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Finite element and experimental studies on the machining process of polymer/graphene nanoplatelet nanocomposites (2021)
Journal Article
Fu, G., Sun, F., Sun, F., Huo, D., Shyha, I., Fang, C., & Gao, Q. (2022). Finite element and experimental studies on the machining process of polymer/graphene nanoplatelet nanocomposites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 230, Article 109545. https://doi.or

Polymer matrix composites reinforced with graphene derivatives are receiving increasing attention in academia and industry. For future applications, however, the machinability of these materials needs to be understood. This study introduces the cutti... Read More about Finite element and experimental studies on the machining process of polymer/graphene nanoplatelet nanocomposites.

A blend of Traditional Visual Symbols in BIPV application; any Prospects? (2021)
Journal Article
Awuku, S. A., Bennadji, A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2021). A blend of Traditional Visual Symbols in BIPV application; any Prospects?. Academia Letters, https://doi.org/10.20935/AL4029

Traditional Visual symbols are of great relevance, especially within the architectural space. Buildings may adopt symbols to depict culture, iconicity or identity. The quest to meet sustainable building targets and avert the looming effects of climat... Read More about A blend of Traditional Visual Symbols in BIPV application; any Prospects?.

Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman (2021)
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Shaik, H. M., Kabbani, A., Sheikh, A. M., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Umar, T. (2021). Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman. AIMS Energy, 9(6), 1192-1212. https://doi.org/10.39

Degradation of PV modules have a severe impact on its power-producing capabilities thus affecting the reliability, performance over the long run. To understand the PV degradation happening under the influence of local environmental conditions a surve... Read More about Measurement and validation of polysilicon photovoltaic module degradation rates over five years of field exposure in Oman.

Automating the modular construction process: A review of digital technologies and future directions with blockchain technology (2021)
Journal Article
Olawumi, T. O., Chan, D. W., Ojo, S., & Yam, M. C. (2022). Automating the modular construction process: A review of digital technologies and future directions with blockchain technology. Journal of Building Engineering, 46, Article 103720. https://doi.org

Modular integrated construction (MiC) method has come to limelight in recent years due to its enormous potentials. Although several digital tools and technologies (DTT) have been employed in MiC projects, no previous research study has critically rev... Read More about Automating the modular construction process: A review of digital technologies and future directions with blockchain technology.

Prioritization of Contracting Methods for Water and Wastewater Projects Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Method (2021)
Journal Article
Sarvari, H., Chan, D. W. M., Ashrafi, B., Olawumi, T. O., & Banaitiene, N. (2021). Prioritization of Contracting Methods for Water and Wastewater Projects Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Method. Energies, 14(22), Article 7815. https://doi.org/1

This study uses the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) method to prioritize contracting methods to determine the most suitable contract option for water and wastewater projects (WWP). Content analysis, a two-round Delphi survey technique, and... Read More about Prioritization of Contracting Methods for Water and Wastewater Projects Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Method.

Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dimitrova, I. D., Sanal, S., Bau Luong, M., Tingas, S., & Im, H. G. (2021, November). Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions. Paper presented at 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fl

This study employs algorithmic tools from the computational singular perturbation (CSP) approach and statistics to investigate detonation development in SI engines using 2D simulations at different intensity levels – strong and mild detonations. The... Read More about Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions.

Editorial: Special Issue “Antenna Design for 5G and Beyond” (2021)
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Ojaroudi Parchin, N., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2021). Editorial: Special Issue “Antenna Design for 5G and Beyond”. Sensors, 21(22), Article 7745. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21227745

Note: In lieu of an abstract, this is an excerpt from the first page. The demand for high data rate transfer and large capacities of traffic is continuously growing as the world witnesses the development of the fifth generation (5G) of wireless co... Read More about Editorial: Special Issue “Antenna Design for 5G and Beyond”.

The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants (2021)
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Collins, D., Senior, C., Jowkar, M., Salaj, A. T., & Johansen, A. (2022). The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants. Facilities, 40(3/4), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1108/f-02-2021-0013

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how an Urban Facilities Management (Urban FM) focused summer school in Norway in 2019 impacted knowledge creation, as well as the host and foreign educators, along with the international student pa... Read More about The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants.

A Review on Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicle Anatomy, Technology Evolution and Policy Drivers towards EVs and FCEVs Market Propagation (2021)
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Chandran, M., Palanisamy, K., Benson, D., & Sundaram, S. (2022). A Review on Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicle Anatomy, Technology Evolution and Policy Drivers towards EVs and FCEVs Market Propagation. Chemical Record, 22(2), Article e202100235. https://doi.

The transportation sector is the largest consumer of fossil fuels; making it a major producer of greenhouse gases. Due to declining fossil fuel reserves and increasingly stringent vehicle emission regulations globally, it is essential to shift to alt... Read More about A Review on Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicle Anatomy, Technology Evolution and Policy Drivers towards EVs and FCEVs Market Propagation.

Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques (2021)
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Oye, T. T., Gupta, N., Goh, K., & Oye, T. K. (2021). Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques. Environmental management and sustainable development, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v11i1.

Air-conditioning as a technical solution to protect inhabitants from excessive heat exposure creates the challenge of expanding indoor health effects. While air-conditioning has mostly been applied as an improvement to living conditions, health and e... Read More about Development of Sustainable Indoor Air Quality for Air-Conditioning System Using Smart Control Techniques.

