Welcome to Galveston, Texas, for the2013 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium
Welcome to the 8th IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS 2013) in Galveston, Texas.
We were last in the Houston metropolitan area for SAS 2006, when we had to relocate thesymposium here from the originally planned location of New Orleans, Louisiana, following
the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. As a symbol of solidarity with the city, we returnedto New Orleans for SAS 2009. As many of you know, the island of Galveston suffered thefull brunt of the fury of Hurricane Ike. On September 13, 2008, the eye of Hurricane Ike
made landfall over the east end of Galveston with a high storm surge, and travelled north up
Galveston Bay, along the east side of Houston. Large parts of the island were devastated. It
is a testament to the resilience of the residents of Galveston and the spirit of Texas that theisland has been rebuilt and restored. We are pleased to show our support to Galveston by
hosting SAS 2013 here and are certain that you will enjoy the amenities of this fine resort on
the Gulf coast of the United States.
SAS continues to draw the community of sensor developers, users and innovators and provides a forum for exploring new applications in sensor technology. At SAS 2013, sensor
networking is the most popular topic addressed by the majority of papers, followed by smart
sensors and standards and multi-sensor data fusion. There is a healthy focus on MEMS, biosensors, homeland security and commercial development. As in past years, the symposium
continues to see international participation with the largest number of attendees from theAsia/Pacific region (IEEE Region 10) followed by Europe (Region 8) and the United States(Regions 1-7). An international team of over 40 reviewers, ably led by our Technical Program
Committee Chair, is responsible for the quality and selection of the papers that are being
presented at this conference.
The organizers have planned for the next three days to be busy and hopefully productive
for you as you engage with the sensor applications community. As always, we value yoursuggestions for improving SAS, and we encourage you to provide feedback to the organizers. The size and format of this symposium is meant to encourage informal interactions – soplease take advantage of this special environment at SAS.
Some of the SAS 2013 highlights include:•The keynote address on Tuesday morning by Professor Rong Zheng on recent
advances in wireless structural health monitoring•The banquet on Wednesday evening at the Lone Star Flight Museum; bus transportation will be provided from the conference hotel•
Travel and best-paper awards presented to student authors, with the support of theIEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society•
A Special Issue in the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement
which will contain up to ten papers selected on the basis of the results of regularpeer review of the manuscripts submitted for consideration by the participants ofSAS 2013
About Galveston, our host city:Galveston Island is located on the Gulf Coast of Texas just 50 miles south of Houston. Thecity offers 32 miles of beaches, relaxed atmosphere, abundant leisure activities, first-raterestaurants, numerous attractions and a vibrant historic downtown that offers cruising, shopping, arts and entertainment. The island is host to the University of Texas Medical Branch(UTMB) Galveston, which is a premier medical research and education facility. Its ethnicallydiverse citizens have worked together to make their city better since the early days of its
founding in 1836. Other than the beach, the top destination for Galveston visitors is the 242acre Moody Gardens which houses a 10-story rainforest, one of the world’s largest aquariums, and an educational Discovery Museum. The highpoint of dining in Galveston is freshly
cooked, freshly caught Gulf Coast cuisine. The island has seen its share of calamities, yet
Galveston continues its journey of recovery and rediscovery.
1SAS 2013 Organizing Committee
Conference Co-Chairs:
Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston, USAShreekanth Mandayam, Rowan University, USASAS Steering Committee:
Halit Eren, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Alessandra Flammini, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston, USA
Gourab Sen Gupta, Massey University, New ZealandTechnical Program Chair:
Alessandra Flammini, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Associate Technical Program Chairs
Halit Eren, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Paolo Ferrari, University of Brescia
Gourab Sen Gupta, Massey University, New Zealand
Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Massey University, New ZealandConference Management:
Conference Catalysts, LLC2Keynote
Rong Zheng, Associate Professor
McMaster University, Canada
Abstract:
Structure health monitoring is crucial in ensuring the safe operation of civil structures suchas bridges and highways both at the early stage of constructions as well as during operations. Smart aggregate (SA) is a multi-functional Piezo-electric transducer based sensor thatcan be utilized for passive and active sensing. In this talk, we present the hardware design,
software architecture and algorithm development utilizing SAs for autonomous structure
health monitoring and impact detection.
Bio:
Rong Zheng received her Ph.D. degree from Dept. of Computer Science, University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned her M.E. and B.E. in Electrical Engineering from
Tsinghua University, P.R. China. She is on the faculty of the Department of Computer andSoftware, McMaster University, Canada.
Rong Zheng’s research interests include network monitoring and diagnosis, cyber physicalsystems, and sequential learning and decision theory. She received the National Science
Foundation CAREER Award in 2006, and University of Houston Research Award in 2010.
She serves on the technical program committees of leading networking conferences; andwas the program chair for the first ACM workshop on medical grade wireless networks andthe 7th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications. She
served as a guest editor for EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special
issue on wireless location estimation and tracking, Elsevler’s Computer Communications –Special Issue on Cyber Physical Systems.

