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 2014

Numerical modelling of failure propagation in fully grouted rock bolts subjected to tensile load, Jan Nemcik, Shuqi Ma, Naj Aziz, Ting Ren, and Xueyu Geng

An elasto-plastic constitutive model for rock joints under cyclic loading and constant normal stiffness conditions, Jan Nemcik, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, and Naj Aziz

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Mean field variational Bayes for continuous sparse signal shrinkage: Pitfalls and remedies, Sarah E. Neville, John Ormerod, and M P. Wand

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Effects of organic and colloidal fouling on the rejection of two pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) by nanofiltration processes: role of membrane foulants, Long D. Nghiem and Christiane Espendiller

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Oxidation reduction potential as a parameter to regulate micro-oxygen injection into anaerobic digester for reducing hydrogen sulphide concentration in biogas, Long D. Nghiem, Patrick Manassa, Marcia Dawson, and Shona K. Fitzgerald

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Co-digestion of sewage sludge and crude glycerol for on-demand biogas production, Long Nghiem, Thanh Nguyen, Patric Manassa, Shona K. Fitzgerald, Marcia Dawson, and Sarah Vierboom

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DEM simulation of the behaviour of geogrid stabilised ballast fouled with coal, Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna, and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

Response and failure mechanism of tubular steel columns subjected to close-range explosions, T Ngo, D Mohotti, A Remennikov, and B Uy

A compliant translational mechanism based on dielectric elastomer actuators, Chuc Nguyen, Gursel Alici, and Rahim Mutlu

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An advanced mathematical model and its experimental verification for trilayer conjugated polymer actuators, Chuc Nguyen, Gursel Alici, and Gordon G. Wallace

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Modeling a soft robotic mechanism articulated with dielectric elastomer actuators, Chuc H. Nguyen, Gursel Alici, and Rahim Mutlu

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Food image classification using local appearance and global structural information, Duc Thanh Nguyen, Zhimin Zong, Philip O. Ogunbona, Yasmine Probst, and Wanqing Li

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A CAPTCHA scheme based on the identification of character locations, Duc Vu Nguyen, Yang-Wai Chow, and Willy Susilo

Spatio-temporal data fusion for very large remote sensing datasets, Hai Nguyen, Noel Cressie, Matthias Katzfuss, and Amy Braverman

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Removal of pharmaceuticals, steroid hormones, phytoestrogens, UV-filters, industrial chemicals and pesticides by Trametes versicolor: role of biosorption and biodegradation, Luong Nguyen, Faisal Ibney Hai, Shufan Yang, Jinguo Kang, Frederic Leusch, Felicity Roddick, William E. Price, and Long D. Nghiem

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The effects of mediator and granular activated carbon addition on degradation of trace organic contaminants by an enzymatic membrane reactor, Luong N. Nguyen, Faisal I. Hai, William E. Price, Frederic Leusch, Felicity Roddick, Hao H. Ngo, Wenshan Guo, Saleh Faraj Magram, and Long D. Nghiem

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Enhancement of trace organic contaminant degradation by crude enzyme extract from Trametes versicolor culture: Effect of mediator type and concentration, Ngoc Luong Nguyen, Faisal Ibney Hai, Jinguo Kang, Frederic Leusch, Felicity Roddick, S Faraj Magram, William Price, and Long Nghiem

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Impact of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole dosing on trace organic contaminant degradation by laccase, Ngoc Luong Nguyen, Faisal Ibney Hai, Jinguo Kang, S Faraj Magram, William Price, and Long Nghiem

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Enhancement of removal of trace organic contaminants by powdered activated carbon dosing into membrane bioreactors, Ngoc Luong Nguyen, Faisal Ibney Hai, Long Nghiem, Jinguo Kang, William Price, Chul Park, and Kazuo Yamamoto

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Continuous biotransformation of bisphenol A and diclofenac by laccase in an enzymatic membrane reactor, Ngoc Luong Nguyen, Faisal I. Hai, William Price, Frederic Leusch, Felicity Roddick, Ewan J. Mcadam, Saleh Faraj Magram, and Long D. Nghiem

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Power allocation algorithm in OFDM-based cognitive radio systems, Van Vinh Nguyen, Yang Shouyi, and Le Chung Tran

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On the security of text-based 3D CAPTCHAs, Vu Duc Nguyen, Yang-Wai Chow, and Willy Susilo

Impact of variable solar PV generation on MV distribution systems, Yasmin Nigar, Ashish P. Agalgaonkar, and Philip Ciufo

