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School of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences
AUT is home to a number of renowned research institutes in engineering, and computer and mathematical sciences. The School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences strong industry partnerships and the unique combination of engineering, computer and mathematical sciences within one school stimulates interdisciplinary research beyond traditional boundaries. Current research interests include:
- Artificial Intelligence; Astronomy and Space Research;
- Biomedical Technologies;
- Computer Engineering; Computer Vision; Construction Management;
- Data Science;
- Health Informatics and eHealth;
- Industrial Optimisation, Modelling & Control;
- Information Security;
- Mathematical Sciences Research; Materials & Manufacturing Technologies;
- Networking, Instrumentation and Telecommunications;
- Parallel and Distributed Systems; Power and Energy Engineering;
- Software Engineering; Signal Processing; STEM Education;
- Wireless Engineering;
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Energy Savings Using Direct Current (DC) from Photovoltaic (PV) System in a Residential Home
(IEEE, 2019)The conventional AC nanogrid with photovoltaic (PV) system has suffered from power loss caused by power conversion from DC to AC and back to DC for most of the end use in a typical residential home. To overcome the problem, ... -
Feasibility Study to Install a 1 MW Grid Connected Solar Plant in Wairoa-Mahia Peninsular, New Zealand
(IEEE, 2019)This study intends to investigate the voltage drop issue along the Mahia distribution network (11kV line) and further assess the feasibility of developing a grid tied 1MW solar farm in Wairoa District, New Zealand. The ... -
Low Complexity Non-Intrusive Load Disaggregation of Air Conditioning Unit and Electric Vehicle Charging
(IEEE, 2019)Energy monitoring is inevitable towards achieving energy efficiency and conservation. Load disaggregation is one of the techniques towards effective energy monitoring. In the said domain, Non-Intrusive Appliance Load ... -
Application of Dynamic Thermal Rating: Overhead Line Critical Spans Identification Under Weather Dependent Optimized Sensor Placement
(Elsevier, 2019)Dynamic thermal rating (DTR) for an overhead transmission line is a viable and cost-effective technique based on real weather conditions to mitigate congestion and avoid load shedding for reliable transfer of the required ... -
The Effect of Propagation Models on IEEE 802.11n over 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz in Noisy Channels: A Simulation Study
(IEEE, 2020)IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (also called Wi-Fi) are widely used as Internet access technologies due to its availability, high-speed, low-cost, and standardization world-wide. While the performance of Wi-Fi has ... -
Macrosegregation in Dissimilar-metal Fusion Welding
(Elsevier, 2016)Solute segregation on a macroscopic scale in a weld between two dissimilar metals or alloys has long been recognized, but fundamental understanding of macrosegregation in dissimilar-metal welding is still lacking. Two ... -
Applying Visual Cryptography to Enhance Text Captchas
Nowadays, lots of applications and websites utilize text-based captchas to partially protect the authentication mechanism. However, in recent years, different ways have been exploited to automatically recognize text-based ... -
Model Demonstrates Functional Purpose of the Nasal Cycle
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: Despite the occurrence of the nasal cycle being well documented, the functional purpose of this phenomenon is not well understood. This investigation seeks to better understand the physiological objective of ... -
Visible Light Communication: A System Perspective - Overview and Challenges
(MDPI, 2019)Visible light communication (VLC) is a new paradigm that could revolutionise the future of wireless communication. In VLC, information is transmitted through modulating the visible light spectrum (400–700 nm) that is used ... -
Identifying Common Problems in the Determination of the Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Substances by Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Students
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Transformative Change in Engineering Education
(Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), 2019)No abstract. -
Energy-efficient Massive Data Dissemination Through Vehicle Mobility in Smart Cities
(MDPI, 2019)One of the main challenges of operating a smart city (SC) is collecting the massive data generated from multiple data sources (DSs) and transmitting them to the control units (CUs) for further data processing and analysis. ... -
Agility Practices for Software Development: An Investigation of Agile Organization Concepts
(Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), 2019)In the context of agile software development in New Zealand and Australia, this paper examines the organizational agility related practices with agile software development. The paper looks at ... -
Design and Implementation of a Self-powered Smart Water Meter
(MDPI, 2019)Smart cities require interactive management of water supply networks and water meters play an important role in such a task. As compared to fully mechanical water meters, electromechanical water meters or fully electronic ... -
Big Data Offloading using Smart Public Vehicles with Software Defined Connectivity
(IEEE, 2019)With the explosive increase in the number of mobile devices such as smartphones or laptops, the design of mobile applications becomes increasingly complex, power hungry and resource consuming. Therefore, conventional ... -
A Survey on Application of Non-orthogonal Multiple Access to Different Wireless Networks
The fifth generation (5G) wireless systems are anticipated to meet unprecedented capacity and latency requirements. In order to resolve these challenges in 5G, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is considered as a ... -
Shaping and Delivering Tomorrow’s Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management System: Proposal for a Structured Data Management Infrastructure
(Inderscience, 2019)The monitoring and collection of municipal solid waste (MSW) data have been a daunting task. The development of a digital mapping, data collection, and data reporting system, allows for ease of data management and creation ... -
Human Gait Recognition Based on Frame-by-frame Gait Energy Images and Convolutional Long Short Term Memory
Human gait recognition is one of the most promising biometric technologies, especially for unobtrusive video surveillance and human identification from a distance. Aiming at improving recognition rate, in this paper we ... -
Course Keeping Control of Boeing 747 by using a Minimum-order Observer State Controller
(Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors (IRED), 2018)In this paper, a state space mathematical model of the Boeing 747 was defined, particularly for the lateral aircraft motions. A dynamical behavior of the model has been analized through numerical and graph-analytical ... -
Why Nasal Airways Experience Drying During Nasal-applied Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy
(Wiley, 2017)Introduction Since its introduction over thirty years ago, users of nasal‐applied continuous positive air pressure (n‐CPAP) therapy have commonly reported symptoms associated with airway drying. Here the normally robust ...