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Prof Meiling Zhu

Publications

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2024

• Fu X, Jiang Z, Cao J, Dong Z, Liu G, Zhu M, Zhang C. (2024) A near-zero quiescent power breeze wake-up anemometer based on a rolling-bearing triboelectric nanogenerator, Microsyst Nanoeng, volume 10, DOI:10.1038/s41378-024-00676-7. [PDF]

2023

• Shan G, Wang D, Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2023) A high-power, robust piezoelectric energy harvester for wireless sensor networks in railway applications, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, volume 360, pages 114525-114525, article no. 114525, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2023.114525. [PDF]

2022

• Basset P, Beeby SP, Bowen C, Chew ZJ, Delbani A, Dharmasena RDIG, Dudem B, Fan FR, Galayko D, Guo H. (2022) Roadmap on nanogenerators and piezotronics, APL MATERIALS, volume 10, no. 10, DOI:10.1063/5.0085850. [PDF]
• Shan G, Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2022) Design, modelling and testing of a compact piezoelectric transducer for railway track vibration energy harvesting, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, volume 347, pages 113980-113980, article no. 113980, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2022.113980. [PDF]
• Qi Y, Liu G, Kuang Y, Wang L, Zeng J, Lin Y, Zhou H, Zhu M, Zhang C. (2022) Frequency Band Broadening and Charge Density Enhancement of a Vibrational Triboelectric Nanogenerator with Two Stoppers, DOI:10.2139/ssrn.4085488.
• Qi Y, Kuang Y, Liu Y, Liu G, Zeng J, Zhao J, Wang L, Zhu M, Zhang C. (2022) Kirigami-inspired triboelectric nanogenerator as ultra-wide-band vibrational energy harvester and self-powered acceleration sensor, Applied Energy, volume 327, DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120092.
• Chew Z, Zhu M. (2022) Enhanced Charging Energy Efficiency via Optimised Phase of Directly Charging an Energy Storage Capacitor by an Energy Harvester, The 9th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, Los Angeles, California, Usa, 7th - 9th Sep 2022.
• Qi Y, Liu G, Kuang Y, Wang L, Zeng J, Lin Y, Zhou H, Zhu M, Zhang C. (2022) Frequency band broadening and charge density enhancement of a vibrational triboelectric nanogenerator with two stoppers, Nano Energy, volume 99, pages 107427-107427, article no. 107427, DOI:10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107427. [PDF]
• Shan G, Zhu M. (2022) A piezo stack energy harvester with frequency up-conversion for rail track vibration, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, volume 178, DOI:10.1016/j.ymssp.2022.109268.
• Graves J, Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2022) Pendulum energy harvester with torsion spring mechanical energy storage regulator, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, volume 339, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2022.113505.
• Graves J. (2022) Novel Pendulum Vibration Energy Harvesters for Unmanned Surface Vehicles.
• Xiao H, Pan M, Chu JYH, Bowen CR, Bader S, Aranda J, Zhu M. (2022) Hydraulic Pressure Ripple Energy Harvesting: Structures, Materials, and Applications, Advanced Energy Materials, volume 12, no. 9, DOI:10.1002/aenm.202103185.
• Graves J, Zhu M. (2022) Design and experimental validation of a pendulum energy harvester with string-driven single clutch mechanical motion rectifier, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, volume 333, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2021.113237.

2021

• Chew ZJ, Kuang Y, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2021) Energy harvesting in smart cities, Handbook of Smart Cities, 593-620, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-69698-6_35.
• Kuang Y, Chew ZJ, Dunville J, Sibson J, Zhu M. (2021) Strongly coupled piezoelectric energy harvesters: Optimised design with over 100 mW power, high durability and robustness for self-powered condition monitoring, Energy Conversion and Management, volume 237, DOI:10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114129.
• Kuang Y, Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Lane T, Allen B, Nayar B, Zhu M. (2021) Magnetic field energy harvesting from the traction return current in rail tracks, Applied Energy, volume 292, DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116911.
• Kuang Y, Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2021) Magnetic Field Energy Harvesting From Current-Carrying Structures: Electromagnetic-Circuit Coupled Model, Validation and Application, IEEE Access, volume 9, pages 46280-46291, DOI:10.1109/access.2021.3068472. [PDF]
• Graves J, Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2021) Counterweight-pendulum energy harvester with reduced resonance frequency for unmanned surface vehicles, Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, volume 321, no. 321, article no. 112577, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2021.112577. [PDF]
• Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2021) Energy Savvy Network Joining Strategies for Energy Harvesting Powered TSCH Nodes, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, volume 17, no. 2, pages 1505-1514, DOI:10.1109/TII.2020.3005196.