On the security of an efficient dynamic auditing protocol in cloud storage, Jianbing Ni, Yong Yu, Yi Mu, and Qi Xia

Experimental study of the combined effect of cyclic stress level and loading frequency on the performance of soft clays, Jing Ni, Buddhima Indraratna, Xueyu Geng, Y-L Chen, and Yingshun Zhu

Experimentally-aided simulation of directional solidification of steel, Salar Niknafs and Rian Dippenaar

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Training laboratory: Using online resources to enhance the laboratory learning experience, Sasha Nikolic

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Decoding student satisfaction: how to manage and improve the laboratory experience, Sasha Nikolic, Christian H. Ritz, Peter J. Vial, Montserrat Ros, and David Stirling

Design and test of a multiple-DOF motion platform for vibration analysis of heavy duty vehicle seat suspension, Donghong Ning, Jie Zhang, Shuaishuai Sun, Haiping Du, and Weihua Li

Microstructured fiber sealed-void interferometric humidity sensor, Yusof Mohd Noor, Ginu Rajan, and Gang-Ding Peng

The controlled short circuit GMAW process: a tutorial, John Norrish and Dominic Cuiuri

Mixtures of experts for understanding model discrepancy in dynamic computer models, David Nott, Lucy Marshall, Mark James Fielding, and Shie-Yui Liong

Tribological performance of aqueous copolymers solutions in metallic contact, Oyong Novareza, Buyung Kosasih, Kiet Tieu, and Hongtao Zhu

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An adaptive neuro fuzzy hybrid control strategy for a semiactive suspension with magneto rheological damper, Pipit Wahyu Nugroho, Weihua Li, Haiping Du, Gursel Alici, and Jian Yang

Electron contamination modeling and reduction in a 1 T open bore inline MRI-linac system, Bradley Oborn, Stefan Kolling, Peter E. Metcalfe, Stuart Prof S Crozier, D W. Litzenberg, and Paul Keall

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IMRT treatment Monitor Unit verification using absolute calibrated BEAMnrc and Geant4 Monte Carlo simulations, Bradley M. Oborn, M Williams, M Bailey, and M G. Carolan

Unsupervised image classification by probabilistic latent semantic analysis for the annotation of images, Abass Olaode, Golshah Naghdy, and Catherine Todd

Performance characterization of sandwich composites embedded with fibre Bragg grating, E Oromiehie, Ginu Rajan, Gangadhara B. Prusty, and Paul P. Compston

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Development and validation of a disaster management metamodel (DMM), Siti Hajar Othman, Ghassan Beydoun, and Vijayan Sugumaran

Modifying fish gelatin electrospun membranes for biomedical applications: cross-linking and swelling behavior, J Padrão, J P. Silva, L R. Rodrigues, F Dourado, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, and Vitor Sencadas

Carbon nanofiber type and content dependence of the physical properties of carbon nanofiber reinforced polypropylene composites, A J. Paleo, Vitor Sencadas, F W. Van Hattum, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez, and A Ares

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Electro-tactile feedback system for achieving embodiment in a tele-operated robot, Daniel Pamungkas and Koren Ward

Enhancing properties of high-temperature superconducting step-edge Josephson junctions by nano-multilayers with a small mismatch, A V. Pan, O V. Shcherbakova, S A. Fedoseev, I A. Golovchanskiy, D Attard, S K.H Lam, J Du, C P. Foley, S Rubanov, and A Suvorova

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Solitary waves in nematic liquid crystals, Panayotis Panayotaros and T R. Marchant

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Operando neutron powder diffraction studies of batteries on WOMBAT, Wei Kong Pang

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Electrochemistry and structure of the cobalt-free Li1+xMO2 (M = Li, Ni, Mn, Fe) composite cathode, Wei Kong Pang, Sujith Kalluri, Vanessa Peterson, S X. Dou, and Zaiping Guo

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In-situ synchrotron diffraction study of the phase evolution of the novel Nax(Fe1/2Mn1/2)O2 cathode for use in sodium-ion batteries, Wei Kong Pang, Sujith Kalluri, Vanessa K. Peterson, Neeraj Sharma, Hua-Kun Liu, Shi Xue Dou, and Zhenyan Guo

Understanding and improving the thermal stability of layered ternary carbides in ceramic matrix composites, Wei Kong Pang and Itmeng Low

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Lithium migration in Li4Ti5O12 studied using in-situ neutron powder diffraction, Wei Kong Pang, Vanessa Peterson, Neeraj Sharma, Je-Jang Shiu, and She-Huang Wu

