Electrical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Shaik Affijulla
PhD (NIT Meghalaya)

E-mail:
hod.ee@nitm.ac.in

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Professor Akshya Kumar Swain Adjunct Professor

PhD, Control Engineering University of Sheffield

a.swain@auckland.ac.nz
http://homepages.engineering.auckland.ac.nz/~aswa020/index.htm

Research Interest

Nonlinear System Identification, Control and Nonlinear Signal Processing and its applications to various areas of science and engineering which include Inductive Power transfer systems, Renewable Energy Systems, Biological Signal Processing, Biometrics, Wireless sensor networks.

Education Qualification

PhD, Control Engineering University of Sheffield

Academic Qualifications

1997      PhD, Control Engineering (Nonlinear System Identification) University of Sheffield
1988
     M. E, (Electronic Systems & Communication) Sambalpur University, India
1985
    B.Sc (Engineering) (Honours) (Electrical Engineering), Sambalpur University, India


Previous Appointments

2002 -till date: Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Auckland – Associate Professor*.
2002 (May)-2002 (September): National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India- Professor
1991-2002: Regional Engineering College, Rourkela, India - Assistant Professor
1986-1988, & 1989-1991- Lecturer, Regional Engineering College, India - Lecturer
1988-1989 Ministry of Energy, Government of India- Assistant Director Grade-I
* The Associate Professor title is equivalent to Professor in North American Universities. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_ranks_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)


Significant Distinctions / Awards

2015: Teaching portfolio development award, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland
2007: Top Fifteen Teachers, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland
2006: Top Twenty Teachers, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland
2004: Merit award for Excellence in Under Graduate Teaching, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland
2008: Runner- up prize for Best Student Presentation in IEEE Sensors, Conference
1996: Certificate of Merit from Institution of Engineers (India) for best paper
1993: Commonwealth Scholarship, United Kingdom
1985: S. N. Mohanty Gold Medal for Best Electrical Engineering Graduate of Sambalpur University, India



Research Publications:

      Journal Publications :

