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Message from the Deputy Head of School, Research and Innovation .......................... 3

Biomedical Engineering ................................................................................................ 4

Communication Technologies ...................................................................................... 6

Complex Systems and Information Processing ............................................................ 7

Micro/Nano Materials and Devices ............................................................................... 9

Power, Energy and Control ..........................................................................................13

HDR Research Posters ...............................................................................................15

2013 Research Thesis Submissions ............................................................................20

2013 Research Publications ........................................................................................22

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Welcome to the fifth annual School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (SECE) research summary. Our School is one of RMIT’s most research focussed schools with a broad and diverse range of research areas which extend from multi-disciplinary work in micro and nano-technology, to communication technologies, complex systems and power electronics.

Research at RMIT has grown dramatically in recent years and in SECE we have seen an exciting growth in the breadth and quality of our research activities. In the past twelve months we have recruited several new academic and research staff, including Professor Bill Moran in complex systems, Professor David Moss and Dr Jochen Schröder in the area of photonics, and Dr Sharath Sriram and Dr Omid Kavehei in microelectronics.

A measure of our success can be gauged from the 2013/2014 QS World University Rankings where in our discipline area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, our School was ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide, with a ranking in the 51-100 range. We are one of only seven Australian universities in the top 100 for this discipline.

A particular highlight in August this year was the opening of RMIT’s new MicroNano Research Facility (MNRF). This new 1,200 m2 state-of-the-art micro- and nano-fabrication research facility will be a considerable boost for the research capability in the School. It replaces the School’s Microelectronics and Materials Technology Centre (MMTC) which has a history of strong research outcomes over 30 years.

A number of School researchers and PhD students have received prestigious research grants and awards in the past twelve months. Professors Kamran Ghorbani, Grahame Holmes, Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh and Xinghuo Yu, and Drs Madhu Bhaskaran, Brendan McGrath and Wenwu Yu were all named on successful Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grants for 2014-2016.

Other researchers were team members on successful ARC Linkage, and ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Fund (LIEF) Grants.

Dr Mahdi Jalili was awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). He was also the recipient of a 2013 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship.

Dr Madhu Bhaskaran was the winner of the 2014 Royal Society of Victoria’s Phillip Law Postdoctoral Award for Physical Sciences. This prestigious award is for excellence in scientific research by an early career researcher in the physical sciences.

Our researchers were also very successful in being awarded 2013 RMIT University Research Awards. These included: Dr Margaret Lech, 2013 Vice-Chancellor’s

Supervision Excellence Award. Dr Madhu Bhaskaran, 2013 Malcolm Moore

Industry Research Award. PhD candidate Mr Sivacarendaran Balendhran,

2013 Vice-Chancellor’s HDR Publication Prize. Many of our researchers have been highlighted in the media. The team behind the “Liquid Metal Marbles” research project, including Dr Vijay Sivan, Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, Professor Arnan Mitchell and PhD candidate Shiyang Tang received the 2013 RMIT Research Media Star award.

In 2013, the School’s research publications included 4 book chapters, 151 refereed journal papers and 87 conference publications. A list of these publications can be found at the end of this booklet. Our research has been featured in a number of high impact journals, which are highlighted in this booklet.

I hope you enjoy this brief summary of our recent research activities and agree that we are a top multi-disciplinary Electrical and Computer Engineering School.

More details about our research can be found at www.rmit.edu.au/eleceng/research

Professor Mike Austin

Deputy Head of School, Research and Innovation

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Biomedical Engineering is an area of emerging research strength in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. It is being strengthened by the introduction of an undergraduate Biomedical Engineering degree program at RMIT in 2012. Current research areas include:

Biomedical electronics Biomedical signal processing Sleep research Biological and health effects of electromagnetic

fields on living systems Therapeutic effects of electromagnetic radiation

Professor Dinesh Kumar and Dr Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan published a book titled “Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities” in April 2014. The book is the result of a research grant from the Victorian Transport Accident Commission to investigate the development and application of assistive technologies to help those with reduced abilities improve their quality of life and reduce their dependence on others. The book aims to provide clinicians, users, engineers, scientists, designers and other tech-savvy professionals with much-needed assistance as they examine technologies for robotic wheelchairs and prostheses.

Professor Dinesh Kumar received a $45,000 grant from the Institute of Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research for a project on a brain computer interface using a tablet computer for quadriplegic patients. Professor Kumar also received a $20,000 grant from Mycrolab Diagnostics Pty Ltd for a feasibility study into research leading to the identification of the range of biomarkers to identify current state of the art technologies and determine the technical challenges.

Researchers in the Biomedical Engineering research strength are:

Professor Dinesh Kumar Dr Dean Cvetkovic Dr Qiang (John) Fang Dr Sridhar Arjunan (Research Fellow)

Early risk of stroke from the simple image of the retina

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Biomedical Engineering is an area of emerging research strength in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. It is being strengthened by the introduction of an undergraduate Biomedical Engineering degree program at RMIT in 2012. Current research areas include:

Biomedical electronics Biomedical signal processing Sleep research Biological and health effects of electromagnetic

fields on living systems Therapeutic effects of electromagnetic radiation

Professor Dinesh Kumar and Dr Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan published a book titled “Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities” in April 2014. The book is the result of a research grant from the Victorian Transport Accident Commission to investigate the development and application of assistive technologies to help those with reduced abilities improve their quality of life and reduce their dependence on others. The book aims to provide clinicians, users, engineers, scientists, designers and other tech-savvy professionals with much-needed assistance as they examine technologies for robotic wheelchairs and prostheses.

Professor Dinesh Kumar received a $45,000 grant from the Institute of Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research for a project on a brain computer interface using a tablet computer for quadriplegic patients. Professor Kumar also received a $20,000 grant from Mycrolab Diagnostics Pty Ltd for a feasibility study into research leading to the identification of the range of biomarkers to identify current state of the art technologies and determine the technical challenges.

Researchers in the Biomedical Engineering research strength are:

Professor Dinesh Kumar Dr Dean Cvetkovic Dr Qiang (John) Fang Dr Sridhar Arjunan (Research Fellow)

Early risk of stroke from the simple image of the retina

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Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities A new book by experts in biomedical engineering will provide valuable, non-technical information to people with reduced abilities and their carers. Professor Dinesh Kumar and Dr Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan of the biomedical engineering team have collaborated with Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho from the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo in Brazil to publish their book, “Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities”. Through a partnership with the Transport Accident Commission, Professor Kumar and his team received a research grant which enabled them to investigate the development and application of assistive technologies which will help those with reduced abilities to improve their quality of life and reduce their dependence on others. Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities was published in April 2014. The book will provide clinicians, users, engineers, scientists, designers and other tech-savvy professionals with much-needed assistance as they examine technologies for robotic wheelchairs and prostheses.

While the book highlights various mobility and manipulative technologies, it keeps terminology, equations and software details to a minimum and presents technical material in a digestible way. Each chapter covers a specific technology, giving a general introduction and an assessment from the user viewpoint - including benefits, suitability, cost, reliability and required infrastructure. The chapters also include illustrations or photographs of the devices, current research related to the technology, and possible development opportunities.

Investigation of Retinal Vessel Feature Extraction

PhD candidate Mr Behzad Aliahmad and supervisors Professor Dinesh Kumar and Professor Henry Wu are investigating novel methods in retinal vessel feature extraction for automated disease assessment. The retina and its vascular network have unique branching characteristics which change due to the incidence of some systemic diseases, including hypertension, stroke and diabetes. Therefore, a retinal image has been used as a non-invasive screening window for risk assessment and prediction of such diseases, especially at the baseline. The assessment is based on a number of features among which vessel diameter and fractal dimension (FD) of the vascular network are the two important biomarkers, especially for stroke and diabetes cases. The association is linked to the higher risk of diabetes and stroke in people with narrower retinal arteriole diameter or change in overall FD independent of any other risk factor such as blood pressure. However, success of the diameter measurement is highly subject to variations due to image contrast, shadows, lighting condition and even retinopathy legions. Fractal dimension on the other hand is a global measure and lacks information regarding the local changes in vessel diameter due to disease incidence. This project investigates new retinal vessel calibre-associated features suitable for automated disease assessment in clinical settings.

Professor Dinesh Kumar (front left) and the team from the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo in Brazil

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Research in Communication Technologies within the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is primarily focussed on radio frequency technologies, including antennas and RF/microwave circuits and devices, and wireless and mobile networks. The Communication Technologies Research Centre located within the School undertakes internationally recognised research in areas such as radar systems to detect fire, multifunctional antennas for air/land platforms, and next generation communication systems for emergency services. The School’s capabilities in this area include microwave laboratories, two microwave anechoic chambers, a microwave photonics laboratory, an antenna test range and satellite base station. Current research areas include: embedded antenna technology in smart polymeric

composite structures tuneable metamaterials for RF applications scattering effects of bushfires on radar systems cognitive radios and mobile networks network protocols, algorithms and performance

analysis digital signal processing for communications

Professor Kamran Ghorbani was part of a team which was awarded an ARC Discovery Grant for a project titled “Electromagnetically self-assembled nano-reinforcement: synergistically improving damage tolerance and diagnosis of composite materials”, ($382,000, 2014-2016). Dr Kandeepan Sithamparanathan acquired a two year research contract with the R&D wing (Orange Labs) of France Telecom (Paris) for $150,000. The research will focus on providing better cellular/ wireless networking strategies and solutions in mobile communications for reducing the economic cost associated with the deployment of mobile base stations. Dr Sithamparanathan is continuing his collaboration with researchers at Thales (France) and other European partners on a major European Commission FP7 funded project investigating next generation communication systems for emergency services, especially in disaster recovery scenarios. Titled “Aerial Base Stations with Opportunistic Links for Unexpected and Temporary Events (ABSOLUTE)”, the project is funded for 2013-2015. Professor Kamran Ghorbani received funding from Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) for a project titled “Slotted waveguide antenna stiffened structure (SWASS) technology demonstrator”, ($111,000).

Dr Kandeepan Sithamparanathan is currently one of the Vice Chairs for the IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks for 2013-2014. This committee performs activities related to the next generation wireless technologies and standardisation.

Researchers in the Communication Technologies research strength are:

Professor Kamran Ghorbani (Leader) Assoc. Professor Wayne Rowe Assoc. Professor James Scott Dr Mark Gregory Dr Peterjohn Radcliffe Dr Kandeepan Sithamparanathan Dr Jidong Wang Dr Alexe Bojovschi (Research Fellow) Dr Ali Daliri (Research Fellow)

ABSOLUTE The ABSOLUTE project (“Aerial Base Stations with Opportunistic Links For Unexpected and Temporary Events”) is a highly ambitious European Commission FP7 initiative to design and validate an innovative, rapidly deployable, future network architecture which is resilient and capable of providing broadband multi-service with secure and dependable connectivity for large coverage areas affected by large scale unexpected events (or disasters) which result in partial or complete unavailability of the terrestrial communication infrastructure or for temporary events leading to a demand for very high throughput and augmented network capacity. In addition, the ultimate commitment of ABSOLUTE is to provide reference implementations for an interoperable and backward compatible solution, and relevant regulatory and standardisation efforts, enabling quick adoption of 4G communication technologies to remarkably improve the disaster recovery and crisis management preparedness of all relevant public safety and security stakeholders in Europe and worldwide. www.absolute-project.eu

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Research in Communication Technologies within the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is primarily focussed on radio frequency technologies, including antennas and RF/microwave circuits and devices, and wireless and mobile networks. The Communication Technologies Research Centre located within the School undertakes internationally recognised research in areas such as radar systems to detect fire, multifunctional antennas for air/land platforms, and next generation communication systems for emergency services. The School’s capabilities in this area include microwave laboratories, two microwave anechoic chambers, a microwave photonics laboratory, an antenna test range and satellite base station. Current research areas include: embedded antenna technology in smart polymeric

composite structures tuneable metamaterials for RF applications scattering effects of bushfires on radar systems cognitive radios and mobile networks network protocols, algorithms and performance

analysis digital signal processing for communications

Professor Kamran Ghorbani was part of a team which was awarded an ARC Discovery Grant for a project titled “Electromagnetically self-assembled nano-reinforcement: synergistically improving damage tolerance and diagnosis of composite materials”, ($382,000, 2014-2016). Dr Kandeepan Sithamparanathan acquired a two year research contract with the R&D wing (Orange Labs) of France Telecom (Paris) for $150,000. The research will focus on providing better cellular/ wireless networking strategies and solutions in mobile communications for reducing the economic cost associated with the deployment of mobile base stations. Dr Sithamparanathan is continuing his collaboration with researchers at Thales (France) and other European partners on a major European Commission FP7 funded project investigating next generation communication systems for emergency services, especially in disaster recovery scenarios. Titled “Aerial Base Stations with Opportunistic Links for Unexpected and Temporary Events (ABSOLUTE)”, the project is funded for 2013-2015. Professor Kamran Ghorbani received funding from Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) for a project titled “Slotted waveguide antenna stiffened structure (SWASS) technology demonstrator”, ($111,000).

Dr Kandeepan Sithamparanathan is currently one of the Vice Chairs for the IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks for 2013-2014. This committee performs activities related to the next generation wireless technologies and standardisation.

Researchers in the Communication Technologies research strength are:

Professor Kamran Ghorbani (Leader) Assoc. Professor Wayne Rowe Assoc. Professor James Scott Dr Mark Gregory Dr Peterjohn Radcliffe Dr Kandeepan Sithamparanathan Dr Jidong Wang Dr Alexe Bojovschi (Research Fellow) Dr Ali Daliri (Research Fellow)

ABSOLUTE The ABSOLUTE project (“Aerial Base Stations with Opportunistic Links For Unexpected and Temporary Events”) is a highly ambitious European Commission FP7 initiative to design and validate an innovative, rapidly deployable, future network architecture which is resilient and capable of providing broadband multi-service with secure and dependable connectivity for large coverage areas affected by large scale unexpected events (or disasters) which result in partial or complete unavailability of the terrestrial communication infrastructure or for temporary events leading to a demand for very high throughput and augmented network capacity. In addition, the ultimate commitment of ABSOLUTE is to provide reference implementations for an interoperable and backward compatible solution, and relevant regulatory and standardisation efforts, enabling quick adoption of 4G communication technologies to remarkably improve the disaster recovery and crisis management preparedness of all relevant public safety and security stakeholders in Europe and worldwide. www.absolute-project.eu

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Complex Systems and Information Processing at RMIT is a research strength area of international standing. The research aims to discover, comprehend and communicate the common underlying fundamental principles in various complex systems, and to develop theories and algorithms for information systems, visual communication systems, digital signal processing, and embedded systems.

Current research themes include:

Complex systems and networks Audio / video / image signal processing Multimedia content description and quality

of service Embedded systems

Professor Xinghuo Yu and Dr Wenwu Yu were awarded an ARC Discovery Grant for a project titled “Exploring emerging collective behaviours in large-scale data-driven networked systems” ($331,000, 2014-2016). Professor Xiaojun Qiu, Professor Ian Burnett and Dr Jacob Liu were awarded an ARC Linkage Grant with Taiwan Green Engineering Consultants ($198,000, 2014-2017) to investigate the impact of wind farm noise on surrounding communities. To do this, the sound level caused by wind turbines must be accurately measured, which is sometimes difficult due to wind induced noise and other interference noise. This project aims to propose a novel compact microphone array solution, where the wind induced noise is attenuated by a specially designed windproof shell first, and then the residual wind induced noise and other interference noise are further filtered out by a specific adaptive noise cancellation algorithm based on the spherical and differential microphone array structure. With the proposed system, the measurement configuration size is expected to be reduced from the current few metres to less than 10 centimetres, and with better accuracy. Professor Xiaojun Qiu was also part of a team which was awarded an ARC Linkage Grant for a project titled “Integrated Passive and Active Control of Humming Noise from KCGMs Haul Trucks”, ($250,000, 2014-2017). This project aims to resolve an environmental noise issue caused by the humming noise of Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines haul trucks in the areas of Kalgoorlie, Boulder, and Williamstown. This solution utilises integrated passive and active control systems to attenuate the frequency components of humming noise from a truck’s exhaust and engine. A novel aspect of this technique is the use of passive micro-perforated structures to provide the necessary sound absorption capability and to alter the sound propagation and radiation properties of the truck exhaust and engine, and increase the

effectiveness of active control. The partner organisations for this project are Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Early career researcher Dr. Mahdi Jalili was awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) for his project titled “Inference, control and protection of interdependent spatial networked structures”, ($395,220, 2014-2016). This project aims to establish a mathematical framework to efficiently observe and control interdependent spatial networks and develop design strategies in order to maximise residency of spatial networks against catastrophic failures in their components. The outcomes of the project will protect the Australian power grid and transportation networks against random and intentional failures. Dr Jalili is also the recipient of a prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship. Professor Xiaojun Qiu received $30,000 from Kalgoorlie Gold Mines Pty. Ltd. for a project titled “Development of active techniques for controlling low frequency noise from KCGM haul trucks”. Professor Ian Burnett received a $22,000 grant from Malcolm Riby and Anthony Lele for a research study on manufacturing process optimisation through audio signal processing.

