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Compact wideband printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for GSM/UMTS and LTE applications (2017)
Book Chapter
See, C. H., Saleh, A., Alabdullah, A. A., Hameed, K., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Jones, S., & Majeed, A. H. (2018). Compact wideband printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for GSM/UMTS and LTE applications. In I. Elfergani, A. Hussaini, J. Rodriguez, & R. Abd-Alhameed (Eds.), Antenna Fundamentals for Legacy Mobile Applications and Beyond (191-209). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63967-3_10

Over the last decade, significant research effort has been devoted to enhance the isolation between multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna elements. This has led to offer several solutions, which in terms of band calcifications may be categori... Read More about Compact wideband printed MIMO/diversity monopole antenna for GSM/UMTS and LTE applications.

Review and application of a settlement model for landfills (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Esteban-Altabella, J., McDougall, J., Colomer-Mendoza, F., Gallardo, A., & Edo-Alcon, N. (2017, October). Review and application of a settlement model for landfills. Presented at 16TH International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium Sardinia 2017

The geotechnical behavior and settlement in landfills has been changing for many years. This behavior in fact depends on many factors and, therefore, making forecasts is complicated due to the effect of biodegradation. In order to solve this issue, m... Read More about Review and application of a settlement model for landfills.

Robust chattering-free (higher order) sliding mode control for a vector-controlled induction machine (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Goh, K., Dunnigan, M., & Williams, B. (2005). Robust chattering-free (higher order) sliding mode control for a vector-controlled induction machine. In 2004 5th Asian Control Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04EX904)

The chattering behaviour that is inherent in standard sliding mode control is often an obstacle for practical application if neglected. In this paper, special attention is given to a particular chattering-free control method: 2-sliding “super twistin... Read More about Robust chattering-free (higher order) sliding mode control for a vector-controlled induction machine.

An Application of Higher Order Sliding Modes to the Control of a Diesel Generator Set (GENSET) (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spurgeon, S., Goh, K., & Jones, B. (2002, July). An Application of Higher Order Sliding Modes to the Control of a Diesel Generator Set (GENSET). Presented at 7th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems

Diesel engines have become a common source of power, both for vehicles and for static equipment because they are fuel efficient, robust and reliable. It is important that diesel engines are robustly controlled in order to maintain efficiency, minimi... Read More about An Application of Higher Order Sliding Modes to the Control of a Diesel Generator Set (GENSET).

Aspects of diagnostic schemes for biomedical and engineering systems (2000)
Journal Article
Jones, N., Pont, M., Spurgeon, S., Goh, K., Parikh, C., Lim, C., & Twiddle, J. (2000). Aspects of diagnostic schemes for biomedical and engineering systems. IEE proceedings. Science, measurement and technology, 147(6), 357-362. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-smt%3A20000859

The paper considers aspects of work carried out on projects in medical diagnostics and engineering fault detection and control, and shows the development of some ideas in signal processing and diagnostic techniques; in particular regarding models, es... Read More about Aspects of diagnostic schemes for biomedical and engineering systems.

Second Order Sliding Mode Control of a Diesel Engine (2003)
Journal Article
Khan, M. K., Goh, K., & Spurgeon, S. K. (2003). Second Order Sliding Mode Control of a Diesel Engine. Asian Journal of Control, 5(4), 614-619. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1934-6093.2003.tb00177.x

A 2nd order sliding mode algorithm is applied to control the speed of a diesel power generator set. Tuning guidelines are given. The robustness of the controller is investigated and the performance of the 2nd order sliding mode controller is compared... Read More about Second Order Sliding Mode Control of a Diesel Engine.

The application of sliding mode control algorithms to a deisel generator set (2004)
Book Chapter
Goh, K., Spurgeon, S., & Jones, B. (2004). The application of sliding mode control algorithms to a deisel generator set. In Variable structure systems : from principles to implementation. Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). https://doi.org/10.1049/PBCE066E_ch

This chapter demonstrates the application of both standard, first order sliding mode control and higher order sliding mode control techniques to a specific diesel power generator. The specific first order methods considered are sliding mode integral... Read More about The application of sliding mode control algorithms to a deisel generator set.

Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Irshad, W., Goh, K., & Kubie, J. (2009, September). Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region. Presented at 2009 World Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power and Energy Conference, Nanjing, China

In recent years, a growing number of manufacturers have produced small wind turbines that are suitable for utilization of wind energy by individual householders or small businesses. These small wind turbine systems are unavoidably installed close to... Read More about Wind resource assessment in the Edinburgh region.

Optimising a Waste Heat Recovery System using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mokhtar, M., Hunt, I., Burns, S., & Ross, D. (2016, July). Optimising a Waste Heat Recovery System using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm. Presented at Proceedings of the 2016 on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion - GECCO '16 Companion

A waste heat recovery system (WHRS) on a process with variable output, is an example of an intermittent renewable process. WHRS recycles waste heat into usable energy. As an example, waste heat produced from refrigeration can be used to provide hot w... Read More about Optimising a Waste Heat Recovery System using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm.

