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Wideband Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Near Field Imaging Using Genetic Algorithms (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chung, S., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., & Excell, P. S. (2008, July). Wideband Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Near Field Imaging Using Genetic Algorithms. Presented at Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS2008), Cambridge, U.S

The potentially broad application area in engineering design using Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been widely adopted by many researchers due to its high consistency and accuracy. Presented here is the initial design of a wideband non-dispersive wire bow... Read More about Wideband Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Near Field Imaging Using Genetic Algorithms.

Resistively Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Microwave Imaging By Means of Genetic Algorithms (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chung, S., Abd-Alhameed, R., Excell, P., See, C., Zhou, D., & Gardiner, J. (2008, June). Resistively Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Microwave Imaging By Means of Genetic Algorithms. Presented at International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation, Orlando, Florida, USA

The initial design of a wideband non-dispersive wire bow-tie antenna using GA is presented here, primarily for microwave imaging application. The wire bow-tie antenna is designed to operate from 4 GHz to 8 GHz which is essential for microwave penetra... Read More about Resistively Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Microwave Imaging By Means of Genetic Algorithms.

Wireless sensor transmission range measurement within the ground level (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Hu, Y., & Horoshenkov, K. (2008, March). Wireless sensor transmission range measurement within the ground level. Presented at 2008 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, UK

The maximum transmission range of crossbow wireless sensors are considered and discussed for sensor to sensor on ground level communication, and sensor on ground level to base station on lamppost. Two different crossbow wireless sensors kits operated... Read More about Wireless sensor transmission range measurement within the ground level.

Microscopic Biological Cell Level Model Using Modified Finite-difference Time-domain at Mobile Radio Frequencies (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Excell, P. S., & Zhou, D. (2008, March). Microscopic Biological Cell Level Model Using Modified Finite-difference Time-domain at Mobile Radio Frequencies. Presented at 23rd Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS2008), Hangzhou, China

The paper demonstrates the modelling of the interaction mechanism between the biological tissues and electromagnetic field at mobile communication frequency ranges. The implementing of modified FDTD numerical method using frequency scaled FDTD with F... Read More about Microscopic Biological Cell Level Model Using Modified Finite-difference Time-domain at Mobile Radio Frequencies.

Design An Integrated Oscillator/Antenna (2008)
Journal Article
Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., Excell, P., Ghorbani, A., & McEwan, N. (2008). Design An Integrated Oscillator/Antenna. Microwaves & RF, 47(3), 59-66

This design tightly integrated an active oscillator with a microstrip patch antenna for miniaturization in WLAN, Bluetooth, and other 2.45-GHz systems.

Understanding Patterns of Interaction Between Designers During Design Process (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., & Chakrabarti, A. (2007, July). Understanding Patterns of Interaction Between Designers During Design Process. Presented at International Conference on Engineering Design 2007, Paris, France

Collaborative design is particularly important, in this globalize world, in aiding organizations in satisfying customer requirements through high innovation, reduced cost, high quality and lesser time to develop products. Communication is a major fac... Read More about Understanding Patterns of Interaction Between Designers During Design Process.

FDTD Subgridding Scheme for Bioelectromagnetics Application (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Zadeh, R., & Excell, P. S. (2007, July). FDTD Subgridding Scheme for Bioelectromagnetics Application. Presented at National URSI Radio Science Symposium, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

Design of quadrifilar helical and spiral antennas in the presence of satellite-mobile handsets using genetic algorithms (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Excell, P., & Amushan, E. (2006, November). Design of quadrifilar helical and spiral antennas in the presence of satellite-mobile handsets using genetic algorithms. Presented at 2006 First European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Nice, France

Two circularly-polarised quadrifilar helical and spiral antennas, operated at 1.6 GHz and intended for the applications of satellite mobile communications, were designed using genetic algorithms. The antennas were firstly considered as a test on an i... Read More about Design of quadrifilar helical and spiral antennas in the presence of satellite-mobile handsets using genetic algorithms.

A new design of circularly-polarised conical-beam microstrip patch antennas using a genetic algorithm (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Excell, P., & Hu, Y. (2006, November). A new design of circularly-polarised conical-beam microstrip patch antennas using a genetic algorithm. Presented at 2006 First European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Nice, France

Two circularly-polarised conical beam air-dielectric microstrip patch antennas for short-range low-power Wireless Sensor Network application were designed using genetic algorithms. They were achieved using two slots or a shorting wall, both designs i... Read More about A new design of circularly-polarised conical-beam microstrip patch antennas using a genetic algorithm.

Design of broadband slotted ground plane microstrip antenna for 3G communication (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abd-Alhameed, R., Ali, N., See, C., Gizas, B., & Excell, P. (2006, May). Design of broadband slotted ground plane microstrip antenna for 3G communication. Presented at 2006 IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Malaga, Spain

Designs for small, lightweight and low profile broadband antennas, able to operate within the 3G frequency band, are proposed and investigated. By inserting different shapes of slot in the ground plane and loading the antenna with high permittivity,... Read More about Design of broadband slotted ground plane microstrip antenna for 3G communication.

An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Migas, N., & Buchanan, W. (2006, March). An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing. Presented at 13th Annual IEEE International Symposium and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems (ECBS'06)

Multi-hop ad-hoc routing is a challenging issue, because of the dynamic network topology, and limited capabilities of resource-constrained mobile devices. This paper proposes a metric-driven clustering organisation of participating nodes which provid... Read More about An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing.

Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Curved Surface Square Planar Monopole Antenna (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Adelowokan, A., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Excell, P. S. (2006, March). Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Curved Surface Square Planar Monopole Antenna. Presented at Seventh Informatics Workshop for Research Students, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

An evolutionary approach for symmetrical field programmable gate array placement. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, M., Almaini, A. E. A., Wang, L. Y., & Wang, P. (2005, July). An evolutionary approach for symmetrical field programmable gate array placement. Presented at Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics,

An evolutionary computation method is used to place a set of different Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (MCNC) benchmark circuits on traditional symmetrical Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The experimental results are compared to the s... Read More about An evolutionary approach for symmetrical field programmable gate array placement..

Circularly Polarised Micrsotrip Patch Antennas for Satellite Communications (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siddiqui, F., Abd-Alhameed, R., & See, C. (2005, December). Circularly Polarised Micrsotrip Patch Antennas for Satellite Communications. Presented at 2005 Pakistan Section Multitopic Conference, Karachi, Pakistan

A circularly polarised microstrip patch antenna is proposed. The proposed antenna has a simple structure, consisting of a square patch with slots and using microstrip line feeding technique. The antenna design is successfully simulated and physically... Read More about Circularly Polarised Micrsotrip Patch Antennas for Satellite Communications.

Design of Folded and Slotted Internal Antenna for 3G IMT-2000 Mobile Handset (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., & Excell, P. S. (2005, October). Design of Folded and Slotted Internal Antenna for 3G IMT-2000 Mobile Handset. Presented at International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Conference, New Delhi, India

A four-sided folded, slotted and shorted rectangular patch antenna for 3G mobile handsets is described. The antenna provides a 17.65% bandwidth at S&#x2081;&#x2081; < -10 dB from 1885 MHz to 2250 MHz, which completely encompasses the desired UMTS fre... Read More about Design of Folded and Slotted Internal Antenna for 3G IMT-2000 Mobile Handset.