The University of Wollongong Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences was formed in 2013 following an organisational restructure. It comprised an amalgamation of the former Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Informatics. This series is followed by EIS Papers: Part B.
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Papers from 2015

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Investigating the shear behaviour of fouled ballast using discrete element modelling, Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna, and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

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Experimental investigation of coal-fouled ballast stabilised with geogrid, N T. Ngo, C Rujikiatkamjorn, and B Indraratna

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Deformation behaviour of coal-fouled ballast reinforced with geogrid, N.T. Ngo, C Rujikiatkamjorn, and B Indraratna

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Numerical simulations of response of tubular steel beams to close-range explosions, Tuan D. Ngo, Damith Mohotti, Alex M. Remennikov, and Brian Uy

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Degradation of a broad spectrum of trace organic contaminants by an enzymatic membrane reactor: complementary role of membrane retention and enzymatic degradation, Luong N. Nguyen, Faisal I. Hai, William E. Price, Jinguo Kang, Frederic D.L Leusch, Felicity Roddick, Jason P. van de Merwe, Saleh F. Magram, and Long D. Nghiem

Multifractal analysis of white matter structural changes on 3D magnetic resonance imaging between normal aging and early Alzheimer's disease, Huang Jing Ni, Luping Zhou, Peng Zeng, Xiao Lin Huang, Hong Xing Liu, and Xin Bao Ning

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Model of soft soils under cyclic loading, Jing Ni, Buddhima Indraratna, Xue-Yu Geng, John Philip Carter, and You-Liang Chen

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Understanding how students use and appreciate online resources in the teaching laboratory, Sasha Nikolic

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2D versus 3D collaborative online spaces for student team meetings: Comparing a web conferencing environment and a video-augmented virtual world, Sasha Nikolic, Mark JW Lee, and Peter J. Vial

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Relationship between learning in the engineering laboratory and student evaluations, Sasha Nikolic, Thomas F. Suesse, Thomas Goldfinch, and Timothy J. McCarthy

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Improving the laboratory learning experience: a process to train and manage teaching assistants, Sasha Nikolic, Peter J. Vial, Montserrat Ros, David Stirling, and Christian H. Ritz

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Implications of ballast degradation under cyclic loading, Sanjay Nimbalkar and Buddhima Indraratna

Numerical and analytical modeling of particle degredation, Sanjay Nimbalkar and Buddhima Indraratna

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Design of earth retaining structures and tailing dams under static and seismic conditions, S S. Nimbalkar and D Choudhury

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Effects of fouling and degradation on geotechnical behaviour of railway ballast, S S. Nimbalkar, N Tennakoon, and B Indraratna

Optical fiber humidity sensors, Yusof Mohd Noor, Gang-Ding Peng, and Ginu Rajan

Monte Carlo validation and optimisation of detector packaging for spectroscopic dosimetry for in vivo urethral dosimetry during low dose rate brachytherapy, Lisa K. Nourbehesht, Dean L. Cutajar, Susanna Guatelli, and Anatoly B. Rosenfeld

Energy harvesting performance of BaTiO3/poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) spin coated nanocomposites, J Nunes-Pereira, Vitor Sencadas, Vítor Correia, Vanessa F. Cardoso, Weihua Han, José Gerardo Rocha, and Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez

The effectiveness of big data in social networks, Khine Khine Nyunt and Noor Zaman

Proton beam deflection in MRI fields: implications for MRI-guided proton therapy, B M. Oborn, S. Dowdell, Peter E. Metcalfe, S Crozier, R Mohan, and Paul J. Keall

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Indirect radio-chemo-beta therapy: a targeted approach to increase biological efficiency of x-rays based on energy, Sianne Oktaria, Stephanie Corde, Michael L. F Lerch, Konstantin K. Konstantinov, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, and Moeava Tehei

Bag-of-visual words codebook development for the semantic content based annotation of images, Abass Olaode, Golshah Naghdy, and Catherine Todd

Efficient region of interest detection using blind image division, Abass Olaode, Golshah Naghdy, and Catherine Todd

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Unsupervised region of intrest detection using fast and surf, Abass Olaode, Golshah Naghdy, and Catherine Todd

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Novel experimental setup for time-of-flight mass spectrometry ion detection in collisions of anionic species with neutral gas-phase molecular targets, J C. Oller, L Ellis-Gibbings, F Ferreira Da Silva, Paulo Limao-Vieira, and Gustavo Garcia

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Antibacterial performance of bovine lactoferrin-fish gelatine electrospun membranes, J Padrão, Raul Machado, Margarida Casal, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, L R. Rodrigues, F Dourado, and Vitor Sencadas

