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Publications and Presentations

  1. M. Taj-Eldin, W. Kuhn, B. Natarajan,"Study of Radio Channel for Biomedical Sensors in Spacesuits," in 8th International Conference on Body Area Networks, Boston, Sept 30-Oct 2, 2013.
  2. M. Taj-Eldin, B. Kuhn, A. Hodges, B. Natarajan, G. Peterson, M. Alshetaiwi,  S. Ouyang, G. Sanchez, and E. Monfort-Nelson,"Wireless Propagation Measurements for Astronaut Body Area Network,"2013 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, Baltimore, MD, Nov 2013.
  3. M. Taj-Eldin, W. Kuhn, A. Hodges, B. Natarajan, G. Peterson, M. Alshetaiwi,  S. Ouyang, G. Sanchez, and E. Monfort-Nelson, “Study of Wireless Propagation for Body Area Network inside Space Suits,” IEEE Sensors Journal: Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Systems for Space and Extreme Environments, Mar 31, 2014. 
  4. Day, X. Dong, W. Kuhn, D. Gruenbacher, B. Natarajan, T. Sobering, M. Taj-Eldin, S. Warren, Thomas Barstow, R. Broxterman, “ Biomedical Sensing and Wireless Technologies for Long Duration EVAs and Precursor Scout Missions,” 2014 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Mar 2014.
  5. M. Taj-Eldin, W. Kuhn, B. Natarajan, G. Peterson, "Investigation of Practical Antennas for Astronaut Body Area Network," 2014 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, The Netherlands, Oct. 30-31, 2014, "in Press"
  6. Amelia Hodges, Mohammed Taj-Eldin, William B. Kuhn, and Balasubramaniam Natarajan,"Intra-Suit Wireless Link Propagation Study and Measurements", Human Research Investigators Workshop, 2013.
  7. Wen Song, Carl. Ade, Ryan Broxterman, Thomas Nelson, Dana Gude, Thomas Barstow, and Steve Warren,"Classification Algorithms Applied to Accelerometer Data as a Means to Identify Subject Activities related to Planetary Navigation Tasks," Human Research Investigators Workshop, 2013.
  8. Dana Gude, Ryan Broxterman, Carl. Ade, Thomas Barstow, Thomas Nelson, Wen Song, and Steve Warren , "Automated Hand-Forearm Ergometer Data Collection System", Human Research Investigators Workshop, 2013.
  9. Xiongjie Dong, Timothy Sobering, Thomas Barstow, and Steve Warren, "A Wireless Inductance Plethysmograph as a precursor to a Networked Suite of Low-Power Sensors for In-Spacesuit Health Monitoring," Human Research Investigators Workshop, 2013.

Theses and Dissertations:

Master Students: 

  1. Amelia Hodges, “Investigation of antennas and energy harvesting methods for use with a UHF microtransceiver in a biosensor network", Master Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University,  2013. 

  2. Wen Song, "Planetary navigation activity recognition using wearable accelerometer data", Master Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, 2013.

  3. Xiongjie Dong, “A ZigBee-based wireless biomedical sensor network as a precursor to an in-suit system for monitoring astronaut state of health”, Master Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, 2013.

  4. Dana Gude, “Automated hand-forearm ergometer data acquisition and analysis system”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, 2013.

  5. Zheng Chenyu,"Ultra-low power energy harvesting wireless sensor network design", Master Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, 2015. 

PhD Students:

 

  1. Mohammed Taj-Eldin, "Wireless Body Area Networks for Intra-Spacesuit Communications: Modeling, Measurement, and Wearable Antennas", PhD Dissertation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, May 2015.