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Use of DEM and elastic stability analysis to explain the influence of the intermediate principal stress on shear strength (2013)
Journal Article
O'Sullivan, C., Wadee, M., Hanley, K., & Barreto, D. (2013). Use of DEM and elastic stability analysis to explain the influence of the intermediate principal stress on shear strength. Géotechnique, 63(15), 1298-1309. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.12.p.153

One interesting aspect of soil response is the sensitivity of the mechanical behaviour to the intermediate principal stress. In this study, a fundamental mechanism that explains the influence of the intermediate stress ratio (b) on soil shear strengt... Read More about Use of DEM and elastic stability analysis to explain the influence of the intermediate principal stress on shear strength.

Conical Nanoparticles for Blood Disease Detection (2013)
Journal Article
Spada, L. L., Iovine, R., Tarparelli, R., & Vegni, L. (2013). Conical Nanoparticles for Blood Disease Detection. Advances in nanoparticles, 02(03), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.4236/anp.2013.23036

Metallic nanoparticles play an important role in the design of sensing platforms. In this paper, a new electromagnetic study for conical metal nanoparticles, working in the Near Infrared and Visible frequency regime, is proposed. The structures consi... Read More about Conical Nanoparticles for Blood Disease Detection.

IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches (2013)
Book Chapter
Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Hussain, R., Roy, R., & Erkoyuncu, J. A. (2013). IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches. In Y. Shimomura, & K. Kimita (Eds.), The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability (411-416). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32847-3_69

Although the merits of Industrial product-service systems (IPS2) have been widely reported in the literature, the methodologies currently used to design IPS2 are not yet mature in either academia or industry. The objective of this paper is to determi... Read More about IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches.

Computing the incomputable with human processing units (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Corney, J., Vasantha, G. A., Lynn, A., Jagadeesan, A., Acur, N., Smith, M., & Agarwal, A. (2013, March). Computing the incomputable with human processing units. Presented at International Conference on Intelligent Interactive Technologies and Multimedia IITM 2013, Allahabad, India

Initially commercial crowdsourcing services (such as Amazon’s Mechanical Turk) were focused largely on providing micro-labor services for tasks such as image labeling and text processing. However it is becoming increasingly apparent that these servic... Read More about Computing the incomputable with human processing units.

Electromagnetic analysis of deep brain stimulation (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tarparelli, R., Iovine, R., La Spada, L., & Vegni, L. (2013, September). Electromagnetic analysis of deep brain stimulation. Presented at 2013 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Torino (Turin), Italy

In this contribution the stimulus complications in DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) are evaluated and discussed. In particular we present a new method to predict the network response when a DBS stimulus is applied. A neural network similarly to ipsi-cont... Read More about Electromagnetic analysis of deep brain stimulation.

Influences of design tools on the original and redesign processes (2013)
Journal Article
Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Chakrabarti, A., Rout, B. K., & Corney, J. (2014). Influences of design tools on the original and redesign processes. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 2(1), 20-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2013.839076

Concept generation plays a vital role in establishing a broader foundation in the design process to create novel products. In the globalized, collaborative, designing scenario, an unambiguous representation of captured ideas to explicate a designer’s... Read More about Influences of design tools on the original and redesign processes.

Adaptive Dynamic Control of a Wind Generator (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaen-Sola, P., Anaya-Lara, O., & Dominguez-Navarro, J. A. (2013, September). Adaptive Dynamic Control of a Wind Generator. Presented at 9th EAWE PhD seminar in Wind Energy in Europe, Uppsala University Campus Gotland, Sweden

The main aim of the present project is to obtain a better understanding of the dynamic control of a wind turbine. To accomplish this, an adaptive dynamic controller was developed and connected to a wind DFIG Simulink model. In order to demonstrate th... Read More about Adaptive Dynamic Control of a Wind Generator.

Nanoparticle device for biomedical and optoelectronics applications (2013)
Journal Article
Iovine, R., La Spada, L., & Vegni, L. (2013). Nanoparticle device for biomedical and optoelectronics applications. COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 32(5), 1596-1608. https://doi.org/10.1108/compel-03-2013-0105

In this contribution, the aim is to present a nanoparticle device, operating in the visible regime based on the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) phenomenon.
The nanoparticle electromagnetic properties are evaluated by a new analytical mod... Read More about Nanoparticle device for biomedical and optoelectronics applications.

Design of a printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for future generation handheld devices: Design of a Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna (2013)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. . A., McEwan, N. . J., Jones, S. M. R., Asif, R., & Excell, P. . S. (2014). Design of a printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for future generation handheld devices: Design of a Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, 24(3), 348-359. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmce.20767

This article presents a printed crescent-shaped monopole MIMO diversity antenna for wireless communications. The port-to-port isolation is increased by introducing an I-shaped conductor symmetrically between the two antenna elements and shaping the... Read More about Design of a printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for future generation handheld devices: Design of a Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna.

A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design (2013)
Journal Article
Gokula Vijaykumar, A. V., Komoto, H., Hussain, R., Roy, R., Tomiyama, T., Evans, S., Tiwari, A., & Williams, S. (2013). A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design. Journal of Remanufacturing, 3(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1186/2210-4690-3-8

Manufacturers aim to design product-service systems (PSS) which integrate services with products to attain sustained competitive advantage from a life cycle perspective. PSS design should be customer-adjusted solutions which are aligned to integrated... Read More about A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design.