  1. Nasiri, Alireza, Nguang Sing Kiong, Swain, Akshya andAlmakhles, Dhafer,“ Passive Actuator Fault Tolerant Control for a Class of MIMONonlinear Systems with Uncertainties”, Int. Journal of Control (Accepted)(Impact Factor 1.48).
  2. Tayebi, Arash, Berber, Stevan and Swain, Akshya ,” A NewApproach for Error Rate Analysis of Wide-band DSSS-CDMA System with ImperfectSynchronization under Jamming Attacks” Wireless Personal Communications(Accepted) (Impact Factor 1.39).
  3. Swain, Akshya , Al-Makhles, Dhafer , Neath, Michalel andNasiri, Alireza, “ Robust H-infinity output feedback control of bidirectionalinductive power transfer systems”, Archives of Control Sciences, vol. 27, no.1,pp. 5-26, 2017.
  4. Nasiri, Alireza, Nguang, Sing Kiong, Swain,Akshya,Al-Makhles, Dhafer "Reducing conservatism in H-infinity robuststate feedback control design of T-S Fuzzy systems: a non-monotonicapproach", IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems DOI 10.1109/TFUZZ.2017.2649580,2017 (Impact Factor 6.306).
  5. Postelnik, Leron,Swain, Akshya,Stol, Karl “ApproximateStable System Centre Approach to Output Tracking of Non-Minimum Phase NonlinearSystems”, Journal of the Franklin Institutehttp://dx.doi.org/10.16/j.franklin.2017.01.007 2017 (Impact Factor 2.457) .
  6. Al-Makhles, Dhafer, Swain, Akshya, Nasiri, Alireza ,,"The dynamic behaviour of data driven delta modulator and delta-sigmamodulator in sliding mode control ", International Journal of ControlDOI:10.1080/00207179.2016.1250160, 2016 (Impact Factor 1.48).
  7. Al-Makhles, Dhafer, Swain, Akshya, Nasiri, Alireza, Patel,Nitish ,, "An adaptive 2-level quantizer for networked controlsystems", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology DOI:10.1109/TCST.2016.2574768, 2016 (Impact Factor 2.048).
  8. Huang,Liang, A. Patrick and Swain, Akshya , “Z ImpedanceCompensation for Wireless Power Transfer Based on Electric Field Coupling”,IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no.11, pp. 7556-7563,2016(Impact Factor 2.048).
  9. Nasiri, Alireza, Nguang, Sing Kiong, Swain, Akshya,Al-Makhles, Dhafer, "Robust output feedback controller design ofdiscrete-time T-S fuzzy systems: A non-monotonic Lyapunov approach", IETControl Theory & Applications vol.10, issue 5, pp. 545-553,2016 (ImpactFactor 2.048).
  10. Huang,Liang, A. Patrick and Swain, Akshya , “Accurate SteadyState Modelling of Capacitive Coupling Interface of Capacitive Power TransferSystems with Cross Coupling”, Wireless Power Transfer, doi:10.1017/wpt.2016.2,2016..
  11. Tayebi, Aras, Berber, Stevan, Swain, Akshya, “ Performanceanalysis of chaotic DSSS-CDMA’s synchronization under Jamming attack"Circuita, Systems & Signal Processing, doi:10.1007/s00034-016-0266-y, 2016(Impact Factor 0.9).
  12. Al-Makhles, Dhafer, Swain, Akshya, Patel, Nitish ,"Stability and performance analysis of bit-stream based feedback controlsystems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics vol.62, no.7, pp.4319-4327,2015 (Impact Factor 6.498).
  13. Zhang, Jian, Swain, Akshya , Nguang, Sing Kiong, “Robustsliding mode observer based fault estimation for certain class of uncertainnonlinear systems”, Asian Journal of Control vol. 17, no.5, pp. 1-14,2015(Impact Factor 1.556).
  14. Grant, Oliver, Stol, KarlSwain, Akshya, Hess, Ronald ,"Handling Qualities of a Twin Ducted-Fan Aircraft; an AnalyticalEvaluation", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control & Dynamics vol.36,no.6, pp. 1126-1130,2015 (Impact Factor 1.3).
