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Soiling mapping through optical losses for Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Chanchangi, Y. N., Ghosh, A., Micheli, L., Fernández, E. F., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2022). Soiling mapping through optical losses for Nigeria. Renewable Energy, 197, 995-1008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.019

Soiling consists of the accumulation of dust on the solar panel's surface and has a deleterious effect on solar photovoltaic devices' performance, which varies with location. However, soiling losses and rates are significantly under-reported or under... Read More about Soiling mapping through optical losses for Nigeria.

An Improved Point-to-Feature Recognition Algorithm for 3D Vision Detection (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Guo, Q., Gao, G., Tang, S., Min, G., Li, C., & Yu, H. (2022, August). An Improved Point-to-Feature Recognition Algorithm for 3D Vision Detection. Presented at International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Harbin, China

Vision-detection-based grasping is one of the research hotspots in the field of automated production. As the grasping scenes become more and more diversified, 3D images are increasingly chosen as the input images for object recognition in complex rec... Read More about An Improved Point-to-Feature Recognition Algorithm for 3D Vision Detection.

Improved Cascade Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Functional Electrical Stimulation Based Wrist Tremor Suppression System Considering the Effect of Output Noise (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tao, C., Zhang, Z., Huo, B., Liu, Y., Li, J., & Yu, H. (2022, August). Improved Cascade Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Functional Electrical Stimulation Based Wrist Tremor Suppression System Considering the Effect of Output Noise. Presented at International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Harbin, China

The wrist tremor suppression system designed based on functional electrical stimulation technology has been welcomed by the majority of tremor patients as a non-invasive rehabilitation therapy. Due to the complex physiological structure characteristi... Read More about Improved Cascade Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Functional Electrical Stimulation Based Wrist Tremor Suppression System Considering the Effect of Output Noise.

A Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Planar Monopole Antenna with Axial Ratio Bandwidth Entirely Encompassing the Antenna Bandwidth (2022)
Journal Article
Mousa, F. M., Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., Ali, N. T., Gharbia, I., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022). A Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Planar Monopole Antenna with Axial Ratio Bandwidth Entirely Encompassing the Antenna Bandwidth. IEEE Access, 10, 81828-81835. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3196610

The antenna presented in this study is a compact wideband monopole with wideband circular polarization that can be used across the whole antenna bandwidth. A rectangular C-shaped patch is partially covered by a ground plane in the proposed planar mon... Read More about A Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Planar Monopole Antenna with Axial Ratio Bandwidth Entirely Encompassing the Antenna Bandwidth.

Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100 (2022)
Journal Article
Arehart, J., Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Srubar, W. (2022). Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 186, Article 106583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106583

This study uses material flow analysis to estimate the material stocks and flows and associated upfront embodied carbon emissions for gravity building structural systems in the United States. Seven scenarios that align with the shared-socioeconomic p... Read More about Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100.

Development of hybrid aluminum-air battery fuel-cell system (2022)
Journal Article
Tan, W. C., Saw, L. H., Yew, M. C., Pei-Yu, K., Khor, Z. Y., & Sun, D. (2022). Development of hybrid aluminum-air battery fuel-cell system. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1074(1), Article 012034. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1074/1/012034

Industrial 4.0 accelerates the need to introduce clean energy to accommodate the increase in electricity demand globally without causing environmental issues. Metal-air battery is a new type of energy storage system in which the metal anode is consum... Read More about Development of hybrid aluminum-air battery fuel-cell system.

A comprehensive assessment of accuracy of adaptive integration of cut cells for laminar fluid-structure interaction problems (2022)
Journal Article
Kadapa, C., Wang, X., & Mei, Y. (2022). A comprehensive assessment of accuracy of adaptive integration of cut cells for laminar fluid-structure interaction problems. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 122, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2022.07.006

Finite element methods based on cut-cells are becoming increasingly popular because of their advantages over formulations based on body-fitted meshes for problems with moving interfaces. In such methods, the cells (or elements) which are cut by the i... Read More about A comprehensive assessment of accuracy of adaptive integration of cut cells for laminar fluid-structure interaction problems.

Microwave sensor for liquid mixture identification based on composite right left hand-zero-order resonator for sensitivity improvement (2022)
Journal Article
Hocine, S., Lashab, . M., Belattar, M., Ouchtati, S., See, C. H., Hu, Y.-F., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022). Microwave sensor for liquid mixture identification based on composite right left hand-zero-order resonator for sensitivity improvement. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, 32(11), Article e23337. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmce.23337

This work aims to present an improved version of the liquid mixture identification sensor, the proposed sensor is tested experimentaly on mixture of water ethanol, the identification of liquid is based on the measurement of frequency displacement, a... Read More about Microwave sensor for liquid mixture identification based on composite right left hand-zero-order resonator for sensitivity improvement.

Causality between challenges, availability, and extent of use of local building materials (2022)
Journal Article
Windapo, A., Olugboyega, O., Pomponi, F., Moghayedi, A., & Emuze, F. (2022). Causality between challenges, availability, and extent of use of local building materials. South African Journal of Science, 118(7/8), https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/9534

The promotion of sustainable practice in construction has resulted in a renewed focus on local building materials (LBMs). However, existing studies have not provided an extensive understanding of the challenges in the use and awareness of the availab... Read More about Causality between challenges, availability, and extent of use of local building materials.

Stabilisation by adaptive feedback control for positive difference equations with applications in pest management (2022)
Journal Article
Edholm, C., Guiver, C., Rebarber, R., Tenhumberg, B., & Townley, S. (2022). Stabilisation by adaptive feedback control for positive difference equations with applications in pest management. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 60(4), 2214-2245. https://doi.org/10.1137/21m1398240

An adaptive feedback control scheme is proposed for stabilising a class of forced nonlinear positive difference equations. The adaptive scheme is based on so-called high-gain adaptive controllers, and contains substantial robustness with respect... Read More about Stabilisation by adaptive feedback control for positive difference equations with applications in pest management.