Researchers in the Complex Systems and Information Processing research strength are:

Associate Professor Paul Beckett (Leader) Professor Ian Burnett Professor Xinghuo Yu Professor Hong Ren (Henry) Wu Dr Eva Cheng Dr Margaret Lech Dr Katrina Neville Dr Glenn Matthews Dr Yong Feng (Senior Research Fellow) Dr Xiangjun Li (Research Fellow) Dr Wenwu Yu (Research Fellow) Ms Lilin Li (Research Officer)

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Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) is the assessment of integrated multimedia quality of service and user perceptual experience. This project investigates the use of biosignal feedback such as EEGs and eyetracking to form context around user multimedia experiences, interaction and user emotional feedback. Such biosignal feedback is being applied to understand QoMEX in diverse environments including virtual/augmented reality, immersive, ambient and sensory multimedia i.e., engaging senses beyond visual/audition only. As part of both QoMEX and 3D video processing research projects, the team is investigating biosignal-based feedback for 3D stereoscopic video QoMEX, whereby the research team filmed RMIT3DV, a library of uncompressed stereoscopic 3D HD video sequences natively recorded in 3D with a twin-lens camera. RMIT3DV is freely available online via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

3D EyeTracking Biological Cell Tracking with Computer Vision Recent advances in medical imaging have introduced a large number of biological cell imaging databases, whereby the tracking of biological cells in image sequences and videos can aid in deeper understanding of the dynamics of cells and cell behaviours. However, the volume of cell images required for analysis is prohibitive for manual processing. Thus, researchers are investigating (scalable) computer vision techniques applied to biological cell tracking problems, including cell segmentation, tracking, and trajectory reconstruction.

International Workshop on Complex Networks and Applications The International Workshop on Complex Networks and Applications was a satellite event held at RMIT University just before the 2014 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems in Melbourne, Australia. The aim of this workshop was to examine the recent developments in Complex Networks Theory and Applications, and furthermore, look into potential applications in emerging areas such as data analytics in Big Data environments. Organised by Professors Xinghuo Yu and Jinhu Lu, an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, the workshop provided opportunities for participants to learn about state-of-the-art research from the leading researchers and to discuss issues, challenges and opportunities to collaborate for the future. The event attracted over 40 participants from several universities in Melbourne. Speakers included Professor Ljiljana Trajkovic (IEEE Fellow) from Simon Fraser University, Canada and Professor Maciej Ogorzalek (IEEE Fellow) from Jagiellonian University, Poland. A number of the presentations are available at: www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=ucxehucmeuw2

This event was co-sponsored by the Technical Committees on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems and on Neural Systems and Applications of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and hosted by RMIT’s Platform Technologies Research Institute.

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Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) is the assessment of integrated multimedia quality of service and user perceptual experience. This project investigates the use of biosignal feedback such as EEGs and eyetracking to form context around user multimedia experiences, interaction and user emotional feedback. Such biosignal feedback is being applied to understand QoMEX in diverse environments including virtual/augmented reality, immersive, ambient and sensory multimedia i.e., engaging senses beyond visual/audition only. As part of both QoMEX and 3D video processing research projects, the team is investigating biosignal-based feedback for 3D stereoscopic video QoMEX, whereby the research team filmed RMIT3DV, a library of uncompressed stereoscopic 3D HD video sequences natively recorded in 3D with a twin-lens camera. RMIT3DV is freely available online via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

3D EyeTracking Biological Cell Tracking with Computer Vision Recent advances in medical imaging have introduced a large number of biological cell imaging databases, whereby the tracking of biological cells in image sequences and videos can aid in deeper understanding of the dynamics of cells and cell behaviours. However, the volume of cell images required for analysis is prohibitive for manual processing. Thus, researchers are investigating (scalable) computer vision techniques applied to biological cell tracking problems, including cell segmentation, tracking, and trajectory reconstruction.

International Workshop on Complex Networks and Applications The International Workshop on Complex Networks and Applications was a satellite event held at RMIT University just before the 2014 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems in Melbourne, Australia. The aim of this workshop was to examine the recent developments in Complex Networks Theory and Applications, and furthermore, look into potential applications in emerging areas such as data analytics in Big Data environments. Organised by Professors Xinghuo Yu and Jinhu Lu, an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, the workshop provided opportunities for participants to learn about state-of-the-art research from the leading researchers and to discuss issues, challenges and opportunities to collaborate for the future. The event attracted over 40 participants from several universities in Melbourne. Speakers included Professor Ljiljana Trajkovic (IEEE Fellow) from Simon Fraser University, Canada and Professor Maciej Ogorzalek (IEEE Fellow) from Jagiellonian University, Poland. A number of the presentations are available at: www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=ucxehucmeuw2

This event was co-sponsored by the Technical Committees on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems and on Neural Systems and Applications of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and hosted by RMIT’s Platform Technologies Research Institute.

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The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has a significant history of research in micro/nano materials and devices. The research is focussed on innovative micro- and nano-scale devices based on novel nano-structured materials and is driven by a highly integrated team of engineers and scientists with expertise spanning photonics, fluidics, sensors, advanced materials, micro- and nano-technologies, electronics, and control.

Fundamental and applied research is undertaken in the areas of photonic, electronic, sensor, microfluidic and biomedical devices in four Research Centres based within the School. These Centres are: ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh bandwidth

Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) RMIT is a node of CUDOS which is investigating next generation optical systems by transforming photonic integrated circuits into a technology that will have a profound effect on economies and lifestyles around the world. At RMIT, research focuses on ultrafast photonic signal processing, silicon and hybrid integrated optics, and new nano-materials and devices.

Centre for Advanced Electronics and Sensors

(CADES) Research in micro- and nano-electronics and sensor technology is underpinned by expertise in the synthesis of novel nanostructured thin films, sensors, microelectronic and microfluidic devices and microsystems. The Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group is closely aligned with this Centre and is investigating nano-devices for fundamental and applied research in energy, sensing, and memory technologies.

Micro-Nanomedical Research Centre

This Centre is built around a world leading group which specialises in multidisciplinary research spanning physics, engineering, chemistry and biomedicine with a particular aim of developing novel biomedical devices. An example of recent research is a tiny 240μm-diameter ultrasonic micromotor capable of navigating through arteries deep inside the human body. Known as the NeuroGlideactuator, the technology is designed to assist surgeons whilst performing minimally invasive vascular surgery.

Microelectronics & Materials Technology Centre

(MMTC) The MMTC, with a history of strong research outcomes over 30 years, is evolving into two distinct facilities – the MicroNano Research Facility (MNRF) and the MicroNano Teaching Facility (MNTF). The MNRF is a new 1,200 m2 state-of-the-art micro- and nano-fabrication facility which opened in August 2014. The MNTF, which

replaces the MMTC, will be a unique teaching facility designed to cater to cleanroom-based laboratory sessions and undergraduate projects.

Current research areas undertaken in these research Centres and related Groups include:

silicon photonic devices nonlinear photonic devices dynamic plasmonic devices terahertz metamaterials and plasmonics two-dimensional materials nanotechnology enabled fuel cells and

thermopower wave generators electronic and sensing characteristics of

nanostructured contacts micro/nanofluidic systems memristor micro- and nano-devices flexible electronics medical diagnostic devices ultrasonic piezoelectric microactuators

Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh and Dr Madhu Bhaskaran were awarded an ARC Discovery Project Grant for their project “Synthesis, characterisation, and applications of atomically thin layers of transition metal oxides and dichalcogenides”, ($270,000, 2014-2016). Professor James Friend and Dr Madhu Bhaskaran were part of a team which was awarded an ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Fund (LIEF) Grant for a project to establish new tools which will allow researchers to build novel device structures and analyse them at nanoscale spatial resolutions. The new facilities are required to meet the demands of a growing number of innovative projects being undertaken within a large multidisciplinary consortium of research groups ($500,000). Professor Arnan Mitchell is part of a team which was awarded an ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Fund (LIEF) Grant for a project to establish a National facility for cryogenic photonics: The project will establish a multi-disciplinary, multi-user facility for the development and analysis of photonic materials and devices at cryogenic temperatures, heralding a new paradigm in quantum optical research in Australia. Two nodes, one for photonic materials development and one for quantum device characterisation, will enable new physical phenomena to be discovered, new materials to be developed and will ultimately result in the creation of ground-breaking new photonic technologies. ($500,000, 2014).

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Dr Madhu Bhaskaran was awarded the RMIT 2013 Malcolm Moore Industry Research Award. This award is for early career researchers to support research projects with new industry partners. Dr Madhu Bhaskaran was the winner of the 2014 Royal Society of Victoria’s Phillip Law Postdoctoral Award for Physical Sciences. This prestigious award is for excellence in scientific research by an early career researcher in the physical sciences. Dr Shiva Balendhran was awarded a 2014 Churchill Fellowship which rewards Australians striving for excellence. The Fellowship is for undertaking research on two-dimensional materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. PhD candidate Philipp Gutruf was awarded an Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship to undertake a research visit to the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA.

Researchers continue to have their work published in very prestigious, high impact journals. At least 10 articles have appeared in journals with impact factors >9, indicating their high quality. An article on novel terahertz plasmonic absorbers was published in Advanced Optical Materials and featured on the cover. The work was a collaboration between Dr Sharath Sriram and Dr Madhu Bhaskaran of the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group with collaborators at the University of Adelaide, the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, and the French-German Research Institute Saint-Louis. This article was also picked to be among the ‘Best of 2013’ for the journal, with a repeat cover feature.

Advanced Optical Materials, ‘Best of 2013’ special issue An article reviewing the potential for two-dimensional materials in electronics and photonics featured on the cover of Advanced Functional Materials. This article, led by Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, has featured among the most read articles for the journal in the past year.

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 23, 2013 In an article in Advanced Materials Interfaces, Dr Didit Yudistira and co-workers introduce a new and highly versatile domain patterning method, ultraviolet direct write Metal Enhanced Redox (UV direct write MER), that achieves deep domains with practically no thermally induced damage on the surface of lithium niobate crystals. Such a technique enables the fabrication of practical piezoelectric acoustic superlattice structures on 128° YX-cut LiNbO3, the most widely used crystal cut for surface acoustic wave applications.

Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol.1, issue 4,

July 15, 2014

Researchers in the Micro/Nano Materials and Devices research strength include:

Professor Arnan Mitchell (Leader) Professor Michael Austin Professor James Friend Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh Professor Dave Moss Assoc. Professor Anthony Holland Assoc. Professor Wayne Rowe Dr Sarah Baratchi Dr Madhu Bhaskaran (ARC APD) Dr Lam Bui (RMIT Senior Research Fellow) Dr Peggy Chan Dr Khashayar Khoshmanesh (ARC DECRA) Dr Thach Nguyen (ARC APD) Dr Jianzhen Ou Dr Amgad Rezk Dr Vijay Sivan Dr Sharath Sriram (ARC APD) Dr Francisco Tovar Lopez (ARC DECRA) Dr Didit Yudistra


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Dr Madhu Bhaskaran was awarded the RMIT 2013 Malcolm Moore Industry Research Award. This award is for early career researchers to support research projects with new industry partners. Dr Madhu Bhaskaran was the winner of the 2014 Royal Society of Victoria’s Phillip Law Postdoctoral Award for Physical Sciences. This prestigious award is for excellence in scientific research by an early career researcher in the physical sciences. Dr Shiva Balendhran was awarded a 2014 Churchill Fellowship which rewards Australians striving for excellence. The Fellowship is for undertaking research on two-dimensional materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. PhD candidate Philipp Gutruf was awarded an Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship to undertake a research visit to the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA.

Researchers continue to have their work published in very prestigious, high impact journals. At least 10 articles have appeared in journals with impact factors >9, indicating their high quality. An article on novel terahertz plasmonic absorbers was published in Advanced Optical Materials and featured on the cover. The work was a collaboration between Dr Sharath Sriram and Dr Madhu Bhaskaran of the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group with collaborators at the University of Adelaide, the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, and the French-German Research Institute Saint-Louis. This article was also picked to be among the ‘Best of 2013’ for the journal, with a repeat cover feature.

Advanced Optical Materials, ‘Best of 2013’ special issue An article reviewing the potential for two-dimensional materials in electronics and photonics featured on the cover of Advanced Functional Materials. This article, led by Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, has featured among the most read articles for the journal in the past year.

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 23, 2013 In an article in Advanced Materials Interfaces, Dr Didit Yudistira and co-workers introduce a new and highly versatile domain patterning method, ultraviolet direct write Metal Enhanced Redox (UV direct write MER), that achieves deep domains with practically no thermally induced damage on the surface of lithium niobate crystals. Such a technique enables the fabrication of practical piezoelectric acoustic superlattice structures on 128° YX-cut LiNbO3, the most widely used crystal cut for surface acoustic wave applications.

Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol.1, issue 4,

July 15, 2014

Researchers in the Micro/Nano Materials and Devices research strength include:

Professor Arnan Mitchell (Leader) Professor Michael Austin Professor James Friend Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh Professor Dave Moss Assoc. Professor Anthony Holland Assoc. Professor Wayne Rowe Dr Sarah Baratchi Dr Madhu Bhaskaran (ARC APD) Dr Lam Bui (RMIT Senior Research Fellow) Dr Peggy Chan Dr Khashayar Khoshmanesh (ARC DECRA) Dr Thach Nguyen (ARC APD) Dr Jianzhen Ou Dr Amgad Rezk Dr Vijay Sivan Dr Sharath Sriram (ARC APD) Dr Francisco Tovar Lopez (ARC DECRA) Dr Didit Yudistra


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Liquid Metal Enabled Pump Dr Khashayar Khoshmanesh, a Research Fellow in the Centre for Advanced Electronics and Sensors, and his team have developed the world's first liquid metal enabled pump, a revolutionary new micro-scale device with no mechanical parts. Although Lab-on-a-chip systems hold great promise for applications such as biosensing and blood analysis, there is currently no easy way to drive liquid around a fluidic chip in micro-fabricated systems. They rely on cumbersome, large-scale external pumps, which significantly limit design possibilities. The new pump is enabled by a single droplet of liquid metal which can be easily integrated into a micro device, has no mechanical parts and is both energy efficient and easy to produce or replace. It will enable micro-fluidics and lab-on-a-chip technology to finally realise their potential, with applications ranging from biomedicine to biofuels. The pump uses droplets of Galinstan, a non-toxic liquid metal alloy comprised of gallium, indium and tin, as the core of a pumping system to induce flows of liquid in looped channels. When the alloy is activated by applying a voltage, the charge distribution along the surface is altered. This propels the surrounding liquid without moving the Galinstan droplet through the loop, using a process called "continuous electrowetting". The pump is highly controllable, with the flow rate adjusted simply by altering the frequency, magnitude and waveform of the applied signal. The flow direction can also be readily reversed by reversing the polarity of the applied voltage. "This innovation shows that micro- and nano-scale pumping can be accomplished with a simple system – a crucial advance for the field of micro-fluidics." The multi-disciplinary team behind the breakthrough included doctoral researcher Shi-Yang Tang, Dr Vijay Sivan, Professor Arnan Mitchell and Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Phred Petersen, from RMIT’s School of Media and Communication. The team also collaborated with researchers from the Queensland University of Technology and the University of Adelaide on the research. The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Images showing the flow of liquid in a fluidic channel using the new liquid metal enabled pump

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Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group Researchers from RMIT’s Functional Materials and Microsystems research group have developed a new method to transfer electronics with versatile functionality, which are usually made on rigid silicon, onto a flexible surface. The research is advancing transparent bendable electronics for use in science fiction-like gadgets – unbreakable rubber-like phones, rollable tablets and even functional clothing. The result of their work was recently published in Nature Publishing Group’s Asia Materials, the leading materials science journal for the Asia-Pacific [1]. The ability of micro and nano-electronic devices to sense, insulate or generate energy is controlled by thin, transparent nanolayers of oxide materials, often much thinner than 1/100th of a human hair. These oxide materials are brittle and their high processing temperatures – often in excess of 300°C – have until now prevented their incorporation in flexible electronic devices. The new process developed could unleash the potential of fully functional flexible electronics, while providing a new way for the materials to mesh together. The research was supported by Australian Post-Doctoral Fellowships from the Australian Research Council to Dr Bhaskaran and Dr Sharath Sriram, co-leaders of the research group.

