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A reduced model for phase-change problems with radiation using simplified PN approximations (2025)
Journal Article
Belhamadia, Y., & Seaid, M. (2025). A reduced model for phase-change problems with radiation using simplified PN approximations. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 145, Article 116108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2025.116108

Radiative heat transfer in phase-change media is of great interest in many thermal applications in sciences and engineering involving internal melting or solidification. In these problems at high temperature, a mathematical model used to describe th... Read More about A reduced model for phase-change problems with radiation using simplified PN approximations.

The Aggregated Material Point Method (AgMPM) (2025)
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Coombs, W., Bird, R., & Pretti, G. (in press). The Aggregated Material Point Method (AgMPM). Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,

The Material Point Method (MPM) has been shown to be an effective approach for analysing large deformation processes across a range of physical problems. However, the method suffers from a number of spurious artefacts, such as a widely documented ce... Read More about The Aggregated Material Point Method (AgMPM).

Fatigue growth modelling of three-dimensional cracks with the Extended Isogeometric Boundary Element Method (2025)
Journal Article
Rocha, M., Trevelyan, J., & Leonel, E. D. (in press). Fatigue growth modelling of three-dimensional cracks with the Extended Isogeometric Boundary Element Method. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements,

This paper proposes the fatigue crack growth modelling of three-dimensional geometries with the eXtended Isogeometric Boundary Element Method (XIGABEM). The formulation combines the advantages of the dual Boundary Element Method (BEM), the isogeometr... Read More about Fatigue growth modelling of three-dimensional cracks with the Extended Isogeometric Boundary Element Method.

A Low-Profile Implantable Antenna for Heart Implants (2025)
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Alghamdi, A., Basir, A., Iqbal, A., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., & Mabrouk, I. B. (online). A Low-Profile Implantable Antenna for Heart Implants. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2025.3555863

The complex nature of the human body and the interaction between implantable antennas and electronic components can result in detuning issues. A wide bandwidth is critical for mitigating these issues and improving channel capacity. This paper present... Read More about A Low-Profile Implantable Antenna for Heart Implants.

A Triband Wearable Antenna for Location Tracking Using Cospas-Sarsat and GNSS (2025)
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Sheik, R. A., Al-Hadi, A. A., Sabapathy, T., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., Khan, R., Akkaraekthalin, P., Isa, C. M. N. C., Padmanathan, S., Hossain, T. M., & Soh, P. J. (online). A Triband Wearable Antenna for Location Tracking Using Cospas-Sarsat and GNSS. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, https://doi.org/10.1109/ojap.2025.3553440

This paper presents the design of a tri-band antenna operating in the Cospas-Sarsat (C-S) and GPS/GNSS bands applicable for the Internet of Things (IoT). Implemented with flexible and robust materials, the antenna operates in three distinct frequenci... Read More about A Triband Wearable Antenna for Location Tracking Using Cospas-Sarsat and GNSS.

Swirl momentum control in vortex rings generated experimentally (2025)
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Ortega-Chavez, R., Gan, L., & Gaskell, P. (2025). Swirl momentum control in vortex rings generated experimentally. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1007, Article A20. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.34

Particle image velocimetry is used to study the control of swirl momentum, delivered through an orifice formed by a physically rotating tube of finite length, relevant to the evolution of vortex rings produced at a Reynolds number Re≈1000 based on th... Read More about Swirl momentum control in vortex rings generated experimentally.

Analysis and Design of Kirigami-based Metallic Energy-Dissipating Systems (2025)
Journal Article
Khalilzadehtabrizi, S., Mohagheghian, I., & Walker, M. (2025). Analysis and Design of Kirigami-based Metallic Energy-Dissipating Systems. Thin-Walled Structures, 212, Article 113127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2025.113127

Kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, can be used to generate complex 3D shapes from 2D sheets. Kirigami structures can also be highly stretchable and accommodate extremely large strains from common materials, such as aluminium, which allow re... Read More about Analysis and Design of Kirigami-based Metallic Energy-Dissipating Systems.