2020

• Chew Z, Kuang Y, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2020) Energy Harvesting in Smart Cities, Handbook of Smart Cities.
• Graves J, Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2020) Scalable pendulum energy harvester for unmanned surface vehicles, Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, volume 315, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2020.112356.
• Pritchard D. (2020) Wearable Energy Harvesting for Charging Portable Electronic Devices by Walking.
• Ferguson W. (2020) Auxetic power amplification mechanisms for low frequency vibration energy harvesting.
• Kuang Y, Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2020) Strongly coupled piezoelectric energy harvesters: Finite element modelling and experimental validation, Energy Conversion and Management, volume 213, DOI:10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112855.
• Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2020) Adaptive self-configurable rectifier for extended operating range of piezoelectric energy harvesting, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, volume 67, no. 4, pages 3267-3276, DOI:10.1109/TIE.2019.2908610.

2019

• Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2019) Impedance-based finite element modelling of a highly-coupled and pre-stressed piezoelectric energy harvester, 2019 19th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, PowerMEMS 2019, DOI:10.1109/PowerMEMS49317.2019.51289503684.
• Kuang Y, Hide R, Zhu M. (2019) Broadband energy harvesting by nonlinear magnetic rolling pendulum with subharmonic resonance, Applied Energy, volume 255, DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113822.
• Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2019) Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor Nodes With Energy Efficient Network Joining Strategies, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN’19, Helsinki-espoo, Finland, 22nd - 25th Jul 2019.
• Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2019) Parametrically excited nonlinear magnetic rolling pendulum for broadband energy harvesting, Applied Physics Letters, volume 114, no. 20, DOI:10.1063/1.5097552.
• Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2019) Evaluation and validation of equivalent properties of macro fibre composites for piezoelectric transducer modelling, Composites Part B: Engineering, volume 158, pages 189-197, DOI:10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.09.068.

2018

• Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2018) Power Management Circuit for Wireless Sensor Nodes Powered by Energy Harvesting: On the Synergy of Harvester and Load, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, volume 34, pages 8671-8681, DOI:10.1109/TPEL.2018.2885827. [PDF]
• Ferguson W, Kuang Y, Kenneth E, Smith C, Zhu M. (2018) Auxetic Structure for Increased Power Output of Strain Vibration Energy Harvester, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, volume 282, pages 90-96, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2018.09.019.
• Chew Z, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2018) Vibration Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring, IECON 2018, Washington Dc, 21st - 23rd Oct 2018.
• Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2018) Threshold voltage control to improve energy utilization efficiency of a power management circuit for energy harvesting applications, Eurosensors2018, Graz, Austria, 9th - 12th Sep 2018.
• Luo L, Liu D, Zhu M, Liu Y, Ye J. (2018) Maximum energy conversion from human motion using piezoelectric flex transducer: A multi-level surrogate modeling strategy, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, volume 29, no. 15, pages 3097-3107, DOI:10.1177/1045389X18783075.
• Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2018) Adaptive Maximum Power Point Finding Using Direct VOC/2 Tracking Method with Microwatt Power Consumption for Energy Harvesting, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, volume 33, no. 9, pages 8164-8173, DOI:10.1109/TPEL.2017.2774102.
• Farnsworth M, Tiwari A, Zhu M, Benkhelifa E. (2018) A multi-objective and multidisciplinary optimisation algorithm for microelectromechanical systems, Studies in Computational Intelligence, volume 731, pages 205-238, DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-64063-1_9.

