• Towards a Sustainability-Centred Design Curriculum in Civil Engineering 

  Froese, Thomas M.; Bristow, David N.; Rankin, Keagan (University College Cork, 2021-06-14)

  To improve the green engineering and active learning of the civil engineering program at the University of Victoria, Canada, we are developing a design spine: a series of courses running throughout the program with major ...
• Incorporation of blockchain technology for different smart grid applications: Architecture, prospects, and challenges 

  Waseem, Muhammad; Khan, Muhammad Adnan; Goudarzi, Arman; Fahad, Shah; Sajjad, Intisar Ali; Siano, Pierluigi (Energies, 2023)

  Smart grid integrates computer, communication, and sensing technologies into existing power grid networks to achieve significant informatization-related advantages. It will provide communication between neighbors, localized ...
• Physical layer security in two-way SWIPT relay networks with imperfect CSI and a friendly jammer 

  Hayajneh, Maymoona; Gulliver, T. Aaron (Entropy, 2023)

  In this paper, the security of two-way relay communications in the presence of a passive eavesdropper is investigated. Two users communicate via a relay that depends solely on energy harvesting to amplify and forward the ...
• Retaliation against ransomware in cloud-enabled PureOS system 

  Ibrahim, Atef; Tariq, Usman; Ahanger, Tariq Ahamed; Tariq, Bilal; Gebali, Fayez (Mathematics, 2023)

  Ransomware is malicious software that encrypts data before demanding payment to unlock them. The majority of ransomware variants use nearly identical command and control (C&C) servers but with minor upgrades. There are ...
• Word-based processor structure for Montgomery modular multiplier suitable for compact IoT edge devices 

  Ibrahim, Atef; Gebali, Fayez (Mathematics, 2023)

  The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology that forms a huge network of different objects and intelligent devices. IoT Security is becoming more important due to the exchange of sensitive sensor data and the ...
• A deep learning approach for exploring the design space for the decarbonization of the Canadian electricity system 

  Jahangiri, Zahra; Judson, Mackenzie; Yi, Kwang Moo; McPherson, Madeleine (Energies, 2023)

  Conventional energy system models have limitations in evaluating complex choices for transitioning to low-carbon energy systems and preventing catastrophic climate change. To address this challenge, we propose a model ...
• Utilizing additive manufacturing to produce organ mimics and imaging phantoms 

  Karaman, Dmitri; Willerth, Stephanie (Surgeries, 2023)

  The complex geometries and material properties necessary for generating accurate organ mimics require new procedures and methods to fully utilize current technologies. The increased accessibility of 3D printers, along ...
• On the study of thermal-propulsive systems for regional aircraft 

  Figueiras, Iara; Coutinho, Maria; Afonso, Frederico; Suleman, Afzal (Aerospace, 2023)

  Life without mobility is inconceivable. To enable this connectivity, one must find a way to progress towards a more sustainable transportation. In the aviation industry, a comprehensive understanding of greening technologies ...
• ElectroCardioGram (ECG)-based user authentication using deep learning algorithms 

  Agrawal, Vibhav; Hazratifard, Mehdi; Elmiligi, Haytham; Gebali, Fayez (Diagnostics, 2023)

  Personal authentication security is an essential area of research in privacy and cybersecurity. For individual verification, fingerprint and facial recognition have proved particularly useful. However, such technologies ...
• Mathematical modeling of spherical shell-type pattern of tumor invasion 

  Amereh, Meitham; Struchtrup, Henning; Nadler, Ben (Symmetry, 2023)

  Cancer cell migration, as the principal element of tumor invasion, involves different cellular mechanisms. Various modes of cell migration including single and collective motions contribute to the invasion patterns. The ...
• On the multi-fidelity approach in surrogate-based multidisciplinary design optimisation of high-aspect-ratio wing aircraft 

  Lobo do Vale, José; Sohst, Martin; Crawford, Curran; Suleman, Afzal; Potter, G.; Banerjee, S. (The Aeronautical Journal, 2022)

  The reduction of computational costs in the context of the Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation of a typical medium-range aircraft was investigated through an assessment of active constraints and the use of multi-fidel ...
• A generalized model for dense axisymmetric grains flow with orientational diffusion 

  Amereh, Meitham; Nadler, Ben (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022)

  The flow of non-spherical grains is strongly affected by the orientation of the grains, as observed in experiments and simulations. An existing model that predicts the orientation of grains as a function of the flow field ...
• STEM/STEAM 2022 

  Humphrey, Elaine (Microscopy Today, 2022)

  Many universities, commercial companies, and science organizations who use microscopy have outreach programs. The members of such generally love to share their enthusiasm and passion with the next generation. Content ...
• Ecological macroeconomic assessment of meeting a carbon budget without negative emissions 

  Sers, Martin R. (Global Sustainability, 2022)

  Non-technical summary. This paper expands the range of scenarios usually explored in integrated assessment models by exploring unconventional economic scenarios (steady-state and degrowth) and assuming no use of negative ...
• Twenty-six moment equations for the Enskog-Vlasov equation 

  Struchtrup, Henning; Frezzotti, Aldo (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022)

  The Enskog–Vlasov equation is a phenomenological kinetic equation that extends the Enskog equation for the dense (non-ideal) hard-sphere fluid by adding an attractive soft potential tail to the purely repulsive hard-sphere ...
• Mathematical Modeling of Spherical Shell-Type Pattern of Tumor Invasion 

  Amereh, Meitham; Struchtrup, Henning; Nadler, Ben (2023-01-28)

  Cancer cell migration, as the principal element of tumor invasion, involves different cellular mechanisms. Various modes of cell migration including single and collective motions contribute to the invasion patterns. The ...
• Review of vibration assessment methods for steel-timber composite floors 

  Cheraghi-Shirazi, Najmeh; Crews, Keith; Malek, Sardar (Buildings, 2022)

  Human comfort is recognized as an essential serviceability requirement for timber floors. Although several standards and design criteria are available for designing steel and concrete floors, there is no consensus among ...
• Poor correlation between large-scale environmental flow violations and freshwater biodiversity: Implications for water resource management and the freshwater planetary boundary 

  Mohan, Chinchu; Gleeson, Tom; Famiglietti, James S.; Virkki, Vili; Kummu, Matti; Miina, Porkka; Wang-Erlandsson, Lan; Huggins, Xander; Gerten, Dieter; Jähnig, Sonja C. (Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2022)

  The freshwater ecosystems around the world are degrading, such that maintaining environmental flow^1 (EF) in river networks is critical to their preservation. The relationship between streamflow alterations (subsequent ...
• Global assessment of groundwater stress vis-à-vis sustainability of irrigated food production 

  Mohan, Chinchu; Western, Andrew W.; Jha, Madan Kumar; Wei, Yongping (Sustainability, 2022)

  Due to poor water resources management, groundwater-dependent agriculture induces substantial stress on several aquifer systems worldwide, which poses a serious threat to water and food security. However, only a few ...
• A macroscopic traffic model based on relaxation time 

  Khan, Zawar Hussain; Gulliver, T. Aaron; Imran, Waheed; Khattak, Khurram Shehzad; Altamimi, Ahmed B.; Qazi, Azhar (Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2022)

  A macroscopic model based on analogies with Little’s Law is proposed. The relaxation time is employed to characterize changes in density. This change is large for a small relaxation time and large interactions between ...

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