Interview with Matthew Neuhaus: Commonwealth Oral History Project

Interview with Matthew Neuhaus, conducted at Senate House, London, UK, on 5th June, 2013 (1); by telephone to Harare, Zimbabwe, 8th August 2013 (2) and at Senate House, London, UK, on Tuesday 11th March, 2014 (3). Biography: Australian Diplomat. Postings to Papua New Guinea; Canberra; Counsellor to the Australian Mission in the United Nations, New York; Kenya; Australian Ambassador in Nigeria, 1997-2000; Director of the Political Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London 2002-2008; Head of the Pacific Engagement Taskforce; Assistant Secretary and Head of the CHOGM Policy Task Force; Australian Ambassador in Zimbabwe, 2011-. The project aims to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965 through sixty oral history interviews with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation. It will provide an essential research tool for anyone investigating the history of the Commonwealth and will serve to promote interest in and understanding of the organisation

Co-design of controllers in wave energy converters

Co-design has been successfully utilised in wind turbines to improve efficiencies and reduce levelised cost of energy (LCoE). Currently, wave energy converter (WEC) controllers are designed once the physical device is mostly finished. Introducing a co-design philosophy to WEC design could help bring down it’s LCoE to competitive levels

Behaviour of the model for a range of constant inputs, received by the E population only.

<p>Pictures A–D: output activity of the two populations E (grey) and I (black) when receiving constant input to E population of (A) 0.2, (B) 0.4, (C) 0.7 and (D) 1.18. E: maximum and minimum values of the E population's output activity are plotted (grey line) in order to display the region where these values differ and oscillations appear. Arrows indicate examples A–D. F: bifurcation diagram generated by continuation of the model's steady state equilibrium (<i>θ_E</i> = <i>θ_I</i> = 0, initial conditions: E = I = 0, equilibrium reached: E = 0.0181, I = 0.0207). Labelled points: (1) Hopf bifurcation, <i>θ_E</i> = 0.399974, (2) Hopf bifurcation, <i>θ_E</i> = 1.199932.</p