Faculty of Engineering | Te Kaupeka Pūhanga
Recent submissions
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Socio-Economic Inequity: Diabetes in New Zealand
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TreeTwist : instrumentation for the acoustic measurement of wood properties.
(2022)The forestry industry is a valuable part of the New Zealand economy. Timber exports rely on methods to reliably produce high quality timber | timber that is both stiff and stable. Wood is a complex, anisotropic, material ... -
Contributions to imaging.
(1980)Four topics are considered - each associated with a different aspect of imaging. Using X-ray diffraction it is possible to say much about the structure of molecules. Two models for the D.N.A. molecule are analysed with ... -
Contact force and torque estimation for collaborative manipulators based on an adaptive Kalman filter with variable time period.
(2021)Contact force and torque sensing approaches enable manipulators to cooperate with humans and to interact appropriately with unexpected collisions. In this thesis, various moving averages are investigated and Weighted Moving ... -
Spatially-resolved 3ω thermal flow sensing for microfluidics and biology
(IEEE, 2019)This paper reports an alternating current (AC) thermal flow sensor, based on the 3ω method, capable of measuring fluid flow in stacked microfluidic channels and through separating membranes. The measurement concept is ... -
A monolithic polydimethylsiloxane platform for zoospore Capture, germination and single hypha force sensing
(IEEE, 2019)This paper reports a triple-layer, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based lab-on-a-chip platform combining the capture and culture of individual oomycete zoospores with integrated force sensing on germinated hyphae. The platform ... -
Deformation and cyclic strength characteristics of loose and medium-dense clean sand under sloping ground conditions: insights from cyclic undrained torsional shear tests with static shear
(2021)The effects of liquefaction on sloping ground often include the development of extremely large deformation. Although such phenomenon has been repeatedly observed following major earthquakes, the triggering conditions are ... -
Core losses in partial core transformers
(2022)The University of Canterbury High Voltage Laboratory frequently uses partial core resonant transformers to conduct high voltage testing within the New Zealand power industry. These transformers utilise a non-standard ... -
CFD modelling of biomass catalytic fast pyrolysis in bubbling fluidized reactor: effects of catalyst parameters on process performance
(Wiley, 2022)In this study, a CFD mathematical model has been developed for catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) of biomass based on multi-phase flow, transfer process and biomass pyrolysis reactions in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. ... -
Feature recognition and obstacle detection for drive assistance in indoor environments
(2012)The goal of this research project was to develop a robust feature recognition and obstacle detection method for smart wheelchair navigation in indoor environments. As two types of depth sensors were employed, two different ... -
A multiscale assessment of the diversity of New Zealand’s nursery trees
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Nurseries play an important role providing trees for a variety of managed environments including urban forests. The diversity of urban forests and forest restoration projects are influenced by nursery species availability, ... -
Tree Canopy Cover in Christchurch, New Zealand 2018/19
(2022)Tree canopy cover (TCC) is an important way of describing urban forest extent and distribution and can be used to assess the ecosystem services they provide. Tree canopy cover was mapped for Christchurch, New Zealand by ... -
Capillaric-Field Effect Transistors
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022)Controlling fluid flow in capillaric circuits is a key requirement to increase their uptake for assay applications. Capillary action off-valves provide such functionality by pushing an occluding bubble into the channel ... -
Prism matching for piston segmentation correction with adaptive optics systems on extremely large telescopes
(IEEE, 2021)Images observed at ground-based telescopes are blurred by Earth’s atmosphere. Adaptive optics systems can correct for this blurring by using a wavefront sensor to measure the instantaneous wavefront aberration created ... -
Development of an optimisation framework for the investigation of multiple water stores.
(2022)This thesis develops a framework to investigate optimal storage distributions of water. This is developed through an investigation of current soil and agricultural models to include accurate details of a soil-crop-atmosphere ... -
Medical innovation : using mechatronics engineering to reduce inequities in healthcare.
(2022)Medical device innovation provides access to healthcare. Innovations come about be- cause of pressures, in particular financial pressures, and access to care. With increasing interoperability of devices, distinction is ... -
Neuroimaging of endogenous lapses of responsiveness,
(2022)Attention lapses (ALs) and microsleeps (MSs) are complete lapses of responsiveness in which performance is completely disrupted for a short period of time, but consciousness is retained in the case of ALs. ALs are behaviourally ... -
Multicopter flow fields and their influence on a spray released from multicopters.
(2021)Multicopters are remote-controlled vertical take-off and landing unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs). When used for releasing particulates (crop seeding, targeted fertiliser, and aerial spraying), they are a convenient tool ... -
Motion of Particles at the Fundamental Level: NLHV Theory Predictions for a Spiral Gait Locus
(Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., 2021)Context: The existing literature on particle motion at the fundamental level is sparse. Particles, whether classical or quantum, are assumed to move with a continuous (even if uncertain) velocity. Purpose: The work ... -
Freight Operations Modelling for Urban Delivery and Pickup with Flexible Routing: Cluster Transport Modelling Incorporating Discrete-Event Simulation and GIS
(MDPI AG, 2021)Urban pickup and delivery (PUD) activities are important for logistics operations. Real operations for general freight involve a high degree of complexity due to daily variability. Discrete-event simulation (DES) is a ...
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