About this event

Speaker: Adam McKinley (CE)
Supervisors: Professor Wen-Feng Lin and Dr Simon Kondrat

Title: Development of Ni based catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)

 Abstract

Over the past decade there has been a significant escalation in the interest for the utilisation of an alternative fuel source that is sustainable, storable and economically viable. Hydrogen has the highest gravimetric energy density when compared to other fuels available. Currently, expensive platinum group metals (PGMs) are the “gold standard” for electrocatalysts involved in hydrogen production.

This presentation will analyse and compare the catalytic activity of multiple Ni based catalysts, including a Fe coated Ni pellet as well as Ni foam.  With the main aim being to improve the economic viability of water electrolysis.

Speaker: Tim Glover (AAE)
Supervisors: Professor Wen-Hua Chen and Dr Cunjia Liu

Title: Dual Control Inspired Active Sensing for Bearing-Only Target Tracking

 Abstract

This presentation outlines an active sensing algorithm for target tracking that combines task based and information-based approaches through the dual control for exploitation and exploration (DCEE) concept. A mobile sensor platform with a limited field-of-view, performing bearing-only target tracking, is controlled via the DCEE based cost function using a Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) framework for nonmyopic, online, decision making. The DCEE observer control method is benchmarked against the information theoretic Rényi divergence. Rényi divergence performs marginally better when considering target existence estimation, but spatial results clearly demonstrate that our formulation outperforms the benchmark algorithm with improved target localisation.