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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC ANDELECTRICAL ENGINEERING125 YEARS1885-2010The Mildner Memorial Lecture 2010 and ResearchPoster Presentation Friday 25th June 2010

Programme2.00pm Research Poster SessionNorth Cloisters, Wilkins Building4.00pm Perspectives on Electronic EngineeringGustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Wilkins Building5.00pm ReceptionSouth Cloisters, Wilkins Building5.30pm Award of Student PrizesThe Cullen Prize for the Best Student PosterThe Fabrizio Lombardi Prize for theBest Recently Graduated PhDFollowed byThe Mildner Memorial Lecture 2010Prof. Lord Alec Broers FREng, FRS, Kt DL“Engineering, Science and the Economy ”J.Z. Young Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building2

Welcome MessageDear GuestIt is my pleasure to welcome you to this year's Mildner Lecture and associated events. Thisyear marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Department, the first Departmentof Electrical Engineering in England. We started our year of celebrations with the formalopening of the Department's new Molecular Beam Epitaxy Facility by HRH The PrincessRoyal in January. Last week we celebrated the achievements of 2009 Nobel LaureateCharles Kao, with the award to him of a UCL Honorary Degree. Charles Kao, who studiedwith former Head of Department, Harold Barlow, is the first Nobel Prize winner to beassociated with the Department.Today, we celebrate the current research of the Department with a Research Poster Display.The research work carried out by both postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers is a vitalelement of all leading research departments. Today you will see presentations of the work ofour staff, PhD, and EngD researchers.Following the Research Poster Display there is a special anniversary event, "Perspectives onElectronic Engineering", presented by our former Heads of Department .The Mildner Memorial Lecture is held biennially (alternate years with the Barlow MemorialLecture) in memory of Raymond Charles Mildner [1907-1977] who, having obtained a BSc(Eng) [1927] and an MSc (Eng) [1931] from UCL, made major contributions to thetechnology of power and communication cables, his work spanning an interdisciplinaryspectrum from electromagnetic theory through to materials science. In 1969 he wasempowered by the Dow Chemical Company to nominate the recipient of a $2,500 gift. Henominated the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at UCL and the thenHead of Department, Professor Alex Cullen FRS, instituted the biennial Mildner Lecture.This year we are delighted to welcome distinguished electronic engineer, Reith Lecturer andformer Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Lord Alec BroersFREng, FRS, Kt DL to give the 2010 Mildner Lecture.I hope that you will enjoy your visit to UCL and that it will lead to increased collaborationin the future.Professor Alwyn SeedsHead of Department 3

The Mildner Memorial Lecture 2010:“Engineering, Science and the Economy”Prof. Lord Alec Broers FREng, FRS, Kt DLAbstract: Climbing out of the cavernous economic hole that we havestumbled into is going to require more than the usual combination ofgrowth and inflation; even if we were to allow another 2008-style massivedevaluation of the Pound. It is going to require engineering and science toprovide both a genuine increase in GDP per person, through therestoration of competitiveness across the broad spectrum of our industry,and an increase in the efficiency of our public services, especially health,transport and energy. Even if these challenges are met, it will probably stillbe necessary to cut public expenditure, but hopefully by a tolerableamount. Without the increases in GDP and efficiency, public expenditurewill have to be cut 25-30% with the inevitable pain and social discomfort.To bring public debt below 50% of GDP and the annual deficit below 4%,will require more than £200 billion per year, or more than ten times thesums discussed in the election campaign.This lecture will examine the challenges facing engineers and scientists inthe decades ahead if we are to achieve what will be necessary to repair oureconomy. The grand challenges for engineering identified by the USNational Academy of Engineering, at the request of the US NationalAcademy of Science, will be taken as a starting point.4

The 2010 Mildner Memorial LecturerLord Broers FREng FRS is an engineer who has specialised in the designand use of electron microscopes and in the fabrication of microelectronicchips. He studied at Melbourne and Cambridge Universities and was aresearcher at IBM’s R & D laboratories in New York for nineteen yearswhere he fabricated the first man made devices with nanometredimensions. He was appointed IBM Fellow and eventually heldresponsibility for the advanced development of IBM’s microchips. Hereturned to Cambridge in 1984 where he extended the technology ofminiaturisation to the atomic scale. He subsequently became Head of theDepartment of Engineering, Master of Churchill College and Vice-Chancellor of the University. He has been a non-executive director of anumber of companies including Lucas Industries, Vodafone and severalhigh technology start-ups. He became President of the Royal Academy ofEngineering in 2000 and a Cross-bench Member of the House of Lords in2004. He chaired the Lord’s Science and Technology Committee from2004 until 2007 and is presently a member of the Committee. He isChairman of the Board of the Diamond Light Source, Chairman of TheBioNano Centre, Fellow of the National Academies of Engineering ofthe USA, China and Australia, a member of the Bosch GroupInternational Advisory Committee, and a Trustee of the British Museumand the American University of Sharjah.5

