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Deadline for Paper submission: 31 August 2008
Summary
This special issue will focus on the broad development of Aerospace Sensor Systems. Any sensor technology that addresses issues related to this topic is acceptable. Full research papers with new results or a comprehensive review of the state-of-art of Aerospace Sensor Systems are encouraged for submission. There are no restrictions on the topics of interest of this special issue. In addition, authors are encouraged to submit full research papers. There is no length restriction.
Keywords
Physical Sensors, Remote Sensing Sensors, Biosensors
You may send your manuscript soon or by 31 August 2008. Papers accepted will be published immediately. Finally, all the papers belonging to this special issue will be gathered together at http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/aerospace-sensors.htm. Therefore, you may submit your paper now. The time taken between submission and publication is less than 1 month now. For review papers, the title and a short abstract can be sent to us as soon as possible.
I would like to encourage you or through you other coworkers and researchers to contribute papers.
Please send your paper by e-mail to sensors@mdpi.org with copy to the guest editors. The subject title of the message should be "Manuscript for Special Issue Aerospace Sensor Systems for the journal SENSORS".
Published Papers
Gang Li 1,*, Huadong Meng 1, Xiang-Gen Xia 2 and Ying-Ning Peng 1
1 Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: gangli@tsinghua.edu.cn
Received: 2 February 2008 / Accepted: 20 February 2008 / Published: 22 February 2008
Full Research Paper: Range and Velocity Estimation of Moving Targets Using Multiple Stepped-frequency Pulse Trains
Sensors 2008, 8, 1343-1350 (PDF format, 140 K)
Submitted Paper
Title: "Review of Thermographic Phosphors for High Temperature Measurements: Principles, Current State and Recent Applications"
Authors: Ashiq Hussain Khalid * and Konstantinos Kontis
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, England, UK.
E-mail: Ashiq.Khalid@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk; K.Kontis@manchester.ac.uk
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract: This paper reviews the current state of phosphor thermometry. It focuses on recent developments in the past 15 years. The fundamental principles and theory are presented, and the various spectral and temporal modes, including the lifetime-decay, rise-time and intensity ratio, are discussed. The entire phosphor measurement system, including relative advantages to conventional methods, choice of phosphors, bonding techniques, excitation and emission detection, is reviewed. Special attention is given to issues that may arise at high temperatures. The idea of phosphor thermometry dates back to 1938 and is increasingly being used in a growing number of disciplines. A number of recent developments and applications are surveyed, with examples including: surface temperature measurements in an engine, hypersonic wind tunnel experiments, pyrolysis studies and droplet/spray/gas temperature determination. They show the technique is flexible and successful in measuring temperatures where conventional methods prove unsuitable.
Key words: thermographic, phosphors, temperature, measurement, applications, laser, fluorescence, phosphorescence, luminescence, thermometry
Planned Paper
Title: to be added soon
Author: Randy L. Vander Wal, Ph.D.
USRA at the NASA Glenn Research Center, M.S. 110-3, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA
E-mail: Randall.L.VanderWal@grc.nasa.gov
Abstract: to be added soon
Submission
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MDPI - Matthias Burkhalter - 17 March 2008