Research Topics with Selected Papers & Projects:
- Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos
[PRE 2017][AIP Chaos 2020][AIP Chaos 2016][PLOS One 2021] [AIP JAP 2021] - Electronics, Integrated Circuits, Microelectronics, Circuits & Systems
[IEEE Access 2023] [IEEE SSCS Chipathon 2022] [IET Electronics Letters 2022] [IEEE ICECS 2020][IEEE TCASII 2018][IET Electronics Letters 2014] - Sensors (Detection, Radar, Sonar, MEMs)
[IET Electronics Letters 2022][IET Electronics Letters 2014][U.S. Patent 11,733,364][MDPI Sensors 2019][MDPI Remote Sensing 2021] - Pulse Induction Metal Detection
[U.S. Patent 10,795,045][U.S. Patent 9,694,364][U.S. Patent 9,637,309] - Hardware Security
[IEEE TVLSI 2020]
Journal Publications:
[J16] Beal, A. N. (2023). Extracting Communication, Ranging and Test Waveforms with Regularized Timing from the Chaotic Lorenz System. Signals, 4(3), 507-523.
[J15] Cohen, S.D., Fendley, C., Beal, A. N. & Corron, N.J. (2023), Long-Range Pulse Interactions in Unclocked FPGAs. IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 41158-41166
[J14] Li, X., Shougat, M. R. E. U., Mollik, T., Dean, R. N., Beal, A. N. & Perkins, E. (2023) Field-programmable analog array (FPAA) based four-state adaptive oscillator for analog frequency analysis, Review of Scientific Instruments, 94(3).
[J13] Li, X., Beal, A. N., Dean, R.N. and Perkins, E. (2023) Chaos in a pendulum adaptive frequency oscillator circuit experiment. Chaos Theory and Applications 5, no. 1 (2023): 11-19.
[J12] Syed, T.M., Pappu, C.S. and Beal, A. N. (2022), Drastically reduced sensor hardware for solvable chaosbased sonar. Electronics Letters, doi: 10.1049/ell2.12616
[J11] Pappu, C. S., Beal, A. N., & Flores, B. C. (2021). Chaos Based Frequency Modulation for Joint Monostatic and Bistatic Radar-Communication Systems. Remote Sensing, 13(20), 4113.
[J10] Li, X., Shougat, M. R. E. U., Mollik, T., Beal, A. N., Dean, R. N., & Perkins, E. (2021). Stochastic effects on a Hopf adaptive frequency oscillator. Journal of Applied Physics, 129(22), 224901.
[J09] Li, X., Shougat, M.R.E.U., Kennedy, S., Fendley, C.,Beal, A. N., Dean, R.N., & Perkins, E. (2021). A Four-state Adaptive Hopf Oscillator. Plos one, 16(3), e0249131.
[J08] Rashid, M. I., Ferdaus, F., Talukder, B. B., Henny, P., Beal, A. N., & Rahman, M. T. (2020). True Random Number Generation Using Latency Variations of FRAM. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems.
[J07] Corron N.J., Cohen, S.D., Beal, A. N. and Blakely, J.N. (2020). Exact analytic solution for a chaotic hybrid dynamical system and its electronic realization. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 30 (7), 073112
[J06] Beal, A. N., Cohen, S. D., & Syed, T. M. (2020). Generating and Detecting Solvable Chaos at Radio Frequencies with Consideration to Multi-User Ranging. Sensors, 20(3), 774.
[J05] Beal, A. N., Blakely, J. N., & Corron, N. J. (2018). Extended-Bandwidth Negative Impedance Converters by Nested Networks. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 65(9), 1134-1138.
[J04] Milosavljevic, M. S., Blakely, J. N., Beal, A. N., & Corron, N. J. (2017). Analytic solutions throughout a period doubling route to chaos. Physical Review E, 95(6), 062223.
[J03] Bailey, J. P., Beal, A. N., Dean, R. N., & Hamilton, M. C. (2016). A digital matched filter for reverse time chaos. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 26(7), 073108.
[J02] Beal, A. N., Tatarchuck, J., Stevens, C. B., Baginski, T. A., Hamilton, M. C., & Dean, R. N. (2015). Design Considerations of High-Current Density Capacitors Micromachined for Si Interposers. Journal of Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging, 12(3), 139-145.
