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Meanings emerging in the practice of wireless technologies: findings from two academic focus groups at the University of Southern Queensland
Danaher, Patrick Alan and Hafeez-Baig, Abdul. 2007. "Meanings emerging in the practice of wireless technologies: findings from two academic focus groups at the University of Southern Queensland." Fogarty, Roderick (ed.) 3rd International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning. Brisbane, Australia 26 - 28 Sep 2007 Toowoomba, Australia.

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Optimum operating temperature for evacuated tube solar collectors
Kamel, Fouad. 2002. "Optimum operating temperature for evacuated tube solar collectors." 40th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (Solar02): Solar Harvest. Newcastle, Australia 25 Nov - 02 Dec 2002 Frenchs Forest, Australia.

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Cost of kWh produced and payback time of a pv-solar-thermal-combined rooftop collector at different locations in New Zealand
Kamel, Fouad and Wilson, Paul. 2002. "Cost of kWh produced and payback time of a pv-solar-thermal-combined rooftop collector at different locations in New Zealand ." EEA Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition 2002: Meeting the Challenges of Growth. Christchurch, New Zealand 21 - 22 Jun 2002 Christchurch, New Zealand.

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New spatio-temporal instability scenarios in non-Boussinesq mixed convection
Suslov, Sergey A.. 2007. "New spatio-temporal instability scenarios in non-Boussinesq mixed convection." Sathyasheelappa, Vinaya K. (ed.) 60th Annual Meeting of the Divison of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society. Salt Lake City, United States 18 - 20 Nov 2007 College Park, MD.

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Influence of material structure properties on sliding contact performance of CGRP composite
Yousif, B. F., El-Tayeb, N. S. M. and Yusaf, Talal. 2008. "Influence of material structure properties on sliding contact performance of CGRP composite." International Journal for Manufacturing Science and Technology. 10 (1), pp. 1-7.

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Wireless emails: issues, challenges and guidelines for implementation
Howard, Angela, Low, Ee Kuan, Byrnes, Peter and Gururajan, Raj. 2004. "Wireless emails: issues, challenges and guidelines for implementation." Conrick, Moya and Soar, Jeffrey (ed.) 1st Australian Aged and Community Care Informatics Conference (ACCIC'04). Brisbane, Australia 24 - 25 Aug 2004 Brunswick East, Vic, Australia.

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Environmental sustainability - a driver for innovation in construction SMEs?
Thorpe, David, Ryan, Neal and Charles, Michael. 2008. "Environmental sustainability - a driver for innovation in construction SMEs?" Thomas, Jason and Piekkala-Fletcher, Amy (ed.) 3rd International Conference of the CRC for Construction Innovation: Clients Driving Innovation: Benefiting from Innovation. Gold Coast, Australia 12 - 14 Mar 2008 Brisbane, Australia.

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Investigation by TGA-FTIR of the effect of styrene content and thickness on the UV-curing of vinylester resins
Cardona, F., Rogers, D. and Van Erp, G.. 2007. "Investigation by TGA-FTIR of the effect of styrene content and thickness on the UV-curing of vinylester resins." Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials. 20 (6), pp. 601-615. https://doi.org/10.1177/0892705707083950

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Investigation of dynamic behaviour of a hybrid composite bridge girder
Epaarachchi, Jayantha A., Karunasena, Warna and Aravinthan, Thiru. 2007. "Investigation of dynamic behaviour of a hybrid composite bridge girder." Marshall, Ian (ed.) 14th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS 14). Melbourne, Australia 19 - 21 Nov 2007 Melbourne, Australia.

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An investigation of the response of embedded near infrared fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors (830nm) in glass fibre composites under fatigue loading
Epaarachchi, Jayantha A., Canning, John and Stevenson, Michael. 2007. "An investigation of the response of embedded near infrared fibre bragg grating (FBG) sensors (830nm) in glass fibre composites under fatigue loading." Marshall, Ian (ed.) 14th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS 14). Melbourne, Australia 19 - 21 Nov 2007 Melbourne, Australia.

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Multifarious fracture features of CuZrAlGd(Ag) bulk metallic glasses
Fu, H. M., Zhang, H. F., Wang, Hao and Hu, Z. Q.. 2007. "Multifarious fracture features of CuZrAlGd(Ag) bulk metallic glasses." Advanced Materials Research. 29-30, pp. 47-50.

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Effect of pouring temperature on thixotropic microstructure formation of AZ91
Ning, Zhiliang, Wu, Peilian, Wang, Hao, Cao, Fuyang and Sun, Jianfei. 2007. "Effect of pouring temperature on thixotropic microstructure formation of AZ91." Rare Metals. 26 (S1), pp. 180-184.

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Blast simulation in underground mines using the combined finite-discrete element method
Wei, Riyu, Zhang, Sheng, Karunasena, Warna, Sivakugan, Nagaratnam and Zhang, Hongwu. 2007. "Blast simulation in underground mines using the combined finite-discrete element method." Xu, De (ed.) 7th WSEAS International Conference on Simulation, Modelling and Optimization (SMO '07). Beijing, China 15 - 17 Sep 2007 Athens, Greece.

