Outputs (106)

Vivaldi antenna with balun feed for SKA feeding system in UWB (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ma, Y., Zhu, F., Abidin, Z., Pang, F., Li, S., Abd-Alhameed, R., …Peng, B. (2015). Vivaldi antenna with balun feed for SKA feeding system in UWB. . https://doi.org/10.1109/URSI-AT-RASC.2015.7303191

This paper represents a low cost printed Vivaldi antenna at 3-10 GHz bandwidth for Radio telescope Feed system. The idea of this design is to minimize the number of telescope receivers for Square Kilometre Array (SKA). A minimized tapered slot antenn... Read More about Vivaldi antenna with balun feed for SKA feeding system in UWB.

Surface wave cloaking using transformation optics (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Spada, L., & Hao, Y. (2015). Surface wave cloaking using transformation optics. In 2015 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ursi-at-rasc.2015.7302892

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the study of manipulating surface waves from microwave to optical frequencies [1, 2], especially for the design of conformal antennas and devices in communications and radar applications [3]. Some of... Read More about Surface wave cloaking using transformation optics.

Feasibility of NeuCube spiking neural network architecture for EMG pattern recognition (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Peng, L., Hou, Z., Kasabov, N., Bian, G., Vladareanu, L., & Yu, H. (2015, August). Feasibility of NeuCube spiking neural network architecture for EMG pattern recognition. Presented at 2015 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS), Beijing, China

Multichannel electromyography (EMG) signals have been used as human-machine interface (HMI) for the control of pattern-recognition based prosthetic system in recent years. This paper is a feasibility analysis of using recently proposed NeuCube spikin... Read More about Feasibility of NeuCube spiking neural network architecture for EMG pattern recognition.

Energy for Craft Distillers. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J. (2015, October). Energy for Craft Distillers. Presented at UK Craft Distillers Conference

Design and analysis of a simple UHF passive RFID tag for liquid level monitoring applications (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atojoko, A., Abd-Alhameed, R., Rajamani, H., McEwan, N., See, C., & Excell, P. (2015). Design and analysis of a simple UHF passive RFID tag for liquid level monitoring applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/itecha.2015.7317453

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems has gained increasing popularity with multiple deployments to existing wireless sensors in a view to achieve energy and overall operational efficiency at a much lower cost. This paper presents the design... Read More about Design and analysis of a simple UHF passive RFID tag for liquid level monitoring applications.

Reconfigurable neurons - making the most of configurable logic blocks (CLBs) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghani, A., See, C. H., Migdadi, H., Asif, R., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Noras, J. M. (2015). Reconfigurable neurons - making the most of configurable logic blocks (CLBs). . https://doi.org/10.1109/itecha.2015.7317451

An area-efficient hardware architecture is used to map fully parallel cortical columns on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) is presented in this paper. To demonstrate the concept of this work, the proposed architecture is shown at the system leve... Read More about Reconfigurable neurons - making the most of configurable logic blocks (CLBs).

Compact size uni-planer small Metamaterial-Inspired antenna for UWB applications (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jan, N., Elmegri, F., Bin-Melha, M., Abd-Alhameed, R., Lashab, M., & See, C. (2015). Compact size uni-planer small Metamaterial-Inspired antenna for UWB applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/itecha.2015.7317443

In this paper, low profile planar Metamaterial-Inspired coplanar fed waveguide antenna is presented for WLAN and Ultra-Wideband applications. The antenna is based on a simple strip loaded to a rectangular patch and zigzag E-shape metamaterial-inspire... Read More about Compact size uni-planer small Metamaterial-Inspired antenna for UWB applications.

A BIM platform for offsite timber construction. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patlakas, P., Livingstone, A., & Hairstans, R. (2015). A BIM platform for offsite timber construction.

This paper discusses the potential of a BIM platform for offsite timber construction within the context of the UK construction industry. It examines the benefits, limitations, and challenges that BIM brings for offsite timber. Proof-of-concept projec... Read More about A BIM platform for offsite timber construction..

Comparing usefulness of acoustic measurements on standing trees for segregation by timber stiffness. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gil-Moreno, D., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2015, September). Comparing usefulness of acoustic measurements on standing trees for segregation by timber stiffness. Presented at 19th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

The paper presents a comparison of standard procedures to measure acoustic stiffness of standing trees and logs. The aim is to see how useful they are for predicting the properties of dry, sawn, timber for the purposes of resource segregation in indu... Read More about Comparing usefulness of acoustic measurements on standing trees for segregation by timber stiffness..

Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sellami, N., Meng, X., Xia, X., Knox, A. R., & Mallick, T. K. (2015). Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator. In AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931565

In this study, the Crossed Compound Parabolic Concentrator CCPC is modified to demonstrate for the first time a new generation of solar concentrators working simultaneously as an electricity generator and thermal collector. It is designed to have two... Read More about Optical and heat transfer performance of a novel non-imaging concentrator.