2015

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Accredited Publications

Broich R & Grobler H, “Soft-core Dataflow Processor Architecture Optimised for Radar Signal Processing”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 34, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 43-51

Chatterjee A, Zhang L & Xia X, “Optimization of mine ventilation fan speeds according to ventilation on demand and time of use tariff”, Applied Energy, vol. 146, pp. 65-73

Chiwewe T, Colman M & Hancke GP (Dr), “Using cognitive radio for interference-resistant industrial wireless sensor networks: An overview”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1466-1481

Coppejans HHG & Myburgh HC, “A Primer on Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Design”, Sensors, vol. 15, pp. 30033-30061

Dabrowski JJ & De Villiers JP, “A unified model for context-based behavioural modelling and classification”, Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 42, pp. 6738-6757

Dabrowski JJ & De Villiers JP, “Maritime piracy situation modelling with dynamic Bayesian networks”, Information Fusion, vol. 23, pp. 116-130

Darchinimaragheh K & Alfa AS, “An analytical model for molecular propagation in nanocommunication via filaments using relay-enabled nodes”, IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 870-881

de Figueiredo, Linde LP & van Wyk JH, “Space-time precoded CDMA-OFDMA employing super-orthogonal complete complementary codes”, SAIEE Africa Research Journal, vol. 106, no. 4, pp. 195-200

de Freitas A, de Villiers JP & Nel WAJ, “Joint inference of dominant scatterer locations and motion parameters of an extended target in high range-resolution radar”, IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 519-530

du Plessis M & Joubert T-H, “Electroluminescence from two junction punch through structures in silicon nanowires”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 27, no. 16, pp. 1741-1744

du Plessis M, Wen H & Belotti E, “Temperature characteristics of hot electron electroluminescence in silicon”, Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 12605-12612

du Toit EF & Craig IK, “Selective pinning control of the average disease transmissibility in an HIV contact network”, Physical Review, vol.  E92, pp. 012810 1-8

Farazmand Y & Alfa AS, “A coalitional game-based relay load balancing and power allocation scheme in decode-and-forward cellular relay networks”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2015, pp. 1-10

Ferreira R & Joubert J, “A broadband 180° hybrid ring coupler using a microstrip-to-slotline inverter”,  Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 2164-2168

Fisher R, Lehlogonolo L, Hancke G (Dr) & Kruger C, “Open hardware: A role to play in wireless sensor Networks”, Sensors, vol. 15, pp. 6818-6844

Focke RW,  de Villiers JP & Inggs MR, “Interval algebra - An effective means of scheduling surveillance radar networks”, Information Fusion, vol. 23, pp. 81-98

He Q & Alfa AS, “Construction of Markov chains for discrete time MAP/PH/K queues”, Performance Evaluation, vol. 93, pp. 17-26

Ibrahim A & Alfa AS, “Using lagrangian relaxation for radio resource allocation in high altitude platforms”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 5823-5835

Jacobs JP , “Efficient resonant frequency modelling for dual-band microstrip antennas by Gaussian process regression”, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 14, pp. 337-341

Jacobs JP & Koziel S, “Reduced-cost microwave filter modeling using a two-stage Gaussian process regression approach”,  International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 453-462

Jadoun VK, Gupta N, Niazi KR, Swarnkar A & Bansal RC, “Multi-area environmental economic dispatch with reserve constraints using enhanced particle Swarm optimization”, Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 43, no. 13, pp. 1667-1679

Jiang M, Mei J & Hu J, “New results on exponential synchronization of memristor-based chaotic neural networks”, Neurocomputing, vol. 156, pp. 60 - 67

Jie S, Seisong Z, Xiangjun J, Xin Z & Malekian R, “Underwater broadband acoustic  scattering modelling based on FDTD”, Elektronika IR Elektrotechnika, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 58-64

Joubert J & Odendaal JW, “Design of compact planar rat-race and branch-line hybrid couplers using polar curves”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 2637-2640

Kabeya M, Gitau M & Bansal R, “Performance analysis of power converter based active rectifier for an offshore wind park”, Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 43, no. 8 - 10, pp. 1089-1099

Kabeya M, Gitau M & Bansal R, “Analysis of a DC collector-based power converter topology for an offshore wind farm”, Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 43, no. 8-10, pp. 1113-1121

