P-2

•  Embedded and distributed sensors: simulation, performance, self-diagnostics
•  Sensor characterisation, qualification, standardisation, reliability
•  Sensor/actuator coupling with structure, interfaces and interfacial problems
•  Energy transfer mechanisms, structural dynamics
•  Energy harvesting and scavenging
•  Integrated micro- and nano-structures
•  Mechatronic systems integration
•  Model development and control design for integrated systems and microsystems
•  Optimisation techniques for sensor/actuator selection, architecture and feedback design
•  Signal processing: data mining, neural networks, data fusion for large sensor arrays, fault recognition and recovery
•  Remote control and communication