Advanced VR Research Centre

Masters Degree Research Projects

Project List

Further details of these projects will be made available in due course.

2013

Project list will be announced soon

2012

Autopilot for Advanced Quad Rotor Aerial Vehicle - Robert Williams

A defensive aid for hostile environments - Owen Stickley

Hostile Intent Detection - Ahmed Abdel Ghany

Diagnostics strategy for automotive vehicles, current and future - Sam Lee

2011

Games Technology for Training Complex Tasks - Helen Stevenson

An investigation into the impact of scaling on the cost build-up of cabling and platforms for offshore wind farms - Anthony Collier

Systems Engineering and Cognitive Science Lessons for the selection of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) Pilots and Operators - Ravi Chauhan

Autopilot for Advanced Quad Rotor Aerial Vehicle - Andrew Baines

Autonomy in Collision Avoidance - Stuart Barlow

2010

Advanced Tactics Development – Mission Essential Competencies for a Multiplayer Environment - Amar Chhaya

2009

Collaborative Tools to Support the Systems Engineering Process - Iain Ransome 

Throw-Bot - Robert Stokes

2008

Big Eyes and Ears for the Special Forces - Toby Rose

Gadgets for James Bond  - Emma Lacey

IMPLICATIONS FOR RUNNING A 24/7 ACCESS GRID COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - Angelos Alexandros Beis

2007

JISC - e-Science Human Factors Audit
DTI - e-Science Centre of Excellence
A gliding flight simulator as a training aid – Laurence Homer
Modular sensors for collision detection in unmanned ground vehicles - Craig Grocott
Investigating the accuracy of a remote eye tracker – David Burton
Visual impact of pylons on the environment - Chris Howe
A helicopter simulator – Tristan Matthais, Peter Gibson, Christopher Cox, Helen Stevenson
A golf  swing analyser – Mark Womersley
The visualization of Noise emission data from a large airport - Chris Marshall-Cowling
Aerial surveillance using kites – Chris Roberts

2006

DTI - Centre for the Integrated Home Environment: Centre Management
DTI - Centre for the Integrated Home Environment: Equipment Management Trial
DTI - Centre for the Integrated Home Environment: Services Aggregation Trial
DTI - Centre for the Integrated Home Environment: Smart User Interfaces
DTI - Implications for User Interaction with Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Environments
DTI - Centre for Care in the Community: Sensor Networks
SEAS DTC Systems Integration Network Project – Martin Lewin, Thanuja Goontilleke, Roy Kalawsky
Development and validation of a night vision sensor performance model – James Haslam
HiVis System - Synthetic design environment (Building development visualization tool David Burton, Craig Grocott, Christopher Marshall Cowling, Paul Minnis, Robert Summers, Mark Wormersley
Flight simulation development including flight path guidance systems for low altitude helicopter flight – Gordon Woodhouse
Campus vehicle recognition system – Philip Emmott

2005

A Prototyping System for Investigating Multi-modal Interactions in an Advanced Crew Station for a Future Tactical Vehicle - James Haslam, Glenn Steel, Mario Saleri, Gemma Godfrey, Evan Low, Gordon Woodhouse
Creating a real-time scene graph generator – Alan Scott
Energy management system for the future home – Ashley Gerrad
An analysis of the social and ethical implications of an intelligent behavioural monitoring system for a smart home – Oliver Mik
User interface design for elderly users – Rebecca Smith
Design and creation of a media centre for use within an integrated home – Liam Sneath
Home security system – S.T. Fung
Intelligent behavioural monitoring system for a future smart home – Stewart Pyne
Electronic residence internet controller (ERIC) Julian Mclean
Behavioural monitoring system -  Stewart Pyne
A mobile solution for logging and mapping metallic debris within hazardous areas – David Odell
Electronic campus - Michael Spencer

2004

Remote Monitoring Device Interface for Heath Care Providers - L. Saddington
Home Lighting and security using powerline communication - Ian Joyner
3D model of the university campus – Yuh-Jye Lee

 
2003

Wearable consultant advisor – Craig Stanley

2002

Portable Law and Order Device Joanne Boam, Anjanie Connelly, Jayesh Lohar, David Lomax, Stephen Nelson
Autonomous viewpoints in virtual environments - Adrian Hale
The Light Mouse’ - Christopher Brooke
Programming with vtk – Jonathan Heard
Wireless home management system - David Crane

2001

Computer modelling methods to explore implications of racing cycle designs on female cyclists – Denise Hampson
The design, development and manufacture of a pan and tilt motorised web cam – Ben Parkes
Incident reporting system for mobile computing users – Gavin Knowles
Development of WAP for the visually impaired - Hardeep Gahir

2000

DERA (Qinetiq) - Experimental Research into Human Cognitive Processing in an Augmented Reality Environment CHS8169
Wearable incident information system – Jonathon Purcell
Intelligent maps for mobile computer users – David Horton
Real-time 3D graphics on the PC – developing an interactive visualization tool – David Reed
Measurement of workload through EOG or EMG – Scott Speigal
3D Maps with adaptive culture – Stuart Porter
Sketchpad system for a wearable computer – Matthew Howard
An autonomouslycontrolled viewpoint within a virtual environment – Grame Simpkin

1999

JISC - Virtual Design Studio
JISC - VR Support Officer Phase 1 & 2
infield Computer iFC – Chris Reeh, Jonathan Purcell, Timo York, Min Aung
Aircraft maintenance – the future strategy – James Clark, Nigel Given, James Hamilton, Jacob Narty, Nathan Sykes
Ergonomic design of an excavator cabin using virtual reality – Mats-Ake Ekbladh, Christopffer Tullgren
Virtual reality – the future of design in collaboration with Tyrrell Racing

1998

EPSRC - HF in VR Scoping Study GR/K80693
Synthetic design environment for a virtual manikin Tyrrell Racing – Stephen Gale, Michael Spencer, Nicolette Wilson, Scott Wollridge, Howard Yeomans

1997

Lotteries Board - Gallery of the Future (Early development work)
Human modelling system design and development – Marcus Elsom
JISC - A Survey of Virtual Reality Research in the UK - L.J. Stapleton and P.J. Costello.
Health and Safety Issues Associated with VR: a review of current literature - Patrick Costello
3D Model Databases: the availability of 3D models on the WWW - Patrick Costello and Simon Bee

1996

Training for maintenance – Paul Elliot, Marcus Elsom, Chris Hunter, Phil Scholes, Simon Taylor