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Lower limb hyperthermia augments functional hyperaemia during small muscle mass exercise similarly in trained elderly and young humans (2023)
Journal Article
Koch Esteves, N., Khir, A. W., & González‐Alonso, J. (2023). Lower limb hyperthermia augments functional hyperaemia during small muscle mass exercise similarly in trained elderly and young humans. Experimental Physiology, 108(9), 1154-1171. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep091275

Heat and exercise therapies are recommended to improve vascular health across the lifespan. However, the haemodynamic effects of hyperthermia, exercise and their combination are inconsistent in young and elderly people. Here we investigated the acute... Read More about Lower limb hyperthermia augments functional hyperaemia during small muscle mass exercise similarly in trained elderly and young humans.

Non-invariant elastic moduli of bi-level architected lattice materials through programmed domain discontinuity (2023)
Journal Article
Sinha, P., Walker, M., & Mukhopadhyay, T. (2023). Non-invariant elastic moduli of bi-level architected lattice materials through programmed domain discontinuity. Mechanics of Materials, 184, Article 104691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2023.104691

Effective elastic moduli of lattice-based materials are one of the most crucial parameters for the adoption of such artificial microstructures in advanced mechanical and structural systems as per various application-specific demands. In conventional... Read More about Non-invariant elastic moduli of bi-level architected lattice materials through programmed domain discontinuity.

Performance Characterization of a Battery-less NFC Sensor for Museum Artifact Monitoring (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gawade, D. R., Kumar, S., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., O’Callaghan, B., Iacopino, D., Rather, N., O’Flynn, B., & Buckley, J. L. (2023, June). Performance Characterization of a Battery-less NFC Sensor for Museum Artifact Monitoring. Presented at 2023 34th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC), Dublin, Ireland

This paper presents the performance of a battery-less near field communication (NFC) sensor for museum artifact monitoring. The radio frequency (RF) receiver sensitivity of the NFC sensor was measured using a commercial Tagformance measurement system... Read More about Performance Characterization of a Battery-less NFC Sensor for Museum Artifact Monitoring.

An Evolutionary Neural Network Approach for Slopes Stability Assessment (2023)
Journal Article
Tinoco, J., Gomes Correia, A., Cortez, P., & Toll, D. (2023). An Evolutionary Neural Network Approach for Slopes Stability Assessment. Applied Sciences, 13(14), Article 8084. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148084

A current big challenge for developed or developing countries is how to keep large-scale transportation infrastructure networks operational under all conditions. Network extensions and budgetary constraints for maintenance purposes are among the main... Read More about An Evolutionary Neural Network Approach for Slopes Stability Assessment.

Collaborative Trajectory Planning and Resource Allocation for Multi-Target Tracking in Airborne Radar Networks under Spectral Coexistence (2023)
Journal Article
Shi, C., Dong, J., Salous, S., Wang, Z., & Zhou, J. (2023). Collaborative Trajectory Planning and Resource Allocation for Multi-Target Tracking in Airborne Radar Networks under Spectral Coexistence. Remote Sensing, 15(13), Article 3386. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15133386

This paper develops a collaborative trajectory planning and resource allocation (CTPRA) strategy for multi-target tracking (MTT) in a spectral coexistence environment utilizing airborne radar networks. The key mechanism of the proposed strategy is to... Read More about Collaborative Trajectory Planning and Resource Allocation for Multi-Target Tracking in Airborne Radar Networks under Spectral Coexistence.

Exploring the feasibility of biological hydrogen production using seed sludge pretreated with agro-industrial wastes (2023)
Journal Article
Ekwenna, E. B., Tabraiz, S., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, A. (2023). Exploring the feasibility of biological hydrogen production using seed sludge pretreated with agro-industrial wastes. Renewable Energy, 215, Article 118934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.118934

The effect of applying agro-industrial waste (AIW), such as potash extract (PE), cassava-steep wastewater (CSWW), and corn-steep liquor (CSTL), as an alternative material to pretreat digested cattle slurry (DCS) for biological hydrogen production was... Read More about Exploring the feasibility of biological hydrogen production using seed sludge pretreated with agro-industrial wastes.

Exact-NeRF: An Exploration of a Precise Volumetric Parameterization for Neural Radiance Fields (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Isaac-Medina, B., Willcocks, C., & Breckon, T. (2023, June). Exact-NeRF: An Exploration of a Precise Volumetric Parameterization for Neural Radiance Fields. Presented at IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2023, Vancouver, BC

Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) have attracted significant attention due to their ability to synthesize novel scene views with great accuracy. However, inherent to their underlying formulation, the sampling of points along a ray with zero width may res... Read More about Exact-NeRF: An Exploration of a Precise Volumetric Parameterization for Neural Radiance Fields.

Transmit Beamforming for MIMO Dual Functional Radar-Communication with IQI (2023)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Chen, Y., & Chen, L. (online). Transmit Beamforming for MIMO Dual Functional Radar-Communication with IQI. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(12), 15732 - 15744. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2023.3290155

Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) dual-functional radar communication (DFRC) provides a solution to the severe spectrum scarcity challenge. MIMO systems may be prone to the hardware impairments (HWI). Considering I/Q-imbalance (IQI), the most com... Read More about Transmit Beamforming for MIMO Dual Functional Radar-Communication with IQI.

Thermochemical energy storage for cabin heating in battery powered electric vehicles (2023)
Journal Article
Wilks, M., Wang, C., Ling-Chin, J., Wang, X., & Bao, H. (2023). Thermochemical energy storage for cabin heating in battery powered electric vehicles. Energy Conversion and Management, 291, Article 117325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117325

The potential of thermochemical adsorption heat storage technology for battery electric vehicle (EV) cabin heating was explored in this study. A novel modular reactor with multiple adsorption units was designed with working pair SrCl2-NH3. Numerical... Read More about Thermochemical energy storage for cabin heating in battery powered electric vehicles.

A method to optimize the external magnetic field to suppress the end current in liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic generators (2023)
Journal Article
Jiang, C., Wang, T., Zhu, S., Yu, G., Wu, Z., & Luo, E. (2023). A method to optimize the external magnetic field to suppress the end current in liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic generators. Energy, 282, Article 128251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128251

Liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic (LMMHD) generators can generate electricity from the movement of liquid metal in an external magnetic field, without any mechanical moving parts. They can be applied in scenarios that require a highly reliable generat... Read More about A method to optimize the external magnetic field to suppress the end current in liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic generators.