Submissions from 2026
Game-based LLM inference task offloading for edge computing system, Shoulu Hou, Min Gan, Wei Ni, Zhongyi Zhai, and Xiulei Liu
Artificial intelligence for unmanned aerial vehicles: Sensing, communication, and computing, Shuyan Hu, Xin Yuan, Kai Li, Wei Ni, and Xin Wang
Operational optimization of integrated thermal energy systems using steam methane reforming electrolysis coupling for hydrogen and electricity production, Wisam K. Hussam, Jaman, Barun Das, Md Shahriar Mohtasim, Arik Anjum Anik, and Gregory J. Sheard
A novel multi−agent deep reinforcement learning framework for fast frequency response in inverter−based hybrid power plants, Muhammad Ikram, Asma Aziz, and Daryoush Habibi
Evaluating ECHO2 biochar as sustainable bitumen binder modifier in road pavements: High-temperature performance characterisation, Adeel Iqbal, Nuha S. Mashaan, Themelina Paraskeva, and Mohamed A. Shahin
Pentyl grafting density thresholds for H2–water wettability on the (001) α-quartz surface under conditions relevant to underground hydrogen storage, Abdul Rauf Sungumo Ismail, Alireza Keshavarz, and Stefan Iglauer
Green-synthesised NH₂-MIL-101(Cr) MOF–reinforced starch bioplastic films for sustainable food packaging, Shima Jafarzadeh, Yasaman Esmaeili, Moon Paul, Seyedeh Zahra Haeri, Colin J. Barrow, Mina Dokouhaki, Masoumeh Zargar, and Minoo Naebe
Optimization of pressure and flow rate for CO2 microbubble generation using porous ceramic membrane: Insights for CO₂ geological storage, Malek Jalilian, Tawanda Matamba, David Tang, Alireza Keshavarz, and Stefan Iglauer
Dimpled surfaces for thermal performance enhancement in solar collectors, Furqan Jamil, Baig, Amna Adil, and Aasia Farrukh
Performance evaluation of header pipe in heat pipe evacuated tube solar collector by dimpled condensers, Furqan Jamil, Mehdi Khiadani, Yasir M. Al-Abdeli, and Abdellah Shafieian
Capillary pressures of hydrogen-brine in carbonate and dolomite rocks under stress and with pore pressure, Nilesh Kumar Jha, Faisal Awan, Mathieu Roger, Alireza Keshavarz, and Stefan Iglauer
Emerging design paradigms and microstructural innovations in refractory high-entropy alloys: A critical review, Deyu A. Jiang, Lai Chang Zhang, Kuaishe Wang, Mahmoud Ebrahimi, Wen Wang, Liqiang Wang, Weijie Lu, and Di Zhang
Machine-learning-guided design of a biomedical high-entropy alloy for additive manufacturing: Cast-state benchmark and preliminary LPBF feasibility assessment, Deyu Jiang, Lai Chang Zhang, Kuaishe Wang, Wen Wang, Chenyuan Zhu, Yuanfei Fu, Kai Wang, Wei Zhai, Ching Chiuan Yen, Weijie Lu, Di Zhang, and Liqiang Wang
Hierarchical attention-driven multi-agent reinforcement learning for resource allocation in cell-free massive MIMO with integrated sensing and communication, Ming Jiang, Erwu Liu, Wei Ni, Rui Wang, Shuyan Hu, Lingzhi Xia, Yuanzhe Geng, Dusit Niyato, and Abbas Jamalipour
A survey of decentralized physical infrastructure network, research directions, and open challenges, Ming Jiang, Erwu Liu, Xinyu Qu, Wei Ni, Zhongxiang Wei, and Ekram Hossain
Experimental investigation of internal flow structures and permeate flux behaviour in direct contact membrane distillation, Ali Kandi, Mehdi Khiadani, Yujie Yuan, and Abdellah Shafieian
Global burden of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioid use in 204 countries, 1990–2023: A Global Burden of Disease Study, Jiseung Kang, Hyeon Jin Kim, Min Seo Kim, GBD 2023 Substance Use Collaborators, Jae Il Shin, Dong Keon Yon, and Ali Fatehizadeh
Efficient removal of Methyl orange dye via a MnFe₂O₄/GO nanocomposite with a CTAB dual-layer surfactant coating, Taher Karami, Soleiman Bahar, and Reza Mostafazadeh
Comparative assessment of AGMD and VMD systems configured with flat sheet and hollow fibre membranes: An energy and exergy, thermo-economic, and environmental analysis, Hamed Kariman and Mehdi Khiadani
Comparing and optimizing hollow fibre and flat sheet vacuum membrane distillation, Hamed Kariman, Mehdi Khiadani, and Hussein A. Mohammed
