, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Jeremy FreyProfessor, Chemistry (FNES)
Ian SinclairProfessor, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Mark SpearingProfessor, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Hugh LewisLecturer, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Philipp ThurnerLecturer, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Richard BoardmanSenior Research Fellow, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Philip WilliamsonSenior Research Fellow, Biological Sciences (FNES)
Btissam Er-RahmadiResearch Fellow, Management (FBL)
Dmitry GrinevResearch Fellow, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Steven JohnstonResearch Fellow, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Louise WatremezResearch Fellow, Ocean & Earth Science (FNES)
Anastasia EleftheriouPostgraduate Research Student, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)
Tom HebbronPostgraduate Research Student, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)
Nicholas HillPostgraduate Research Student, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)
Alex JamesPostgraduate Research Student, Institute of Sound & Vibration Research (FEE)
Sam ManghamPostgraduate Research Student, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)
James SnowdonPostgraduate Research Student, Civil Engineering & the Environment (FEE)
Camillia ZedanPostgraduate Research Student, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)
Petrina ButlerAdministrative Staff, Research and Innovation Services
Kondwani KanjereAlumnus, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
James KennyAlumnus, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Mohsen MesgarpourAlumnus, University of Southampton
Kenji TakedaAlumnus, Engineering Sciences (FEE)
Shanthi NagarajanExternal Member, Korea Institute of Science and Technology