1997 Research and Publications Report table of contents faculty of Engineering 4

Communication and Electronic Engineering

Journal article in scholarly refereed journal

Ahmed Z, Novak D, Waterhouse R B, & Lui H F, 1997, '37 GHz Fiber-Wireless System for Distribution of Broad-Band Signals', IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 45, no.8, August, Trew R J (ed.), IEEE, New Jersey, pp. 1431-1435

Kocarev L, Tasev Z, Stojanovski T, & Parlitz U, 1997, 'Synchronizing Spatiotemporal Chaos', Chaos, vol. 7, no.4, American Institute of Physics, pp. 635-643

Kokotoff D M, Waterhouse R B, Birtcher C R, & Aberle J T, 1997, 'Annular Ring Coupled Circular Patch with Enhanced Performance', IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 33, no.24, November, Ash E, & Clarricoats P (eds.), IEE, London, pp. 2000-2001

Kokotoff D M, Waterhouse R B, & Aberle J T, 1997, 'An Annular Ring Coupled to a Shorted Patch', IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 45, no.5, May, Uslenghi P L E (ed.), IEEE, New Jersey, pp. 913-914

Kumar D, & Mahalingam N, 1997, 'Neural Networks for Signal Processing Applications: ECG Classification', Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, vol. 20, no.3, September, Doorn T V, & Pearcy M (eds.), Adelaide, pp. 147-151

Parlitz U, Kocarev L, Stojanovski T, & Junge L, 1997, 'Chaos Synchronisation Using Sporadic Driving', Physica D, vol. 109, Elsevier Science, The Netherlands, pp. 139-152

Stojanovski T, Kocarev L, & Harris R, 1997, 'Applications of Symbolic Dynamics in Chaos Synchronization', IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I, vol. 44, no.10, October, IEEE, New York, pp. 1014-1018

Stojanovski T, Parlitz U, Kocarev L, & Harris R, 1997, 'Exploiting Delay Reconstruction for Chaos Synchronisation', Physics Letters A, vol. 233, September, Elsevier Science, The Netherlands, pp. 355-360

Stojanovski T, Kocarev L, & Parlitz U, 1997, 'Digital coding via chaotic systems', IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I, vol. 44, no.6, June, IEEE, pp. 562-565

Stojanovski T, Kocarev L, Parlitz U, & Harris R, 1997, 'Sporadic driving of dynamical systems', Physical Review E, vol. 55, no.4, April, The American Physical Society, pp. 4035-4048

Targonski S D, Waterhouse R B, & Pozar D M, 1997, 'Wideband Aperture Coupled Microstrip Patch Array with Backlobe Reduction', IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 33, no.24, November, Ash E, & Clarricoats P (eds.), IEE, London, pp. 2005-2006

Waterhouse R B, 1997, 'Small Printed Antennas with Low Cross-Polarised Fields', IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 33, no.15, July, Ash E, & Clarricoats P (eds.), IEE, London, pp. 1280-1281

Waterhouse R B, 1997, 'Printed Antenna Suitable for Mobile Communication Handsets', IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 33, no.22, October, Ash E, & Clarricoats P (eds.), IEE, London, pp. 1831-1832

Wong C C, & Xiao H, 1997, 'A New Time-stepping Scheme for the Network Modelling of Diffusion', Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 13, Lewis R W, & Carey G F (eds.), Wiley, Chichester, UK, pp. 153-161

Journal article, Non refereed (including articles in 'professional' journals)

Bhansali S, & Sood D K, 1997, 'Ion Implantation for nucleation of Electroless Nickel Films on <100> Si', Sensors and Actuators, vol. A62, no.1997, pp. 705-710

Hoummady M, Campitelli A, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'Acoustic Wave Sensors, Design, Sensing Mechanisms and Applications', Smart Material Structures, vol. 6, no.11, November, England, pp. 647-657

Kocarev L, Parlitz U, Stojanovski T, & Janjic P, 1997, 'Controlling Spatiotemporal Chaos in Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators', Physical Review E, vol. 56, no.1, July, The American Physical Society, pp. 1238-1241

Langeder D, Gould A, Chapman F, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'Improved Technique in Non-Dispersive Infrared Gas Analysis, An RMIT and Novatech Controls Initiative', Australian Journal of Instrumentation and Control, vol. 12, no.2, February, Australia, pp. 55-58

Leech P W, & Reeves G K, 1997, 'Effect of Layer Structure on the Electrical Properties of Contacts to p-type InGaAs/InP', Thin Solid Films, vol. 298, pp. 9-13

Rao Z, O'Conner B H, Sood D K, & Williams J S, 1997, 'Wear behaviour of carbon implanted hard chromium coatings', Surface Engineering, vol. 13, no.1997, pp. 61-65

Reeves G K, & Harrison H B, 1997, 'Using TLM Principles to determine MOSFET Contact and Parasitic Resistance', Solid State Electronics, vol. 41, no.8, pp. 1067-1074

Xiao H, Wong C C, & Reeves G K, 1997, 'Thermal Crosstalk Modelling of Thin Film Resistor Arrays', Journal of Thermal Analysis, vol. 48, Simon J (ed.), Wiley, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 1293-1298

Conference publication, Full written paper - refereed proceedings

Atashbar M Z, Sun H T, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'TiO2 thin films prepared by sol-gel method for oxygen microsensor application', Conference on optoelectronic and microelectronic materials and devices, Canberra, pp. 487-490

Atashbar M Z, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'Modelling of A Conductivity Based Surface Acoustic WaveOxygen Sensor', 14th Australian Microelectronics Conference, vol. 1, Reeves A (ed.), The IREE Society, Melbourne, pp. 134-139

Atashbar M Z, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'Design and Fabrication of Doped TiO2-Coated Surface Acoustic Wave Oxygen Sensor', Smart Materials, Structures and MEMS Symposium, vol. 3241, Hariz A, Varadan V K, & Reinhold O (eds.), SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Washington, pp. 486-492

Atashbar M Z, Ghantasala M K, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'Characterisation of Sol-Gel Prepared TiO2 Thin Filmsfor O2 Sensing', Smart Materials, Structures, and MEMS Symposium, vol. 3241, Hariz A, Varadan V K, & Reinhold O (eds.), SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Washington, pp. 382-388

Bose S K, Harris R J, & Berry L T, 1997, 'A Simple Distributed Algorithm for Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in Virtual PathBased ATM Networks', SPCOM 97July 18-19, Bangalore, India, pp. 81-88

Campitelli A, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'Design and fabrication of liquid media sensor based on shear horizontal surface acoustic wave devices', Conference on optoelectronic and microelectronic materials and devices, Canberra, pp. 446-449

Campitelli A, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'Design and fabrication of liquid media sensor based on shear horizontal surface acoustic wave devices', Conference on optoelectronic and microelectronic materials and devices, Canberra, pp. 446-449

Campitelli A, Wlodarski W, Hoummady M, & Sawyer W, 1997, 'Shear Horizontal Surface Acoustic Wave Based ImmunosensingSystem', TRANSDUCERS 97 Conference Proceedings, vol. 1, Wise K D, & Senturia S D (eds.), IEEE Electron Devices Society, Chicago, pp. 187-190

Chen Z H, Ma X, Sun H T, Wlodarski W, & Austin M W, 1997, 'Sol-gel derived WO3 coatings on Ti:LiNbO3 optical waveguide for gas sensing', 1996 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices Proceedings, Jagadish C (ed.), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, pp. 491-494

Gopalakrishna J, IIes P, Wlodarski W, Gould A, & Chapman F, 1997, 'A novel solid polymer electrolyte based oxygen sensor', 14th Australian Microelectronics Conference, Melbourne, pp. 140-143

