4 July 2024
Paper Collection—Award Winning Papers in Engineering

Actuators:
● “Design of a 2DoF Ankle Exoskeleton with a Polycentric Structure and a Bi-Directional Tendon-Driven Actuator Controlled Using a PID Neural Network
by Taehoon Lee, Inwoo Kim and Yoon Su Baek
Actuators 2021, 10(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10010009

● “Soft Exoskeletons: Development, Requirements, and Challenges of the Last Decade
by Alan Francisco Pérez Vidal, Jesse Yoe Rumbo Morales, Gerardo Ortiz Torres, Felipe de Jesús Sorcia Vázquez, Alan Cruz Rojas, Jorge Aurelio Brizuela Mendoza and Julio César Rodríguez Cerda
Actuators 2021, 10(7), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10070166

● “Haptic Interface with Twin-Driven MR Fluid Actuator for Teleoperation Endoscopic Surgery System
by Takehito Kikuchi, Tetsumasa Takano , Akinori Yamaguchi, Asaka Ikeda and Isao Abe
Actuators 2021, 10(10), 245; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10100245

Aerospace:
● “Aircraft Fleet Health Monitoring with Anomaly Detection Techniques
by Luis Basora, Paloma Bry, Xavier Olive and Floris Freeman
Aerospace 2021, 8(4), 103; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8040103

● “Compressive Behaviour of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures: A Review
by Solomon O. Obadimu and Kyriakos I. Kourousis
Aerospace 2021, 8(8), 207; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8080207

Applied Sciences:
● “Trends in Performance Limits of the HOT Infrared Photodetectors
by Antoni Rogalski, Piotr Martyniuk, Małgorzata Kopytko and Weida Hu
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 501; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020501

● “Performance Evaluation of a THz Pulsed Imaging System: Point Spread Function, Broadband THz Beam Visualization and Image Reconstruction
by Marta Di Fabrizio, Annalisa D’Arco, Sen Mou, Luigi Palumbo, Massimo Petrarca and Stefano Lupi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 562; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020562

● “Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for XAI in Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Systematic Review
by Anna Markella Antoniadi, Yuhan Du, Yasmine Guendouz, Lan Wei, Claudia Mazo, Brett A. Becker and Catherine Mooney
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5088; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115088

● “Deep Learning-Based Methods for Prostate Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
by Albert Comelli, Navdeep Dahiya, Alessandro Stefano, Federica Vernuccio, Marzia Portoghese, Giuseppe Cutaia, Alberto Bruno, Giuseppe Salvaggio and Anthony Yezzi
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 782; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020782

● “Fe3O4 Nanoparticles: Structures, Synthesis, Magnetic Properties, Surface Functionalization, and Emerging Applications
by Minh Dang Nguyen, Hung-Vu Tran, Shoujun Xu and T. Randall Lee
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(23), 11301; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311301

● “Enhancement of Antimicrobial Activity of Alginate Films with a Low Amount of Carbon Nanofibers (0.1% w/w)
by Isaías Sanmartín-Santos, Sofía Gandía-Llop , Beatriz Salesa, Miguel Martí, Finn Lillelund Aachmann and Ángel Serrano-Aroca
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2311; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052311

● “Machine Learning for Design Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices: Recent Developments and Future Directions
by Yanbin Li, Gang Lei, Gerd Bramerdorfer, Sheng Peng, Xiaodong Sun and Jianguo Zhu
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(4), 1627; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041627

● “Real-Time Extensive Livestock Monitoring Using LPWAN Smart Wearable and Infrastructure
by Roberto Casas, Arturo Hermosa, Álvaro Marco, Teresa Blanco and Francisco Javier Zarazaga-Soria
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(3), 1240; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031240

● “Inertial Parameter Identification in Robotics: A Survey
by Quentin Leboutet, Julien Roux, Alexandre Janot, Julio Rogelio Guadarrama-Olvera and Gordon Cheng
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4303; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094303

● “Digital Twin for Designing and Reconfiguring Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly Lines
by Niki Kousi, Christos Gkournelos, Sotiris Aivaliotis, Konstantinos Lotsaris, Angelos Christos Bavelos, Panagiotis Baris, George Michalos and Sotiris Makris
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(10), 4620; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104620

Bioengineering:
● “Collagen in Wound Healing
by Shomita S. Mathew-Steiner, Sashwati Roy and Chandan K. Sen
Bioengineering 2021, 8(5), 63; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8050063

● “3D Printing of Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Laden with an Antimicrobial Agent towards Wound Healing Applications
by Martyna Nizioł, Justyna Paleczny, Adam Junka, Amin Shavandi, Anna Dawiec-Liśniewska and Daria Podstawczyk
Bioengineering 2021, 8(6), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering8060079

