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Glass & Façade Technology Research Group

 

Current Postgraduate Research Projects

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Novel composite connections for Glass structures

Efstratios Volakos

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Arup

Koemmerling

Seele

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A new generation of Adaptive Facades

Michalis Michael

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Complex façade design and construction

Florence Maskell

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Newtecnic Ltd

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Regenerative approach to facade engineering with a focus on end-of-life challenges

Rebecca Hartwell

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Façade Impulse

Alessandra Luna Navarro

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Arup

Permasteelisa

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Gauging Occupant Wellbeing Through Facial Emotions

Mark Allen

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FRP-Based High-Performance Building Envelopes Isabelle Paparo PDF

Friedrich -Ebert-Stiftung

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Integrated Early-Stage Design and Manufacture of Façades Jacopo Montali PDF

Laing O'Rourke 

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Switchable Thermal Insulation: theory and application

 

Hanxiao Cui PDF Cambridge CSC International Scholarship

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Post Fracture Performance of Laminated Glass Caroline Butchart PDF EPSRC

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Completed Postgraduate Research Projects

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Load Bearing Connections for Free-Form Building Envelopes Marco Doná PDF Publications
Stressed-Skin Glass Structures Kyriaki Datsiou PDF Publications
Adhesively-bonded GFRP-glass sandwich structures Carlos Pascual Agulló PDF Publication 1

 

Bi-tempered glass Marco Zaccaria PDF

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Design and Optimisation of Adaptive Building Façades Fabio Favoino PDF

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 Wind loading on glass façades

Kenneth Zammit PDF

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Steel-Glass Composite Structures

Shelton Nhamoinesu PDF

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A Building Envelope Information Model for an Integrated Design and Construction of facades Eleanor Voss PDF

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Novel Glass-to-metal and Glass-to-glass structural joints for Architectural Applications James Watson PDF

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A Multi-objective Selection and Design Optimisation Tool for High-performance Glazed Facades Qian Jin PDF

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Close the Door Campaign Murat Basarir

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Analysis and Optimization of the Structural and Thermal Performance of Facade Panels Philippe Willareth PDF

 

MEng Research Activities

Time Project Name Researcher Project Info Publications

2014-2015

Freeform Curved Façades
Hannah Church
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2014-2015
Steel-glass Composite Compression Structures
Matthew Clarke
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2013-2014 Glass Repair Tom Poole PDF Project report
2013-2014 GFRP-Glass Composite Structures Susannah Benson PDF -
2013-2014 GFRP Curved Surfaces Madalina Aghinitei PDF -
2012-2013 The effect of joint width on stresses in a single lap adhesive shear joint Jennifer Li PDF -
2012-2013 Transparent Structures Chris Cavanagh - -
2012-2013 Snapthrough of Rombus Panels Jonny Sole PDF -
2012-2013 Towards a frame-integrated Glazing Unit Hao Li PDF Project report
2010-2011 The Carbon Negative Building Envelope Richard Boyd PDF Publication 1
2010-2011 Transparent Structures - Bolted Glass Fangyuan Cheng PDF
2010-2011 Cold Bent Glass Zhaohong Lu PDF
2009-2010 Composite Glass Structures Simon Bateman PDF
2009-2010 Investigating the Energy Efficiency of a Victorian Terraced House Philip Yorke PDF
2009-2010 Smart Building Envelopes  Mark Beevor Project report
2008-2009 Actively Controlled High Performance Insulation Alex Muir PDF
2008-2009 Novel High-strength Joints for Glass Structures Wilson Lai PDF
2008-2009 Post-fracture Behaviour of Laminated Glass Esther Gordon-Smith

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2008-2009 An Investigation into a Complex Masonry Facade James Watson

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