Dr Madhu Bhaskaran (pictured left) and Dr Sharath Sriram (pictured right) are Co-Leaders of the Functional Materials

and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT. University | Making Connections | 2014 [1] P. Gutruf, C. M. Shah, S. Walia, H. Nili, A. S. Zoolfakar, C. Karnutsch, K. Kalantar-zadeh, S. Sriram and M. Bhaskaran, “Transparent Functional Oxide Stretchable Electronics: Micro-Tectonics Enabled High Strain Electrodes”, Asia Materials (2013), Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems, CRC Press (2013), eds: M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram and K. Iniewski.

Control of Thin Film Fluids using Sound Waves Professor James Friend, Director of the MicroNano Research Facility led a research team which included Dr Amgad Rezk, Professor Leslie Yeo and Dr Ofer Manor, from the Israel Institute of Technology, to develop a portable system for precise, fast and unconventional micro and nano-fabrication. The team demonstrated how high frequency sound waves can be used to precisely control the spread of thin film fluid along a specially-designed chip. With thin film technology being the bedrock of microchip and microstructure manufacturing, the research offers a significant advance, with potential applications ranging from thin film coatings for paint and wound care to 3D printing, micro-casting and micro-fluidics. The research was part of Dr Rezk’s recently completed PhD. The new process, which the researchers have called ‘acoustowetting’, works on a chip made of lithium niobate, a piezoelectric material capable of converting electrical energy into mechanical pressure. The surface of the chip is covered with microelectrodes and the chip converts high frequency electrical energy to high-frequency sound waves. Thin film liquid is added to the surface of the chip, and the sound waves are then used to control its flow. The research shows that when the liquid is ultra-thin, with sub-micron thicknesses, it flows away from the high-frequency sound waves. The flow reverses at slightly thicker dimensions, moving towards the sound waves. But at a millimetre or more in depth the flow reverses again, moving away. A research paper, “Double flow reversal in thin liquid films driven by MHz order surface vibration” will feature on the cover of a forthcoming print edition of Proceedings of the Royal Society A.


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Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group Researchers from RMIT’s Functional Materials and Microsystems research group have developed a new method to transfer electronics with versatile functionality, which are usually made on rigid silicon, onto a flexible surface. The research is advancing transparent bendable electronics for use in science fiction-like gadgets – unbreakable rubber-like phones, rollable tablets and even functional clothing. The result of their work was recently published in Nature Publishing Group’s Asia Materials, the leading materials science journal for the Asia-Pacific [1]. The ability of micro and nano-electronic devices to sense, insulate or generate energy is controlled by thin, transparent nanolayers of oxide materials, often much thinner than 1/100th of a human hair. These oxide materials are brittle and their high processing temperatures – often in excess of 300°C – have until now prevented their incorporation in flexible electronic devices. The new process developed could unleash the potential of fully functional flexible electronics, while providing a new way for the materials to mesh together. The research was supported by Australian Post-Doctoral Fellowships from the Australian Research Council to Dr Bhaskaran and Dr Sharath Sriram, co-leaders of the research group.

Dr Madhu Bhaskaran (pictured left) and Dr Sharath Sriram (pictured right) are Co-Leaders of the Functional Materials

and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT. University | Making Connections | 2014 [1] P. Gutruf, C. M. Shah, S. Walia, H. Nili, A. S. Zoolfakar, C. Karnutsch, K. Kalantar-zadeh, S. Sriram and M. Bhaskaran, “Transparent Functional Oxide Stretchable Electronics: Micro-Tectonics Enabled High Strain Electrodes”, Asia Materials (2013), Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems, CRC Press (2013), eds: M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram and K. Iniewski.

Control of Thin Film Fluids using Sound Waves Professor James Friend, Director of the MicroNano Research Facility led a research team which included Dr Amgad Rezk, Professor Leslie Yeo and Dr Ofer Manor, from the Israel Institute of Technology, to develop a portable system for precise, fast and unconventional micro and nano-fabrication. The team demonstrated how high frequency sound waves can be used to precisely control the spread of thin film fluid along a specially-designed chip. With thin film technology being the bedrock of microchip and microstructure manufacturing, the research offers a significant advance, with potential applications ranging from thin film coatings for paint and wound care to 3D printing, micro-casting and micro-fluidics. The research was part of Dr Rezk’s recently completed PhD. The new process, which the researchers have called ‘acoustowetting’, works on a chip made of lithium niobate, a piezoelectric material capable of converting electrical energy into mechanical pressure. The surface of the chip is covered with microelectrodes and the chip converts high frequency electrical energy to high-frequency sound waves. Thin film liquid is added to the surface of the chip, and the sound waves are then used to control its flow. The research shows that when the liquid is ultra-thin, with sub-micron thicknesses, it flows away from the high-frequency sound waves. The flow reverses at slightly thicker dimensions, moving towards the sound waves. But at a millimetre or more in depth the flow reverses again, moving away. A research paper, “Double flow reversal in thin liquid films driven by MHz order surface vibration” will feature on the cover of a forthcoming print edition of Proceedings of the Royal Society A.


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Modern society depends on an abundant and reliable supply of electrical energy. The Power, Energy and Control research strength at RMIT undertakes a wide range of research activities to address this need, based on the internationally recognised research capabilities of Professor Grahame Holmes and Dr Brendan McGrath in power electronic conversion technologies, Professor Xinghuo Yu and Professor Liuping Wang in complex systems and industrial automation control theory, and Associate Professor Alan Wong in the area of high voltage engineering. The group currently supports several major ongoing research initiatives, particularly in the area of Smart Electrical Grids, exploring operating and control issues of systems and equipment in this emerging paradigm change for electrical distribution networks that is gaining momentum around the world. Current research areas include: power electronic conversion systems electrical grid energy conversion equipment, with

specific focus on Smart Grid applications reliability and performance of high voltage

distribution networks and plant industrial automation complex, adaptive and distributed control systems

Dr Brendan McGrath and Professor Grahame Holmes were awarded an ARC Discovery grant for “Regulation of the cell bus voltages of large scale modular multilevel converters: advanced energy converters for future electricity grids”, $362,000 (2014-2016).

Dr Jinhu Lu, Professor XingHuo Yu and Dr Guanrong Chen were awarded an ARC Discovery Grant for “Structure Inference and Adaptive Intervention of Evolving Complex Networks”, ($331,000, 2014-2016)

Professor Grahame Holmes and Mr Mohinder Mannu were awarded an ARC Linkage Grant for “Solid state regulation of a distribution transformer to rapidly control voltages of low voltage distribution feeders”, ($176,000, 2014-2015). The industry partner is Wilson Transformer Company Pty. Ltd.

Professor Grahame Holmes was awarded funding from the Advanced Manufacturing CRC for “Next generation electronic technologies for smart grid distribution networks”, ($120,000, 2013-2014). Professor Grahame Holmes, Assoc Professor John Andrews and Dr Brendan McGrath were awarded funding from the RMIT Sustainable Urban Precincts Program for “Enhanced Microgrid with Sustainable Energy Storage for Peak Load Levelling”, $265,000, (2014-2015).

Dr Brendan McGrath and Professor Grahame Holmes were awarded funding from the RMIT Sustainable Urban Precincts Program for “An Interactive Teaching Laboratory for Sustainable Electrical Building Service Technologies and Systems”, $250,000, (2014-2015).

Professor Grahame Holmes was awarded funding from Energy Networks Australia for “Monitoring of Impacts of Embedded Gas Turbine Generator on Power Grid”, ($65,000, 2013-2014), and “Managing the Impact of Distributed PV Generation on the Voltage Profile of a Distribution Feeder”, $60,500, (2013-2014).

Professor Xinghuo Yu visited the School of Automation at Southeast University in Nanjing, China, in May 2014 to fulfil the duty of Chang Jiang (Yantze River) Chair Professor (Visiting) and to discuss new collaboration initiatives such as a joint PhD program and an international research centre. He also delivered a keynote speech at the 2014 National Forum on Control Science and Engineering. This is the premier annual event of the peak professional body, the Chinese Association of Automation.

Professor Xinghuo Yu was awarded a Guest Professorship at the Tianjin Chenjian (City and Construction) University in Tianjin and the University of Science and Technology of Beijing in June 2014. He was also awarded a Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD).

Professor Xinghuo Yu attended the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics in Istanbul in June as a General Co-Chair. He also chaired the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society’s Publications Committee as Vice-President for Publications, attended the Society’s Administrative Committee and attended various committee meetings as a committee member of the Finance Committee, Conference Committee, and Fellows Committee. At the conference, his team won the bid to host the 43th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017) in Beijing in November 2017, with over 1,500 participants expected.

Professor Holmes presented an invited tutorial on “Principles and Practices of Digital Current Regulation for AC Systems” at the IEEE Power Electronics for Distributed Generation conference in Galway in June 2014, which was very well received with over 30 attendees.

Other research highlights include publication of nearly 20 conference papers in the last 12 months, at the IEEE ECCE 2013 and 2014, the IEEE ECCE-Asia 2014, the IEEE PEDG 2014, and the AUPEC 2013 and 2014 conferences.


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The staff numbers in Power, Energy and Control continue to grow, with a recently appointed new lecturer in Power Systems and a second Research Fellow, The current staff members are:

Professor Grahame Holmes (Leader) Professor Liuping Wang Professor Xinghuo Yu Professor Valery Davydov (Adjunct Prof.) Associate Professor Alan Wong Dr Manoj Datta Dr Nuwantha Fernando Dr Peter Graszkiewicz Dr Brendan McGrath Dr Lasantha Meegahapola Dr Richardt Wilkinson Dr Alexe Bojovschi (Research Fellow) Dr Carlos Teixeira (Research Fellow)

Increasing levels of PV penetration into an electrical distribution system can cause significant challenges for the operation of this network, including out-of-bound voltages and grid stability concerns because of the fluctuating electrical energy supplied from these sources. This year sees the completion of a collaborative joint project to address these issues, between the Advanced Manufacturing CRC, RMIT and the two industry partners MIL-Systems Pty Ltd and Creative Power Technologies Pty Ltd.

The project aim was to design and develop a new generation Australian inverter that can control both real and reactive power to maximise the energy supplied from a PV array, and to help the utility operator to better manage its grid operation. The project is now fully complete, the inverter is now certified for connection to the electrical grid, and is undergoing longer term proving trials before its anticipated release to the market in 2015.

New Australian Designed RPC PV Inverter

Each year the Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE) organises a university student car race competition, known as Formula SAE (or FSAE). It is the largest engineering competition in the world with over 500 teams, and events on every continent. The objective of the competition is to design, build and enter an open wheel race car to compete in various static (design excellence) and dynamic (performance) events.

In 2013 the RMIT e-Racing enter its third generation vehicle – the most competitive yet. The car was placed First in the electric car division, and achieved 10th place overall against a field of nearly 30 entries. This result placed the team just behind the most competitive petrol engine cars!

In 2015 the School will see a major upgrade in the research and teaching laboratory facilities for Power, Energy and Control, with the move to a brand new custom designed 1100m2 laboratory complex. The integrated space brings teaching laboratories across the entire discipline area into one location, and links them to leading edge power electronic research laboratories just next door.

The new research facilities will also house a 50 kW custom built microgrid, a permanent home for the FSAE electrical student race car team, and a dedicated laboratory to explore the electrical technologies that underpin sustainable urban building design.

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The staff numbers in Power, Energy and Control continue to grow, with a recently appointed new lecturer in Power Systems and a second Research Fellow, The current staff members are:

Professor Grahame Holmes (Leader) Professor Liuping Wang Professor Xinghuo Yu Professor Valery Davydov (Adjunct Prof.) Associate Professor Alan Wong Dr Manoj Datta Dr Nuwantha Fernando Dr Peter Graszkiewicz Dr Brendan McGrath Dr Lasantha Meegahapola Dr Richardt Wilkinson Dr Alexe Bojovschi (Research Fellow) Dr Carlos Teixeira (Research Fellow)

Increasing levels of PV penetration into an electrical distribution system can cause significant challenges for the operation of this network, including out-of-bound voltages and grid stability concerns because of the fluctuating electrical energy supplied from these sources. This year sees the completion of a collaborative joint project to address these issues, between the Advanced Manufacturing CRC, RMIT and the two industry partners MIL-Systems Pty Ltd and Creative Power Technologies Pty Ltd.

The project aim was to design and develop a new generation Australian inverter that can control both real and reactive power to maximise the energy supplied from a PV array, and to help the utility operator to better manage its grid operation. The project is now fully complete, the inverter is now certified for connection to the electrical grid, and is undergoing longer term proving trials before its anticipated release to the market in 2015.

New Australian Designed RPC PV Inverter

Each year the Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE) organises a university student car race competition, known as Formula SAE (or FSAE). It is the largest engineering competition in the world with over 500 teams, and events on every continent. The objective of the competition is to design, build and enter an open wheel race car to compete in various static (design excellence) and dynamic (performance) events.

In 2013 the RMIT e-Racing enter its third generation vehicle – the most competitive yet. The car was placed First in the electric car division, and achieved 10th place overall against a field of nearly 30 entries. This result placed the team just behind the most competitive petrol engine cars!

In 2015 the School will see a major upgrade in the research and teaching laboratory facilities for Power, Energy and Control, with the move to a brand new custom designed 1100m2 laboratory complex. The integrated space brings teaching laboratories across the entire discipline area into one location, and links them to leading edge power electronic research laboratories just next door.

The new research facilities will also house a 50 kW custom built microgrid, a permanent home for the FSAE electrical student race car team, and a dedicated laboratory to explore the electrical technologies that underpin sustainable urban building design.

New laboratory equipment developed for the integrated

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On 19 August the School held a Research Day for all Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates. The following four posters demonstrate the quality of student research currently undertaken within the School. 1st Prize - Samira Janghorban Magnetics Design for a 2.5 kW Bi-Directional Battery Charger 2nd Prize - Manal Alsaif Tunable Plasmon Resonances in Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Oxide Nanoflakes 3rd Prize - Rebecca Soffe Investigating the Shear Induced Calcium Signalling of Non-Adherent Cells using a Dielectrophoresis-Based Microfluidic Platform People's Choice Prize - Shiyang Tang (s3212537) High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy of Cells Using Dielectrophoresis


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BIDIRECTIONAL BATTERY CHARGERS OVERVIEW  Convert a primary higher voltage (HV) level into a secondary lower voltage (LV)

level that suits a battery voltage [2].  Bidirectional dual active bridge (DAB) DC-DC converter topology as shown:

 Transformer designed using two stacks of UI ferrite core - Fig. 1.

  LV winding ≡ Copper foil and HV winding ≡ litz wire.   Inductor designed as a single set of UI ferrite core - Fig. 2.  Litz wire reduces eddy current effect [3].  Spacer wall on the bobbin reduces fringing effect of the air gap.

Samira Janghorban* and Grahame Holmes

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia *Email: [email protected]

SUMMARY  High-power bidirectional battery chargers are an essential building block of

renewable energy systems.  Magnetics design of the isolation transformer T and inductor L are crucial for the

overall system performance [1].  Design aims to fulfil a rigid set of electrical, mechanical, and thermal

requirements.  An integrated design process combining theoretical analysis and heuristic

verification to develop the magnetic components is developed.  The proposed method is verified using simulation and then experimental

confirmation in the pre-production converter.

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REFERENCES [1] W. G. Hurley and W. H. Wolfle, Transformers and Inductors for Power Electronics: Theory,

Design and Applications: Wiley, 2013. [2] Krismer, F.; Biela, J.; Kolar, J.W., "A comparative evaluation of isolated bi-directional DC/

DC converters with wide input and output voltage range," Industry Applications Conference, 2005. Fourtieth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2005 , vol.1, no., pp.599,606 Vol. 1, 2-6 Oct. 2005.

[3] P. L. Dowell, "Effects of eddy currents in transformer windings," Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the Institution of, vol. 113, pp. 1387-1394, 1966.

Description Label Value Power P 2.5 kW

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Carrier frequency fc 20 kHz Transformer turns ratio n 10 Inductance @ 20 kHz L 550 µH

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This work is financially supported by an Australian Government ARC Linkage Grant with the industrial partner Creative Power Technologies.

Vanadium flow battery charger comprising three-phase voltage-source converter and 2.5-kW dual-active-bridge bidirectional DC-DC converter.