  15. Naik, Prem Kumar, Nair, Nirmal-C, Swain, Akshya,"Impact of reduced inertia on transient stability of networks withasynchronous generation", International Transactions on Electrical EnergySystems DOI: 10.1002/etep.2079,2015 (Impact Factor 0.498).
  16. Singh, Vedpal , Elamvazuthi, Irraivan, Jeoti, Varun, George,John, Swain, Akshya and Kumar, Dileep, "Modeling of Interpolation Methodsfor Robot Assisted and Freehand Ultrasound Imaging System", ProcediaComputer Science, vol. 76, pp. 15-20, 2015 vol. 76, pp. 15-20, 2015 .
  17. Zhang, Jian, Swain, Akshya , Nguang, Sing Kiong, “RobustH-infinity adaptive descriptor observer design for fault estimation ofuncertain nonlinear systems" Journal of the Franklin Institute , vol.351,no.11, pp. 5162-5181,2014 (Impact Factor 2.457).
  18. Zhang, Jian, Swain, Akshya, Nguang, Sing Kiong,“Simultaneous robust sensor and actuator fault estimation for uncertainnonlinear Lipschitz systems”, IET Control Theory and Applications vol. 8,issue-14, pp. 1364-1374, 2014(Impact Factor 2.048).
  19. Krivokuca,Vedrana, Abdulla, Waleed, Swain, Akshya, “Anon-invertible cancellable fingerprint construct based on compact minutiaepatterns " Int. Journal of Biometrics , vol.6, no.2, pp. 125-142, 2014..
  20. Swain, Akshya, Devarakonda, Srikanth, Madawala, Udaya “Modelling,Sensitivity Analysis and Controller Synthesis of Multi pick-up Bi-directionalInductive Power Transfer Systems " IEEE Transactions on IndustrialInformatics, vol. 10, no.2, pp. 1372-1380, 2014 (Impact Factor 8.785).
  21. Andelic, Milosav, Berber, Stevan, Swain, Akshya, “ PhaseImperfect Collaborative Event Driven Energy Efficient Protocol"International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), vol. 17,no.2/3, pp. 186-195, 2014 (Impact Factor 0.9).
  22. Zhang, Jian, Swain, Akshya, Nguang, Sing Kiong, “Robustsensor fault estimation scheme for satellite attitude control systems"Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 350, Iss.9, pp. 2581-2613, 2013 (ImpactFactor 2.457).
  23. Neath, Michael, Swain, Akshya K, Madawala, Udaya,Thrimawithana, Duleepa , “ An Optimal PID Controller for a BidirectionalInductive Power Transfer System Using Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm ”, IEEETrans. Power Electronics, vol. 29, no.3, pp. 1523-1531, 2014 (Impact Factor6.008).
  24. Akeila, Ehad , Salcic, Zoran Salcic and Swain, Akshya ,“Reducing Low-cost INS Error Accumulation in Distance Estimation UsingSelf-Resetting” , IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 63, no.1,pp. 177-184, 2014 (Impact Factor 1.79).
  25. Andelic, Milosav, Berber, Stevan and Swain, Akshya,“Collaborative Event Driven Energy Efficient Protocol (CEDEEP)”, IEEE WirelessCommunication Letters, vol. 2, no.2, pp-231-234, 2013 (Impact Factor 1.26).
  26. Nasiri, Alireza, Nguang Sing Kiong, Swain, Akshya, “AdaptiveSliding Mode Control for a Class of MIMO Nonlinear Systems with Uncertainties”,Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 351, Issue-4, pp. 2048-2061,2014(Impact Factor 2.457).
  27. Swain, Akshya K , Neath, Michael, Madawala, Udaya,Thrimawithana, Duleepa, “A Dynamic Multivariable State Space Model forBi-Directional Inductive Power Transfer Systems”, IEEE Trans. PowerElectronics, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 4772-4780, 2012 (Impact Factor 6.008).
  28. Zhang, Jian, Swain, Akshya, Nguang, Sing Kiong, “Detectionand isolation of incipient sensor faults for a class of uncertain nonlinearsystems”, IET Control Theory and Applications, vol. 6, Issue. 12, pp. 1-11,2012 (Impact Factor 2.048).
