Profile
Dr David Gibson
Research
This page last updated on 19-Jun-2023
This page lists my current research projects at the Camborne School of Mines, as well as earlier projects that I undertook at the Mines Rescue Service, and some of my personal research interests.
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My Research Interests
In addition to the projects I am funded for at the moment – see Current Projects – I have a number of other personal research interests, as listed below. Notes on these topics might be added in due course (this note dated 27-Oct-2022).
- Radio antennas using high-permittivity ceramic tiles
- The use of a torus (or anapole) as a radio antenna
- Algorithms for creating conjugate gear profiles
- Ferro-electric materials for small power generators (energy harvesting)
- Virtual machines and threaded interpreters (microprocessor and compiler design)
- Properties of binary sequences (inverse sequences, single-channel Gray codes)
- Data-logging and monitoring in caves (especially as part of climate-change models - see External Activities)
- Chemical reactions between starches and sugars
- Construction of a portable time spinner ('procrastinator') and a symbol reader (An out-of-hours project - see my steampunk essay )
I also have an interest in collecting examples of "hoaxes" in physics. That is, people who disbelieve Maxwell, Einstein or Hawking, and who promote their unsubstantiated ideas counter to the principle of quod supplantandum, prius bene sciendum. I have half a dozen on my list now. Further reading: see Mateus Araújo's blog Crackpots in my Inbox
Recent Projects
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Earlier Projects
From 2003 to 2012 I was a Research Project Manager at the UK's Mines Rescue Service (MRSL). This table lists the research projects undertaken by MRSL and my involvement. Final Reports for all the RFCS-funded projects are available as free downloads from the European Commission's Europa Bookshop - just type the ISBN into the search box.
Project | Full Title | My contrib. | Me as listed author? | Contract | Publishing year and ISBN | |
PR-133 | Extending the utility of underground data transmission networks and other data processing equipment | ★★★ | ?? | ECSC 7220 PR-133 | 2005? | |
UPTUN | Upgrading of existing Tunnels (UPTUN); Workpackage 3 Human response; Deliverable 3.3; Human Factors Aspects in Tunnels: Tunnel User Behaviour and Tunnel Operators | ★★★ | ?? | EU FP5 G1RD-CT-2002-766 | 2006? | |
EPCWCMS | Enhancing the performance of mine communication, warning and condition monitoring systems | ★★★ | RFCR-CT-2003-00003 | 2008 | 978-92-79-08172-9 | |
WATERCHEM | Optimisation of mine water discharge by monitoring and modelling of geochemical processes and development of measures to protect aquifers and active mining areas from mine water contamination | ★★ | RFCR-CT-2003-00006 | 2008 | 978-92-79-08777-6 | |
SAFETECH | Optimisation of surveillance, technical equipment and procedures to prevent workers from danger attributed to fire, hazardous or toxic gases, firedamp or climatic conditions | ★ | RFCR-CT-2003-00010 | 2008 | 978-92-79-08717-2 | |
IAMTECH | Increasing the efficiency of roadway drivages through the application of advanced information, automation and maintenance technologies | ★★ | ✔ | RFCR-CT-2004-00001 | 2009 | 978-92-79-11704-6 |
ADEMA | Advances in exploration methods and applications | ★★★ | ✔ | RFCR-CT-2005-00001 | 2010 | 978-92-79-14549-0 |
RAINOW | Researching the applications of open innovative wireless technologies | ★ | RFCR-CT-2005-00003 | 2010 | 978-92-79-14145-4 | |
NEMAEQ | New mechanisation and automation of longwall and drivage equipment | RFCR-CT-2006-00001 | 2011 | 978-92-79-21598-8 | ||
MINTOS | Improving Mining Transport Reliability | RFCR-CT-2007-00002 | 2012 | 978-92-79-22247-4 | ||
ADRIS | Advanced Drivage and Road-Heading Intelligent Systems | ★★★ | ✔ | RFCR-CT-2007-00002 | 2012 | 978-92-79-22226-9 |
MINFIREX | Minimising risk for and reducing impact of fire and explosion hazards in underground coal mining | RFCR-CT-2007-00003 | 2012 | 978-92-79-22247-4 | ||
PRESIDENCE | Prediction and Monitoring of Subsidence Hazards above Coal Mines | ★★ | RFCR-CT-2007-00004 | 2012 | 978-92-79-22246-7 | |
EDAFFIC | Early detection and fighting of fires in belt conveyor | RFCR-CT-2008-00002 | 2013 | 978-92-79-25117-7 | ||
EMTECH | Mine Emergency Support Technologies | ★★★ | ✔ | RFCR-CT-2008-00003 | 2013 | 978-92-79-29320-7 |
EMIMSAR | Enhanced Miner-Information Interaction to Improve Maintenance and Safety with Augmented Reality Technologies and New Sensors | ★★★ | ✔ | RFCR-CT-2009-00002 | 2013 | 978-92-79-33083-4 |
LOWCARB | Low carbon mine site energy initiatives | RFCR-CT-2010-00004 | 2014 | 978-92-79-40328-6 | ||
MISSTER | Mine shafts : improving security and new tools for the evaluation of risks | ★ | RFCR-CT-2010-00014 | 2015 | 978-92-79-45342-7 | |
COGASOUT | Development of novel technologies for predicting and combating gas outbursts and uncontrolled emissions in thick seam coal mining | ★ | RFCR-CT-2010-00002 | 2015 | 978-92-79-43619-2 |