Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Seminar Series 2013

Part IV Research ProjectsVisit our department and see the future of technology. Final year students will present their academic findings on electrical, electronic, computer systems and software engineering during this two-day seminar.

12-13 September 2013

Seminar Series 2013Dates: Thursday 12 & Friday 13 September

Time: 9am - 4pm (Open to public)

Venue: Faculty of Engineering

Rooms 401.401, 403.401,

403.402, 403.404 and 403.407.

20 Symonds Street, Auckland

403.407

403.402

Engineering Atrium

Symonds Street Entrance

401.401

403.404 403.401

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

For more information on this event visit: http://web.ece.auckland.ac.nz/part4-projects

Phone: 09 373 7599 ext 88158

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CONTROL SYSTEMSEMBEDDED

SYSTEMSPOWER SYSTEMS

POWER

ELECTRONICSROBOTICS

Room 403.401 Room 403.402 Room 403.404 Room 403.407 Room 401.401Chair: Akshya SwainAssessors: Nitish Patel, Sing Nguang

Chair: Partha RoopAssessors: Kevin I-Kai Wang, Morteza Biglari-Abhari

Chair: Nirmal-Kumar NairAssessors: Aiguo Patrick Hu, Duleepa Thrimawithana

Chair: Grant CovicAssessors: Udaya Madawala, Sing Nguang

Chair: Bruce MacDonaldAssessors: Burkhard Wuensche, George Coghill

101 Delta-domain based controllers for linear dynamic systems

Team: Henry Miao, Aparna Pratthi

55 PRET-OS for biomedical devices

Team: Glen Kaunds, Nathan Whittington

76 Impact of electrical vehicle (EV) on the distribution network

Team: Justin Cho, Kashani Sharma

7 A Comparison of IPT Technologies Suitable for EV Applications

Team: Achintha De Alwis, Zachary Harris

44 Memory games for a robot

Team: Charu Wadhwa, Pauline Santos

103 Controller design for wind energy systems

Team: Stuart Harwood, Josh Mapstone

56 Controller synthesis for coordinated ramp signalling

Team: Derek Yao, Roy Zane

89 Comprehensive Assessment of Fault Clearance Times in Power System Distribution

Team: Xuedong Lin, Mary Zhang

109 Marina shorepower via IPT

Team: Kevin Huang, William Quach

45 Humanoid robot walking Team: Yan Liu, Ian Paterson

104 Knowledge based controllers for power system

Team: Joshua Masilamani, John Zhang

61 GALS multi-core processor

Team: Hamish Lonergan, Buddy Gorven

90 Development of smart grid SCADA prototype for power system distribution networks

Team: Yeyong Li, Zhe Wu

111 Communication monitoring and control

of roadway IPT systems Team: Jagmeet Singh,

Robert Lui

46 Forklift teleoperation and telepresence

Team: Sam Mcardle, Greg Sumner

MORNING TEA

CONTROL SYSTEMSEMBEDDED

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INTELLIGENT

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POWER

ELECTRONICSROBOTICS

Room 403.401 Room 403.402 Room 403.404 Room 403.407 Room 401.401Chair: Waleed AbdullaAssessors: Kevin Sowerby, Bruce MacDonald

