My PhD Project

My Research Interests

In the context of manned safety-critical bomb disposal missions, the aim of my research is to develop a wearable wireless sensing system which would allow an external observer to remotely monitor the health and comfort of a human subject, as well as making local autonomous decisions related to actuation of cooling to increase the comfort of a human subject.

To this end, the work aims to answer the following research questions:

• Which physiological parameters must be measured in order to effectively allow this monitoring?
• Which parameters are required for the control to be effective in providing actuation towards a specified level of comfort for the wearer?
• Which parameters can be used to refine this control?
• Can the system be implemented in a way that is not intrusive to the wearer's tasks?
• How should the autonomous decision-making engine be designed to fulfil the requirements of safety-critical applications?

Details are available in the technical report and on my project page.

Kemp, J.,Gaura, E., Brusey, J. "A Novel Wearable Instrumentation System for Bomb Disposal Suits", "Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics” Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, LNEE Springer Verlag, 2008.

Journal Papers

Gaura, E., Brusey, J., Kemp, J.(2008) Increasing Safety of Bomb Disposal Missions: A Body Sensor Network Approach, IEEE Trans. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C.

Conference Publications

• E.Gaura, J.Brusey, J.Kemp (2008) Emerging networked sensing and actuation technologies: end-to-end wireless systems design for mission critical applications,  Proc. (tutorial section) of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2008, pp. 1-3 and 1-67.
• J.Kemp, E.Gaura, J.Brusey (2008) Advanced Sensing Technologies for Protections Suits, Proc. of WiSIG Wireless Sensor Networks National Showcase, pp. 9-12. 
• Kemp, J., Gaura, E.I., Brusey, J. (2008) 'Instrumenting Bomb Disposal Suits with Wireless Sensor Networks.' In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO2008). May 11-15 2008 at Funchal, Madeira - Portugal. ICINCO 08 pdf
• Kemp, J., Gaura, E.I., Brusey, J., Thake, C.D. (2008) 'Using Body Sensor Networks for Increased Safety in Bomb Disposal Missions.' In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC2008). Held June 11-13 2008 at Taichung, Taiwan. SUTC 08 pdf