JCU > Research Portfolio > Dr Owen Kenny

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Teaching

CC2510: Digital Logic and Computing Methods (Level 2; TSV)
EE3010: Digital Signal Processing (Level 3; TSV)
EE4500: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design (Level 4; CNS & TSV)
EE5510: Advanced Electrical Engineering Design (Level 5; TSV)
EG1012: Electric Circuits (Level 1; TSV)

Research Disciplines

Publications

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Journal Articles

Olsen A, Konovalov D, Philippa B, Ridd P, Wood J, Johns J, Banks W, Girgenti B, Kenny O, Whinney J, Calvert B, Rahimi Azghadi M and White R (2019) DeepWeeds: a multiclass weed species image dataset for deep learning. Scientific Reports, 9.
Anderson L, McPherson C and Kenny O (2009) Development of a kernel for the detection of non stationary signals. University Journal of Engineering and Technology, 1. pp. 10-13
McPherson C, Turner P, McPherson G and Kenny O (2007) Application of a three-dimensional hyperbolic location system to the false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) depredation issue. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 7 (4). pp. 312-321

Conference Papers

Olsen A, Han S, Calvert B, Ridd P and Kenny O (2015) In situ leaf classification using histograms of oriented gradients. Proceedings of the lnternational Conference on Digital lmage Computing: techniques and applications. In: DICTA 2015: lnternational Conference on Digital lmage Computing: techniques and applications, 23-25 Nov 2015, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Sebastian B, Kenny O, Situ R and Santarossa L (2015) Tractive effort modelling and design of hybrid powertrain for a diesel-hydraulic cane haul locomotive. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. In: ASSCT 2015: 37th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 28-30 April 2015, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia
Kikkert C and Kenny O (2008) The design of Ka band satellite beacon receiver. Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of Radio Science 2008 Conference. 10-12 Feb 2008, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Kikkert C and Kenny O (2008) Digital signal processing for a Ka Band satellite beacon receiver/ radiometer. Proceedings of the 2008 Australasian Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference. 7-10 December 2008, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Kikkert C and Kenny O (2008) A digital signal processing based Ka Band Satellite Beacon Receiver/ Radiometer. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems. 15-17 December 2008, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Kikkert C and Kenny O (2008) A digital signal processing based Ka Band Satellite Beacon Receiver. Proceedings of 15th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems. In: 15th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 31 August-3 September 2008, Malta
Grayden D, Burkitt A, Kenny O, Clarey J, Paolini A and Clark G (2004) A cochlear implant speech processing strategy based on an auditory model. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing 2004. 14-17 December 2004, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Other research outputs

McPherson G, McPherson C, Turner P, Kenny O, Madry A, Bedwell I, Clarke G and Kreutz D (2007) Approaches to mitigation of toothed whale depredation on the longline fishery in the eastern Australian Fishing Zone. Proceedings of the Fourth International Fishers Forum. 12 - 14 November, 2007, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
McPherson C, Turner P, Kenny O and McPherson G (2006) A background noise reduction technique for improving false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) localisation. Abstracts from the 4th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan. 28 November - 2 December 2006, Hawaii

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Skyrail Rainforest Foundation - Research Funding

Low-cost Cloud Height Monitoring

Indicative Funding: $2,500 over 1 year
Summary: The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is one of the most important environmental regions of northern Queensland - and its ongoing health and the effect of climate change on its ecosystem is of great concern going forward. By monitoring the presence of water vapor over a large time scale it will be possible to detect cloud height patterns and trends potentially damaging changes to the ecosystem. The development of a relatively low-cost monitoring system is important to help acquire field data as many of the current technologies to monitor cloud height are expensive. Providing a low-cost alternative for acquiring these data will allow for further research to be more readily conducted in the future.
Investigators: Samuel Healion, Scott Heron, Owen Kenny, Brendan Calvert and Mark Payne (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Tropical Rainforest; Water vapour content; Wireless sensor networks; Climate Change; Electronic sensor development

Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Control Tools and Technologies for Established Pest Animals and Weeds Programme

Improving the accuracy of weed killing robots with new image processing algorithms and near infra-red spectroscopy techniques

Indicative Funding: $271,772 over 2 years
Summary: Automated weed species recognition remains a major obstacle to the development and industry acceptance of robotic weed control technology. Particular problems occur in rangeland applications, including high light variability and weed-camera distance variability, which cause camera dynamic range problems, image blurring, and occlusion by other plants. This project aims to develop robust image recognition systems combined with Near Infra-Red spectroscopic methods for these complex rangeland environments with special emphasis on the broad-acre grazing pastures in North Queensland. The developed imaging systems will be suitable for all weed killing applications with particular emphasis given to foliar spot-spraying and Herbicide Ballistic Technologies.
Investigators: Ron White, Bronson Philippa, Alex Olsen and Owen Kenny in collaboration with Brett Wedding, Michael Graham, Carole Wright and Stephen Grauf (College of Science & Engineering, QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Forestry)
Keywords: Weed; Near-Infra-Red; Robotics; Image Analysis

Supervision

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