Festival of PhD Research Showcasing and Celebrating Excellence 5th June 2018, campus

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW NB There are parallel sessions at Jordanstown campus

9.00am Arrival & Registration 16G36 9.15am Welcome 16G42 Professor Marie Murphy Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of Doctoral College

Official Opening of Festival for PhD Research 2018 Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Impact), 9.30am Festival Keynote 16G42 Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Impact), Ulster University 10.00am Session 1: PhD Researcher Presentations 16G42 Theme: Sustainability (1) Co-Chairs: Professor Hui Wang and Jordan Vincent, PhD Researcher 11.00am Launch of PURE for PhD Researchers 16G42 New Research Portal for Academic Staff and PhD Researchers 11.15am Coffee break 16G36 Posters 11.30am Parallel Session 2a: PhD Researcher Presentations 16G45 Theme: Creativity and Culture Co-Chairs: Dr Justin Magee and Ailie O’Hagan, PhD Researcher

Parallel Session 2b: PhD Researcher Presentations 16G42 Theme: Healthy Communities Co-Chairs: Professor Marie Murphy and Anne Johnston, PhD Researcher 12.45pm Lunch 16G36 Posters 1.45pm Parallel Session 3a: PhD Researcher Presentations 16G45 Theme: Sustainability Co-Chairs: Professor Jane Zheng and Bronagh Quigley

Parallel Session 3b: PhD Researcher Presentations 16G42 Theme: Social Renewal Co-Chairs: Professor Brandon Hamber and Selbi Durdiyeva 2.45/3pm Coffee break 16G36 Posters 3.15pm Session 4: PhD Researcher Presentations 16G42 Theme: Healthy Communities Co-Chairs: Dr Carla McCabe and Josh Williamson, PhD Researcher 4.30pm Wine Reception and Buffet with Presentation of Prizes & Close of The Doc Jordanstown Festival The Doc @ Jordanstown 6.00pm Depart for Street Art Tour with Omar El Masri, PhD Researcher at 6.30pm City Free transport to Belfast City Centre departing at 6.00pm from Commercial Centre Block entrance to University, beside the Sports Centre main entrance. To book your place, please email [email protected] with ‘Bus Booking’ in title.

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VENUE: 16G42 and 16G45

FULL PROGRAMME

9.00am Arrival and Registration

9.15am Welcome Professor Marie Murphy Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of Doctoral College

Official Opening of Festival for PhD Research 2018 Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Impact), Ulster University

9.30am Festival Keynote Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Impact), Ulster University

SESSION 1 PhD Researcher Presentations on SUSTAINABILITY (1) Co-Chairs: • Professor Hui Wang, School of Computing and Computing Science Research Institute) • Jordan Vincent (PhD Researcher, School of Computing) 10.00am Jason Ferguson School of Built Environment, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Airfield Groove Enveloping of an ASTM Friction Tyre Under Laboratory Conditions

10.05am Musah Iddrisu Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Ulster Business School Recent Forms of Innovation in Credit Unions in the Island of Ireland

10.15am Shvan Karim School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems Astrobyte: A scalable multiple FPGA P2latform for accelerating simulations of Spiking Astrocyte Neural Networks

10.25am Luke Oakes School of Built Environment, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)Presentation: Safer Cladding for People and the Environment

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10.30am Hanif Ullah Computing and Information Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Based Wireless Networks for Bridging Communication 10.40am Closing remarks

10.45am Launch of PURE for PhD Researchers Ann Campbell, Systems Manager, Research and Impact

11.00am Coffee Break

PARALLEL SESSION 2a PhD Presentations on CREATIVITY AND CULTURE Co-Chairs: • Dr Justin Magee (Research Director, Art and Design, Belfast School of Art) • Ailie O’Hagan (PhD Researcher, Belfast School of Art)

