6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

Part of the International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications series

Biosensors, Chemical Sensors, Physical Sensors, Sensor Networks, Structural Health Monitoring Technologies and Sensor Networks, Wearable Sensors

Welcome from the Chairs

**All participants of ECSA-6 are welcome to submit the extended work to the Sensors Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications".**

We gladly announce that Dr. Sandra Sendra (University of Granada, Spain) and Priv.-Doz. Dr. Marco Deluca (Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria) as our keynote speakers.

We are pleased to announce Dr. Yves Olsommer, Dr. Jiayue Shen and Dr. Sabina Merlo's papers were awarded the ECSA-6 Best Contribution Award in 2019.

Welcome from the Conference Chairs of the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

We are pleased to announce the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications. After the success of the five editions from 2014 to 2018, this year edition will focus on four thematic areas where sensors are changing science:

There will be three specific sessions:

and also a Poster session. Posters can be presented without an accompanying proceedings paper and will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. However, they will not be added to the proceedings of the conference.

Participants will have the opportunity to examine, explore and critically engage with issues and advances in these areas. We hope to facilitate discussions and exchange within the community.

This event will solely be an online proceeding which allows the participation from all over the world with no concerns of travel and related expenditures. This type of conference is particularly appropriate and useful because research concerned with sensors is progressing rapidly. An electronic conference provides a platform for rapid and direct exchanges about the latest research findings and novel ideas. The participation as well as the "attendance" of this online conference is free of charge.

The 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications is sponsored by MDPI and the scientific journal Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220, IF 3.031). The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on https://ecsa-6.sciforum.net/ for discussion during 15-30 November 2019 and will be published in journal Proceedings.

Extended and expanded versions of conference proceedings papers can be submitted to Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications" in journal Sensors, with a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charges.

Sensors is an Open Access publication journal of MDPI in the field of the science and technology of sensors and biosensors.

We hope the community will share this enthusiasm and help making this 6th edition a success—for many to come in the future.

The Chairs of the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications.

Dr. Stefano Mariani
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Dr. Stefano Mariani received an M.S. degree (cum laude) in civil engineering in 1995, and a Ph.D. degree in structural engineering in 1999; both degrees are from the Polytechnic University of Milan. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Milan. He was a research scholar at the Danish Technical University in 1997, an adjunct professor at Penn State University in 2007, and a visiting professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in 2009. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Algorithms, International Journal on Advances in Systems and Measurements, Inventions, Machines, Micro and Nanosystems, Micromachines, and Sensors. He has been a recipient of the Associazione Carlo Maddalena Prize for graduate students (1996), and of the Fondazione Confalonieri Prize for PhD students (2000). His main research interests are: the reliability of MEMS that are subject to shocks and drops; the structural health monitoring of composite structures through MEMS sensors; numerical simulations of ductile fracture in metals and of quasi-brittle fracture in heterogeneous and functionally graded materials; extended finite element methods; the calibration of constitutive models via extended and sigma-point Kalman filters; and multi-scale solution methods for dynamic delamination in layered composites.

Dr. Tom A. Messervey
CEO and Co-Founder
Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy

Dr. Tom A. Messervey has over 20 years of engineering experience, which includes military service in the US Army Corps of Engineers, industrial experience with the Italian Engineering Company, D’Appolonia, teaching excellence at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and coaching services as the EU Facilitator for the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems program (www.ims.org). He serves as an expert for the European Commission in textiles, manufacturing, and energy efficiency. His research interests focus on using sensor data to make better engineering decisions across design, assessment, maintenance, inspections, and energy management to include machine learning. He is a member of the International Association of Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS), the International Association of Life Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE), and a technical reviewer for the International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering and the Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.