3Conference Program
Tuesday, February 19
8:00

Registration Opens

9:00

Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Shreekanth Mandayam (Rowan University, USA) & 			Deniz Gurkan (University of Houston, USA)

9:20 - 10:40

Keynote: Some Recent Advancement in Wireless Structure HealthMonitoring
Rong Zheng (McMaster University, Canada)

10:40 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:40

Session I: Sensor Networking I
Session Chair: Deniz Gurkan (University of Houston, USA)

11:00

Wireless Multichannel Bus Communication Using CDMA Coding 		for Single Frequency Radios
Hamid Fahim Rezaei (University of Iowa, USA)
Anton Kruger (University of Iowa, USA)

11:20

Energy and Lifetime Analysis of Compressed Wireless Sensor 		
Network Communication
Celalettin Karakuş (TOBB University of Economics and Technology,Turkey)
Ali C Gurbuz (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey)
Bulent Tavli (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey)

11:40

Design and Measurement of a Planar Dual-Band Antenna for the 		Tyndall Multiradio Wireless Sensing Platform
Loizos Loizou (Tyndall National Institute & University College Cork,Ireland)
John Laurence Buckley (Tyndall National Institute & University CollegeCork, Ireland)
Brendan O’Flynn (Tyndall National Institude, Ireland)
John Barton (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland)
Cian Ó Mathúna (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland)
Emanuel M. Popovici (University College Cork, Ireland)

12:00

Low Weight Double Layer Coded CDMA as a Novel Physical Layer
for OneWire Bus Communication in Sensor Networks
Hamid Fahim Rezaei (University of Iowa, USA)
Anton Kruger (University of Iowa, USA)

12:20

Analysis of Routing and Quality of Service (QoS) Issues for 		
Various Traffic Types in Wireless Mesh Networks Based on 		
IEEE802.11s Protocol
Adeel Hassan (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch4

14:00 - 15:40

Session II: Multisensor Data Fusion I
Session Chair: Shreekanth Mandayam (Rowan University, USA)

14:00
On Redundancy Identification in Randomly Deployed WSNs,		Another Perspective
Peter Damuut (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
Dongbing Gu (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
14:20

Combining Multiple GPS Receivers to Enhance Relative Distance
Measurements
Eddy Trinklein (Michigan Technological University, USA)
Gordon Parker (Michigan Technological University, USA)

14:40

Indoor Localization Using A Smart Phone
Rui Zhang (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Amir Bannoura (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Fabian Höflinger (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Leonhard Reindl (IMTEK - Institute for Microsystem Technology,Germany)
Christian Schindelhauer (University of Freiburg, Germany)

15:00

Smartphone Based Localization Solution for Construction Site
Management
Chiara Maria De Dominicis (University of Brescia, Italy)
Alessandro Depari (University of Brescia, Italy)
Alessandra Flammini (University of Brescia, Italy)
Stefano Rinaldi (University of Brescia, Italy)
Emiliano Sisinni (University of Brescia, Italy)

15:20

Wireless Sensor Network Based Smart Home: Sensor Selection,
Deployment and Monitoring
Debraj Basu (Massey University, New Zealand)
Giovanni Moretti (Massey University, New Zealand)
Gourab Sen Gupta (Massey University, New Zealand)
Stephen Marsland (Massey University, New Zealand)

15:40 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:40

Session III: Homeland Security
Session Chair: Alessandra Flammini (University of Brescia, Italy)

16:00

Encryption in Mobile Devices Using Sensors
Joy Bose (Samsung India Software Operations, India)
Tasleem Arif (Samsung India Software Operations, India)

16:20

Developing a Multi-Mode PZT Sensing Solution for Active SHM inConcrete Structures
Costas Providakis (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
Kalliopi Stefanaki (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
Maristella Voutetaki (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
John Tsompanakis (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
Maria Stavroulaki (Technical University of Crete, Greece)516:40

Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Based Intrusion Detection Systems 		for Homeland Security
Gary Allwood (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
Steven Hinckley (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
Graham Wild (RMIT University, Australia)

17:00

Dynamic Duty Cycle Assignment for Video Surveillance Sensor 		
Networks
Zara Hamid (Military College of Signals, NUST, Pakistan)
Faisal Bashir (Chosun University, Korea)
Jae Pyun (Chosun University, Korea)

17:20

2 in 1 Leakey Coaxial Cable for Intrusion Detection Sensor
Kenji Inomata (Mitsubishi Electric Corp. & Advanced R&D Center,Japan)
Takashi Hirai (Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Japan)
Wataru Tsujita (Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Japan)

Wednesday, February 20
8:00

Registration Opens

8:40 - 10:40

Session IV: Multisensor Data Fusion IISession Chair: Shreekanth Mandayam (Rowan University, USA)

8:40

Vehicle Location Estimation Based On A Magnetic Sensor Array
Xin Zhou (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

9:00

Correction of the Temperature Induced Error of the Illumination 		
Source in a Time-of-Flight Distance Measurement Setup
Johannes Seiter (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Michael Hofbauer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Milos Davidovic (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Stefan Schidl (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Horst Zimmermann (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

9:20

Protocol Design for Airdropping Meteorological Parameters 		Measurement Network
Fangling Pu (School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, P.R.
China)
Fangli Chen (School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, P.R.
China)
Zongyang Liu (School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, P.R.
China)
Hao Sun (School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, P.R.
China)Xin Xu (School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, P.R.
China)

9:40

Ambient Energy Harvesting and Self-sustainability for Transporta-		tion Infrastructure Monitoring Wireless Sensor Networks
Jin Zhu (University of Northern Iowa, USA)
Laura Hattaway (University of Northern Iowa, USA)
Sultan Altamimi (University of Northern Iowa, USA)6

10:00Spectral Unmixing of Three-Algae Mixtures Using Hyperspectral 		
ImagesMehrube Mehrubeoglu (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA)
Lifford McLauchlan (Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA)Paul Zimba (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA)
Ming Yang Teng (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA)

10:20

Presentation of SAS 2014

10:40 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:40

Session V: ISHM
Session Chair: Alessandra Flammini (University of Brescia, Italy)

11:00

Effective Awaking Interaction Learning System that Uses Vital 		Sensing
Junya Nakase (Osaka University, Japan)
Koichi Moriyama (Osaka University, Japan)
Kiyoshi Kiyokawa (Osaka University, Japan)
Masayuki Numao (Osaka University, Japan)
Mayumi Oyama (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Satoshi Kurihara (Osaka University, Japan)

11:20

RF Exposure Analysis for Multiple Wi-Fi Devices In Enclosed 		
Environment
Shian Hwu (Barrios Technology, USA)
Rhodes Bryan (Jacobs Technology, USA)
Kanishka deSilva (Jacobs Technology, USA)
Catherine Sham (NASA/JSC, USA)James Keiser (NASA/JSC, USA)

11:40

Fuzzy Logic in Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Measuring 		SystemIman Gamal Eldin Morsi (Arab Academy for Science and Technology,Egypt)
Yahia Abd El Gawad (Arab Academy for Science and Technology andMaritime Transport, Egypt)

12:00

Bathroom Movements Monitoring UWB Sensor with Feature 		
Extraction Algorithm
Keio Kashima (The University of Kitakyushu, Japan)
Ryohei Nakamura (The University of Kitakyushu, Japan)
Akihiro Kajiwara (The University of Kitakyushu, Japan)

12:20

Environment Feature Extraction and Classification for Context
Aware Physical Activity Monitoring
Golsa Moayeri pour (Purdue University, USA)
Jeffrey J. Evans (Purdue University, USA)
Philip Troped (Purdue University, USA)12:40 - 14:00

Lunch7

14:00 - 15:20

Session VI: MEMS and Nanosensors
Session Chair: Deniz Gurkan (University of Houston, USA)

14:00

Low Power Multiply Accumulate Unit (MAC) for Future Wireless 		Sensor Network
Ahmed Abdelgawad (Central Michigan University, USA)

14:20

Microhotplates for Low Power, and Ultra Dense Gaseous Sensor 		
Arrays Using Recessed Silica Aerogel for Heat Insulation
Mohammad Seyed Jalali (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)
Sanjay Kumar (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)
Mohammad Madani (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)
Nian-Feng Tzeng (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

