Globally, there is active development of photonic sensors incorporating multidisciplinary
research. The ultimate objective is to develop small, low-cost, sensitive, selective, quick …

Smart Houses are a prominent field of research referring to environments adapted to assist
people in their everyday life. Older people and people with disabilities would benefit the …

Noting the vital importance of localization using wireless sensor networks in real-world
applications, many limitations of existing techniques urge us to seek more advanced …

A novel taxonomy of built-in self-test (BIST) methods is presented for the testing of micro-
electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). With MEMS testing representing 50% of the total costs …

Prognostics and health management (PHM) is a widely used effective discipline consisting
of advanced technologies and methods to assess the reliability of a system under its actual …

Recent progress in data processing, communications and electronics miniaturization is now
enabling the development of low-cost wireless sensor networks (WSN), which consist of …

In the helicopter transmission systems, it is important to monitor and track the tooth damage
evolution using lots of sensors and detection methods. This paper develops a novel …

In 2015, the number of senior citizens aged 65 and over in Korea was 6,662,400, accounting
for 13.1% of the total population. Along with these social phenomena, risk information …

This thesis presents the work undertaken by the author within the institute of Signals,
Sensors and Systems in the school of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt …

The application of Prognostic Health Management (PHM) methods offer the potential of
improved reliability in the maintenance of large, remote and complex assets ensuring they …