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Structure of the Li4Ti5O12 anode during charge-discharge cycling, Wei Kong Pang, Vanessa Peterson, Neeraj Sharma, Je-Jang Shiu, and She-Huang Wu

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Evidence of solid-solution reaction upon lithium insertion into cryptomelane K0.25Mn2O4 material, Wei Kong Pang, Vanessa Peterson, Neeraj Sharma, Chaofeng Zhang, and Zaiping Guo

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In-situ neutron diffraction study of the simultaneous structural evolution of a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode and a Li4Ti5O12 anode in a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4∥Li4Ti5O12 full cell, Wei Kong Pang, Neeraj Sharma, Vanessa K. Peterson, Je-Jang Shiu, and She-huang Wu

Neutron diffraction residual stress measurements of welds made with pulsed tandem gas metal arc welding (PT-GMAW), Anna Paradowska, Nathan Larkin, Huijun Li, Zengxi Pan, Chen Shen, and M Law

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A study surface layer and hardness produced by induction hardened S45C steel, Alain Parisianto, Rosfian Dahar, Huijun Li, and Syamsul Hadi

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Wear behaviour of stellite 6 coatings produced on an austenitic stainless steel substrate by laser cladding using two different heat inputs, Alain Parisianto, Druce Dunne, and Huijun Li

Laser cladding of wear resistant Stellite 6 coating on P22 steel substrate with two different energy inputs, Alain Parisianto, Druce Dunne, Huijun Li, and David Nolan

Study of laser cladding of stellite 6 on nickel superalloy substrate with two different energy inputs, Alain Parisianto, Druce Dunne, Huijun Li, and David Nolan

Behavior of biaxially-loaded rectangular concrete-filled steel tubular slender beam-columns with preload effects, Vipulkumar Patel, Qing Quan Liang, and Muhammad Hadi

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Nonlinear analysis of axially loaded cicular concrete-filled stainless steel tubular short columns, Vipulkumar Patel, Qing Quan Liang, and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Numerical analysis of high-strength concrete-filled steel tubular slender beam-columns under cyclic loading, Vipulkumar Patel, Qing Quan Liang, and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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A novel hydro-geochemical model for treating acidic groundwater utilizing a permeable reactive barrier, Punyama Udeshini Pathirage, Buddhima Indraratna, and Laura Banasiak

Hydro-geochemical model for treating acidic groundwater using a permeable reactive barrier, Udeshini Pathirage and Buddhima Indraratna

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Evaluating the influence of virtual reality-based training on workers' competencies in the mining industry, Shiva Pedram, Pascal Perez, and Stephen Palmisano

Influence factors for brittle-to-ductile transition in twinned copper, Linqing Pei, Cheng Lu, A Kiet Tieu, Xing Zhao, Kuiyu Cheng, and Liang Zhang

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Modelling and identifying the parameters of a magneto-rheological damper with a force-lag phenomenon, Gangrou Peng, Weihua Li, Haiping Du, Huaxia Deng, and Gursel Alici

Experimental and modeling study of viscoelastic behaviors of magneto-rheological shear thickening fluids, Gangrou Peng, Weihua Li, Tongfei Tian, Jie Ding, and Masami Nakano

Spectral selectivity of 3D magnetophotonic crystal film fabricated from single butterfly wing scales, Wenhong Peng, Shenmin Zhu, Wang Zhang, Qingqing Yang, Di Zhang, and Zhixin Chen

Perceived barriers for implanting microchips in humans: A transnational study, Christine Perakslis, Katina Michael, M G. Michael, and Robert Gable

Drones humanus, Christine Perakslis, Jeremy Pitt, and Katina Michael

The crystallography of carbide-free bainites in thermo-mechanically processed low Si transformation-induced plasticity steels, Elena V. Pereloma, Fayez Al-Harbi, and Azdiar A. Gazder

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Effect of austenite deformation temperature on Nb clustering and precipitation in microalloyed steel, E V Pereloma, A G Kostryzhev, A Alshahrani, C Zhu, J M. Cairney, C R. Killmore, and S P. Ringer

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Soil distrubance associated with mandrel-driven prefabricated vertical drains: field experience, Darshana Perera, Buddhima Indraratna, and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

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Voltage unbalance emission allocation using constrained bus voltage method in radial distribution networks, Devinda Perera, Philip Ciufo, Sarath Perera, and Lasantha Meegahapola