Airline strategy research: A bibliometric and thematic analysis (1980–2025), Mustafa Kaya, Tuba Bayar, Renan de Oliveira, Gui Lohmann, and Ferhan K. Sengur
Thermal management of heat sinks equipped with internal cooling mechanism: A comparison with advanced heat dissipation techniques, Saif Ullah Khalid, Muhammad Ali Nasir, Mehmet Karahan, Muhammad Saleem Khan, and Furqan Jamil
Machine learning approaches for predicting biochemical oxygen demand and ammonium nitrogen: A decade-long weekly field study at a full-scale water resource recovery facility, Hoda Khoshvaght, Ratish Ramyad Permala, Amir Razmjou, and Mehdi Khiadani
Constitutive behaviour, failure mechanisms, and life cycle assessment of internally cured fiber-reinforced high-strength concrete, Kastro Kiran V, Dhanya Sathyan, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
A survey of adaptive routing techniques in two-dimensional network-on-chip architectures, Lashmi Kondoth, Rajan Shankaran, Quan Z. Sheng, Endrowednes Kuantama, and Wei Ni
Role of molybdenum disulphide and film thickness on the piezoelectric response of polyvinylidene fluoride patches subjected to dynamic loading in confined geomaterial, Yakshansh Kumar, Trivedi, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
High-strength low-carbon cementitious materials: Ca0-CaS04-CaCl2–Activated slag at ambient temperature, Gaoyu Liao, Siyu Chen, Lixiang Xu, and Farhad Aslani
Homotopy-safe trajectory planning and attack detection for low-altitude UAV under false map information injection attacks, Chen Li, Qi, Juntao Zhao, Xin Yuan, Kai Wu, Wei Ni, and Ren Ping Liu
Enhanced thermal cycle stability by nanoparticles to overcome thermally induced cracking in die steel, Chuan De Li, Hong Yu Yang, Bai Xin Dong, Shi Li Shu, Feng Qiu, Qi Chuan Jiang, and Lai Chang Zhang
C2P-M: Critical connection protection in multiplex graphs, Conggai Li, Wei Ni, Ming Ding, Youyang Qu, Jianjun Chen, Wenjie Zhang, and Thierry Rakotoarivelo
Combined effect of porosity and pore-size heterogeneity on Young’s modulus of chemically corroded rocks, Hao Li, Zhenjiang You, Leo Pel, and David Smeulders
User isolation poisoning on decentralized federated learning: An adversarial message-passing graph neural network approach, Kai Li, Yilei Liang, Pietro Liò, Wei Ni, Falko Dressler, Jon Crowcroft, and Ozgur B. Akan
Domain-guided soft actor-critic for network slicing in cell-free massive MIMO systems, Na Li, Meiyan Song, Hangguan Shan, Wei Ni, Yamin Wang, Xinyu Li, Tony Q.S. Quek, and Abbas Jamalipour
PFAS quantification using solid phase extraction and low field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (SPE-NMR), Nicholas N.A. Ling, Ghasemi, Ella Shilliday, Masoumeh Zargar, Einar Fridjonsson, and Michael L. Johns
SL-ACC: A communication-efficient split learning framework with adaptive channel-wise compression, Zehang Lin, Zheng Lin, Miao Yang, Jianhao Huang, Yuxin Zhang, Zihan Fang, Xia Du, Zhe Chen, Shunzhi Zhu, and Wei Ni
HASFL: Heterogeneity-aware split federated learning over edge computing systems, Zheng Lin, Zhe Chen, Xianhao Chen, Wei Ni, and Yue Gao
HSplitLoRA: A heterogeneous split parameter-efficient fine-tuning framework for large language models, Zheng Lin, Yuxin Zhang, Zhe Chen, Zihan Fang, Xianhao Chen, Praneeth Vepakomma, Wei Ni, Jun Luo, and Yue Gao
Cooperation without compromise: Securing UAV collaboration in the low-altitude economy, Bin Liu, Wei Ni, Ren Ping Liu, and Hongbo Zhu
Structured agentic intelligence: Enabling explainable and resilient UAV operations in low-altitude wireless networks, Bin Liu, Wei Ni, Rafael F. Schaefer, and Gerhard P. Fettweis
Radar mutual information maximization for movable antenna-enabled ISAC systems, Boyuan Liu, Zhu, Wei Ni, and Xin Wang
TLSCG: Transfer learning-based smart contract generation to empower unknown vulnerability detection in blockchain services, Chunhong Liu, Sui, Li Duan, Wei Ni, Wei Wang, and Quan Z. Sheng
Ti-induced amorphous/nanocrystalline oxide films enabling high-potential SCC immunity to zirconium alloys in nitric acid, Naizhi Liu, Chengze Liu, Jinping Wu, Jianping Xu, Yi Liu, Zhonglin Shen, Lai Chang Zhang, and Yusheng Zhang
