A Tool for Modeling, Design and Applications of MetaSurfaces (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Spada, L., & Vegni, A. M. (2018, November). A Tool for Modeling, Design and Applications of MetaSurfaces. Presented at Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference, Lima, Peru

We present a new approach to model, design and realize MetaSurface structures for sensing and telecommunications. The method turns out to be versatile and has great potential to be used for practical electromagnetic applications.

An Alternative Current-Error Based Control for VSC Integration to Weak Grid (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Givaki, K., Chen, D., Xu, L., & Xu, Y. (2018, August). An Alternative Current-Error Based Control for VSC Integration to Weak Grid. Presented at 2018 IEEE PES General Meeting, Portland, OR, USA

An enhanced current control strategy is proposed for voltage source converters for the integration to weak grids. The
control derives from the current-error based vector control. By implementing simple close-loop compensations of both angle and magn... Read More about An Alternative Current-Error Based Control for VSC Integration to Weak Grid.

Analysis of integration of multi‐terminal HVDC network to weak grids (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Givaki, K., Rahman, M. H., Vozikis, D., & Giveki, A. (2018, June). Analysis of integration of multi‐terminal HVDC network to weak grids. Presented at 14th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, Chengdu, China

In this paper, the integration of multi-terminal HVDC systems to weak power grids is analysed under different grid strengths and control methods. In this paper, a modular multi-level converter based MTDC network is considered. The analysis showed the... Read More about Analysis of integration of multi‐terminal HVDC network to weak grids.

Graphene-Oxide and Hydrogel Coated FBG-Based pH Sensor for Biomedical Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binetti, L., Stankiewicz, A., & Alwis, L. S. M. (2018, September). Graphene-Oxide and Hydrogel Coated FBG-Based pH Sensor for Biomedical Applications. Presented at Eurosensors 2018 Conference, Graz, Austria

A hydrogel coated fibre grating-based pH sensor for biomedical applications has been realised, where Graphene Oxide (GO) had been used to enhance the bonding between the coating and the fibre. Two methods of deposition of GO were analysed i.e., evapo... Read More about Graphene-Oxide and Hydrogel Coated FBG-Based pH Sensor for Biomedical Applications.

New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Khalily, M., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018, November). New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle. Presented at 2018 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Kyoto

In this work it is demonstrated that substrate integrated waveguide longitudinal slotted array antenna (SIWLSAA) which is loaded with metal fences exhibits highisolation across VHF/UHF bands. A reference SIWLSAA used for comparison purpose comprises... Read More about New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle.

Interaction Between Closely Packed Array Antenna Elements Using Meta‐Surface for Applications Such as MIMO Systems and Synthetic Aperture Radars (2018)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Shukla, P., See, C. H., Abd‐Alhameed, R., Khalily, M., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018). Interaction Between Closely Packed Array Antenna Elements Using Meta‐Surface for Applications Such as MIMO Systems and Synthetic Aperture Radars. Radio Science, 53(11), 1368-1381. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018rs006533

The paper presents a technique to enhance the isolation between adjacent radiating elements that is common in densely packed antenna arrays. Such antennas provide frequency beam‐scanning capability needed in multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) syst... Read More about Interaction Between Closely Packed Array Antenna Elements Using Meta‐Surface for Applications Such as MIMO Systems and Synthetic Aperture Radars.

Study on Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Using Integrated Metasurface Isolator for SAR and MIMO Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., Andujar, A., Anguera, J., & Limiti, E. (2018, September). Study on Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Using Integrated Metasurface Isolator for SAR and MIMO Applications. Presented at 2018 48th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Madrid, Spain

A metasurface based decoupling structure that is composed of a square-wave slot pattern with exaggerated corners that is implemented on a rectangular microstrip provides high-isolation between adjacent patch antennas for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR... Read More about Study on Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Using Integrated Metasurface Isolator for SAR and MIMO Applications.

A New Waveguide Slot Array Antenna with High Isolation and High Antenna Bandwidth Operation on Ku- and K-bands for Radar and MIMO Systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018, September). A New Waveguide Slot Array Antenna with High Isolation and High Antenna Bandwidth Operation on Ku- and K-bands for Radar and MIMO Systems. Presented at 2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Madrid

In this paper a novel technique is proposed to reduce the mutual coupling between the radiating elements of a waveguide slot array antenna. This is achieved by inserting slots between the waveguide oval shaped slots. The reference waveguide array ant... Read More about A New Waveguide Slot Array Antenna with High Isolation and High Antenna Bandwidth Operation on Ku- and K-bands for Radar and MIMO Systems.

Cross-modality interactive attention network for multispectral pedestrian detection (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, L., Liu, Z., Zhang, S., Yang, X., Qiao, H., Huang, K., & Hussain, A. (2019). Cross-modality interactive attention network for multispectral pedestrian detection. Information Fusion, 50, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2018.09.015

Multispectral pedestrian detection is an emerging solution with great promise in many around-the-clock applications, such as automotive driving and security surveillance. To exploit the complementary nature and remedy contradictory appearance between... Read More about Cross-modality interactive attention network for multispectral pedestrian detection.

Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Over Wideband Using Embedded Periphery Slot for Antenna Arrays (2018)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Shukla, P., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Khalily, M., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018). Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Over Wideband Using Embedded Periphery Slot for Antenna Arrays. Electronics, 7(9), 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics7090198

This paper presents a new approach to suppress interference between neighbouring radiating elements resulting from surface wave currents. The proposed technique will enable the realization of low-profile implementation of highly dense antenna configu... Read More about Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Over Wideband Using Embedded Periphery Slot for Antenna Arrays.