Buildings:
● “Positioning Positive Energy Districts in European Cities
by Oscar Lindholm, Hassam ur Rehman and Francesco Reda
Buildings 2021, 11(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11010019

● “Construction Waste Audit in the Framework of Sustainable Waste Management in Construction Projects—Case Study
by Marcela Spišáková, Peter Mésároš and Tomáš Mandičák
Buildings 2021, 11(2), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11020061

● “Facial Expression-Based Experimental Analysis of Human Reactions and Psychological Comfort on Glass Structures in Buildings
by Chiara Bedon and Silvana Mattei
Buildings 2021, 11(5), 204; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11050204

● “Practical Implementation of Structural Health Monitoring in Multi-Story Buildings
by Arvindan Sivasuriyan, Dhanasingh Sivalinga Vijayan, Wojciech Górski, Łukasz Wodzyński , Magdalena Daria Vaverková and Eugeniusz Koda
Buildings 2021, 11(6), 263; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11060263

● “The Role of Blockchain Technology in Augmenting Supply Chain Resilience to Cybercrime
by Aya Bayramova, David J. Edwards and Chris Roberts
Buildings 2021, 11(7), 283; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070283

● “Application of Portable Air Purifiers for Mitigating COVID-19 in Large Public Spaces
by Zhiqiang (John) Zhai, He Li, Robert Bahl and Keith Trace
Buildings 2021, 11(8), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11080329

ChemEngineering:
● “Scaling of Droplet Breakup in High-Pressure Homogenizer Orifices. Part I: Comparison of Velocity Profiles in Scaled Coaxial Orifices
by Felix Johannes Preiss, Benedikt Mutsch, Christian J. Kähler and Heike Petra Karbstein
ChemEngineering 2021, 5(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering5010007

● “Application of Gold Nanoparticle-Based Materials in Cancer Therapy and Diagnostics
by Andrey A. Vodyashkin, Marko George Halim Rizk, Parfait Kezimana, Anatoly A. Kirichuk and Yaroslav M. Stanishevskiy
ChemEngineering 2021, 5(4), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering5040069

Drones:
● “A Citizen Science Unmanned Aerial System Data Acquisition Protocol and Deep Learning Techniques for the Automatic Detection and Mapping of Marine Litter Concentrations in the Coastal Zone
by Apostolos Papakonstantinou, Marios Batsaris, Spyros Spondylidis and Konstantinos Topouzelis
Drones 2021, 5(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5010006

● “UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge-Computing for IoT Based on AI: A Comprehensive Review
by Yassine Yazid, Imad Ez-Zazi, Antonio Guerrero-González, Ahmed El Oualkadi and Mounir Arioua
Drones 2021, 5(4), 148; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones5040148

Electronics:
● “Evaluating the Quality of Machine Learning Explanations: A Survey on Methods and Metrics
by Jianlong Zhou, Amir H. Gandomi, Fang Chen andAndreas Holzinger
Electronics 2021, 10(5), 593; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10050593

● “A Real-Time Detection Algorithm for Kiwifruit Defects Based on YOLOv5
by Jia Yao, Jiaming, Jie Zhang, Hongmin Shao, Jia Yang and Xin Li
Electronics 2021, 10(14), 1711; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10141711

● “Automated Workers’ Ergonomic Risk Assessment in Manual Material Handling Using sEMG Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning
by Srimantha E. Mudiyanselage, Phuong Hoang Dat Nguyen, Mohammad Sadra Rajabi and Reza Akhavian
Electronics 2021, 10(20), 2558; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10202558

J. Imaging:
● “Skin Lesion Segmentation Using Deep Learning with Auxiliary Task
by Lina Liu, Ying Y. Tsui and Mrinal Mandal
J. Imaging 2021, 7(4), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7040067

● “Transfer Learning in Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging: A Systematic Review
by Juan Miguel Valverde, Vandad Imani, Ali Abdollahzadeh, Riccardo De Feo, Mithilesh Prakash, Robert Ciszek and Jussi Tohka
J. Imaging 2021, 7(4), 66; https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7040066

JMMP:
● “Experimental Study on Joining by Forming of HCT590X + Z and EN-AW 6014 Sheets Using Cold Extruded Pin Structures
by David Römisch, Martin Kraus and Marion Merklein
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2021, 5(1), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp5010025

● “Review on Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Material Parts: Progress and Challenges
by Seymur Hasanov, Suhas Alkunte, Mithila Rajeshirke, Ankit Gupta, Orkhan Huseynov, Ismail Fidan, Frank Alifui-Segbaya and Allan Rennie
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2022, 6(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6010004

