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Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manjakkal, L., Soni, M., Yogeswaran, N., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps.2019.8792319

Circular economy focussing on the reuse and recycling of materials is gaining significant interest these days as the concern for environment sustainability is increasing [1] - [3] . In this regard, printed electronics or green electronics is being pr... Read More about Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor.

Design and Experimental Study of a New Flexible Driven Parallel Soft Massage Robot (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhao, Y., Wei, H., Li, P., Li, G., Qi, L., & Yu, H. (2019, August). Design and Experimental Study of a New Flexible Driven Parallel Soft Massage Robot. Presented at 12th International Conference, ICIRA 2019, Shenyang, China

In recent years, the demand for massage robots has increased dramatically in the field of Medical care. Traditional massage robots are mostly rigid robots. Compared with rigid robots, soft robots are more suitable for massage because of their softnes... Read More about Design and Experimental Study of a New Flexible Driven Parallel Soft Massage Robot.

X-ray tomography of sand-rubber mixtures (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fonseca, J., Riaz, A., & Barreto, D. (2019). X-ray tomography of sand-rubber mixtures. In International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures Australia

The behavior of sand-rubber mixtures is controlled by the mechanisms taking place at the grain scale. Here, we use a mixture of shredded tire and a silica sand with similar grain sizes to investigate granular behavior under one-dimensional compressio... Read More about X-ray tomography of sand-rubber mixtures.

Measurement of viscoelasticity of sodium alginate by Fibre Bragg Grating (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binetti, L., Stankiewicz, A., & Alwis, L. (2019). Measurement of viscoelasticity of sodium alginate by Fibre Bragg Grating. . https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019015033

A novel sensor for measuring viscoelastic properties of sodium alginate (SA) in distilled water of concentration (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 w/w%) has been tested. The sensor used is an FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) fibre optic sensor. It has seen... Read More about Measurement of viscoelasticity of sodium alginate by Fibre Bragg Grating.

Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Miranda, M., da Costa, A., Castro, J., Sagaseta, C., & Cañizal, J. (2019). Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel. In Proceedings 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2595-2598)

Stone columns installed in extremely soft soils may significantly reduce the effectiveness of this treatment due to the insufficient lateral confinement provided by the soft soil. The encasement of columns with geotextiles is commonly used in these s... Read More about Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel.

Heat Capacity Effect on Ethanol Preignition in a Shock Tube (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bau Luong, M., Figueroa-Labastida, M., Tingas, S., Sow, A., Hernández Pérez, F. E., Badra, J., Farooq, A., & Im, H. G. (2019, July). Heat Capacity Effect on Ethanol Preignition in a Shock Tube. Paper presented at 27th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS), Beijing, China

Life Cycle Assessment of a Static Concentrator (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zawadzki, P., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S., Bani, N., Abubakar Mas’ud, A., Ardila-Rey, J., & Munir, A. (2019, July). Life Cycle Assessment of a Static Concentrator. Paper presented at 14th International Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Annual Symposium (UMTAS), Terengganu, Malaysia

In recent years, there has been a significant raise of concerns over global warming and its effect on the environment. This has led to an increased use of renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and various bio-energy. Despite all the technologi... Read More about Life Cycle Assessment of a Static Concentrator.

Photovoltaic-Integrated Review and Expansion Need in Green Building Landscape for Bridging the Malaysian RE Policy (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amran, M., Muhtazaruddin, M., Bani, N., Syed Abd Rahaman, S., Md Yusoff, N., Azizul, M., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2019, July). Photovoltaic-Integrated Review and Expansion Need in Green Building Landscape for Bridging the Malaysian RE Policy. Paper presented at 2019 13th International Power Engineering, Optimization and Computing Conference (PEOCO2019), Melaka, Malaysia

A literature review is presented specifically on the photovoltaic (PV) as a distributed generation (DG) integration approach and the extensiveness through renewable energy (RE) assessment criteria in current green building rating system (GBRS) to: de... Read More about Photovoltaic-Integrated Review and Expansion Need in Green Building Landscape for Bridging the Malaysian RE Policy.

Experimental assessment of stiffness and damping in rubber-sand mixtures at various strain levels (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bernal-Sanchez, J., Mcdougall, J., Barreto, D., Marinelli, A., Dimitriadi, V., Anbazhagan, P., & Miranda, M. (2019, June). Experimental assessment of stiffness and damping in rubber-sand mixtures at various strain levels. Presented at 7th International Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Rome

The dynamic properties of shredded rubber-soil mixtures (ShRm), comprising a sub-rounded quartz sand combined with small rubber shreds at 0, 10, 20, 30% by mass, were investigated. Testing ranged from small strain, in resonant column apparatus, to la... Read More about Experimental assessment of stiffness and damping in rubber-sand mixtures at various strain levels.

Performance Evaluation of the RACPC for BIPV System under Diffuse Radiation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Freier, D., Deciga-Gusi, J., Abu-Bakar, S., Bani, N., Munir, A., Abubakar Mas’ud, A., & Ardila-Rey, J. (2019, July). Performance Evaluation of the RACPC for BIPV System under Diffuse Radiation. Paper presented at 5th International Conference on Energy and Environment 2019 (ICEE2019), Bangi Resort Hotel, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

In the last four decades there has been a significant increase of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, which makes solar one of the most promising renewable energy sources. Following this trend, solar power would become the world´s largest source of ele... Read More about Performance Evaluation of the RACPC for BIPV System under Diffuse Radiation.