Dr. Alberto Vallan
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Dr. Alberto Vallan received the M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in 1996 and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Instrumentation from the University of Brescia, Italy, in 2000. He is currently an Associate Professor in Electrical and Electronic Measurements with the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of the Politecnico di Torino. From 2000 to present, he has been a lecturer in courses concerning Electronic Measurements and Sensors. His research interests are focused on the development and characterization of fiber sensors and measuring instruments for biomedical and industrial applications. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE/Instrumentation&Measurement Society.

Dr. Stefan Bosse
Department of Computer Science, University of Bremen, and Faculty Computer Science, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

PD Dr. Stefan Bosse studied physics at the University of Bremen. He received a PhD/doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in physics in the year 2002 at the University of Bremen, and the post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) and the Venia Legendi in Computer Science in the year 2016 at the University of Bremen with his habilitation (postdoctoral degree) "Unified Distributed Sensor and Environmental Information Processing with Multi-Agent Systems". Since 2017 he is teaching and researching as a Privatdozent at the University of Bremen, Department of Computer Science, and since 2018 he is an interim professor at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Faculty Computer Science, Institute of Software Technologies. At the University of Bremen and University Koblenz-Landau he teaches several courses in fundamental computer science, functional programming, and in selected advanced topics covering the design and programming of massive parallel and distributed systems, multi-agents systems and agent-based simulation, high-level synthesis of complex digital logic data processing systems, and material-integrated sensing systems with a high interdisciplinary background. His main research area is distributed artificial intelligence in general, and in particular information processing in massive parallel and distributed systems using agent-based approaches combined with machine learning, and agent-based simulation. A broad range of fields of application and domains are addressed: Material Science, Materials Informatics, Smart Materials, IoT, Production Engineering, Social Science, Crowd Sensing, Geo Science. He conducted projects in the internationally recognized ISIS Scientific Centre for Intelligent Sensorial Materials pushing interdisciplinary research closing the gap between technology and computer science, finally joining the ISIS council and publishing an internationally well regarded handbook on this topic. He published about 100 journal and conference papers and acts as a reviewer and a guest editor for several international journals and is a member of a broad range of international conference programme and organizing committees.

Dr. Francisco Falcone
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering & Institute for Smart Cities (ISC), Public University of Navarre, Spain

Dr. Francisco Falcone received his Telecommunication Engineering Degree (1999) and PhD in Communication Engineering (2005), both at the Public University of Navarre in Spain. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as Microwave Commissioning Engineer, Siemens-Italtel. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as Radio Network Engineer, Telefónica Móviles. In 2009 he co-founded Tafco Metawireless. From 2003 to 2009 he was also Assistant Lecturer at UPNA, becoming Associate Professor in 2009. His research area is artificial electromagnetic media, complex electromagnetic scenarios and wireless system analysis, with applications to context aware environments, Smart Cities and Smart Regions. He has over 500 contributions in journal and conference publications. He has been recipient of the CST Best Paper Award in 2003 and 2005, Best PhD in 2006 awarded by the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Doctorate award 2004-2006 awarded by UPNA, Juan Lopez de Peñalver Young Researcher Award 2010 awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain and Premio Talgo 2012 for Technological Innovation.

Call for papers

e-conferences, virtually anywhere.

6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

The 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications will be held from 15 to 30 November 2019 in the internet environment. This event will solely be an online proceeding which allows the participation from all over the world with no concerns of travel and related expenditures, while at the same time making rapid and direct exchanges about the latest research findings and novel ideas in sensors. All proceedings will be held online at https://ecsa-6.sciforum.net/ and in Journal Proceedings.

The conference aims to bring the scientists working in the field onto a common platform and promote and advance the exciting and rapidly changing field of sensing technologies and applications along the following four main themes:

and three specific sessions:

and also a Poster session.Posters can be presented without an accompanying proceedings paper and will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. However, they will not be added to the proceedings of the conference.