Kabeya M, Gitau M & Bansal R, “Dynamic analysis of DC-DC converter internal to an offshore wind farm”, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 542-548

Khatoon S, Nasiruddin I, Ehtesham R & Bansal R, “Optimal output vector feedback control strategy for wind power systems”, Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 43, no. 8-10, pp. 1122-1132

Kim TO, Devanarayana CN, Alfa AS & Choi BD, “An optimal admission control protocol for heterogeneous multicast streaming services”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 234-2359

Kleynhans W, Salmon BP & Olivier JC, “Detecting settlement expansion in South Africa using a hyper-temporal SAR change detection approach”, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 42, pp. 142-149

Kleynhans W, Salmon BP, Wessels K & Olivier JC, “Rapid detection of new and expanding human settlements in the Limpopo province of South Africa using a spatio-temporal change detection method”, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 40, pp. 74-80

Kloke KH, Joubert J & Odendaal JW, “Coaxial end-launched and microstrip to partial H-plane waveguide transitions”, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 3103-3108

Kumar A & Hancke GP (Dr), “A Zigbee-Based Animal Health Monitoring System”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 610-617

Kumar A, Srivastava V, Singh MK & Hancke GP (Dr),”Current Status of the IEEE 1451 Standard Based Sensor Applications”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 2505-2513

Kumar V, Joshi RR & Bansal R, “Development of a novel control for a matrix converter interfaced wind energy conversion system for dynamic performance enhancement”, Electric Power Components and System, vol. 43, No 8 - 10, pp. 1062-1071

Lambrechts JW & Sinha S, “Estimation of signal attenuation in the 60 GHZ band with an analog MiCMOS passive filter”, International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 645-653

Luus F, Salmon B, Vd Berg F & Maharaj BTW, “Multiview deep learning for land-use classification”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 2448-2452

M׳boungui G, Naidoo RM, Adendorff K, Jimoh AA & Okojie DE,  “A hybrid piezoelectric micro-power generator for use in low power applications”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.49, pp. 1136-1144

Malekian R,  Bogatinoska D, Karadimce A, Ye N, Trengoska J & Nyako WA, “A novel smart ECO model for energy consumption optimization”, Electronika Ir Electrotechnika, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 75-80 

Malherbe TK, Hanekom T & Hanekom JJ, “The effect of the resistive properties of bone on neural excitation and electric fields in cochlear implant models”, Hearing Research, vol. 327, pp. 126-135

Mathaba T & Xia X, “A parametric energy model for energy management of long belt conveyors”, Energies, vol. 8, pp. 13590-13608

Mei J, Jiang M, Wu Z & Wang X, “Periodically intermittent controlling for finite-time synchronization of complex dynamical networks”, Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 79, pp. 295-305

Meiring GAM & Myburgh HC, “A review ofintelligent driving style analysis systems and related artificial intelligence algorithms”, Sensors, vol. 15, pp. 30653-30682

Meyer EJ & Craig IK, “Dynamic model for a dense medium drum separator in coal beneficiation”, Minerals Engineering, vol. 77, pp. 78-85

Mphahlele M, Dharmadhikari AS, Jensen PA, Rudnick SN, V Reenen TH, Pagana MA, Leuschner W, Sears TA, Milonova sP, VdWalt M, Stoltz AC, Weyer K & Nardell EA, “Institutional tuberculosis transmission: Controlled trial of upper room ultraviolet air disinfection - a basis for new dosing guidelines”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 192, no. 4, pp. 477-484

Muller CJ & Craig IK, ”Modelling of a dual circuit induced draft cooling water system for control and optimisation purposes”, Journal of Process Control, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 105-114

Naidoo L, Mathieu R, main R, Kleynhans W, Wessels K, Asner G & Leblon B, “Savannah woody structure modelling and mapping using multi-frequency (X-, C- and L-band) Synthetic Aperture Radar data”, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol. 105, pp. 234-250

Numbi B & Xia X, “Systems optimization model for energy management of a parallel HPGR crushing process”, Applied Energy, vol. 149, pp. 133-147

Nwulu N & Xia X, “Implementing a model predictive control strategy on the dynamic economic emission dispatch problem with game theory based demand response programs”, Energy, vol. 91, pp. 404-419

Nwulu N & Xia X, “A combined dynamic economic emission dispatch and time of use demand response mathematical modelling framework”, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 7, pp. 1-22