2017

• Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2017) Design study of a mechanically plucked piezoelectric energy harvester using validated finite element modelling, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2017.07.009.
• Kuang Y, Daniel A, Zhu M. (2017) A sandwiched piezoelectric transducer with flex end-caps for energy harvesting in large force environments, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
• Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M, Bafleur M, Dilhac J-M. (2017) Single Piezoelectric Transducer as Strain Sensor and Energy Harvester Using Time-multiplexing Operation, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, volume 64, pages 9646-9656, DOI:10.1109/TIE.2017.2711562.
• Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2017) Strain Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor System Using Adaptive and Energy-Aware Interface for Enhanced Performance, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, DOI:10.1109/TII.2017.2710313.
• Ruan T, Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2017) Energy-aware Approaches for Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor Nodes, IEEE Sensors Journal, DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2017.2665680.
• Somov A, Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M, Platt SP. (2017) Ultra-low-power RADFET sensing circuit for wireless sensor networks powered by energy harvesting, IEEE Sensors 2016, Orlando, Fl, Usa, 30th Oct - 2nd Nov 2016, 2016 IEEE SENSORS, DOI:10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808753. [PDF]
• Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M. (2017) Strain Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor Node for Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring, Proceedings of the 30th anniversary Eurosensors Conference – Eurosensors 2016, Budapest, Hungary, 4th - 7th Sep 2016, Procedia Engineering, volume 168, pages 1717-1720, DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.11.498.
• Li Q, Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2017) System-level modelling and validation of a strain energy harvesting system by directly coupling finite element and electrical circuits, 2016 IEEE SENSORS, Orlando, Florida, Usa, 30th Oct - 3rd Nov 2016, DOI:10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808754.
• Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2017) Combined power extraction with adaptive power management module for increased piezoelectric energy harvesting to power wireless sensor nodes, IEEE Sensors 2016, Orlando, Florida, Usa, 30th Oct - 3rd Nov 2016, DOI:10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808555.
• Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Zhu M, Bafleur M, Dilhac J-M. (2017) A multifunctional device as both strain sensor and energy harvester for structural health monitoring, IEEE Sensors 2016, Orlando, Florida, Usa, 30th Oct - 3rd Nov 2016, DOI:10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808554.
• Li Q, Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2017) Auxetic piezoelectric energy harvesters for increased electric power output, AIP Advances, volume 7, pages 015104-1-015104-1, DOI:10.1063/1.4974310.
• Luo L, Liu D, Zhu M, Ye J. (2017) Metamodel-assisted design optimization of piezoelectric flex transducer for maximal bio-kinetic energy conversion, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, volume 28, no. 18, pages 2528-2538, DOI:10.1177/1045389x17689943. [PDF]
• Shi Y, Hallett SR, Zhu M. (2017) Energy harvesting behaviour for aircraft composites structures using macro-fibre composite: Part I – Integration and experiment, Composite Structures, volume 160, pages 1279-1286, DOI:10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.11.037.
• Kuang Y, Ruan T, Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2017) Energy Harvesting during Human Walking to Power a Wireless Sensor Node, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, volume 254, pages 69-77, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2016.11.035.

2016

• Entezami F, Zhu M, Politis C. (2016) How Much Energy Needs for Running Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor Node?, Energy Harvesting and Systems Journal, volume 3, pages 197-203, DOI:10.1515/ehs-2015-0017.
• Farnsworth M, Tiwari A, Zhu M. (2016) Multi-level and multi-objective design optimisation of a MEMS bandpass filter, Applied Soft Computing, volume 52, pages 642-656, DOI:10.1016/j.asoc.2016.10.007.
• Álvarez A, Bafleur M, Dilhac JM, Colomer J, Dragomirescu D, Lopez J, Zhu M, Miribel P. (2016) Self-Powered energy harvester strain sensing device for structural health monitoring, PowerMEMS 2016, Paris, France, 6th - 9th Dec 2016, Journal of Physics : Conference Series, volume 773, no. 1, DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/773/1/012070.
• Kuang Y, Ruan T, Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2016) Energy Autonomous Wireless Sensing System Enabled by Energy Generated during Human Walking, PowerMEMS 2016, Paris, France, 6th - 9th Dec 2016, Journal of Physics : Conference Series, volume 773, no. 1, pages 012050-012050, DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/773/1/012050.
• Chew ZJ, Tuddenham SB, Zhu M. (2016) Airflow energy harvesting with high wind velocities for industrial applications, PowerMEMS 2016, Paris, France, 6th - 9th Dec 2016, Journal of Physics : Conference Series, volume 773, no. 1, DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/773/1/012091.
• Kuang Y, Yang Z, Zhu M. (2016) Design and Characterisation of a Piezoelectric Knee-joint Energy Harvester with Frequency up conversion through Magnetic Plucking, Smart Materials and Structures, volume 25, no. 8, pages 1-13, article no. 085029, DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/25/8/085029.
• Somov A, Chew ZJ, Ruan T, Li Q, Zhu M. (2016) Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Powered WSN for Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring, The 15th International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN '16), Vienna, Austria, 11th - 14th Apr 2016, 2016 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), pages 1-2, DOI:10.1109/IPSN.2016.7460711.
• Kuang Y, Zhu M. (2016) Characterisation of a Knee-joint Energy Harvester Powering a Wireless Communication Sensing Node, Smart Materials and Structures, volume 25, no. 5, article no. 055013, DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/25/5/055013.
• Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2016) Low power adaptive power management with energy aware interface for wireless sensor nodes powered using piezoelectric energy harvesting, IEEE Sensors 2015, Busan, South Korea, 1st - 4th Nov 2015, DOI:10.1109/ICSENS.2015.7370663.

