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.

Related series: EIS Papers: Part A; Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive); and Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive).

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Papers from 2017

Shear strength properties of cable bolts using a new double shear instrument, experimental study, and numerical simulation, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Haleh Rasekh, Naj Aziz, Guanyu Yang, Saman Khaleghparast, and Jan Nemcik

Enhancement for secure multiple matrix multiplications over ring-LWE homomorphic encryption, Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Dung Hoang Duong, and Masaya Yasuda

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Applying the genetic algorithm for determination electrospinning parameters of poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nano fibers: theoretical & experimental analysis, Fatemeh Mokhtari, Masoud Latifi, and Mahnaz Shamshirsaz

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Diesel particulate matter investigations in underground coal mines, Ramakrishna Morla and Shivakumar Karekal

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Observer-Based Load Frequency Control for Island Microgrid with Photovoltaic Power, Chaoxu Mu, Weiqiang Liu, Wei Xu, and Md Rabiul Islam

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SBAR: A Conceptual Framework to Support Learning Path Adaptation in Mobile Learning, Alva Hendi Muhammad, Jun Shen, Ghassan Beydoun, and Dongming Xu

Leveraging the Propagation Model to Make Greedy Routing Decisions in Urban Environments, Abhinay Mukunthan, Craig Cooper, Farzad Safaei, Daniel R. Franklin, and Mehran Abolhasan

Hybrid Approach for Rigid Piled-Raft Foundations Subjected to Coupled Loads in Layered Soils, Linlong Mu, Qingsheng Chen, Maosong Huang, and Sudip Basack

Accuracy of outpatient service data for activity-based funding in New South Wales, Australia, Esther Naliaka Munyisia, David W. Reid, and Ping Yu

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Three-Dimensional Kinematic Modeling of Helix-Forming Lamina-Emergent Soft Smart Actuators Based on Electroactive Polymers, Rahim Mutlu, Gursel Alici, and Weihua Li

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A 3D printed monolithic soft gripper with adjustable stiffness, Rahim Mutlu, Charbel Tawk, Gursel Alici, and Emre Sariyildiz

Minimizing the steady-state impediments to solar photovoltaics, Kashem M. Muttaqi, Jamshid Aghaei, Mohammad Askarpour, and Velappa Ganapathy

A synchronization control technique for soft connection of doubly-fed induction generator based wind turbines to the power grid, Kashem M. Muttaqi and Mehrdad Tarafdar Hagh

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Use of rubber mats to improve the deformation and degradation behavior of rail ballast under cyclic loading, Sinniah Navaratnarajah and Buddhima Indraratna

Efficient regular modular exponentiation using multiplicative half-size splitting, Christophe Negre and Thomas Plantard

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A Mathematical Model for End-Product Toxicity, Mark Nelson

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The Demon Drink, Mark Nelson, Peter Hagedoorn, and Annette L. Worthy

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Static and dynamic behaviours of railway prestressed concrete sleepers with longitudinal through hole, C Ngamkhanong, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, and Alex M. Remennikov

Enhanced biogas production and performance assessment of a full-scale anaerobic digester with acid phase digestion, Long D. Nghiem, John Wickham, and Dieudonne Ohandja

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Performance Assessment of Geocell-Reinforced Subballast: Modeling and Design Implications, Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna, and Michael Biabani

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A study of the geogrid-subballast interface via experimental evaluation and discrete element modelling, Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna, and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

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Closure to "Micromechanics-Based Investigation of Fouled Ballast Using Large-Scale Triaxial Tests and Discrete Element Modeling", Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna, and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

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Coupled DEM-FEM analysis for simulating ballasted rail tracks, Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna, and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

DEM modelling of geocells reinforced subballast in rail tracks, Ngoc Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, and Tim Neville

Detection of ground parrot vocalisation: A multiple instance learning approach, Duc Thanh Nguyen, Philip O. Ogunbona, Wanqing Li, Elizabeth M. Tasker, and John Yearwood

Enhanced pixel-wise voting for image vanishing point detection in road scenes, Linh Nguyen, Son Lam Phung, and Abdesselam Bouzerdoum

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Continuous transformation of chiral pharmaceuticals in enzymatic membrane bioreactors for advanced wastewater treatment, Ngoc Luong Nguyen, Faisal I. Hai, James A. McDonald, Stuart J. Khan, William E. Price, and Long D. Nghiem

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Exploration of an innovative draw solution for a forward osmosis-membrane distillation desalination process, Nguyen Cong Nguyen, Shiao-Shing Chen, Shubham Jain, Hau Thi Nguyen, Saikat Sinha Ray, Hao H. Ngo, Wenshan Guo, Ngoc Tuan Lam, and Hung Duong

