Professor Javaan Singh Chahl

Professor of Sensor Systems School of Engineering

Mawson Lakes Campus (SCT2-01)
tel +61 8 830 26803

email Javaan.Chahl@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

I joined the University of South Australia in 2012 as Chair of Sensor Systems in the School of Engineering. Prior to that I was Professor of Aerospace (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) at RMIT University in Melbourne.

In my career I have been an academic researcher and have also spent 12 years as a civil servant with the Australian Department of Defence. I have published over 100 full length scientific publications. My research, regardless of topic, is always multidisciplinary, collaborative and on the boundary between applied and theoretical. My research experience has included operations analysis, flight trials, space exploration, neuroscience, anatomy, manufacturing technology, behavioural biology, military strategy and government process. My ... Read more

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Research

Research themes

Transforming industries

Research focus

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Mechanical Engineering
Optical Physics
Cognitive Sciences

Highlights

Aerospace Automation

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Defence systems

Biologically inspired vision systems

Biologically inspired flight systems

Space Exploration Technology

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

CERA 329 DeepRay Glider Robust Autonomy, Department of Defence, 24/03/2017 - 31/05/2019
Robust State Estimators (RSE) for Dynamic Line Rating (DLR), Energy Networks Association Limited, 14/02/2017 - 14/02/2018
Nexus of Autonomy and Usability for micro UAS, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, 31/03/2014 - 30/09/2017
Evolutionary development of bio-inspired flapping wing aerial vehicle for trusted autonomy, Defence Science & Technology Organisation - Business & Commercialisation Office, 01/12/2016 - 30/06/2017
Subsystems for Unmanned Systems studies - Phase 2, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, 30/06/2016 - 30/06/2017
Alternate Navigation for Trusted Autonomy, Defence Science & Technology Organisation - Business & Commercialisation Office, 19/10/2016 - 01/05/2017
Chair of Sensor Systems, Department of Defence - Defence Support Group, 01/12/2015 - 30/12/2016
Unmanned Autonomous System (UAS) sub-system studies, Department of Defence - Defence Support Group, 01/11/2015 - 30/06/2016
Autonomous Navigation and System Management - DST Group, Defence Science & Technology Organisation - Business & Commercialisation Office, 08/12/2015 - 30/06/2016
Design and Build of a Flapping Wing-actuation System for Dragonfly-inspired MAVs, Sir Ross & Sir Keith Smith Fund, 17/06/2014 - 30/10/2015
DSTO - UniSA Joint Chair in Sensor System, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, 30/04/2012 - 30/06/2015
Visual navigation without landmarks, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, 01/09/2013 - 30/06/2015
Usability of micro UAS, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, 01/09/2013 - 30/11/2014
UAS Transition, Defence Science & Technology Organisation - Business & Commercialisation Office, 03/04/2013 - 31/03/2014

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2013	Chahl, J & Mizutani, A 2013, 'Flight control using biomimetic optical sensors', in A Lakhtakia & RJ Martin-Palma (eds), Engineered biomimicry, Elsevier, US, ch. 9, pp. 221-245. 1 1