JMSE:
● “Neural Network Approach for Predicting Ship Speed and Fuel Consumption
by Lúcia Moreira, Roberto Vettor and Carlos Guedes Soares
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(2), 119; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9020119

● “Scour Protections for Offshore Foundations of Marine Energy Harvesting Technologies: A Review
by Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa, João Chambel, Francisco Taveira-Pinto, Paulo Rosa-Santos, Francisco V. C. Taveira-Pinto, Gianmaria Giannini and Piet Haerens
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(3), 297; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9030297

● “Coupled SPH–FEM Modeling of Tsunami-Borne Large Debris Flow and Impact on Coastal Structures
by Anis Hasanpour, Denis Istrati and Ian Buckle
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(10), 1068; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9101068

● “Review of Recent Offshore Wind Turbine Research and Optimization Methodologies in Their Design
by Jieyan Chen and Moo-Hyun Kim
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(1), 28; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010028

Lubricants:
● “Current Trends and Applications of Machine Learning in Tribology—A Review
by Max Marian and Stephan Tremmel
Lubricants 2021, 9(9), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants9090086

● “Detection of Lubrication State in a Field Operational Wind Turbine Gearbox Bearing Using Ultrasonic Reflectometry
by G. Nicholas Clarke and R. S. Dwyer-Joyce
Lubricants 2021, 9(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants9010006

Machines:
● “Dual-Motor Planetary Transmission to Improve Efficiency in Electric Vehicles
by Giacomo Mantriota and Giulio Reina
Machines 2021, 9(3), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/machines9030058

● “A Survey on Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control Methods for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
by George K. Fourlas and George C. Karras
Machines 2021, 9(9), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/machines9090197

Micromachines:
● “A Microfluidic Device for Automated High Throughput Detection of Ice Nucleation of Snomax
by Priyatanu Roy, Margaret L. House and Cari S. Dutcher
Micromachines 2021, 12(3), 296; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12030296

● “Smart Wearable Sensors Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Personal Healthcare Monitoring
by Ruonan Li, Xuelian Wei, Jiahui Xu, Junhuan Chen, Bin Li, Zhiyi Wu and Zhong Lin Wang
Micromachines 2021, 12(4), 352; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040352

● “A Label-Free Liquid Crystal Biosensor Based on Specific DNA Aptamer Probes for Sensitive Detection of Amoxicillin Antibiotic
by Duy Khiem Nguyen and Chang-Hyun Jang
Micromachines 2021, 12(4), 370; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040370

● “Post-Operative Monitoring of Intestinal Tissue Oxygenation Using an Implantable Microfabricated Oxygen Sensor
by Jamie R. K. Marland, Mark E. Gray, David J. Argyle, Ian Underwood, Alan F. Murray and Mark A. Potter
Micromachines 2021, 12(7), 810; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12070810

● “A Cerebral Organoid Connectivity Apparatus to Model Neuronal Tract Circuitry
by Denise A. Robles, Andrew J. Boreland, Zhiping P. Pang and Jeffrey D. Zahn Jeffrey D. Zahn
Micromachines 2021, 12(12), 1574; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121574

Sensors:
● “Proof of Concept for a Quick and Highly Sensitive On-Site Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Plasmonic Optical Fibers and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
by Nunzio Cennamo, Girolamo D’Agostino, Chiara Perri, Francesco Arcadio, Guido Chiaretti, Eva Maria Parisio, Giulio Camarlinghi, Chiara Vettori, Francesco Di Marzo, Rosario Cennamo et al.
Sensors 2021, 21(5), 1681; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21051681

● “WSN-SLAP: Secure and Lightweight Mutual Authentication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
by Deok Kyu Kwon, Sung Jin Yu, Joon Young Lee, Seung Hwan Son and Young Ho Park
Sensors 2021, 21(3), 936; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21030936

● “A Review on Biosensors and Recent Development of Nanostructured Materials-Enabled Biosensors
by Varnakavi. Naresh and Nohyun Lee
Sensors 2021, 21(4), 1109; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041109

● “Sensor and Sensor Fusion Technology in Autonomous Vehicles: A Review
by De Jong Yeong, Gustavo Velasco-Hernandez, John Barry and Joseph Walsh
Sensors 2021, 21(6), 2140; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21062140

Technologies:
● “A Survey of Robots in Healthcare
by Maria Kyrarini, Fotios Lygerakis, Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan, Christos Sevastopoulos, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Kodur Krishna Chaitanya, Ashwin Ramesh Babu, Joanne Mathew and Fillia Makedon
Technologies 2021, 9(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies9010008

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