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Are floods in part a form of land use externality?
Dorner, W., Porter, M. and Metzka, R.. 2008. "Are floods in part a form of land use externality?" Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 8 (3), pp. 523-532.

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Nonlinear analysis of short concrete-filled steel tubular beam-columns under axial load and biaxial bending
Liang, Qing Quan. 2008. "Nonlinear analysis of short concrete-filled steel tubular beam-columns under axial load and biaxial bending." Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 64 (3), pp. 295-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2007.07.001

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A level set method for topology optimization of continuum structures with bounded design domain
Rong, Jian Hua and Liang, Qing Quan. 2008. "A level set method for topology optimization of continuum structures with bounded design domain." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 197 (17-18), pp. 1447-1465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2007.11.026

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The effect of debonding on the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with fibre reinforced polymer
Karunasena, Warna (Karu) and Martin, Nicole. 2007. "The effect of debonding on the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with fibre reinforced polymer." Veidt, Martin, Albermani, Faris, Daniel, Bill, Griffiths, John, Hargreaves, Doug, McAree, Ross, Meehan, Paul and Tan, Andy (ed.) 5th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 2007). Brisbane, Australia 10 - 12 Dec 2007 Sydney, Australia.

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Thermal effects on fibre optic pressure sensor during free piston compression experiments
Sharifian, S. A. and Buttsworth, D. R.. 2005. "Thermal effects on fibre optic pressure sensor during free piston compression experiments." 8th International Symposium on Fluid Control, Measurement and Visualization (8th FLUCOME). Chengdu, China 22 - 25 Aug 2005

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A numerical model for the confinement of oil spill with floating booms
Zhu, SongPing and Strunin, Dmitry V.. 2002. "A numerical model for the confinement of oil spill with floating booms." Spill Science and Technology Bulletin. 7 (5-6), pp. 249-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1353-2561(02)00042-7

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Incompatible 4-node element for gradient-dependent plasticity
Chen, G. and Baker, Graham. 2004. "Incompatible 4-node element for gradient-dependent plasticity." Advances in Structural Engineering: an international journal. 7 (2), pp. 169-177. https://doi.org/10.1260/1369433041211066

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Experimental investigation of performance and emission parameters of a small diesel engine using CNG and biodiesel
Najafi, Bahman, Pirouzpanah, Vahab, Najafi, Gholamhassan, Yusaf, Talal and Ghobadian, Barat. 2007. "Experimental investigation of performance and emission parameters of a small diesel engine using CNG and biodiesel." 13th Small Engine Technology Conference 2007. Toki Messe, Niigata, Japan 30 Oct - 01 Nov 2007 Japan.

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Fracture toughness of phenol formaldehyde composites: pilot study
Ku, Harry, Rogers, David, Davey, Robert, Cardona, Francisco and Trada, Mohan. 2008. "Fracture toughness of phenol formaldehyde composites: pilot study." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 17 (1), pp. 85-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-007-9115-2

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Contrast joints of glass-fibre with carbon-fibre reinforced low density polyethylene composite bonded by microwave irradiation
Ku, H. S.. 2008. "Contrast joints of glass-fibre with carbon-fibre reinforced low density polyethylene composite bonded by microwave irradiation." Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications. 22 (1), pp. 69-84. https://doi.org/10.1163/156939308783122760

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Rice monitoring using ENVISAT-ASAR data: preliminary results of a case study in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam
Lam-Dao, Nguyen, Apan, Armando, Young, Frank R., Le-Van, Trung, Le-Toan, Thuy and Bouvet, Alexandre. 2007. "Rice monitoring using ENVISAT-ASAR data: preliminary results of a case study in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam." 28th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2007). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 12 - 16 Nov 2007 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

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Processing of composites using variable and fixed frequency microwave facilities
Ku, Harry S. and Yusaf, Talal. 2008. "Processing of composites using variable and fixed frequency microwave facilities." Progress in Electromagnetic Research B. 5, pp. 185-205. https://doi.org/10.2528/PIERB08011304

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Shrinkage reduction of thermoset fibre composites during hardening using microwaves irradiation for curing
Ku, Harry S., Van Erp, Gerard, Ball, James A. R., Ayers, Stephen R. and Siu, Fred. 2002. "Shrinkage reduction of thermoset fibre composites during hardening using microwaves irradiation for curing." Wong, S. V., Osman, M. R., Yusuff, R. M. and Ismail, N. (ed.) 2nd World Engineering Congress (WEC 2002). Sarawak, Malaysia 22 - 25 Jul 2002 Malaysia.

Presentation

Modelling and assessment of an experimental combined evacuated-tubes-direct-flat-plate solar heater
Abdalla, Fouad Kamel. 2005. "Modelling and assessment of an experimental combined evacuated-tubes-direct-flat-plate solar heater." 43rd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (Solar05). Dunedin, New Zealand 28 - 30 Nov 2005 Frenchs Forest, Australia.