Morphological prediction of the polymorphic forms of para amino-benzoic acid based on internal crystallographic structure and crystallisation environment (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rosbottom, I., Roberts, K. J., Hammond, R. B., & Soufian, M. (2013, August). Morphological prediction of the polymorphic forms of para amino-benzoic acid based on internal crystallographic structure and crystallisation environment. Presented at 17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy - ICCGE-17

Morphological prediction of the polymorphic forms of para amino-benzoic acid based on internal crystallographic structure and crystallisation environment.

Synthonic engineering: tools for the rational design of high quality pharmaceuticals (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, R., Nguyen, H., Pickering, J., Soufian, M., Ramachandran, V., Roberts, K., Cole, J., Pidcock, E., Docherty, R., Pencheva, K., Lewtas, K., Brent, R., & George, N. (2013, August). Synthonic engineering: tools for the rational design of high quality pharmaceuticals. Presented at 21st International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State

Synthonic engineering: tools for the rational design of high quality pharmaceuticals.

Metamaterial-based sensor for skin disease diagnostics (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Spada, L., Iovine, R., Tarparelli, R., & Vegni, L. (2013, May). Metamaterial-based sensor for skin disease diagnostics. Presented at SPIE Microtechnologies, Grenoble, France

Skin absorption properties, under diseases conditions, are modified due to the structural variations of chromophores and pigments. The measurement of such different absorptions can be a useful tool for the recognition of different skin diseases. In t... Read More about Metamaterial-based sensor for skin disease diagnostics.

Multi resonant platform based on modified metallic nanoparticles for biological tissue characterization (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Iovine, R., La Spada, L., Tarparelli, R., & Vegni, L. (2013, May). Multi resonant platform based on modified metallic nanoparticles for biological tissue characterization. Presented at SPIE Optical Metrology 2013, Munich, Germany

In this contribution optical properties of new metallic nanoparticles for biomedical applications are investigated. These particles consist of a pair of opposing gold prisms with asymmetric dielectric holes. In this configuration the structure exhibi... Read More about Multi resonant platform based on modified metallic nanoparticles for biological tissue characterization.

Nanoplasmonic sensor for chemical measurements (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Iovine, R., La Spada, L., & Vegni, L. (2013, May). Nanoplasmonic sensor for chemical measurements. Presented at SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, Prague, Czech Republic

In this paper plasmonic nanoparticles arranged in an array configuration for the detection of glycerol concentration in aqueous solution, are presented. Glycerol concentration measurement is crucial for several application fields, such as biomedical... Read More about Nanoplasmonic sensor for chemical measurements.

Multiple Band-Notched UWB Antenna With Band-Rejected Elements Integrated in the Feed Line (2013)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Gao, S., Ho, A. T., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Brown, T. W. C., Li, J., Wei, G., & Xu, J. (2013). Multiple Band-Notched UWB Antenna With Band-Rejected Elements Integrated in the Feed Line. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 61(8), 3952-3960. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2013.2260119

To mitigate potential interferences with coexisting wireless systems operating over 3.3-3.6 GHz, 5.15-5.35 GHz, or 5.725-5.825 GHz bands, four novel band-notched antennas suitable for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications are proposed. These include UWB... Read More about Multiple Band-Notched UWB Antenna With Band-Rejected Elements Integrated in the Feed Line.

Volumetric consequences of particle loss by grading entropy (2013)
Journal Article
McDougall, J., Imre, E., Barreto, D., & Kelly, D. (2013). Volumetric consequences of particle loss by grading entropy. Géotechnique, 63(3), 262-266. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.sip13.t.002

Chemical and biological processes, such as dissolution in gypsiferous sands and biodegradation in waste refuse, result in mass or particle loss, which in turn lead to changes in solid and void phase volumes and grading. Data on phase volume and gradi... Read More about Volumetric consequences of particle loss by grading entropy.

Electromagnetic modeling of ellipsoidal nanoparticles for sensing applications (2013)
Journal Article
Spada, L. L., Iovine, R., & Vegni, L. (2013). Electromagnetic modeling of ellipsoidal nanoparticles for sensing applications. Optical Engineering, 52(5), 051205. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.oe.52.5.051205

We present a new analytical study of metallic nanoparticles, working in the infrared and visible frequency range. The structure consists of triaxial ellipsoidal resonating inclusions embedded in a dielectric environment. Our aim is to develop a new a... Read More about Electromagnetic modeling of ellipsoidal nanoparticles for sensing applications.

Modified Bow-Tie Nanoparticles Operating in the Visible and Near Infrared Frequency Regime (2013)
Journal Article
Iovine, R., Spada, L. L., & Vegni, L. (2013). Modified Bow-Tie Nanoparticles Operating in the Visible and Near Infrared Frequency Regime. Advances in nanoparticles, 02(01), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.4236/anp.2013.21005

In this contribution electromagnetic properties of traditional and modified bow-tie nanoparticles are investigated. The modified bow-tie particles consist of a pair of opposing metallic truncated triangles, embedded in a dielectric environment, with... Read More about Modified Bow-Tie Nanoparticles Operating in the Visible and Near Infrared Frequency Regime.