The conference will be completely free of charge - both to attend, and for scholars to upload and present their latest work on the conference platform. There will also be a possibility to submit selected papers to the e-conference related Special Issue of journal Sensors, with a 20% discount on the APC (ISSN 1424-8220; Impact Factor: 3.031 (2018) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.302 (2018)). ECSA-6 offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without the concerns and expense of traveling - all you need is access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to "attend" this conference by presenting your latest work. You will be able to present your work in the form of your proceedings paper, optionally you may also contribute a (video) presentation.

Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 1 October 2019 online at https://sciforum.net/login. For accepted abstracts, the full paper can be submitted by 22 October 2019. The conference itself will be held from 15 to 30 November 2019.

Paper Submission Guidelines

For information about the procedure for submission, peer-review, revision and acceptance of conference proceedings papers, please refer to the section "Instructions for Authors": https://ecsa-6.sciforum.net/#instructions .

Time Schedule

Abstract Submission: 1 October 2019
Notification of Acceptance: 5 October 2019
Proceedings Paper Submission Deadline: 22 October 2019
Conference Open: 15-30 November 2019

Conference Chairs

Dr. Stefano Mariani

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Dr. Thomas B. Messervey

CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy

Dr. Alberto Vallan

Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

Dr. Stefan Bosse

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Dr. Francisco Falcone

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Public University of Navarre, Spain

Conference Committee

Prof. Dr. M. Jamal Deen

Distinguished University Professor, Senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology, Canada

Prof. Dr. Maurizio Valle

Department of Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Genova, Italy

Dr. Roberto Pilloton

Institute of Crystallography, CNR - Via Salaria km 29,3 - Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Professor Jaime Lloret

Department of Communications, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino de Vera 46022, Valencia, Spain,
Chair of the Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute (IGIC)

Dr. Francesc Pozo

Department of Mathematics, CoDAlab,
Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Sandra Sendra ([email protected]) was born in Gandia, Valencia (Spain) on February 27, 1985. She received her degree of Technical Engineering in Telecommunications in 2007. She received her M.Sc. of Electronic Systems Engineering in 2009 and her Ph.D. in electronic engineering (Dr. Ing.) in 2013. Currently, she is assistant professor at the University of Granada (Spain). She is Cisco Certified Network Associate Instructor since 2009 and HP-ATA instructor since 2015. She is author or co-author of more than 120 papers in SCI journals, peer-reviewed conferences proceedings, books and international book chapters. She is editor-in-chief of the international journal "WSEAS Transaction on Communications" since 2012, guest editor several SI in International Journals related to underwater communications, sensors and actuator networks. She has been the co-editor of 5 conference proceedings and associate editor in 4 international journals. She has been involved in more than 140 Program and organization committees of international conferences until 2019. She has been the general chair (or co-chair) of 3 International conferences. She has been session chair in 12 international conferences. She has participated in 16 research projects. She is IEEE Member. Her research interests, but no limited, include saving energy techniques in electronic circuits, sensor deployment, WSN, UWSN and the application of these technologies for environmental monitoring.

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Marco Deluca received a Master in Chemical Engineering from the University of Trieste (Italy) and a Ph. D. in Materials Science from Kyoto Institute of Technology (Japan). He obtained in 2016 the Habilitation (venia docendi) in Materials Science from the Montanuniversität Leoben (Leoben, Austria). The main theme of his scientific career is the study of structure-property relationships in functional oxide materials, in particular ceramics for energy harvesting, energy storage and gas sensing applications. He is a member of the IEEE Ferroelectrics Standing Committee and of the Board of Directors of the Austrian Ceramic Society. He authored/co-authored more than 70 refereed publications in journals and conferences and two book chapters, and gave more than 20 invited presentations to international conferences and workshops. His h-index is 20. Marco Deluca is also Lecturer in the Materials Science Department of the Montanuniversität Leoben (Leoben, Austria).

