Research Resource List

Research Resource List

1. Introduction

My disciplinary field of study is ‘Electrical Engineering’, which greatly impacts the development of technology. Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that relates to the application and theory of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism, which is divided into several subfields such as electronics, control and robotic systems, etc. I was studying electrical engineering in general in my undergraduate study, and subsequently I am studying electrical engineering which is focusing on ‘Control and Robotics’ as my subfield of specialization. I believe control and robotics system would be mostly dependent for the advancement of world’s aspects, because it contributes to the effectivity of some enterprises, and helps creating technology such as smartphones which are very reliable for humans nowadays. My goal in my discipline is to become an expert in control and robotics systems. I have always dreamt of becoming a person who can contribute for people, especially in engineering aspects. The purpose of this research resource list to examine and analyze the major organizations, preeminent scholars, seminal works, and journal article that are relevant to the field of electrical engineering, specifically in control and robotics systems.

 

2. Reference Books, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias

  • Y. Nof. Handbook of Industrial Robotics. Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999.
  • B. Parker. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th Ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1997.
  • G. Singh. System and Control Encyclopedia, Supplementary volume. Oxford, England; New York: Pergamon Press, 1990-<1992>.
  • F. Barrett. Arduino Microcontroller Processing for Everyone!, 3rd Ed. San Rafael, California: Morgan & Claypool, 2013.
  • M. Pintea. Advances in Bio-Inspired Computing for Combinatorial Optimization Problems. Berlin, Germany: Springer, 2013.
  • Xu. Embedded Visual System and Its Applications on Robots. S. I.: Bentham e-Books, 2010.
  • Khatib, V. Kumar, G. S. Sukhatme. Experimental Robotics: The 12th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics. Heidelberg: Springer, 2013.
  • Dario, G. Sandini, P. Aebischer. Robots and Biological Systems: Towards A New Bionics?. Berlin, Germany; New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993.
  • Nath, S. E. Levinson. Autonomous Robotics and Deep Learning. Charm; New York: Springer, 2014.
  • Jakimovski. Biologically Inspired Approaches for Locomotion, Anomaly Detection and Reconfiguration for Walking Robots. Berlin, Germany: Springer Verlag, 2011.

These are references in the forms of books, handbooks, and encyclopedia which relate to the specific area electronic systems in electrical engineering. They are published in United States, and very suitable to be used in the region of the states. These references influence many fields and disciplines inside electrical engineering, such as control and robotics, circuit and devices, semiconductor, electrical power, and electronic systems.

 

3. Disciplinary Journals

  1. IEEE J. Robotics and Automation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
  2. IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.
  3. IEEE Control Systems, IEEE Control Systems Society.
  4. IET Electronics, IET Research Journals.
  5. IET Electric Power Applications, IET Research Journals.
  6. IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, IET Research Journals.
  7. IEEE Trans. Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation.
  8. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society.
  9. IEEE J. Microelectromechanical Systems, IEEE Electron Devices Society; IEEE Industrial Electronics Society; IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
  10. IEEE Trans. Semiconductor Manufacturing, IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society; IEEE Electron Devices Society; IEEE Reliability Society; IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society.
  11. IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society.
  12. IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, IET Research Journals.

All these journals are published internationally by certain organizations such as IEEE and IET. It helps engineers create a wider imagination of knowledge in control and robotics, semiconductors, electrical power, and electronics systems of electrical engineering. Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an organization which significantly plays a role in engineering. In these modern days, many developments are depended on all databases from IEEE. The other organization is Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), which also plays an important role in development of electrical systems. All these journals have been peer-reviewed by preeminent scholars in electrical engineering discipline, and it causes their high credibility. Generally, those journals provide reliable sources of the latest information of control and robotics matters. It helps users which are working in academic and services aspects, and also professionals.

 

4. Influential Books or Seminal Works

  • D.L. Chung. “Inspiring life stories of prominent researchers,” in The Road to Scientific Success, vol. 1. Singapore, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2006.
  • Hexmoor. Essential Principles for Autonomous Robotics. Texas: Morgan & Claypool, 2013.
  • D’Agostino and A. Scala. Networks of Networks: The Last Frontier of Complexity. New York: Springer, 2014.
  • Fujimoto. “Complexity and control: benchmarking of automobiles and electronic products,” in Benchmarking: An International Journal, 19(4/5). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald, 2012.
  • Bear. (2007, Nov.). “Is artificial life moving any closer?” Nature. [On-line]. 450. Available: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7170/full/450612a.html [Oct. 20, 2014].
  • Lanier. (2010, Aug.). “The first church of robotics (artificial intelligence).” The New York Times. [On-line]. Available: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/opinion/09lanier.html?pagewanted=all [Oct. 20, 2014].
  • Lowe and T. Ziemke. “Towards a cognitive robotics methodology for reward-based decision-making: dynamical systems modelling of the Iowa Gambling Task.” Connection Science, vol. 22, pp.247-289, 2010.
  • Lungarella, G. Metta, R. Pfeifer, and G. Sandini. “Developmental robotics: a survey.” Connection Science, vol. 15, pp. 151-190, 2003.
  • J.C. Sharkey. “Swarm robotics and minimalism.” Connection Science, vol. 19, pp. 245-260, 2007.
  • S. Wong and J. Baillieul. “Control communication complexity of nonlinear systems.” Communication in Information and Systems, vol. 9, pp. 103-140, 2009.

These books are mostly related to robotics and the complexity of control systems. According to Google Scholars search engine, provided by Google itself, more than hundreds of people have cited all of these books mentioned above. All the work that have been done in those articles above are influential to the future of our technology, and it is still developing and keep continued by other electrical engineer researchers.

 

5. Professional Associations or Organizations

  1. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  2. Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  3. Order of The Engineer
  4. Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
  5. Engineering Management Career

These institutions are the most influential organizations in the world. IEEE and Order of The Engineer are controlled by people in United States. IEEE is more American than Order of The Engineer, because IEEE is being handled by people in New York City, and Order of The Engineer is more Canadian, because it is more related to Canadians. It is the most helpful and reliable association for engineers in United States region. IEE and IET are two of associations which are headquartered in United Kingdom. Both of them are British associations. The last thing is Engineering Management Career, an association which is not only influential to electrical engineers, but also to other disciplines of engineering, because it helps engineers get a glimpse of their future with the career overview of the duties of engineering managers. All the associations above are very impactful, influential, and reliable, for the most of engineers in the world. Engineers can find everything in these organizations, and they can help develop technology in our world by joining these associations. The world has recommended us engineers to follow and join these associations, because of their popularities.

 

6. Conclusion

The resources for electrical engineering research are various. There are many engineers gathered into some communities and create organizations which are really helpful for the engineers by becoming “databases” for all the papers around the world. With all the journals and conferences that are published by those organizations, they create records, and make a breakthrough of the knowledge in science and technology. All of the lists above will help me improve my knowledge in Control and Robotics, and they will help me in doing my research project. I could join one of the major organization to gain more skills and knowledge, and also broaden my network in improving the science and technology of electrical engineering, particularly in Control and Robotics systems.