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Assessment of domestic evacuated tube direct solar water heater
Kamel, Fouad and Wilson, Paul. 2001. "Assessment of domestic evacuated tube direct solar water heater." Saman, Wasim, Charters, Bill and Hollands, Terry (ed.) 2001 Solar World Congress (ISES 2001). Adelaide, Australia 25 Nov - 02 Dec 2001 Adelaide, Australia.

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Analysis of a roof-top combined photovoltaic / solar thermal plant at Christchurch
Kamel, Fouad and Wilson, Paul. 2001. "Analysis of a roof-top combined photovoltaic / solar thermal plant at Christchurch." Saman, Wasim, Charters, Bill and Hollands, Terry (ed.) 2001 Solar World Congress (ISES 2001). Adelaide, Australia 25 Nov - 02 Dec 2001 Adelaide, Australia.

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A comparison of methods for mapping golf greens
Reynolds, Wade, Young, Frank R. and Gibbings, Peter. 2007. "A comparison of methods for mapping golf greens." Spatial Science Queensland. 2007 (4), pp. 33-36.

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Computer algebra describes flow of turbulent floods via the Smagorinski large eddy closure
Roberts, A. J.. 2008. Computer algebra describes flow of turbulent floods via the Smagorinski large eddy closure. Toowoomba, Australia. University of Southern Queensland.

Technical report

Cost per kWh produced and payback time of a PV -solar -thermal -combined roof top collector at different locations in New Zealand
Kamel, Fouad. 2003. "Cost per kWh produced and payback time of a PV -solar -thermal -combined roof top collector at different locations in New Zealand." 41st Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (Solar03). Melbourne, Australia 25 Nov - 02 Dec 2003 Frenchs Forest, Australia.

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Bovine intelligence for training horses
Billingsley, John. 2007. "Bovine intelligence for training horses." Bradbeer, Robin and Ku, Kenneth (ed.) 14th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision In Practice (M2VIP 2007). Xiamen, China 03 - 05 Dec 2007 Hong Kong. https://doi.org/10.1109/MMVIP.2007.4430708

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An evaluation of fracture toughness of vinyl ester composites cured under microwave conditions
Ku, H., Chan, W. L., Trada, M. and Baddeley, D.. 2007. "An evaluation of fracture toughness of vinyl ester composites cured under microwave conditions." Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 16 (6), pp. 741-745. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-007-9104-5

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Industrial robotics: theory, modelling and control
Cubero, Sam (ed.) 2006. Industrial robotics: theory, modelling and control. Mammendorf, Germany. Pro Literatur Verlag.

Edited book

M2S2 modular deployable shelter system: concept and analysis technique
Omar, T., Van Erp, G., Aravinthan, T. and Key, P.. 2008. "M2S2 modular deployable shelter system: concept and analysis technique." Xie, Yi Min and Patnaikuni, Indubhushan (ed.) ISEC 4: Innovations in Structural Engineering and Construction. Melbourne, Australia 26 - 28 Sep 2007 Leiden, Netherlands.

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Experimental investigation of innovative hybrid composite girders with GFRP and CFRP
Asamoto, S., Mutsuyoshi, H., Aravinthan, T. and Suzukawa, K.. 2008. "Experimental investigation of innovative hybrid composite girders with GFRP and CFRP." Xie, Mike and Patnaikuni, Indubhushan (ed.) ISEC 4: Innovations in Structural Engineering and Construction. Melbourne, Australia 26 - 28 Sep 2007 Leiden, Netherlands.

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Building the spatial data infrastructure through data sharing - measuring progress within Australian local and state government jurisdictions
McDougall, Kevin, Rajabifard, Abbas and Williamson, Ian. 2007. "Building the spatial data infrastructure through data sharing - measuring progress within Australian local and state government jurisdictions." Janssen, Volker and Russell, Michael (ed.) 2007 Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference (SSC2007). Hobart, Australia 14 - 18 May 2007 Hobart, Tasmania.

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Toward a simple real-time control system for efficient management of furrow irrigation
Khatri, Kanya L. and Smith, R. J.. 2007. "Toward a simple real-time control system for efficient management of furrow irrigation." Irrigation and Drainage. 56 (4), pp. 463-475. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.319

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Investigation of the use of near infrared FBG (830nm) sensors for monitoring the structural response of 0/90 woven cloth/CSM glass fibre/vynylester composite under static and fatigue loading
Epaarachchi, Jayantha A., Clegg, Richard E. and Canning, John. 2007. "Investigation of the use of near infrared FBG (830nm) sensors for monitoring the structural response of 0/90 woven cloth/CSM glass fibre/vynylester composite under static and fatigue loading." HUMS 2007: 5th DSTO International Conference on Health and Usage Monitoring . Melbourne, Australia 19 - 22 Mar 2007 Australia.

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