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Experimental and numerical investigations into hydraulic behaviour of coir fibre drain, Thanh Trung Nguyen and Buddhima Indraratna

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The permeability of natural fibre drains, capturing their micro-features, Thanh Trung Nguyen and Buddhima Indraratna

A numerical investigation into the transverse permeability of fibrous geomaterials, Thanh Trung Nguyen, Buddhima Indraratna, and Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn

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Finite element modelling of biodegradable jute drains, Thanh Trung Nguyen, Buddhima Indraratna, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, and John Philip Carter

Network analysis in detection of early-stage mild cognitive impairment, Huang Jing Ni, Jiaolong Qin, Luping Zhou, Zhigen Zhao, Jun Wang, and Fengzhen Hou

Supporting Student Projects through Feedback from Transnational Peers and Industry Experts in a Mixed-Reality Immersive Environment, Sasha Nikolic, Mark Jian Wei Lee, Christian H. Ritz, and Peter James Vial

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Exploring Student Interest of Online Peer Assisted Learning Using Mixed-Reality Technology, Sasha Nikolic and Benjamin Nicholls

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Designing and Using Self-Paced Tutorials: Lessons from the Pilot, Sasha Nikolic and Raad Raad

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A comparison of two types of bank investments, Rodney Nillsen

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Does Mathematical Study Develop Logical Thinking? Testing the Theory of Formal Discipline, Rodney Nillsen

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Higher education policy and cultural change in universities, Rodney Nillsen

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Vanishing Fourier coefficients and the expression of functions in L2(T) as sums of generalised differences, Rodney Nillsen

Vibration reduction of seat suspension using observer based terminal sliding mode control with acceleration data fusion, Donghong Ning, Shuaishuai Sun, Lidui Wei, Bangji Zhang, Haiping Du, and Weihua Li

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Disturbance observer based Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy control for an active seat suspension, Donghong Ning, Shuaishuai Sun, Fei Zhang, Haiping Du, Weihua Li, and Bangji Zhang

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A concurrent interdependent service level agreement negotiation protocol in dynamic service-oriented computing environments, Lei Niu, Fenghui Ren, and Minjie Zhang

A Concurrent Multiple Negotiation Protocol Based on Colored Petri Nets, Lei Niu, Fenghui Ren, Minjie Zhang, and Quan Bai

A new trellis model for MAC layer cooperative retransmission protocols, Wei Ni, Mehran Abolhasan, Brett Hagelstein, Ren Liu, and Xin Wang

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Review on Design and Control Aspects of Robotic Shoulder Rehabilitation Orthoses, Aibek Niyetkaliyev; Shahid Hussain; Mergen HMcGill University, Ghayesh; and Gursel Alici

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Modelling of the human shoulder girdle as a 6-4 parallel mechanism with a moving scapulothoracic joint, Aibek Niyetkaliyev, Shahid Hussain, Prashant K. Jamwal, and Gursel Alici

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Increased genomic prediction accuracy in wheat breeding using a large Australian panel, Adam Norman, J D. Taylor, Emi Tanaka, Paul Telfer, James Edwards, Jean-Pierre Martinant, and Haydn Kuchel

Recent gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process developments: the implications related to international fabrication standards, John Norrish

Experimental verification of dose enhancement effects in a lung phantom from inline magnetic fields, Bradley M. Oborn, Maegan Gargett, Trent Causer, Sarah Alnaghy, Nicholas G. Hardcastle, Peter E. Metcalfe, and Paul J. Keall

Sequence of phase evolution during mechanically induced self-propagating reaction synthesis of TiB and TiB2 via magnetically controlled ball milling of titanium and boron powders, Erhuvwu J. Oghenevweta, David Wexler, and Andrzej Calka

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In vitro investigation of the dose-rate effect on the biological effectiveness of megavoltage X-ray radiation doses, Sianne Oktaria, Michael L. F Lerch, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, Moeava Tehei, and Stephanie Corde

Tunnel support for stress induced failures in Hawkesbury Sandstone, David A. Oliveira and Mark S. Diederichs

Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts-A practical and sensitive method for counting and manipulating small numbers, Jerry E. Ongerth and Frhat M.A. Saaed

Controlled release drug delivery via polymeric microspheres: a neat application of the spherical diffusion equation, Carl Ormerod and Mark Nelson

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In-situ simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature in automated fiber placement (AFP) using optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, Ebrahim Oromiehie, B Prusty, Paul P. Compston, and Ginu Rajan

