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High Gain 3D Printed Antenna with Corrugations and High Aperture Efficiency Performance (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alkaraki, S., Kelly, J., Parini, C., Gao, Y., Stremsdoerfer, S., & Gayets, E. (2021). High Gain 3D Printed Antenna with Corrugations and High Aperture Efficiency Performance. In 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting (1347-1348). https://doi.org/10.1109/ieeeconf35879.2020.9329715

This paper presents a 3D printed antenna for X-band applications. The antenna is compact and it has high measured gain performance with high aperture efficiency over wide bandwidth covers 5 GHz. The proposed antenna consists of two layers stacked on... Read More about High Gain 3D Printed Antenna with Corrugations and High Aperture Efficiency Performance.

Exploring the Benefits of Conversing with a Digital Voice Assistant during Automated Driving: A Parametric Duration Model of Takeover Time (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahajan, K., Large, D., Burnett, G., & Velaga, N. (2021). Exploring the Benefits of Conversing with a Digital Voice Assistant during Automated Driving: A Parametric Duration Model of Takeover Time. In Transportation Research Board. Annual Meeting Proceedings 2021

The current study investigated the role of an in-vehicle digital voice-assistant (VA) in conditionally automated vehicles, offering discourse relating specifically to contextual factors, such as the traffic situation and road environment. The study i... Read More about Exploring the Benefits of Conversing with a Digital Voice Assistant during Automated Driving: A Parametric Duration Model of Takeover Time.

Improving the Saliency of a High Speed SynRel Rotor by using High Strength Martensitic Sleeve (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ram Kumar, R. M., Vakil, G., La Rocca, A., Gerada, D., Gerada, C., & Fernandes, B. G. (2021). Improving the Saliency of a High Speed SynRel Rotor by using High Strength Martensitic Sleeve. In 2021 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET). https://doi.org/10.1109/sefet48154.2021.9375705

High strength magnetic steel laminations are the invariable choice to achieve the power density demands of high speed electric machines required in the automotive industry. However, the cost competitive automobile market, favours the use of conventio... Read More about Improving the Saliency of a High Speed SynRel Rotor by using High Strength Martensitic Sleeve.

Dealing with Scarce Labelled Data: Semi-supervised Deep Learning with Mix Match for Covid-19 Detection Using Chest X-ray Images (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Calderon-Ramirez, S., Giri, R., Moemeni, A., Umaña, M., Elizondo, D., Torrents-Barrena, J., & Molina-Cabello, M. A. (2021). Dealing with Scarce Labelled Data: Semi-supervised Deep Learning with Mix Match for Covid-19 Detection Using Chest X-ray Images. In Proceedings of ICPR 2020 : 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPR48806.2021.9412946

Coronavirus (Covid-19) is spreading fast, infecting people through contact in various forms including droplets from sneezing and coughing. Therefore, the detection of infected subjects in an early, quick and cheap manner is urgent. Currently availabl... Read More about Dealing with Scarce Labelled Data: Semi-supervised Deep Learning with Mix Match for Covid-19 Detection Using Chest X-ray Images.

A Comparison of Algebraic and Iterative Procedures for the Generation of the Workspace of Parallel Robots (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Russo, M., & Ceccarelli, M. (2021). A Comparison of Algebraic and Iterative Procedures for the Generation of the Workspace of Parallel Robots. In S. Zeghloul, M. A. Laribi, & M. Arsicault (Eds.), Mechanism Design for Robotics : MEDER 2021 (53-61). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75271-2_6

Computing the workspace of parallel manipulators is critical to characterize their behavior. Usually, workspace is obtained by iterating the robot’s forward kinematics for a discrete range of poses, resulting in a cloud of reachable points. Here we p... Read More about A Comparison of Algebraic and Iterative Procedures for the Generation of the Workspace of Parallel Robots.