Nwulu NI & Xia X, “Multi-objective dynamic economic emission dispatch of electric power generation integrated with game theory based demand response programs”, eEnergy Conversion and Management, vol. 89, pp. 963-974

Okonkwo UK, Malekian R & Maharaj BTJ, “Diffusion-controlled interface kinetics-inclusive system-theoretic propagation models for molecular communication systems”, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2015, pp. 1-23

Olivier LE & Craig IK, “Development and application of a model-plant mismatch expression for liner time-invariant systems”, Journal of Process Control, vol. 32, pp. 77-86

Oosthuizen DJJ, Hanekom JJ, “Fuzzy information transmission analysis for continuous speech features”, Journal of Acoustic Society of America, vol. 137, pp. 1983-1994

Radzi NHM, Bansal RC & Dong ZY, “New Australian NEM transmission use of system charging methodologies for integrating renewable generation to existing grid”, Renewable Energy, vol. 76, pp. 72-81

Radzi NHM, Bansal RC, Dong ZY, Hassan MY & Wong KP, “Integrating transmission loss component with the distribution factors enhanced transmission pricing method”, Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 43, pp. 10-21

Reddy R & Sinha S, “A 6-bit, 500-MS/s current-steering DAC in SiGe BiCMOS technology and considerations for SFDR performance”, Microelectronics Journal, vol. 46, pp. 310-319

Schwegmann CP, Kleynhans W & Salmon B, “Manifold adaptation for constant false alarm rate ship detection in South African Oceans”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 3329-3337

Setlhaolo D & Xia X, “Optimal scheduling of household appliances with a battery storage system and coordination”, Energy and Buildings, vol. 94, pp. 61-70

Shah R, Mithulananthan N, Bansal RC & Ramachandaramurthy VK, “A review of key power system stability challenges for large-scale PV integration”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 41, pp. 1423-1436

Sichilalu SM & Xia X, “Optimal power dispatch of a grid tied-battery-photovoltaic system supplying heat pump water heaters”, Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 102, pp. 81-91

Sichilalu SM & Xia X, “Optimal energy control of grid tied PV-diesel-battery hybrid system powering heat pump water heater”, Solar Energy, vol. 115, pp.243-254

Silva B, Fisher R, Kumar A & Hancke G (Dr), “Experimental link quality characterization of wireless sensor networks for underground monitoring”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 11. no. 5, pp. 1099-1110

Tazvinga H, Bing Z & Xia X, “Optimal power flow management for distributed energy resources, Energy Conversion and Management”, vol. 102, pp. 104-110

Wang B & Xia X, “Optimal maintenance planning for building energy efficiency retrofitting from optimization and control system perspectives”, Energy and Buildings, vol. 96, pp. 299-308

Wanjiru EM & Xia X, “Energy-water optimization model incorporating rooftop water harvesting for lawn irrigation”, Applied Energy, vol. 160, pp. 521-531

Wannenburg J & Malekian R, “Body sensor network for mobile health monitoring, a diagnosis and anticipating system”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 6839-6852

Wu Z, Tazvinga H & Xia X, “Demand side management of photovoltaic-battery hybrid system”, Applied Energy, vol. 148, pp. 294-304

Wu Z & Xia X , “Optimal switching renewable energy system for demand side management”, Solar Energy, vol. 114, pp. 278-288

Wu Z, Xia X & Wang B, “Improving building energy efficiency by multiobjective neighborhood field optimization”, Energy and Buildings, vol. 87, pp. 45-56

Wu Z, Xia X & Zhu B, “Model predictive control for improving operational efficiency of overhead cranes”, Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 2639-2657

Ye N, Wang Z, Malekian R, Zhang Y & Wang R, “A Method of Vehicle Route Prediction Based on Social Network Analysis”, Journal of Sensors, vol. 2015, pp. 1-10

Ye N, Wang Z, Malekian R, Zhang Y & Wang R, “A Method for driving route predictions based on hidden Markov Model”, Journal of Mathematical problems in Engineering, vol. 2015, pp. 1-12

Ye X, Xia X, Zhang L& Zhu B, “Optimal maintenance planning for sustainable energy efficiency lighting retrofit projects by a control system approach”, Control Engineering Practice, vol. 37, pp. 1-10