Consideration of optimal pixel resolution in deriving landslide susceptibility zoning within the Sydney Basin, Darshika Palamakumbure, Phil Flentje, and David Stirling

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ArcGIS V.10 landslide susceptibility data mining add-in tool integrating data mining and GIS techniques to model landslide susceptibility, Darshika Palamakumbure, David Stirling, Phillip N. Flentje, and Robin N. Chowdhury

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Flow category landslide susceptibility modelling of the Sydney Basin, D Palamakumbure, P Flentje, and D Stirling

Soil stabilisation using native vegetation, M Pallewattha, B Indraratna, and C Rujikiatkamjorn

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Using hand tracking and electro-tactile stimulation to facilitate learning touch typing, Daniel S. Pamungkas and Koren Ward

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Electro-tactile Feedback System for a Prosthetic Hand, Daniel Pamungkas and Koren Ward

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Immersive teleoperation of a robot arm using electro-tactile feedback, Daniel Pamungkas and Koren Ward

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Tactile sensing system using electro-tactile feedback, Daniel Pamungkas and Koren Ward

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In vitro mechanical fatigue behavior of poly-ɛ-caprolactone macroporous scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering: Influence of pore filling by a poly(vinyl alcohol) gel, J A. Panadero, L Vikingsson, J L. Gomez Ribelles, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, and Vitor Sencadas

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Structural evolution of electrodes in the NCR and CGR cathode-containing commercial lithium-ion batteries cycled between 3.0 and 4.5 V: an operando neutron powder-diffraction study, Wei Kong Pang, Moshiul Alam, Vanessa K. Peterson, and Neeraj Sharma

Interplay between electrochemistry and phase evolution of the P2-type Nax(Fe1/2Mn1/2)O2 cathode for use in sodium-ion batteries, Wei Kong Pang, Sujith Kalluri, Vanessa K. Peterson, Neeraj Sharma, Justin A. Kimpton, Bernt Johannessen, Hua-Kun Liu, S X. Dou, and Zaiping Guo

Tubular linear motor position detection by hall-effect sensors, Songhan Pan, Philip A. Commins, and Haiping Du

Mandatory aged care insurance: a case for Australia, Francesco Paolucci, Przemyslaw M. Sowa, Manuel Garcia-Goni, and Henry Ergas

Enhancement of adhesion and promotion of osteogenic differentiation of human adipose stem cells by poled electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride), Jenita Pärssinen, Henrik Hammarén, R Rahikainen, Vitor Sencadas, Clarisse Ribeiro, Sari Vanhatupa, Susanna S. Miettinen, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, and Vesa P. Hytönen

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Clustered multi-channel dereverberation for ad hoc microphone arrays, Shahab Pasha and Christian H. Ritz

Informed source location and DOA estimation using acoustic room impulse response parameters, Shahab Pasha and Christian H. Ritz

Forming ad-hoc microphone arrays through clustering of acoustic room impulse responses, Shahab Pasha, Yue-Xian Zou, and Christian H. Ritz

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Twisted k-graph algebras associated to Bratteli diagrams, David Pask, Adam Sierakowski, and Aidan Sims

Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns, Vipulkumar I. Patel, Qing Quan Liang, and Muhammad N. S Hadi

Biaxially loaded high-strength concrete-filled steel tubular slender beam-columns, part II: parametric study, Vipulkumar Ishvarbhai Patel, Qing Quan Liang, and Muhammad N. S Hadi

Modeling of mineral fouling in an alkaline permeable reactive barrier in Australia, Punyama Udeshini Pathirage, Buddhima Indraratna, Geoffrey Mr Geoffrey McIntosh, and Laura Banasiak

Numerical modeling of clogging in a permeable reactive barrier and rejuvenation by alkaline fluid injection in the Shoalhaven Floodplain, Australia, Udeshini Pathirage, Laura Banasiak, Buddhima Indraratna, and Glenys Lugg

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Assessment of optimum width and longevity of a permeable reactive barrier installed in an acid sulfate soil terrain, Udeshini Pathirage and Buddhima Indraratna

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Mineral precipitation and the associated reduction of hydraulic conductivity in a PRB, U Pathirage and B Indraratna

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Modelling the performance of a permeable reactive barrier utilised to reduce the risk of acidic groundwater in the Shoalhaven Floodplain, U Pathirage and B Indraratna

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Reducing the risk of acidic groundwater through modelling the performance of a permeable reactive barrier in Shoalhaven Floodplain, U Pathirage and B Indraratna

Ductile-to-brittle fracture transition in polycrystalline nickel under tensile hydrostatic stress, Linqing Pei, Cheng Lu, A Kiet Tieu, Xing Zhao, Liang Zhang, and Kuiyu Cheng

