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Towards Predictive Design: Tracking a CNC Fixture Design Process to Identify the Requirements (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Purves, D., Corney, J., Canavan, M., Quigley, J., & Sherlock, A. (2022). Towards Predictive Design: Tracking a CNC Fixture Design Process to Identify the Requirements. In Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXV (187-192). https://doi.org/

Training novice production engineers to design manufacturing fixtures is a time-consuming process involving significant input from experienced experts. Motivated by the vision of providing an intelligent support system for general mechanical design,... Read More about Towards Predictive Design: Tracking a CNC Fixture Design Process to Identify the Requirements.

Digital Twin for 6G: Taxonomy, Research Challenges, and the Road Ahead (2022)
Journal Article
Masaracchia, A., Sharma, V., Canberk, B., Dobre, O. A., & Duong, T. Q. (2022). Digital Twin for 6G: Taxonomy, Research Challenges, and the Road Ahead. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 3, 2137-2150. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2022.32190

The concept of digital twin (DT) is constantly revealing as a key enabling technology for the deployment of mobile communication services envisaged for the sixth-generation (6G) Internet-of-Things (IoT). This paper aims at providing a comprehensive r... Read More about Digital Twin for 6G: Taxonomy, Research Challenges, and the Road Ahead.

Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case (2022)
Journal Article
Adetooto, J., Windapo, A., Pomponi, F., Companie, F., Alade, K., & Mtya, A. (in press). Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case. Journal of Engineering, De

Purpose Sandbag building technologies (SBTs) have been offered as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative building technology (ABT) capable of accelerating house construction in South Africa, but its acceptance remains low. However, knowledge a... Read More about Strategies to promote the acceptance of sandbag building technology for sustainable and affordable housing delivery: the South African case.

Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes (2022)
Journal Article
Yang, C., Chen, X., Mao, M., Luo, X., Sheng, W., Lu, Z., …Song, K. (2023). Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes. Ceramics International, 4

Orange-yellow luminescent Y2-xSr1-yAl4SiO12: xCe3+, yMn2+ (x = 0.04–0.06, y = 0.1–0.6, abbreviated as YSAS: xCe3+, yMn2+) phosphors with garnet structure were prepared by the high temperature solid-phase method. The matrix energy band is calculated b... Read More about Ionic selective occupation, lattice modulation and photoluminescence properties of garnet typed orange-yellow phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes.

Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation (2022)
Journal Article
Tang, Y., Huang, Z., Chen, Z., Chen, M., Zhou, H., Zhang, H., & Sun, J. (2023). Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation. Engineering Structures, 274, Article 115158. https://doi.org/10

State-of-the-art machine-vision systems have limitations associated with crack width measurements. The sample points used to describe the crack width are often subjectively defined by experimenters, which obscures the crack width ground truth. Conseq... Read More about Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation.

Aizerman Conjectures for a class of multivariate positive systems (2022)
Journal Article
Drummond, R., Guiver, C., & Turner, M. (2023). Aizerman Conjectures for a class of multivariate positive systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68(8), 5073 - 5080. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2022.3217740

The Aizerman Conjecture predicts stability for a class of nonlinear control systems on the basis of linear system stability analysis. The conjecture is known to be false in general. Here, a number of Aizerman conjectures are shown to be true for a cl... Read More about Aizerman Conjectures for a class of multivariate positive systems.

Roles of Medicinal Mushrooms as Natural Food Dyes and Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC): Synergy of Zero Hunger and Affordable Energy for Sustainable Development (2022)
Journal Article
Ahmad, N., Vunduk, J., Klaus, A., Dahlan, N. Y., Ghosh, S., Muhammad-Sukki, F., …Wan-Mohtar, W. A. A. Q. I. (2022). Roles of Medicinal Mushrooms as Natural Food Dyes and Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC): Synergy of Zero Hunger and Affordable Energy for

In 2015, approximately 195 countries agreed with the United Nations that by 2030, they would work to make the world a better place. There would be synergies in accomplishing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Synergy using a single sustaina... Read More about Roles of Medicinal Mushrooms as Natural Food Dyes and Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSC): Synergy of Zero Hunger and Affordable Energy for Sustainable Development.

Editorial and Career Development (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2022, October). Editorial and Career Development. Presented at 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS2022), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

A three-stage criterion method for extracting local vibration modes of tensioned cables in beam string structures (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, T., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, H. (2022). A three-stage criterion method for extracting local vibration modes of tensioned cables in beam string structures. Frontiers in Materials, 9, Article 1055635. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2022.1055635

As light and efficient large-span space structures, beam string structures have been widely used since the 1980s. Within them, cables are the main force-bearing component; their level of tension determines the overall stiffness, performance and struc... Read More about A three-stage criterion method for extracting local vibration modes of tensioned cables in beam string structures.

Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Arbitrary Load Variations (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bonet-Jara, J., Fernandez-Cavero, V., Vedreno Santos, F., & Pons-Llinares, J. (2022). Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Arbitrary Load Variations. In 2022 International Conference on Elect

Induction motors work under steady state in many applications. Nevertheless, in some cases (e.g., wood cutting machine or pulp mixer in paper industries), the load continuously varies. In these cases, time-frequency transforms are needed to detect th... Read More about Very Accurate Time-Frequency Representation of Induction Motors Harmonics for Fault Diagnosis Under Arbitrary Load Variations.