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2018	Al-Naji, A & Chahl, J 2018, 'Detection of cardiopulmonary activity and related abnormal events using microsoft kinect sensor', Sensors, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1-17. Open access
2018	Al-Naji, A & Chahl, J 2018, 'Remote optical cardiopulmonary signal extraction with noise artifact removal, multiple subject detection & long-distance', IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 11573-11595. Open access
2018	Al-Naji, A, Chahl, J & Lee, SH 2018, 'Cardiopulmonary signal acquisition from different regions using video imaging analysis', Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering: imaging and visualization, online, pp. 1-15.
2018	Al-Naji, A, Lee, SH & Chahl, J 2018, 'An efficient motion magnification system for real-time applications', Machine vision and applications, online, pp. 1-16.
2017	Al-Naji, A & Chahl, J 2017, 'Contactless cardiac activity detection based on head motion magnification', International journal of image and graphics, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-18. 3 4
2017	Al-Naji, A, Gibson, K & Chahl, J 2017, 'Remote sensing of physiological signs using a machine vision system', Journal of medical engineering and technology, online, pp. 1-10. Open access 2 5
2017	Al-Naji, A, Gibson, K, Lee, S-H & Chahl, J 2017, 'Real time apnoea monitoring of children using the Microsoft Kinect sensor: a pilot study', Sensors, vol. 17, no. 2, article number 286, pp. 1-15. Open access 11 5 7
2017	Al-Naji, A, Gibson, K, Lee, SH & Chahl, J 2017, 'Monitoring of cardiorespiratory signal: principles of remote measurements and review of methods', IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 15776-15790. Open access 2 2
2017	Al-Naji, A, Lee, S-H & Chahl, J 2017, 'Quality index evaluation of videos based on fuzzy interface system', IET image processing, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 292-300. 3 2
2017	Al-Naji, A, Perera, AG & Chahl, J 2017, 'Remote monitoring of cardiorespiratory signals from a hovering unmanned aerial vehicle', BioMedical engineering online, vol. 16, article no. 101, pp. 1-20. Open access 1 1 112
2017	Liu, H, Lee, S-H & Chahl, JS 2017, 'A multispectral 3D vision system for invertebrate detection on crops', IEEE sensors, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-14. Open access
2017	Liu, H, Lee, S-H & Chahl, JS 2017, 'An evaluation of the contribution of ultraviolet in fused multispectral images for invertebrate detection on green leaves', Precision agriculture, vol.18, no. 4, pp. 667-683. Open access 1 1
2017	Liu, H, Lee, S-H & Chahl, JS 2017, 'Registration of multispectral 3D points for plant inspection', Precision agriculture, online, pp. 1-24.
2017	Liu, H, Lee, S-H & Chahl, JS 2017, 'Transformation of a high-dimensional color space for material classification', Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 523-532. Open access 1 1
2016	Al-Naji, A & Chahl, J 2016, 'Noncontact heart activity measurement system based on video imaging analysis', International journal of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, vol. 31, no. 2, article no. 1757001, pp. 1-21. 5 3 4
2016	Dawadee, A, Chahl, J & Nandagopal, D 2016, 'An algorithm for autonomous aerial navigation using landmarks', Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 29, no. 3, article no. 04015072, pp. 1-27. 1
2016	Liu, H, Lee, S-H & Chahl, JS 2016, 'A review of recent sensing technologies to detect invertebrates on crops', Precision agriculture, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 635-666. Open access 2 1 1
2015	Chahl, JS 2015, 'Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) research opportunities', Aerospace, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 189-202. Open access 4 2 2
2015	Kok, J-M & Chahl, J 2015, 'Optimisation of a Dragonfly-Inspired Flapping Wing-Actuation System', World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. Proceedings, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 1495-1502.
2015	Rosser, K, Pavey, K, FitzGerald, N, Fatiaki, A, Neumann, D, Carr, D, Hanlon, B & Chahl, J 2015, 'Autonomous chemical vapour detection by micro UAV', Remote Sensing, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 16865-16882. Open access 3 2 1
2014	Chahl, JS 2014, 'Three biomimetic flight control sensors', International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 27-39. 1 1
2014	Kok, JM & Chahl, J 2014, 'Systems-level analysis of resonant mechanisms for flapping-wing flyers', Journal of aircraft : devoted to aeronautical science and technology, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 1833-1841. 3 2
2013	Chahl, JS 2013, 'Range and egomotion estimation from compound photodetector arrays with parallel optical axis using optical flow techniques', Applied optics, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 368-375. Open access 4 4
2013	Dawadee, A, Chahl, J, Nandagopal, D & Nedic, Z 2013, 'Illumination, scale and rotation invariant algorithm for vision-based UAV navigation', International journal of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1359003.1-1359003.36. 3 1
2012	Chahl, J & Mizutani, A 2012, 'Biomimetic attitude and orientation sensors', IEEE sensors journal, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 289-297. 38 27
2008	Garratt, M & Chahl, JS 2008, 'Vision-based terrain following for an unmanned rotorcraft', Journal of Field Robotics, vol. 25, no. 4-5, pp. 284-301. 69 57