Simultaneous enhancement of strength and ductility of biomedical β-type Ti-35Nb-9Zr-7Sn alloy through oxygen-driven local chemical ordering and grain boundary nanolayers, Pei Liu, Hao Zhang, Fan Yang, Zhizhi Wang, Aiqin Wang, Jingpei Xie, Yujie Yuan, and Lai Chang Zhang
Microstructure tailoring with minor nanoparticle addition for superior fatigue resistance in aluminum alloys, Tian Shu Liu, Hong Yu Yang, Chaolin Tan, Bai Xin Dong, Shi Li Shu, Qi Chuan Jiang, Feng Qiu, and Laichang Zhang
Making martensitic structures strong and ductile via periodic solute segregation in an additively manufactured titanium alloy, Xiaochun Liu, Sun, Xiang Wu, Tianle Li, Yujing Liu, Laichang Zhang, Hong Ju, Cheng Wang, Duyao Zhang, and Dong Qiu
Learning to evade: Adaptive and stealthy attack on reputation-based federated learning, Xining Liu, Liu, Wei Ni, Hanfu Zhang, Zhongxiang Wei, and Ekram Hossain
Multi-view collaborative representation of intents over IBN: A heterogeneous graph aggregation method, Yaohui Liu, Sai Zou, Minghui Liwang, Wei Ni, Xianbin Wang, and Chungang Yang
Enhanced strength and corrosion resistance of Ti-13Nb-12Ta-10Zr-4Sn alloy by aging treatment, Yuhua Li, Rong Zhao, Qian Zhang, Haojie Wang, Yujing Liu, and Lai Chang Zhang
A joint trajectory obfuscation and pseudonym swapping mechanism avoiding extra privacy cost, Baihe Ma, Xu Wang, Guangsheng Yu, Yanna Jiang, Suirui Zhu, Bo Liu, Ying He, Wei Ni, and Ren Ping Liu
Biogas-based decentralized power generation for rural electrification, Md Mahibullah, Sajid Hasan, Al Amin Hossain, Shourov Debnath, and Shah Mohazzem Hossain
Thermal modelling and numerical simulation of nanofluid-based battery thermal management system using Lattice Boltzmann method under high discharge rate, Bahram Mahjoobkarambasti, Barun K. Das, Hussein A. Mohammed, and Iftekhar Ahmad
Through-the-earth magnetic induction communication and networking: A comprehensive survey, Honglei Ma, Erwu Liu, Wei Ni, Zhijun Fang, Rui Wang, Yongbin Gao, Dusit Niyato, and Ekram Hossain
Effective range and optimal frequency of through-the-earth magnetic induction communication, Honglei Ma, Erwu Liu, Wei Ni, Jun Zhu, Zhijun Fang, Rui Wang, Yongbin Gao, and Xinyu Qu
Efficient privacy-preserving conjunctive searchable encryption for cloud-IoT healthcare systems, Jiadi Ma, Tianqi Peng, Gong Bei, Muhammad Waqas, Hisham Alasmary, and Sheng Chen
On the relationship between pore size distribution and wettability alteration of carbonate oil reservoir rock, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Habib Azadehfar, Fatemeh Ozar Asl, Amir H. Mohammadi, Stefan Iglauer, and Alireza Keshavarz
A novel mesoscopic modelling approach for steel fibre-reinforced concrete: Investigating the effects of fibre alignment on flexural performance, Ayman Mansour, Themelina Paraskeva, and Nuha S. Mashaan
Physical and rheological properties of bitumen modified with biochar, Nuha S. Mashaan, Suneth Sirinatha, and Chathurika Dassanayake
Multi-objective hydro-thermal optimization of spiral conformal cooling channels using a kriging-CFD framework, Soroush Masoudi, Barun K. Das, and Majid Tolouei-Rad
Digital twins in civil engineering: A step toward optimized monitoring of engineered landfill, Rohit Maurya, Madhuri Kumari, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Numerical investigation of the influence of fiber content on the shear performance of UHPC deep beams reinforced with hybrid steel and synthetic fibers, Hossein Mirzaaghabeik, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, and Nuha S. Mashaan
Zwitterionic and anionic ultrafiltration membrane modification for efficient, fouling-resistant microalgae harvesting, Victor Okorie Mkpuma, Mohadeseh Najafi, Javad Farahbakhsh, Masoumeh Zargar, Navid Reza Moheimani, and Houda Ennaceri
A review of natural hydrogen generation from iron-rich rocks: Mechanisms, influencing factors, techniques, and knowledge gaps, Kaveh Moghanirahimi, Lionel Esteban, Marina Pervukhina, Muhammad Arif, Stefan Iglauer, and Alireza Keshavarz