Kokotoff D M, Waterhouse R B, & Aberle J T, 1997, 'On Improving the Surface Wave Efficiency of Microstrip Patches', IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997, vol. 2, Bhartia P (ed.), IEEE, Montreal, pp. 952-955

Lord R A, 1997, 'Telecommunication education for a deregulated global industry', Pacific region conference on electrical engineering education, Wollongong, pp. 91-96

Mitchell A, Kuver A, Sun H T, & Austin M W, 1997, 'Modelling, Fabrication and Characterisation of Polymer Antiresonant Reflecting Optical Waveguides', 1996 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices Proceedings, Jagadish C (ed.), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, pp. 442-445

Mitchell A, Goldys E M, Austin M W, & Nott G J, 1997, 'Design of Quantum Well Materials for Maximum Change in Refractive Index in Electric Field with Minimal Loss', 1996 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices Proceedings, Jagadish C (ed.), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, pp. 83-86

Mizzi P, Austin M W, Mitchell A, & McCallum J C, 1997, 'Analysis and Characterisation of Erbium Implanted, Titanium Diffused Lithium Niobate Optical Waveguides', 1996 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices Conference, Jagadish C (ed.), Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, pp. 434-437

Mudugamuwa D, & Bradley A, 1997, 'Adaptive Transform Coding for Linear Predictive Residual', Proceedings Eurospeech 975th European On Speech Communication and Technology, vol. 1, Kokkinakis G, Fakotakis N, & Dermatas E (eds.), TYPOFFSET, Patras, Greece, pp. 433-436

O'Shea P, 1997, 'The use of sliding spectral windows for parameter estimation of decaying sinusoidal signals', Proceedings of TENCON'97, Brisbane, pp. 827-830

O'Shea P, Watkins S, Peric C, & Sloss B, 1997, 'Towards more effective prediction of on-road wind noise characteristics from wind-tunnel tests', Proceedings of fifth international conference on sound and vibration, vol. 1, Adelaide, pp. 2189-2196

Purba B, Harris R, O'Shea P, & Saidi A, 1997, 'A performance analysis of a cellular SDMA system with an adaptive array', Proceedings of TENCON'97, Brisbane, pp. 513-516

Purba B, Harris R, & O'Shea P, 1997, 'A dynamic channel allocation scheme for a smart antenna using SDMA', Proceedings of the Third Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, vol. 1, Sydney, pp. 455-458

Stojanovski T, Kocarev L, Parlitz U, & Harris R, 1997, 'Digital Chaotic Encoding of Digital Information', Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems ISCAS97, vol. 2, IEEE, Hong Kong, pp. 1057-1060

Targonski S D, & Waterhouse R B, 1997, 'Reflector Elements for Aperture and Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antennas', IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997, vol. 3, Bhartia P (ed.), IEEE, Montreal, pp. 1840-1843

Veprek P, & Bradley A, 1997, 'Consideration of Processing Strategies for Very Low Bit Rate Compression of Wideband Speech Signals eith Known Text Transcription', Proceedings Eurospeech 975th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology, vol. 3, Kokkinakis K, Fakotakis E, & Dermatus E (eds.), Typoffset, Greece, Patras, Greece, pp. 1279-1282

Waterhouse R B, Lye M, & Targonski S D, 1997, 'Design of Printed Antennas for Mobile Base Station Applications', The Third Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, vol. 1, Sampson D (ed.), IREE, Sydney, pp. 242-246

Waterhouse R B, Targonski S D, & Kokotoff D M, 1997, 'Improving the Mechanical Tolerances and Radiation Performance of ShortedPatches', IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997, vol. 3, Bhartia P (ed.), IEEE, Montreal, pp. 1852-1855

Webster M A, Austin M W, & Winnall S T, 1997, 'A Balanced-Bridge Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Optical Modulator with an Electrical Bandwidth of 30 GHz', Proceedings of the Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/Pacific Rim '97, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, pp. 266-267

Wlodarski W, Sun H T, Gurlo A, & Gopel W, 1997, 'Sol-Gel Prepared In2O3 Thin Films for Ozone Sensing', TRANSDUCERS 97 Conference Proceedings, vol. 1, Wise K D, & Senturia S D (eds.), IEEE Electron Devices Society, Chicago, pp. 573-576

Wong C C, 1997, 'An Accurate Power Triode Model for SPICE', Modelling and Simulation '97, Zayegh A (ed.), Melbourne, pp. 207-212

Wong C C, & Jin R, 1997, 'A New Time-domain Method for Solving the Network Model of the Diffusion-convection Equation', 10th International Conference for Numerical Methods in Thermal Problems, Lewis R W, & Cross J T (eds.), Pineridge Press, Swansea, UK, pp. 875-885

Wong C C, Xiao H, & Reeves G K, 1997, 'An Improved Combined Fine-Coarse Mesh Transmission Line Modelling (TLM) MethodFor Diffusion Problems', 10th International Conference for Numerical Methods in Thermal Problems, Lewis R W, & Cross J T (eds.), Pineridge Press, Swansea, UK, pp. 863-874

Xiao H, Wong C C, & Reeves G K, 1997, 'Use of the Combined-Fine-Coarse Mesh Transmission Line Matrix Method for theThermal Modelling of Integrated Circuits', IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Siu W C (ed.), IEEE, Hong Kong, pp. 1616-1619

Conference publication, Full written paper - non refereed proceedings

Campitelli A, Sun H T, & Wlodarski W, 1997, 'Development of TiO2-coated Surface Acoustic Wave Oxygen Sensor', EUROSENSORS XI Proceedings, vol. 1, Jachowicz R S (ed.), Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, pp. 427-430

Campitelli A, Brennan F, Wlodarski W, & Hoummady M, 1997, 'Acoustic Wave Sensor Array System for Operation in Liquid Media', EUROSENSORS XI Proceedings, vol. 2, Jachowicz R S (ed.), Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, pp. 855-858

Ghantasala M K, & Sood D K, 1997, 'A novel method for electroplanting on silicon without the need of a continuous plating base film', Smart Electronics and MEMS, vol. 3242, Hariz A, Varadan V K, & Reinhold O (eds.), SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, USA, pp. 52-58

Holland A S, & Reeves G K, 1997, 'Three Dimensional Modelling of Cross Bridge Kelvin Resistor Contact Test Structures', Proceedings of 14th Australian Microelectronics Conference, Sydney, pp. 255-258

Holland A S, & Reeves G K, 1997, 'A Comparison of the Tri-Layer Transmission Line Model and a Finite-Element Model for an alloyed Ohmic Contact to GaAs', Proceedings of 14th Australian Microelectronics Conference, Sydney, pp. 117-122

Kumar D K, Chang Y, & Mahalingam N, 1997, 'Data Compression for Image Recognition', 1997 IEEE Tencon- Speech and Image Technologies and Telecommunications, IEEE, Queensland, pp. 399-402

O'Shea P, & Bradley A, 1997, 'Quality control for undergraduate signal processing education', Pacific region conference on electrical engineering education, Wollongong, pp. 242-245

Reeves G K, & Holland A S, 1997, 'Error Correction for Finite Resistivity in Kelvin Test Structures', Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures, USA, pp. 93-95

Reeves G K, Holland A S, Harrison H B, & Leech P W, 1997, 'Electrical Modelling of Kelvin Structures for the Determination of Low Specific Contact Resistivity', Proceedings 27th European Solid State Device Research Conference, Stuttgart, pp. 492-495

Rowley J T, Waterhouse R B, & Joyner K H, 1997, 'FDTD Handset Antenna Modelling at 900 MHz for Electrical Performance and SAR Results', Second World Congress on Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine, vol. 1, Bogna, pp. 67-71

Shamsili S, Sood D K, Badwal S P S, & Evans P J, 1997, 'Modification of high temperature oxidation behaviour of chromia forming alloys by ion implantation', Proc. 10th Australian Conference on Nuclear Techniques of Analysis, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Sydney