14:40

Analysis of Bonding Failure in CMOS MEMS Chips
Farooq Ahmad (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia)
John Ojur Dennis (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia)
Mohd Haris Md Khir (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia)
Nor Hisham Hamid (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia)

15:00

A Z-Axis MEMS Gyroscope With Improved Sensitivity
Nikoo Naeemi Sanatdoost (Memorial University of Newfoundland, 		Canada)
Vlastimil Masek (Memorial University of Newfoundland,Canada)
Lihong Zhang (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

15:20 - 15:40

Break

15:40 - 17:00

Session VII: Biosensors
Session Chair: Gourab Sen Gupta (Massey University, New Zealand)

15:40

Embedded Electronics for a Mussel-Based Biological Sensor
Hannah Taylor (University of Iowa, USA)James Niemeier (University of Iowa, USA)
Anton Kruger (University of Iowa, USA)

16:00

Automated Sensor for Flowering and Vegetative Budburst
Guanduo Li (University of Iowa, USA)
Anton Kruger (University of Iowa, USA)James Niemeier (University of Iowa, USA)
Heather Lintz (Oregon State University, USA)

16:20

Biomechanical Model-based Multi-sensor Motion Estimation
Guanhong Tao (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R.
China)
Zhipei Huang (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
Yingfei Sun (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
Shengyun Yao (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R.
China)
Jiankang Wu (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)

16:40

Improved Biological Agent Sensing Integrated Circuit (BASIC)
Yi Zheng (Virginia Tech, USA)
Joseph G Tront (Virginia Tech, USA)

17:45

Busses Depart to Conference Dinner

18:00 - 21:30

Conference Dinner at Lone Star Flight Museum
8Thursday, February 21
8:00

Registration Opens

8:40

Closing Session
Session Chairs: Shreekanth Mandayam (Rowan University, USA) & 		Deniz Gurkan (University of Houston, USA)

9:00 - 10:40

Session VIII: Commercial Development
Session Chair: Alessandra Flammini (University of Brescia, Italy)

9:00

Ultra-wideband Monitoring Sensor with Pattern Recognition
Hiroto Nakama (The University of Kitakyushu, Japan)
Ryohei Nakamura (The University of Kitakyushu, Japan)
Akihiro Kajiwara (The University of Kitakyushu, Japan)

9:20

Terahertz (THz) Wireless Systems for Space Applications
Shian Hwu (Barrios Technology, USA)
Kanishka deSilva (Jacobs Technology, USA)
Cindy Jih (NASA, USA)

9:40

Power Supply Energy Optimization for Ultra Low-Power Wireless 		Sensor Nodes
Mitko Tanevski (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)Alexis Boegli (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Pierre-Andre Farine (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,Switzerland)

10:00

Instrumentation and Automated Control of Aircraft Leading Edge 		Temperature
Scott Finlayson (New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand)
Gourab Sen Gupta (Massey University, New Zealand)

10:20

Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Applied to Gas Turbine 		Engine Instrumentation and Monitoring
Graham Wild (RMIT University, Australia)

10:40 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 13:00

Session IX: Smart Sensors
Session Chair: Gourab Sen Gupta (Massey University, New Zealand)

11:00

Piezoelectric Based Resonance Displacement Sensor
Mangalanathan Umapathy (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)
Sujan Y (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)
Kaluvan Suresh (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)

11:20

A New Piezoelectric Laminated Cantilever Resonance Based 		
Hydraulic Pump
Vasuki B (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)
Sathiya P (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)
Kaluvan Suresh (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)911:40 		
Energy Savings of Home Growing Plants by using Daylight and 				LEDSungwon Lee (Kyungpook National University, Korea)
Sekwang Park (Kyungpook National University, Korea)
12:00

Design and Modeling of Piezoelectric Sifter
Uma Gandhi (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)
Varun U. Kumar (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)
Santhosh B v m p (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli,India)
Kaluvan Suresh (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)

12:20

Application of Process Control over SOA for Smart Transducers
Alexandre Alves de Lima Ribeiro (Universidade Estadual Paulista Júliode Mesquita Filho - Unesp - FEIS & Instituto Federal de Educação,Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - IFSP, Brazil)
Alexandre César Rodrigues da Silva (Universidade Estadual Paulista
Júlio de Mesquita - Unesp-FEIS & UNESP, Brazil)

12:40

Automatic Realtime Offset Calibration of Gyroscopes
Manuel Glueck (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany)
Dayo Oshinubi (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany)
Yiannos Manoli (University of Freiburg, Germany)10