Conferences

Year	Output
2018	Chahl, JS & Liu, H 2018, 'Bioinspired invertebrate pest detection on standing crops', SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2018, SPIE 4937, vol 10593, pp. 1-15. Open access
2016	Kok, J & Chahl, J 2016, 'Design and manufacture of a self-learning flapping wing-actuation system for a Dragonfly-inspired MAV', 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, pp. 1-17.
2016	Lee, Y & Chahl, J 2016, 'Design and implementation of a vision-based hovering and feature tracking algorithm for a quadrotor', 6th Innovation in Aerospace Engineering and Technology, AEROTECH 2016, Institute of Physics Publishing, vol. 152, no. 1, article no. 012015, pp. 1-9. Open access
2016	Lucas, MA & Chahl, JS 2016, 'Challenges for biomimetic night time sky polarization navigation', in RJ Martin-Palma et al. (eds), 2016 SPIE Smart Structures/NDE, SPIE, vol. 9797, article no. 979702, pp. 1-12. Open access
2015	Carr, D, Chahl, J, Hanlon, B, Rickard, N, Khan, A & Mansell, T 2015, 'The impact of digital diffusion and adaptation on Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS)', 16th Australian Aerospace Congress, Engineers Australia, pp. 73-80.
2015	Chahl, J, Lucas, M, Rosser, K & Maguire, P 2015, 'Kinetic energy does not quantify the safety of personnel and materiel impacted by small UAS', 16th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC16), Engineers Australia, pp. 81-86.
2015	Dawadee, A, Chahl, J & Nandagopal, N 2015, 'A Method for Autonomous Navigation of UAVs using Landmarks', 16th Australian Aerospace Congress, Informit, pp. 146-152.
2015	Dudley, SR, Rosser, KA & Chahl, J 2015, 'Antenna System Optimisation of UAS Datalinks', in Singh, R (editor), 16th Australian Aerospace Congress, Informit, pp. 159-166.
2015	Dudley, SR, Rosser, KA & Chahl, J 2015, 'Mitigation of multi-path interference in UAS datalinks', Proceedings – Fourth Australasian Conference on Unmanned Systems, Australian Association for Unmanned Systems, pp. 1-6. Open access
2015	Ellis, A, Mizutani, A & Chahl, J 2015, 'Equivalence of magnetometer calibrations and soft iron magnetic field characterisation', 16th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Informit, pp. 167-172.
2015	Kok, JM & Chahl, JS 2015, 'A low-cost simulation platform for flapping wing MAVs', in A Lakhtakia, M Knez & R MartÃn-Palma (eds), Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2015, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9429, article no. 94290L. Open access 1 1
2015	Kok, JM & Chahl, JS 2015, 'Effects of uneven stroking on the aerodynamic efficiency of a Dragonfly-inspired wing-actuation system', 16th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Engineers Australia, pp. 310-317.
2015	Rosser, K, Drobik, J, Hanlon, B & Chahl, JS 2015, 'Closed-loop alternate navigation demonstration: bi-lateral UAS program', 16th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Engineers Australia, pp. 460-468.
2015	Rosser, K, Fatiaki, A, Ellis, A, Mizutani, A & Chahl, JS 2015, 'Micro-autopilot for research and development', 16th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Engineers Australia, pp. 173-183.
2014	Chahl, J & Mizutani, A 2014, 'Dragonfly hover is primarily mediated by vision', Bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication 2014, SPIE, vol. 9055, article no. 905516, pp. 1-5. Open access
2014	Chahl, JS & Dawadee, A 2014, 'Towards an optical aircraft navigation system', in FI Romli & DL Majid (eds), 5th AEROTECH conference, Trans Tech Publications, vol. 629, pp. 321-326.
2014	Chahl, JS 2014, 'Alternate optical range finder geometries', IEEE Region 10 Symposium, IEEE Press, article no. 6862999, pp. 68-72.
2014	Chahl, JS 2014, 'Optical flow on a linear compound array', Bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9055, article no. 90550B, pp. 1-6. Open access
2014	Khurana, M & Chahl, J 2014, 'Optimization of the leading edge segment of a corrugated wing', in A Lakhtakia & RJ Martín-Palma (eds), Bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication, SPIE, article no. 905517, pp. 1-8. Open access 2
2014	Kok, J & Chahl, JS 2014, 'Resonance versus aerodynamics for energy savings in agile natural flyers', Bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9055, article no. 905504, pp. 1-9. 1
2013	Chahl, J & Mizutani, A 2013, 'Automatic calibration of magnetic field and acceleration sensors using homogeneous coordinates', 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15), Australian International Aerospace Congress, pp. 212-220.