  29. Hsu, Jr-Uei, Hu, A. Patrick and Swain, Akshya , “Fuzzy LogicBased Directional Full-Range Tuning Control of Wireless Power Pickups”, IETPower Electronics, vol-5,Issue-6, pp. 773-781, 2012, DOI:10.10149/iet-pel.2011.0364 (Impact Factor 1.519).
  30. Fang, Shudong , Berber, Stevan M. and Swain, Akshya K,“Characterization of Hello Message Exchange to Estimate Sensor Node’sNeighborhood Residual Energy Distribution in Initialization Phase” WirelessCommunications and Mobile Computing, vol. 13, Issue-7, pp. 681-699, May, 2013(Impact Factor 0.863).
  31. Akeila, Ehad , Salcic, Zoran Salcic and Swain, Akshya ,“Design of Smart Pebble for Monitoring River-Bed Sediment Transport” IEEESensors Journal, vol. 10, no. 11, pp 1705-1717, 2010 (Impact Factor 1.852).
  32. S. Chae, F Rasool, Nguang, S K and Swain, A. , 'Robust ModeDelay Dependent H8 Control of Discrete-Time Systems with Random CommunicationDelays”, IET Control Theory & Applications, vol-4, Issue-6, pp 936-944,2010 (Impact Factor 2.048).
  33. Fang, Shudong, Berber, Stevan M., and Swain, Akshya K ,“Energy Distribution-Aware Clustering Algorithm for Dense Wireless SensorNetworks”, International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 23,Issue(9-10), pp 1223-1251, October, 2010, DOI: 10.1002/dac.1103 (Impact Factor0.712).
  34. Hsu, Jr-Uei, Hu, A. Patrick and Swain, Akshya , “ A WirelessPower Pickup Based on Directional Tuning Control of Magnetic Amplifier”, IEEETrans. Industrial Electronics, vol. 56, no.7, pp. 2771-2781, 2009 (ImpactFactor 5.165).
  35. Kar, Kenneth, Swain, Akshya K & Raine, Robert ,”Identification of Time-Varying Time Constants of Thermocouple Sensors and ItsApplication to Temperature Measurement”, Trans. ASME ( Journal of DynamicSystems Measurement & Control), vol. 131, 011005-1-011005-10, January, 2009(Impact Factor 1.18). =
  36. Swain, A. K. , Mendes, E.M.A.M & Nguang, S K, ”Analysisof the effects of time delay in nonlinear systems using generalized frequencyresponse functions”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol.294, pp. 341-354, 2006(Impact Factor 1.893).
  37. Swain, A. K. and Billings, S. A., “ Generalized frequencyresponse function matrix for MIMO nonlinear systems”, Int. J. Control , Vol.74,No.8, pp.829-844, 2001 (Impact Factor 1.08).
  38. Swain, A. K. , Parida, J. K. , Bisoyi, D.K., Mohanty, A.K.,“ Modelling of small angle X-ray scattering data using Hermite polynomials”, J.of Applied Crystallography , Vol.34, Pt.4. pp.510-518, 2001 (Impact Factor3.343).
  39. Billings, S.A. & Swain, A. K., “ Reconstruction of MIMOnonlinear differential equation models from generalised frequency responsefunction matrix”, Proc. IMech, (Systems annd Control) , Vol.214, Pt-I,pp.35-51, 2000 (Impact Factor 0.783).
  40. Swain, A. K., Billings, S. A., “ Weighted complex orthogonalestimator for identifying linear and nonlinear continuous time models fromgeneralised frequency response functions “ Mechanical Systems and SignalProcessing, Vol.12, pp.269-292, 1998 (Impact Factor 2.256).
  41. Swain, A. K., Billings, S. A., Stansby, P. K. and Baker, M.,“ Accurate prediction of nonlinear wave forces part-I (Fixed Cylinder) “Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol.12, pp.449-485, 1998 (ImpactFactor 2.256).
  42. Billings, S. A., Stansby, P. K., Swain, A. K. and Baker, M.,“ Accurate prediction of nonlinear wave forces Part-II (Responding Cylinder)”Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol.12, pp.487-498, 1998 (ImpactFactor 2.256).
