Academics in Brunel’s Mechanical Engineering department are involved in many high-profile national and international research projects that further our understanding Below are some of our Mechanical Engineering projects that are ongoing or have been completed. High temperature pipe structural health monitoring system Completed Ultrasonic system for inspection and structural health of high temperature superheated steam pipes Completed Condition monitoring of wind turbine drivetrains via non-contact acoustic sensors Completed Digital twin of wind turbines for real time continuous monitoring and inspection Completed SmartBridge: Smart Monitoring and Inspection of Bridges Infrastructure Completed Smart smallholder greenhouses for Africa Ongoing Robotic digital X-ray scanning system for deep water flexible riser inspection Completed Automated inline inspection and quality control of net-shape PM components Completed Integrity testing of deep foundation piles Completed Development of quality control system for leak-free fuel tanks Completed Sensing technologies and advanced analytics for reduction of post-harvest spoilage Completed Amphibious robot for inspection and predictive maintenance of offshore wind assets Ongoing Innovative solar energy technology for Kenyan tea industry Ongoing Generating bioenergy from waste with solar reactor Ongoing Design and technology solutions for Plus Energy Houses Ongoing Ascending to the edge of space Completed Nanofluid based Solar PV/T Technology for Polygeneration Ongoing Innovative techniques for precise, atraumatic placement of cochlear implant (CI) Ongoing Hi-Leak: Innovative monitoring system for early leak detection in water distribution systems Ongoing Innovative ultra-sonic guided wave technology for intelligent sensing of defects Ongoing The development of adaptable and multi-functional building integrated photovoltaics Ongoing Quantification of carbon emissions and savings in smart grids Completed Innovative Quality Engineering and Smart Technology Ongoing Innovative wrist device for high accuracy non-invasive blood glucose monitoring Ongoing Development of efficient and scalable ultrasound-assisted solidification technologies Completed Increasing excellence on advanced additive manufacturing (INEX-ADAM) Ongoing Fundamental Study of Cavitation Melt Processing Completed An ultrasonic system for anti-fouling and condition monitoring of offshore wind turbines Ongoing MOLAY-STRUDEL Completed Flow boiling and condensation of mixtures in microscale Completed Enhanced Artificial Intelligence Breast MRI Scanning System (IntelliScan) Ongoing CHAMAELEON - vehicle lightweighting Completed Development of a constitutive model to simulate unbounded flexible composite riser pipe elements Completed Boiling Heat Transfer with Controlled Arrays of Nucleation Sites on Silicon Surfaces Completed Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Flexible Pipes for Deep-Water Applications Completed Image Analysis for Complex Data in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Completed Automotive crashworthiness Completed Cost Effective Maximum Performance Core Composite for VIPs Completed Development of Smart Drilling Spindle Systems Completed Development of the functional surface u-texturing module with application to micromilling Completed Non Destructive Testing of defects in oil and gas pipelines Completed