Keynote Presentations

List of Keynotes & Videos

Keynotes

Lora-Based System for Tracking Runners in Cross Country Races

Relate Paper:
Lora-Based System for Tracking Runners in Cross Country Races

Sessions

A. Chemo- and Biosensors
B. Physical Sensors
C. Sensor Networks
D. Applications
P. Posters
S1. Structural Health Monitoring Technologies and Sensor Networks
S2. Wearable Sensors
S3. Smart Cities

Instructions for Authors

Submission

Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with https://sciforum.net/, and using the "Start New Submission" function once logged into system.

Scholars interested in participating with the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-250 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 10 September 2019 1 October 2019.
The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications. All authors will be notified by 15 September 2019 5 October 2019 about the acceptance of their abstract.
If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit the manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 15 October 2019 22 October 2019.
The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on https://ecsa-6.sciforum.net/ for discussion during the time of the conference 15–30 November 2019 and will be published in Journal Proceedings.
The Open Access Journal Sensors will publish Special Issue of the conference and accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference itself. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select manuscripts that may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Sensors (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer-review, APC, etc.).

Proceedings Paper

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:

First page:

Title
Full author names
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
Abstract (200-250 words)
Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
(Acknowledgements)
References

Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references) and should not exceed 6 pages.

Presentation Slides

Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the Manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.

Video Presentations

Besides their active participation within the forum, authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference organizer – [email protected] to get to know more about the procedure. This is an unique way of presenting your paper and discuss it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!

Submission of Manuscripts

Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted online at https://sciforum.net/login by registering and logging in to this website.

Accepted File Formats

MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the 6th Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
LaTeX: Manuscripts prepared in LaTeX must be collated into one ZIP folder (include all source files and images, so that the Conference Secretariat can recompile the submitted PDF). When preparing manuscripts in LaTeX, please use the 6th Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications LaTeX template files.

6th Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications Microsoft Word template file and LaTex template file

ECSA6_Latex_template.zip
ECSA6_Word_template.docx

Manuscript Preparation

Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm x 26.2 cm. The margins should be 1.75 cm on each side of the paper (top, bottom, left, and right sides).
Paper Length: The conference proceedings paper should not be longer than 6 pages. The conference manuscript should be as concise as possible.
Formatting / Style: The paper style of the Journal Proceedings should be followed. You may download the template file to prepare your paper (see above). The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and a explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, a figure or a scheme.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state here "The authors declare no conflict of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under "Acknowledgments" section.

Copyright

MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a Communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).

List of accepted submissions (85)