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Number of turns of primary winding Npri 40

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Inductor L Inductance @ 20 kHz L20k 542 µH

Resistance @ 20 kHz RL 0.45 Ω

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Tunable Plasmon Resonances in Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Oxide Nanoflakes

Manal M. Y. A. Alsaif,1,* Kay Latham,2 Matthew R. Field,3 David D. Yao,1 Nikhil V. Medhekar,4 Gary A. Beane,5 Richard B. Kaner,6 Salvy P. Russo,2 Jian Zhen Ou,1,* Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh 1,* 1 School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia 2 School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia

3 RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 4 Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 5 School of Chemistry & Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 6 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA * Email addresses: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].

Abstract The demonstration of tunable plasmon resonances in two-dimensional (2D) materials is important for the development of future sensors and optical systems based on such nanostructures. Here, we present that in suspended 2D molybdenum oxide flakes that generated plasmon resonances can be tuned by controlling the doping levels, lateral dimensions of the flakes in the visible light range as well as the exposure to a model protein. Ultra-doping process is conducted by exposing the semiconducting 2D MoO3 flakes to simulated solar irradiation, which reduces the flakes' lateral dimensions by 30% and transformed into metallic molybdenum oxide.

Introduction   2D materials exhibit certain physical and chemical properties that

are fundamentally different from their bulk counterparts.[ 1,2 ]

  The electronic and optical properties seen in the selected 2D materials may lead to significantly altered plasmon dispersion relationships, which provide opportunities to create new optical systems.

  2D materials has recently gained increased attention, especially after the recent demonstrations of plasmon resonances in graphene and topological insulators such as Bi2Te3.[ 3,4 ]

  Graphene and Bi2Te3, such observations are generally limited to the far infrared (IR) or longer wavelength regions due to insufficient carrier densities and other intrinsic properties.[ 4 ]

  The 2D MoO3 flakes are first produced by a liquid phase exfoliation method from bulk α-MoO3 powder with a combination of mechanical grinding and sonication.

  The transition process from 2D MoO3 to intercalated, eventually reduced 2D molybdenum oxide is carried out by illuminating the 2D flakes in water, under simulated solar light for controlled durations, producing H+, free electrons and O2 gas.[ 5 ]

  Obtaining plasmon resonances in the near IR and visible regions is an importance goal for the development of future sensing and plasmonic data processing units, as these wavelengths are commonly used in standard optical systems.

  An optical biosensing system is devised in which bovine serum albumin (BSA) is chosen as a model protein for assessing the sensitivity.

Figure 5. (a) Resistivity plot of the nanostructured thin films made of 2D molybdenum oxide flakes in relation to the solar light exposure duration. (b) The cross-sectional SEM image of the nanostructured thin film. [ 7 ]

Figure 6. (a) Normalized absorption spectra of 2D molybdenum oxide flakes after 2 h solar light irradiation after incubating with different BSA concentrations of 0 (green line), 0.15 (pink line), 1.5 (yellow line) and 15 mg ml-1 (blue line) for 1 h. (b) The corresponding response factors of the biosensor as a function of the BSA concentration. The response factor is defined as the ratio of the absorbance value of the initial nanoflakes over that of the material after the incubation of BSA. [ 7 ]

References [1] a) Q. H. Wang , K. Kalantar-zadeh , A. Kis , J. N. Coleman ,M. S. Strano , Nat. Nanotechnol. 2012 , 7 , 699 ; b) M. Xu , T. Liang , M. Shi , H. Chen , Chem. Rev. 2013 , 113 , 3766 . [2] S. Balendhran , S. Walia , H. Nili , J. Z. Ou , S. Zhuiykov , R. B. Kaner , S. Sriram , M. Bhaskaran , K. Kalantar-zadeh , Adv. Funct. Mater.2013 , 23 , 3952 . [3] a) Z. Fei , A. S. Rodin , G. O. Andreev , W. Bao , A. S. McLeod , M. Wagner , L. M. Zhang , Z. Zhao , M. Thiemens , G. Dominguez , M. M. Fogler , A. H. C. Neto , C. N. Lau , F. Keilmann , D. N. Basov ,Nature 2012 , 487 , 82 ; b) P. Di Pietro , M. Ortolani , O. Limaj , A. Di Gaspare , V. Giliberti , F. Giorgianni , M. Brahlek , N. Bansal ,N. Koirala , S. Oh , P. Calvani , S. Lupi , Nat. Nanotechnol. 2013 , 8 ,556 . [4] L. Ju , B. Geng , J. Horng , C. Girit , M. Martin , Z. Hao , H. A. Bechtel ,X. Liang , A. Zettl , Y. R. Shen , F. Wang , Nat. Nanotechnol. 2011 , 6 , 630. [5] L. Zheng , Y. Xu , D. Jin , Y. Xie , Chem. Mater. 2009 , 21 , 5681. [6] K. Manthiram , A. P. Alivisatos , J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012 , 134 , 3995 .[7] Alsaif, M. M. Y. A.; Latham, K.; Field, M. R.; Yao, D. D.; Medhekar, N. V.; Beane, G. A.; Kaner, R. B.; Russo, S. P.; Ou, J. Z.; Kalantar-zadeh, K. Adv. Mater. 2014 , 26, 3931.

Conclusions   The presented facile, solar light driven process demonstrates that by controlling the oxygen vacancies in molybdenum

flakes, active tuning of the plasmonic response in 2D molybdenum oxide is possible.   Simply by irradiating the suspension of 2D flakes in the presence of water with solar energy, we induce oxygen

deficiencies in the 2D flakes which are completely stable both before and after the process.   The dimensions of the flakes shrink by ~30% after losing oxygen, while the structure still remains 2D.   The ability of molybdenum oxide flakes to accept a large number of intercalating ions (hence the possibility of ultra-

doping), their high permittivity, and morphological aspects resulting in a favorable depolarization factor. These properties create strong plasmonics in reduced 2D molybdenum oxides.

  The 2D molybdenum oxide presented is a novel material for developing 2D plasmonic systems with a high degree of controllability.

Figure 3. a) Optical images of the 2D flakes suspensions at d i f ferent so lar l ight irradiation durations.

b ) UV–v is absorbance spectra of the samples before and after solar light irradiation.

c) Normalized absorption spectra of 2D flakes with different lateral dimensions after 2 h of irradiation. The inset shows the comparison between measured and theoret ica l ly calculated plasmon resonance peaks for the short-axis mode of 2D molybdenum oxides. [ 7 ]

Figure 4. PL spectra of suspensions containing 2D molybdenum oxide flakes after different solar light irradiation durations at the excitation wavelength of 300 nm. [ 7 ]

Figure 1. (a) Shifts in the plasmon resonance peak of 1D and 2D tungsten oxides at various aspect ratios based on parameters suggested by Manthiram and Alivisatos. [ 6 ] (b) Crystal structure of α-MoO3. (c) The AFM image of a 2D molybdenum oxide flake. (d) The DLS graph of 2D flakes before and after simulated solar light irradiation. (e) and (f) A HRTEM image and the corresponding SAED pattern of a non-intercalated 2D flake. (g) and (h) A HRTEM image and the corresponding SAED pattern of a 2D flake after 5 h of irradiation. [ 7 ]


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SELECTED REFERENCES

1. Nahavandi, S.; Tang, S-Y.; Baratchi, S.; Soffe, R.; Nahavandi, S.; Mitchell, A., Khoshmanesh, K.; Small, Article in Press, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401444.

2. Bukoreshtliev, N.; Haase, K.; Pelling, A. Cell Tissue Res 2013, 352, 77-94.

Rebecca Soffe School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Email: [email protected]

INTRODUCTION The functioning of cells under mechanical stress influences cell signalling, which in turn, affects biological processes such as organogenesis, proliferation, and transcription. Methods used to examine mechanical stress, however, are predominantly focused on a single cell being stimulated. Utilising the ability to pattern clusters of non-adherent cells on a dielectrophoresis-based platform, we have developed a strategy to permanently immobilise cells, to examine the functioning of multiple cells under mechanical stress, through flow-induced shear stress. This strategy has enabled the calcium signalling of non-adherent cells to be examined at different flow rates.

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Investigating the Shear Induced Calcium Signalling of Non-Adherent Cells using a Dielectrophoresis-Based Microfluidic Platform

The interdigitated microelectrodes spaced 40 µm apart, are activated until the desired concentration of cells are immobilised. The second layer of immobilised cells can be removed by increasing the flow rate above 10 µl/min. The applied signal parameters (V,f), and medium properties are optimised to ensure that 90% of the first layer of cells remain immobilised, even at flow rates greater than 120 µl/min. Scale bar: 50 µm.

ANALYSIS of CALCIUM SIGNALLING OUTLOOK

In contrast to lengthy complicated conventional methods used to analyse cell calcium signalling, this developed strategy does not require a complicated adhesion process to immobilise cells, and offers dynamic control of the microenvironment, and parallelisation. Thus, in future work, we can investigate the influence of other environmental conditions, such as medium properties that influence the response of cells in the presence of shear induced stress.

IMMOBILISATION of NON-ADHERENT CELLS

Active Electric Field Generated by a 5 Vpp Sinusoid at 10 MHz Inactive Electric Field

Flow Rate: 2.5 µl/min Flow Rate: 180 µl/min

The cells are loaded for 30 minutes with Fluo-4Am dye. Once the cells are immobilised, the flow rate is increased, thus, in turn the shear-induced calcium influx occurred; this influx was measured, by measuring the increase in the intensity of the Fluo-4AM. Time-lapse intensity images obtained every 2 s are used to capture the response of cells to shear-induced stress; three time-lapse images taken at 80, 300, and 840 s are presented above, respectively. Intensity measurements were obtained using an inverted microscope equipped with photomultiplier tube, near infrared camera, and 10 x objective. Scale bar: 50 µm.

The Fluo-4AM fluorescent intensity measurements obtained over a duration of 840 s are normalised to the resting cell intensity, to obtain an intensity profiles for individual cells at flow rates of 120 and 180 µl/min. For the aforementioned flow rates the average peak intensity values were determined to be 2.35, and 2.70, respectively; which indicates that more calcium is released with greater shear. The normalised intensity profiles additionally indicate that the cells respond quicker to greater shear, as the response time decreased from 180 s to 90 s, when the flow rate was increased from 120 to 180 µl/min.

ACTIVATING SHEAR-INDUCED CALCIUM SIGNALLING

80 s 300 s 840 s

10 µl/min 60 µl/min 2.5 µl/min


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MEng Senior Supervisor Thesis Title

Ahmad, Muhammad Zamharir

PhD Professor Wojtek Wlodarski Investigation of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Based H2, NOx & C2H5OH Conductometric and Optical Sensors

Ahmed, Istiaque PhD Dr Elena Pirogova High Efficacy Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Device for Wound Healing Promotion

Balendhran, Shiva PhD Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh

Devices and Systems Based on Two Dimensional MoO3 and MoS2

Chai, Shan PhD Professor Liuping Wang Repetitive Predictive Control and Its Application to PMSMs

Chin, Fook Joo MEng Dr John Fang A Real-time Data Mining Technique Applied for Critical ECG Rhythm on Handheld Device

Crasto, Tristan Daniel PhD Professor Arnan Mitchell Investigation of Optical Waveguides in Lithium Niobate Produced by Etching During the In-Diffusion of Titanium

Daly, Robert Andrew MEng Associate Professor Wayne Rowe

Enhanced Linear Arrays for Base Station and Mobile Applications

Davoodnezhad, Reza PhD Professor Grahame Holmes

Hysteresis Current Regulation of Voltage Source Inverters With Constant Switching Frequency

Fernando, Sahan Chathura PhD Associate Professor Wayne Rowe

Electromagnetic Radiation due to Partial Discharge and Fault Detection Method for Overhead Distribution Lines

Khodasevych, Iryna PhD Professor Arnan Mitchell Dynamcially Reconfigurable Metamaterials using Pneumatics, Flexibility and Structural Nonlinearity

Ling, Li PhD Professor Ian Burnett Dense Real-Time 3D Reconstruction from Multiple Images

Nasabi, Mahyar PhD Professor Arnan Mitchell Surface Tension Assisted Lithography (STAL): A Novel Microfabrication Technique for Microfluidics Applications

Permana, Hans PhD Dr John Fang An Investigation of Extraocular and Intraocular Wireless Communication Techniques on a Retinal Prosthesis System

Pradhan, Rakesh Kumar MEng Dr Mark Gregory Priority Based Energy Efficient Access Networks

Radmanesh, Nasim PhD Professor Ian Burnett Multizone Wideband Sound Field Reproduction

Samarasinghe, Rasara PhD Dr Alan Wong Study of Pole-Top Fire Development in Power Distribution Networks

Shah, Charan Manish PhD Dr Sharath Sriram Micro/Nano Electromagnetic Devices for Tuning, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Tan, Audrey Lee MEng Professor Dinesh Kumar Analysis of Phsyiological Tremor Mechanisms in Surface Electromyogram


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Name PhD/

MEng Senior Supervisor Thesis Title

Ahmad, Muhammad Zamharir

PhD Professor Wojtek Wlodarski Investigation of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Based H2, NOx & C2H5OH Conductometric and Optical Sensors

Ahmed, Istiaque PhD Dr Elena Pirogova High Efficacy Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Device for Wound Healing Promotion

Balendhran, Shiva PhD Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh

Devices and Systems Based on Two Dimensional MoO3 and MoS2

Chai, Shan PhD Professor Liuping Wang Repetitive Predictive Control and Its Application to PMSMs

Chin, Fook Joo MEng Dr John Fang A Real-time Data Mining Technique Applied for Critical ECG Rhythm on Handheld Device

Crasto, Tristan Daniel PhD Professor Arnan Mitchell Investigation of Optical Waveguides in Lithium Niobate Produced by Etching During the In-Diffusion of Titanium

Daly, Robert Andrew MEng Associate Professor Wayne Rowe

Enhanced Linear Arrays for Base Station and Mobile Applications

Davoodnezhad, Reza PhD Professor Grahame Holmes

Hysteresis Current Regulation of Voltage Source Inverters With Constant Switching Frequency

Fernando, Sahan Chathura PhD Associate Professor Wayne Rowe

Electromagnetic Radiation due to Partial Discharge and Fault Detection Method for Overhead Distribution Lines

Khodasevych, Iryna PhD Professor Arnan Mitchell Dynamcially Reconfigurable Metamaterials using Pneumatics, Flexibility and Structural Nonlinearity

Ling, Li PhD Professor Ian Burnett Dense Real-Time 3D Reconstruction from Multiple Images

Nasabi, Mahyar PhD Professor Arnan Mitchell Surface Tension Assisted Lithography (STAL): A Novel Microfabrication Technique for Microfluidics Applications

Permana, Hans PhD Dr John Fang An Investigation of Extraocular and Intraocular Wireless Communication Techniques on a Retinal Prosthesis System

Pradhan, Rakesh Kumar MEng Dr Mark Gregory Priority Based Energy Efficient Access Networks

Radmanesh, Nasim PhD Professor Ian Burnett Multizone Wideband Sound Field Reproduction

Samarasinghe, Rasara PhD Dr Alan Wong Study of Pole-Top Fire Development in Power Distribution Networks

Shah, Charan Manish PhD Dr Sharath Sriram Micro/Nano Electromagnetic Devices for Tuning, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Tan, Audrey Lee MEng Professor Dinesh Kumar Analysis of Phsyiological Tremor Mechanisms in Surface Electromyogram


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Teixeira Carlos PhD Professor Grahame Holmes

Analysis and Control of Two-Level and Multilevel Semi-Bridge Converters

Walia, Sumeet PhD Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh

Investigation of Thermopower Waves Based Energy Sources

Wheeler, Katherine PhD Professor Dinesh Kumar Neuromuscular Changes with Age: A Simulation Study

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Tuning and Engineering of ZnO and CuXO for Sensor, Solar Cells and Storage Devices


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Book Chapters 1) K. Ahmed, A. Hussain and M. Gregory, "An efficient, robust, and secure SSO architecture for

cloud computing implemented in a service oriented architecture", in Principles, Methodologies, and Service-Oriented Approaches for Cloud Computing. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013, pp.259-282.

2) Y. Feng, X. Yu and F. Han, "On digitization of variable structure control for permanent magnet synchronous motors", in AC Electric Motors Control: Advanced Design Techniques and Applications. West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley and Sons, 2013, pp.381-397.

3) E. Pirogova and T. Istivan, "Toward development of novel peptide-based cancer therapeutics:computational design and experimental evaluation", in Bioinformatics of Human Proteomics Volume 3. New York: Springer, 2013, pp.103-126.