Geometry-driven controls on hydrothermal natural hydrogen generation from magnetite mineral, Kaveh Moghanirahimi, Lionel Esteban, Valeriya Shulakova, Muhammad Ali, Stefan Iglauer, and Alireza Keshavarz
Experimental investigation of factors affecting natural magnetite wettability: Implications for geological hydrogen generation and storage, Kaveh Moghanirahimi, Lionel Esteban, Valeriya Shulakova, Stefan Iglauer, and Alireza Keshavarz
Natural gas hydrate production and CO2 storage via clathrate hydrates: Challenges and opportunities, Abdirahman Hassan Mohamed, Aliyu Adebayo Sulaimon, Haylay Tsegab, Bhajan Lal, Stefan Iglauer, and Muhammad Ali
Renewable energy-driven hydrogen production: Advancing methanation technologies for a sustainable future in Bangladesh, Md Shahriar Mohtasim, Utpol K. Paul, Pronob Das, Md Sanowar Hossain, Md Golam Kibria, and Barun K. Das
Fracture energy of ambient-cured fly ash-based geopolymer concrete, Alireza Mohyeddin, Trijon Karmokar, and Mohammad Fardipour
Green-synthesized DES/PES nanofiltration membranes with superior antibacterial and anti-fouling properties for algal wastewater treatment, Mehdi Moradi, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Sirus Zinadini, Mehdi Khiadani, Fariba Oulad, Foad Gholami, and Mahya Samari
Desynchronization-resistant anonymous authentication protocol for RFID systems utilizing physically unclonable functions, Fazal Muhammad, Akhtar Badshah, Xin Ai, Muhammad Waqas, Jalal Khan, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, and Houbing Song
Machine learning-based prediction of seismic stability of soil-nailed excavations with composite failure surfaces, Surya Muthukumar, Dhanya Sathyan, B. Premjith, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, and Sreevalsa Kolathayar
Scientometric analysis on seismic stability analysis of soil retaining structures using conventional methods and machine learning techniques, Surya Muthukumar, Dhanya Sathyan, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Membrane surface engineering to enhance microplastic and nanoplastic antifouling performance in water treatment, Mohadeseh Najafi Arani
Emerging trends in photocatalyst-based metal-organic frameworks for PFAS degradation, Ahmad Najafidoust, Roham Ghanbari, Javad Farahbakhsh, Ratish Permala, Stefan Iglauer, and Masoumeh Zargar
pH-responsive mixed-charge ultrafiltration membranes for adaptive control of single and mixed nanoplastic fouling, Mohadeseh Najafi, Javad Farahbakhsh, Roham Ghanbari, Ebrahim Mahmoudi, Michael Johns, and Masoumeh Zargar
Harnessing surface chemistry: A comprehensive review on the role of functional groups in antifouling membrane design, Mohadeseh Najafi, Javad Farahbakhsh, Roham Ghanbari, and Masoumeh Zargar
Harnessing mono-2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl succinate grafting for robust micro/nanoplastic-resistant ultrafiltration membranes, Mohadeseh Najafi, Javad Farahbakhsh, Mitra Golgoli, Michael Johns, and Masoumeh Zargar
Decoding surface chemistry effects on polystyrene nanoplastic fouling in plasma-grafted PES membranes with distinct functional groups, Mohadeseh Najafi, Javad Farahbakhsh, Ebrahim Mahmoudi, Michael Johns, and Masoumeh Zargar
Defect-engineered metal organic framework thin film nanocomposite membranes for enhanced forward osmosis performance and microplastic antifouling, Mohadeseh Najafi, Mitra Golgoli, Javad Farahbakhsh, Michael L. Johns, and Masoumeh Zargar
Privacy-preserving multimodal reasoning for internet of things: A retrieval-augmented large language and vision assistant framework, Tengjun Ni, Xin Yuan, Shenghong Li, and Wei Ni
AI-enhanced smart sensors for heavy metal detection in water treatment, Fatemeh Noorisafa, Amir Razmjou, Asghar Taheri-Kafrani, Fatemeh Ejeian, Mohsen Asadnia, and Hamidreza Akbari Ghavamabadi
Gas-assisted electrospinning of mixed matrix polyacrylonitrile-graphene oxide nanofiber membranes for enhanced lithium-ion battery separators, Alireza Noroozi, Saeed Bazgir, and Mohammad Mahdi A. Shirazi
Electrospun PAN-derived carbon nanofibers embedded with nicofew-based high-entropy oxides for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction, Alireza Noroozi, Mahdavi, M. Baris Yagci, Mohammad Mahdi A. Shirazi, Saeed Bazgir, Hadi Jahangiri, and Uğur Ünal