Yu M & Alfa AS,” A simple method to obtain the stochastic decomposition structure of the busy period in Geo/Geo/1/N vacation queue”, 4OR-A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research, vol. 13, pp. 361-380

Zhang L, Xia  X & Zhang J, “Medium Density Control for Coal Washing Dense Medium Cyclone Circuits”,  IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1117-1122

Zhang L & Zhuan X, “Development of an optimal operation approach in the MPC framework for heavy-haul trains”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1391-1400

Zhu B, Tazvinga H & Xia X, “Switched model predictive control for energy dispatching of a photovoltaic-diesel-battery hybrid power system”, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1229-1236

Non accredited publications

Bukhari SS, Whittow WG, Joubert J & Vardaxoglou JC, “Flexible 3D Printed Antenna Substrates”, The Journal of Engineering,  pp.  1-3.

Ekpenyong U, Zhang J & Xia X, “How information propagation in social networks can improve energy savings based on time of use tariff”, Sustainable cities and Society, vol. 19, pp. 26-33

Hung DQ, Mithulananthan N & Bansal R, “A combined practical approach for distribution system loss reduction”, International Journal of Ambient Energy, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 123-131

JoseA C & Malekian R, “Smart home automation security: A literature review”, Smart Computing Review, vol. 5, Nr. 4, pp. 269-285

Xia X & Zhang J, “Operation efficiency optimisation modelling and application of model predictive control”, IEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, Vol, 2, No 2. pp 166-172.

Conferences

Awoyemi BS, Maharaj BT, Alfa AS, “QoS provisioning in heterogeneous cognitive radio networks through dynamic resource allocation”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 243 - 248

Awoyemi BS, Maharaj BT & Alfa AS, “Resource allocation for heterogeneous cognitive radio networks”, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC), 9 - 12 March 2015, New Orleans, LA, USA, pp. 1759 - 1763

Awoyemi BS, Maharaj BTJ, Alfa AS, “Solving resource allocation problems in heterogeneous cognitive radio networks”, in Proc. Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC), 6 - 9 September 2015, Hermanus, South Africa, pp. 341 - 345

Barnes SD & Maharaj BTJ, “Collaborative spectral opportunity forecasting for cognitive radio”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 41 - 46

Barnes SD, Joshi S, Maharaj BT & Alfa AS, “Massive MIMO and Femto Cells for energy efficient cognitive radio networks”, in Proc. of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks, 21 - 23 April 2015, Doha, Qatar, pp. 511 - 522

Bekasiewicz A, Koziel S & Jacobs JP, “Simulation-driven size reduction of antenna structures using adjoint sensitivities and trust regions”, in Proc .of the 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 13 - 17 April 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 20 - 23

Botha S, Craig IK & Le Rous JD, “Switching cyclones to increase product particle size range for ore milling circuits”, in Proc .of the 4th IFAC Workshop on Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing - MMM, 25 - 27 November 2015, Oulu, Finland, pp. 92 - 97

Cheng Q, Aoyun MA, Wu Z & Xia X, “Time optimal MPC based on offline construction of ellipsoidal sets”, in Proc. of the 34th Chinese Control Conference, 28 - 30 July 2015, Hangzhou, China, pp. 4145 - 4150

Chitara C, Swarnkar A, Gupta N, Niazi KR & Bansal R, “Optimal tuning of multimachine power system stabilizer using cuckoo search algorithm”,  in Proc. CPES  - 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems, 9 - 11 December 2015, New Delhi, India, pp. 143 - 148

Chude-Okonkwo Ak, Malekian R, Maharaj BTJ & Chyde CC, “Bio-inspired approach for eliminating redundant nanodevices in internet of bio-nano things”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops, 6 - 10 December 2015, San Diego, CA, pp. 1 - 6

De Villiers J, Laskey K, Jousselme AL, Blasch E, De Waal A, Pavlin G & Costa P, “Uncertainty representation, quantification and evaluation for data and information fusion”, in Proc. of the 18th International Conference on Information Fusion, 6 - 9 July 2015, Washington, pp. 50 - 57

Eagle SJ, Hancke GP & Silva BJ, “Wireless sensor networks for safety protocols in the industry”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 375 - 379