[J01] Bailey, J. P., Beal, A. N., Dean, R. N., Hamilton, M. C., & Tugnait, J. K. (2014). High-frequency reversetime chaos generation using digital chaotic maps. Electronics Letters, 50(23), 1683-1685.
| Journal | Publisher | Scopus CiteScore | Impact Factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEEE Access | IEEE | 6.7 (2021) | 3.476 (2021) |
| Remote Sensing | MDPI | 6.6 (2020) | 4.848 (2020) |
| PLOS One | PLOS | 5.3 (2020) | 3.240 (2020) |
| Transactions on Circuits & Systems II | IEEE | 5.1 (2019) | 2.814 (2019) |
| Sensors | MDPI | 5.0 (2019) | 3.275 (2019) |
| Transactions on VLSI | IEEE | 4.9 (2019) | 2.037 (2019) |
| Chaos | AIP | 4.4 (2019) | 2.832 (2019) |
| Physical Review E | APS | 4.2 (2019) | 2.296 (2019) |
| Journal of Applied Physics | AIP | 4.2 (2019) | 2.286 (2019) |
| Chaos Theory & Applications | Akif Akgul | 3.9 (2023) | 3.778 (2023) |
| Electronics Letters | IET | 3.3 (2019) | 1.316 (2019) |
| Review of Scientific Instruments | AIP | 3.1 (2021) | 1.843 (2021) |
Book Chapters:
[B01] Blakely, J. N., Corron, N. J., Beal, A. N. & Milosavljevic, M. S. (2017). Chaos in Optimal Signals for
Radar and Communications in Nonlinear Systems: Design, Applications and Analysis (395-448), Christos
K. Volos (Editor), Nova Scientific Publishing
Patents Granted:
[P04] Cohen, S.D. and Beal, A. N. (2023). Target ranging with subsampled noise correlation. U.S. Patent
11,733,364, Assignee: Kratos SRE Inc., University of Alabama in Huntsville, Filed: May, 21, 2021, Published: August 22, 2023.
[P03] Multiple patents from - Starkey, M.M. Riggs, L.S. and Beal, A. N. (2020). Waste receptacle configured to differentiate items. U.S. Patent 10,795,045, Assignee: EN Medical, LLC, Filed: January 31, 2018, Published: October 6, 2020. Summary of associated work:
- Awarded 2022: US Patent 11,402,535
- Awarded 2020: US Patent 10,795,045
- Awarded 2017: US Patent 9,556,599
[P02] Starkey, M.M. and McNeil, R.L. and Perez, J.C. and Riggs, L.S. and Beal, A. N. (2017). Detecting passing of unintended objects through throat of under-sink disposal. U.S. Patent 9,694,364, Publication No. US9694364 B2, Application No. US 14/896,435, Assignee: Samelin Innovations, LLC, Filed: May 22, 2015, Published: July 4, 2017. Also published as US9694364, WO2016190889A1
[P01] Multiple patents from - Starkey, M.M. and Riggs, L.S. and Beal, A. N. (2017). Waste receptacle. US Patent 9,637,309, Publication No. US9637309 B2, Application No. US 14/815,605, Assignee: Edison Nation Medical, LLC, Filed: Jul 31, 2015, Published: May 2, 2017. Summary of associated work:
- Awarded 2023: US Patent 11,551,538
- Awarded 2022: US Patent 11,380,188
- Awarded 2020: US Patent 10,815,053
- Awarded 2020: US Patent 10,777,069
- Awarded 2018: US Patent 10,121,354
- Awarded 2018: US Patent 10,077,153
- Awarded 2017: US Patent 9,840,369
- Awarded 2017: US Patent 9,842,484
- Awarded 2017: US Patent 9,637,309
Refereed Conference Papers:
Baker, D., Beal, A. N., Joiner, L, Syed, T. M. (2023, April). A Low-Cost Modified Energy Detection-Based Spectrum Sensing Algorithm with GNU Radio for Cognitive Radio. In SoutheastCon 2023 (pp. 833-837). Orlando, FL. IEEE. Accepted January 2023
Carroll, R., Riggs, L. S., Waller, M. L., Hartline, M. B., Beal, A. N. (2023, March). Modeling and Measurement of the Isolation Effectiveness of Inductive Metal Screens. In 2023 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES) (pp. 1-2). Monterey, CA. IEEE.
Li, X., Shougat, M. R. E. U., Mollik, T., Dean, R. N., Beal, A. N. & Perkins, E., (2022 July) Stochastic Response of Hopf Adaptive Frequency Oscillator, ENOC 2020 (2022) 10th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Lyon, France
Syed, T. M., Oh, D. R., & Beal, A. N. (2021, March). Synchronizing Solvable Chaotic Oscillators. In SoutheastCon 2021 (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
Syed,T.M., Beal, A. N. and Joiner, L. (2020, November). Solvable Chaos As a Tool for Evaluating Wideband Delay Cells in Matched Filters. IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS) 2020, Glasgow, Scotland.
