Publications

Journal papers

• Embedded Sensing and Actuation for Helmets CO₂ Levels Control. (PDF)
  John Kemp, Elena Gaura, James Brusey, Doug Thake.
  International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, 4(1):160-185, March 2011.

• Increasing safety of bomb disposal missions: A body sensor network approach. (PDF)
  Elena Gaura, James Brusey, John Kemp, and C. Douglas Thake.
  IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, 39(6):621-636, November 2009.

• Postural activity monitoring for increasing safety in bomb disposal missions. (PDF)
  James Brusey, Ramona Rednic, Elena I Gaura, John Kemp, and Nigel Poole.
  Measurement Science and Technology, 20(7):075204 (11pp), 2009.

Conference proceedings

• Predicting Uncompensable Heat Stress with Embedded, Wearable Sensors. (PDF)
  John Kemp, Elena Gaura, and James Brusey.
  In Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI 2012), pages 475–478, Shenzhen, China, Jan 5-7 2012.

• Wearable posture recognition systems: factors affecting performance. (PDF)
  Ramona Rednic, Elena Gaura, James Brusey, and John Kemp.
  In Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI 2012), pages 200–203, Shenzhen, China, Jan 5-7 2012.

• Networked Body Sensing: Enabling real-time decisions in health and defence applications. (PDF)
  Ramona Rednic, John Kemp, Elena Gaura, and James Brusey.
  In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Advance Computer Science and Information Systems 2011 (ICACSIS 2011), pages 17–24, Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec 17-18 2011.

• Ensuring Robustness and Reliability in a Safety Critical Monitoring System. (PDF)
  John Kemp, Elena Gaura, and James Brusey.
  In Proceedings of NSTI Nanotech 2009, volume 1 - Fabrication, Particles, Characterization, MEMS, Electronics and Photonics, pages 517–520, Houston, Texas, USA, May 3-7 2009. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1782-7.

• Wireless sensor networks for activity monitoring in safety critical applications. (PDF)
  Ramona Rednic, Elena Gaura, James Brusey, and John Kemp.
  In Proceedings of NSTI Nanotech 2009, volume 1 - Fabrication, Particles, Characterization, MEMS, Electronics and Photonics, pages 521–525, Houston, Texas, USA, May 3-7 2009. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1782-7.

• Advanced sensing technologies for protection suits.
  John Kemp, Elena Gaura, and James Brusey.
  In Proceedings of WiSIG Wireless Sensor Networks National Showcase, pages 9–12, 1 July 2008.

• Augmented reality environmental monitoring using wireless sensor networks. (PDF)
  Daniel Goldsmith, Fotis Liarokapis, Garry Malone, and John Kemp.
  In Proceedings of the 2008 12th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV08), pages 539–544, London South Bank University, 8-11 July 2008. IEEE Computer Society. ISBN:978-0-7695-3268-4; ISSN: 1550-6037.

• Emerging networked sensing and actuation technologies: end-to-end wireless systems design for mission critical applications.
  Elena Gaura, James Brusey, and John Kemp.
  In Proceedings (tutorial section) of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2008), pages 1–3 and 1–67, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK, 30 June - 1 July 2008.

• Using body sensor networks for increased safety in bomb disposal missions. (PDF)
  John Kemp, Elena I. Gaura, James Brusey, and C. Douglas Thake.
  In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC 2008), pages 81–89, Taichung, Taiwan, June 11-13 2008. IEEE Computer Society.

• Instrumenting bomb disposal suits with wireless sensor networks. (PDF)
  John Kemp, Elena I. Gaura, and James Brusey.
  In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2008), volume SPSMC (Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control), pages 23–31, Funchal, Madeira - Portugal, May 11-15 2008. IEEE, INSTICC Press.

• SENSOR: An algorithmic simulator for wireless sensor networks. (PDF)
  Sarah Mount, R.M. Newman, Elena Gaura, and John Kemp.
  In Proceedings of Eurosensors 2006, pages 400–411, 2006.

Book chapters

• A Novel Wearable Instrumentation System for Bomb Disposal Suits. (PDF)
  John Kemp, Elena Gaura, and James Brusey.
  Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, volume 37 of Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, pages 241–253. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, April 2009. ISBN: 978-3-642-00270-0 (Print) 978-3-642-00271-7 (Online); ISSN: 1876-1100.

Technical reports

• CO2 Levels in EOD Helmets: Investigation and Fan Use Recommendations.
  John Kemp, Elena Gaura, James Brusey, C. Douglas Thake, Mark Smith.
  Technical Report COGENT.010, Coventry University, 2010.

• Instrumentation for Health Monitoring during Bomb Disposal Missions: Medusa2 User Guide.
  John Kemp.
  Technical Report COGENT.009, Coventry University, 2010.

• Posture Determination Using a Body Sensor Network. (PDF)
  Ramona Rednic, John Kemp, Elena Gaura, James Brusey.
  Technical Report COGENT.006, Coventry University, 2008.

• Investigation into the use of advanced sensing technologies for protection suits. (PDF)
  John Kemp.
  Technical Report COGENT.001, Coventry University, 2007.