Research Interests
Research Interests
My research unfolds along two interconnected strands: pedagogical research focused on student success, and applied research in humanitarian engineering.
Below is a list of current and past projects, and publications.
Pedagogical research
Understanding systemic barriers affecting students' success
Applied research in humanitarian engineering
Leveraging sensor systems for air quality monitoring
Analysis of Energy Consumption and Demand at UCSC
Foundational Research on Curricular Reform, University of Connecticut, USA
HEED project, Coventry University, UK
Precision Dairy project, South East Technological University, Ireland
India-UK Advanced Technology Center phase 2 project (Wireless Sensor Network Based Advisory System for Apple Scab Prevention), IIT Mandi, India.
A. Halford, E. Gaura, K. Bhargava, N. Verba, J. Brusey, J. Nixon, Off the boil? The challenges of monitoring cooking behaviour in refugee settlements, Elsevier Energy Research & Social Science, vol 90, pp. 102603, Apr 2022.
J.D. Nixon, K. Bhargava, A. Halford, E. Gaura, The Challenges of Community-based solar energy interventions: Lessons from Two Rwandan Refugee Campus, Elsevier Energy for Sustainable Development, vol. 65, pp. 175-184, Dec 2021.
J.D. Nixon, K. Bhargava, A. Halford, E. Gaura, Analysis of standalone solar street lights for improved energy access in displaced settlements, Elsevier Renewable Energy, vol. 177, pp. 895-914, May 2021.
K. Bhargava, S. Ivanov, D. McSweeney, W. Donnelly, Leveraging Fog Analytics for Real-Time Animal Localization in IoT-Enabled Dairy Farms, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 15, no. 2, pp.23:1-23:35, Mar 2019.
C. Kulatunga, K. Bhargava, D. Vimalajeewa, S. Ivanov, Cooperative in-network computation in energy harvesting device clouds, Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, vol. 16, pp. 106-116, Dec. 2017.
S. Ivanov, K. Bhargava, W. Donnelly, Precision Farming: Sensor Analytics, IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 30, no. 4, pp.76-80, Jul.-Aug. 2015.
K.Bhargava and P. G. Bradford, N. Verba, Teaching Using Virtualized IoT devices, ASEE Northeast Section Conference, Oct 2021.
K. Bhargava, S. Ivanov, A Fog Computing Approach for Localization in WSN, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 2017.
K. Bhargava, G. McManus, S. Ivanov, Fog-centric Localization for Ambient Assisted Living, 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), Madeira Island, Portugal, Jun. 2017.
K. Bhargava, S. Ivanov, C. Kulatunga, W. Donnelly, Fog-enabled WSN system for animal behavior analysis in precision dairy, 2017 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Santa Clara, CA, Jan. 2017.
K. Bhargava, S. Ivanov, W. Donnelly, C. Kulatunga, Using Edge Analytics to Improve Data Collection in Precision Dairy Farming, Eleventh IEEE International Workshop on Practical Issues in Building Sensor Network Applications (IEEE SenseApp 2016), Dubai, UAE, Nov. 2016.
K. Bhargava, S. Ivanov, Collaborative Edge Mining for Predicting Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle, Wireless Days 2016, 8th IFIP Wireless Days conference, Toulouse, France, Mar 2016.
K. Bhargava, S. Ivanov, W. Donnelly, Internet of Nano Things for Dairy Farming, Second Annual International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM Nanocom), no. 24, Sep. 2015.
K. Bhargava, A. Kashyap, T.A. Gonsalves, Wireless Sensor Network Based Advisory System for Apple Scab Prevention, 2014 Twentieth National Conference on Communications, vol., no., pp.1-6, Feb.-Mar. 2014.