Dr Octavian Bass
Current Teaching
- Propagation and Antennas
- Signals and Systems
- Electrical Engineering
- Power Systems
Background
- 2009–present: Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, ECU
- 2006–2009: Lecturer, School of Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville QLD
- 2004–2005 & 2001–2002: Research Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- 2003–2004: Research Fellow, Utsunomiya University, Japan
- 2003: Research Fellow, The University of Hull, UK
- 1998–2001: Research Fellow, Computer Science and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1996–1998: Assistant Lecturer, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Romania
Professional Memberships
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Senior Member
- MIEAust
Awards and Recognition
Other
- Best Paper Award: D.I. Curiac, O. Banias, F. Dragan, C. Volosencu and O.Dranga, "Malicious Node Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Using an Autoregression Technique," Third International Conference on Networking and Services (ICNS 2007), Athens, Greece, June 2007.
- Best Paper Award: J. Hamar, I. Nagy, H. Funato, S. Ogasawara, O. Dranga and Y. Nishida, "Virtual Power Electronics: Novel Software Tools for Design, Modeling and Education," The Fourth Power Conversion Conference (PCC Nagoya 2007), Nagoya, Japan, pp. 502-509, April 2007.
Research Areas and Interests
- Renewable energy sources
- Smart grid technologies
- e-Learning
- Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in power electronics
Staff Qualifications
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Bachelor of Engineering, Romania .
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Master of Science, Romania, 1997 .
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Doctor, Romania, 1971 .
Recent Publications (within the last five years)
Book Chapters
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Bednarz, T., Caris, C., Bass, O., James, C., (2011), Human-computer interaction experiments in an immersive virtual reality environment for e-learning applications. Engineering Education: an Australian Perspective, 532, 5 Wates Way, Brentwood, Essex CM15 9TB, United Kingdom.
Journal Articles
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Gornisiewicz, W., Bass, O., (2011), Supporting international students to meet assessment expectations. Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, 17(3), 157-162.
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Hamar, J., Bass, O., Funato, H., Ogasawara, S., (2008), Virtual laboratory for DC-DC converters. Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4(3), 201-210.
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Hamar, J., Nagy, I., Funato, H., Ogasawara, S., Bass, O., Nishida, Y., (2008), Virtual Power Electronics: Novel Software Tools for Design, Modeling and Education. The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan Transactions on Industry Applications, 128(8), 969 - 978.
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Curiac, DI., Volosencu, C., Doboli, A., Bass, O., Bednarz, T., (2007), Discovery of Malicious Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks using Neural Predictors. WSEAS Transactions on Computer Research, 2(1), 38-43.
Conference Publications
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Mahmoud, T., Habibi, D., Bass, O., Lachowicz, S., (2011), Load Demand Forecasting: Model Inputs Selection. Smarter Grid for Sustainable and Affordable Energy Future, 6, IEEE Xplore.
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Mahmoud, T., Habibi, D., Bass, O., Lachowicz, S., (2011), Tuning Fuzzy Systems to Achieve Economic Dispatch for Microgids. Smarter Grid for Sustainable and Affordable Energy Future, 6.
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Mahmoud, T., Habibi, D., Bass, O., (2011), Upgrading a Medium Size Enterprise Power System with Wind and Solar Sources: Design, Financial and Environmental Perspectives. Proceedings of ENERGY 2011, The First International Conference on Smart Grids, Green Communications and IT Energy-aware Technologies, 7, International Academy, Research, and Industry Association.
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Al-Saedi, W., Lachowicz, S., Habibi, D., Bass, O., (2011), Power Quality Improvement in Autonomous Microgrid Operation Using Particle Swarm Optimization. Smarter Grid for Sustainable and Affordable Energy Future, 5, USA.
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Gornisiewicz, W., Bass, O., (2010), Supporting international students to meet assessment expectations. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 623-627, Sydney, NSW, Australia..
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Bednarz, T., Caris, C., Bass, O., (2009), Human-Computer Interaction Experiments in an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment for e-Learning Applications. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 834 - 839, Australia.
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Volosencu, C., Curiac, DI., Doboli, A., Bass, O., (2007), Malicious Node Detection in Sensor Network Using Autoregression Based on Neural Network. Proceedings of the 4th Intemational Federation of Automatic Control Conference on Management and Control of Production and Logistics , 571 - 577, Unknown.
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Curiac, DI., Banias, O., Dragan, F., Volosencu, C., Bass, O., (2007), Malicious Node Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Using an Autoregression Technique. Networking and Services, 2007. ICNS. Third International Conference on, 83, Piscataway, N. J., DOI: 10.1109/ICNS.2007.79.
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Volosencu, C., Curiac, DI., Banias, O., Doboli, A., Bass, O., (2007), Knowledge Based System for Reliable Perimeter Protection Using Sensor Networks. WINSYS 2007 Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems, 51 - 56, Setubal, Portugal.
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Hamar, J., Nagy, I., Funato, H., Ogasawara, S., Bass, O., Nishida, Y., (2007), Virtual Power Electronics: Novel Software Tools for Design, Modeling and Education. Power Conversion Conference - Nagoya, 2007. PCC '07, 502 - 509, Piscataway, N. J., DOI: 10.1109/PCCON.2007.373014.
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Curiac, DI., Volosencu, C., Doboli, A., Bass, O., Bednarz, T., (2007), Neural Network Based Approach for Malicious Node Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks. Proceedings of the 2007 WSEAS International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Signal and Telecommunications, 8 - 13, Online @http://www.wseas.org/rss/isp-free.asp.
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Curiac, DI., Iercan, D., Bass, O., Dragan, F., Banias, O., (2007), Chaos-Based Cryptography: End of the Road?. Emerging Security Information, Systems, and Technologies, 2007. SecureWare 2007. The International Conference on, 71 - 76, Piscataway, N. J., DOI: 10.1109/SECURWARE.2007.25.