Chair: George CoghillAssessors: Zoran Salcic, Oliver Sinnen

Chair: Kevin I-Kai WangAssessors: Morteza Biglari-Abhari, Rashina Hoda

Chair: Aiguo Patrick HuAssessors: Dariusz Kacprzak, Duleepa Thrimawithana

Chair: Nitish PatelAssessors: Burkhard Wuensche, Nasser Giacaman

37 Inertial navigation and attitude sensing

Team: Joshua King, Jonathan Clapson

27 Energy-efficient interconnection network for multiprocessor systems on chip

Team: Benjamin Tan, Andrew Chen

48 Design of an edge router for bridging heterogeneous embedded IP networks

Team: Samuel Adrian Catapang, Zac Roberts

41 Wireless power transfer by acoustic waves

Team: Andy Leung, Brett Willis

35 Robotic arm Team: Pranav Bhutani,

Nishant Patel

54 Time synchronized rescue robots

Team: Tom Strowger, Ryan Kurte

93 Underwater acoustic range finder

Team: Dany Rassam, Mallonhel Quizora

50 Automated biochemical laboratory with lab-on-a-chip technology

Team: Kenny Doria, Hayk Yaghobian

42 Magnetic field repeater for extending the range of inductive power transfer systems

Team: Yinglin Zhan, Rong Hua

36 Gough-Stewart platform Team: Noah Wang,

Pranav Chandnani

113 Creating silence zones in space using anti-noise audio

Team: Ya-Wei Wang, Lawrence Wong

120 The use of GPS units in conjunction with accelerometers

Team: Shaun Leong

63 Android-based personal healthcare systems

Team: Peter Patheja, Viseth So

58 Energy harvesting and buffering techniques for powering biomedical sensors

Team: Tanya Jayasuriya, Manpreet Sandhu

38 Sensing and control of a three wheeled robot

Team: Rachel Arthur, Craig Valladares

LUNCH

ELECTRONIC

SYSTEMS

SOFTWARE

APPLICATIONS

INTELLIGENT

SYSTEMS

POWER

ELECTRONICSROBOTICS

Room 403.401 Room 403.402 Room 403.404 Room 403.407 Room 401.401Chair: Bernard GuilleminAssessors: Aiguo Patrick Hu, Udaya Madawala

Chair: Rashina HodaAssessors: Robert Sheehan, Ewan Tempero

Chair: Zoran SalcicAssessors: Christof Lutteroth, Nasser Giacaman

Chair: John BoysAssessors: Duleepa Thrimawithana, Akshya Swain

Chair: Morteza Biglari-AbhariAssessors: Partha Roop, Nitish Patel

81 Straddle carrier regenerative energy recovery investigation

Team: Alisha D’Souza, Tim Stringfield

94 Circuit sketching on Android tablet

Team: David Xu, Michelle Hy

29 Grammar for touch gesture interaction on Android OS

Team: Dhruv Dhir, Kapilnath Ranganathan

16 A contactless EV charging system with bi-directional power flow

Team: Alex Gu, Matthew Rogers

47 Inexpensive vital signs measurement platform for a healthcare robot

Team: Nur Iylia Shah Riman, Muhammad Sulaiman

82 NI autonomous robotics competition project 2

Team: Billy Li, Shantanu Padhye

100 Designing and developing an interactive software application for numeracy education

Team: Vianna Bao, Roy Lin

114 Read my fingertips! Team: Brandon Farrell,

Jonathon Van Kralingen

119 Applications for Class E inverters in IPT systems

Team: Jimmy Rapson, Leon Hayward

70 Autonomous robot for obstacle avoidance

Team: Previn Nair, Veeren Karkera

92 Miniature scanning lasers Team: Sinal Kumar,

Sam Tuppen

106 Designing and developing an iOS-based app for literacy in science education

Team: Sheldon So, Apache Huang

ELECTRONIC

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SOFTWARE

APPLICATIONSPOWER SYSTEMS

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Room 403.401 Room 403.402 Room 403.404 Room 403.407 Room 401.401Chair: Udaya MadawalaAssessors: Dariusz Kacprzak, Bernard Guillemin