2013	Chahl, J & Mizutani, A 2013, 'Integration and flight test of a biomimetic heading sensor', in RJ Martín-Palma & A Lakhtakia (eds), Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2013, SPIE, vol. 8686, paper no. 86860X, pp. 1-11. 3 2
2013	Chahl, J, Burke, M, Rosser, K & Mizutani, A 2013, 'Development and closed loop flight test of a UAV guided by a polarisation compass', 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15), Australian International Aerospace Congress, pp. 1-10.
2013	Chahl, J, Burke, M, Rosser, K & Mizutani, A 2013, 'Flight test of a polarisation compass integrated into an unmanned aerial vehicle autopilot', IFAC IEEE/RAS/EA Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles: 8th IAV 2013, International Federation of Automatic Control, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 23-27.
2013	Chahl, J, Dorrington, G & Mizutani, A 2013, 'The dragonfly flight envelope and its application to micro UAV research and development', 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15), Australian International Aerospace Congress, pp. 278-287.
2013	Chahl, J, Giese, S, Carr, D & Maguire, P 2013, 'Aerospace vehicle research opportunities supporting current and future unmanned aircraft capabilities', 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15), Australian International Aerospace Congress, pp. 255-262.
2013	Chahl, J, Rosser, K & Mizutani, A 2013, 'Axially displaced optical flow sensors for measuring and controlling the landing height of a UAV', 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15), Australian International Aerospace Congress, pp. 221-227.
2013	Dawadee, A, Chahl, J & Nandagopal, D 2013, 'A method for landmark extraction for autonomous vision based navigation of UAVs', 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15), Australian International Aerospace Congress, pp. 268-277.
2013	Giese, S, Carr, D & Chahl, J 2013, 'Implications for unmanned systems research of military UAV mishap statistics', 2013 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), IEEE Press, pp. 1191-1196. 5 4
2013	Khurana, M & Chahl, J 2013, 'A computational fluid dynamic study of a bioinspired corrugated aerofoil for micro air vehicles', 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15), Australian International Aerospace Congress, pp. 126-140.
2013	Khurana, M & Chahl, JS 2013, 'Bioinspired corrugated airfoils for micro air vehicles', in RJ Martín-Palma & A Lakhtakia (eds), Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2013, SPIE, vol. 8686, article no. 86860X, pp. 1-11. 2
2013	Maguire, P, Giese, S, Carr, D & Chahl, JS 2013, 'Unmanned aircraft systems capability research priorities', 2013 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), IEEE Press, article no. 6629550, pp. 708-712.
2012	Chahl, JS 2012, 'Unmanned aerial systems platform research prognosis', in R Varatharajoo et al. (eds), AEROTECH IV - 2012, Trans Tech Publications, vol. 225, pp. 555-560.
2011	Chahl, J, Rosser, K & Mizutani, A 2011, 'Bioinspired optical sensors for unmanned aerial systems', in RJ Martin-Palma & A Lakhtakia (eds), Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication, SPIE, vol. 7595, article no. 797503, pp. 1-11. 5 2
2011	Chahl, J, Rosser, K & Mizutani, A 2011, 'Vertically displaced optical flow sensors to control the landing of a UAV', Conference on Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication, SPIE, vol. 7975, article no. 797518, pp. 1-6. 3 1
2011	Mizutani, A, Rosser, K & Chahl, J 2011, 'Semiautomatic calibration and alignment of a low cost, 9 sensor inertial magnetic measurement sensor', Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication, SPIE, vol. 7975, article no. 797517, pp. 1-8. 5 2
2009	Do, QV, Jain, L & Chahl, JS 2009, 'An Agent-Based Simulation Architecture for Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles', in Dr. Elyssebeth Leigh, SIMTECT 2009, Simulation Industry Association Of Australia, pp. 249-253.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Defence Science and Technology Group	AUSTRALIA
Defence Science and Technology Organisation	AUSTRALIA
Department of Defence	AUSTRALIA
DSTO	AUSTRALIA
Odonatrix Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
Tufts Medical Center	UNITED STATES
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Sensors for autonomous systems