4) C. Van Der Velden, C. Bil and X. Yu, "Application of AMAAD methodology to KBS development: A case study", in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment: Proceedings of the 19th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering. United Kingdom: Springer-Verlag, 2013, pp.243-254.

Journal Articles 1) M. Abdul Khalid, E. Fardin, J. Scott, A. Holland and K. Ghorbani, "Low third-order

intermodulation distortion in Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 thin film interdigital capacitors", in Progress In Electromagnetics Research C. vol. 44, pp.225-238, 2013.

2) R. Abdul Rani, A. Zoolfakar, J. Ou, M. Field, M. Austin and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Nanoporous Nb2O5 hydrogen gas sensor", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 176, pp.149-156, 2013.

3) R. Abdul Rani, A. Zoolfakar, J. Ou, R. Ab Kadir, H. Nili Ahmadabadi, K. Latham, S. Sriram, M. Bhaskaran, S. Zhuiykov, R. Kaner and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Reduced impurity-driven defect states in anodized nanoporous Nb2O5: the possibility of improving performance of photoanodes", in Chemical Communications. vol. 49, pp.6349-6351, 2013.

4) M. Ahmad, A. Sadek, K. Latham, J. Kita, R. Moos and W. Wlodarski, "Chemically synthesized one-dimensional zinc oxide nanorods for ethanol sensing", in Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical. vol. 187, pp.295-300, 2013.

5) M. Ahmad, A. Sadek, J. Ou, M. Yaacob, K. Latham and W. Wlodarski, "Facile synthesis of nanostructured WO3 thin films and their characterization for ethanol sensing", in Materials Chemistry and Physics. vol. 141, pp.912-919, 2013.

6) M. Ahmad, V. Golovko, R. Adnan, F. Bakar, J. Ruzicka, D. Anderson, G. Andersson and W. Wlodarski, "Hydrogen sensing using gold nanoclusters supported on tungsten trioxide thin films", in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. vol. 38, pp.12865-12877, 2013.

7) M. Ahmad, A. Wisitsoraat, A. Zoolfakar, R. Ab Kadir and W. Wlodarski, "Investigation of RF sputtered tungsten trioxide nanorod thin film gas sensors prepared with a glancing angle deposition method toward reductive and oxidative analytes", in Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical. vol. 183, pp.364-371, 2013.

8) M. Ahmad, J. Chang, M. Ahmad, E. Waclawik and W. Wlodarski, "Non-aqueous synthesis of hexagonal ZnO nanopyramids: Gas sensing properties", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 177, pp.286-294, 2013.


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Book Chapters 1) K. Ahmed, A. Hussain and M. Gregory, "An efficient, robust, and secure SSO architecture for

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2) Y. Feng, X. Yu and F. Han, "On digitization of variable structure control for permanent magnet synchronous motors", in AC Electric Motors Control: Advanced Design Techniques and Applications. West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley and Sons, 2013, pp.381-397.

3) E. Pirogova and T. Istivan, "Toward development of novel peptide-based cancer therapeutics:computational design and experimental evaluation", in Bioinformatics of Human Proteomics Volume 3. New York: Springer, 2013, pp.103-126.

4) C. Van Der Velden, C. Bil and X. Yu, "Application of AMAAD methodology to KBS development: A case study", in Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment: Proceedings of the 19th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering. United Kingdom: Springer-Verlag, 2013, pp.243-254.

Journal Articles 1) M. Abdul Khalid, E. Fardin, J. Scott, A. Holland and K. Ghorbani, "Low third-order

intermodulation distortion in Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 thin film interdigital capacitors", in Progress In Electromagnetics Research C. vol. 44, pp.225-238, 2013.

2) R. Abdul Rani, A. Zoolfakar, J. Ou, M. Field, M. Austin and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Nanoporous Nb2O5 hydrogen gas sensor", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 176, pp.149-156, 2013.

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4) M. Ahmad, A. Sadek, K. Latham, J. Kita, R. Moos and W. Wlodarski, "Chemically synthesized one-dimensional zinc oxide nanorods for ethanol sensing", in Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical. vol. 187, pp.295-300, 2013.

5) M. Ahmad, A. Sadek, J. Ou, M. Yaacob, K. Latham and W. Wlodarski, "Facile synthesis of nanostructured WO3 thin films and their characterization for ethanol sensing", in Materials Chemistry and Physics. vol. 141, pp.912-919, 2013.

6) M. Ahmad, V. Golovko, R. Adnan, F. Bakar, J. Ruzicka, D. Anderson, G. Andersson and W. Wlodarski, "Hydrogen sensing using gold nanoclusters supported on tungsten trioxide thin films", in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. vol. 38, pp.12865-12877, 2013.

7) M. Ahmad, A. Wisitsoraat, A. Zoolfakar, R. Ab Kadir and W. Wlodarski, "Investigation of RF sputtered tungsten trioxide nanorod thin film gas sensors prepared with a glancing angle deposition method toward reductive and oxidative analytes", in Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical. vol. 183, pp.364-371, 2013.

8) M. Ahmad, J. Chang, M. Ahmad, E. Waclawik and W. Wlodarski, "Non-aqueous synthesis of hexagonal ZnO nanopyramids: Gas sensing properties", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 177, pp.286-294, 2013.


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38) A. Daliri, A. Galehdar, W. Rowe, K. Ghorbani, C. Wang and S. John, "Subwavelength spiral slotted waveguide antenna", in Progress In Electromagnetics Research C. vol. 45, pp.265-279, 2013.

39) N. Dalvand, G. Nguyen, T. Koch and A. Mitchell, "Thin shallow-ridge silicon-on-insulator waveguide transitions and tapers", in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. vol. 25, pp.163-166, 2013.

40) A. Deivasigamani, A. Daliri, C. Wang and S. John, "A review of passive wireless sensors for structural health monitoring", in Modern Applied Science. vol. 7, pp.57-76, 2013.

41) R. Dewan, S. Rahim, F. Malek, S. Ausordin, A. Yusuf and S. Azemi, "A dual-band array antenna using dome-shaped radiating patches", in Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. vol. 55, pp.2680-2686, 2013.


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26) Y. Cao, W. Yu, W. Ren and G. Chen, "An overview of recent progress in the study of distributed multi-agent coordination", in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. vol. 9, pp.427-438, 2013.

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57) D. Janner, D. Tulli, M. Jofre, D. Yudistira, S. Balsamo, M. Belmonte and V. Pruneri, "Domain inverted acousto- and electrooptic devices and their application to optical communication, sensing, laser sources, and quantum key distribution", in IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. vol. 19, pp.1-10, 2013.


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59) A. E. Kandjani, M. Griffin, R. Ramanathan, S. Ippolito, S. Bhargava and V. Bansal, "A new paradigm for signal processing of Raman spectra using a smoothing free algorithm: Coupling continuous wavelet transform with signal removal method", in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. vol. 44, pp.608-621, 2013.

60) I. Khodasevych, Shadrivov, D. Powell, W. Rowe and A. Mitchell, "Pneumatically switchable graded index metamaterial lens", in Applied Physics Letters. vol. 102, pp.1-4, 2013.

61) S. Khoo, J. Yin, Z. Man and X. Yu, "Finite-time stabilization of stochastic nonlinear systems in strict-feedback form", in Automatica. vol. 49, pp.1403-1410, 2013.

62) R. Kibria, L. Bui, A. Mitchell and M. Austin, "(IPC) A photonic correlation scheme using FWM with phase management to achieve optical subtraction", in IEEE Photonics Journal. vol. 5, pp.1-10, 2013.

63) D. Kumar, B. Aliahmad, H. Hao, M. Che Azemin and R. Kawasaki, "A method for visualization of fine retinal vascular pulsation using nonmydriatic fundus camera synchronized with electrocardiogram", in ISRN Ophthalmology. vol. 2013, pp.1-9, 2013.

64) D. Kumar and P. Unnikrishnan, "Class specific feature selection for identity validation using dynamic signatures", in Journal of Biometrics and Biostatistics. vol. 4, pp.1000160-1-1000160-5, 2013.

65) D. Kumar, S. Poosapadi Arjunan and V. Singh, "Towards identification of finger flexions using single channel surface electromyography - able bodied and amputee subjects", in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. vol. 10, pp.1-7, 2013.

66) G. Lei, J. Zhu, Y. Guo, J. Hu, W. Xu and K. Shao, "Robust design optimization of PM-SMC motors for six sigma quality manufacturing", in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. vol. 49, pp.3953-3956, 2013.

67) A. Levant, S. Li and X. Yu, "Accuracy of some popular non-homogeneous 2-sliding modes", in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. vol. 58, pp.2615-2619, 2013.

68) J. Li, C. Shah, W. Withayachumnankul, B. Ung, A. Mitchell, S. Sriram, M. Bhaskaran, S. Chang and D. Abbott, "Flexible terahertz metamaterials for dual-axis strain sensing", in Optics Letters. vol. 38, pp.2104-2106, 2013.

69) J. Li, C. Shah, W. Withayachumnankul, B. Ung, A. Mitchell, S. Sriram, M. Bhaskaran, S. Chang and D. Abbott, "Mechanically tunable terahertz metamaterials", in Applied Physics Letters. vol. 102, pp.1-4, 2013.

70) S. Li, M. Zhou and X. Yu, "Design and implementation of terminal sliding mode control method for PMSM speed regulation system", in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. vol. 9, pp.1879-1891, 2013.

71) X. Li, X. Yu and Q. Han, "Stability analysis of second-order sliding mode control systems with input-delay using Poincaré map", in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. vol. 58, pp. 2410-2415, 2013.

72) X. Lu, R. Lu, S. Chen and J. Lu, "Finite-time distributed tracking control for multi-agent systems with a virtual leader", in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. vol. 60, pp.352-362, 2013.

73) B. McGrath, S. Parker and G. Holmes, "High-performance current regulation for low-pulse-ratio inverters", in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. vol. 49, pp.149-158, 2013.


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58) S. Kandasamy, A. Trinchi, M. Ghantasala, G. Peaslee, A. Holland, W. Wlodarski and E. Comini, "Characterization and testing of Pt/TiO2/SiC thin film layered structure for gas sensing", in Thin Solid Films. vol. 542, pp.404-408, 2013.

59) A. E. Kandjani, M. Griffin, R. Ramanathan, S. Ippolito, S. Bhargava and V. Bansal, "A new paradigm for signal processing of Raman spectra using a smoothing free algorithm: Coupling continuous wavelet transform with signal removal method", in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. vol. 44, pp.608-621, 2013.

60) I. Khodasevych, Shadrivov, D. Powell, W. Rowe and A. Mitchell, "Pneumatically switchable graded index metamaterial lens", in Applied Physics Letters. vol. 102, pp.1-4, 2013.

61) S. Khoo, J. Yin, Z. Man and X. Yu, "Finite-time stabilization of stochastic nonlinear systems in strict-feedback form", in Automatica. vol. 49, pp.1403-1410, 2013.

62) R. Kibria, L. Bui, A. Mitchell and M. Austin, "(IPC) A photonic correlation scheme using FWM with phase management to achieve optical subtraction", in IEEE Photonics Journal. vol. 5, pp.1-10, 2013.

63) D. Kumar, B. Aliahmad, H. Hao, M. Che Azemin and R. Kawasaki, "A method for visualization of fine retinal vascular pulsation using nonmydriatic fundus camera synchronized with electrocardiogram", in ISRN Ophthalmology. vol. 2013, pp.1-9, 2013.

64) D. Kumar and P. Unnikrishnan, "Class specific feature selection for identity validation using dynamic signatures", in Journal of Biometrics and Biostatistics. vol. 4, pp.1000160-1-1000160-5, 2013.

65) D. Kumar, S. Poosapadi Arjunan and V. Singh, "Towards identification of finger flexions using single channel surface electromyography - able bodied and amputee subjects", in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. vol. 10, pp.1-7, 2013.

66) G. Lei, J. Zhu, Y. Guo, J. Hu, W. Xu and K. Shao, "Robust design optimization of PM-SMC motors for six sigma quality manufacturing", in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. vol. 49, pp.3953-3956, 2013.

67) A. Levant, S. Li and X. Yu, "Accuracy of some popular non-homogeneous 2-sliding modes", in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. vol. 58, pp.2615-2619, 2013.

68) J. Li, C. Shah, W. Withayachumnankul, B. Ung, A. Mitchell, S. Sriram, M. Bhaskaran, S. Chang and D. Abbott, "Flexible terahertz metamaterials for dual-axis strain sensing", in Optics Letters. vol. 38, pp.2104-2106, 2013.

69) J. Li, C. Shah, W. Withayachumnankul, B. Ung, A. Mitchell, S. Sriram, M. Bhaskaran, S. Chang and D. Abbott, "Mechanically tunable terahertz metamaterials", in Applied Physics Letters. vol. 102, pp.1-4, 2013.

70) S. Li, M. Zhou and X. Yu, "Design and implementation of terminal sliding mode control method for PMSM speed regulation system", in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. vol. 9, pp.1879-1891, 2013.

71) X. Li, X. Yu and Q. Han, "Stability analysis of second-order sliding mode control systems with input-delay using Poincaré map", in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. vol. 58, pp. 2410-2415, 2013.

72) X. Lu, R. Lu, S. Chen and J. Lu, "Finite-time distributed tracking control for multi-agent systems with a virtual leader", in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. vol. 60, pp.352-362, 2013.

73) B. McGrath, S. Parker and G. Holmes, "High-performance current regulation for low-pulse-ratio inverters", in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. vol. 49, pp.149-158, 2013.


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74) T. Memon and P. Beckett, "The impact of alternative encoding techniques on field programmable gate array implementation of sigma-delta modulated ternary finite impulse response filters", in Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. vol. 10, pp.107-116, 2013.

75) H. Mohammed and P. Radcliffe, "Next generation wireless mobile system efficient, fair, class based packet scheduling algorithm", in Wireless Personal Communications. vol. 72, pp.1969-1991, 2013.

76) C. X. Mu, X. Yu and C. Sun, "Phase trajectory and transient analysis for nonsingular terminal sliding mode control systems", in Zidonghua Xuebao/Acta Automatica Sinica. vol. 39, pp.902-908, 2013.

77) M. Nasabi, F. Tovar Lopez, K. Khoshmanesh, G. Kostovski and A. Mitchell, "A novel Surface Tension Assisted Lithography (STAL) technique for microfabrication of 3D structures", in Journal of Materials Chemistry C. vol. 1, pp.401-405, 2013.

78) M. Nasabi, K. Khoshmanesh, F. Tovar Lopez, K. Kalantar Zadeh and A. Mitchell, "Dielectrophoresis with 3D microelectrodes fabricated by surface tension assisted lithography", in Electrophoresis. vol. 34, pp.3150-3154, 2013.

79) H. Nili Ahmadabadi, A. Kandjani, J. Du Plessis, V. Bansal, K. Kalantar Zadeh, S. Sriram and M. Bhaskaran, "Alkali ratio control for lead-free piezoelectric thin films utilizing elemental diffusivities in RF plasma", in CrystEngComm. vol. 15, pp.7222-7229, 2013.

80) H. Nili Ahmadabadi, G. Cheng, T. Venkatesh, S. Sriram and M. Bhaskaran, "Correlation between nanomechanical and piezoelectric properties of thin films: an experimental and finite element study", in Materials Letters. vol. 90, pp.148-151, 2013.

81) H. Nili Ahmadabadi, K. Kalantar Zadeh, M. Bhaskaran and S. Sriram, "In situ nanoindentation: probing nanoscale multifunctionality", in Progress in Materials Science. vol. 58, pp.1-29, 2013.

82) T. Niu, W. Withayachumnankul, B. Ung, H. Menekse, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram and C. Fumeaux, "Experimental demonstration of reflectarray antennas at terahertz frequencies", in Optics Express. vol. 21, pp.2875-2889, 2013.

83) M. Nour, K. Berean, S. Balendhran, J. Ou, J. Du Plessis, C. Mcsweeney, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "CNT/PDMS composite membranes for H2 and CH4 gas separation", in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. vol. 38, pp.10494-10501, 2013.

84) B. Ooi, M. Lech and N. Allen, "Multichannel weighted speech classification system for prediction of major depression in adolescents", in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. vol. 60, pp.497-506, 2013.

85) M. Ooi, S. Kuan, Y. Kuang, H. Cheng, E. Joo Sim, S. Demidenko and C. Chan, "Identifying systematic failures on semiconductor wafers using ADCAS", in IEEE Design and Test. vol. 30, pp.44-53, 2013.