Sood D K, & Ghantasala G K, 1997, 'Characterisation of NdFeB thin films prepared on (100) Si substrates with SiO2 barrier layers', Proc. 10th Australian Conference on Nuclear Techniques of Analysis, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Sydney

Wlodarski W, 1997, 'An Overview of the Electronic Tongue Concept and its Application to the Food Industry', Electronic Aroma Sensing Technology Conference, vol. 1, Tyers P (ed.), Australian Food Industry Institute, Werribee, pp. 121-125

Zmood R B, Sood D K, & Ghantasala M K, 1997, 'Mirco magnetic bearings and suspension systems', The Third International Micromachine Symposium, vol. 3, Micromachine Center, Tokyo, pp. 177-182

Conference publication, Extract of paper

Ash A E, Austin M W, & Love J D, 1997, 'Efficient Coupling of a Laser to a Waveguide Using a Taper Designed by Conformal Mapping', XI Australian Optical Society Conference, Adelaide

Campitelli A, Wlodarski W, Hoummady M, Sawyer W, Jaffrezic-Renault N, & Martelet C, 1997, 'Acoustic Wave Based Immunosensor', World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, vol. 1, Nice, pp. 136-136

Campitelli A, Wlodarski W, Sawyer B, & Brennan F, 1997, 'Biosensing System Based on Acoustic Wave Sensors', 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Biophysics, vol. 1, Sawyer B (ed.), Biochemistry Department, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 17-17

Kumar D K, & Mahalingam N, 1997, 'Two dimensional Artificial Neural Network for ECG Classification', PERM IT 97, South Australia, pp. 9c9-9c9

Kumar D K, & Mahalingam N, 1997, 'Two dimmensional Artificial Neural Network for ECG Classification', PERM-IT'97, Downing A R (ed.), South Australia, pp. 9c9-9c9

Muralidhar G K, & Sood D K, 1997, 'An efficient magnetron sputtering source for low pressure plasma despoition', Proc. 4th Vacuum Society of Australia Congress, Vacuum Society of Australia, Sydney

O'Shea P, Watkins S, Peric C, & Sloss B, 1997, 'Car wind noise characterisation in wind tunnel and on-road tests', Proceedings of 31st International Acoustical Conference, Acoustics - High Tatras, 1997., vol. 1, Slovakia

Sood D K, Mukherjee S, Katselis G, Brown I G, Prince K E, & Short K T, 1997, 'Modification of high temperature oxidation of chromia forming stainless steel by deposition of titanium diboride films implanted with tantalum ions', Proc. 10th Australian Conference on Nuclear Techniques of Analysis, Australian Institue of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Sydney

Targonski S D, Waterhouse R B, & Pozar D M, 1997, 'Spectral Domain Moment Method Solutions for Microstrip Patch Antennas: A Simple Technique for Increased Computational Efficiency', Progress in Electromagetics Research Symposium 1997 (Boston), vol. 1, Habashy T M (ed.), PIERS, Boston, pp. 455-455

Waterhouse R B, Kokotoff D M, & Aberle J T, 1997, 'Characteristics of Annular Rings Coupled to Shorted Patches', Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 1997 (Boston), vol. 1, Habashy T M (ed.), PIERS, Boston, pp. 459-459

Waterhouse R B, Kokotoff D M, & Aberle J T, 1997, 'Techniques for Easing the Fabrication Tolerances of Shorted Microstrip Patch Antennas (Invited)', Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium 1997, vol. 1, Luk K M (ed.), PIERS, Hong Kong, pp. 128-128

Report

Kumar D K, 1997, Feasibility Study for Multichannel FES system., 2, 'Feasibility Study for Multichannel FES system.', 12 p.

Technical report

Ghorbani K, Welch D, Waterhouse R B, & Kokotoff D M, 1997, Input Impedance and Radiation Characteristics of SG2400R and RCP2400-7 Antennas, 1, Melbourne, ZCG Scalar, 16 p.

Ghorbani K, & Waterhouse R B, 1997, Comparison of Antennas for the Camec Group, 1, Melbourne, Camec Group, 5 p.

Rogers D J, Scott J R, Waris V, & Wheeler H, 1997, Technical Data Package for Microwave Receiver Integrated Circuit Development, Rev C, S2682, British Aerospace Australia, 'Microwave Receiver Integrated Circuit Development'

Scott J R, 1997, 8-18 GHz Power Splitter Revision C Results, PS TM 1, British Aerospace Australia, 'Power Splitter Design Project (PS00004)', 15 p.

Waterhouse R B, & Sherwal A, 1997, The Effects of Safety Devices on the Radiation Performance of Mobile Communication Handset Terminals, 1, Melbourne, Action HITECH, 13 p.

Minor review

Harris R J, 1997, 'An Introduction to Performance Engineering', 'Telecommunication Journal of Australia', Principles of Performance Engineering for Telecommunication and Information Systems, vol. 47, no.4, December

Workshop

Ghorbani K, & Waterhouse R B, 1997, 'Broadband planar antennas and phasing techniques', 'The URSI Large Telescope Working Group Meeting and 1kT International Technical Workshop', December, CSIRO, Sydney

Doctorate

Abdul Hamid H, 1997, Development of a Non-Intrusive, Scattered Infrared Light Sensing System for High Speed, On-line Detection and Characterisation of Defects on Enamelled Copper Wire, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Ash A, 1997, Optical waveguide mode transformers, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Ash A, 1997, Planar Lightwave Circuits for Use in the Customer Access Network, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Atashbar M Z, 1997, Oxygen Sensing Based On Surface Acoustic Wave Devices, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Campitelli A, 1997, Investigation of a shear horizontal surface acoustic wave sensor system in liquid media. Application to liquididentification and biosensor development, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Ghorbani K, 1997, Optically Controlled Phased Array Antennas, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Holland A S, 1997, Modelling of Ohmic Contacts to semiconductor devices, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Jakob C, 1997, Subband Coding of High-Fidelity Audio Signals Using Time Domain AliasingCancellation, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Jakob C, 1997, High Fidelity Audio Compression using a Time Domain Aliasing ConcellactionFilter Banks, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Jakob C, 1997, Sub Band Coding of High Fidelity Audio Signals using Time Domain Aliasing Cancellation, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Mahalingam N, 1997, Neural Networks for estimating muscle parameters using EMG., PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Mall L, 1997, Millimetre-wave Antennas for Mobile Communication Base Stations, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Mitchell A, 1997, The Design of Wavelength Selective Optical Modulators Using Quantum Well Structures, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Mudugumawa D, 1997, Low Data Rate Coding of Voice for Store and Forward Message Systems, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Pan P, 1997, A Distributed System for SDL (DS-SDL), PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Reid P, 1997, Network Design and Management for Advanced Metering Systems, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Rowley J T, 1997, Antenna Techniques to Reduce the Energy Deposited in the Head by Hand-held Telephones, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Shi S, 1997, An investigation of thermal effects and methods of heat sinking in laser diodes, Ph D, (Passed), RMIT

Smart G, 1997, Filter Bank Design for Frequency Domain Speech Coding, PhD, (Passed), RMIT

Stojanowski T, 1997, Sporadic Driving of Chaotic Systems and its application in Digital Communications, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Veprek P, 1997, Very low rate compression of speech signals for storage, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Veprek P, 1997, Very Low Rate Compression of Speech Signals for Storage, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Visagathilagar Y S, 1997, Design and Development of Integrated Antenna/Photonic Modules, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Winnall S T, 1997, Microwave Signal Processing Using Photonics, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Zandi M, 1997, Surface acoustic wave device based oxygen sensor, PhD, (InProgress), RMIT