Fan Y & Xia X, “A multi-objective optimization model for building envelope retrofit planning”, in Proc. Energy Procedia - The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE), 28 - 31 March 2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, pp. 2068 - 2073

Fan Y & Xia X, “An optimal maintenance plan for building envelope insulation materials after retrofitting”, in Proc. Chinese Automation Congress, 27 - 29 November 2015, Wuhan, China, pp. 1299 - 1304

Ghazaleh HA & Alfa AS, “Channel assignments in wireless networks with time-varying traffic behaviours”, in Proc. of the 8th IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference, 5 - 7 October 2015, Munich, Germany, pp. 285 - 292

Green W & Grobler H, “Normal distribution transform Graph-based point cloud segmentation”, in Proc. Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference (PRASA-RobMech), 25 - 26 November 2015, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, pp. 54 - 59

Grobler I & Gitau MN, “Conducted EMC modeling for accreditation in DC-DC converters”, in Proc. IECON, 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 9 - 12 November 2015, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 2329 - 2335

Heydenreich G, Kruger CP, Hancke GP & Dos Santos RMA, “A smart grid electricity hub”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 380 - 384

Hulsbos R, Kruger CP, Hancke GP & Dos Santos RMA, “Design of a smart geyser controller unit”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 858 - 862

Jacobs JP & De Villiers DIL, “Gaussian process modeling of aperture efficiency ripple in reflector antennas”, in Proc. Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2 - 4 November 2015, Loughborough, UK, pp. 1 - 4

Jadoun VK, Gupta N, Niazi KR, Swarnkar A & Bansal RC, “Improved particle swarm optimization for multi-area economic dispatch with reserve sharing scheme”, CPES  - in Proc. of the 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems, 9 - 11 December 2015, New Delhi, India, pp. 161 - 166

Jadoun VK, Gupta N, Niazi KR, Swarnkar A & Bansal RC, “Multi-area economic dispatch using improved particle swarm optimization”, in Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Applied Energy - ICAE (Energy Procedia), 28 – 31 March 2015, Abu Dhabi, vol. 75, pp. 1087 - 1092

Jadoun VK, Gupta N, Niazi KR, Swarnkar A & Bansal RC, “Short-term non-convex economic hydrothermal scheduling using dynamically controlled particle swarm optimization”, in Proc. of the 3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, 11 - 13 May 2015, Kruger National Park, South Africa, pp. 199 - 204

Kabeya M, Gitau M & Bansal R, “Comparative analyses of DC collection grid based power converter topologies for offshore wind farm”, in Proc .of the 4th IET Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG), 17 - 18 October 2015, Beijing, China, pp. 1 - 6

Kamwar N, Gupta N, Niazi KR, Swarnkar A & Bansal RC, “New sensitivity based approach for optimal allocation of shunt capacitors in distribution networks using PSO”, in Proc. Energy Procedia - The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE), 28 - 31 March 2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, pp. 1153 - 1158

Kanwar N, Gupta N, Niazi KR, Swarnkar A & Bansal RC, “Application of TLBO for distribution network planning via coordination of distributed generation and network reconfiguration”, in Proc. CPES  - 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems, 9 - 11 December 2015,New Delhi, India, pp. 25 - 30

Kanwar N, Gupta N, Niazi KR, Swarnkar A & Bansal RC, “Multi-objective optimal DG allocation in distribution networks using BAT algorithm”, in Proc. of the 3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, 11 - 13 May 2015, Kruger National Park, South Africa, pp. 176 – 180

Kenny C, Odendaal JW & Joubert J, “Wideband antenna for 4G MIMO applications”, in Proc. Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2 - 4 November 2015, Loughborough, UK, pp. 1 - 2

Koziel S & Jacobs JP, “Fast detection of faulty elements in EM-simulated antenna array models from amplitude-only data”, in Proc. of the 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 13 - 17 April 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 12 - 15

Koziel S, Ogurtsof S & Jacobs JP, “Rapid simulation-based design of covered planar microstrip patch antenna arrays by means of radiation response surrogates”, in Proc. Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2 - 4 November 2015, Loughborough, UK, pp. 1 - 4

Kumar A, Sah B, Deng Y, He X, Bansal RC & Kumar P, “Autonomous hybrid renewable energy system optimization for minimum cost”, in Proc. of the 4th IET Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG), 17 - 18 October 2015, Beijing, China, pp. 1 - 6