  43. Satpathy, R. N and Swain, Akshya K , “QoS OperationModification to On-Demand Hybrid Multicast Routing Protocol “, InternationalJournal of Nanosystem Technology, Electrical Engineering and Electronic System, Vol-3, Issue-2, pp 13-20, 2010.
  44. Akeila,Ehad, Salcic, Zoran,Swain, Akshya , “IndoorPositioning Using WSN and INS Sensor Fusion”, International Journal on Sensors,Wireless Communications and Control (SWCC) vol. 4, pp. 35-45,2015 .
  45. Andelic, Milosav, Berber, Stevan, Swain, Akshya , “An energyefficient collision avoidance method for CEDEEP protocol”, InternationalJournal on Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control (SWCC) vol. 4, pp.46-54,2015
  46. Swain, Akshya K and Satpathy, R. N. , “QoS multicast routingprotocol evaluation on MANET”, Journal of Software Engineering and Technology,vol-1, No.2, pp. 81-86, December, 2009.
  47. Swain, Akshya K and Satpathy, R. N. , “Sensitivity Analysisof the On-Demand Hybrid Multicast Routing Protocol for Wireless Ad-Hoc NetworkIn Optimized Polymorphic Condition”, Journal of High Performance CommunicationSystems and Networking , vol-1, No.2 pp. 81-92, December, 2009.
  48. Swain Akshya, K , Camasca Claudio & Patel, Nitish, “Efficient Structure Selection of Polynomial Nonlinear Systems usingEvolutionary Programming” , International Journal of Systems and Control ,vol.2, no.1, pp. 1-10, 2007.
  49. Satpathy, R. N and Swain, Akshya K , “Some Studies of the QOSMulticast Routing Message Modification on Wireless Sensor Network“,International Journal of Material Research, Electronics and ElectricalSystem, Vol. 3, Nos 1-2, 2010, pp. 23– 33.
  50. Swain, Akshya K and Satpathy, R. N. , “Effect of NetworkTraffic Load of Hybrid Multicast Routing Protocol for Wireless Ad-Hoc NetworkIn Optimized Polymorphic Condition “, International Journal of InformationRetrieval Vol-2, Issue-2, pp 9-16, December, 2009.
  51. Swain, A.K., “A simple fuzzy controller for single areahydro power system considering generation rate constraints” , Journal ofInstitution of Engineers (India) , Vol. 87, pp. 12-17, 2006.
  52. Swain, A.K., “Controlling chaos using observer basedcontroller” , Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) , Vol. 86, pp. 1-3,2005.
  53. Swain, A. K. and Mohanty, A.K., “ Adaptive load frequencycontrol of inter connected hydro thermal system considering generation rateconstraints”, J. Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 76, Pt. EL, pp. 109-114( Certificate of Merit from Institution of Engineers (India)), 1996.
  54. Swain, A. K. and Mohanty, A.K, “ Dual rate self-tuningcontroller for self-controlled synchronous motor drive”, J. Institution ofEngineers (India), Vol.76, Pt.EL, pp.228-232, 1996.
  55. Mohanty, A.K., Swain, A. K. and Mohanty, P.K., “Stabilization of torsional oscillations in multistage turbine generatorsupplying power through radial AC-DC link”, J. Institution of Engineers(India), Vol.76, Pt. EL, pp.79-86, 1995.
  56. Swain, A. K. and Mohanty, A.K “ Dual rate self-tuning loadfrequency controller for an inter connected hydro-thermal system “, J.Institution of Engineers (India), Vol.75, Pt. EL, pp.35-40, 1994.
  57. Swain, A. K. and Mohanty, A.K., “ Adaptive speed control ofself-controlled synchronous motor drive”, J. Institution of Engineers (India),Vol.74, Pt. EL, pp.155-161, 1994.
  58. Swain, A. K. and Mohanty, A.K., “ Implicit self tuningcontrol of single area hydro power system”, J. Institution of Engineers (India), Vol.73, Pt. EL, pp.172-177, 1992.