Chair: Robert AmorAssessors: Partha Roop, Waleed Abdulla

Chair: Nirmal-Kumar NairAssessors: Akshya Swain, Grant Covic

Chair: Oliver SinnenAssessors: Kevin I-Kai Wang, Avinash Malik

Chair: Stevan BerberAssessors: Michael Neve, Gerard Rowe

9 Development of a resonant dual active bridge for green energy applications

Team: Jeremy Minogue, Wynand Malan

26 iPad Fizz - a mobile programming environment for children

Team: Kyu Paik, Stephen Chang

59 Capacitive power transfer to rotary loads

Team: Neethi Bathula, Nupur Kaku

80 Parallel programming in graphical Android applications

Team: Jess Hallett-Hook, Levi Patel

66 Wireless remote control of a robot arm

Team: Wahraka Akhter Anik, Rob Middlemiss

17 A battery management system

Team: Adam Fuhr, Lincoln Vaz

39 Crowdsourcing software engineering research

Team: Niko Uusitalo, Abdullah Siddiqui

78 Visualization tool for electricity market analysis

Team: Sahil Kalani, Ahindra Cooray

98 Parallelisation of artificial intelligence algorithm

Team: Stanley Xie, Michael Orr

67 CDMA system simulator/emulator for a multiuser communication systems

Team: Joseph Casey, Amy Chu

18 Performance measurement in mine-sweeper training

Team: Tim O’Brien, Luke Spencer

87 GitHub as an issue tracking system in construction

Team: Geoffrey Fendall, Brett Yukich

91 Smart grid standards based integration of grid friendly devices

Team: Jaskaran Singh, Sameera Samaratunga

99 Fast arithmetic on FPGA

Team: Nish Shah, Aniket Aggarwal

68 Wireless sensor networks for medical application

Team: Nuraisyah Zulkafli, Kaiyisah Hanis Mohd Azmi

MORNING TEA

SOFTWARE TOOLS

IMAGE PROCESSING

AND VISUALISATION

TECHNIQUES

INTERNET

APPLICATIONSRADIO SYSTEMS

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Room 403.401 Room 403.402 Room 403.404 Room 403.407 Room 401.401Chair: Rashina HodaAssessors: Su Tang, George Coghill

Chair: Mark AndrewsAssessors: Dariusz Kacprzak, Nirmal-Kumar Nair

Chair: Ian WarrenAssessors: Christof Lutteroth, Avinash Malik

Chair: Gerard RoweAssessors: Michael Neve, Stevan Berber

Chair: Kevin SowerbyAssessors: Bernard Guillemin, John Boys

88 Urban simulation and information mash-ups

Team: Ryan Lewis, Chelsea Farley

6 MR Kinect mirror box for stroke rehabilitation

Team: Liam Vink, Craig Robertson

30 Receipts++ Team: Dave Carpenter,

Jourdan Harvey

32 Diffraction loss prediction for mobile radio systems

Team: Cory Teina, James Nelson

22 Investigation of multi-rate cellular radio throughput performance

Team: Vincent Chow, Evan Fong

102 Interactive, game-based educational app for children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

Team: Valerie Picardo, Sam Metson

107 A hardware device to determine shape from silhouettes

Team: Danny Su, Rivindu Weerasekera

57 UniPlanner Team: Samuel Grace,

Chris Wong

33 Investigation of fractal antennas

Team: Terryjoy Sebastian Yohendiran, Niroosha Uruthirasivam

25 Cluster selection to improve data throughput in multi-channel wireless networks

Team: Tiffany Lo, Jianshu Zhang

105 Designing and developing an iOS-based app for literacy comprehension

Team: Mo-Hong Tzou, Eric Gu

108 Object recognition and classification via machine learning

Team: Travis Scott, Alice Bates

60 Group communication on android devices

Team: Alexander Borsboom, Lars Wyness

34 Development of intelligent tutoring system for introductory circuit theory and electromagnetics

Team: Janhavi Kale, Sanna Li

85 Video signal processing in wireless communication networks

Team: Felix Mann, Michael Ford

LUNCH

SOFTWARE TOOLS

IMAGE PROCESSING

AND VISUALISATION

TECHNIQUES

INTERNET

APPLICATIONSRADIO SYSTEMS

PARALLEL

AND DISTRIBUTED

SYSTEMS

Room 403.401 Room 403.402 Room 403.404 Room 403.407 Room 401.401Chair: Avinash MalikAssessors: Bruce MacDonald, Waleed Abdulla

Chair: Nasser GiacamanAssessors: Robert Amor, Mark Andrews

Chair: Burkhard WuenscheAssessors: Ian Warren, Ewan Tempero

Chair: Michael NeveAssessors: Kevin Sowerby, Stevan Berber

Chair: Robert SheehanAssessors: Su Tang, Oliver Sinnen

1 The use of artificial neural networks in a video game environment

Team: Rinat Sadykov, Dexter Jung

12 Exercise rep counter for Android

Team: Gunny Lee, Scott Goodhew

20 Smartphone app “Feelometer”

Team: Sudhara Karunaratne, Harrison Kim

31 Prediction of mobile radio path loss over mixed land-sea paths

Team: Hyon Shim, Allister Collinge

11 Parallel programming analogy game

Team: Akash Rampal, Ben Seymour

53 Lighting modelling of entire buildings with Dialux EVO

Team: Hassan Gul, Kyu-Han Kyeong

14 Traffic information engine for Auckland traffic lights

Team: Michael Little, Andrew Luey

117 UN Youth NZ online competition application

Team: Avijit Khetarpal, Seve Ha

71 Microwave passive device fabrication using additive manufacturing

Team: Katrina Steel, Pratiksha Sandhu

118 Health reporting for a distributed crash reporting service

Team: Andrew Hughson, Tony Young

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Day 01 12 September 2013 Day 02 13 September 2013