Who am I?

Name: Tim Collins

Role: Senior Lecturer / Programme Leader for Electrical and Electronic Engineering

What do I teach?

I teach Electrical and Electronic Engineering across all years, including modules in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Principles (Year 1), Electronic Systems (Year 2) and Electronic Systems Design (Year 3).

Research Interests

My researching interests lie across fields including Virtual and Augmented Reality, Medical Devices and Data Analysis and Audio, Acoustics and Sonar Signal Processing.

Publications

Featured Works

·T. Collins, SI. Woolley, E. Gehlken, E. Ch’ng (2019).Automated Low-Cost Photogrammetric Acquisition of 3D Models from Small Form-Factor Artefacts.Electronics.8(12), pp.1441-1441.

·T. Collins, SI. Woolley, S. Oniani, IM. Pires, NM. Garcia,et al.(2019).Version reporting and assessment approaches for new and updated activity and heart rate monitors.Sensors (Switzerland).19(7),

·T. Collins, S. Woolley, E. Gehlken, E. Ch'ng (2017).Computational aspects of model acquisition and join geometry for the virtual reconstruction of the atrahasis cuneiform tablet.In:2017 23rd International Conference on Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM). Dublin, Ireland, 31/10/2017. pp.1-6.

·LU. Hernandez-Munoz, SI. Woolley, D. Luyt, G. Stiefel, K. Kirk,et al.(2017).Evaluation of AllergiSense smartphone tools for adrenaline injection training.IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.21(1), pp.272-282.

·T. Collins, SI. Woolley, LH. Munoz, A. Lewis, E. Ch'Ng,et al.(2014). Computer-assisted reconstruction of virtual fragmented cuneiform tablets. In:Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2014. pp.70-77.

Journal articles

·T. Rukasha, S. I Woolley, T. Kyriacou, T. Collins (2020).Evaluation of Wearable Electronics for Epilepsy: A Systematic Review.Electronics.9(6), pp.968-968.

·T. Collins, SI. Woolley, E. Gehlken, E. Ch’ng (2019).Automated Low-Cost Photogrammetric Acquisition of 3D Models from Small Form-Factor Artefacts.Electronics.8(12), pp.1441-1441.

·T. Collins, SI. Woolley, S. Oniani, IM. Pires, NM. Garcia,et al.(2019).Version reporting and assessment approaches for new and updated activity and heart rate monitors.Sensors (Switzerland).19(7),

·M. Fernando, B. Adebisi, K. Rabie, T. Collins, R. Kharel,et al.(2017).A New Technique for Reducing Size of a WPT System Using Two-Loop Strongly-Resonant Inductors.Energies.10(10), pp.1614-1614.

·LU. Hernandez-Munoz, SI. Woolley, D. Luyt, G. Stiefel, K. Kirk,et al.(2017).Evaluation of AllergiSense smartphone tools for adrenaline injection training.IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.21(1), pp.272-282.

·T. Collins, SN. Yao, C. LiangHead-Related Transfer Function Selection Using Neural Networks.Archives of Acoustics.42(3), pp.365-373.

·T. Collins, E. Gehlken, SI. Woolley, E. Ch'ngAutomated Joining of Cuneiform Tablet Fragments.NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires.pp.119-120.

·T. Collins, SI. Woolley, NC. Rawson, L. Haroon (2016).Final-year projects using open source OpenEEG.Computer Applications in Engineering Education.24(1), pp.156-164.

·SN. Yao, T. Collins, P. Jančovič (2015).Timbral and spatial fidelity improvement in ambisonics.Applied Acoustics.93, pp.1-8.

·SN. Yao, T. Collins, P. Jančovič (2012).Hybrid method for designing digital Butterworth filters.Computers & Electrical Engineering.38(4), pp.811-818.

·KY. Foo, PR. Atkins, T. Collins, SA. Pointer, CP. Tiltman (2010).Sea trials of an underwater, ad hoc, acoustic network with stationary assets.IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation.4(1), pp.2-2.