An Integrated Stacked Sparse Autoencoder and CNN-BLSTM Model for Ultra-Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting with Advanced Feature Learning (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, J., Kazemtabrizi, B., Du, H., Matthews, P., & Sun, H. (2024, November). An Integrated Stacked Sparse Autoencoder and CNN-BLSTM Model for Ultra-Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting with Advanced Feature Learning. Presented at 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, USA

With the increasing integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid, accurate and reliable ultra-short-term forecasting of wind power is critical for optimizing grid stability and energy efficiency, especially for a highly dynamic and var... Read More about An Integrated Stacked Sparse Autoencoder and CNN-BLSTM Model for Ultra-Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting with Advanced Feature Learning.

Transport Resistance Dominates the Fill Factor Losses in Record Organic Solar Cells (2025)
Journal Article
Wang, C., MacKenzie, R. C. I., Würfel, U., Neher, D., Kirchartz, T., Deibel, C., & Saladina, M. (online). Transport Resistance Dominates the Fill Factor Losses in Record Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials, Article 2405889. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202405889

Organic photovoltaics (OPV) are a promising solar cell technology well‐suited to mass production using roll‐to‐roll processes. The efficiency of lab‐scale solar cells has exceeded 20% and considerable attention is currently being given to understandi... Read More about Transport Resistance Dominates the Fill Factor Losses in Record Organic Solar Cells.

Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network for Smart Grid Communications in 6G Era (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bisu, A. A., Sun, H., & Gallant, A. (2025, January). Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network for Smart Grid Communications in 6G Era. Presented at 2025 IEEE 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

In this work, we developed and proposed a real testbed with Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network (ISTN) scenario. This topology was used to measure the actual parameters that were used as the Smart Grid (SG) Quality of Service (QoS) metrics. Perf... Read More about Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network for Smart Grid Communications in 6G Era.

A stable poro-mechanical formulation for Material Point Methods leveraging overlapping meshes and multi-field ghost penalisation (2025)
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Pretti, G., Bird, R., Gavin, N., Coombs, W., & Augarde, C. (2025). A stable poro-mechanical formulation for Material Point Methods leveraging overlapping meshes and multi-field ghost penalisation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 126(5), Article e7630

The Material Point Method (MPM) is widely used to analyse coupled (solid-water) problems under large deformations/displacements. However, if not addressed carefully, MPM u-p formulations for poro-mechanics can be affected by two major sources of inst... Read More about A stable poro-mechanical formulation for Material Point Methods leveraging overlapping meshes and multi-field ghost penalisation.

Experimental and numerical investigation to optimise liquid desiccant system for advanced air conditioning (2025)
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Shivaprasad, K. V., Roy, S., Giampieri, A., Smallbone, A., & Roskilly, A. P. (2025). Experimental and numerical investigation to optimise liquid desiccant system for advanced air conditioning. Scientific Reports, 15, Article 7151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88738-2

This study aims to experimentally demonstrate a liquid desiccant systems effectiveness by using thermo-chemical fluid, such as aqueous solution of calcium chloride. This study evaluated the effect of operating temperatures on air properties (temperat... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigation to optimise liquid desiccant system for advanced air conditioning.

Association of myopia and parapapillary choroidal microvascular density in primary open-angle glaucoma (2025)
Journal Article
Suwan, Y., Chansangpetch, S., Fard, M. A., Pooprasert, P., Chalardsakul, K., Threetong, T., Tipparut, S., Saaensupho, T., Tantraworasin, A., Hojati, S., Kafieh, R., Danesh, H., Petpiroon, P., & Supakontanasan, W. (2025). Association of myopia and parapapillary choroidal microvascular density in primary open-angle glaucoma. PLoS ONE, 20(2), Article e0317881. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317881

Background/Aims: To compare parapapillary choroidal microvascular (PPCMv) densities between myopic eyes with and without glaucoma. Methods: In this retrospective study, OCTA images (4.5 × 4.5 mm) were obtained using a commercial spectral-domain OCTA... Read More about Association of myopia and parapapillary choroidal microvascular density in primary open-angle glaucoma.