86) J. Ou, R. Abdul Rani, S. Balendhran, A. Zoolfakar, M. Field, S. Zhuiykov, A. O'Mullane and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Anodic formation of a thick three-dimensional nanoporous WO3 film and its photocatalyic property", in Electrochemistry Communications. vol. 27, pp.128-132, 2013.

87) Y. Pan, G. Reeves, P. Leech and A. Holland, "Analytical and finite-element modeling of a two-contact circular test structure for specific contact resistivity", in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices . vol. 60, pp.1202-1207, 2013.

88) Y. Pan, G. Reeves, P. Leech, P. Tanner and A. Holland, "Two-contact circular test structure for determining specific contact resistivity", in MRS Online Proceedings. vol. 1553, pp.1-6, 2013.


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89) P. Peidaee, N. Almansour, R. Shukla and E. Pirogova, "In vitro evaluation of visible, near - and far infrared light radiation on cancer and normal cells", in MD-Medical Data. vol. 5, pp.7-13, 2013.

90) P. Peidaee, N. Almansour, R. Shukla and E. Pirogova, "The cytotoxic effects of low intensity visible and infrared light on human breast cancer (MCF7) cells", in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. vol. 6, pp.1-8. 2013.

91) N. Perentos, R. Croft, R. Mckenzie and I. Cosic, "The alpha band of the resting electroencephalogram under pulsed and continuous radio frequency exposures", in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. vol. 60, pp.1702-1710, 2013.

92) H. Permana, Q. Fang and S. Lee, "Comparison study on specific absorption rate of three implantable antennas designed for retinal prosthesis systems", in IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation. vol. 7, pp.886-893, 2013.

93) P. Pimpang, A. Zoolfakar, T. Wongratanaphisan, A. Gardchareon, E. Nguyen, S. Zhuiykov, S. Choopun and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Atomic force microscopy adhesion mapping: revealing assembly process in inorganic systems", in Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces. vol. 117, pp.19984-19990, 2013.

94) S. Poosapadi Arjunan and D. Kumar, "Motor unit synchronization as a measure of localized muscle fatigue", in International Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Engineering (IJBCE). vol. 2, pp.39-49, 2013.

95) S. Poosapadi Arjunan, D. Kumar, K. Wheeler and S. Hirokazu, "Spectral properties of surface electromyogram signal and change in muscle conduction velocity during isometric muscle contraction", in Signal, Image and Video Processing, pp.1-6, 2013.

96) N. Radmanesh and I. Burnett, "Generation of isolated wideband sound fields using a combined two-stage lasso-LS algorithm", in IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing. vol. 21, pp.378-387, 2013.

97) M. Rahman, R. Abdul Rani, A. Sadek, A. Zoolfakar, M. Field, T. Ramireddy, K. Kalantar Zadeh and Y. Chen, "A vein-like nanoporous network of Nb2O5 with a higher lithium intercalation discharge cut-off voltage", in Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability. vol. 1, pp.11019-11025, 2013.

98) R. Ramanathan, A. Kandjani, S. Walia, S. Balendhran, S. Bhargava, K. Kalantar Zadeh and V. Bansal, "3-D nanorod arrays of metal-organic KTCNQ semiconductor on textiles for flexible organic electronics", in RSC Advances. vol. 3, pp.17654-17658, 2013.

99) D. Segaran, G. Holmes and B. Mcgrath, "Enhanced load step response for a bidirectional DC-DC converter", in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. vol. 28, pp.371-379, 2013.

100) M. Shafiei, J. Yu, G. Chen, P. Lai, N. Motta, W. Wlodarski and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Improving the hydrogen gas sensing performance of Pt/MoO3 nanoplatelets using a nano thick layer of La2O3", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 187, pp.267-273, 2013.

101) F. Shalihah, A. Mitchell and L. Bui, "Optical correlation using four wave mixing in a highly nonlinear fibre for real-time serialized ultrafast systems", in International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications. vol. 59, pp.207-212, 2013.

102) A. Sidek, M. Arsat, X. He, K. Kalantar Zadeh and W. Wlodarski, "Polyvinylpyrrolidone/polyaniline composite based 36° YX LiTaO3 surface acoustic wave H2 gas sensor", in Sains Malaysiana. vol. 42, pp.213-217, 2013.

103) V. Sivan, S. Tang, A. O'Mullane, P. Petersen, N. Eshtiaghi, K. Kalantar Zadeh and A. Mitchell, "Liquid metal marbles", in Advanced Functional Materials. vol. 23, pp.144-152, 2013.


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89) P. Peidaee, N. Almansour, R. Shukla and E. Pirogova, "In vitro evaluation of visible, near - and far infrared light radiation on cancer and normal cells", in MD-Medical Data. vol. 5, pp.7-13, 2013.

90) P. Peidaee, N. Almansour, R. Shukla and E. Pirogova, "The cytotoxic effects of low intensity visible and infrared light on human breast cancer (MCF7) cells", in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. vol. 6, pp.1-8. 2013.

91) N. Perentos, R. Croft, R. Mckenzie and I. Cosic, "The alpha band of the resting electroencephalogram under pulsed and continuous radio frequency exposures", in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. vol. 60, pp.1702-1710, 2013.

92) H. Permana, Q. Fang and S. Lee, "Comparison study on specific absorption rate of three implantable antennas designed for retinal prosthesis systems", in IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation. vol. 7, pp.886-893, 2013.

93) P. Pimpang, A. Zoolfakar, T. Wongratanaphisan, A. Gardchareon, E. Nguyen, S. Zhuiykov, S. Choopun and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Atomic force microscopy adhesion mapping: revealing assembly process in inorganic systems", in Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces. vol. 117, pp.19984-19990, 2013.

94) S. Poosapadi Arjunan and D. Kumar, "Motor unit synchronization as a measure of localized muscle fatigue", in International Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Engineering (IJBCE). vol. 2, pp.39-49, 2013.

95) S. Poosapadi Arjunan, D. Kumar, K. Wheeler and S. Hirokazu, "Spectral properties of surface electromyogram signal and change in muscle conduction velocity during isometric muscle contraction", in Signal, Image and Video Processing, pp.1-6, 2013.

96) N. Radmanesh and I. Burnett, "Generation of isolated wideband sound fields using a combined two-stage lasso-LS algorithm", in IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing. vol. 21, pp.378-387, 2013.

97) M. Rahman, R. Abdul Rani, A. Sadek, A. Zoolfakar, M. Field, T. Ramireddy, K. Kalantar Zadeh and Y. Chen, "A vein-like nanoporous network of Nb2O5 with a higher lithium intercalation discharge cut-off voltage", in Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability. vol. 1, pp.11019-11025, 2013.

98) R. Ramanathan, A. Kandjani, S. Walia, S. Balendhran, S. Bhargava, K. Kalantar Zadeh and V. Bansal, "3-D nanorod arrays of metal-organic KTCNQ semiconductor on textiles for flexible organic electronics", in RSC Advances. vol. 3, pp.17654-17658, 2013.

99) D. Segaran, G. Holmes and B. Mcgrath, "Enhanced load step response for a bidirectional DC-DC converter", in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. vol. 28, pp.371-379, 2013.

100) M. Shafiei, J. Yu, G. Chen, P. Lai, N. Motta, W. Wlodarski and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Improving the hydrogen gas sensing performance of Pt/MoO3 nanoplatelets using a nano thick layer of La2O3", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 187, pp.267-273, 2013.

101) F. Shalihah, A. Mitchell and L. Bui, "Optical correlation using four wave mixing in a highly nonlinear fibre for real-time serialized ultrafast systems", in International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications. vol. 59, pp.207-212, 2013.

102) A. Sidek, M. Arsat, X. He, K. Kalantar Zadeh and W. Wlodarski, "Polyvinylpyrrolidone/polyaniline composite based 36° YX LiTaO3 surface acoustic wave H2 gas sensor", in Sains Malaysiana. vol. 42, pp.213-217, 2013.

103) V. Sivan, S. Tang, A. O'Mullane, P. Petersen, N. Eshtiaghi, K. Kalantar Zadeh and A. Mitchell, "Liquid metal marbles", in Advanced Functional Materials. vol. 23, pp.144-152, 2013.


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104) J. Skommer, Akagi, K. Takeda, Y. Fujimura, K. Khoshmanesh and D. Wlodkowic, "Multiparameter Lab-on-a-Chip flow cytometry of the cell cycle", in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. vol. 42, pp.586-591, 2013.

105) T. Soderstrom, L. Wang, R. Pintelon and J. Schoukens, "Can errors-in-variables systems be identified from closed-loop experiments?" in Automatica. vol. 49, pp.681-684, 2013.

106) Q. Song, F. Liu, J. Cao and W. Yu, "M-matrix strategies for pinning-controlled leader-following consensus in multiagent systems with nonlinear dynamics", in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. vol. 43, pp.1688-1697, 2013.

107) M. Stolar, M. Lech, L. Sheeber, I. Burnett and N. Allen, "Introducing emotions to the modeling of intra-and inter-personal influencesin parent-adolescent conversations", in IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. vol. 4, pp.372-385, 2013.

108) K. Szpakolski, K. Latham, C. Rix, R. Abdul Rani and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Silane: A new linker for chromophores in dye-sensitised solar cells", in Polyhedron: The International Journal for Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry. vol. 52, pp.719-732, 2013.

109) S. Tan, J. Lu, X. Yu and D. Hill, "Evolution and maintenance of cooperation via inheritance of neighborhood relationship", in Chinese Science Bulletin. vol. 58, pp.3491-3498, 2013.

110) S. Tang, C. Zeng, H. Miao, W. Xu and Y. Yang, "One novel control strategy of the AC/DC bi-directional power converter in micro-grid", in Dianli Xitong Baohu yu Kongzhi/Power System Protection and Control. vol. 41, pp.13-18, 2013.

111) S. Tang, V. Sivan, K. Khoshmanesh, A. O'Mullane, X. Tang, B. Gol, N. Eshtiaghi, F. Lieder, P. Petersen, A. Mitchell and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Electrochemically induced actuation of liquid metal marbles", in Nanoscale. vol. 5, pp.5949-5957, 2013.

112) S. Tang, W. Zhang, S. Baratchi, M. Nasabi, K. Kalantar Zadeh and K. Khoshmanesh, "Modifying dielectrophoretic response of nonviable yeast cells by ionic surfactant treatment", in Analytical Chemistry. vol. 85, pp.6364-6371, 2013.

113) S. Tang, W. Zhang, P. Yi, S. Baratchi, K. Kalantar Zadeh and K. Khoshmanesh, "Reorientation of microfluidic channel enables versatile dielectrophoretic platforms for cell manipulations", in Electrophoresis. vol. 34, pp.1407-1414, 2013.

114) X. Tang, S. Tang, V. Sivan, W. Zhang, A. Mitchell, K. Kalantar Zadeh and K. Khoshmanesh, "Photochemically induced motion of liquid metal marbles", in Applied Physics Letters. vol. 103, pp.174104-1-174104-4, 2013.

115) F. Tovar Lopez, G. Rosengarten, M. Nasabi, V. Sivan, K. Khoshmanesh, S. Jackson, A. Mitchell and W. Nesbitt, "An investigation on platelet transport during thrombus formation at micro-scale stenosis", in PLoS ONE. vol. 8, pp.1-11, 2013.

116) E. Trucco, A. Ruggeri, T. Karnowski, L. Giancardo, E. Chaum, J. Hubschman, B. Al-Diri, C. Cheung, D. Wong, M. Abramoff, G. Lim, D. Kumar, P. Burlina, N. Bressler, H. Jelinek, F. Meriaudeau, G. Quellec, T. Macgillivray and B. Dhillon, "Validating retinal fundus image analysis algorithms: Issues and a proposal", in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. vol. 54, pp.3546-3559, 2013.

117) T. Vuong, A. Qi, M. Muradoglu, B. Cheong, O. Liew, C. Ang, J. Fu, L. Yeo, J. Friend and T. Ng, "Precise drop dispensation on superhydrophobic surfaces using acoustic nebulization", in Soft Matter. vol. 9, pp.3631-3639, 2013.

118) S. Walia, S. Balendhran, Y. Wang, R. Ab Kadir, A. Zoolfakar, P. Atkin, J. Ou, S. Sriram, K. Kalantar Zadeh and M. Bhaskaran, "Characterization of metal contacts for two-dimensional MoS2 nanoflakes", in Applied Physics Letters. vol. 103, pp.232105-1-232102-4, 2013.


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119) S. Walia, S. Balendhran, P. Yi, D. Yao, S. Zhuiykov, M. Pannirselvam, R. Weber, M. Strano, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "MnO2-based thermopower wave sources with exceptionally large output voltages", in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces. vol. 117, pp.9137-9142, 2013.

120) S. Walia, S. Balendhran, H. Nili Ahmadabadi, S. Zhuiykov, G. Rosengarten, Q. Wang, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram, M. Strano and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Transition metal oxides - Thermoelectric properties", in Progress in Materials Science. vol. 58, pp.1443-1489, 2013.

121) L. Wang and L. Gan, "Gain scheduled continuous-time model predictive controller with experimental validation on AC machine", in International Journal of Control. vol. 86, pp.1438-1452, 2013.

122) L. Wang, C. Freeman, S. Chai and E. Rogers, "Predictive-repetitive control with constraints: From design to implementation", in Journal of Process Control. vol. 23, pp.956-966, 2013.

123) Y. Wang, J. Ou, S. Balendhran, A. Chrimes, M. Mortazavi, D. Yao, M. Field, K. Latham, V. Bansal, J. Friend, S. Zhuiykov, N. Medhekar, M. Strano and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Electrochemical control of photoluminescence in two-dimensional MoS2 nanoflakes", in ACS Nano. vol. 7, pp.10083-10093, 2013.

124) W. Watagodakumbura, "Authentic education: visualising education in a deeper perspective", in World Journal of Education. vol. 3, pp.1-10, 2013.

125) W. Watagodakumbura, "Authentic learning experience: subtle but useful ways to provide it in practice", in Contemporary Issues In Education Research. vol. 6, pp.299-304, 2013.

126) C. Watagodakumbura, "Benefiting from authentic education to a sustainable social development", in Journal of International Education Research. vol. 9, pp.171-176, 2013.

127) C. Watagodakumbura, "Improving from our current practices in education in the presence of inputs from multiple disciplines", in International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education (IJTIE). vol. 2, pp.167-175, 2013.

128) C. Watagodakumbura, "The need for a deeper perspective of education to make way for anauthentic learning experience", in Journal of Education and Learning. vol. 2, pp.31-39, 2013.

129) G. Wen, Z. Duan, W. Yu and G. Chen, "Consensus of second-order multi-agent systems with delayed nonlinear dynamics and intermittent communications", in International Journal of Control. vol. 86, pp.322-331, 2013.

130) A. Wisitsoorat, M. Ahmad, M. Yaacob, M. Horpratum, D. Phakaratkul, T. Lomas, A. Tuantranont and W. Wlodarski, "Optical H2 sensing properties of vertically aligned Pd/WO 3 nanorods thin films deposited via glancing angle rf magnetron sputtering", in Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical. vol. 182, pp.795-801, 2013.

131) W. Withayachumnankul, C. Shah, C. Fumeaux, K. Kaltenecker, M. Walther, B. Fischer, D. Abbott, M. Bhaskaran and S. Sriram, "Terahertz localized surface plasmon resonances in coaxial microcavities", in Advanced Optical Materials. vol. 1, pp.443-448, 2013.

132) H. Wu, A. Reibman, W. Lin, F. Pereira and S. Hemami, "Perceptual visual signal compression and transmission", in Proceedings of the IEEE. vol. 101, pp.2025-2043, 2013.

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134) M. H. Yaacob, M. Ahmad, A. Sadek, J. Ou, J. Campbell, K. Kalantar Zadeh and W. Wlodarski, "Optical response of WO3 nanostructured thin films sputtered on different transparent substrates towards hydrogen of low concentration", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 177, pp.981-988, 2013.


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119) S. Walia, S. Balendhran, P. Yi, D. Yao, S. Zhuiykov, M. Pannirselvam, R. Weber, M. Strano, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "MnO2-based thermopower wave sources with exceptionally large output voltages", in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces. vol. 117, pp.9137-9142, 2013.

120) S. Walia, S. Balendhran, H. Nili Ahmadabadi, S. Zhuiykov, G. Rosengarten, Q. Wang, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram, M. Strano and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Transition metal oxides - Thermoelectric properties", in Progress in Materials Science. vol. 58, pp.1443-1489, 2013.