Conference Publications (Selected)

 

  1. Zhang, Jian , Swain, Akshya and Nguang Sing Kiong, “Robustsensor fault estimation and fault tolerant control for uncertain Lipschitznonlinear systems”,American Control Conference (ACC 2014), 4-6 June, 2014,Portland, Oregon, USA.
  2. Tayebi, Arash, Berber, Stevan and Swain, Akshya,”'Performance Analysis of Chaos Based WSNs under Jamming Attack', 2014International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications, 26th -29thOctober , 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
  3. Swain, A. K., Billings, S.A. and Stansby, P. K. (1996), “Nonlinear modelling of wave forces”, Proceedings of 6th International Symposiumon Flow Modelling and Turbulence Measurement, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.,(8th-10th Sept), “Flow Modelling and Turbulence Measurements-VI, A.A. Blakema/Rotterdam/ Brookfield, 1996, pp.515-522.
  4. Nasiri, Alireza, Swain, Akshya and Nguang, Sing Kiong,”Passive Actuator Fault Tolerant Control for a class of MIMO Non-linear Systemswith Uncertainties”, 2014 IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control,8th-10th October, 2014, F Antibes, France.
  5. Zhang, Jian , Swain, Akshya and Nguang Sing Kiong &Nasiri, Alireza, “Estimation of actuator and sensor faults for uncertainnonlinear systems using a descriptor system approach”, 53rd Conference onDecision and Control, December 15-17, 2014, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  6. Singh, Vedpal , Elamvazuthi, Irraivan, Jeoti, Varun, George,John, Swain, Akshya and Dileep Kumar, “Modeling of Interpolation Methods forRobot Assisted and Freehand Ultrasound Imaging System”, IEEE InternationalSymposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors, IEEE IRIS 2015; 18th-20thOctober 2015 Berjaya Langkawi Resort Langkawi; Malaysia.
  7. Singh, Vedpal , Elamvazuthi, Irraivan, Jeoti, Varun, George,John, Swain, Akshya and Dileep Kumar, “ 3D reconstruction of CFL ligament basedon ultrasonographic images”, 4th International Visual Informatics Conference,IVIC 2015 17th -19th November 2015, Bangi, Malaysia.
  8. Nasiri, Alireza, Nguang, Sing Kion and Swain, Akshya, “Fault Tolerant Hinf Fuzzy-Dynamic Output Feedback Control of Nonlinear Systemswith Actuator Faults: An LMI approach”, ISMA,2015-10th International Symposiumon Mechatronics and its Applications, pp.1-5, 8th-10th Dec, 2015 , Sahrjah,UAE.
  9. Nasiri, Alireza, Nguang, Sing Kion and Swain, Akshya,”Robust fault estimation of nonlinear systems using SOS approach”,ISMA,2015-10th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications,pp.1-5, 8th-10th Dec, 2015 , Sahrjah, UAE.
  10. Tayebi, A., Berber, Stevan and Swain, Akshya"Performance Analysis of Synchronization in Chaotic DSSS-CDMA System UnderJamming Attack", INASE SCSI, ECS 2015, Proceedings of the InternationalConference on Systems, Control, Signal Processing and Informatics, Edited by N.Mastorakis, ISBN: 978-1-61804-290-3, April 6-8, 2015, Barcelona, Spain.
  11. Tayebi, Arash, Berber, Stevan and Swain, Akshya, “Syncim: anew impersonation attack against chip synchronization in WSN, “ 2016 9thInternational Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST,2015), pp. 128-132,8th-10th December, 2015 ,Auckland, New Zealand.
  12. Tsoi, Joseph, Patel, Nitish, Swain, Akshya, “Real-timeobject tracking based on colour feature and perspective projection”, 2015 9thInternational Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST,2015), pp. 665-670,8th-10th December,2015 , Auckland, New Zealand.
  13. Ahmad,Aziz, Anderson, T. N, Swain, Akshya, Lie, T.T, Curie,J. and Holmes, W, “ Residential Household Electrical Appliance Management UsingModel Predictive Control of a Grid Connected Photovoltaic-Battery System”, 2016Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia.
  14. Zhou, Lv, Swain, Akshya, Kumar, Prem and Nair, Nirmal, “Adynamic fuzzy Q-learning controller to improve the transient stability of apower system”, IEEE International Conference on Power Systems Technology(POWERCON, 2016), 28th Sept-1st October, 2016, Wollongong, Australia, DOI -10.1109/POWERCON.2016.7753910.
  15. Naik, Chirag, Hafiz, Faizal and Swain, Akshya,”Classification of power quality events using wavelet packet transform andextreme learning machine”, 2nd IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference(SPEC,2016), 5th-8th December, 2016 ,Auckland, New Zealand, DOI:10.1109/SPEC.2016.7846169 .
  16. Almakhles, Dhafer, Pyle, Nathan, Mehrabi, Hossein, Swain,Akshya and Hu, Aiguo, Patrick,” Single-bit modulator based controller forcapacitive power transfer system”, 2nd IEEE Southern Power ElectronicsConference (SPEC,2016), 5th-8th December, 2016 ,Auckland, New Zealand, DOI:10.1109/SPEC.2016.7846084
  17. Hafiz, Faizal, Swain, Akshya and Patel, Nitish,"Shaping inertial response from wind turbines: a multi-objectiveapproach”, 2nd IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC,2016), 5th-8thDecember, 2016 ,Auckland, New Zealand, DOI: 10.1109/SPEC.2016.7846074
  18. Swain, Akshya, Almakhles, Dhafer, Hou, Youfeng, Patel,Nitish and Madawala, Udaya, “A sigma-delta modulator based PI controller forbi-directional inductive power transfer system, “ 2nd IEEE Southern PowerElectronics Conference (SPEC,2016), 5th-8th December, 2016 ,Auckland, NewZealand, DOI: 10.1109/SPEC.2016.7846083 .
  19. Oram, Ebrahim, Wanigasekara, Chathura, Rajan, Ginu, Prusty,B. G. and Swain, Akshya, “Machine Learning Based Process Monitoring andCharacterization of Automated Composites” Society of Advancement of Materialand Process Engineering (SAMPE-2017), Seattle, 22nd-24th May, 2017, WashingtonDC, USA.
  20. Swain, Akshya , Al-Makhles, Dhafer , Neath, Michalel andNasiri, Alireza, “Robust control of wireless power transfer system”, 2017, 13thIEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA,2017), 3rd-6thJuly, 2017, Ohrid, Macedonia, pp. 1060-1065
  21. Zhou, Lv, Swain, Akshya, Kumar, Prem, Hafiz, Faizal andNair, Nirmal, “Optimum design of series compensation to improve power systemtransient stability using DFQL and PSO based controllers”, 2017, 13th IEEEInternational Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA,2017), 3rd-6th July,2017, Ohrid, Macedonia , DOI: 10.1109/ICCA.2017.8003219
Research Monograph,Edited Books and Book Chapters