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The influence of consolidation force on the performance of AFP manufactured laminates, Ebrahim Oromiehie, Gangadhara B. Prusty, Paul P. Compston, and Ginu Rajan

Machine learning based process monitoring and characterisation of automated composites, Ebrahim Oromiehie, Gangadhara B. Prusty, Ginu Rajan, Chathura Wanigasekara, and Akshya Swain

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VDES J2325-5229 a z = 2.7 gravitationally lensed quasar discovered using morphology-independent supervised machine learning, Fernanda Ostrovski, Richard G. McMahon, Andrew J. Connolly, Cameron A. Lemon, Matthew W. Auger, Manda Banerji, Johnathan M. Hung, Sergey E. Koposov, and Christopher E. Lidman

Selection for water-soluble carbohydrate accumulation and investigation of genetic x environment interactions in an elite wheat breeding population, Ben Ovenden, Andrew W. Milgate, Christopher J. Lisle, Len Wade, Greg J. Rebetzke, and James Holland

An experimental analysis of strontium titanate ceramic substrates polished by magnetorheological finishing with dynamic magnetic fields formed by rotating magnetic poles, Jisheng Pan, Peng Yu, Qiusheng Yan, and Weihua Li

Blind speaker counting in highly reverberant environments by clustering coherence features, Shahab Pasha, Jacob Donley, and Christian H. Ritz

Towards real-time source counting by estimation of coherent-to-diffuse ratios from ad-hoc microphone array recordings, Shahab Pasha, Jacob Donley, Christian H. Ritz, and Yue-Xian Zou

Spatial multi-channel linear prediction for dereverberation of ad-hoc microphones, Shahab Pasha, Christian H. Ritz, and Yue-Xian Zou

Compression tests on square hybird FRP-concrete-steel tubular columns with a rib-stiffened steel inner tube, Kaidi Peng, Tao Yu, and Muhammad N. S Hadi

An efficient local method for stereo matching using daisy features, Xiaoming Peng, Abdesselam Bouzerdoum, and Son Lam Phung

Particle stimulated nucleation during dynamic and metadynamic recrystallisation of Ni-30%Fe-Nb-C alloy, Elena V. Pereloma, Parvez Mannan, Gilberto Casillas, and Ahmed A. Saleh

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Analytical model for vacuum consolidation incorporating soil disturbance caused by mandrel-driven drains, Darshana Perera, Buddhima Indraratna, Serge Leroueil, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, and Richard Kelly

Coal mine dust lung disease in the modern era, Jennifer L. Perret, Brian W. Plush, Phillippe Lachapelle, Timothy S. C Hinks, Clare Walter, Philip Clarke, Louis Irving, Pat Brady, Shyamali Dharmage, and Alastair Stewart

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Functional MRI for quantitative treatment response prediction in locally advanced rectal cancer, Trang Pham, Gary P. Liney, Karen Ms Karen Wong, and Michael Barton

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Study protocol: Multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging for therapeutic response prediction in rectal cancer, Trang Pham, Gary P. Liney, Karen Ms Karen Wong, Roshika Rai, Mark T. Lee, Daniel Moses, Christopher Henderson, Michael Lin, Joo-Shik Shin, and Michael Barton

A study of abrasive wear on high speed steel surface in hot rolling by Discrete Element Method, Hoang The Phan, Anh Kiet Tieu, Hongtao Zhu, Buyung Kosasih, Qiang Zhu, Andrew P. Grima, and Thi Dinh Ta

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Monitoring and management of a landslide on the main motorway between Sydney and Wollongong, NSW Australia, Cameron Pierce, Phillip N. Flentje, Alex Dunstan, Andrew Monk, Milan Sladakovic, and Dakshina Silva

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A unified censored normal regression model for qPCR differential gene expression analysis, Peter Pipelers, Lieven Clement, Matthijs Vynck, Jan Hellemans, J Vandesompele, and Olivier Thas

Enhanced digital signature using RNS digit exponent representation, Thomas Plantard and Jean-Marc Robert

High dose rate brachytherapy source measurement intercomparison, Joel Poder, Ryan L. Smith, Nikki Shelton, May Whitaker, Duncan Butler, and Annette Haworth

Dose accumulation of multiple high dose rate prostate brachytherapy treatments in two commercially available image registration systems, Joel Poder, Johnson Yuen, Andrew Howie, Andrej Bece, and Joseph A. Bucci