Novel machine learning approach for solar photovoltaic energy output forecast using extra-terrestrial solar irradiance (2021)
Journal Article
Fjelkestam Frederiksen, C. A., & Cai, Z. (2022). Novel machine learning approach for solar photovoltaic energy output forecast using extra-terrestrial solar irradiance. Applied Energy, 306, Article 118152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118152

• Extra-terrestrial Solar Irradiance has been validated for PV output forecasting. • The machine learning approach successfully captures huge intra-daily PV output variations. • Study paves the way to develop a simple and effective PV output forecast... Read More about Novel machine learning approach for solar photovoltaic energy output forecast using extra-terrestrial solar irradiance.

Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beg, M., Sun, D., Popescu, C., Alcock, K. M., Onyianta, A. J., O'Rourke, D., …Yu, H. (2021). Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators. In 2021 26th International Conference on Automat

Water hyacinth is an invasive plant that can be converted to high value cellulose nanofibers. This study presents battery separators prepared from water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres (WHCNF) via a freeze-thawing crosslinking method, using polyethylen... Read More about Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators.

Supporting Iterative Virtual Reality Analytics Design and Evaluation by Systematic Generation of Surrogate Clustered Datasets (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tadeja, S. K., Langdon, P., & Kristensson, P. O. (2021). Supporting Iterative Virtual Reality Analytics Design and Evaluation by Systematic Generation of Surrogate Clustered Datasets. In 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (I

Virtual Reality (VR) is a promising technology platform for immersive visual analytics. However, the design space of VR analytics interface design is vast and difficult to explore using traditional A/B comparisons in formal or informal controlled exp... Read More about Supporting Iterative Virtual Reality Analytics Design and Evaluation by Systematic Generation of Surrogate Clustered Datasets.

Novel Concentric Hexagonal-Shaped RFID Tag Antenna with T-Shaped Stub Matching (2021)
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Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Althuwayb, A. A., Xu, K., See, C. H., Khan, S., Park, I., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2022). Novel Concentric Hexagonal-Shaped RFID Tag Antenna with T-Shaped Stub Matching. IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identificatio

This paper presents a unique concentric hexagonal-shaped ring antenna for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The rings are excited with a common microstrip feedline. The radiation characteristics of the antenna is improved by locating a hori... Read More about Novel Concentric Hexagonal-Shaped RFID Tag Antenna with T-Shaped Stub Matching.

Mass Transfer Characteristics Through Alumina Membranes With Different Pores Sizes And Porosity (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ogunlude, P., Abunumah, O., Hashim, I., Aisueni, F., Ogoun, E., Antwi, S., …Gobina, E. (2021, November). Mass Transfer Characteristics Through Alumina Membranes With Different Pores Sizes And Porosity. Paper presented at International Conference on Stud

Different membranes covering the macroporous to nano-pororous range and having different porosities have been used to study the mass transfer of methane and carbon dioxide single gases. The effect of flow parameters on the transport mechanisms throug... Read More about Mass Transfer Characteristics Through Alumina Membranes With Different Pores Sizes And Porosity.

The impact of public-private partnerships for roadway projects on traffic safety: An exploratory empirical analysis of crash frequencies (2021)
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Sonduru Pantangi, S., Fountas, G., Tawfiq Sarwar, M., Bhargava, A., Mohan, S. B., Savolainen, P., & Ch. Anastasopoulos, P. (2022). The impact of public-private partnerships for roadway projects on traffic safety: An exploratory empirical analysis of crash

Since the mid-2000s, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) have been established in transportation infrastructure projects as an effective alternative to the traditional procurement process, such as design-bid-build where the design and construction are... Read More about The impact of public-private partnerships for roadway projects on traffic safety: An exploratory empirical analysis of crash frequencies.

Myth or Gold? The Power of Aesthetics in the adoption of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPVs) (2021)
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Awuku, S. A., Bennadji, A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2021). Myth or Gold? The Power of Aesthetics in the adoption of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPVs). Energy nexus: water, food and power, 4, Article 100021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nex

BIPV has gained a lot of attention in the solar world especially in recent times as the push for Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) and concerns about landscape aesthetics increases. Aesthetics plays a critical role in the adoption of BIPVs as i... Read More about Myth or Gold? The Power of Aesthetics in the adoption of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPVs).

Opportunities of copper addition in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite and their photovoltaic performance evaluation (2021)
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Khalid, M., Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Selvaraj, P., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2022). Opportunities of copper addition in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite and their photovoltaic performance evaluation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 895, Article 162626. https://

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have encountered a fulgurant development in their power-conversion efficiency (PCEs) generation in the drive to provide a facile, cheap and clean source of energy over just a few years. The most efficient PSCs are fabric... Read More about Opportunities of copper addition in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite and their photovoltaic performance evaluation.

Noninvasive Detection of Respiratory Disorder Due to COVID-19 at the Early Stages in Saudi Arabia (2021)
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Boulila, W., Shah, S. A., Ahmad, J., Driss, M., Ghandorh, H., Alsaeedi, A., …Saeed, F. (2021). Noninvasive Detection of Respiratory Disorder Due to COVID-19 at the Early Stages in Saudi Arabia. Electronics, 10(21), Article 2701. https://doi.org/10.3390/

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suffered from COVID-19 disease as part of the global pandemic due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The economy of Saudi Arabia also suffered a heavy impact. Several measures were taken to help mitiga... Read More about Noninvasive Detection of Respiratory Disorder Due to COVID-19 at the Early Stages in Saudi Arabia.

Residual Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams under Sequential Small Impact Loads (2021)
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Chayanon, H., Limkutanyu, S., Zhang, H., & Imjai, T. (2021). Residual Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams under Sequential Small Impact Loads. Buildings, 11(11), Article 518. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11110518

Abstract: Sequential small impact loads may not collapse structures directly but could weaken the strength of structures. This study aimed to investigate the impact of these sequential small impact loads on the strength of the reinforced concrete be... Read More about Residual Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams under Sequential Small Impact Loads.