Avionics and navigation

Systems engineering

Aircraft systems

Project Management

Teaching & student supervision

Courses and programs

Courses I teach and/or co-ordinate

ENGG 5019 Project Planning and Formulation (2018)
ENGG 5019 Project Planning and Formulation (2017)
ENGG 5018 Project Methodologies (2018)
ENGG 5018 Project Methodologies (2017)
MENG 4009 Mechanical Engineering Project 2 (2018)
MENG 4009 Mechanical Engineering Project 2 (2017)
MENG 4008 Mechanical Engineering Project 1 (2018)
MENG 4008 Mechanical Engineering Project 1 (2017)
MENG 4007 Mechanical Engineering Honours Project (2018)
MENG 4007 Mechanical Engineering Honours Project (2017)
MENG 3002 Mechanical Engineering Project 1A (2018)
MENG 3002 Mechanical Engineering Project 1A (2017)
ENGG 4003 Engineering Honours Project 2 (2018)
ENGG 4003 Engineering Honours Project 2 (2017)
ENGG 4002 Engineering Honours Project 1 (2018)
ENGG 4002 Engineering Honours Project 1 (2017)
EEET 4051 Electrical and Information Engineering Project 2 Honours (2018)
EEET 4051 Electrical and Information Engineering Project 2 Honours (2017)
EEET 4050 Electrical and Information Engineering Project 2 (2018)
EEET 4050 Electrical and Information Engineering Project 2 (2017)
EEET 4049 Electrical and Information Engineering Project 1 Honours (2018)
EEET 4049 Electrical and Information Engineering Project 1 Honours (2017)
EEET 4048 Electrical and Information Engineering Project 1 (2018)
EEET 4048 Electrical and Information Engineering Project 1 (2017)
ENGG 5017 Autonomous Systems Minor Thesis B (2018)
ENGG 5017 Autonomous Systems Minor Thesis B (2017)
ENGG 5016 Autonomous Systems Minor Thesis A (2018)
ENGG 5016 Autonomous Systems Minor Thesis A (2017)
ENGG 5015 Autonomous Systems Minor Thesis (2018)
ENGG 5015 Autonomous Systems Minor Thesis (2017)

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Adaptive guidance and control for smart aero propulsion	Current
Aerodynamic optimization of the bio-inspired corrugated flapping wing	Current
Alternate navigation technologies for micro unmanned aerial systems	Current
An enhanced time delay prediction and compensation mechanism for haptics over communication networks	Current
Biomimetic control of a flapping wing aircraft	Current
Computer vision for remote cardiorespiratory monitoring	Current
Flight control of flapping wing aircraft using biologically inspired sensors	Current
Machine vision for detection of inverterbrates on crops	Current
On-line adaptive control of a flapping wing propulsion system using machine learning	Current
Resolution of the range speed visual control paradox through fusion of vehicle dynamics and motion detector signal processing	Current
The importance of digital technology and daptation within recent conflict innovation	Current
Viability and real world performance envelope of passive acoustic sense detect and avoid for small UAVs	Current
Active wing control in a dragonfly-inspired micro air vehicle	Completed
Airborne navigation over terrain using vision	Completed
Modeling of cognitive function during audio distracted driving using EEG	Completed
Towards intelligent missile guidance by applying the multi-layer perceptron	Completed

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