11.30am Federico Genovesi School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Calcio Popolare and Migrants: political activism and multicultural grassroots football in Italy 11.40am Margaret Quinn Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Intercultural Museum Practice: An Analysis of Intercultural Museum Practices across and the Potential for Increased Inclusivity within ’s Museum Sector 11.50am Omar El Masri Transitional Justice Institute Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences The Right to Paint the Divided City: Urban Street Art as Spaces for Representation in Beirut and Belfast 12.00pm Donatella Cirrone School of the Built Environment Pressure and thermal hazards from hydrogen tank rupture in a fire 12.10pm Niloofer Shanavas School of Computing Classification of Text Documents using Graph Kernels

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12.20pm Rosemary Kelly School of Nursing, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Using ethnography to explore the lived experience of staff and patients in a single-room acute-care hospital environment 12.30pm Closing Remarks

12.35pm Lunch

PARALLEL SESSION 2b PhD Presentations on HEALTHY COMMUNITIES (1) Co-Chairs: • Professor Marie Murphy (Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of Doctoral College) • Anne Johnston (PhD Researcher, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences) 11.30am Nikki Daniels School of Nursing, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Engagement of healthcare practitioners by academic researchers: a scoping review 11.40am Medbh Hillyard School of Nursing, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Can Physical Activity and Dietary Interventions Improve Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 11.50am Alison Little School of Nursing, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Online medication purchasing behaviour in pregnancy: A structured review of the literature 12.00pm Adrienne McCann CHaRT, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences The long-term consequences of sustained manual wheelchair use in the spinal cord injured (SCI) population: a mixed methods study 12.10pm Anita Rowe INHR, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences The development of a school-based program to support attention and language skills in 4- 5 year olds 12.20pm Mariya Sotirova School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Online upper limb self-exercising after a surgery for cancer 12.25pm Closing Remarks

12.30pm Lunch

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PARALLEL SESSION 3a PhD Presentations on SUSTAINABILITY (2) Co-Chairs: • Professor Jane Zheng (School of Computing and Computer Science Research Institute) • Bronagh Quigley (PhD Researcher, School of Computing)

1.30pm Gavin Abernethy School of Computing, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Eco-Evolutionary Food Web Modelling

1.40pm Pardis Biglarbeigi School of Built Environment, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Detecting Future Performance of Reservoirs Under the Changing Climate

1.50pm Wulme Dery HySAFER, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Hazards of hydrogen storage tank release and tank rupture

2.00pm Harem Hussein School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Safety of an ignited hydrogen release from a vehicle in a residential garage

2.10pm Ronald Muhumuza School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Development of a PVT hybrid collector with Light Redirecting Optics (PVT/LRO) system for rural energy in developing countries

2.20pm Closing Remarks

2.30pm Coffee Break

PARALLEL SESSION 3b PhD Presentations on SOCIAL RENEWAL Co-Chairs: • Professor Brandon Hamber (The John Hume and Tipp O’Neill Chair in Peace, School of Applied and Social Sciences and TJI) • Selbi Durdiyeva (PhD Researcher, Transitional Justice Institute)

1.30pm Ciaran Kearney School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences The Police Process

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1.40pm Leo Green Transitional Justice Institute, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Consociationalism - A False Dawn? An examination of the capacity of consociational power-sharing arrangements to effect a rights-based social transformative agenda in conflicted societies

1.50pm Nazli Kazanoglu School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Europeanization patterns of gender equality within the work and family life reconciliation policies: Germany and Turkey

2.00pm Michelle Rouse Transitional Justice Institute, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Gendering bureaucratic decision-making in Northern Ireland

2.10pm Vanessa Gstrein School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Civil disobedience and the establishment of drug consumption rooms in Australia and Canada

2.20pm Xiaojing Wang Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Ulster Business School An investigation of consumer over-indebtedness in Germany

2.30pm Jason Olsen School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Disability in Northern Ireland: A unique case of socio-religious oppression

2.40pm Closing Remarks

2.45pm Coffee Break

SESSION 4 PhD Presentations on HEALTHY COMMUNITIES (2) Co-Chairs: • Dr Carla McCabe, School of Sport and Sport and Exercise Research Institute and Postgraduate Tutor in Sport • Josh Williamson (PhD Researcher, School of Sport)

