Middlesex’s Dr Noha Saleeb, Associate Professor in Creative Technology/Digital Creativity, and Professor Mohamed Marzouk of Cairo University in Egypt are the principal investigators on the Framework for Restoration of Heritage using Digital Twin (FRESH-DT) technology, which aims to improve the management of heritage assets in Egypt. In cybersecurity, Dr Mahdi Aiash has created SALMAC, a proactive Linux security assessment and threat-hunting solution that focuses on hardening Linux mandatory access controls, which was funded through the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Work from the Faculty has made a real impact on addressing the challenges of COVID-19, from the exploration of early warning systems through testing wastewater to monitoring devices to show changes in lung volume/capacity. Our research into couple relationships during the pandemic also gained media coverage (see page 17 for further detail on this work).
The London Digital Twin Research Centre, established in March 2020, held a workshop that discussed using digital twin for exploring non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 planning. The talk was based on research by Middlesex PhD graduate Dr Souvik Barat, who works at Tata Consultancy Service Research and Innovation in Pune, India. Dr Barat’s team developed a digital twin of a city area to examine how the virus spread as well as interventions and their social, economic and health consequences.
IMPACTFUL ENGAGEMENT
In the community, the University is improving health through physical activity and encouraging healthy lifestyles in families in London. We are collaborating with the University of the Third Age to provide career mentoring for final-year students and are creating videos of field work and lab work to reach more schools and colleges. This year we have joined trade organisation GAMBICA to engage with manufacturing, automation and laboratory technology companies.
In 2020/21 we developed a new Foundation degree in Football Development and Coaching with Watford Football Club and the Watford Trust which was launched in the 2021/22 academic year. Leicester City FC is funding performance analysis PhD studentships, which will involve working directly with the first team. Organised by Senior Lecturer Dr Nimai Parmar, they are worth £130,500. Middlesex is continuing our partnership with WorldSkills UK to promote high-level technical skills. We are also planning to deliver a training programme for the Mayor’s Office to project vulnerable people living in private rented accommodation.
Working in collaboration with the London Mayor’s Office, Greater London Authority and Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the Faculty have developed
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a training programme, to be launched in September 2021, for local authority staff whose role is to protect and improve the living conditions of those living in the private rented sector. Many living in this sector are vulnerable, living on low incomes, and subject to frequent rental increases.
ENHANCING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
A scanning electron microscope, which provides detailed, high-resolution images has been bought to enhance research capabilities. In 2020/21 we also bought equipment to support our lung imaging research described on page 17. The University has invested in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry equipment, used to analyse fluids and measure tiny amounts of substances in environmental and medical research. Our students involved in data science are benefiting from new, state-of-the-art computational capabilities, including two high-spec servers. We also purchased three-dimensional printing, robotics and automation equipment, which has enabled offline programming; students also have remote access to this technology.
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