Observation of EDM plasma behavior influenced by parasitic working gap capacitance (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Petersen, T., Ahmed, S., Kunieda, M., & Klink, A. (2020, June). Observation of EDM plasma behavior influenced by parasitic working gap capacitance. Presented at ISEM 2020 − 20th Cirp Conference on Electro Physical and Chemical Machining, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Machining large surfaces to good surface qualities is currently difficult, as optimisation of parameters does not always lead to a satisfactory outcome. This appears to be an issue with traditional EDM, and the cause is not understood very well. Obse... Read More about Observation of EDM plasma behavior influenced by parasitic working gap capacitance.

Hardware Implementations with High Throughput, Low-Latency and Low-Area for Matrix Inversion (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alqahtani, S., Zhu, Y., Shi, Q., Meng, X., & Wang, X. (2020). Hardware Implementations with High Throughput, Low-Latency and Low-Area for Matrix Inversion. In 2020 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology (ICFPT) (250-255). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICFPT51103.2020.00043

This paper proposes two hardware architectures for matrix inversion, through the use of single and double-precision floating-point representations. The architectures use a modified version of the Gauss-Jordan algorithm that accelerates the processing... Read More about Hardware Implementations with High Throughput, Low-Latency and Low-Area for Matrix Inversion.

An Investigation Of The Luminous Environment In Nottingham H.O.U.S.E (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kankipati, L. S., Rodrigues, L., & Kiamba, L. (2020). An Investigation Of The Luminous Environment In Nottingham H.O.U.S.E. In J. Rodríguez Álvarez, & J. Carla Soares Gonçalves (Eds.), Planning Post Carbon Cities: 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, A Coruña, 1st-3rd September 2020: Proceedings. Vol. 1 (311-316). https://doi.org/10.17979/spudc.9788497497947

Daylight makes an important contribution to indoor quality and building occupants’ wellbeing and productivity. Although it is well known that different spaces need different lighting quality for tasks to be performed effectively, the issue of change... Read More about An Investigation Of The Luminous Environment In Nottingham H.O.U.S.E.

Development of a Cubesat Platform for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical LEO Experiments (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robson, D., Cappelletti, C., Segal, J., Williams, P., & Szewczyk, N. (2020). Development of a Cubesat Platform for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical LEO Experiments. In Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Fifth IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and CubeSat Workshop 2020 (189-196)

Undertaking biology experiments in space is a necessary and important part of understanding evolution, adaption, and ageing, and crucial to the enablement of safe human exploration away from Earth. Access to space, however, is difficult, costly and r... Read More about Development of a Cubesat Platform for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical LEO Experiments.

The need for a paradigm shift in subaerial landslide-tsunami research (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heller, V. (2020, October). The need for a paradigm shift in subaerial landslide-tsunami research. Presented at Virtual Conference on Coastal Engineering, 2020, Virtual

Subaerial landslide-tsunamis (SLTs) are caused by mass movements such as landslides, rock falls or glacier calving. Research into SLTs is ongoing for many decades, however, the advancement in the physical understanding and reliability of hazard asses... Read More about The need for a paradigm shift in subaerial landslide-tsunami research.

Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, X., Gao, Y., Atkin, J., & Bozhko, S. (2020). Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA. . https://doi.org/10.23919/icems50442.2020.9290968

This paper presents a Neural Network (NN)-based weighting factor (WF) selection method for the multi-objective cost function in Model Predictive Control (MPC). MPC is adopted for scheduling the loads and charging/discharging the battery intelligently... Read More about Neural Network based Weighting Factor Selection of MPC for Optimal Battery and Load Management in MEA.

Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gargalis, L., Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Rocca, R., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R., & Galea, M. (2020). Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology. In 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (263-268). https://doi.org/10.23919/icems50442.2020.9290893

Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, is an emerging technology that is gaining considerable research interest in recent years. In particular, metal printing methodologies might be successfully employed in developing lightweight and... Read More about Development and Testing of Soft Magnetic Rotor for a Switched Reluctance Motor Built Through Additive Manufacturing Technology.