Research Poster SessionCommunications and Information Systems Group (CISG)CISG carries out theoretical and experimental research into all layersof communication systems including information security and retrieval, IPand multimedia networking, network and service management, wirelessand optical access networks.IDCISG1CISG2CISG3CISG4CISG5CISG6CISG7CISG8CISG9CISG10CISG11CISG12CISG13CISG14CISG15CISG16CISG17CISG18CISG19CISG20CISG21CISG22Poster titleFuture Comms Architecture: Open-access connectivity (Wired and Wireless)VIGILANT: "Situation-Aware" Quality of Information Interest Groups forWireless Sensor Network Surveillance ApplicationsRationale for a Mobility Management Layer in Communications DesignsSensor Networks: Enabling the Sensor Web and Facilitating Data FusionThe Management of Communication Infrastructure ProjectsExposure to Electromagnetic Fields from Wireless Computer Networks (Wi-Fi)FPGA Implementation of Simple Digital Spectrally Efficient FDM TransmitterClock Management in Large Scale Digital Systems ArchitectureA Robust FIR Filter with In Situ Error DetectionFuture Comms Architecture: Open-access connectivity (Wired and Wireless)Future Backhaul Access Bottleneck StudyModelling MAC Layer Performance in Next Generation Wireless NetworksImproving performance of Networked GamesReinforcement Learning based Routing for Dynamic wireless NetworksAll-Optical Processing in Next Generation Access NetworksSoftware Designs Of Image Processing Tasks With Incremental Refinement OfComputationEnvironment Aware WSN in Industry LocationTwo Photon Microscopy: Signal Synthesis for Acousto-Optic Lens ControlPhysical layer security for the broadcast channelOFDMA-Passive Optical Networks (OFDMA-PON)Simple Digital Transmitters for Spectrally Efficient FDM (SEFDM) SystemBehavioural Markers of User Development6

Research Poster SessionElectronic Materials and Devices Group (EMDG)EMDG carries out research into advanced electronic materials and theirproperties for applications in such diverse areas as energy, healthcare andIT.IDEMDG1EMDG2EMDG3EMDG4EMDG5EMDG6EMDG7EMDG8EMDG9EMDG10EMDG11EMDG12EMDG13EMDG14EMDG15Poster titleRecovery of nanocrystalline silicon TFT after light-bias stressElectronic properties of nanodiamondsRecovery of data from damaged electronic memory devicesHigh Performance Pentacene Thin Film Transistors on Silicon NitrideDelta-doped diamond structures for high performance electronicsLight-bias stress in metal oxide thin film transistorsMetallic and semiconductor nanoparticles in polymer nanofibers forphotonic and electronic applicationsRate equation modelling of Erbium doped Silicon NanocrystalsHigh performance single crystal diamond radiation detectorsNanodiamond MEMS sensorsNanodiamonds for neuronal cell attachment, growth and network formationCarbon nanotube-diamond heterostructuresDiamond Electronics and Nanotechnology Group PosterNanoelectronic DevicesIndividual Bi dopants in silicon7

Research Poster SessionOptical Networks Group (ONG)ONG carries out fundamental analysis and design of optical networks, highspeedtransmission, and techniques for optical, electronic and quantumsignal processing.ID Poster titleONG1 Development of an ultra-stable laser in the 1.5 micron band for opticalfrequency transfer over optical fibreONG2 Multi-Level Modulation Formats in Optical CommunicationONG3 Carrier Recovery in a Digital Coherent ReceiverONG4 Digital Compensation of Fibre NonlinearitiesONG5 Impact of network traffic on the performance of dynamic optical networksONG6 Surface plasmon polaritonic crystal polarisation demultiplexer for 4-level polarisation-shift-keyingONG7 Real-time Optical OFDMONG8 DSP-based crosstalk cancellation in WDM interconnectsONG9 High-speed (>40Gbit/s) optical fibre communications usingOTDM techniques and advanced modulation formatsONG10 Optimising the FEC Overhead in a 100GbE PDM-QPSK DigitalCoherent TransceiverPhotonics Group(PG)PG carries out vertically integrated photonics research, from device designand fabrication to physical layer systems design and evaluation.ID8Poster titlePG1 Combining miniaturized THz sources with magnetic fields: A Proof of ConceptPG2 Liquid Crystal axiconPG3 Next generation laser pumping / amplification systemsPG4 Tunable liquid crystal photonic band gaps for hand held display applicationsPG5 Development of automatic temperature compensation software forOFS data

