• What are the Critical Success Factors Required for Supporting an Information Security Incident Reporting Maturity Model? 

  Humphrey, Mike (Cranfield University, 2017-01-05)

  Poster presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium.It could be argued that in today’s world information is ubiquitous and, increasingly for individuals, organisations and nations, seen as an asset which ...
• Modelling Ultraviolet Missile Seekers 

  James, Itor (Cranfield University, 2017-01-11)

  3MT presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. Surface to Air Missile (SAM) seekers are beginning to make use of wavebands other than the traditional Infrared (IR).  One of the wavebands they are ...
• Enhanced CASSI Snapshot Imager Using Dual Prism Dispersion 

  Ding, Mengjia (Cranfield University, 2017-01-06)

  Poster and 3MT presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. Snapshot Multispectral Imaging has been a highly-efficient technique for remote sensing application in great contrast to the conventional ...
• Beampattern and Polarisation Synthesis of 3D RF-seeker Antenna Arrays 

  Fourtinon, Luc (Cranfield University, 2017-01-12)

  Poster presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium.Existing missile radar seekers use a mechanical rotating antenna to steer the radiating beam in the direction of the target. Recent research is ...
• Multi-Function RF Seeker Based on 3D Phased Array 

  Kocjancic, Leon (Cranfield University, 2017-01-11)

  3MT presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium.Current RF seekers in use today have mechanical steerable antennas. In order to reduce the cost of the mechanical system and to significantly improve the ...
• Passive Bistatic Radar Detection Using Non-Stationary Transmitters of Opportunity 

  Ghazalli, Nasyitah (Cranfield University, 2017-01-12)

  3MT presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium.Passive Bistatic Radar (PBR) systems use non-cooperative illuminations of opportunity to detect, localise and track targets. They have attracted a lot ...
• Anomaly Detection for Security Imaging 

  Andrews, Jerone (Cranfield University, 2017-01-24)

  Technical paper presented at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium.Non-intrusive inspection systems are increasingly used to scan intermodal freight shipping containers, at national ports, to ensure cargo ...
• Accurate, fast and stable solver for electromagnetic scattering of absorbing layer materials 

  Dély, Alexandre (Cranfield University, 2016-12-06)

  Poster presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. The boundary element method is an efficient and flexible tool for the modelling of scattering of electromagnetic waves by conducting and penetrable ...
• A Thin and Structured Acoustic Metamaterial for Absorption of Airborne Sound 

  Starkey, Tim (Cranfield University, 2017-01-24)

  Poster presented at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium.Achieving precise control over the propagation of sound energy has far reaching implications in both airborne and underwater environments. Obtaining a ...
• Solubility and chemical interaction of nitrocellulose in plasticisers 

  Flood, Nathan; Parker, Matthew (Cranfield University, 2016-11-07)

  Technical paper presented at the 2016 Defence and Doctoral Symposium. Abstract: Nitrocellulose (NC) is commonly used as an energetic binder in explosive and propellant formulations. During the formulation and casting ...
• Crowdsourcing with serious games for defence procurement: reducing 'In-Service' modifications through early mass-user engagement 

  Oates, Ed (Cranfield University, 2016-12-06)

  Poster presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. This study takes a novel approach to Human-Computer Interface design within defence procurement. Through the use of a Serious Game, developed using ...
• Low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles for the rapid and high-resolution determination of contamination 

  Martin, Peter (Cranfield University, 2016-12-06)

  Poster presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. Following the events of March 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), a considerable quantity of radiation was released into the ...
• Baseband version of the bat-inspired spectrogram correlation and transformation receiver 

  Georgiev, Krasin (Cranfield University, 2016-12-06)

  Poster presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. Echolocating bats have evolved an excellent ability to detect, resolve and discriminate targets in highly challenging environments. They have had ...
• 'Taking the heat' - developing propellants for high-temperature applications 

  Mohammed, Yahaya (Cranfield University, 2016-12-06)

  3MT (three minute thesis) presented at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. Since the early 1800s, nitrocellulose (NC) based propellants have gained popularity due to their low cost, ease of manufacture, and ...
• Software vulnerability discovery and disclosure system: a systems dynamics approach 

  Lewis, Paul (Cranfield University, 2016-12-06)

  3MT (three minute thesis) presented at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. This research investigates this critical issue of software vulnerabilities within commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software. More ...
• Nonlinear vibration analysis of a complex aerospace structure 

  Cooper, Samson (Cranfield University, 2016-12-08)

  Technical paper presented at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. Complex shaped aerodynamic structures such as deployable missiles are prone to exhibit some level of nonlinear phenomena due to their aerodynamic ...
• Modelling the effects of temperature-dependent material properties in shear melt layers 

  Timms, Robert (Cranfield University, 2016-12-08)

  Technical paper presented at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. This paper won second place in the Technical Paper category. The mechanisms responsible for ignition of explosive materials in response to low ...
• Nuclear arms control: optimising verification processes through formal modelling 

  Beaumont, Paul (Cranfield University, 2016-12-09)

  Technical paper presented at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. Arms control verification processes do not in practice allow for the parties involved to gather complete information about each other. Instead, ...
• UAV Susceptibility and self-protection measures 

  Vagias, Ioannis (Cranfield University, 2016-12-15)

  Poster presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium. The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has proliferated in the defence, security and scientific communities. Although still immature, the UAV ...
• Searching for High Density Material in Cargo Containers Using Gravity Gradiometry 

  Leahy, David (Cranfield University, 2017-02-06)

  Poster presented at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium.Imaging cargo containers at ports in this country is an important task, especially if they are being checked for possible fissile material. Some detection ...

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