Masters by Research Thesis

Abdul Hamid H, 1997, Detection and characterisation of defects on enamelled copper wire, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Athanasiadis T, 1997, Design automation techniques used in the design of discrete form phase-lockedloops, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Ayiling M, 1997, Ultraviolet absorption based tropospheric ozone sensing system, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Bishara M, 1997, The use of adaptive antennae for enhancing cellullar communications, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Bishara M, 1997, System performance analysis for a smart antenna mobile communication system, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Brennan F, 1997, Digital Signal Processing System for an Acoustic Wave BasedSensor Array, M Eng, (Submitted), RMIT

Brennan F, 1997, Design and implementation of a digital signal processing systemfor use with acoustic wave sensor array, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Campitelli A, 1997, Investigation of a Shear Horizontal Surface Acoustic WaveSensor Systems for Liquid Media - Application to BiosensorDevelopment and Liquid Identification, PhD, (Passed), RMIT

Chapman F, 1997, Oxygen analyser operating at ppb concentration level, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Chapman F, 1997, Oxygen Analyser Operating at part per billion ConcentrationLevel, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Chen Z, 1997, Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensors for Liquid Monitoring, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Chen Z, 1997, Quartz crystal microbalance sensors for liquid monitoring, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Cheng C N, 1997, Fibre optics division multiple access (FO-CDMA), MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Chong J, 1997, Optimised Quantisation Strategies in Frequency Domain Voice Coding, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Chung L S, 1997, L-Band (1.5) GHz GaAs MESFET Low Noise Amplifier Design for Mobile Satellite Applications, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Davey L, 1997, Effective Radio Frequency Spectrum Management for Wireless Personal Communication Systems., MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Drew R, 1997, Signal Processing for Biofeedback., M E, (InProgress), RMIT

Gaisinovitch L, 1997, Object Position Sensing System for Defined Boundary PlaneApertures, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Gaisinovitch L, 1997, Object position sensing system for defined boundary planeapertures, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Gopalakrishna J, 1997, Development of an Electrochemical Oxygen Sensor Operating atRoom Temperature, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Gopalakrishna J, 1997, Electrochemical oxygen sensor operating at room temperature, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Haslbeck J, & Harris R J, 1997, Use of Message Sequence Charts for the Validation and Simulation of Communication Systems based on SDL92/96, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Katselis G, 1997, The nucleation and growth of hot-filament chemical vapour deposited diamond thin films, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Kuver A M, 1997, Optical modulators in III-V compound semiconductor multiple quantum well structures, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Langeder D, 1997, Error Analysis of a Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR) GasSensing System, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Langeder D, 1997, Comprehensive error analysis of a nondispersive infraredgas analyser, M Eng, (InProgress), RMIT

Lee C, 1997, A comparative study of the methods of transmission line modelling (TLM) and finitedifference time domain (FDTD)., MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Lee C, 1997, A comparative study of the methods of transmission line modelling and finite difference time domain, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Li Y, 1997, Use of Message Sequence Charts for the Validation and Simulation ofCommunication Systems based on SDL-92, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Lye M, 1997, Design and Development of Optically Distributed Microcellular Systems, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Marketatamo Y, 1997, Design of Reliable Broadband Communication Networks, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Mendis H, 1997, Investigation and Fabrication of an Integrated Acousto Optic Tunable Filter, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Mizzi P, 1997, Modelling and fabrication of lithium niobate optical waveguides doped using high energy erbium ion implantation, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Molotsky V, 1997, The detection of open circuit faults in board level circuits, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Mudugamuwa D, 1997, Low Data Rate Coding of Voice for Store and Forward Message, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Nanayakkara C, 1997, Power spectral analysis of surface myoelectric signals during dynamiccontractions, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Nanayakkara C, 1997, Spectral analysis of EMG signals, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Parkinson S, 1997, Control and investigation of an ion implanter, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Parkinson S, 1997, Controll of an ion implanter, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Purba B, 1997, A SDMA scheme for use with a SMART ANTENNA system in mobile communications, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Saidi A, 1997, A study of bean forming algorithms for a smart antenna in mobile communications, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Soliman H, 1997, Antennas for Satellite Communications, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Su H, 1997, The application of symbolic modelling and design automation in power switchingcircuit design, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Wang C H, 1997, A study of direction finding algorithms for a smart antenna in mobile communications, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Wang Y, 1997, Development of Optical Fibre Mobile Communications Extender, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Webster M A, 1997, High-speed Mach Zehnder optical intensity modulators in lithium niobate, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Xiao H, 1997, Multigrid and combined fine-coarse mesh techniques for the method of TLM and their applications in the thermal modelling of thin film resistor arrays., MEng, (Submitted), RMIT

Xiao H, 1997, Multigrid and combined fine-coarse mesh techniques for the method of TLM andtheir applications in the thermal modelling of thin film resistor arrays, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Yi M, 1997, Design automation techniques used in the design of discrete form switchedmode power supplies, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Zhao B Q, 1997, Neural Network for Obstacle Avoidance, M E, (InProgress), RMIT

Minor Thesis

Ahsan M, 1997, Simulation of Intelligent Network System Performance, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Amini S, 1997, Network Management for Intelligent Networks, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Aryanto S, & O'Shea P, 1997, Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation and beamforming for a smart antenna, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Aryasa K B, & Manh M Q D, 1997, Outdoor Mobile Propagation Prediction, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Aryasa K, 1997, Outdoor Mobile Radio Propagation Computer Predictions., MEngTelecom, (InProgress), RMIT

Bommareddy K, 1997, Frequency analysis using Neural Networks., M E, (InProgress), RMIT

Bonha D, 1997, The Design of a Low-Noise Active Integrated Receiving Printed Antenna for PCS, MEngTel, (InProgress), RMIT

Bonha D M W, 1997, The Design of Active Integrated Receive Printed Antenna for Personal Communication Systems, MEngTelcom, (Passed), RMIT

Chang Y, 1997, Neural Networks for data compression of 1 dimesional signal, M E, (InProgress), RMIT

Choudhari S, 1997, Signal Classification using Competetive Neural Networks, M E, (InProgress), RMIT

DODI D, 1997, Noise Reduction for Speech Signals in Mobile Telephony Environment, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Djamili K, 1997, Microwave Wideband Filter Design Using Suspended Substrate Stripline, MEng Telecomm, (Passed), RMIT

Hill C, 1997, Analysing Antenna Requirements for Receiving Low Earth Orbiting Satellite Downlinks Using the UoSat-class 'Little Leo' Microsatellites as an example, MEngTelcom, (InProgress), RMIT

Homnan P, 1997, Optical Link for a Seismograph, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Khanh M Q, 1997, Automating the Antenna Range at RMIT, MEngTel, (Passed), RMIT

Le Quang D, 1997, Wireless Local Area Network, MEngTelecomm, (Passed), RMIT

Leung J H, 1997, ATM Switch Performance Models, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Mahalingam N, 1997, Classification of ECG: Neural Network for 2 dimensional signal processing applications., M E, (Passed), RMIT

Martinson M, 1997, Synthesis of Communication Ring Structures, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Mihardjo L, 1997, The Integration of a High Power Amplifier with a Printed Antenna for PCS, MEngTel, (InProgress), RMIT

Mihardjo L W W, 1997, The Integration of a Power Amplifier with a Printed Antenna for PCS Applications, MEngTelcom, (Passed), RMIT

Nell D, 1997, Investigation for a New Optical Add-Drop Multiplexing Device, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Nichani R T, 1997, Customer Access Network Technologies, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Nilsson U R, 1997, Signal Interference in a CDMA Cellular Network, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Purba B, 1997, Channel allocation for smart antenna based cellular communications system, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Safitri S, & Manh M Q D, 1997, Indoor Mobile Propagation Prediction and Verification, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Safitri S, 1997, Indoor Mobile Propagation Prediction and Verification, MEngTelecom, (Submitted), RMIT

