CALL FOR PAPERS - 2010
EJSE - Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering
Special Issue on Sensor Network for Building and Environmental Monitoring: Theory and Application
http://www.ejse.org

EJSE invites contributions on the above subject to the second issue of an ongoing series of special issues in building and environmental monitoring using sensor networks.
Monitoring and automatic control of building environment is a crucial application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). The investigation of efficient sensor network design that minimizes energy dissipation in a battery of the sensor node with limited battery power is a vital consideration for sensor network lifetime. Therefore careful scheduling of battery power in sensor networks has become a critical issue in network design. Recent technological developments have permitted miniaturization and power efficiency of sensors, and integration of data into applications for building monitoring and computer interaction. Sensor networks illustrate an exceptional improvement over traditional sensors. However, there are still many challenges to be met before we see more widespread use of WSN in building and environmental monitoring applications.
The objective of this special issue is to present recent advances made in the area of sensor networks for
monitoring building and environment. Authors are specially invited to submit contributions including (but not restricted to), the following topics:

* Practical experience and knowledge gained with real life deployment of sensor networks
* Sensor network test-bed design and development
* Novel techniques for actual sensor deployment, data gathering
* Effects on activity monitoring, reliable communication, quality of service and security
* Power efficient communication: miniaturization, system integration and energy scavenging
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* Building monitoring (eg: temperature, humidity, light intensity, CO and CO2 level)
* Natural disaster monitoring/prediction (eg: earthquake, flooding, landslip, cyclones and bushfire)
* Water quality and water level monitoring
* Biomedical sensor monitoring (eg: cardiac and wellbeing monitoring).

Guest Editor:
Dr. Malka N. Halgamuge
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Melbourne, Australia
malka.nisha@unimelb.edu.au

Series Editor:
Editor-in-Chief, EJSE
Prof Priyan Mendis
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Melbourne, Australia
pamendis@unimelb.edu.au

Submission Details:
Papers Deadline: 30th August, 2010
Acceptance Notification: 30th September 2010
Final Manuscript Due: 30th October 2010
Publication Date: December 2010

Submitted papers should be of high quality and not have been previously published nor be currently under
consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts should be directly send to malka.nisha@unimelb.edu.au.
Please read the author guidelines, which are located at http://www.ejse.org. For further
questions or inquiries, please contact Dr. Malka N. Halgamuge (malka.nisha@unimelb.edu.au)