·T. Collins (2009).Active acoustic touch interface.Electronics Letters.45(20), pp.1055-1055.

·KY. Foo, PR. Atkins, T. Collins (2008).Results from trials of a planar, incoherent, synthetic aperture sonar for underwater imaging.IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation.2(3), pp.214-214.

·S. Roper, T. Collins (2007). A sound sources and reflections localization method for reverberant rooms using arrays of microphones.Proceedings of the AES International Conference.

·PR. Atkins, T. Collins, KG. Foote (2007).Transmit-Signal Design and Processing Strategies for Sonar Target Phase Measurement.IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing.1(1), pp.91-104.

·KY. Foo, PR. Atkins, T. Collins (2004).Sea trials of bi-static, time-domain, incoherent synthetic aperture sonar.Electronics Letters.40(5), pp.341-341.

·T. Collins, P. Atkins (1999).Nonlinear frequency modulation chirps for active sonar.IEE Proceedings - Radar, Sonar and Navigation.146(6), pp.312-312.

·T. Collins, P. Atkins (1998).Doppler-sensitive active sonar pulse designs for reverberation processing.IEE Proceedings - Radar, Sonar and Navigation.145(6), pp.347-347.

Chapters in books

·T. Collins (2011). Carrierless Amplitude Phase Modulation. In:Handbook of Computer Networks. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp.426-437.

·L. Xiao, T. collins, Y. Sun (2006). Acoustic source localization for design of tangible acoustic interfaces. In:Intelligent Production Machines and Systems. Elsevier, pp.529-534.

·Y. Sun, T. Collins, L. Xiao (2006).Tracking Target Using Wideband Cox Comb Signals for Human Computer Interaction.YY. Tang, SP. Wang, G. Lorette, DS. Yeung, H. Yan. In:Intelligent Production Machines and Systems. Elsevier, pp.562-567.

Conferences

·T. Rukasha, S. Woolley, T. Collins Poster: Heart Rate Performance of a Medical-Grade Data Streaming Wearable Device. Arlington, VA, USA, 16/12/2020.

·T. Rukasha, SI. Woolley, T. Collins (2020). Wearable epilepsy seizure monitor user interface evaluation. In:Adjunct Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. pp.110-114.

·T. Collins, SI. Woolley, D. Infante Sanchez, P. Pemberton, T. Veenith,et al.(2018).Wearable Patient and Health Worker Monitoring: Opportunities for Improved Outcomes and Open Source Sensing.Gothenburg, Sweden, 24/4/2018.

·T. Collins, S. Woolley, E. Gehlken, E. Ch'ng (2017).Computational aspects of model acquisition and join geometry for the virtual reconstruction of the atrahasis cuneiform tablet.In:2017 23rd International Conference on Virtual System & Multimedia (VSMM). Dublin, Ireland, 31/10/2017. pp.1-6.

·S. Woolley, E. Ch’ng, L. Hernandez-Munoz, E. Gehlken, T. Collins,et al.(2017).A Collaborative Artefact Reconstruction Environment.In:HCI 2017: Digital Make Believe - Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, HCI 2017. Sunderland, UK, 3/7/2017. pp.53-53.

·T. Collins, S. Woolley, E. Ch’ng, L. Hernandez-Munoz, E. Gehlken,et al.(2017). A Virtual 3D Cuneiform Tablet Reconstruction Interaction. In:HCI 2017: Digital Make Believe - Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, HCI 2017.

·T. Collins, E. Gehlken, SI. Woolley, L. Hanes, A. Lewis,et al.(2016).From Uruk to Ur: Automated Matching of Virtual Tablet Fragments.Philadelphia, USA, 11/7/2016.

·T. Collins, S. Aldred, S. Woolley, S. Rai (2015).Addressing the Deployment Challenges of Health Monitoring Devices for a Dementia Study.In:Proceedings of the 5th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies". London, 14/10/2015. pp.202-205.

