Almost 40 to 57% of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects fail to realise any benefit, run over budget or time. Only a few published works explicitly focus on ERP Critical Success Factors (CSFs) in Make-to-Order (MTO) manufacturing small and medium size enterprises (SMEs).…
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The systems/products and their design processes have become more and more complicated due to the fact that their requirements in terms of function, durability, reliability and energy efficiency have been increased significantly and that their leading time has to be short and the…
On British electricity distribution networks, the phase to which single phase loads and generators are connected is, in most cases, unknown. There is concern that large imbalances in connection will limit the capacity of the network to support distributed generation as well as t…
We address some of the challenges in achieving internet voting for real world elections. One challenge is that home-based computers are likely to be infected by malware, threatening both the integrity and privacy of the vote. Another concern is the possibility that a voter may b…
This thesis is the result of study into development, experimental testing and clutter analysis in a Forward Scatter Radar (FSR) designed to detect low reflectivity maritime targets at low grazing angles. The concept of such kind of maritime system is presented; its advantages fo…
Forward Scatter Radar (FSR) is a subclass of the bistatic radar, where the received target signal occurs mainly due to the direct path signal shadowing by the target body. Employing a separate deployed transmitter and receiver at considerable distance, the FSR can achieve a numb…
Developments in the field of optical sensing have seen the creation of a wide variety of new structures and materials. These include metamaterial sensors, which comprise of nanostructures with physical dimensions smaller than the wavelength of light. Two of the most widely resea…
The potential of optically monitoring complex composite liquids such as honey has been demonstrated using optical light properties. The novel approach has the potential for distinguishing between various honey samples to quantify and discriminate for deviations from the norm and…
In this thesis, a number of semi-blind structures are proposed for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based wireless communication systems, with Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO) estimation and Independent Component Analysis (ICA) based equalization. In the first con…
This thesis is an overview of a number of investigations on antenna systems and related subjects over a period of 28 years, which has resulted in 44 publications in the technical literature, one current patent, and an M.Sc. thesis. The investigations have been grouped into 7 cat…
Low back pain is an economic and social burden to society. Low back pain is considered to be a chronic problem when the causes are due degenerative disc diseases and damaged vertebrae. The main causes for degenerative disc are extremely complex and still not well understood, alt…
The evolution of high power transistors has ultimately increased the complexity of their design, interaction and incorporation within microwave frequency power amplifiers. The requirement for high efficiency and high linearity for a wide band frequency by the consumer has put pr…
This thesis, addresses some aspects of the well-known, problem, experienced by designer of radio frequency power amplifiers (RFPA): the efficiency/linearity trade-off. The thesis is focused on finding and documenting solution to linearity problem than can be used to advance the …
Solar energy has been extensively used in the renewable technology field, especially for domestic applications, either for heating, electrical generation or for a combination of heat and power (CHP) in one system. For CHP system solar photoelectric/thermal (PV/T) is the most com…
Terahertz (THz) wireless communication systems over 300 GHz can offer broad bandwidth, but they have limitations, such as high precision fabrication requirements, high fabrication cost and lossy system components. This thesis introduces a THz communication system concept based o…
This thesis presents a series of broad but systematic and consecutive investigations on the topic of piezoelectric energy harvesting. These include material fabrication and characterisation, harvester fabrication and material parameter selection, electric output and dynamic beha…
In this thesis few new code sets and a multi-user interference (MUI) cancellation scheme have been proposed for Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA) systems, which can be employed in the next generation of global communication networks to enhance their existing systems’…
Primary brain tumours are recognised as the most common form of solid tumours in children, with pilocytic astrocytoma, medulloblastoma and ependymoma being found most frequently. Despite their high mortality rate, early detection can be facilitated through the use of Magnetic Re…
The progressive improvement in the operating performance of existing nuclear reactors has brightened the outlook for nuclear power around the globe. In order to use less carbon based power, the use of nuclear reactors provides an attractive solution. However, questions are raise…