Harvesting Sustainable Energy from Saltwater : Part II – Effect of Electrode Geometry (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bani, N., Kaidi, H., Muhtazaruddin, M., Mohamed Rashidi, A., Hassan, M., Sarip, S., Saleh, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S., Abubakar Mas’ud, A., & Ardila-Rey, J. (2019, July). Harvesting Sustainable Energy from Saltwater : Part II – Effect of Electrode Geometry. Paper presented at 5th International Conference on Energy and Environment 2019 (ICEE2019), Bangi Resort Hotel, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Green energy or renewable energy is a widely and commonly used terminology when depicting the energy generated from natural resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and hydropower. One energy resource, in particular, has yet to unleash its... Read More about Harvesting Sustainable Energy from Saltwater : Part II – Effect of Electrode Geometry.

Adaptive Status Arrivals Policy (ASAP) Delivering Fresh Information (Minimise Peak Age) in Real World Scenarios (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barakat, B., Keates, S., Wassell, I., & Arshad, K. (2019, July). Adaptive Status Arrivals Policy (ASAP) Delivering Fresh Information (Minimise Peak Age) in Real World Scenarios. Presented at HCII: International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Orlando, US

Real-time systems make their decisions based on information communicated from sensors. Consequently, delivering information in a timely manner is critical to such systems. In this paper, a policy for delivering fresh information (or minimising the Pe... Read More about Adaptive Status Arrivals Policy (ASAP) Delivering Fresh Information (Minimise Peak Age) in Real World Scenarios.

Universal Access: The Challenges Ahead (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S. (2019). Universal Access: The Challenges Ahead. In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Theory, Methods and Tools (100-112). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23560-4_8

It is approaching 20 years since the first issue of the International Journal on Universal Access was published and also that the first International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction was held. This paper reflects on how th... Read More about Universal Access: The Challenges Ahead.

Screening Chemical Kinetic Models: Collision Limit Violations and Ultra-Fast Time Scales (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yalamanchi, K. K., Tingas, S., Im, H. G., & Sarathy, S. M. (2019, July). Screening Chemical Kinetic Models: Collision Limit Violations and Ultra-Fast Time Scales. Paper presented at 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC), Fukuoka, Japan

Detailed chemical kinetic models are widely used in combustion research and many new mechanisms for different fuels and reacting conditions are developed and published each year. Recent works have highlighted the need for error checking when preparin... Read More about Screening Chemical Kinetic Models: Collision Limit Violations and Ultra-Fast Time Scales.

A Framework for Lean Construction Supply Chain; Bibliometric Analysis Approach (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Osunsanmi, T. O., Aigbavboa, C. O., & Oke, A. E. (2019, June). A Framework for Lean Construction Supply Chain; Bibliometric Analysis Approach. Presented at CCC 2019: Creative Construction Conference, Budapest, Hungary

Lean construction supply chain is a project management technique adopted from the manufacturing sector aimed at improving the performance of the construction industry. However, it's implementation is confronted with some barriers in the construction... Read More about A Framework for Lean Construction Supply Chain; Bibliometric Analysis Approach.

Environmental Harshness and Fitness Improving Innovations (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2019). Environmental Harshness and Fitness Improving Innovations. In Artificial Life Conference Proceedings (300-307). https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00179

Fitness improving innovations occur in populations of organisms as genetic changes (mutations) that allow better fit with the environmental niche of the organisms. Similarly, fitness improving innovations may occur in the context of human communities... Read More about Environmental Harshness and Fitness Improving Innovations.

Sensitivity analysis of building physical parameters to maximize heating energy saving using MPC (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vand, B., Lopes, Y. K., Hathway, E. A., & Rockett, P. (2019, June). Sensitivity analysis of building physical parameters to maximize heating energy saving using MPC. Presented at The 3rd International Conference on Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Transfer, Ottawa, Canada

Buildings are one of the largest energy consumers and emitters of CO2, and they consume a significant portion of the overall energy in the world [1]. There is an increased interest in using model-predictive control (MPC) to optimise building performa... Read More about Sensitivity analysis of building physical parameters to maximize heating energy saving using MPC.

The accelerated urban growth in Mexico City. Figures and future scenarios (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Karen Hernandez Garcia, A. (2019, June). The accelerated urban growth in Mexico City. Figures and future scenarios. Paper presented at XVII Symposium of Mexican students and studies in the UK, Cambridge UK

Mexico City has experienced an accelerated and disorganised urban growth over time, triggering a deficit of housing stock, job opportunities, public transport and infrastructure services, in addition to environmental impacts related to construction o... Read More about The accelerated urban growth in Mexico City. Figures and future scenarios.

Minimum efficient scale in container port operations over the very long run – is it increasing and does that matter? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cowie, J., & Monios, J. (2019, June). Minimum efficient scale in container port operations over the very long run – is it increasing and does that matter?. Paper presented at 27th Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), Athens, Greece

This paper calculates the Minimum Efficient Scale (MES) of container port operations, which, despite significant economic analyses of port efficiency and productivity, has been addressed only rarely thus far. The research also explores the extent to... Read More about Minimum efficient scale in container port operations over the very long run – is it increasing and does that matter?.