Research projects

The project aims to promote environmental sustainability and digital education among universities by raising awareness about environmental issues and climate change and how PLCs, robotics, and drones can eliminate the challenges related to natural disasters

THESIS vision is to demonstrate the ability and applicability of the millimetre-wave (mmWave) radio technology towards achieving high precision 3D positioning. mmWave technology is defining a new era in wireless communication by providing very wide bandwidths. It is currently being used in some Wi-Fi systems (e.g., IEEE802.11ad) and is planned to be used in 5G and beyond-5G communications in the near future as the it offers much more flexibility to use wider bandwidths and hence achieving much higher data rates and capacity. This very large availability of bandwidth, together with the use of massive phase array antennas that allow better time resolution and estimation of the signal phase could be used for achieving the desired high accuracy. Additionally, positioning research so far was mostly focused in 2D, however the 3D nature of these days’ smart applications is making the need for 3D positioning even more predominant. The project adopts a System Engineering approach to prove this concept/technology by developing prototypes and validating them experimentally in the lab. In this context the project aims to contribute towards the ongoing research efforts in this direction to achieve cm-level accuracy. The goal is to validate and assess the performance of the developed 3D positioning techniques and assess their performance against set KPIs as well as the applicability of mmWave for this purpose

The general objective of this project is the adaptation of existing technologies used in a precision agriculture (PA), into an indoor (greenhouse) prototype system which includes the use of both an unmanned ground and aerial vehicles (UGV and UAV). The term precision agriculture refers to the use of information technologies (IT) to help farmers manage the optimal growth of their crops thus ensuring profitability and sustainability. Furthermore, PA has also been known to help the environment by avoiding unnecessary spaying of pesticides as well as excessive use of water and fertilisers. The use of unmanned systems offers higher spatial resolution data compared to satellites. The real-time data of interest to the farmers and management tools/software includes soil properties such as moisture, compaction, salinity and nutrients (nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)), and crop monitoring which includes vegetation indexes such as Chlorophyll, Leaf Water, Ground Cover, Leaf Area, Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), etc. UAVs have been used in PA for bird eye view, for insect identification using cameras and Lidars, and even actuators for autonomous spraying of pesticides, whereas the use of UGVs provides bottom-up capabilities identifying insects hiding under the leaves and for crop planting and harvesting. The innovation of this project is the UGV and UAV for indoor (greenhouse) PA applications where GPS signals are very weak or non-existent. In addition, this work will validate high-precision cm-level, 3D positioning techniques required for unmanned vehicle indoor localisation and navigation

HEIght, is an initiative of a pan-European consortium of four forward-thinking higher education institutions and one actor from another side of the Knowledge Triangle leveraging existing innovation and entrepreneurial knowledge of all the partners to spur on growth of the sustainable innovation in our communities and in our institutions. HEIght delivers a vision of prosperous, inclusive and climate-resilient societies where food systems and other areas of human activity that are sustainable, trusted and healthy contribute to net zero carbon emission economies. Through training, designed and tailored to developing innovation and enterprise, these activities support the development of academic and non-academic staff and students. Through this project HEIs develop capacity in innovation and enterprise and a train-the-trainers method will ensure exponential growth of academic and non academic expertise and skills to support capacity building of innovative and entrepreneurial staff and students to effect great societal innovation

Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is an approach that assesses potential implications and societal expectations related to research and innovation, aiming to foster the design of ethical, inclusive and sustainable research and innovation. Informed by RRI, the project focuses on empirical data collection to support the development of a set of guidelines for the implementation and use of smart environments that employ the technology of the Internet-of-Things (IoT)

The main objective of the IREEDER project is to improve the capacity of higher education in Jordan, using state of the art technology and training staff on improving the quality of the materials taught by making best use of these technologies. The developed subjects will be oriented towards the recent technologies in electrical engineering including Renewable Energy, Internet of Things and Cybersecurity, in addition to their different applications. All these subjects will be in accordance with EU requirements. Specific objectives are: Develop, integrate, accredit and evaluate subjects with appropriate laboratories’ components in the fields of RE, IoT and CS taught by universities in Jordan and brought into line with the EU requirements. These subjects will be developed and taught in English language. Engage faculty members in the development of interactive instruction techniques for lectures, laboratory training, and sharing experiences with EU partner universities. Develop and implement subject content using Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) delivery and remote labs. Extend services and training in collaboration with the industry firms and local communities. Improve the human capacity of Jordanian universities by providing training and upgrading opportunities in the EU for aspiring young and women academic staff