Structural Health Monitoring Using Textile Reinforcement Structures with Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors (2017)
Journal Article
Bremer, K., Weigand, F., Zheng, Y., Alwis, L. S., Helbig, R., & Roth, B. (2017). Structural Health Monitoring Using Textile Reinforcement Structures with Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors. Sensors, 17(2), 345. https://doi.org/10.3390/s17020345

Optical fiber-based sensors " embedded " in functionalized carbon structures (FCSs) and textile net structures (TNSs) based on alkaline-resistant glass are introduced for the purpose of structural health monitoring (SHM) of concrete-based structures.... Read More about Structural Health Monitoring Using Textile Reinforcement Structures with Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors.

Interactional Differences and Effects Between Collocated and Distributed Design (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G. A., Ramesh, H. P., Sugavanam, C. M., Chakrabarti, A., Corney, J., & Wodehouse, A. (2017, January). Interactional Differences and Effects Between Collocated and Distributed Design. Presented at International Conference on Research into Design ICoRD 2017: Research into Design for Communities, Guwahati, India

Interactions (i.e. modes of operations through which product development knowledge is generated and externalized in the design process) play a vital role in knowledge processes of product development. Intentional or unintentional changes in interacti... Read More about Interactional Differences and Effects Between Collocated and Distributed Design.

Surface wave manipulation based on transformation optics: From design to manufacturing (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Spada, L., & Hao, Y. (2016, October). Surface wave manipulation based on transformation optics: From design to manufacturing. Presented at 2016 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), Okinawa, Japan

In the last few years, much interest has grown in the control and manipulation of electromagnetic surface waves. The aim of this paper is to present a new design and manufacturing approach based on Transformation Optics. To validate the proposed desi... Read More about Surface wave manipulation based on transformation optics: From design to manufacturing.

The analysis and presentation of patents to support engineering design (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Maclachlan, R., & Wodehouse, A. (2016, June). The analysis and presentation of patents to support engineering design. Presented at 7th International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition, Evanston (Chicago), United States

This paper explores the role of patents in engineering design, and how the extraction and presentation of patent data could be improved for designers. We propose the use of crowdsourcing as a means to post tasks online for a crowd of people to partic... Read More about The analysis and presentation of patents to support engineering design.

Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Wodehouse, A., Corney, J., MacLachlan, R., & Jagadeesan, A. (2016, June). Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation. Presented at 23rd Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, Glasgow, UK

Innovation is critical to sustain in prevailing competitive business environments. Industries need effective innovation strategies in-practice to develop and deliver novel products and services swiftly. In order to implement innovation strategies eff... Read More about Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation.

Sliding mode position control of a vector-controlled induction machine with nonlinear load dynamics (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Goh, K., Dunnigan, M., & Williams, B. (2004, March). Sliding mode position control of a vector-controlled induction machine with nonlinear load dynamics. Presented at Second IEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

In this paper, a solution to the position control problem for a vector controlled induction machine in the presence of nonlinear load friction, is proposed. A sliding mode (SMC) control system using the equivalent control concept and a switching term... Read More about Sliding mode position control of a vector-controlled induction machine with nonlinear load dynamics.

Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators (2017)
Journal Article
Vedreño Santos, F., Odavic, M., Guan, Y., Azar, Z., Thomas, A., Li, G., & Zhu, Z. (2017). Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators. IET Power Electronics, 10(12), 1461-1467. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0512

The design of power electronic converters for the integration of wind generated power into the grid is more and more important due to a new class of Superconducting Generators (SG) with power ratings of up to 20 MW. High efficiency of power converter... Read More about Design considerations for high-power converters interfacing 10 MW superconducting wind power generators.

A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaen-Sola, P., & Mcdonald, A. (2016, April). A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components. Presented at 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016), Glasgow, UK

Direct-drive generators are low speed electrical machines requiring robust and large supporting structures designed to resist the significant loads present during assembly and operation. Generator structures have to be stiff, especially in the radial... Read More about A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components.

Ribbed-plate Approach to Predict Static and Dynamic Responses of Timber Floor with Between-Joist Bracing (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khokhar, A., & Chui, Y. (2016, August). Ribbed-plate Approach to Predict Static and Dynamic Responses of Timber Floor with Between-Joist Bracing. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering

Installing between-joist bracing can be an economical and effective means of mitigating excessive vibration levels in wood floors associated to human discomfort. Effectiveness of between-joist bracing depends upon its own rigidity that accounts for t... Read More about Ribbed-plate Approach to Predict Static and Dynamic Responses of Timber Floor with Between-Joist Bracing.

Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Miranda, M., da Costa, A., Castro, J., Sagaseta, C., & Cañizal, J. (2019). Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel. In Proceedings 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2595-2598)

Stone columns installed in extremely soft soils may significantly reduce the effectiveness of this treatment due to the insufficient lateral confinement provided by the soft soil. The encasement of columns with geotextiles is commonly used in these s... Read More about Influence of geotextile encasement in triaxial tests on gravel.

Optical Fibre Refractive Index Sensor in a Hybrid Fibre Grating Configuration (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alwis, L., Sun, T., & T.V. Grattan, K. (2015, September). Optical Fibre Refractive Index Sensor in a Hybrid Fibre Grating Configuration. Presented at EuroSensors 2015, Freiburg, Germany

A temperature compensated Refractive Index (RI) sensor incorporating a Long Period Grating (LPG) and a Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) in a series configuration has been developed and evaluated. The LPG was used as a RI sensor allowing it to respond to ext... Read More about Optical Fibre Refractive Index Sensor in a Hybrid Fibre Grating Configuration.