121) L. Wang and L. Gan, "Gain scheduled continuous-time model predictive controller with experimental validation on AC machine", in International Journal of Control. vol. 86, pp.1438-1452, 2013.

122) L. Wang, C. Freeman, S. Chai and E. Rogers, "Predictive-repetitive control with constraints: From design to implementation", in Journal of Process Control. vol. 23, pp.956-966, 2013.

123) Y. Wang, J. Ou, S. Balendhran, A. Chrimes, M. Mortazavi, D. Yao, M. Field, K. Latham, V. Bansal, J. Friend, S. Zhuiykov, N. Medhekar, M. Strano and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Electrochemical control of photoluminescence in two-dimensional MoS2 nanoflakes", in ACS Nano. vol. 7, pp.10083-10093, 2013.

124) W. Watagodakumbura, "Authentic education: visualising education in a deeper perspective", in World Journal of Education. vol. 3, pp.1-10, 2013.

125) W. Watagodakumbura, "Authentic learning experience: subtle but useful ways to provide it in practice", in Contemporary Issues In Education Research. vol. 6, pp.299-304, 2013.

126) C. Watagodakumbura, "Benefiting from authentic education to a sustainable social development", in Journal of International Education Research. vol. 9, pp.171-176, 2013.

127) C. Watagodakumbura, "Improving from our current practices in education in the presence of inputs from multiple disciplines", in International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education (IJTIE). vol. 2, pp.167-175, 2013.

128) C. Watagodakumbura, "The need for a deeper perspective of education to make way for anauthentic learning experience", in Journal of Education and Learning. vol. 2, pp.31-39, 2013.

129) G. Wen, Z. Duan, W. Yu and G. Chen, "Consensus of second-order multi-agent systems with delayed nonlinear dynamics and intermittent communications", in International Journal of Control. vol. 86, pp.322-331, 2013.

130) A. Wisitsoorat, M. Ahmad, M. Yaacob, M. Horpratum, D. Phakaratkul, T. Lomas, A. Tuantranont and W. Wlodarski, "Optical H2 sensing properties of vertically aligned Pd/WO 3 nanorods thin films deposited via glancing angle rf magnetron sputtering", in Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical. vol. 182, pp.795-801, 2013.

131) W. Withayachumnankul, C. Shah, C. Fumeaux, K. Kaltenecker, M. Walther, B. Fischer, D. Abbott, M. Bhaskaran and S. Sriram, "Terahertz localized surface plasmon resonances in coaxial microcavities", in Advanced Optical Materials. vol. 1, pp.443-448, 2013.

132) H. Wu, A. Reibman, W. Lin, F. Pereira and S. Hemami, "Perceptual visual signal compression and transmission", in Proceedings of the IEEE. vol. 101, pp.2025-2043, 2013.

133) Z. Xu, H. Wu, X. Yu and B. Qiu, "Adaptive progressive filter to remove impulse noise in highly corrupted color images", in Signal, Image and Video Processing. vol. 7, pp.817-831, 2013.

134) M. H. Yaacob, M. Ahmad, A. Sadek, J. Ou, J. Campbell, K. Kalantar Zadeh and W. Wlodarski, "Optical response of WO3 nanostructured thin films sputtered on different transparent substrates towards hydrogen of low concentration", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 177, pp.981-988, 2013.


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135) Y. Yan, X. Yu and S. Yu, "Quantization effect on a second-order dynamical system under sliding-mode control", in International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering. vol. 23, pp.1-12, 2013.

136) J. Yang, S. Li, S. Li and X. Yu, "Continuous nonsingular terminal sliding mode control for systems with mismatched disturbances", in Automatica. vol. 49, pp.2287-2291, 2013.

137) J. Yang, S. Li and X. Yu, "Sliding-mode control for systems with mismatched uncertainties via a disturbance observer", in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. vol. 60, pp.160-169, 2013.

138) D. Yao, M. Field, A. O'Mullane, K. Kalantar Zadeh and J. Ou, "Electrochromic properties of TiO2 nanotubes coated with electrodeposited MoO3", in Nanoscale. vol. 5, pp.10353-10359, 2013.

139) J. Yu, H. Wen, M. Shafiei, M. Field, Z. Liu, W. Wlodarski, N. Motta, Y. Li, K. Kalantar Zadeh and P. Lai, "A hydrogen/methane sensor based on niobium tungsten oxide nanorods synthesised by hydrothermal method", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: International Journal Devoted to Research and Development of Physical and Chemical Transducers. vol. 184, pp.118-129, 2013.

140) J. Yu, L. Yuan, H. Wen, M. Shafiei, M. Field, J. Liang, J. Yang, Z. Liu, W. Wlodarski, N. Motta, Y. Li, G. Zhang, K. Kalantar Zadeh and P. Lai, "Hydrothermally formed functional niobium oxide doped tungsten nanorods", in Nanotechnology. vol. 24, pp.1-12, 2013.

141) W. Yu, L. Zhou, X. Yu, J. Lu and R. Lu, "Consensus in multi-agent systems with second-order dynamics and sampled data", in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. vol. 9, pp.2137-2146, 2013.

142) W. Yu, G. Chen, M. Cao and W. Ren, "Delay-induced consensus and quasi-consensus in multi-agent dynamical systems", in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. vol. 60, pp.2679-2687, 2013.

143) W. Yu, W. Ren, W. Zheng, G. Chen and J. Lu, "Distributed control gains design for consensus in multi-agent systems with second-order nonlinear dynamics", in Automatica. vol. 49, pp.2107-2115, 2013.

144) W. Yu, G. Chen, M. Cao, J. Lu and H. Zhang, "Swarming behaviors in multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics", in Chaos. vol. 23, pp.1-12, 2013.

145) D. Yudistira, B. Andreas, D. Janner, V. Pruneri, J. Friend and A. Mitchell, "Polariton-based band gap and generation of surface acoustic waves in acoustic superlattice lithium niobate", in Journal of Applied Physics. vol. 114, pp.054904-1-054904-6, 2013.

146) E. Zeller, G. Devendra, G. Nguyen and A. Mitchell, "Fluid tunable transition from trapping to discrete diffraction in waveguide arrays", in Optics Express. vol. 21, pp.18196-18206, 2013.

147) J. Zhu, J. Lu and X. Yu, "Flocking of multi-agent non-holonomic systems with proximity graphs", in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers. vol. 60, pp.199-210, 2013.

148) S. Zhuiykov, E. Kats, K. Kalantar Zadeh and Y. Li, "Synthesis and nanoscale investigation of the electrical properties of Quasi-2Dsemiconductor Nb2O5 nanosheets", in IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. vol. 12, pp.641-648, 2013.

149) A. Zoolfakar, R. Ab Kadir, R. Abdul Rani, S. Balendhran, X. Liu, E. Kats, S. Bhargava, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram, S. Zhuiykov, A. O'Mullane and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Engineering electrodeposited ZnO films and their memristive switching performance", in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. vol. 15, pp.10376-10384, 2013.


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150) A. Zoolfakar, M. Ahmad, R. Abdul Rani, J. Ou, S. Balendhran, S. Zhuiykov, K. Latham, W. Wlodarski and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Nanostructured copper oxides as ethanol vapour sensors", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 185, pp.620-627, 2013.

151) L. Zou, W. Withayachumnankul, C. Shah, A. Mitchell, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram and C. Fumeaux, "Dielectric resonator nanoantennas at visible frequencies", in Optics Express. vol. 21, pp.1344-1352, 2013.

Conference Publications 1) H. Abbas and M. Gregory, "Feeder fiber and OLT protection for ring-and-spur long-reach

passive optical network", in Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2013, pp.63-68.

2) I. Ahmed, V. Vojisavljevic and E. Pirogova, "Investigation of the effect of extremely low frequency (ELF) pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) on Collagenase enzyme kinetics", in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (BIODEVICES 2013) , 2013, pp.143-147.

3) I. Ahmed, T. Istivan and E. Pirogova, "The effect of extremely low frequency (ELF) pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) on bacteria staphylococcus aureus", in Proceedings of Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2013, pp.392-396.

4) K. Ahmed and M. Gregory, "Decentralized coding algorithm in data centric storage for wireless sensor networks", in Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2013, pp.106-111.

5) D. Alahakoon and X. Yu, "Advanced analytics for harnessing the power of smart meter big data", in Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Energy Systems (IWIES), 2013, pp.40-45.

6) F. Algahtani, M. Blackford, E. Pirogova and A. Holland, "Optimizing the thermal budget for forming of nickel germanide on crystalline germanium", in Proceedings of SPIE Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems, 2013, pp.1-7.

7) H. Alsuhaim, V. Vojisavljevic and E. Pirogova, "Effects of low power microwave radiation on biological activity of L-Lactate dehydrogenase enzyme and growth rate of S. Cerevisiae yeast", in Proceedings of SPIE 8923 - The International Society for Optical Engineering: Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems 2013, pp.1-6.

8) H. Alsuhaim, V. Vojisavljevic and E. Pirogova, "The effects of low power microwaves at 500 MHz and 900 MHz on yeast cells growth", in Proceedings of Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2013) , 2013, pp.667-670.

9) B. Andreas, D. Yudistira, A. Rezk, T. Crasto, H. Steigerwald, E. Soergel, S. Wade, J. Friend and A. Mitchell, "Ultraviolet direct domain writing on 128° YX-cut LiNbO3: For SAW applications", in 2013 IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric and Workshop on the Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (ISAF/PFM), 2013, pp.272-274.

10) S. Arunthavanathan, K. Sithamparanathan and R. Evans, "Reinforcement learning based secondary user transmissions in cognitive radio networks", in Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshops) 2013, pp.374-379.

11) S. Arunthavanathan, K. Sithamparanathan and R. Evans, "Spectrum sensing and detection of incumbent-UEs in secondary-LTE based aerial-terrestrial networks for disaster recovery", in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE 18th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) 2013, pp.201-206.


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150) A. Zoolfakar, M. Ahmad, R. Abdul Rani, J. Ou, S. Balendhran, S. Zhuiykov, K. Latham, W. Wlodarski and K. Kalantar Zadeh, "Nanostructured copper oxides as ethanol vapour sensors", in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. vol. 185, pp.620-627, 2013.

151) L. Zou, W. Withayachumnankul, C. Shah, A. Mitchell, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram and C. Fumeaux, "Dielectric resonator nanoantennas at visible frequencies", in Optics Express. vol. 21, pp.1344-1352, 2013.

Conference Publications 1) H. Abbas and M. Gregory, "Feeder fiber and OLT protection for ring-and-spur long-reach

passive optical network", in Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2013, pp.63-68.

2) I. Ahmed, V. Vojisavljevic and E. Pirogova, "Investigation of the effect of extremely low frequency (ELF) pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) on Collagenase enzyme kinetics", in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (BIODEVICES 2013) , 2013, pp.143-147.

3) I. Ahmed, T. Istivan and E. Pirogova, "The effect of extremely low frequency (ELF) pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) on bacteria staphylococcus aureus", in Proceedings of Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2013, pp.392-396.

4) K. Ahmed and M. Gregory, "Decentralized coding algorithm in data centric storage for wireless sensor networks", in Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2013, pp.106-111.

5) D. Alahakoon and X. Yu, "Advanced analytics for harnessing the power of smart meter big data", in Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Energy Systems (IWIES), 2013, pp.40-45.

6) F. Algahtani, M. Blackford, E. Pirogova and A. Holland, "Optimizing the thermal budget for forming of nickel germanide on crystalline germanium", in Proceedings of SPIE Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems, 2013, pp.1-7.

7) H. Alsuhaim, V. Vojisavljevic and E. Pirogova, "Effects of low power microwave radiation on biological activity of L-Lactate dehydrogenase enzyme and growth rate of S. Cerevisiae yeast", in Proceedings of SPIE 8923 - The International Society for Optical Engineering: Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems 2013, pp.1-6.

8) H. Alsuhaim, V. Vojisavljevic and E. Pirogova, "The effects of low power microwaves at 500 MHz and 900 MHz on yeast cells growth", in Proceedings of Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2013) , 2013, pp.667-670.

9) B. Andreas, D. Yudistira, A. Rezk, T. Crasto, H. Steigerwald, E. Soergel, S. Wade, J. Friend and A. Mitchell, "Ultraviolet direct domain writing on 128° YX-cut LiNbO3: For SAW applications", in 2013 IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric and Workshop on the Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (ISAF/PFM), 2013, pp.272-274.

10) S. Arunthavanathan, K. Sithamparanathan and R. Evans, "Reinforcement learning based secondary user transmissions in cognitive radio networks", in Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshops) 2013, pp.374-379.

11) S. Arunthavanathan, K. Sithamparanathan and R. Evans, "Spectrum sensing and detection of incumbent-UEs in secondary-LTE based aerial-terrestrial networks for disaster recovery", in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE 18th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) 2013, pp.201-206.


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12) S. Azemi, K. Ghorbani and W. Rowe, "3D frequency selective surface with incident angle independence", in Proceedings of 43rd European Microwave Conference , 2013, pp.928-931.

13) S. Azemi, K. Ghorbani and W. Rowe, "Mechanically tunable and reconfigurable FSS using spring loaded ring resonators", in Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference, 2013, pp.932-935.

14) M. Baig, K. Sithamparanathan and G. Holmes, "Deploying unlicensed wireless technologies for the smart grid: The co-existence issue", in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), 2013, pp.1-6.

15) A. Banerjee and P. Radcliffe, "Simulation approaches for new experimental methods to investigate rail gun recoil", in Proceedings of the International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2013), 2013, pp.555-559.

16) T. Bastos-Filho, R. Tello, S. Poosapadi Arjunan, H. Shimada and D. Kumar, "Real-time control of finger and wrist movements in a virtual hand using traditional features of sEMG and Bayesian classifier", in Proceedings of 2013 ISSNIP Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference: Biosignals and Robotics for Better and Safer Living (BRC 2013), pp.209-213.

17) A. Belski, I. Belski, T. Chong and R. Kwok, "Application of substance-field analysis for failure analysis", in Proceedings of the 13th ETRIA World TRIZ Future Conference 2013, 2013, pp.483-490.

18) I. Belski and I. Belski, "Application of TRIZ in improving the creativity of engineering experts", in Proceedings of the 13th ETRIA World TRIZ Future Conference 2013, pp.67-72.

19) I. Belski and R. Belski, "Impact of dynamic (videotaped) worked examples on knowledge transfer", in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2013), 2013, pp.1-8.

20) R. Belski and I. Belski, "Can students predict their grade accurately in order to self-regulate?", in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2013), 2013., pp.1-8.

21) S. Chandrasekharan, K. Sithamparanathan, R. Evans, A. Munari, R. Hermenier, M. Marchitti and K. Gomez, "Clustering approach for aerial base-station access with terrestrial cooperation", in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshop 2013, pp.1397-1402.

22) R. Chaparro-Vargas and D. Cvetkovic, "A single-trial toolbox for advanced sleep polysomnographic preprocessing", in Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013, pp.5829-5832.

23) A. Collins, Y. Pan and A. Holland, "Improved geometrical design of the circular transmission line model ohmic contact test structure", in Proceedings of SPIE, Micro/Nano Materials, Devices and Systems, Volume 8923, 2013, pp.1-6.

24) M. Combariza Pacheco, X. Yu, F. Tovar Lopez, W. Nesbitt and A. Mitchell, "Modeling of dynamic platelet aggregation in response to shear rate micro-gradients in a microfluidics device", in Proceedings of 2013 ISSNIP Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference: Biosignals and Robotics for Better and Safer Living (BRC 2013), 2013, pp.286-290.

25) D. Cvetkovic and J. Chandran, "Clicker approach in engineering design classrooms", in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2013), 2013, pp.1-12.

26) D. Cvetkovic, "Evaluation of FCS self and peer-assessment approach based on cooperative and engineering design learning", in Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, 2013, pp.2519-2522.


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27) D. Cvetkovic and J. Chandran, "Online self and critical reflective journal approach: a collaborative learning in engineering design", in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2013), 2013, pp.1-13.

28) A. Daliri, W. Rowe, K. Ghorbani, C. Wang and S. John, "Spiral slotted waveguide antenna array", in Proceedings of IEEE 2013 Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013, pp.1754-1755.

29) R. Davoodnezhad, G. Holmes and B. Mcgrath, "A three-level self-synchronizing hysteresis current regulator with constant switching frequency", in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Annual International Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition, IEEE ECCE Asia, 2013, pp.38-44.

30) J. De Gabrielle and K. Wong, "Electromechanical effect on water droplets under AC high voltage", in Proceedings of Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2013, 2013, pp.1-6.