Lall S, Alfa AS & Maharaj BTJ, “Optimal placement and power allocation for jammers in wireless mesh networks”, in Proc. of IEEE 82nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Boston, Massachusetts, 6 - 9 September 2015, pp. 1 - 7

Mabusela K, Kruger CP, Silva BJ & Hancke GP, “Design of a wireless heliostat system”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 853 - 857

Mahmud MA, Pota HR, OO AMT & Bansal R, “Nonlinear controller design for vehicle-to-grid systems with output LCL filters”, in Proc CPES  - 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems, 9 - 11 December 2015, New Delhi, India, pp. 529 - 534

Mei J, Zhu B & Xia X, “Model predictive control for optimizing indoor air temperature and humidity in a direct expansion air conditioning system”, in Proc of the 7th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, 23 - 25 May 2015, Qingdao, China, pp. 2491 - 2496

Mei J, Zhu B & Xia X, “Predictive control for thermal comfort and energy efficiency in a direct expansion air conditioning system” in Proc. Chinese Automation Congress, 27 - 29 November 2015, Wuhan, China, pp. 264 - 269

Meyer EJ, Craig IK & Alvarado V, “Unscented Kalman filter for a coal run-of-mine bin”, in Proc . of the 4th IFAC Workshop on Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing MMM, 25 - 27 November 2015, Oulu, Finland, pp.189 - 194

Meyer T & Hancke GP, “Design of a smart sprinkler system”, in Proc. IEEE Region 10 Technical Conference (TENCON), 1 - 4 November 2015, Macau, China, pp. 1 - 6

Modi M, Swarnkar A, Gupta N, Niazi KR & Bansal R, “Stochastic economic load dispatch with multiple fuels using improved particle swarm optimization”, in Proc. CPES - 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems, 9 - 11 December 2015, New Delhi, India, pp. 490 - 494

Munyai PRM & Maharaj BT, “On the improvement of phase noise errors in wireless communication systems”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 365 - 369

Nkosi MP, Hancke GP & Dos Santos RMA, “Autonomous pedestrian detection”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 386 - 390

Ntambi F, Kruger CP, Silva BJ & Hancke GP, “Design of a water management system”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 1027 - 1031

Orrie O, Silva S & Hancke GP, “A wireless smart parking system”, in Proc. IECON - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 9 - 12 November 2015, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 4110 - 4114

Pienaar JP, Fisher R & Hancke GP, “Smartphone: The key to your connected smart home”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 22 - 24 July 2015, Cambridge, UK, pp. 999 - 1004

Ramotsoela TD & Hancke GP, “Data aggregation using homomorphic encryption in wireless sensor networks”, in Proc. Information Security of South Africa Conference, 12 - 13 August 2015, Rosebank, Johannesburg, pp. 1 - 8

Sichilalu SM & Xia X, “Optimal power control of grid tied PV-battery-diesel system powering heat pump water heaters”, in Proc. Energy Procedia - The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy, (ICAE), 28 - 31 March 2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, pp. 1514 - 1521

Silva B, Hancke GP, “Practical challenges of IR-UWB based ranging in harsh industrial environments”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 22 - 24 July 2015, Cambridge, UK. pp. 618 - 623

Singh N & Stander T “Active enhanced tunable high-Q on-chip E-band resonators in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS”, in Proc. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference, 10 - 12 December 2015, Hyderabad, India, pp. 201 - 204

Stander T, “A novel, flexible Pcell-driven design flow for mm-wave on-chip passives” in Proc. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference, 10 - 12 December 2015, Hyderabad, India, pp. 209 – 212

Stander T, “A review of key development areas in low-cost packaging and integration of futere E-band mm-wave transceivers”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 234 - 238

Stander T, “Inline Ka-band Transitional combline / Evanescent-mode filter in conventional FR substrate using grounded vias”, in Proc. IEEE Africon, 14 - 17 September 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp. 361 – 364,

Stephenson MJ & Hancke GP, “Self-contained track and trace using GPRS”, in Proc. IEEE Region 10 Technical Conference (TENCON), 1 - 4 November 2015, Macau, China, pp. 1 - 6

Strempel MD, De Villiers JP, Ciliers JE & MacDonald A, “Distribution analysis of segmented wave sea clutter in littoral environments”, in Proc. IEEE Radar Conference, 27 - 30 October 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa, pp. 133 - 138