  1. Zhang, Jian, Swain, Akshya Kumar Nguang, Sing Kiong ," Robust observer based fault diagnosis for nonlinear systems using MATLAB, Springer,London, ISBN 978-3-319-32324-4.
  2. Postolache, Octavian, Mukhopadhyay, Subhas, Jayasundera, Krishanti Swain, Akshya Kumar (Editors) ," Sensors for Everyday Life: Healthcare Settings“, In Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, , Springer International Publishing UK, ISBN 978-3-319-47319-2. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47319-2.
  3. Mukhopadhyay, Subhas,Postolache, Octavian,Jayasundera, Krishanti Swain, Akshya Kumar (Editors)," Sensors for Everyday Life: Environmental & Food Engineering“, In Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, , Springer International Publishing AG, 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-47322-2, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47322-2 .
  4. Al Makhles, Dhafer, Swain, Akshya and Patel, Nitish , “Delta-sigma Modulator for Control System” In Francisco Miranda(Ed), : Control Theory: Perspectives, Applications and Developments, Nova Science Publisher,ISBN: 978-1-63482-707-2, pp. 299-314, 2015.
  5. Singh, Vedpal , Elamvazuthi, Irraivan, Jeoti, Varun, George, John, Swain, Akshya and Dileep Kumar , “3D reconstruction of CFL ligament based on ultrasonographic images ” In H B Zaman et al (Ed), : Advances in visual informatics, , Springer International Publishing, ISBN : 978-3-319-25938-3, pp. 503-513.
  6. Tayebi, Aras, Berber,Stevan and Swain, Akshya , “Wireless sensor network attacks: an overview and critical analysis with detailed investigation on jamming attack effects” In In Alex Mason et al (Ed) Sensing Technology, Current Status and Future Trends III, Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-10948-0, pp. 201-221, 2015.
  7. Akeila, Ehad, Salcic, Zoran and Swain, Akshya , “Application of Inertial Sensors in Developing Smart Particles” In Krzysztof Iniewski (Ed), Smart Sensors for Industrial Application, CRC Press, ISBN: 978-1-4665-6810-5, pp. 533-551, 2013.
  8. Akeila, Ehad, Salcic, Zoran and Swain, Akshya , “A new Method for direct gravity estimation and compensation in gyro-based and gyro-free INS applications” In S.C. Mukhopadhyay et al (Eds.) : Recent advances in sensing technology ,Lecture notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 49, (LNEE 49) pp 203-219 , ISBN : 978-3-642-00577-0, DOI: 10.1007/978-3,-642-00578-7-12, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
  9. Hsu, Jr-Uei (William), Hu, A Patrick and Swain, Akshya , “ Directional tuning control of wireless/contactless power pickup for inductive power transfer (IPT) system” In Paul K Chu (Ed.) Advances in Solid State Circuits Technologies ", pp (221-238), ISBN 978-953-307-086-5, DOI: 10.5772/8625, INTECH, Croatia, 2010.
  10. Swain, Akshya,Billings, S.A and Stansby, Peter , “Nonlinear modelling of wave forces,” Flow Modelling and Turbulence Measurements-VI , A.A. Blakema /Rotterdam/ Brookfield,1996.