Sengupta D, & Lau K K, 1997, Forecasting the changes in the Telecommunication Industry in Hong Kong., ME, (Passed), RMIT

Sengupta D, & Amos S, 1997, 1.The Development and Application of Telecommunications Technical standards in aderegulated telecommunications environment in Australia, ME, (Passed), RMIT

Sim C T, 1997, Modelling and Simulation of Dynamic Routing Schemes For Circuit SwitchedTraffic, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Siswanto E, 1997, Design and Dimensioning of Intelligent Networks, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Svaha J, 1997, Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in ATM Networks, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Tang S D S, 1997, Design of erbium doped fibre amplifier and automatic lock-in circuit for a WDM system, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Wahyuningsih E D, 1997, Modelling of Optical Fiber Links Using EEsof Tools, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Wijayanto B W, 1997, Modeling an External Optical Modulator Using EEsof, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Woo M K, 1997, A New Algorithm for Channel Assignment in Mobile Communication Networks, MEng, (InProgress), RMIT

Wu F G, 1997, Optical Fibre Based Microcellular Systems, MEng, (Passed), RMIT

Visiting Professor or Research Fellow

Bradley A B, 1997, Pihl J, Visiting Researcher, Senior Lecturer, Norwegian Technical University, Trondheim, Norway, January-December, Digital Signal Processing projects including high speed digital filter design and the development of a prototype random number generator on a chip.

Bradley A B, 1997, Krzesinski A E, Visiting Professor, Professor, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, January-December, Development of advanced algorithms for dynamic reconfiguration of high speed communication networks.

Bradley A B, 1997, Berezner S A, Visiting Researcher, Senior Lecturer, University of Natal, South Africa, January-December, Development of new algorithms for dynamic reconfiguration of high speed communication networks.

Bradley A B, Harris R J, & Berry L T, 1997, Bose S K, Professor, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, November - December, Development of protocols for dynamic reconfiguration of advanced communication networks. Simulator to test these protocols. The visit was supported from a Large ARC Grant to study dynamic reconfiguration of communication networks.

Research topics

Abdul Hamid H, 1997, Development of a Non-Intrusive, Scattered Infrared Light Sensing System for High Speed, On-line Detection and Characterisation of Defects on Enamelled Copper Wire, (Continuing), In the manufacturing process of enamelled copper wire, it is nesessary as a quality control measure to continuouslymonitor the condition of the wire surface.Research towards configuring the optical sensinghead will result in a total view of the copper wire circumferenc.This will allow for the detection of micron size defects at wire speeds up to10 meters per second.

Ahsan M, & Harris R J, 1997, Simulation of intelligent network performance, (Continuing), This project involves simulating the performance of an intelligent network under normal and overload conditions.

Amini S, & Harris R J, 1997, Network Management for Intelligent Networks, (Continuing), Intelligent networks generate a considerable number of messages. Management techniques need to be applied to ensure that network elements do not become overloaded and cause failures.

Andrew L L H, 1997, Quantisation for noisy channels, (New), Communications systems, especially mobile systems, suffer from channel errors.This work work investigates issues relating to the transmission of audio andvideo data over such systems.

Aryanto S, 1997, Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation and beamforming for a smart antenna, (Continuing), Normally in cellular communication systems the base station transmits and receives omnidirectionally on all channels. This is very inefficient because the mobile with which it is communicating on any given channel is in one particular direction. With current computer technology it is possible to form a narrow beam from the basestation in the direction of the relevant mobile.

Atashbar M Z, & Wlodarski W, 1997, Oxygen Sensing Based On Surface Acoustic Wave ( SAW )Devices, (Continuing), The proposed novel oxygen sensing technique is based on SAWdevice, which is configured as a delay line oscillator. The delay line is coated with the selective film (doped TiO2) which interacts with oxygen molecules.This research will leadto design, fabrication, testing and optimisation of the sensor.

Attalla M, 1997, Building intellegent tutoring systems as a means of engineering education, (Continuing), Investigate the scope and use of Intellegent Tutoring Systems in EngineeringEducation with a particular emphasis on the electronic/communication/computersystems discipline. A vital task will be the development of tutoring systemsto effectively represent knowledge about the specific domain and, knowledgeabout the student, while providing a means of conveniently communication thisinformation to users, both instructors and students.

Austin M, & Ash A, 1997, Silica planar lightwave circuits, (Continuing), This research project is investigating the design of silica planar opticalwaveguide devices fabricated on a silicon substrate. Optical mode transformerswavelength demultiplexers, curved waveguide sections and Y-junctions are beingstudied and optimised. This is part of a collaborative project with the ANUand telecom research laboratories which is supported by Ericsson Australia.

Austin M W, Kuver A, & Mitchell A, 1997, Microwave Optical Intensity Modulators, (Continuing), This research project is investigating the design and fabrication of wideband optical intensity modulators using titanium indiffused optical waveguides in lithium niobate. The modulators are based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometric design. Devices are fabricated with a thick, electroplated gold travelling-wave electrode structure for high frequency operation. To date, modulators with an electrical bandwidth of 30 GHz have been demonstrated.

Austin M W, & Mitchell A, 1997, The Design of Wavelength Selective Optical Modulators Using Quantum Well Structures, (Continuing), This research project is investigating the design of a tunable, wavelength selective optical modulator using semiconductor multiple quantum well material. Devices based on optical coupling between standard waveguides and resonant cavity waveguides which utilise Fabry-Perot type interference to achieve wavelength selection are being studied. By incorporating multiple quantum well material in a resonant cavity waveguide, the resonant wavelength can be tuned electrically.

Austin M W, & Ash A E, 1997, Planar Lightwave Circuits for Use in the Customer Access Network, (Continuing), This research project is investigating the theoretical design and numerical modelling of a number of generic planar optical waveguide elements which are necessary to develop a Planar Lightwave Circuit based on silica-on-silicon technology. Analytical and numerical modelling tools are being developed to design and optimise the performance of elements such as optical mode transformers, curved waveguides, crossovers, Y-branch splitters and couplers.

Austin M W, Kokotoff D M, Mitchell A D, & Webster M, 1997, Numerical Modelling of Optoelectronic Devices, (Continuing), Development of Finite Difference and Finite Element tools for the analysis of arbitrary RF and Optical waveguides. These tools are used for the design of novel optoelectronic devices (e.g. High speed LiNbO3 optical modulators).

Austin M W, & Mendis H, 1997, Investigation and Fabrication of an Integrated Acousto Optic Tunable Filter, (New), This project is investigating the design and fabrication of an integrated acousto-optic tunable filter (IAOTF) which relies on the collinear interaction between a guided surface acoustic wave (SAW) and optical waves to produce a narrow-band mode conversion between the two orthogonally polarised modes (TE and TM modes) of an optical waveguide. The optical wavelength at which the conversion takes place depends on the radio frequency of the SAW.

Austin M W, & Winnall S T, 1997, Microwave Signal Processing Using Photonics, (Continuing), Current electronic devices are limited to simple processing of signals at microwave frequencies. Fibre optic and photonic devices offer real means to process these signals at a much faster rate than currently available. This project is investigating the suitability of optical fibre devices and planar guided-wave optical devices to perform signal processing of microwave signals. The research has applications in communications, defence and industry.

Berry L T M, & Cheng N H, 1997, A formal network management descriptoin technique based on temporal orderingof observational behaviour, (Continuing), The research is aimed at developing new techniques to address the weaknessesof present network management techniques. Applications of the specificationlanguage include distributed systems management and management applicationdevelopment. The work in 1994 mainly concentrated on refining the languagedeveloping management specifications using the language and implementing thespecifications.

