Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	GR/N64465/01
Title:	ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATION INTERPRETER FOR HUMAN HEALTH & COMFORT
Principal Investigator:	Giacomin, Professor J
Other Investigators:	Staszewski, Professor WJ
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Project Partners:	Health and Safety Executive Leyland
Department:	Mechanical Engineering
Organisation:	University of Sheffield
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 January 2001	Ends:	31 December 2003	Value (£):	148,100
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials testing & eng.
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Manufacturing Construction Healthcare Transport Systems and Vehicles
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 12 Sep 2000 Engineering Responsive Mode Panel A Deferred
Summary on Grant Application Form
This project will develop an intelligent environmental interpreter based on the orthogonal wavelet transform, principal components analysis, a neural clustering network and a Differential Evolution optimisation algorithm. The interpreter will provide a technology for summarising long (Hours, days or months) data records in terms of the features which most impact human health and comfort. Upon request, the interpreter will define a short vibration time history for use in testing, simulation and machine rating. Data sets from high emission hand tools and from road vehicles will be used to develop the interpreter. The interpreter represents a fundamental new technology which will substitute direct data recording by a process of intelligent monitoring, analysis and feature selection. The interpreter is expected to make possible important advances in the understanding of how long term exposure to vibration affects human health and comfort, accelerating the rate of scientific progress, as happened in other fields of research when technologies such as the EEG, EKG and MRI became available. The proposers know of no similar research in either the medical or the engineering literature.
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