Investigating Electrical Drive Performance Employing Model Predictive Control and Active Disturbance Rejection Control Algorithms (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aboelhassan, A., Diab, A. M., Galea, M., & Bozhko, S. (2020). Investigating Electrical Drive Performance Employing Model Predictive Control and Active Disturbance Rejection Control Algorithms. In 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (1379-1384). https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEMS50442.2020.9291218

© 2020 The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Many issues can degrade the electrical drive performance such as cross-coupling, time delay, external disturbances, and parameter variation. The Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF) PI Current Contr... Read More about Investigating Electrical Drive Performance Employing Model Predictive Control and Active Disturbance Rejection Control Algorithms.

Aspects of urbanism in later Bronze Age northern Italy (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pearce, M. (2020). Aspects of urbanism in later Bronze Age northern Italy. In Crossing the Alps: Early Urbanism between Northern Italy and Central Europe (900-400 BC) (19-25)

This paper askes the question whether towns may be said to be visible in the archaeological record of northern Italy before the Iron Age. It argues that we should not use the forms of urbanism of the Greek, Etruscan and Roman cities as criteria for i... Read More about Aspects of urbanism in later Bronze Age northern Italy.

Analysing the converter requirements for a dual-fed induction machine based flywheel energy storage system (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Klumpner, C. (2020, December). Analysing the converter requirements for a dual-fed induction machine based flywheel energy storage system. Paper presented at 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020), Online

The Dual-fed Induction Machine was used very successfully in wind generators as it allowed full control of the power captured from the wind within a wide relevant rotational speed range around the synchronous speed needing only a low power rated roto... Read More about Analysing the converter requirements for a dual-fed induction machine based flywheel energy storage system.

Evaluation of inverter topologies for high power medium voltage aircraft applications (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Klumpner, C., & Khera, F. (2020, December). Evaluation of inverter topologies for high power medium voltage aircraft applications. Paper presented at 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020), Online

Future generation more electric aircrafts will require significantly larger power do be generated on board and for this reason, being able to identify which high power/medium voltage AC/DC power converter topologies would suit the best,is important.... Read More about Evaluation of inverter topologies for high power medium voltage aircraft applications.

Quasi Z-Source Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter Controlled By Reduced Inserted Cells Modulation Technique For Medium Voltage Applications (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khera, F., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2020, December). Quasi Z-Source Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter Controlled By Reduced Inserted Cells Modulation Technique For Medium Voltage Applications. Paper presented at 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020), Online

This paper presents a novel quasi Z-source Hybrid modular multilevel converter (qZS-HMMC) for medium voltage applications where the “hybrid” concept refers to the implementation of the MMC strings that consist of a mixture of half bridge sub-modules... Read More about Quasi Z-Source Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter Controlled By Reduced Inserted Cells Modulation Technique For Medium Voltage Applications.

Sequential Predictive Current Control of a VSI with Common-Mode Voltage Reduction (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Murillo-Yarce, D., Rivera, M., Restrepo, C., Rodríguez, R., Wheeler, P. W., Zanchetta, P., & Mirzaeva, G. (2020). Sequential Predictive Current Control of a VSI with Common-Mode Voltage Reduction. In The 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2020) (651-656). https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.1196

The voltage source inverter (VSI) is a classic topology widely used for ac conversion. In this paper sequential predictive control (SPC) is applied to a VSI converter that supplies a RL load. The objective is to demonstrate the potential of this new... Read More about Sequential Predictive Current Control of a VSI with Common-Mode Voltage Reduction.

Design Methodology and Parametric Design Study of the On-Board Electrical Power System for Hybrid Electric Aircraft Propulsion (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Valente, G., Sumsurooah, S., Ian Hill, C., Rashed, M., Vakil, G., Bozhko, S., & Gerada, C. (2020). Design Methodology and Parametric Design Study of the On-Board Electrical Power System for Hybrid Electric Aircraft Propulsion.

This paper presents parametric design studies of the on-board Electrical Power System (EPS) for a distributed hybrid aircraft propulsion. The work presents the methodology that has been adopted to develop the physics-based models of the EPS component... Read More about Design Methodology and Parametric Design Study of the On-Board Electrical Power System for Hybrid Electric Aircraft Propulsion.