Id	Title	Authors	Presentation Video	Presentation Pdf
sciforum-026993	Monitoring of the Ceramic Kerf During the Laser Cutting Process through Piezoelectric Transducer Ana Andrade , Paulo Aguiar , Martin Viera , Felipe Alexandre , Pedro Oliveira Junior , Fabio Dotto Submitted: 09 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Ana Andrade , Paulo Aguiar , Martin Viera , Felipe Alexandre , Pedro Oliveira Junior , Fabio Dotto	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
Advanced ceramics are widely used in industry due to their unique properties. However, the machining of ceramic components by conventional methods is difficult due to their high hardness and brittleness. In this sense, laser beam machining (LBM) is presented as an alternative to conventional methods, enabling the machining of workpieces through more accurate and less invasive techniques. Despite the advantages of laser machining, the process still needs to be studied in detail, as advanced ceramic machining is considered a stochastic process. Thus, real-time monitoring systems are required in order to optimize the ceramic laser machining. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel method for monitoring the cutting kerf in the laser cutting process of ceramic components using low-cost piezoelectric transducer (PZT) and digital signal processing. Tests were performed on the surface of an alumina ceramic workpiece under different machining conditions. The cutting kerf was measured by a digital microscope and the raw signals from the PZT transducer were collected at a sampling rate of 2 MHz. Time domain and frequency domain analyzes were performed in order to find a frequency band that best correlates with the process conditions. Finally, a linear regression was calculated in order to correlate the PZT signal and the measured kerf. The results showed that the piezoelectric transducer was sensitive to the acoustic activity generated during the process, allowing the real-time monitoring of the cutting kerf. Thus, the approach proposed in this paper can be used efficiently in the monitoring of the laser cutting process.
sciforum-026899	Physiological impact of vibration and noise in an open-air magnetic resonance imager: Analysis of a PPG signal of an examined person Jiri Pribil , Anna Pribilova , Ivan Frollo Submitted: 04 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Jiri Pribil , Anna Pribilova , Ivan Frollo	N/A		Show Abstract
The paper is focused on analysis of negative influence of the generated vibration and acoustic noise on a physiological and psychological state of an examined person lying in the scanning area of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tomograph working with a low magnetic field. This negative influence on the human body and psychic can be monitored by measuring the blood pressure (BP), the heart rate (HR) and the speech signal recorded during MR scanning, as the stress is manifested by changes in the bloodstream and in the voice. The first part of the presented work is aimed at finding a methodology for measurement of different signals of a tested person lying in the scanning area of the MRI device. In the main investigation, the BP and HR parameters were measured in parallel for a person scanned during execution of the whole MR scan sequence. For this purpose, we apply the photo-plethysmography (PPG) using an optical sensor for non-invasive acquisition of vital information about the cardiovascular system from the skin surface. This optical sensor complies with the requirements for working in the magnetic field environment with present radio-frequency and electromagnetic disturbance. Variations in the photo-detector signal are related to changes in the blood volume inside the tissue. Signal filtering and further processing are necessary to obtain a clean PPG waveform that is then used to determine the instantaneous heart rate. In the frame of our experiments, different types of portable BP and HR measuring devices were tested and compared.
sciforum-027031	Undervoltage Identification in Three Phase Induction Motor Using Low-Cost Piezoelectric Sensors and STFT Technique Leonardo Carvalho , Guilherme Lucas , Marco Rocha , Claudio Fraga , Andre Andreoli Submitted: 10 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Leonardo Carvalho , Guilherme Lucas , Marco Rocha , Claudio Fraga , Andre Andreoli	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
Three-phase induction motors (IMs) are electrical machines used on a large scale in industrial applications because they are versatile, robust and low maintenance devices. However, IMs are significantly affected when fed by unbalanced voltages. Prolonged operation under voltage unbalance (VU) conditions degrades performance and shortens machine life by producing imbalances in stator currents that abnormally raise the winding temperature. With the development of new technologies and researches on non-destructive techniques (NDT) for fault diagnosis in IMs, it shows relevant to obtain economically accessible, efficient and reliable sensors capable of acquiring signals that allow the identification of this type of failure. The objective of this work is to evaluate the application of low-cost piezoelectric sensors in