Research Poster SessionPhotonics Group(PG)IDPG6PG7PG8PG9Poster titleNext Generation Optical Access NetworksThe Characterisation of a Pulse Controlled High Power MOPA Based YbFibre Laser in Micro Materials Processing OperationsBlocking In Optical Packet Switch ArchitecturesModelling of THz waveguides and their characterisation with near field microscopyPG10 Digital Art Capture Image ProcessingPG11 Liquid Crystal based Microwave DevicesPG12 Non-linear scattering of femtosecond pulses by 2D plasmonic nano-cavities.PG13 Ultrafast InP based Photoconductor capable of Picosecond SwitchingPG14 Ultra-Fast Photodetectors for Continuous Wave Terahertz GenerationPG15 Third Generation Photovoltaics: Intermediate Band Quantum Dot Solar CellsPG16 Photolithographically Manufacured crylate Multimode Optical WaveguideTrenlation and Rotation Misalignment Tolerances.PG17 Propagation Characteristics of Circular and Rectangular Waveguides with anArbitrary Index ProfilePG18 Silicon Photonics: III-V Quantum Dots Lasers on SiliconPG19 A Fast FPGA Implementation of Optical Distributed SensingPG20 FTSE 100 Returns and Volatility estimation using Higher Order Neural NetworksPG20 HELIUM3D - High Efficiency Laser Based Multi User Multi Modal 3D DisplayPG21 Integrated optical and electronic interconnect PCB ManufacturingPG22 Photonic Integration of Terahertz SourcesPG23 Homodyne Coherent Optical Receiver with High Tolerance to LaserLinewidthPG24 Photonic Techniques for Coherent Detection of THz SignalsPG25 Accurate Modelling of Defect Creation and ControlPG26 Demonstration of an Indoor Real-Time Location System with Optical FibreBackbone9

Research Poster SessionSensors, Systems and Circuits Group (SSCG)SSCG carries out research into intelligent sensor systems and mixed-signalICs, applying an innovative combination of sensors and signal processing.IDSSCG1SSCG2SSCG3SSCG4SSCG5SSCG6SSCG7SSCG8SSCG9Poster titleIsolation of the Zenneck Surface WaveMonostatic Coherent Radar Sea Clutter Doppler AnalysisMultifunction Radar Tracking ControlGrating lobe control in randomised, sparsely-populated MIMO radararraysAdaptive, intelligent tracking of air targets using the CASA networkMicrostrip Antenna Array for Avalanche RadarAirborne Passive Bistatic RadarFMCW radar imaging of avalanche-like snow movementsGround Penetrating RadarSSCG10 Making Terahertz visibleSSCG11A Current-Steering Integrated Neural Stimulator with Field Shifting forDeep Brain StimulationSSCG12 Measurement of Bistatic Sea ClutterSSCG13 Target classification using ultrasound micro-Doppler signaturesSSCG14 Closed loop neural prosthesis for vestibular disorders10

Contact InformationThe postgraduate students, research fellows and academics will behappy to provide you with contact details of their own researchgroups. Links to all the Department’s research groups can befound on the web page:http:// www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/researchFor more general enquiries please contact:Dr Seb SavoryDepartment of Electronic and Electrical EngineeringUniversity College LondonTorrington PlaceLondon WC1E 7JEE-mail:s.savory@ee.ucl.ac.ukTelephone: 020 7679 3995Fax: 020 7388 9325who will direct your enquiry to the appropriate individual.11

New for 2010: MSc in Telecommunicationswith BusinessThe “Telecoms with Business Programme” is an exciting new programmewhich is designed to address the market need for highly skilled technicalmanagers in the ICT and telecommunications industry that have a broadknowledge across both technology and business. This new programmeexploits the established and high successful portfolio of telecommunicationsMSc modules run by the UCL Department of Electronic & ElectricalEngineering (E&EE) in combination with four specially designed businessmodules to create a new MSc degree in Telecommunications with Business.These four business modules draw on the experience of leading expertsfrom Industry and academia in the area of business planning, financial andmanagement accounting, regulation, marketing and product management.This course aims to provide the management tools and techniques of anMBA programme but with the focussed application to the specific industrythat an MSc can provide. It is aimed at both recent graduates and those withexperience who seek accelerated progression to senior management andtechnical positions and is also available as a part-time course over 2 years.For further details please contact msctwithb@ee.ucl.ac.uk.125 Years of Electronic &Electrical Engineering at UCLThe logo, designed by Oleg Mitrofanov, celebrates the heritage of thedepartment, in addition to its ongoing vision for the future. The left handside of the logo illustrates Fleming’s valve which can be seen as the birth ofmodern electronics. The upper left corner illustrates the new MolecularBeam Epitaxy facility within the department which aims to create new andimproved devices using special materials built by controlling their structureatom by atom. The right hand side illustrates the UCL portico, with the finalrecognition of UCL’s heritage being the final pillar, which illustrates acorrugated waveguide, pioneered by Professors Barlow and Cullen, and usedby UCL Alumni Prof. Charles Kao, in his seminal work on optical fibrecommunication for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2009.