Multi-institutional comparison of simulated treatment delivery errors in ssIMRT, manually planned VMAT and autoplan-VMAT plans for nasopharyngeal radiotherapy, Elise M. Pogson, Sankar Aruguman, Christian R. Hansen, Michael Currie, Bradley M. Oborn, Samuel J. Blake, Josip Juresic, Cesar Ochoa, Jim Yakobi, Alicia Haman, Admir Trtovac, Martin G. Carolan, Lois C. Holloway, and David Thwaites

Adaptive Partial Shortcuts: Path Optimization for Industrial Robotics, Joseph Polden, Zengxi Stephen Pan, Nathan P. Larkin, and Stephen van Duin

Highwall Mining: Applicability, Design & Safety, John Loui Porathur, P Pal Roy, Baotang Shen, and Shivakumar Karekal

Corrosion Behavior of Metal Active Gas Welded Joints of a High-Strength Steel for Automotive Application, Maina Portella Garcia, Gerson Mantovani, R Vasant, and Renato Antunes

Perceptual Pruning: A Context-Aware Transcoder for Immersive Video Conferencing Systems, Pedram Pourashraf and Farzad Safaei

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A Study of User Perception of the Quality of Video Content Rendered Inside a 3-D Virtual Environment, Pedram Pourashraf, Farzad Safaei, and Daniel R. Franklin

Biofiltration of feedwater to control organic fouling of low pressure membranes, Biplob K. Pramanik, Felicity Roddick, and Linhua Fan

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Ventilative cooling through automated window opening control systems to address thermal discomfort risk during the summer period: Framework, simulation and parametric analysis, Theofanis Psomas, Massimo Fiorentini, Georgios Kokogiannakis, and Per K. Heiselberg

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Precision of EMR Data: The Case For a Drug and Alcohol Service, Siyu Qian, Esther Munyisia, Ping Yu, David M. Hailey, and David Reid

Impact and close-in blast response of auxetic honeycomb-cored sandwich panels: Experimental tests and numerical simulations, Chang Qi, Alex M. Remennikov, Lian Pei, Shu Yang, Zhi Yu, and Tuan D. Ngo

Synthesis of mesoporous NiCo2S4 deposited on reduced graphite oxide assistant by co-polymer Pluronic F127 for high-performance supercapacitor, Huiya Qin, Shuo Yang, Wenliang Zhao, Zhengchun Yang, Xuan Li, Hui Jun Li, and Pei Yao

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The effect of nursing participation in the design of a critical care information system: a 4 case study in a Chinese hospital, Yanhong Qin, Ranyun Zhou, Qiong Wu, Xiaodi Huang, Xinli Chen, Weiwei Wang, Xun Wang, Hua Xu, Jing Zheng, Siyu Qian, Changqing Bai, and Ping Yu

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Study of micro flexible rolling based on grained inhomogeneity, Feijun Qu, Zhengyi Jiang, Dongbin Wei, Qingqiang Chen, and Haina Lu

Cooperative recovery of coverage holes in WSNs via disjoint spanning trees, Ali Rafiei, Mehran Abolhasan, Daniel R. Franklin, Farzad Safaei, Stephen Smith, and Wei Ni

Effect of the number of participating nodes on recovery of WSN coverage holes, Ali Rafiei, Mehran Abolhasan, Daniel R. Franklin, Farzad Safaei, Stephen Smith, and Wei Ni

A novel Energy-Efficient Video Streaming method for decentralized Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, Muhammad Salman Raheel, Saeid Iranmanesh, and Raad Raad

Performance evaluation of carrier-based modulation strategies for modular cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters, Md Ashib Rahman and Md Rabiul Islam

Modified carrier-based over-modulation technique for improved switching performance of multilevel converters, Md Ashib Rahman, Md Rabiul Islam, Youguang Guo, Jianguo Zhu, and Gang Lei

MRI micturating urethrography for improved urethral delineation in prostate radiotherapy planning: A case study, Robba Rai, Mark Sidhom, Karen Lim, Lucy Ohanessian, and Gary P. Liney

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Etched Polymer Fibre Bragg Gratings and Their Biomedical Sensing Applications, Ginu Rajan, Kishore Bhowmik, Jiangtao Xi, and Gang-Ding Peng

High Frequency Fibre Bragg Grating Interrogator for Monitoring Rock Cracking Events for Mining Applications, Ginu Rajan and Shivakumar Karekal

Fouling and wetting studies relating to the vacuum membrane distillation process for brackish and grey water treatment, Mohammad Ramezanianpour and Muttucumaru Sivakumar

Heat and mass transfer simulation and experimental evaluation of solar powered vacuum membrane distillation system, Mohammad Ramezanianpour and Muttucumaru Sivakumar