the acquisition of acoustic emission (AE) signals and the identification of VU through the analysis of short-term Fourier transform (STFT) spectrogram. The piezoelectric sensor makes NDT feasible as it is an affordable and inexpensive component. In addition, STFT allows time-frequency analysis of acoustic emission signals. For this NDT, two sensors were coupled on both sides of the induction motor frame. The AE signals obtained during the IM operation were processed and the resulting spectrograms were analyzed to identify the different UV levels. After comparing the AE signals for faulty conditions with the signals for the IM operating at balanced voltages, it was possible to obtain the desired identification, which confirmed the successful application of low-cost piezoelectric sensors for VU condition detection in three-phase induction machines.
sciforum-026957	Millimeter Wave Spatial Channel Characterization for Vehicular Communications Fidel Alejandro Rodríguez-Corbo , Leyre Azpilicueta , Mikel Celaya-Echarri , Peio López-Iturri , Imanol Picallo , Francisco Falcone , Ana Vazquez Alejos Submitted: 09 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Fidel Alejandro Rodríguez-Corbo , Leyre Azpilicueta , Mikel Celaya-Echarri , Peio López-Iturri , Imanol Picallo , Francisco Falcone , Ana Vazquez Alejos	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
With the growing demand of vehicle-mounted sensors over the last years, the amount of critical data communications has increased significantly. Developing applications such as autonomous vehicles, drones or real-time high-definition entertainment, require high data-rates on the order of multiple Gbps. In the next generation of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks, a wider bandwidth will be needed, as well as more precise localization capabilities and lower transmission latencies than current vehicular communication systems due to safety application requirements. 5G millimeter wave (mm-wave) technology is envisioned to be the key factor to the development of this next generation of vehicular communications. However, the implementation of mm-wave links arises with difficulties due to blocking effects between mm-wave transceivers, as well as different channel impairments for these high frequency bands. In this work, the mm-wave channel propagation characterization for V2X communications has been performed by means of a deterministic in-house 3D ray launching simulation technique. A complex heterogeneous urban scenario has been modeled to analyze the different propagation phenomena of multiple mm-wave V2X links. Results for large and small-scale propagation effects are obtained for line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS (NLOS) trajectories enabling inter-data vehicular comparison. A campaign of measurements has been performed in the real scenario, validating the mm-wave propagation channel characterization. These analyzed results and the proposed methodology can aid in an adequate design and implementation of next generation vehicular networks.
sciforum-027041	Electrochemical determination of capsaicin in pharmaceutical and pepper sauce samples by TiO₂ nanoparticles modified epoxy-graphite electrode Munmi Sarma , Manel del Valle Submitted: 10 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Munmi Sarma , Manel del Valle	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
Capsaicin, a lipophilic alkaloid, is responsible for the main reason of hotness in chili peppers. The presented research focuses on the development of an electrochemical sensor based on epoxy-graphite composite with the modification of Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanoparticles for the quantification of capsaicin. The measurements were carried out in glycine buffer at pH 2.5 using the cyclic voltammetry technique. It is observed that carbon based electrodes lead to fouling effect in the cyclic voltammetric measurements of capsaicin. This fouling results in unstable baselines with decreasing oxidation peak current. In order to overcome this problem, extensive search of electrode modifiers, mainly of nano-technological origin, has been made. From this we observed good behavior in TiO₂ modified electrode. TiO₂ nanoparticles were incorporated into the sensor by adding the nanoparticles into the mixture of epoxy graphite composite during the fabrication of the sensor. When performing the calibration of the developed sensors, two linear concentration ranges were obtained from 6 to 75 μM (R = 0.99) and 12 to 138 µM; the detection limit was estimated as 5.34 µM and 11.3 μM capsaicin for 1st and 2nd oxidation peak, respectively. The main advantage of the developed sensor is its repeatability with a relative standard deviation (RSD) value of 2.5% after 10 repeated measurements. To the best of our knowledge, our proposed sensor is the first sensor to be developed which does not show fouling effect with capsaicin, this is accomplished through the use of chemical cleaning of the electrode surface which simply involved rinsing the surface in specific media (50% ethanol). This voltammetric sensing platform has successfully been applied to quantify capsaicin in various real samples such as sauce and pharmaceuticals.