Thomas R, Cardone N, Knopp R, Tuninetti D & Maharaj BTJ, “An LTE implementation of a novel strategy for the Gaussian half-duplex relay channel” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 8 - 12 June 2015, Londen, UK, pp. 2209 - 2214

Tian H, Cai J, Alfa A, Huang S & Cao H, “Dynamic load-balancing spectrum decision for cognitive radio networks with multi-class services” in Proc. International Conference on Wireless Communications & Signal Processing, 15 - 17 October 2015, Nanjing, China, pp. 1 - 5

Van der Merwe JR, Maasdorp FDV, Du Plessis WP & Linde LP, “Practical direction-of-arrival system evaluation”, in Proc. IEEE Radar Conferences, 27 - 30 October 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa, pp. 487 - 492

Van Eeden WD, De Villiers JP, Nel WAJ, Kloke KH & Blasch E, “A comparative cepstral based analysis of simulated and measured S-band and X-band radar doppler spectra of human motion”, in Proc. IEEE Radar Conference, 27 - 30 October 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa, pp. 283 - 288

Wang B & Xia X, “Maintenance plan optimization in building retrofitting with interacting energy efficiency effects”, in Proc. Chinese Automation Congress, 27 - 29 November 2015, Wuhan, China, pp. 1349 - 1354

Wang B, Wu Z, Zhu B & Xia X, “Optimal control of maintenance instants and intensities in building energy efficiency retrofitting project”, in Proc. IEEE 54th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 15 - 18 December 2015, Osaka, Japan, pp. 2643 - 2648

Wu Z, Xia X, Tazvinga H & Zhu B, “Switching control for renewable hybrid systems”, in Proc. of the 34th Chinese Control Conference, 28 - 30 July 2015, Hangzhou, China, pp. 2517 - 2522

Zhang L & Xia X, “An integrer programming approach for truck-shovel dispatching problem in open-pit mines, in Proc. Energy Procedia - The 7th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE), 28 - 31 March 2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, pp. 1779 - 1784

Zhang L & Xia X, “Coal washing plant cyclone module control with a pump-storage system” in Proc  of the 34th Chinese Control Conference, 28 - 30 July 2015, Hangzhou, China, pp. 1185 - 1190

Zhang L, Xia X & Zhu B, “Magnetite and water addition control for a dense medium coal washing circuit” in   Proc  of the 34th Chinese Control Conference, 27 - 29 November 2015, Wuhan, China, pp. 1349 - 1354

Zhu B & Xia X, “Nonlinear trajectory tracking control for heavy-haul trains” in Proc of the 1st IFAC Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control of Nonlinear Systems, 24 - 26 June 2015MICNON, Saint Petersburg, Russia, pp. 41 - 46

Zhu B & Xia X, “Nonlinear model predictive control with semi-contracting constraint and generalized terminal constraint”, in Proc. of the 34th Chinese Control Conference, 28 - 30 July 2015, Hangzhou, China, pp. 4162 - 4167

  

Posters and papers

Asvat R & Hanekom T, Visualisation of the macro and micro structure of the human cochlea and its application in cochlear implant research, 3D Imaging in a South African context, An AESOP Workshop, 12 - 15 October 2015, University of Pretoria

Badenhorst W, Hanekom JJ & Hanekom T, “Development of a voltage dependent current noise algorithm for conductance based stochastic modelling of auditory nerve fibre populations in compound models” Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), 12 - 17 July 2015, Lake Tahoe, California

Craig IK, EERC, Towards lights-out process control, ABB Corporate Research, 12 November 2015, Baden-Dattwil, Switzerland

Craig IK, EERC, Towards lights-out process control, Towards lights-out process control Seminar, 26 October 2015, Politecnico di Milano

Craig IK, EERC, Towards lights-out process control, University of Stuttgart, 10 November 2015. Germany

Craig IK, Towards lights-out process control, ABB Corporate Research, 9 November 2015, Ladenburg, Germany

Craig IK, Towards lights-out process control, ETH Zurich, 13 November 2015, Switzerland

Craik IK, Towards lights-out process control, 17 December 2015, TU Wien, Viena, Austria