2015

• Chew ZJ, Zhu M. (2015) Microwatt power consumption maximum power point tracking circuit using an analogue differentiator for piezoelectric energy harvesting, Power MEMS 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, Usa, 1st - 4th Dec 2015, DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/660/1/012022.

2014

• Giuliano A, Zhu M. (2014) A passive impedance matching interface using a PC permalloy coil for practically enhanced piezoelectric energy harvester performance at low frequency, IEEE Sensors Journal, volume 14, no. 8, pages 2773-2781, DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2014.2316091.

2013

• Elvin N, Erturk A. (2013) Introduction and Methods of Mechanical Energy Harvesting, Advances in Energy Harvesting Methods, Springer New York, 3-14, DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-5705-3_1. [PDF]
• Daniels A, Zhu M, Tiwari A. (2013) Evaluation of Piezoelectric Material Properties for a Higher Power Output from Energy Harvesters with Insight into Material Selection Using a Coupled Piezoelectric-Circuit Finite Element Analyses, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, volume 60, no. 2, pages 2626-2633.
• Pozzi M, Zhu M. (2013) Advances in Energy Harvesting Methods, Advances in Energy Harvesting Methods, Springer Science & Business Media.
• Marsic V, Zhu M. (2013) Duty-cycle passive time characterisation for input power and energy storage variation of an energy harvesting tailored wireless sensing system, 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO AND NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR POWER GENERATION AND ENERGY CONVERSION APPLICATIONS (POWERMEMS 2013), article no. 012102.
• Marsic V, Giuliano A, Zhu M. (2013) Low Power Consumption Wireless Sensor Communication System Integrated with an Energy Harvesting Power Source, Sensors and Transducers, volume 18, no. SPEC.ISS.1, pages 156-165.
• Giuliano A, Zhu M. (2013) Experimental study of a passive impedance matching interface based on a centimeter-size high inductance coil for practically enhanced piezoelectric energy harvester performance at low frequency, Proceedings - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications and IEEE Internet of Things and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, GreenCom-iThings-CPSCom 2013, pages 1659-1661, DOI:10.1109/GreenCom-iThings-CPSCom.2013.301.
• Daniels A, Giuliano A, Zhu M, Tiwari A. (2013) Modeling, validation and design analyses of a piezoelectric cymbal transducer for non-resonant energy harvesting, Proceedings - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications and IEEE Internet of Things and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, GreenCom-iThings-CPSCom 2013, pages 1665-1667, DOI:10.1109/GreenCom-iThings-CPSCom.2013.303.
• Daniels A, Zhu M, Tiwari A. (2013) Design, analysis and testing of a piezoelectric flex transducer for harvesting bio-kinetic energy, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, volume 476, no. 1, DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/476/1/012047.