·E. Ch'Ng, SI. Woolley, L. Hernandez-Munoz, T. Collins, A. Lewis,et al.(2014). The development of a collaborative virtual environment for 3D reconstruction of cuneiform tablets. In:Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2014. pp.35-42.

·T. Collins, SI. Woolley, LH. Munoz, A. Lewis, E. Ch'Ng,et al.(2014). Computer-assisted reconstruction of virtual fragmented cuneiform tablets. In:Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2014. pp.70-77.

·T. Collins (2013). Binaural ambisonic decoding with enhanced lateral localization. In:134th Audio Engineering Society Convention 2013. pp.72-81.

·DI. Sanchez, T. Collins, R. Stone (2012).Can thermal biofeedback be implemented on cellular phones for therapeutic uses?.In:2012 International Symposium on Computer Applications and Industrial Electronics (ISCAIE). Kota Kinabalu, MALAYSIA, 3/12/2012. pp.118-123.

·DI. Sanchez, T. Collins, R. Stone (2012).Effect of 10 and 20 Hz photic stimulation on stress and temperature of the fingers.In:2012 International Symposium on Computer Applications and Industrial Electronics (ISCAIE). Kota Kinabalu, MALAYSIA, 3/12/2012. pp.142-146.

·DI. Sanchez, T. Collins, R. Stone, SI. Woolley (2012). Cellular phone-based Biofeedback to treat physical and mental disorders. In:2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom). 10/10/2012. pp.411-414.

·SN. Yao, T. Collins, P. Jancovic (2011). A dual-mode architecture for headphones delivering surround sound: Low-order IIR filter models approach. In:2011 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE). 14/6/2011. pp.62-66.

·PR. Atkins, KG. Foote, T. Collins (2007). Practical implications of sonar target-phase measurement classifiers. In:Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics. pp.170-178.

·S. Roper, T. Collins (2007). The localization of a sound source in a reverberant room using arrays of microphones. In:Proceedings of the AES International Conference.

·X. Lejun, T. Collins, S. Ying (2006). Acoustic source localization for human computer interaction. In:Proceedings of the Third IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications. pp.9-14.

·Y. Sun, T. Collins, L. Xiao (2006). 3D active doppler tracking in air using kalman filter. In:Proceedings of the Third IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications. pp.71-75.

·L. Xiao, T. Collins (2006).Multiple source localization under reverberant conditions.In:2006 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, VOLS 1-4. Guilin, PEOPLES R CHINA, 16/11/2006. pp.2888-2891.

·KY. Foo, PR. Atkins, T. Collins, C. Morley, J. Davies (2004).A routing and channel-access approach for an ad hoc underwater acoustic network.In:OCEANS '04 MTS/IEEE TECHNO-OCEAN '04, VOLS 1- 2, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, VOLS. 1-4. Kobe, JAPAN, 9/11/2004. pp.789-795.

·T. Collins (2003).A non-linear technique for room impulse response estimation.In:DAFX-03: 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL AUDIO EFFECTS, PROCEEDINGS. QUEEN MARY UNIV LONDON, LONDON, ENGLAND, 8/9/2003. pp.192-197.

·KY. Foo, PR. Atkins, T. Collins (2003).Robust underwater imaging with fast broadband incoherent synthetic aperture sonar.In:2003 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, VOL V, PROCEEDINGS. HONG KONG, PEOPLES R CHINA, 6/4/2003. pp.17-20.

·T. Collins, P. Atkins, J. Davies, S. Dunn (2000)..In:Visual Communications and Image Processing 2001. SAN JOSE, CA, 24/1/2001. pp.893-899.

·T. Collins, P. Atkins (2001).Error-tolerant SPIHT image compression.In:IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image, and Signal Processing. pp.182-182.

·T. Collins, P. Atkins, JJ. Davies (1999). Video transmission through a shallow underwater acoustical channel. In:IEE Colloquium (Digest). pp.23-26.

Manchester Met full-time employee and will support a proportion of teaching at Manchester Metropolitan Joint Institute, Hubei University.