A 1 x 8 Linear Ultra-Wideband Phased Array With Connected Dipoles and Hyperbolic Microstrip Baluns (2018)
Journal Article
He, R., Zhang, H., See, C. H., Su, Y., Ma, Y., Kong, D., Zhu, X., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2018). A 1 x 8 Linear Ultra-Wideband Phased Array With Connected Dipoles and Hyperbolic Microstrip Baluns. IEEE Access, 6, 52953-52968. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2868779

A 1×8 linear single polarized ultra-wideband connected dipole phased array with wide angle scan range is proposed. The dipoles in the array are connected with each other in E-plane to improve the impedance matching on the low end of the frequency ban... Read More about A 1 x 8 Linear Ultra-Wideband Phased Array With Connected Dipoles and Hyperbolic Microstrip Baluns.

Mutual-Coupling Reduction in Metamaterial Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slotted Antenna Arrays Using Metal Fence Isolators for SAR and MIMO Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018, August). Mutual-Coupling Reduction in Metamaterial Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slotted Antenna Arrays Using Metal Fence Isolators for SAR and MIMO Applications. Presented at 2018 12th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials), Espoo

A new type of mutual coupling reduction technique is applied to metamaterial substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) slotted antenna array. The circular shaped reference SIW antenna array is constructed from Alumina substrate with dimensions of 40×5×1.5... Read More about Mutual-Coupling Reduction in Metamaterial Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slotted Antenna Arrays Using Metal Fence Isolators for SAR and MIMO Applications.

Sound Design (2018)
Book
McGregor, I. (2018). Sound Design

This book explores the underlying principles of sound design for linear and interactive media, and specifically how they apply to theatre. The focus of the text is about how to design effective sound so that audiences' experiences are as close as pos... Read More about Sound Design.

New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018, July). New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle. Presented at 14th Conference on PhD research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME 2018), Prague, Czech Republic

In this work it is demonstrated that substrate integrated waveguide longitudinal slotted array antenna (SIWLSAA) which is loaded with metal fences exhibits highisolation across VHF/UHF bands. A reference SIWLSAA used for comparison purpose comprises... Read More about New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle.

Analysis of integration of multi-terminal HVDC network to weak grids. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Givaki, K., Rahman, M. H., Vozikis, D., & Giveki, A. (2018, June). Analysis of integration of multi-terminal HVDC network to weak grids. Paper presented at The 14th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2018)

In this paper, the integration of multi-terminal HVDC systems to weak power grids is analysed under different grid strengths and control methods. In this paper, a modular multi-level converter based MTDC network is considered. The analysis showed the... Read More about Analysis of integration of multi-terminal HVDC network to weak grids..

Wideband printed monopole antenna for application in wireless communication systems (2018)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Ali, A., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018). Wideband printed monopole antenna for application in wireless communication systems. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 12(7), 1222-1230. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2017.0894

Empirical results of an electrically small printed monopole antenna is described with fractional bandwidth of 185% (115 MHz–2.90 GHz) for return-loss better than 10 dB, peak gain and radiation efficiency at 1.45 GHz of 2.35 dBi and 78.8%, respectivel... Read More about Wideband printed monopole antenna for application in wireless communication systems.

Array Antenna for Synthetic Aperture Radar Operating in X and Ku-Bands: A Study to Enhance Isolation Between Radiation Elements (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Limiti, E., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Falcone, F. (2018, June). Array Antenna for Synthetic Aperture Radar Operating in X and Ku-Bands: A Study to Enhance Isolation Between Radiation Elements. Presented at 12th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Aachen, Germany

Modern synthetic aperture radars (SAR) require a system bandwidth of greater than 1 GHz. Waveguide slot antennas are popular for use in SAR applications because of their inherent advantages, namely high efficiency and power handling capability, but s... Read More about Array Antenna for Synthetic Aperture Radar Operating in X and Ku-Bands: A Study to Enhance Isolation Between Radiation Elements.

Mutual Coupling Reduction Using Metamaterial Supersubstrate for High Performance & Densely Packed Planar Phased Arrays (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Salvucci, A., Virdee, B. S., Polli, G., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., Andújar, A., Anguera, J., & Limiti, E. (2018, May). Mutual Coupling Reduction Using Metamaterial Supersubstrate for High Performance & Densely Packed Planar Phased Arrays. Presented at 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference MIKON, Poznań, Poland

This paper proposes on an effective mutual coupling suppression technique for planar phased array. This is achieved locating a metamaterial superstrate patch between radiation elements of phased array. The superstrate patch is realised by incorporati... Read More about Mutual Coupling Reduction Using Metamaterial Supersubstrate for High Performance & Densely Packed Planar Phased Arrays.

Adaptive clustering based inclusion and computational intelligence for fed-batch fermentation process control, part 1, modelling. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soufian, M. (2017, June). Adaptive clustering based inclusion and computational intelligence for fed-batch fermentation process control, part 1, modelling. Presented at Developments in eSystems Engineering 2017, Paris, France

Novel thermal management system using mist cooling for lithium-ion battery packs (2018)
Journal Article
Saw, L. H., Poon, H. M., Thiam, H. S., Cai, Z., Chong, W. T., Pambudi, N. A., & King, Y. J. (2018). Novel thermal management system using mist cooling for lithium-ion battery packs. Applied Energy, 223, 146-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.042

Thermal management system is crucial for a Lithium-ion battery pack as cycle life, driving range of electric vehicle, usable capacity and safety are heavily dependent on the operating temperature. Optimum operating temperature of Lithium-ion battery... Read More about Novel thermal management system using mist cooling for lithium-ion battery packs.