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Characterisation of flicker emission and propagation in distribution networks with bi-directional power flows, D Perera, L Meegahapola, S Perera, and P Ciufo

Assessment and monitoring of the effects of the CoMmod approach, Pascal Perez, Sigrid Aubert, William's Dare, Raphaele Ducrot, Natalie A. Jones, Jerome Queste, Guy Trebuil, and AnneMarie Van Paassen

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TransMob: an agent based simulation of transport demand and residential mobility in South East Sydney, Pascal Perez, Nam N. Huynh, Vu Lam Cao, Rohan Wickramasuriya, and Matthew J. Berryman

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QoE-based network-centric resource allocation for on-demand uplink adaptive HTTP streaming over LTE network, Farhan Pervez and Muhammad Salman Raheel

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Confinement model for FRP confined normal- and high-strength concrete circular columns, Thong M. Pham and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Predicting stress and strain of FRP-confined square/retangular columns using artificial neural networks, Thong M. Pham and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Stress prediction model for FRP confined rectangular concrete columns with rounded corners, Thong M. Pham and Muhammad N. S Hadi

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Self-reported gambling problems and digital traces, James Phillips, James Sargeant, Rowan Ogeil, Yang-Wai Chow, and Alex Blaszczynski

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LLL for ideal lattices re-evaluation of the security of Gentry-Halevi's FHE scheme, Thomas Plantard, Willy Susilo, and Zhenfei Zhang

Spatial resolution studies for a prototype proton CT scanner, Tia E. Plautz, Vladimir Bashkirov, R F. Hurley, Valentina Giacometti, R P. Johnson, Hartmut FW Sadrozinski, Reinhard W. Schulte, and A Zatserklyaniy

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A comparison of coordinate systems for use in determining a radiotherapy delineation margin for whole breast, Elise Pogson, Lauren Bell, Vikneswary Batumalai, Eng-Siew Koh, Geoff Delaney, Peter E. Metcalfe, and Lois Holloway

An end-effector based upper-limb rehabilitation robot: preliminary mechanism design, Yekaterina Ponomarenko, Bauyrzhan Aubakir, Shahid Hussain, and Almas Shintemirov

Spatial Fay-Herriot models for small area estimation with functional covariates, A Porter, S Holan, Christopher Wikle, and Noel Cressie

Engaging students in learning, Anne Porter

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Mathematics in a connected world, Anne Porter

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Full scale tests to compare the strength of polymer liners with high tensile steel mesh, Ian Porter, Zhenjun Shan, Jan Nemcik, and Ernest Baafi

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Minimisation of video downstream bit rate for large scale immersive video conferencing by utilising the perceptual variations of quality, Pedram Pourashraf, Farzad Safaei, and Daniel Franklin

Simulation and testing of thin microstrip silicon dosimeters for the microbeam 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, and B Stugu

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Intelligent approaches to complex systems, P K. S Prakash and Nagesh Shukla

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Developing a tool for crowd-sourced verification of a radiation oncology ontology: a summer project, Joshua Pratt, Vishal Pandian, Evan Morrison, and Andrew Alexis Miller

Human computer interaction using hand gestures, Prashan Premaratne

Image matching using moment invariants, Prashan Premaratne and Malin Premaratne

Dynamic hand gesture recognition framework, Prashan Premaratne, Shuai Yang, Zhengmao Zhou, and Nalin Bandara

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Neutron-gamma pulse shape discrimination using organic scintillators with silicon photomultiplier readout, Rhys M. Preston, John Eberhardt, and James Tickner

Effects of different inlet vent positions on the uniformity of humidity inside a building chamber, Liang Pu, Yanzhong Li, Fu Xiao, Zhenjun Ma, Di Qi, and Suping Shen

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Ionic electroactive polymer artificial muscles in space applications, Andres Punning, Kwang J. Kim, Viljar Palmre, Frederic Vidal, Cedric Plesse, Nicolas Festin, Ali Maziz, Kinji Asaka, Takushi Sugino, Gursel Alici, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Gordon G. Wallace, Indrek Must, Inga Poldsalu, Veiko Vunder, Rauno Temmer, Karl Kruusamae, Janno Torop, Friedrich Kaasik, Pille Rinne, Urmas Johanson, Anna Liisa Peikolainen, Tarmo Tamm, and Alvo Aabloo

Cointegration with a time trend and pairs trading strategy: empirical study on the S&P 500 future and spot index prices, Heni Puspaningrum, Yan-Xia Lin, and Chandra M. Gulati