Du Plessis M & Joubert TH, “Silicon nanowire hot carrier electro-luminescence”, Conference on Transport and  Photonics in Group IV-based Nanodevices, E-MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, 11 - 15 may 2015, Lille, France

Du Plessis M & Joubert TH, “Silicon nanowire hot carrier electro-luminescence”, XXIV International Materials Research Congress, 16 - 20 August 2015, Cancun, Mexico

Ferreira R, Joubert J & Odendaal JW, “A cavity-backed ring-slot radiator with an AMC reflector”, 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference, (URSI AT-RASC), 18 - 22 May 2015, Gran Canaria, Spain, pp. 1

Flavien M & Stander T, “System architecture for a compact, low-cost 56 – 92 GHz space sun observation instrument”, 66th International Astronautical Congress, 12 – 16 October 2015, Jersalem, Israel

Hanekom JJ & Hanekom T, “Complexities in auditory electrical stimulation”, SACIG  - South African Cochlear Implant Group, 22 - 24 May 2015, Sandton, South Africa

Hanekom T, “Geometric parameter extraction from 3D imaging for computational modelling of user-variance in live cochlear, 3D Imaging in a South African context”, An AESOP Workshop, 12 - 15 October 2015, University of Pretoria

Hanekom T, “Visualisation of the macro and micro structure of the human cochlea and its application in cochlear implant research”, An AESOP Workshop, 12 - 15 October 2015, University of Pretoria

Hanekom T, Malherbe TK & Hanekom JJ, “Design and application of user-specific models of cochlear implants”, Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), 12-17 July 2015, Granlibakken Conference Centre, Lake Tahoe, California

Hanekom T, Malherbe TK, Gross L & Hanekom JJ, “Model-based interventions in cochlear implants”, Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), 12-17 July 2015, Granlibakken Conference Center, Lake Tahoe, California

Herbst D, Smith S, Land K, Du Plessis M & Joubert TH, “eQR Display for Biosensing Applications”, Micro-Med-A: An International Workshop on Microsystems Technologies for African Health South Africa, 16-19 September 2015, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Kruger J, Smith S, Land K, Du Plessis M & Joubert TH, “Inkjet-printed conductive features for rapid integration of electronic circuits in centrifugal microfluidics”, 16th Annual International RAPDASA (Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa) Conference, 4 - 6 November 2015, Pretoria, South Africa

Kruger J, Smith S, Land K, Du Plessis M & Joubert TH, “Printed Electronics in Microfluidic Biosensors”, Micro-Med-A  An International Workshop on Microsystems Technologies for African Health South Africa, 16-19 September 2015, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Malherbe JAG & Kekana K, “Bandstop filters with stepped impedance sub-harmonic stubs”, 15th International symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology, ISMOT, 29 June - 1 July 2015, Dresden, Germany, pp. 186 – 189

Malherbe JAG, “Dual band bandpass filter with shunt shorted stubs”, 15th International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology, ISMOT, 29 June - 1 July 2015, Dresden, Germany, pp.156 - 159

Masemola T & Du Plessis M, “Near infrared detection of silicon pin photodiodes for biosensing applications”, Micro-Med-A  An International Workshop on Microsystems Technologies for African Health South Africa, 16-19 September 2015, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Minko F & Stander T, “System architecture for a compact, low-cost 56-92 Ghz space based solar event observation instrument”, International Astronautical Congress, October 2015, Jerusalem

Oosthuizen DJJ & Hanekom JJ, “New approaches to feature information transmission analysis (FITA)”,  Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), 12-17 July 2015, Granlibakken Conference Centre, Lake Tahoe, California

Pienaar C, Odendaal JW, Smit JC, Joubert JJ & Cilliers J, “Comparing different numerical methods for RCS prediction of a realistic electrically large complex airframe with measured data”, 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference, (URSI AT-RASC), 18 - 22 May 2015, Gran Canaria, Spain, pp. 1

Pienaar M, Odendaal JW, Cilliers J. Smit JC & Joubert J, “Dynamic radar calibration using an airborne active calibration target”, 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference, (URSI AT-RASC), 18 - 22 May 2015, Gran Canaria, Spain, pp. 1

Venter PJ & Hanekom JJ, “Rate pitch with multi-electrode stimulation patterns: confounding cues”,  Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), 12-17 July 2015, Granlibakken Conference Centre, Lake Tahoe, California.