Electrical Engineering: Recent submissions
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A fuzzy logic based irrigation system enhanced with wireless data logging applied to the state of Qatar
( Elsevier B.V. , 2013 , Article)In arid regions, developing environment and crop-specific irrigation scheduling that reduces water lost via evapotranspiration is a key to a sustainable and better managed irrigation. This paper presents a practical solution ... -
Towards u-health: An indoor 6LoWPAN based platform for real-time healthcare monitoring
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)Ubiquitous healthcare is the key to handle the challenges of the growing population around the world. A variety of u-healthcare systems have been developed using various short-range technologies and proprietary protocols ... -
U-healthcare system: State-of-the-art review and challenges
( SpringerLink , 2013 , Article)With the increase of an ageing population and chronic diseases, society becomes more health conscious and patients become "health consumers" looking for better health management. People's perception is shifting towards ... -
A comparative analysis of BLE and 6LoWPAN for U-HealthCare applications
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)For decades, there exist a variety of low-power wireless technologies deployed for healthcare applications such as Zigbee/IEEE802.15.4, Bluetooth, ANT, NFC, IrDA. However, the recently announced Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) ... -
Hybrid thin-films of graphene materials and metallic nanowires for next generation transparent electrodes
( Optics InfoBase , 2013 , Conference Paper)We report advances in the fabrication and characterization of transparent conductive electrodes based on thin-films of metallic nanowires (copper and silver) encapsulated with graphene, graphene oxide, and reduced graphene ... -
Design of Qatar University's first solar car for Shell Eco-marathon competition
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)Research and development in the area of renewable energy is growing fast, supported by the increasing awareness about sustainability, environment and limitation of conventional sources of energy. Interestingly, oil and gas ... -
Towards understanding the effects of climatic and environmental factors on solar PV performance in arid desert regions (Qatar) for various PV technologies
( IEEE , 2012 , Conference Paper)The sensitivity of various solar photovoltaic technologies to dust, temperature and relative humidity is investigated for Qatar's environment. Results obtained show that mono-crystalline PVs have efficiencies as high as ... -
Study of the effects of dust, relative humidity, and temperature on solar PV performance in Doha: Comparison between monocrystalline and amorphous PVS
( Taylor & Francis , 2013 , Article)The sensitivity of various solar photovoltaic technologies to dust, temperature, and relative humidity is investigated for Doha's environment. Results obtained show that monocrystalline photovoltaics (PVs) have efficiencies ... -
Renewable energy-harvested sensor systems for air quality monitoring
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) devoted to environmental monitoring has preponderantly assumed the adoption of a portable and limited energy source, (e.g. lithium, alkaline, NiMH batteries), to support the sensor ... -
Highly transparent low sheet resistance electrodes for solar cell applications
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)High aspect ratio copper nanowires were synthesized, using a solution-based approach. The nanowires along with reduced graphene oxide thin films were sprayed onto glass and flexible substrates and later annealed in order ... -
A 3G/WiFi-enabled 6LoWPAN-based U-healthcare system for ubiquitous real-time monitoring and data logging
( IEEE Computer Society , 2014 , Conference Paper)Ubiquitous healthcare (U-healthcare) systems are expected to offer flexible and resilient high-end technological solutions enabling remote monitoring of patients health status in real-time and provisioning of feedback and ... -
Development of energy efficient battery electric car for Shell Eco-Marathon competition - Qatar University experience
( IEEE Computer Society , 2014 , Conference Paper)The paper reports on the participation of Electrical Engineering students of Qatar University students in Shell Eco Marathon (SEM) competition, which aims at designing and racing energy efficient vehicles. This participation ... -
Preliminary studies on autonomous sensor systems dedicated to air quality monitoring
( IMEKO-International Measurement Federation Secretariat , 2014 , Conference Paper)Sensor systems and smart networks devoted to environmental supervision have today assisted the analysis of primal processes and they have also provided vital hazard early warnings. At the same time the use of environmental ... -
Transparent conducting electrodes based on thin, ultra-long Copper nanowires and graphene nano-composites
( SPIE , 2014 , Conference Paper)High aspect-ratio ultra-long (> 70 ?m) and thin (< 50 nm) copper nanowires (Cu-NW) were synthesized in large quantities using a solution-based approach. The nanowires, along with reduced graphene-oxide sheets, were coated ... -
Metal nanowire-graphene composite transparent electrodes
( SPIE , 2014 , Conference Paper)Silver nanowires with 40 nm diameter and copper nanowires with 150 nm diameter were synthesized using low-temperature routes, and deposited in combination with ultrathin graphene sheets for use as transparent conductors. ... -
Evaluation of FSO link throughput in Qatar
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)Despite the vibrant advantages of Free Space Optics (FSO) technology and the variety of its applications, its widespread adoption has been hampered by rather disappointing link reliability for long-range links due to ... -
Outage performance of multi-hop hybrid FSO/RF communication systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)In this paper, five scenarios are considered for the realization of a multi-hop hybrid free-space optical/radio frequency (FSO/RF) communication system with decode-and-forward (DF) relaying, and analytical outage probability ... -
Development of innovative indoor/outdoor air quality monitoring for environmental impact assessment in the State of Qatar
( WITPress , 2014 , Article)Air pollution is one of the most crucial factors affecting the quality of life and health of increasingly urban populations; a country with a fast-growing economy based on hydrocarbons such as Qatar is no exception. In ... -
Feasibility of air quality monitoring systems based on environmental energy harvesting
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)Capillary wireless sensor networks dedicated to air quality monitoring have provided essential information on hazardous air condition, generating early warnings to prevent danger situation for human health. The arising ... -
Embedded gateway services for Internet of Things applications in ubiquitous healthcare
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)The continuous advancement in computer and communication technologies has made personalized healthcare monitoring a rapidly growing area of interest. New features and services are envisaged, raising users' expectations in ...