2012

• Marsic V, Giuliano A, Pozzi M, Zhu M, Stewart W. (2012) Performance testing of a low power consumption wireless sensor communication system integrated with an energy harvesting power source, SENSORDEVICES 2012, Rome, Italy, 19th Aug 2012 - 24th Apr 2018, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications.
• Pozzi M, Zhu M. (2012) Plucked piezoelectric bimorphs for energy harvesting, Advances in Energy Harvesting Methods, 119-140, DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-5705-3_5.
• Marsic V, Zhu M, Stewart W. (2012) Wireless sensor communication system with low power consumption for integration with energy harvesting technology, TELFOR Journal, volume 4, no. 2, pages 89-94.
• Marsic V, Zhu M, Williams S. (2012) Design and implementation of a wireless sensor communication system with low power consumption for energy harvesting technology, TELFOR 2011, 22nd - 24th Nov 2011, 2011 19th Telecommunications Forum, TELFOR 2011 - Proceedings of Papers, pages 607-610, DOI:10.1109/TELFOR.2011.6143621.
• Pozzi M, Zhu M. (2012) Characterization of a rotary piezoelectric energy harvester based on plucking excitation for knee-joint wearable applications, Smart Materials and Structures, volume 21, no. 5, DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/21/5/055004.
• Pozzi M, Guo S, Zhu M. (2012) Harvesting energy from the dynamic deformation of an aircraft wing under gust loading, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 8348, DOI:10.1117/12.917039.
• Pozzi M, Canziani A, Durazo-Cardenas I, Zhu M. (2012) Experimental characterisation of macro fibre composites and monolithic piezoelectric transducers for strain energy harvesting, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 8348, DOI:10.1117/12.917094.
• Pozzi M, Aung MSH, Zhu M, Jones RK, Goulermas JY. (2012) The pizzicato knee-joint energy harvester: Characterization with biomechanical data and the effect of backpack load, Smart Materials and Structures, volume 21, no. 7, DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/21/7/075023.
• Giuliano A, Marsic V, Zhu M. (2012) Implementation and testing of an elastic strain powered wireless sensing system for energy-autonomous applications, Proceedings - 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2012, Conf. on Internet of Things, iThings 2012 and Conf. on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2012, pages 681-684, DOI:10.1109/GreenCom.2012.110.

2011

• Pozzi M, Zhu M. (2011) Pizzicato excitation for wearable energy harvesters, DOI:10.1117/2.1201104.003682.
• Pozzi M, Zhu M. (2011) Plucked piezoelectric bimorphs for knee-joint energy harvesting: Modelling and experimental validation, Smart Materials and Structures, volume 20, no. 5, DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/20/5/055007.
• Pozzi M, Zhu M. (2011) Plucked piezoelectric bimorphs for energy harvesting applications, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 8066, DOI:10.1117/12.886712.
• Zhu M, Edkins S. (2011) Analytical modelling results of piezoelectric energy harvesting devices for self-power sensors/sensor networks in sstructural health monitoring, Procedia Engineering, volume 25, pages 195-198, DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.048.
• Farnsworth M, Benkhelifa E, Tiwari A, Zhu M, Moniri M. (2011) An efficient evolutionary multi-objective framework for MEMS design optimisation: validation, comparison and analysis, Memetic Comput, volume 3, pages 175-197, article no. 3.

2010

• Benkhelifa E, Farnsworth M, Tiwari A, Bandi G, Zhu M. (2010) Design and optimisation of microelectromechanical systems: a review of the state-of-the-art, International Journal of Design Engineering, volume 3, no. 1, pages 41-41, DOI:10.1504/ijde.2010.032822. [PDF]
• Zhu M, Worthington E, Tiwari A. (2010) Design study of piezoelectric energy-harvesting devices for generation of higher electrical power using a coupled piezoelectric-circuit finite element method, IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control, volume 57, no. 2, pages 427-437, DOI:10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1423. [PDF]
• Farnsworth M, Benkhelifa E, Tiwari A, Zhu M. (2010) A Novel Approach to Multi-level Evolutionary Design Optimization of a MEMS Device, ICES, volume 6274, pages 322-334. [PDF]
• Benkhelifa E, Farnsworth M, Tiwari A, Zhu M. (2010) Evolutionary Algorithms for Planar MEMS Design Optimisation: A Comparative Study, NICSO, volume 284, pages 199-210. [PDF]

2009

• Zhu M, Kirby P, Wacklerle M, Herz M, Richter M. (2009) Optimization design of multi-material micropump using finite element method, Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, volume 149, no. 1, pages 130-135, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2008.10.009.
• Zhu M, Worthington E, Njuguna J. (2009) Coupled piezoelectric-circuit FEA to study influence of a resistive load on power output of piezoelectric energy devices, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 7362, DOI:10.1117/12.822829.
• Zhu M, Worthington E. (2009) Design and testing of piezoelectric energy harvesting devices for generation of higher electric power for wireless sensor networks, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors, pages 699-702, DOI:10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398559.
• Zhu M, Worthington E, Njuguna J. (2009) Analyses of power output of piezoelectric energy-harvesting devices directly connected to a load resistor using a coupled piezoelectric-circuit finite element method, IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control, volume 56, no. 7, pages 1309-1318, DOI:10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1187. [PDF]