A single stage anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic hybrid airlift bio-electrochemical reactor (HALBER) for enhancing nitrogen removal from wastewater, Amir Nouri, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Sirus Zinadini, and Mark Van Loosdrecht
Application of tailings from aluminium, copper, and iron extraction as asphalt mixture materials: A review, Daniel Oguntayo, Temitope Awolusi, Samuel Gboyega Arowolo, and Paul Terkumbur Adeke
Evaluation of skid resistance and its relationship with texture depth: A case study, O. D. Oguntayo, S. N. Mashaan, O. A. Otebolaku, M. O. Ogundipe, G. Samuel Arowolo, and A. A. Afolabi
Analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced tailings dam slopes subjected to surface loads, Francis Otieno and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Load-settlement behaviour of tailings dam foundation strengthened using the wraparound geosynthetic reinforcement technique, Francis Otieno and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Magnetically driven engineering of magnetic hydroxyapatite/CA RO membranes: Enhancing surface physicochemical properties for high-performance water desalination, Fariba Oulad, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Sirus Zinadini, Amir Razmjou, and Sara Eavani
Coupling AFCCX topology with volume fraction control to engineer electron beam melted high-performance lattice structures for potential orthopedic application, Wu Pan, Yu Guo, Liang Yu Chen, Zi Han Ge, Ze Xin Wang, Cheng Liang Yang, Chang Shu Xiang, Lai Chang Zhang, and Feng Rui Li
Thermophysical characteristics evaluation of carbon and metal oxide-based hybrid phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications, Utpol K. Paul, Md Shahriar Mohtasim, Md Golam Kibria, and Barun K. Das
Key success factors in aviation–start-up collaboration: A framework for innovation and value creation, Bruno Pereira, Gui Lohmann, Luke Houghton, Adela McMurray, and Mauro Caetano
Experimental thermal-hydraulic performance enhancement of a parabolic-trough solar collector using 3D-printed propeller-shaped turbulators, Shayan Pourhemmati, Barun Kumar Das, Majid Tolouei-Rad, and Abdellah Shafieian
Numerical investigation on enhancing the performance of a parabolic trough collector using a threaded absorber tube, Shayan Pourhemmati, Abdellah M. Shafieian, Hussein A. Mohammed, Barun Kumar Das, and Majid Tolouei-Rad
Decentralized, game-theoretic reflection control in battery-free ambient backscatter communication internet of things networks, Azadeh Pourkabirian, Kai Li, Xiaolin Zhou, Wei Ni, and Mohsen Guizani
Addressing system strength and reliability concerns in renewable energy-based weak grids using synchronous condensers determined by hybrid GRU-classical optimization method, Md Ohirul Qays, Iftekhar Ahmad, Daryoush Habibi, Mohammad A.S. Masoum, and Thair Mahmoud
State of charge estimation of EV secondary battery pack using hybrid hedge feedforward feedback-based gated recurrent unit to extend lifespan, Md Ohirul Qays, Iftekhar Ahmad, Daryoush Habibi, Mohammad A.S. Masoum, and Paul Moses
Efficient charging scheduling through coordination of electric vehicle platoons and charging stations, Liwan Qi, Bochun Wu, Shoubo Li, Yi Gong, and Wei Ni
Privacy-preserving energy sharing over converged communication-energy-compute networks, Liwan Qi, Li Xiong, Bochun Wu, Wei Ni, Kai Li, Yan Li, Abbas Jamalipour, and Xiaoyang Zeng
Effect of molybdenum content on the microstructure and tribological properties of Ti-Nb-Cu alloys produced by LPBF additive manufacturing, Lei Qin, Shengfeng Zhou, Jianbo Jin, Huan Yang, Kunmao Li, Cheng Deng, Yujie Yuan, Seyed Reza Elmi Hosseini, and Laichang Zhang
Thermally-driven equiaxation of columnar grains and α″ nanoparticles enabling isotropic β-Ti alloys with strength–ductility synergy manufactured by laser powder bed fusion, Lei Qin, Shengfeng Zhou, Jianbo Jin, Huan Yang, Kunmao Li, Cheng Deng, Yujie Yuan, and Lai-Chang Zhang