Bradley A B, & Chong J, 1997, Optimised Quantisation Strategies in Frequency Domain Voice, (Continuing), This research program will involve the optimisation of aspects of a voice compression algorithm aimed at an eight fold reduction in transmission datarate without significant degradation in voice quality or intelligibility.

Bradley A B, & Jakob C, 1997, Subband Coding of High-Fidelity Audio Signals Using Time Domain Aliasing Cancellation, (Continuing), The effect of the quantisation of filter bank subbands is to be analysed byincorporating a quantisation noice model into the Time Domain AliasingCancellation (TDAC) filter bank. Expressions for the reconstruction error ofthe quantised TDAC system will be found. These expressions will allow easyidentification of subjectively annoying errors, and provide the framework for asubjective optimisation of the quantisation process.

Bradley A B, & Glazebrook E, 1997, Low Data Rate Coding of voice for Store and Forward Message Systems, (Continuing), Voice coding is to reduce the data required for representing digital speechwaveforms in order to save transmission bandwidth and storage needs. This project is aimed at the development of a voice coding scheme that can offer afactor of 32 bandwidth reduction for applications such as voice mail and solidstate speech recording. The research will focus of optimising the balancebetween output voice quality, processing delay and resultant data rate.

Bradley A B, Jakob C, & Mudugamuwa D J, 1997, Digital Signal Processing, (Continuing), Development of advanced techniques in digital signal processing for audioand speech applications.

Bradley A B, & Veprek P, 1997, Very low rate compression of speech signals for storage, (Continuing), This project will investigate very low rate coding of digitized wideband speechsignals for applications requiring storage of large volumes of wideband speech data. It will concentrate on applications that have the text transcription of the speech record under consideration available. The project aims atbringing together various available technologies in a novel speech compressionsystem.

Brennan F, & Wlodarski W, 1997, Digital Signal Processing System for an Acoustic Wave BasedSensor Array, (Continuing), This research project, involves the study of Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) and Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) sensor arraybehaviour in liquid media.The novel digital signal processing system is developed. To overcome loss of data that sequentiallypolling an array of QCM's or SAW's brings, especially when data is changing rapidly, the digital analyzer samples thosearrays concurrently.

Gazecki G, Reeves G K, & Zamora M, 1997, Characterisation of Buried Waveguide Structures, (Continuing), Waveguiding structures can readily be fabricated from doped or heavily ionimplanted silica which has been deposited on various substrates. This technology has received considerable attention in recent years, because of its potentialapplication to integrated optics devices. Such waveguides need to becharacterised with respect to their refractive index profile and depth.

Han X, & Tran V N, 1997, Non invasive temperature sensor, (New), Temperature sensing from electromagnetic emission has been investigated with the aim of developing a low cost and compact device for many industrial applications

Harris R J, Pan P, Haslbeck J, & Kibell J, 1997, Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tools for the Specification andDescription Language (SDL), (Continuing), Software tools are being developed for a PC computer platform runningWindows 95 or NT. SDL is an ITU-T standard language used to specifyreal time communication systems and protocols. An earlier version of the CASEtools - known as XMelba was released for Sun workstations running in a UNIXenvironment. The new version of the software is compliant with SDL-92 standards(plus extensions) and will have important applications in industry and in theinternational standards arena.

Harris R J, & Berry L T, 1997, Communication Network Engineering, (Continuing), A synchronous transfer mode communication networks are starting to be deployedin countries throughout the world. Methods for determining resource requirmentssuch as link capacities and processor speed must be developed. This projectseeks to produce advanced mathematical techniques to solve this problem.

Harris R J, Nilsson R, & Everitt D, 1997, Performance Analysis of CDMA Mobile Communication Networks, (Continuing), Methods are being developed to determine the performance of CDMA mobilenetworks. From these new techniques for desiging CDMA networks are beingdeveloped in order to meet required performance standards.

Jakob C, & Bradley A, 1997, Sub band Coding of High Fidelity Audio Signals using Time Domain Aliasing Cancellation, (Continuing), Application of the Time Domain Aliasing Cancellation perfect reconstructing filter bank technology to the coding of Audio signals. The emphasis is on optimising filter bank characteristics and quantisation strategies to minimise the error in reconstruction for a given data rate.

Kokotoff D M, Bonha D, & Mihardjo L, 1997, Investigation of Integrating Active Devices with Printed Antennas for PCS Applications, (Continuing), Microwave antennas integrated with active elements have recently found a wide interest in PCS, mobile communications and wireless local area networks. We are investigating methods to integrate an active device with microstrip antennas operating in both transmit and receive modes.

Kumar D K, 1997, Wireless transmission of biosignals for medical and sports applications, (New), In order to assess the atheletes and swimmers, biosignal recording has been found to be very useful. The difficulty has been in transmission of the signal. The aim is to make a relatively cheap device to overcome this problem.

Kumar D K, 1997, Neural Network for study of body functions, (New), Feature extraction of biosignals with body functions related to upper limb movement

Kumar D K, 1997, Learning curves associated with Biofeedback of muscle activity, (New), Lack of control of muscles may be partial or complete. It is a cause of disability. The project intends to study the best methods to provide bio feedback to people suffering due to lack of feedback from their extremities.

Leung J H, & Harris R J, 1997, ATM Switch Performance Models, (Continuing), This project considers different switch architectures for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) traffic and examines their performance in the presence of highly variable traffic demand.

Marketatamo Y, & Harris` R J, 1997, Design of Reliable BroadBand Communication Networks, (Continuing), High speed networks must be built for reliability as a brief break in connectivity leads to substantial data losses. This work focuses on techniques for ensuring a prescribed level of reliability under defined failure conditions.

Martinsson M, & Harris R J, 1997, The synthesis of ring structures, (Continuing), Traditional networks are relatively insecure with respect to link failures since they utilise a tree structure. New research suggests that ring structures are more robust and resilient to failures. Methods for constructing these structures and ensuring their reliability need to be found.

Mudugamuwa D, & Bradley A, 1997, Low Data Rate Coding of Voice for Store and Forward Systems, (Continuing), Extension of the MELP Coding strategy to the delay domain, where a segmentation algorithm assembles contiguous blocks of speech of like characteristic for two dimensional transform coding of the frame by frame MELP parameters. The objective is to reduce the necessary data rate for MELP transmission withiout degrading speech quality.

O'Shea P, & Nanayakkara C, 1997, Power spectral analysis of surface myoelectric signals during dynamiccontractions, (Continuing), In the research the power spectral analysis of surface myelectric signals fromthe human skeletal muscle during dynamic contractions is investigated. Thecontraction of a skeletal muscle can be detected electrically and is displayedion a surface Electromyogram (EMG). The surface EMG is a stochastic signal, sopower spectral analysis is employed to analyse it.

Pan P, & Harris R J, 1997, Distributed Systems for SDL (DS-SDL), (Continuing), The development of a distributed system for implementation of SDL on multipleplatforms for parallel processing of messages.

Payne F, & Yi M, 1997, Design automation techniques used in the design of discrete form switchedmode power supplies, (Continuing), The design cycle of electronic circuits contain both synthesis and analysisphases to achieve design outcomes which meet performance specifications. Thisproject uses computer aids which strengthens the synthesis process by solvingconstrained equations describing the relationships between perofrmances andphysical variables. The approach is being applied to the design of discreteform switched mode power supplies.

Payne F, & Athanasiadis T, 1997, Design automation technqiues used in the design of discrete form phase-lockedloops, (Continuing), The design cycle of electronic circuits contain both synthesis and analysis phases to achive designoutcomes which meet performance specifications. This project uses computeraids which strengthens the synthesis process bu solving constained equationsdescribing the relationships between performances and physical variables. Theapproach is being applied to the design of discrete form phase-locked loops.