31) H. Du Toit Mouton, A. De Beer, B. Putzeys and B. Mcgrath, "Modelling and design of single-edge oversampled PWM current regulators using z-domain methods", in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Annual International Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition, IEEE ECCE Asia , 2013, pp.31-37.

32) Y. Feng, M. Zhou and X. Yu, "High-order sliding-mode based energy saving control of induction motor", in Proceedings of 25th Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC 2013), 2013, pp.4657-4660.

33) Z. Galias and X. Yu, "Discretization effects in single input delayed sliding mode control systems", in Proceedings of European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD 2013), 2013, pp.1-4.

34) K. Ghorbani and A. Daliri, "Integration of RF transmission lines in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) structures", in Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2013), 2013, pp.657-659.

35) K. Gomez, K. Sithamparanathan, L. Reynaud and T. Rasheed, "Adaptive energy efficient communications for rapidly deployable aerial-terrestrial networks", in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC 2013), 2013., pp.452-457.

36) K. Gomez, T. Rasheed, L. Reynaud and K. Sithamparanathan, "On the performance of aerial LTE base-stations for public safety and emergency recovery", in Proceedings of the IEEE GLOBECOM (Workshops), 2013, pp.1391-1396.

37) H. Hao, D. Kumar, B. Aliahmad, M. Che Azemin and R. Kawasaki, "Mathematical verification of summary formula in retinal vessel diameter measurement", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013. , 2013, pp.1-4.

38) J. Harlim and I. Belski, "Educating a reflective engineer: learning from engineering experts", in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2013), 2013, pp.1-9.

39) J. Harlim and I. Belski, "On the effectiveness of TRIZ tools for problem finding", in Proceedings of the 13th ETRIA World TRIZ Future Conference 2013, 2013, pp.589-596.

40) L. He, M. Lech, J. Zhang and L. Deng, "Study of wavelet packet energy entropy for emotion classification in speech and glottal signals", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Digital Image Processing (ICDIP 2013, SPIE 8878), 2013, pp.1-6.

41) A. Hourani and K. Sithamparanathan, "Cognitive relay nodes for airborne LTE emergency networks", in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), 2013, pp.1-9.


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27) D. Cvetkovic and J. Chandran, "Online self and critical reflective journal approach: a collaborative learning in engineering design", in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2013), 2013, pp.1-13.

28) A. Daliri, W. Rowe, K. Ghorbani, C. Wang and S. John, "Spiral slotted waveguide antenna array", in Proceedings of IEEE 2013 Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013, pp.1754-1755.

29) R. Davoodnezhad, G. Holmes and B. Mcgrath, "A three-level self-synchronizing hysteresis current regulator with constant switching frequency", in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Annual International Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition, IEEE ECCE Asia, 2013, pp.38-44.

30) J. De Gabrielle and K. Wong, "Electromechanical effect on water droplets under AC high voltage", in Proceedings of Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2013, 2013, pp.1-6.

31) H. Du Toit Mouton, A. De Beer, B. Putzeys and B. Mcgrath, "Modelling and design of single-edge oversampled PWM current regulators using z-domain methods", in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Annual International Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition, IEEE ECCE Asia , 2013, pp.31-37.

32) Y. Feng, M. Zhou and X. Yu, "High-order sliding-mode based energy saving control of induction motor", in Proceedings of 25th Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC 2013), 2013, pp.4657-4660.

33) Z. Galias and X. Yu, "Discretization effects in single input delayed sliding mode control systems", in Proceedings of European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD 2013), 2013, pp.1-4.

34) K. Ghorbani and A. Daliri, "Integration of RF transmission lines in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) structures", in Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2013), 2013, pp.657-659.

35) K. Gomez, K. Sithamparanathan, L. Reynaud and T. Rasheed, "Adaptive energy efficient communications for rapidly deployable aerial-terrestrial networks", in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC 2013), 2013., pp.452-457.

36) K. Gomez, T. Rasheed, L. Reynaud and K. Sithamparanathan, "On the performance of aerial LTE base-stations for public safety and emergency recovery", in Proceedings of the IEEE GLOBECOM (Workshops), 2013, pp.1391-1396.

37) H. Hao, D. Kumar, B. Aliahmad, M. Che Azemin and R. Kawasaki, "Mathematical verification of summary formula in retinal vessel diameter measurement", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013. , 2013, pp.1-4.

38) J. Harlim and I. Belski, "Educating a reflective engineer: learning from engineering experts", in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2013), 2013, pp.1-9.

39) J. Harlim and I. Belski, "On the effectiveness of TRIZ tools for problem finding", in Proceedings of the 13th ETRIA World TRIZ Future Conference 2013, 2013, pp.589-596.

40) L. He, M. Lech, J. Zhang and L. Deng, "Study of wavelet packet energy entropy for emotion classification in speech and glottal signals", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Digital Image Processing (ICDIP 2013, SPIE 8878), 2013, pp.1-6.

41) A. Hourani and K. Sithamparanathan, "Cognitive relay nodes for airborne LTE emergency networks", in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), 2013, pp.1-9.


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42) A. Hourani and K. Sithamparanathan, "Temporary cognitive femtocell network for public safety LTE", in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE 18th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) IEEE. , 2013, pp.190-195.

43) J. Hu, P. Peidaee, E. Elshagmani, T. Istivan and E. Pirogova, "The effects of synthetic azurocidin peptide analogue on staphylococcus aureus bacterium", in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (IEEE BIBE 2013), 2013, pp.1-4.

44) J. Hu, V. Vojisavljevic and E. Pirogova, "The effects of visible light radiation (400-500 nm) on enzymatic activity of collagenase", in Proceedings of Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium Proceedings (PIERS 2013), 2013, pp.392-396.

45) R. Kabiridehkordi, G. Holmes and B. Mcgrath, "Inverter control modelling for distributed generation feeding into a utility network", in Proceedings of Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2013, 2013, pp.1-6.

46) R. Kibria and M. Austin, "Optical subtraction using nonlinear mixing", in 2013 IEEE Photonics Conference, 2013, pp.406-407.

47) H. Hao, D. Kumar, B. Aliahmad, M. Che Azemin and R. Kawasaki, "Mathematical verification of summary formula in retinal vessel diameter measurement", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, 2013, pp.1-4.

48) M. Lennard and X. Yu, "Preliminary investigation of the viability of islanded microgrids in urban environments", in Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2013), 2013, pp.1-6.

49) L. Ling, E. Cheng and I. Burnett, "An iterated extended kalman filter for 3D mapping via kinect camera", in Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2013, pp.1773-1777.

50) X. Liu and W. Yu, "Estimation for Markovian jump systems with sampled data", in Proceedings of 32nd Chinese Control Conference (CCC 2013), 2013, pp.128-131.

51) E. Malaekah and D. Cvetkovic, "Automatic detection of the wake and stage 1 sleep stages using the EEG sub-epoch approach", in Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, 2013, pp.6401-6404.

52) Y. Pan, A. Collins and A. Holland, "A novel single dot test structure for determining specific contact resistivity", in Proceedings of SPIE, Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems, Volume 8923, 2013, pp.1-11.

53) Y. Pan, A. Collins, F. Algahtani, P. Leech, G. Reeves, P. Tanner and A. Holland, "Investigating extremely low resistance ohmic contacts to silicon carbide using a novel test structure", in Proceedings of SPIE, Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems, Vol. 8923, 2013, pp.1-5.

54) S. Parker, B. McGrath and G. Holmes, "Managing harmonic current distortion for grid connected converters with low per-unit filter impedances", in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Annual International Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition, IEEE ECCE Asia, 2013, pp.1150-1156.

55) P. Peidaee, T. Istivan, R. Shukla and E. Pirogova, "Experimental evaluation of cytotoxicity effects in cancer and normal cells exposed to far infrared radiation", in Proceedings of Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2013), 2013, pp.919-922.

56) P. Peidaee, R. Shukla and E. Pirogova, "Influence of far infrared radiation on cytotoxicity of human breast cancer (MCF7) cells: experimental evaluation", in Proceedings IWBBIO 2013 International Work-Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2013, pp.501-507.


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57) R. Pentz, J. Wheeler, G. De Jager and R. Wilkinson, "Driving an ultrasonic transducer with a multicell inverter", in Proceedings of IEEE ECCE Asia Downunder (ECCE Asia 2013), 2013, pp.976-980.

58) S. Poosapadi Arjunan, K. Wheeler, H. Shimada and D. Kumar, "Age related changes in the complexity of surface EMG in biceps: A Model based study", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, 2013, pp.1-4.

59) W. Rowe and X. Tang, "Pneumatically switched microwave and antenna structures", in Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference, 2013, pp.1451-1454.

60) B. Shoeiby, G. Holmes, B. McGrath and R. Davoodnezhad, "Dynamics of droop-controlled microgrids with unequal droop response times", in Proceedings of Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2013, 2013, pp.1-6.

61) M. Shoeiby, A. Mitchell and L. Bui, "Novel all optical serialised real time correlator using FWM and frequency to time mapping", in Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2013, pp.245-248.

62) K. Sithamparanathan, G. Baldini and D. Smely, "Cyclostationary feature analysis of CEN-DSRC for cognitive vehicular networks", in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2013, pp.214-219.

63) S. Sivabalan and P. Radcliffe, "A novel framework to detect and block DDoS attack at the application layer", in Proceedings of the TENCON Spring Conference, 2013 IEEE, 2013, pp.578-582.

64) L. Sun, S. Boztas, K. Horadam and A. Rao, "Guarding the source code against inside attacks: a case study of user access patterns", in Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Software Engineering Conference 2013, 2013, pp.94-104.

65) A. Tan, D. Kumar, S. Poosapadi Arjunan and J. Jayadeva, "Computation and study of the low-frequency oscillation of surface electromyogram recorded in biceps during isometric upper limb contraction", in Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013., pp.2128-2131.

66) A. Tan, D. Kumar and S. Poosapadi Arjunan, "Investigation and analysis of low frequency of electromyogram during isometric contraction", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, pp.1-4.

67) S. Tan, J. Lu, X. Yu and D. Hill, "Characterizing the effect of network structure on evolutionary dynamics via a novel measure of structural heterogeneity", in Proceedings of 2013 25th Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2013, pp.784-789.

68) C. Teixeira, B. Mcgrath and G. Holmes, "Closed-loop current control of multilevel converters formed by parallel complementary unidirectional phase-legs", in Proceedings of the 5th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2013, pp.978-985.

69) R. Tello, T. Bastos-Filho, R. Costa, A. Frizera-Neto, S. Poosapadi Arjunan and D. Kumar, "Towards sEMG classification based on Bayesian and k-NN to control a prosthetic hand", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, pp.1-6.

70) R. Tello, T. Bastos-Filho, A. Frizera-Neto, S. Poosapadi Arjunan and D. Kumar, "Feature extraction and classification of sEMG signals applied to a virtual hand prosthesis", in Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013, pp.1911-1914.

71) P. Unnikrishnan, D. Kumar and S. Poosapadi Arjunan, "Class specific dynamic feature selection technique - Towards human movement based biometrics application", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, pp.1-4.


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57) R. Pentz, J. Wheeler, G. De Jager and R. Wilkinson, "Driving an ultrasonic transducer with a multicell inverter", in Proceedings of IEEE ECCE Asia Downunder (ECCE Asia 2013), 2013, pp.976-980.

58) S. Poosapadi Arjunan, K. Wheeler, H. Shimada and D. Kumar, "Age related changes in the complexity of surface EMG in biceps: A Model based study", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, 2013, pp.1-4.

59) W. Rowe and X. Tang, "Pneumatically switched microwave and antenna structures", in Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference, 2013, pp.1451-1454.

60) B. Shoeiby, G. Holmes, B. McGrath and R. Davoodnezhad, "Dynamics of droop-controlled microgrids with unequal droop response times", in Proceedings of Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2013, 2013, pp.1-6.

61) M. Shoeiby, A. Mitchell and L. Bui, "Novel all optical serialised real time correlator using FWM and frequency to time mapping", in Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2013, pp.245-248.

62) K. Sithamparanathan, G. Baldini and D. Smely, "Cyclostationary feature analysis of CEN-DSRC for cognitive vehicular networks", in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2013, pp.214-219.

63) S. Sivabalan and P. Radcliffe, "A novel framework to detect and block DDoS attack at the application layer", in Proceedings of the TENCON Spring Conference, 2013 IEEE, 2013, pp.578-582.

64) L. Sun, S. Boztas, K. Horadam and A. Rao, "Guarding the source code against inside attacks: a case study of user access patterns", in Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Software Engineering Conference 2013, 2013, pp.94-104.

65) A. Tan, D. Kumar, S. Poosapadi Arjunan and J. Jayadeva, "Computation and study of the low-frequency oscillation of surface electromyogram recorded in biceps during isometric upper limb contraction", in Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013., pp.2128-2131.

66) A. Tan, D. Kumar and S. Poosapadi Arjunan, "Investigation and analysis of low frequency of electromyogram during isometric contraction", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, pp.1-4.

67) S. Tan, J. Lu, X. Yu and D. Hill, "Characterizing the effect of network structure on evolutionary dynamics via a novel measure of structural heterogeneity", in Proceedings of 2013 25th Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2013, pp.784-789.

68) C. Teixeira, B. Mcgrath and G. Holmes, "Closed-loop current control of multilevel converters formed by parallel complementary unidirectional phase-legs", in Proceedings of the 5th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2013, pp.978-985.

69) R. Tello, T. Bastos-Filho, R. Costa, A. Frizera-Neto, S. Poosapadi Arjunan and D. Kumar, "Towards sEMG classification based on Bayesian and k-NN to control a prosthetic hand", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, pp.1-6.

70) R. Tello, T. Bastos-Filho, A. Frizera-Neto, S. Poosapadi Arjunan and D. Kumar, "Feature extraction and classification of sEMG signals applied to a virtual hand prosthesis", in Proceedings of the 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2013, pp.1911-1914.

71) P. Unnikrishnan, D. Kumar and S. Poosapadi Arjunan, "Class specific dynamic feature selection technique - Towards human movement based biometrics application", in Proceedings of the 4th ISSNIP-IEEE Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference (BRC), 2013, pp.1-4.


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73) L. Wang, X. Gao and Q. Fang, "A novel mutual information-based similarity measure for 2D/3D registration in image guided intervention", in Proceedings of 2013 International Conference on Orange Technologies, 2013, pp.135-138.

74) M. Wang, W. Xu, H. Jia and X. Yu, "A new method for DFIG fault ride through using resistance and capacity crowbar circuit", in Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2013, pp.2004-2009.

75) Q. Wang, S. Janghorban, X. Yu and G. Holmes, "Computer-aided power transformer design: a short review", in Proceedings of Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2013, 2013, pp.1-6.

76) T. Wang, X. Yu, D. Alahakoon and S. Fei, "An enhancing dynamic self-organizing map for data clustering", in Proceedings of 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), 2013, pp.1324-1329.

77) W. Xiong, W. Yu, J. Lu and X. Yu, "Fuzzy sampled controller design for consensus of multiagent networks with varying connections", in Proceedings of 9th Asian Control Conference (ASCC 2013), 2013, pp.1232-1237.

78) W. Xu, X. Yu and W. Yang, "Decoupling model based predictive torque control algorithm with low switching frequency for flux-switching permanent magnet synchronous machines", in Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC 2013, 2013, pp.1-6.

79) Z. Xu, X. Yu, Y. Feng, J. Hu, Z. Tari and F. Han, "A multi-module anomaly detection scheme based on system call prediction", in Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Industry Electronic Application (ICIEA , 2013, pp.1376-1381.

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81) W. Yu and X. Yu, "A forward step for adaptive synchronization in directed complex networks", in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2013, pp.2091-2094.

82) W. Yu, J. Lu, X. Yu and G. Chen, "A step forward to pinning control of complex networks: Finding an optimal vertex to control", in Proceedings of the 9th Asian Control Conference 2013 (ASCC 2013), 2013, pp.1-6.

83) W. Yu, G. Wen, J. Lu and X. Yu, "Observers design in complex networks: Pinning observability", in Proceedings of 10th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA 2013), 2013, pp.141-146.

84) D. Yudistira, B. Andreas, A. Rezk, T. Crasto, H. Steigerwald, E. Soergel, J. Friend and A. Mitchell, "Impact of domain depth on SAW generation by acoustic superlattice transducers in 128deg YX-cut lithium niobate", in Proceedings of 2013 Joint IEEE-UFFC, EFTF, and PFM Symposium, 2013, pp.344-346.

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86) M. Zhou, Y. Feng and X. Yu, "High-order terminal sliding-mode observer for speed estimation of induction motors", in Proceedings of IEEE 8th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA 2013), 2013, pp.1045-1048.

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