3.15pm Michael McCorry Faculty of Life and Health Sciences The Effectiveness of Interventions Used by Researchers in Decreasing Sedentary Time Among Older Adults

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3.25pm Gareth Menagh School of Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment The effect of increasing dosage of atmospheric dielectric barrier plasma discharge (DBD) on the surface chemistry and topography on electrically conductive electrospun PLCL/PANI biomaterials 3.35pm Claire Orr School of Computing, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment A Multi-Agent Approach to Identifying Interleaved Activities within a Smart Environment 3.45pm Lisa Sheldon School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment An Evaluation of the Flood Interventions Available to Residents Living in Significant Flood Risk Areas within Northern Ireland 3.55pm Colin Shewell School of Computing, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Context Aware Reminders with Google Glass 4.05pm Robin Turkington School of Computing, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment The Application of Data Analytic Techniques to Discover Patterns of Mental Health Behaviour within Crisis Helpline Call Data 4.15pm Closing Remarks

4.30pm Wine Reception and Buffet, with Presentation of Prizes & Close of Festival at Jordanstown The Doc@Jordanstown

6.00pm Street Art Tour with Omar El Masri, PhD Researcher at 6.30pm Transport to Belfast City Centre from Jordanstown campus - Departing at 6.00pm from the Commercial Block entrance to University, beside the main entrance to the Sports Centre. RSVP: [email protected] with ‘Bus Booking’ in the title to book your place.

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POSTERS

SUSTAINABILITY

An Huynh School of the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Improvement of recycled asphalt properties for highway pavement applications using geopolymer cement-based treatments

Adam Joel Kinnear School of Architecture and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment A systematic literature review analysing the potential benefits of the Ecosystem Approach, in addressing issues related to hydrology

Raymond Byrne School of Architecture and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment The impact of measured peri-urban wind shear on the energy performance of commercial scale wind autoproducer

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

Brendan Black School of Engineering Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Novel Networks for Smart Wearable Devices

Aaron Lawson Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment The hand hygiene behaviours and compliance of the general population when using public restrooms

Victoria Singer School of Communication and Media Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Using Dynamic Assessment to Understand Word-Learning in Late Talkers

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Andrew Ennis School of Computing Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment MediaPlace: A Geospatial Semantic Enrichment and Query Service for Geotagged Photographs

Peter Cassidy School of the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment The Older Adult - Circumstances Surrounding Dwelling Fire Fatalities and Directions for Future Fire Safety Intervention Strategies

Nikki Daniels School of Nursing Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Engagement of nursing, midwifery and therapy practitioners by academic researchers; a scoping review

Anita Rowe Institute of Nursing & Health Research (INHR) Faculty of Life and Health Sciences The Effectiveness of Non-computerized Working Memory Interventions for 4 - 11 year olds: a Systematic Review

Victor Robinson Institute of Nursing & Health Research (INHR) Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Factors associated with the use of alcohol and pregnancy: an exploratory study

SOCIAL RENEWAL

Mengmeng Dou School of the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Land Valuation Benchmark Price Behaviour in China: a Case Study of Beijing

CREATIVITY AND CULTURE

Bartosz Nowicki Belfast School of Art Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Afro Prl: Representations of Africans In Polish Press Photography (1955-1989)

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Dean Liggett Belfast School of Art Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Luxury and Simplicity: Hand Skill in High Fashion

Dickon Hall Belfast School of Art Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences The Influence and Impact of Design on the Art of Colin Middleton

Henry Melki Belfast School of Art Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences An Investigation into the Creative Process Behind Believable Photorealistic 3D Animated Characters

James McSparron Belfast School of Art Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences What Emotional and Physiological Responses Are Triggered Through Community Generated Co-Creative Sculpture and How Do They Impact on Perceived Wellbeing?

Michelle Douglas Belfast School of Art Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences The Ecosystems of Micro-Design Practices in the Creative Industries of Northern Ireland

Stuart Griffiths Belfast School of Art Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences The Soldiers Camera: Barracks to Battlefields

Susie Rea Belfast School of Art Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences The [ART] in Family: An Exploration of Genetics through Photography and Photography through Genetics

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