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Emmanuel Akintunde

Sami Al-Anazi

Ahmed Al-Shamma'a

Paramasivam Alagumariappan

Rosa Ma. Alsina-Pagès

Isabel Lebasi Ambriz

Martin Aulestia Viera

Ismail Awan

Daniel Bachmann

Manisha Baskota

Conference Schedule

Abstract Submission: 10 September 2019
Notification of Acceptance: 15 September 2019
Paper Submission Deadline: 15 October 2019
Conference Open: 15-30 November 2019

Conference Secretariat

Ms. Stefanie Tian
MDPI Branch Office, Beijing
E-Mail: [email protected]

Ms. Nora Zhang
MDPI Branch Office, Beijing
E-Mail: [email protected]

Sponsoring Opportunities

For information regarding sponsoring opportunities, please contact the conference secretariat.

Sponsors and Partners

Organizers

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A. Chemo- and Biosensors

Session Chair

Dr. Stefano Mariani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

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B. Physical Sensors

Session Chair

Dr. Alberto Vallan, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

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C. Sensor Networks

Session Chairs

Dr. Francisco Falcone, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

Dr. Stefan Bosse, Department of Computer Science, University of Bremen, and Faculty Computer Science, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

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D. Applications

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Dr. Thomas B. Messervey, CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy

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S1. Structural Health Monitoring Technologies and Sensor Networks

Structural health monitoring (SHM) of civil structures and infrastructure aims at detecting any potential damage, leading to an irreversible reduction of their stiffness and strength characteristics and, possibly, to catastrophic events. As changes in the mechanical properties cannot be directly sensed, SHM systems perform data analytics on measurements to indirectly identify the damage. SHM can be therefore seen as the analysis of sensor data from operating structural systems to extract information used for decision-making process. The goal of this session is to collect contributions in the disciplines of physical sensors and also computer science and engineering. Experimental and theoretical works are both welcome, with the aim of moving towards the design of robust and resilient smart sensing strategies, and to effectively extract information from raw data acquired by pervasive sensor networks.

Topics include: design and exploitation of wireless sensor networks, multi-functional materials, energy harvesting, MEMS sensors; AI-based data mining, cloud/edge/fog computing for infrastructure maintenance; model-based Big Data analytics methods, such as Kalman and particle filtering for real-time damage detection; computational modelling for infrastructure simulation, optimization and response prediction.

Session Chairs

Dr. Yashar Eftekhar Azam, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Dr. Stefano Mariani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

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S2. Wearable Sensors

The market and the applications of wearable sensors are rapidly growing thanks to the widespread availability of miniaturized sensors having reduced power consumption and wide interfacing capabilities. Relevant applications of wearable sensors can be found in our everyday life both for scientific and non-scientific purposes, such as the monitoring of physiological parameters for health and for fitness assessment. Session topics include:

development and advances of sensor technology for wearable systems
power management and energy harvesting
flexible sensors and related electronics and circuits
characterization and calibration of wearable sensors
textile integration of sensors and electronics
smart wearable sensors
wearable sensor for e-health, security , sport and gaming
activity and fitness trackers

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Dr. Alberto Vallan, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

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S3. Smart Cities

Sensors, sensor networks and the information they provide are the fundamental building block of smart cities and everything they have to offer toward improving the quality of life. This session encourages researchers worldwide to share their sensors and applications related to smart cities as we build the urban future of tomorrow. Topics are not limited to but could include submissions related to smart buildings, districts and urban spaces, smart grids, environmental monitoring, transportation, infrstructure and mobility, IoT, and sensors and applications that empower citizens and improve qulity of life.

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Dr. Thomas B. Messervey, CEO and Co-Founder, Research to Market Solution s.r.l., Italy

Dr. Stefan Bosse, Department of Computer Science, University of Bremen, and Faculty Computer Science, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

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6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

Part of the International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications series

15–30 Nov 2019

Welcome from the Chairs

All participants of ECSA-6 are welcome to submit the extended work to the Sensors Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications".

We gladly announce that Dr. Sandra Sendra (University of Granada, Spain) and Priv.-Doz. Dr. Marco Deluca (Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria) as our keynote speakers.

We are pleased to announce Dr. Yves Olsommer, Dr. Jiayue Shen and Dr. Sabina Merlo's papers were awarded the ECSA-6 Best Contribution Award in 2019.

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A. Chemo- and Biosensors

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B. Physical Sensors

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C. Sensor Networks

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D. Applications

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P. Posters

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S1. Structural Health Monitoring Technologies and Sensor Networks

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S2. Wearable Sensors

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S3. Smart Cities

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**All participants of ECSA-6 are welcome to submit the extended work to the Sensors Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications".**