6E analyses of a new solar energy-driven polygeneration system integrating CO2 capture, organic Rankine cycle, and humidification-dehumidification desalination (2022)
Journal Article
Khani, N., Khoshgoftar Manesha, M., & Onishi, V. (2022). 6E analyses of a new solar energy-driven polygeneration system integrating CO2 capture, organic Rankine cycle, and humidification-dehumidification desalination. Journal of Cleaner Production, 379, A

Integrated solar-assisted polygeneration systems have emerged as an effective and sustainable alternative for meeting thermal, power and freshwater demands through decentralized generation. In this framework, this study introduces a new design and dy... Read More about 6E analyses of a new solar energy-driven polygeneration system integrating CO2 capture, organic Rankine cycle, and humidification-dehumidification desalination.

Barriers and opportunities of fast-growing biobased material use in buildings (2022)
Journal Article
Göswein, V., Arehart, J., Phan-huy, C., Pomponi, F., & Habert, G. (2022). Barriers and opportunities of fast-growing biobased material use in buildings. Buildings and Cities, 3(1), 745-755. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.254

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C requires immediate and drastic reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A significant contributor to anthropogenic global GHG emissions is the production of building materials. Biobased materials offer the potent... Read More about Barriers and opportunities of fast-growing biobased material use in buildings.

A Precedence Constrained Knapsack Problem with Uncertain Item Weights for Personalized Learning Systems (2022)
Journal Article
Aslan, A., Ursavas, E., & Romeijnders, W. (2023). A Precedence Constrained Knapsack Problem with Uncertain Item Weights for Personalized Learning Systems. Omega, 115, Article 102779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2022.102779

This paper studies a unique precedence constrained knapsack problem in which there are two methods available to place an item in the knapsack. Whether or not an item weight is uncertain depends on which one of the two methods is selected. This knapsa... Read More about A Precedence Constrained Knapsack Problem with Uncertain Item Weights for Personalized Learning Systems.

Football viewing centres in an African megacity: viewers’ characteristics and operational dynamics (2022)
Journal Article
Ogunseye, N. O., Olowosegun, A. M., Kadiri, W. A., Salisu, U. O., & Ogunseye, O. D. (2024). Football viewing centres in an African megacity: viewers’ characteristics and operational dynamics. African geographical review, 43(1), 186-203. https://doi.org/

This study examines viewers’ characteristics and operational dynamics of football viewing centres (FVCs) in Agege, Lagos Megacity, Nigeria. It anchors on the “theory of happiness” and the microeconomic vitality of FVCs using a mixed-methods approach.... Read More about Football viewing centres in an African megacity: viewers’ characteristics and operational dynamics.

On the Fast DHT Precoding of OFDM Signals over Frequency-Selective Fading Channels for Wireless Applications (2022)
Journal Article
Anoh, K., Tanriover, C., Ribeiro, M. V., Adebisi, B., & See, C. H. (2022). On the Fast DHT Precoding of OFDM Signals over Frequency-Selective Fading Channels for Wireless Applications. Electronics, 11(19), Article 3099. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics

Due to high power consumption and other problems, it is unlikely that orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) would be included in the uplink of the future 6G standard. High power consumption in OFDM systems is motivated by the high peak-to... Read More about On the Fast DHT Precoding of OFDM Signals over Frequency-Selective Fading Channels for Wireless Applications.

Digital Twin-Enabled Intelligent DDoS Detection Mechanism For Autonomous Core Networks (2022)
Journal Article
Yigit, Y., Bal, B., Karameseoglu, A., Duong, T. Q., & Canberk, B. (2022). Digital Twin-Enabled Intelligent DDoS Detection Mechanism For Autonomous Core Networks. IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 6(3), 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOMSTD.0001.210

Existing distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) solutions cannot handle highly aggregated data rates; thus, they are unsuitable for Internet service provider (ISP) core networks. This article proposes a digital twin-enabled intelligent DDoS dete... Read More about Digital Twin-Enabled Intelligent DDoS Detection Mechanism For Autonomous Core Networks.

A Proof Of Concept On Digital Twin-Controlled WiFi Core Network Selection For In-Flight Connectivity (2022)
Journal Article
Bilen, T., Ak, E., Bal, B., & Canberk, B. (2022). A Proof Of Concept On Digital Twin-Controlled WiFi Core Network Selection For In-Flight Connectivity. IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 6(3), 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOMSTD.0001.2100103

The in-flight connectivity (IFC) turns to a crucial need from luxury with technological advances. The WiFi-enabled IFC (W-IFC) meets most of this need by deploying access points within the aircraft. These access points can allow Internet connectivity... Read More about A Proof Of Concept On Digital Twin-Controlled WiFi Core Network Selection For In-Flight Connectivity.

Effect of ambient gas on cavity formation for sphere impacts on liquids (2022)
Journal Article
Williams, H., Sprittles, J., Padrino, J. C., & Denissenko, P. (2022). Effect of ambient gas on cavity formation for sphere impacts on liquids. Physical Review Fluids, 7(9), Article 094003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.7.094003

Formation of a splash crown and a cavity following the impact of a sphere on a body of liquid is a classical problem. In the related problem of a droplet splashing on a flat surface, it has been established that the properties of the surrounding gas... Read More about Effect of ambient gas on cavity formation for sphere impacts on liquids.

Construction Supply Chain Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era (2022)
Book
Osunsanmi, T. O., Aigbavboa, C. O., Thwala, W. D., & Oke, A. E. (2022). Construction Supply Chain Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era. Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781803821597

Providing invaluable support for construction in determining the acceptable practice and standard for regulatory bodies and managers, Construction Supply Chain Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era also appeals to researchers as it expan... Read More about Construction Supply Chain Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era.

Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Semple, T., Fountas, G., & Fonzone, A. (2023). Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland. Transportation research record, 2677(4), 904-916. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221119192

In this study, we use survey data (n=6,000) to investigate the work trip patterns of Scottish residents at various points of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus specifically on the reported patterns of weekly work trips made during the government-enforce... Read More about Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland.