City University London
Information Engineering Research Centre
The Mobile Networks Research Group at City University London has build an international reputation in developing next-generation networking solutions for a wide range of mobile networking technologies, including Mobile Web Services, 3G cellular networks, WiFi local area networks, and Bluetooth networks. Our expertise can be summarised as the following:
- Development of security architectures and protocols for Mobile Web
- Services, especially in the field of m-health and m-commerce
- Providing solutions for integrated network design for complex mobile networks
- Network simulation and dimensioning for the design of new protocols and applications
- Development of software testbeds for design and testing of complex Mobile
- Web Services
We are interested in participating in multidisciplinary projects. We see our role as technology solution providers, contributing our expertise and our research staff in developing real-life solutions for next generation mobile network applications.
Website: www.city.ac.uk/sems/research/ibec/mobile.html
The Centre for Food Policy
The Centre for Food Policy is interested in offering support and advice to social enterprises who wish to develop their capacity to address food security and food poverty as well as expanding their operations. Expertise includes and areas of interest in which he can offer some help and support include:
- Evaluation and research skills including the impact of projects on users and communities.
- Evaluation of training programmes.
- Food and health promotion work in schools and other settings.
- Economic evaluation including multiplier effects on the local economy.
- Sustainable sourcing of food.
- Knowledge of food policy.
- Linking physical health with economic wellbeing.
- Linking food security with environmental issues.
- Food insecurity and mapping food poverty.
- Community health and food interventions.
- Local communities and foodways.
- Urban growing and the urban fringe.
'"London SciTech Challenges offers an important and exciting opportunity to SMEs in the areas of food service retailing to work with academics working in science and technology to develop solutions for their businesses.
The chance to work with academics developing science and technological solutions is one not often open to SMEs as the capital and innovation costs are too high. I am confident we will see developments in the areas of storage, stock control and wast management which will benefit SMEs and ultimately the consumer and citizen."
Dr Martin Caraher
Associate Dean /Reader in Food and Health Policy
Centre for Food Policy
City University
Website: www.city.ac.uk/hmfp/foodpolicy/
Centre for Energy & The Environment
The Centre was established in 2001 following the relocation of Professor Arcoumanis and his team from Imperial College to City University. The Centre is housed in the laboratory space of the previous Thermodynamics Centre which was refurbished and equipped with new Laser instrumentation and advanced optical engines. The laboratory also includes advanced test rigs for research in and development of air and refrigeration compressors and two-phase expanders.
The research of the Centre is organised in three major groups:
- Flow Combustion and Emissions in Automotive Engines
- Industrial Applications of CFD
- Positive Displacement Compressors
The activities of the above groups include basic and experimental research in areas such as: Internal Combustion Engines, Transportation Fuels, Laser Diagnostics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Continuum Mechanics, Positive Displacement Compressors, Machine Design and Fuel Cells.