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Brittle versus ductile fracture behaviour in nanotwinned FCC crystals, Linqing Pei, Cheng Lu, A Kiet Tieu, Xing Zhao, Liang Zhang, Kuiyu Cheng, and Guillaume Michal

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Brittle versus ductile behaviour of nanotwinned copper: A molecular dynamics study, Linqing Pei, Cheng Lu, Xing Zhao, Liang Zhang, Kuiyu Cheng, Guillaume Michal, and A Kiet Tieu

Post-deformation microstructure and texture characterization of Fe-18Mn-0.6C-1.5Al TWIP steel, Ching-Tun Peng, Mark D. Callaghan, and Huijun Li

The determination of self hardening parameters of twinning induced plasticity steel via crystal plasticity modeling, Ching-Tun Peng, Mao Liu, Cheng Lu, and Huijun Li

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Understanding phase transformations in steels using modern electron microscopy techniques, Elena V. Pereloma, Ahmed A. Saleh, Hendrik T. Spanke, Fayez Al-Harbi, and Azdiar A. Gazder

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Attenuation and propagation of voltage unbalance in radial distribution networks, Devinda Perera, Philip Ciufo, Lasantha G. Meegahapola, and Sarath Perera

Citizen-driven flood mapping in Jakarta: a self-organising socio-technical system, Pascal Perez, Tomas Holderness du Chemin, Etienne Turpin, and Rodney Clarke

Application-state aware scheduling for video delivery over LTE network, Farhan Pervez and Muhammad Salman Raheel

Angular independent silicon detector for dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy, M Petasecca, S Alhujaili, A H. Aldosari, I Fuduli, M Newall, C S. Porumb, M Carolan, K Nitschke, M L. F Lerch, J Kalliopuska, V Perevertaylo, and A B. Rosenfeld

MagicPlate-512: a 2D silicon detector array for quality assurance of stereotactic motion adaptive radiotherapy, M Petasecca, M K. Newall, J T Booth, M Duncan, A H. Aldosari, I Fuduli, A A. Espinoza, C S. Porumb, S Guatelli, P Metcalfe, E Colvill, D Cammarano, M Carolan, B Oborn, M L. F Lerch, V Perevertaylo, P J. Keall, and A B. Rosenfeld

The use of deuterated ethyl acetate in highly concentrated electrolyte as a low-cost solvent for in situ neutron diffraction measurements of Li-ion battery electrodes, R Petibon, Jing Li, Neeraj Sharma, Wei Kong Pang, Vanessa K. Peterson, and J Dahn

Maximum usable strain of FRP-confined concrete, Thong M. Pham, Muhammad N. S Hadi, and Tung M. Tran

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Optimized FRP wrapping schemes for circular concrete columns under axial compression, Thong M. Pham, Muhammad N. S Hadi, and Jim Youssef

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Impact of hazardous events on the removal of nutrients and trace organic contaminants by an anoxic-aerobic membrane bioreactor receiving real wastewater, Hop V. Phan, Faisal I. Hai, James A. McDonald, Stuart J. Khan, Jason P. Van De Merwe, Frederic D. L Leusch, Ren Zhang, William E. Price, Andreas Broeckmann, and Long D. Nghiem

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Nutrient and trace organic contaminant removal from wastewater of a resort town: comparison between a pilot and a full scale membrane bioreactor, Hop V. Phan, Faisal I. Hai, James A. McDonald, Stuart J. Khan, Ren Zhang, William E. Price, Andreas Broeckmann, and Long D. Nghiem

Machine learning based acoustic sensing for indoor room localisation using mobile phones, Lincoln Phillips, Christopher B. Porter, Navinda Kottege, Matthew D'Souza, and Montserrat Ros

Semiprojectivity with and without a group action, N Phillips, Adam P. Sorensen, and Hannes Thiel

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A phantom assessment of achievable contouring concordance across multiple treatment planning systems, Elise M. Pogson, Jarrad Begg, Michael Jameson, Claire Dempsey, Drew Latty, Vikneswary Batumalai, Andrew Lim, Kankean Kandasamy, Peter E. Metcalfe, and Lois C. Holloway

Mining business rules from business process model repositories, Jantima Polpinij, Aditya Ghose, and Hoa Khanh Dam

Discovering and categorizing goal alignments from mined process variants, Karthikeyan Ponnalagu, Aditya Ghose, Nanjangud C. Narendra, and Hoa Khanh Dam

Goal-aligned categorization of instance variants in knowledge-intensive processes, Karthikeyan Ponnalagu, Aditya Ghose, Nanjangud C. Narendra, and Hoa Khanh Dam