Purba B, & O'Shea P, 1997, Channel allocation for smart antenna based cellular communication system, (Continuing), Normally in cellular communication systems the base station transmits and receives omnidrectionally on all channels. This is very inefficient because the mobile with which it is communicating on any given channel is in one particular direction.

Reeves G K, & Holland A S, 1997, Comparison of Kelvin and TLM Test Structures, (Continuing), This project is investigating the accuracy of Kelvin four terminal and Transmission Line Model test structures for deriving very low values of contact resistance. The project uses finite element analysis to model the test structures, and is complemented by experimental measurements undertaken on fabricated test structures.

Reeves G K, & Leech P W, 1997, Ohmic Contacts to Compound Semiconductors, (Continuing), Research is being undertaken into new processes and materials for the formation of ohmic contacts on to compound semiconductors such as InGaAs and GaN. The aim is to optimise (minimise) the specific contact resistance and develop an understanding of the physical processes taking place whenohmic contacts are formed.

Reeves G K, & Harrison H B, 1997, Ohmic Contact Modelling, (Continuing), This project is researching new implementations of the Transmission Line Modelnetwork for modelling complex ohmic contact structures on semiconductors. The new electrical model has been is being extended to describe heterostructure contacts and silicided contacts on to silicon.

Reeves G K, 1997, Infrared Emitting Arrays, (Continuing), Thin film resistor arrays have proved very versatile as a means of obtaining grey-body IR radiation in the short to medium wavelength range. On-going research into the materials and fabrication techniques is being carried out. The project is supported by DSTO and aspects of the work are done in cooperation with Rockwell (USA).

Reid P, & Harris R J, 1997, Network Design and Management for ADvanced Metering Systems, (Continuing), Development of techniques for designing and managing advanced metering systems as used by the utilities (gas, water, electricity...) These systems are likely to generate huge multilayer networks which interconnect every household in order to manage customer data.

Sim C, & Harris R J, 1997, Modelling and Simulation of Dynamic Routing Schemes for Circuit Switched Traffic, (Continuing), Dynamic routing schemes have flourished for over a decade. This projectevaluates the performance of the different schemes to determine the robustnessand ability to react to network failure scenarios.

Siswanto E, & Harris R J, 1997, Design and Dimensioning of Intelligent Networks, (Continuing), Intelligent networking is a major growth area in telecommunications. Many new services can be implemented using this approach. Such services generate considerable traffic demands on the underlying signalling network. Methods need to be found to determine adequate capacities for given service standards.

Stojanovski T, & Harris R J, 1997, Sporadic Driving of Chaotic Systems and its application to secure communications, (Continuing), Use of sporadic driving techniques to develop secure methods of communicationin digital neworks. Spin offs from this work include an advanced method for random number generation.

Svanh J, & Harris R J, 1997, Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation, (Continuing), Methods for dynamically determining bandwidths in ATM networks will enable the efficient utilisation of capacity in high speed networks.

Tam W K, Tran V N, & Cai Z Q, 1997, Wireless Communications, (Continuing), Two aspects investigated are hardware implementation and software modelling. We are looking at the trasmitters and receivers design. We have developed an indoor electromagnetic model for simulating different environments and we have also looked at wireless image coding. The results of our model tend to predict the correct trend and our image coding has achieved very efficient bit rates. The project has been sponsored by Ericsson.

Tran V N, 1997, Rubber devulcanisation, (Continuing), We are investigating a novel process of devulcanising used tyres for recycling.Microwave enrgy has the advantage over conventional heat in that it can penetrate rubber while thermal heat is inhibited by the poor thermal conductivity of rubber.The S- bond can be severed more readily and the rubber is devulcanised.Laboratory results tend to confirm this thinking. We are proceeding to large scale design and construction.

Tran V N, 1997, Solvent recycling, (Continuing), We are investigating the efficiency of our 12 kW microwave recycling machine. So far the results seem to be quite good. The purity of the recovered solvent is about 99.9% and the recovering rate is 120 litres per hour.

Tran V N, & Piotrowski A, 1997, Programmable microwave and heat pump dehydration, (Continuing), Microwave is a very good compliment for heat pump drying. We have also developed a comprehensive computer model and interesting results have been obtained. Some of the results will be presented at an international conference in Fermo, Italy.

Tran V N, 1997, Dielectric properties Measurement, (Continuing), High Power Microwave applications need the dielectric properties over a wide range of frequency for computer modelling and also for designing applicators.Work in this field has concentrated on computer controlled measurements and extending the frequency range to below 100 MHz and to above 12.4 GHz.

Tran V N, May B K, Dixon C, & Shapland H, 1997, Microwave and Heat Pump Dehydration, (Continuing), Microwave assisted heat pump drying of vegetables and foods. Development of a flexible system for many industrial applications. The project is at the final stage of completion. The characterisrics of six food and vegetables have been measured. Others are being investigated.

Veprek P, & Bradley A, 1997, Very Low Rate Compression of Speech Signals for Storage, (Continuing), A novel combination of speech coding and text to speech synthesis technologies to provide very high compression performance for applications where the text transcription of the input speech is available.

Waterhouse R B, Austin M A, Lye M, Ghorbani K, Visagathilagar Y, & Wang Y, 1997, Application of Photonics for RF remoting, (Continuing), This project involves the application of photonic technology to rf communication systems. Systems investigated include optically controlled phased arrays and optically distributed microcellular systems.

Waterhouse R B, Kokotoff D M, & Targonski S D, 1997, Printed Antennas for Mobile Communications, (Continuing), This project examines ways to enhance the performance of printed antennas for applications ranging from basestation to hand-set antenna design. Both theoretical and experimental investigations are performed. State of the art analysis software has been developed for use in this project.

Wlodarski W, Chapman F, & Gould A, 1997, Oxygen analyser operating at ppb concentration level, (Continuing), The aim of this project is to develop a new oxygen analyser which will allow the measurement in the ppb range with fast response, ruggedness, and low cost as its main advantage. Its application will be to determine the permeability of oxygenthrough high performance plastic films used for sealing foods such as meat, dairy and horticultural products. The new analyser is based on cascaded zirconia solid electrolyte sensors.

Wlodarski W, Cantalini C, Gopel W, Pelino M, Sanducci S, & von Schickfus M, 1997, Solid-state sensor systems for in-situ monitoring ofnitrogen oxides and ozone, (Continuing), The project is intended to achieve development of high performance and low cost measurement systems for multispotmonitoring of nitrogen oxides and ozone in the atmospheric environment. The implementation of these systems has the potential for significant commercial, environmental and social implications for Australia. This international collaborative project is supported by the grant from the Department of Industry, Science and Tourism.

Wlodarski W, & Brennan F, 1997, Design and implementation of a digital signal processing system for use with acoustic wave sensor array, (Continuing), The research project involves the development and implementation of a portable analyser system based on a array of acoustic gravimetric sensors. The novel advanced sensor system is versatile and readily adaptable to the Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) and the Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices operating in both gas and liquid media. A theoretical model has been developed and experimentally provedwhich allows to monitor the dynamic performance of the sensor array.

Wlodarski W, Abdul Hamid H, & Brennan F, 1997, High Speed Continuous On-line Defect Sensing System for Enamelled Copper Wire, (Continuing), The aim of this project is to develop high speed continuous on-line defect sensing system for enamelled copper wire, inthe diameter range of 0.27 mm to 2.5 mm, moving at speeds upto 12 meters per second. A networking system will be developedwhere a central computer will be used to monitor the quality of production on all productions lines existing at the factory.

Wlodarski W, & Gaisinovitch L, 1997, Object Position Sensing System for Defined Boundary PlaneApertures, (Continuing), This project invetigates the theory of a two dimensionalobject postion sensing system for defined boundary plane apertures. The aim is to answer questions concerning thecapability and reliability of a two dimensional scanninginfrared sensing system to detect an object and its postionon a plane. Finally such a system will be implemented.