Scalable and Reliable Data Framework for Sensor-enabled Virtual Power Plant Digital Twin (2025)
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Singh, A., Demirbaga, U., Singh Aujla, G., Jindal, A., Jiang, J., & Sun, H. (online). Scalable and Reliable Data Framework for Sensor-enabled Virtual Power Plant Digital Twin. IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Sensors, https://doi.org/10.1109/JSAS.2025.3540956

Sensor-enabled distributed energy resources (DERs) provide various advantages, including a lower carbon footprint, yet effective management of millions of DERs is still an issue. Virtual power plants (VPP) can integrate several DERs into a unified op... Read More about Scalable and Reliable Data Framework for Sensor-enabled Virtual Power Plant Digital Twin.

Swarm Intelligence-driven Multi-objective Optimization for Microgrid Energy Management and Trading considering DERs and EVs integration: Case Studies from Green Energy Park, Morocco (2025)
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Rochd, A., Raihani, A., Mahir, O., Kissaoui, M., Laamim, M., Lahmer, A., El-Barkouki, B., El-Qasery, M., Sun, H. J., & Guerrero, J. M. (2025). Swarm Intelligence-driven Multi-objective Optimization for Microgrid Energy Management and Trading considering DERs and EVs integration: Case Studies from Green Energy Park, Morocco. Results in engineering, 25, Article 104400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.104400

The objective of this study is to develop and validate a comprehensive multi-objective optimization approach for energy management and trading in microgrids, with a particular focus on the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Electr... Read More about Swarm Intelligence-driven Multi-objective Optimization for Microgrid Energy Management and Trading considering DERs and EVs integration: Case Studies from Green Energy Park, Morocco.

Intelligent Sensing and Identification of Spectrum Anomalies With Alpha-Stable Noise (2025)
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Liu, M., Wen, Z., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Cheng, H., & Zhao, N. (online). Intelligent Sensing and Identification of Spectrum Anomalies With Alpha-Stable Noise. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, https://doi.org/10.1155/int/5010973

As the electromagnetic environment becomes more complex, a significant number of interferences and malfunctions of authorized equipment can result in anomalies in spectrum usage. Utilizing intelligent spectrum technology to sense and identify anomali... Read More about Intelligent Sensing and Identification of Spectrum Anomalies With Alpha-Stable Noise.

Non-Relativistic and Relativistic Lagrangian Pairing in Fluid Mechanics Inspired by Quantum Theory (2025)
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Ismail-Sutton, S., Scholle, M., & Gaskell, P. H. (2025). Non-Relativistic and Relativistic Lagrangian Pairing in Fluid Mechanics Inspired by Quantum Theory. Symmetry, 17(3), Article 315. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17030315

The pairing of non-relativistic and relativistic Lagrangians within the context of fluid mechanics, advancing methodologies for constructing Poincare-invariant Lagrangians, is explored. Through leveraging symmetries and Noether’s theorem in an invers... Read More about Non-Relativistic and Relativistic Lagrangian Pairing in Fluid Mechanics Inspired by Quantum Theory.

A review of chemical stabilisation and fibre reinforcement techniques used to enhance the mechanical properties of rammed earth (2025)
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Thompson, D., Augarde, C., & Osorio, J. P. (2025). A review of chemical stabilisation and fibre reinforcement techniques used to enhance the mechanical properties of rammed earth. Discover Civil Engineering, 2(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44290-025-00184-1

Rammed earth is a sustainable construction method with a lower carbon footprint and embodied energy compared to traditional materials like steel and concrete. However, its lower mechanical properties when compared to these forms of construction make... Read More about A review of chemical stabilisation and fibre reinforcement techniques used to enhance the mechanical properties of rammed earth.

Numerical study and sensitivity analysis of heat transfer characteristics of heat exchangers in a high-power free-piston Stirling generator (2025)
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Wang, H., Chen, Y., Zhu, S., Zhang, L., Yu, G., Kang, H., & Luo, E. (2025). Numerical study and sensitivity analysis of heat transfer characteristics of heat exchangers in a high-power free-piston Stirling generator. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 75, Article 104243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2025.104243

The increasing of deep space exploration missions has promoted research on space nuclear power systems worldwide. Stirling generators, especially free-piston Stirling generators (FPSGs), are a promising dynamic energy conversion technology for space... Read More about Numerical study and sensitivity analysis of heat transfer characteristics of heat exchangers in a high-power free-piston Stirling generator.