Kingston Museum possesses an extraordinary collection of artefacts and documents bequeathed by the pioneer of photography and moving image, Eadweard Muybridge (1980-1904), who is one of the seminal figures both in experiments into human movement, and in the early development of cinema. The Muybridge Collection remains relatively-little known, largely due to a lack of resources and of the means to make it visible to large-scale public audiences. The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University has allied itself with the museum in a unique, committed collaborative venture, a central aim of which is to create an internet resource which will form a portal between Kingston Museum’s Muybridge Collection and the collections of Muybridge’s work owned by museums and institutions in other countries, notably in teh USA. The project aims to vastly increase knowledge of the Collection, to enhance the income-generating potential of Kingston Museum, and to form a crucial element in the future development of the longstanding and productive research-collaboration which exists between Kingston University and Kingston Museum.

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Global environmental concerns impose an increasing demand for stringent control of emissions. This is of pressing importance to the power generation sector. Accordingly, the emphasis has shifted to ultra-low emission technology. Correspondingly, combustion engineers and scientists are moving away from nonpremixed combustion to premixed combustion devices.The proposed project is aimed at improving the physical understanding of the fundamental aspects of premixed turbulent combustion, namely, (i) large-eddy simulation investigation of premixed turbulent flame development of multi-component fuel/air mixtures, (ii) influence of high-pressure on turbulent burning velocities, and (iii) the molecular transport effects (the Lewis number and preferential diffusion) on premixed flame characteristics. Specifically, it will examine the above named effect of the three factors on the flame characteristics. The study will focus on addition of diluents (H2, CO, CO2 and H2O) to hydrocarbon mixtures, biofuels and synthetic gas. In the second phase of the work, a universal turbulent reacting flow model for diluent/hydrocarbon/air mixtures will be developed and validated against independent experimental databases.Numerical investigations will be undertaken using advanced large-eddy simulation technique and will incorporate a variety of combustion models. Any improved devices arising from this work will enhance the scope for diversifying energy resources. Advances resulting from this study should enable the UK industrial sector to take a lead in developing design guidelines for combustion applications. Additionally, it has the merit of meeting the strategic objectives of the European Community in achieving independence from the use of fossil fuels.

Doctoral Training Partnerships: a range of postgraduate training is funded by the Research Councils. For information on current funding routes, see the common terminology at https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/how-we-fund-studentships/. Training grants may be to one organisation or to a consortia of research organisations. This portal will show the lead organisation only.

My practice-based research explores how a diverse network of performative practices can converge as acts of decolonisation. To this end, my PhD interrogates notions of learning through the reconstruction of an auto-ethnographic narrative of encounters with a specific set of plants central to the ecology of my native Colombia. Through the consultation, interrogation and interaction with these and a number of related plants, my project aims to challenge and displace narratives at the heart of Colombia's colonial history. Espeletia and Plantago are prime examples of the unique ecosystem that comprises the páramo, a high mountain biome found in the north Andes of South America. During my PhD I have undertaken two research trips to encounter these plants in their native environment, making drawings, collating sound, video footage and further records relevant to the development of my project. Central to this PhD, situated within the field of contemporary art practice, is the development of an innovative, experimental and multi-modal form of presentation which enables a polyphony of voices, gestures and utterances to manifest themselves in ways that mesh human and botanical agency. To achieve this, I have staged a series of events titled 'More than an Object, its Shadow' held at venues including the ICA and The Stanley Picker Gallery. At each event I have presented my findings re-enacting my botanical encounters, drawing on diverse sources including Mignolo's (2018) decolonial thinking and Gagliano's (2014) plant sentience. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and postponement of further research trips, virtual encounters including Zoom interviews with key artists and researchers became central to the development of apt forms of presenting my work to wide and diverse audiences. The remainder of my PhD will build on these developments to devise a submission format that challenges and expands existing notions of knowledge production and representation.