School of Mechatronic Engineering (Articles): Recent submissions

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    • Real-time detection of face and iris 

      Chai, Tong Yuen; Mohamed Rizon, Mohamed Juhari, Prof. Dr.; Muhammad Shazri (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2009-06)
      In this study, a computational algorithm has been developed to automatically detect human face and irises from color images captured by real-time camera. Haar cascade-based algorithm has been applied for simple and fast ...

    • Asynchronous brain machine interface-based control of a wheelchair 

      Hema, Chengalvarayan Radhakrishnamurthy; Murugesan Pandiyan, Paulraj, Prof. Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Dr.; Ramachandran, Nagarajan, Prof. Dr. (Springerlink, 2011)
      A brain machine interface (BMI) design for controlling the navigation of a power wheelchair is proposed. Real-time experiments with four able bodied subjects are carried out using the BMI-controlled wheelchair. The BMI is ...

    • Ultimate elastic wall stress (UEWS) test of glass fibre reinforced epoxy (GRE) pipe 

      Mohd Shukry, Abdul Majid; Assaleh, T. A.; Gibson, A. G.; Hale, J. M.; A., Fahrer; Rookus, C. A. P.; M., Hekman (Elsevier Ltd., 2011-10)
      This paper presents an experimental investigation of the behaviour of filament wound glass fibre reinforced epoxy (GRE) composite pipe under hydrostatic and biaxial load conditions at temperatures up to 95 °C. The format ...

    • An Electronic Nose system for aromatic rice classification 

      Abu Hassan, Abdullah; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Prof. Madya Dr.; Ali Yeon, Md. Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Mansur N, Ahmad; Ammar, Zakaria; Nazifah, Ahmad Fikri; Othman, Omar (American Scientific Publishers, 2011-04)
      Aromatic rice is a variety of rice with good cooking qualities such as nice aroma and flavour. It is pricier because it is only suitable to be cultivated in regions with specific climatic and soil conditions. Presently, ...

    • Sensor fusion of electronic nose and electronic tongue for classification of Orthosiphon stamineus 

      Azmi, Zakaria; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Mansur N., Ahmad; Abd. Razak, Shaari; Mahmad Nor, Jaafar, Prof. Madya; Abu Hassan, Abdullah; Nazifah A., Fikri; Latifah Munirah, Kamarudin (American Scientific Publishers, 2011-04)
      Sensor fusion of electronic nose (e-nose) and electronic tongue (e-tongue) has lead to an improved classification of Orthosiphon stamineus (also known as Misai Kucing). The fusion technique was presented and compared with ...

    • Pathological infant cry analysis using wavelet packet transform and probabilistic neural network 

      Muthusamy, Hariharan; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Saidatul Ardeenaawatie, Awang (Elsevier Ltd., 2011-11)
      A new approach has been presented based on the wavelet packet transform and probabilistic neural network (PNN) for the analysis of infant cry signals. Feature extraction and development of classification algorithms play ...

    • Diagnosis of voices disorders using MEL scaled WPT and functional link neural network 

      Paulraj, Muregesa Pandiyan, Prof. Madya Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Hariharan, Muthusamy (Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association (BMFSA), 2008-03-31)
      Nowadays voice disorders are increasing dramatically due to the modern way of life. Most of the voice disorders cause changes in the voice signal. Acoustic analysis on the speech signal could be a useful tool for ...

    • Hardware developments of an ultrasonic tomography measurement system 

      Hudabiyah, Arshad Amari; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman (International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA), 2011-01)
      This research provides new technique in ultrasonic tomography by using ultrasonic transceivers instead of using separate transmitter-receiver pair. The numbers of sensors or transducers used to acquire data plays an important ...

    • Patients tremble analysis under different camera placement in critical care 

      Muhammad Naufal, Mansor; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; R. Nagarajan, Prof. Dr.; Muthusamy, Hariharan, Dr. (Science Academy, 2011-03)
      This paper presents an integrated system for detecting facial changes of patient in a hospital in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In this research we have considered the facial changes most widely represented by eyes and mouth ...