Wlodarski W, Langeder D, & Chapman F, 1997, Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR) Gas Sensing System, (Continuing), The aim of this research project is to design and implement NDIRCO2 sensing system followed by characterisation and quantification.The comprehensive error analysis of a NDIR CO2 sensing system isconducted, which helps to compensate for the error sources.

Wlodarski W, Gopalakrishna J, & Chapman F, 1997, Development of an Electrochemical Oxygen Sensor Operating atRoom Temperature, (Continuing), Solid state oxygen sensors based on zirconia or oxide semiconductors have to be operated at elevated temperatures.Considerable interest has been focused on the electrochemicaloxygen sensor operating at room temperature, in order toachieve low power consumption. The aim of this project is to develop electrochemical oxygen sensor based on zirconia operating at room temperatures and capable of sensing oxygenat parts per million concentration level.

Wlodarski W, Ayiling M, & Galbally I, 1997, Ultraviolet absorption based tropospheric ozone measurement system, (Continuing), The project is being undertaken in conjunction with the CSIRODivision of Atmospheric Research with the purpose of improvingupon the performane of current UV absorption based troposphericozone measurement instruments. Development of an ozone measurment system has been undertaken. The performance goals forthe system include 0.1 ppb resolution and 1% accuracy. The system will be capable of airborne and ground based operation.

Wlodarski W, & Chen Z, 1997, Quartz Crystal Microbalance Based Industrial Waste Water Analysis, (Continuing), The aim of this project is to develop a Quartz CrystalMicrobalance (QCM) based sensor for analysis of industrialwaste water. The sensitive coating was prepared by sol-gelmethod. Studies on modelling, fabrication and characterisationof QCM sensor and microporous coatings will lead to the development of an on-line liquid analysis system.

Wlodarski W, Campitelli A, Sawyer B, & Hoummady M, 1997, Immunosensing System Based on Acoustic Wave Devices, (Continuing), There is a great need for the development of portable, fastand relatively inexpensive analysis tools for the continuousmonitoring of biological species. Such a system that incorporates an array of Shear Horizontal Surface AcousticWave based sensors has been developed for immunosensing applications. The instrumentation performs the automated control of the liquid delivery and the immunosensor dataaquisition system.

Wlodarski W, & Chapman F, 1997, Oxygen Analyser Operating at parts per billion (ppb)Concentration Level, (Continuing), The measurement of oxygen in the parts per billion range usinga zirconia solid electrolyte based sensor is investigated.Several aspects of the measurement system are studied with theaim of developing a system for measuring a permeation of oxygenthrough plastic films. As the sensor will be working belowits normal threshold of noise, the electrode design, exposed surface area, oxygen pump control and gas flow rate will beoptimised to achieve a ppb range.

Wlodarski W, Langeder D, Chapman F, & Gould A, 1997, Comprehensive error analysis of a single colour Non DispersiveInfrared Radiation (NDIR) gas sensing system, (Continuing), The project is aimed at improving the performance of a NDIRCO2 monitoring system by analysing the contributing error sources. A theoretical model was developed, which can simulate the performance of a NDIR measurement system. The result ofthis program, a CO2 analyser has been successfully commercialised by Novatech Controls.

Wlodarski W, Campitelli A, & Sawyer W, 1997, Investigation of a Shear Horizontal Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor System for Operation in Liquid Media. Application to Liquid Identification and Biosensing applications., (Continuing), The project concerns the investigation of novel sensors for themonitoring of chemical (or biochemical) species in a liquid media. The gravimetric microsensors are based on the Shear Horizontal Surface Acoustic Wave (SH-SAW) transducer. Analysis of the kinetic phases of the interaction between the targetanalytes and the sensor are evaluated in real time.

Wlodarski W, Langeder D, & Chapman F, 1997, New Oxygen Analyser Operating at parts per billion ConcentrationLevel for Application in the Food Packaging Industry, (Continuing), The aim of this project is to develop a new oxygen analyser whichwill allow the measurement in the parts per billion range with fast response, ruggedness, and low cost as its main advantages.Its application will be to determine the permeability of oxygenthrough high performance plastic films used for sealing foods.The analyser is based on cascaded zirconia solid electrolyte sensors, coupled with a dynamic siganl evaluation technique.

Wlodarski W, & Gaisinovitch L, 1997, Object position sensing system for defined boundary planeapertures, (Continuing), This project analyses the performance of a two dimensional scanning infrared position sensing system. The operation of this system with respect to reliability, response time,sensitivity and detection patterns, high ambient light intensitylevel has been investigated. A theoretical model of the system is being developed. The system will be implemented to both industrial and sporting game applications.

Wlodarski W, & Chen Z, 1997, Quartz crystal microbalance sensors for liquid monitoring, (Continuing), This research aims at the development of Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM)based sensors for liquid monitoring. The silica and polyimide coatings have been deposited on quartz crystal resonators by sol-gel method. The waste water from theclean room at RMIT has been successfully tested.

Wlodarski W, & Zandi M, 1997, Surface acoustic wave device based oxygen sensor, (Continuing), In this project oxygen sensing technique is based on a Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) transducer. The objectives of this research areto identify and characterise the oxygen selective film depositedon a SAW device. The doped TiO2 film deposited using sol-gel technology has been chosen as the best candidate for oxygen sensing at ppm concentration levels. Promising results have been already achieved.

Wlodarski W, & Adbul Hamid H, 1997, Detection and characterisation of defects on enamelled copper wire., (Continuing), This project is in collaboration with CRCIMST and Tycan Australia Pty Ltd with the purpose of development of an on-line defect detection system for enamelled copper wire.A simulation and optimisation procedure is directed towardsdesigning a highly reliable system with the view of providinga means to wire quality monitoring and improvement.

Wlodarski W, Gopalakrishna J, & Gould A, 1997, Electrochemical oxygen sensor operating at room temperature, (Continuing), This programme is in collaboration with Novatech Pty Ltd with the purpose of development of electrochemical oxygen sensor operating at room temperature. This research also aims at the detection of oxygen in ppm level in the presence of combustible gases. Amperometric mode of operation, using solid polymer electrolyte (Nafion membrane) is proposed. Acid treatment ofthe nafion membrane is found to be promising for oxygen detection at ppm concentration levels.

Wong C C, Su H, & Payne F, 1997, The application of symbolic modelling and design automation in power switchingcircuits, (Continuing), Symbolic modelling technique is used to model power electronic switching systemssuch that exact time-domain solutions can be derived and used to evaluate / improvethe performance of the design. The equations will be integrated within the designautomation section and hence a complete package will be developed.

Wong C C, Lee C, & Kokotoff D, 1997, A comparative study of the methods of transmission line modelling (TLM) and finite difference time domain (FDTD)., (New), Both the TLM and the FDTD methods claim to possess many (similar) advantages (such as explicit and ease of implementation). On the other hand, they bothhave similar disadvantages (for example, computer storage requirement). This project aims to systematically compare the two methods and provide improvements.

Wong C C, Xiao H, & Reeves G K, 1997, Multigrid and combined fine-coarse mesh techniques for the method of TLM andtheir applications in the thermal modelling of thin film resistor arrays, (Continuing), The project aims to develop a new discretisation method (CFCM) for the TLM method. The new method is compared with other existing methods and is used to model the thermal behaviour of thin film resistor arrays developed at RMIT.

Woo M K, & Harris R J, 1997, Algorithms for Dynamic Channel Assignment in Mobile Communication Networks, (Continuing), Mobile networks are experiencing phenomenal growth and there is limited spectrum available to accommodate the traffic. Advanced methods for allocating channels to cells must be found to improve network capacity. New models are being developed to satisfy this demand.