Beal, A. N., Erickson, C.J., Alim, M.E., & Nguyen, E. D. (2020, March). Stabilizing Long-period Orbits in Chaotic Oscillators with Open-source Hardware. In 2020 SoutheastCon (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
Beal, A. N., Blakely, J. N., & Corron, N. J. (2019, April). Driven ring oscillators as FPGA entropy sources. In 2019 SoutheastCon (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Stevens, C. B., Dean, R. N., Perkins, E., Li, C., Beal, A. N., & Flowers, G. T. (2019, April). A Nonlinear MEMS Resonator for Generating AC Voltages Without Electronics. In 2019 SoutheastCon (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
Beal, A. N., & Blakely, J.N. (2018). Szilard’s information engine: Recent progress and a chaotic analog, IMAPS 14th International Conference and Exhibition of Device Packaging, Proceedings - Additional Conferences (Device Packaging, HiTEC, HiTEN, & CICMT); Fountain Hills, AZ, March 6-8, 2018
Beal, A. N., & R.N. Dean. (2017). Using SPICE to model nonlinearities resulting from heterogeneous integration of complex systems, IMAPS 50th Anniversary International Symposium on Microelectronics; Vol. 2017, No. 1, pp. 274-279.; Raleigh, NC; October 2017
Beal, A. N. (2017, January). Modeling Nonlinear MEMS Beams and the Chaotic Duffing Oscillator in SPICE. In Additional Conferences (Device Packaging, HiTEC, HiTEN, & CICMT) (Vol. 2017, No. DPC, pp. 1-90). International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society.
Rhea, B. K., Werner, F. T., Harrison, R. C., Beal, A. N., & Dean, R. N. (2017, January). Electronic chaotic oscillator realization with potential uses in communication systems. In Additional Conferences (Device Packaging, HiTEC, HiTEN, & CICMT) (Vol. 2017, No. DPC, pp. 1-35). International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society.
Beal, A. N., Blakely, J. N., Corron, N. J., & Dean Jr, R. N. (2016, May). High frequency oscillators for chaotic radar. In Radar Sensor Technology XX (Vol. 9829, p. 98290H). International Society for Optics and Photonics. Invited Talk
Beal, A. N., & Dean, R. N. (2016). A Survey of Nonlinear Phenomena and Chaos in Microsystems and Packaging. Additional Papers and Presentations, 2016(DPC), 001498-001542.
Werner, F. T., Rhea, B. K., Beal, A. N., Abell, W. E., Bailey, J. P., Harrison, R. C., … & Hamilton, M. C. (2016). A Matched Filter Developed for Chaotic Waveforms. Additional Papers and Presentations, 2016(DPC), 001613-001631.
Beal, A. N., & Dean, R. N. (2015). A random stimulation source for evaluating MEMS devices using an exact solvable chaotic oscillator. Additional Papers and Presentations, 2015(DPC), 001594-001625.
Baginski T.A., Dean, R.N., Hamilton M.C., Beal, A. N., Tatarchuk, J., & Stevens, C.B. (2014). Micromachined high density embedded capacitor technologies for energy storage applications. NDIA 57th Annual FUZE Conference, Newark, NJ, July 29-30, 2014
Beal, A. N., Tatarchuk, J., Stevens, C., Baginski, T., Hamilton, M., & Dean, R. N. (2014). Design Considerations and Ring-down Characteristics of Micromachined, High Current Density Capacitors. Additional Papers and Presentations, 2014(DPC), 001380-001406.
Beal, A. N., Stevens, C., Baginski, T., Hamilton, M., & Dean, R. (2013). Design, simulation and testing of high density, high current micro-machined embedded capacitors. Additional Papers and Presentations, 2013(DPC), 000515-000534.
Beal, A. N., Bailey, J. P., Hale, S. A., Dean, R. N., Hamilton, M., Tugnait, J. K., … & Corron, N. J. (2012, October). Design and simulation of a high frequency exact solvable chaotic oscillator. In MILCOM 2012-2012 IEEE Military Communications Conference (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Beal, A. N., Baginski, T., Dean, R., & Hamilton, M. (2012). Micromachined high density embedded capacitor technologies for silicon interposers. Additional Papers and Presentations, 2012(DPC), 001192-001222.
Ellis, C., Beal, A. N., & Dean, R. (2011). Cu MEMS. Additional Papers and Presentations, 2011(DPC), 000952-000973.
Dean, R., Burch, N., Black, M., Beal, A. Beal, A. N., & Flowers, G. (2011, April). Microfibrous metallic cloth for acoustic isolation of a MEMS gyroscope. In Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies 2011 (Vol. 7979, p. 797909). International Society for Optics and Photonics.