    • Strength prediction of epoxy adhesively bonded scarf joints of dissimilar adherends 

      Mohd Afendi; Teramoto, Tokuo; Hairul, Bakri (Elsevier Ltd, 2011-09)
      In this study, strength of epoxy adhesively bonded scarf joints of dissimilar adherends, namely SUS304 stainless steel and YH75 aluminum alloy is examined on several scarf angles and various bond thicknesses under uniaxial ...

    • Optical tomography system based on charge-coupled device linear image sensors: Particle size measurement 

      Idroas, M.; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; Ibrahim, M. N. (Elsevier B.V, 2011-08)
      This paper discussed an optical tomography system based on charge-coupled device (CCD) linear image sensors. The developed system consists of a lighting system, a measurement section and a data acquisition system. Four CCD ...

    • Combining spatial filtering and wavelet transform for classifying human emotions using EEG Signals 

      Murugappan; Nagarajan, Ramachandran, Prof. Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Biomedical Engineering Society of the R.O.C., 2011)
      In this paper, we present human emotion assessment using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. The combination of surface Laplacian (SL) filtering, time-frequency analysis of wavelet transform (WT) and linear classifiers are ...

    • Determination of moisture content in oil palm fruits using a five-port reflectometer 

      Yee, Lee Kim; Zulkifly, Abbas; Mohamad Ashry, Jusoh; You, Kok Yeow; Cheng, Ee Meng (MDPI Publishing, 2011-04-06)
      This paper presents the development of a PC-based microwave five-port reflectometer for the determination of moisture content in oil palm fruits. The reflectometer was designed to measure both the magnitude and phase of ...

    • Detection of vocal fold paralysis and edema using time-domain features and probabilistic neural network 

      Hariharan, Muthusamy; Paulraj, Murugesa Pandiyan, Assoc. Prof.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Inderscience Publisher, 2011)
      This paper proposes a feature extraction method based on time-domain energy variation for the detection of vocal fold pathology. In this work, two different vocal fold problems (vocal fold paralysis and edema) are taken ...

    • Quantifying scheme for detection heterogeneous phase in a pipe vessel 

      Mohd Rizal, Manan; Muhammad Naufal, Mansor; Mohd Hafiz Fazalul, Rahiman; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim (Science Academy Publisher, 2011-03)
      This paper describes the different ultrasonic tomography for multiphase flow such as liquid/gas flow which commonly found in chemical columns and industrial pipelines. The information obtained through this research has ...

    • Short Term Load Forecasting using Functional Link Network 

      Muthukumaran, Sithambaram; Thyagarajah, K.; Paulraj, Murugesa Pandiyan, Prof. Madya Dr. (EuroJournals Publishing, 2011-04)
      Short Term Load Forecasting (STLF) is an important tool for successful planning and operation of power generating stations. This paper proposes neural network algorithm for STLF using Functional Link Neural Network (FLN) ...

    • Comparison of classifying the material mechanical properties by using k-Nearest Neighbor and Neural Network Backpropagation 

      Intan Maisarah, Abd Rahim; Fauziah, Mat; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Science Academy, 2011-03)
      This paper present a development of a system with non-destructive testing on the material to define the mechanical properties of material. The experimental and testing of the material mechanical properties using vibration ...

    • Reckoning of facial grimacing scheme for patient agitation in critical care 

      Muhammad Naufal, Mansor; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Nagarajan, Ramachandran, Prof. Dr. (Science Academy Publisher, 2011-03)
      Reckoning patient grimacing in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a crucial demand in checking routine procedure. Despite of detecting any physical change in the body of the patient, medical staff has to go up and down to the ...

    • Design and development fo a CCD based optical tomography measuring system for particle sizing identification 

      Mariani, Idroas; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; M. N., Ibrahim; Green, R. G. (Elsevier Ltd, 2011-07)
      This research investigates the use of charge coupled device (abbreviated as CCD) linear image sensors in an optical tomographic instrumentation system used for sizing particles. Four CCD linear image sensors are configured ...

    • Classification of speech dysfluencies using LPC based parameterization techniques 

      Hariharan, Muthusamy; Lim, Sin Chee; Ooi, Chia Ai; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 2011-01-20)
      The goal of this paper is to discuss and compare three feature extraction methods: Linear Predictive Coefficients (LPC), Linear Prediction Cepstral Coefficients (LPCC) and Weighted Linear Prediction Cepstral Coefficients ...