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The investigation of prostatic calcifications using μ-PIXE analysis and their dosimetric effect in low dose rate brachytherapy treatments using Geant4, D J. Pope, D L. Cutajar, S P. George, S Guatelli, J A. Bucci, K E. Enari, S Miller, R Siegele, and A B. Rosenfeld

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Thin silicon strip detectors for beam monitoring in Micro-beam Radiation Therapy, Marco Povoli, Enver Alagoz, Alberto Bravin, Iwan Cornelius, E Bräuer-Krisch, Pauline Fournier, Thor E. Hansen, Angela Kok, Michael L. F Lerch, E Monakhov, J Morse, Marco Petasecca, Herwig Requardt, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, D Röhrich, H Sandaker, M Salome, and B Stugu

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Microstructure evolution during isochronal annealing of a 42% cold rolled TRIP-TWIP steel, Sudipta Pramanik, Ahmed A. Saleh, Dagoberto Brandao Santos, Elena V. Pereloma, and Azdiar A. Gazder

Dynamic hand gesture recognition using centroid tracking, Prashan Premaratne, Shuai Yang, Peter J. Vial, and Zubair Iftikhar

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The impact of electronic medication administration records in a residential aged care home, Siyu Qian, Ping Yu, and David M. Hailey

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Factors influencing nursing time spent on administration of medication in an Australian residential aged care home, Siyu Qian, Ping Yu, David M. Hailey, and Ning Wang

A new approach for determination of the shear bond strength of thin spray-on liners, Qiuqiu Qiao, Jan Nemcik, and Ian Porter

Laboratory tests on thin spray-on liner penetrated rock joints in direct shear, Qiuqiu Qiao, Jan Nemcik, Ian Porter, and Ernest Baafi

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Tibetan word sense disambiguation based on a semantic knowledge network diagram, Lirong Qiu, Xinmin Jiang, and Renqiang Ling

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The effects of IT application orchestration capability on performance, Magno Queiroz, Rajeev Sharma, Tim Coltman, and Paul Tallon

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Effect of mesh on springback in 3D finite element analysis of flexible microrolling, Feijun Qu, Zhengyi Jiang, and Haina Lu

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Lowering N2O emissions from soils using eucalypt biochar: The importance of redox reactions, P Quin, Stephen D. Joseph, O Husson, Scott Donne, David R. G Mitchell, Paul G. Munroe, D Phelan, A L. Cowie, and Lukas van Zwieten

QoE based P2P scalable video streaming over mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Muhammad Salman Raheel, Raad Raad, and Christian H. Ritz

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An identity-based multi-proxy multi-signature scheme without bilinear pairings and its variants, Maryam Rajabzadeh Asaar, Mahmoud Salmasizadeh, and Willy Susilo

Introduction to optical fiber sensors, Ginu Rajan

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Polymer fiber Bragg grating force sensors for minimally invasive surgical devices, Ginu Rajan, Sunish Mathews, Dean Callaghan, Gerald farrell, and Gang-Ding Peng

Polymer micro and microstructured fibre bragg gratings: Recent advancements and applications, Ginu Rajan and Gang-Ding Peng

A generalized model for geosynthetic reinforced railway tracks resting on soft clays, S Rajesh, K Choudhary, and S Chandra

Optical Fiber Sensors for smart composite materials structures, Manjusha Ramakrishnan, Yuliya Semenova, Gerald farrell, and Ginu Rajan

The bright, light, and blind/blank spots in HIPAA research: an ontological analysis, Arkalgud Ramaprasad, Thant Syn, and Khin Than Win

Energy evaluation and treatment efficiency of vacuum membrane distillation for brackish water desalination, Mohammad Ramezanianpour and Muttucumaru Sivakumar

Min water treatment techniques and the application of vacuum membrane distillation, Mohammad Ramezanianpour and Muttucumaru Sivakumar

Examining the interactions between DG units and voltage regulating devices for effective voltage control in distribution systems, Dothinka Ranamuka Rallage, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar, and Kashem M. Muttaqi

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Simulink model for examining dynamic interactions involving electro-mechanical oscillations in distribution systems, Dothinka Ranamuka Rallage, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar, and Kashem M. Muttaqi

Synthesis, characterization and rate capability performance of the micro-porous MnO2 nanowires as cathode material in lithium batteries, R Ranjusha, T S. Sonia, S. Roshny, Venkat Nair Lakshmi, Sujith Kalluri, Taiknam Kim, Shantikumar V. Nair, and Avinash Balakrishnan

Estimation of UCS of coal measures of Pranhita Godhavari Valley, India using sonic logs, M. V. M. S Rao, Gudlavalleti Uday Bhaskar, and Shivakumar Karekal