HEIght, is an initiative of a pan-European consortium of four forward-thinking higher education institutions and one actor from another side of the Knowledge Triangle leveraging existing innovation and entrepreneurial knowledge of all the partners to spur on growth of the sustainable innovation in our communities and in our institutions. HEIght delivers a vision of prosperous, inclusive and climate-resilient societies where food systems and other areas of human activity that are sustainable, trusted and healthy contribute to net zero carbon emission economies. Through training, designed and tailored to developing innovation and enterprise, these activities support the development of academic and non-academic staff and students. Through this project HEIs develop capacity in innovation and enterprise and a train-the-trainers method will ensure exponential growth of academic and non academic expertise and skills to support capacity building of innovative and entrepreneurial staff and students to effect great societal innovation

Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is an approach that assesses potential implications and societal expectations related to research and innovation, aiming to foster the design of ethical, inclusive and sustainable research and innovation. Informed by RRI, the project focuses on empirical data collection to support the development of a set of guidelines for the implementation and use of smart environments that employ the technology of the Internet-of-Things (IoT)

Design, Implementation and commercialization of a 3D Wireless Network Simulator. TruNet, is a 3D wireless network planning simulator based on a custom-developed Electromagnetic engine developed in-house.The product was launched as a company commercial product internationally in the first half of 2015

To investigate and develop advanced positioning algorithms by utilizing the building geometry extracted from satellite imagery

The availability of position information plays an increasing role in wireless communications networks already today and will be an integral part of future systems. They inherently can offer the ability for stand-alone positioning especially in situations where conventional satellite based positioning systems such as GPS fail (eg indoor). In this framework, positioning information is an important enabler either for location and context-aware services or even to improve the communications system itself. The WHERE2 project is a successor of the WHERE project and addresses the combination of positioning and communications in order to exploit synergies and to enhance the efficiency of future wireless communications systems. The key objective of WHERE2 is to assess the fundamental synergies between the two worlds of heterogeneous cooperative positioning and communications in the real world under realistic constraints. The estimation of the position of mobile terminals (MTs) is the main goal in WHERE2. The positioning algorithms combine measurements from heterogeneous infrastructure and complement them by cooperative measurements between MTs, additional information from inertial sensors, and context information. Based on the performance of the geo-aided positioning strategies (in the sense of accuracy, complexity, overhead of signaling, reliability of the provided information, etc.) the impact on coordinated, cooperative, and cognitive networks is assessed. This is done under realistic scenarios and system parameters following on-going standardization processes. A joint and integrated demonstration using multiple hardware platforms provides a verification of the performance of dedicated cooperative algorithms. All the tasks in WHERE2 are covered by different work packages, which are in close interaction to ensure an integral investigation of cooperative positioning and communications

C2POWER main objective was to research, develop and demonstrate energy saving technologies for multi-standard wireless mobile devices, exploiting the combination of cognitive radio and cooperative strategies while still enabling the required performance in terms of data rate and QoS to support active applications

COGEU was a composite of technical, business, and regulatory/policy domains, with the objective of taking advantage of the TV digital switch-over (or analogue switch-off) by developing cognitive radio systems that leverage the favourable propagation characteristics of the TVWS through the introduction and promotion of real-time secondary spectrum trading and the creation of new spectrum commons regime

To interconnect two simulators working on different communication layers and to compare the output with real measurements. Simulators were geographically separated and have been interconnected through TCP/IP

To design and develop a prototype of a security layer that will offer security services to sensor nodes

MOBILIA targeted ITU IMT-advanced requirements for future wireless systems, i.e. peak data rates of 100 Mbps for mobile applications and 1 Gbps for low mobility. The IMT-advanced vision of future network as being formed of interworking access systems was also considered. A derived target was to obtain an increased aggregate throughput/user satisfaction vs. existing systems

The main objective of WHERE was to combine wireless communications and navigation for the benefit of the ubiquitous access for a future mobile radio system. The impact is manifold, such as real time localization knowledge in B3G/4G systems allows to increase efficiency in various ways

FUTON aimed to research, develop and validate a flexible architecture for wireless systems based on the joint processing of the radio signals from distinct remote antenna units and supported by a transparent fibre infrastructure. This architecture enables the high bit rates targeted in the broadband component of future wireless systems and provides a framework for the integration of heterogeneous wireless systems

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