2008

• Pomeroy JW, Gkotsis P, Zhu M, Leighton G, Kirby P, Kuball M. (2008) Dynamic operational stress measurement of MEMS using time-resolved Raman spectroscopy, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, volume 17, no. 6, pages 1315-1321, DOI:10.1109/JMEMS.2008.2004849.
• Zhu M, Leighton G. (2008) Dimensional reduction study of piezoelectric ceramics constitutive equations from 3-D to 2-D and 1-D, IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control, volume 55, no. 11, pages 2377-2383, DOI:10.1109/TUFFC.945. [PDF]

2007

• Gkotsis P, Leighton G, Bhattacharyya D, Wright RV, Zhu M, Kirby PB, Saharil F, Oberhammer J, Göran S. (2007) Crystal growth template removal: application to stress reduction in PZT microstructures, 19th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics, Bordeaux, France, 8th - 11th May 2007.
• Zhu M. (2007) A Study on stability analysis and response control of a rotor system with electromagnetic forces, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, volume 120, no. 1, pages 244-246, DOI:10.1115/1.2818083.

2006

• Zhu M, Kirby P, Richter M, Congar Y, Diehl A, Voelkl R. (2006) Modelling and simulation of piezoelectric actuation and reliability of micropumps, 4M 2006-Second International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture, Grenoble, 20th - 22nd Sep 2006.
• Zhu M, Kirby PB. (2006) Design study of piezoelectric micro-machined mechanically coupled cantilever filters using a combined finite element and microwave circuit analysis, Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, volume 126, no. 2, pages 417-424, DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2005.10.027.
• Zhu M, Kirby PB. (2006) Governing equation for the measurement of nonuniform stress distributions in thin films using a substrate deformation technique, Applied Physics Letters, volume 88, no. 17, DOI:10.1063/1.2189448.

2005

• Ming, Y, Zhu M, Richardson, R.C., Levesley, M.C., Walker, P.G., Watterson, K. (2005) Design and evaluation of linear ultrasonic motors for a cardiac compression assist device, Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, volume 119, no. 1, pages 214-220.
• Zhu M, Kirby PB. (2005) High-Q micro-machined piezoelectric mechanical filters using coupled cantilever beams, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 5836, pages 516-526, DOI:10.1117/12.607248.

2004

• Meiling Zhu. (2004) Contact analysis and mathematical modeling of traveling wave ultrasonic motors, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, volume 51, no. 6, pages 668-679, DOI:10.1109/tuffc.2004.1308725. [PDF]
• Zhu M, Kirby P, Yu LM. (2004) Lagrange's Formalism for Modelling of a Tri-axial Microaccelerometer with Piezoelectric Thin Film Sensin, IEEE Sensor 2004, Canada.
• Zhu M, Kirby P, Lim MY. (2004) Lagrange's formalism for modeling of a triaxial microaccelerometer with piezoelectric thin-film sensing, IEEE Sensors Journal, volume 4, no. 4, pages 455-463, DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2004.830948.
• Zhu M. (2004) Contact analysis and mathematical modeling of traveling wave ultrasonic motors, IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control, volume 51, no. 6, pages 668-679. [PDF]

2003

• Zhu M, Kirby P, Lim M. (2003) Modelling of a Tri-axial Micro-Accelerometer with Piezoelectric Thin Film Sensing, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors, volume 2, no. 2, pages 1239-1244.

2002

• Zhu ML, Lee SWR, Li HL, Zhang TY, Tong P. (2002) Modeling of torsional vibration induced by extension-twisting coupling of anisotropic composite laminates with piezoelectric actuators, Smart Materials and Structures, volume 11, no. 1, pages 55-62, DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/11/1/306.

2000

• Zhu M, Lee S-WR, Zhang T-Y, Tong P. (2000) An analytical method of extension-twisting coupling vibration of piezoelectric composite laminates, RECENT ADVANCES, Soutampton, Uk.
• Zhu M, Lee S-WR, Zhang T-Y, Tong P. (2000) Analytical modeling of a rotary motor driven by an anisotropic piezoelectric composite laminate, International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, Paris, France.
• Lee S-WR, Zhu, M.-L., Wong, H.L. (2000) Modelling for prototyping of rotary piezoelectric motors, COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR SMART STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS II, volume 7, pages 27-30.
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