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Acceptor and Donor Dopants in Potassium Sodium Niobate Based Ceramics (2020)
Journal Article
Hussain, F., Khesro, A., Lu, Z., Alotaibi, N., Mohamad, A. A., Wang, G., …Zhou, D. (2020). Acceptor and Donor Dopants in Potassium Sodium Niobate Based Ceramics. Frontiers in Materials, 7, Article 160. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00160

B-site doping in potassium sodium niobate (KNN) with Mn2+ (Mn′′′Nb) and Ti4+ (Ti′Nb) dopants were soluble but prevented KNN from achieving a high relative density, while Sn4+ (Sn′Nb) was not soluble in the structure as evidenced by second phase peaks... Read More about Acceptor and Donor Dopants in Potassium Sodium Niobate Based Ceramics.

Metasurface sensors for healthcare applications (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Durant, A., Lacoste, C., Donnelly, E., & Spada, L. L. (2020). Metasurface sensors for healthcare applications. . https://doi.org/10.23919/eucap48036.2020.9135976

Electromagnetic sensors have received huge attention in the last few years, due to the rising demand of devices able to improve quality, performance and safety in different industrial sectors: both sensing and medical industries are outstanding examp... Read More about Metasurface sensors for healthcare applications.

Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donnelly, E., Durant, A., Lacoste, C., & Spada, L. L. (2020). Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves. . https://doi.org/10.23919/eucap48036.2020.9135673

In the last decade, electromagnetic metamaterials, thanks to their exotic properties and the possibility to control electromagnetic waves at will, become crucial building blocks to develop new and advanced technologies in several practical applicatio... Read More about Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves.

Ethnographic Fictions: Research for Speculative Design (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Helgason, I., & Smyth, M. (2020). Ethnographic Fictions: Research for Speculative Design. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3395872

Ethnographically informed research that investigates people's lived experiences, emotions, attitudes and behaviours inevitably draws primarily on current and past situations. Design practice is naturally concerned with using research to inform the cr... Read More about Ethnographic Fictions: Research for Speculative Design.

Speculative and Critical Design in Education: Practice and Perspectives (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Helgason, I., Smyth, M., Encinas, E., & Mitrović, I. (2020). Speculative and Critical Design in Education: Practice and Perspectives. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3395907

This full-day, interdisciplinary workshop will address the use of Speculative and Critical Design (SCD), Design Fiction, and related practices, including those that use provocation, ambiguity and activism, within undergraduate, postgraduate and profe... Read More about Speculative and Critical Design in Education: Practice and Perspectives.

Analysis of a novel six-degree of freedom foldable parallel mechanism with optimized under-balance springs (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Zhao, T., Yu, H., Li, E., Tian, X., & Ding, S. (2021). Analysis of a novel six-degree of freedom foldable parallel mechanism with optimized under-balance springs. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235(4), 670-692. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406220936728

The capacities of parallel mechanisms are limited by their height for the narrow space applications, such as the shipboard stability platforms, household simulators, aerospace mechanisms, etc. This paper proposes a novel foldable six-DOF parallel man... Read More about Analysis of a novel six-degree of freedom foldable parallel mechanism with optimized under-balance springs.

A user detective adaptive facade towards improving visual and thermal comfort (2020)
Journal Article
Rizi, R. A., & Eltaweel, A. (2021). A user detective adaptive facade towards improving visual and thermal comfort. Journal of Building Engineering, 33, Article 101554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101554

Adaptive skins and, in particular, adaptive façade play a significant role in the future of environmentally friendly spaces. Meanwhile, occupants' involvement in the process of adaptive façade design and operation is essential to guarantee its useful... Read More about A user detective adaptive facade towards improving visual and thermal comfort.

Monthly Precipitation Forecasts Using Wavelet Neural Networks Models in a Semiarid Environment (2020)
Journal Article
Estévez, J., Bellido-Jiménez, J. A., Liu, X., & García-Marín, A. P. (2020). Monthly Precipitation Forecasts Using Wavelet Neural Networks Models in a Semiarid Environment. Water, 12(7), Article 1909. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12071909

Accurate forecast of hydrological data such as precipitation is critical in order to provide useful information for water resources management, playing a key role in different sectors. Traditional forecasting methods present many limitations due to t... Read More about Monthly Precipitation Forecasts Using Wavelet Neural Networks Models in a Semiarid Environment.

5G-FOG: Freezing of Gait Identification in Multi-Class Softmax Neural Network Exploiting 5G Spectrum (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, J. S., Tahir, A., Ahmad, J., Shah, S. A., Abbasi, Q. H., Russell, G., & Buchanan, W. (2020, July). 5G-FOG: Freezing of Gait Identification in Multi-Class Softmax Neural Network Exploiting 5G Spectrum. Presented at 2020 Computing Conference, London

Freezing of gait (FOG) is one of the most incapacitating and disconcerting symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). FOG is the result of neural control disorder and motor impairments, which severely impedes forward locomotion. This paper presents the exp... Read More about 5G-FOG: Freezing of Gait Identification in Multi-Class Softmax Neural Network Exploiting 5G Spectrum.

Decentralized Accessibility of e-commerce Products through Blockchain Technology (2020)
Journal Article
Kumar, G., Saha, R., Buchanan, W. J., Geetha, G., Thomas, R., Rai, M. K., Kim, T.-H., & Alazab, M. (2020). Decentralized Accessibility of e-commerce Products through Blockchain Technology. Sustainable Cities and Society, 62, Article 102361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102361

A distributed and transparent ledger system is considered for various \textit{e}-commerce products including health medicines, electronics, security appliances, food products and many more to ensure technological and e-commerce sustainability. This s... Read More about Decentralized Accessibility of e-commerce Products through Blockchain Technology.