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Piping Systems Design and Analysis: A Review of Codes, Computational Methods and Emerging Digital Practice

Afeez A. Salawudeen, Olorunshogo B. Ogundipe, Riliwan A. Adebayo, Joshua B. Ajewole, Olutosin A. Ogunleye, Abosede J. Awolope & Samuel B. Adeleye · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Piping systems are used to transport fluids in power generation, the oil and gas sector, chemical processing and manufacturing industries, and water-delivery facilities. The design of these systems has a substantial influence on the safety and efficiency of industrial operations....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i91995

Welding Technologies for Metallic Bipolar Plates in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: A Critical Review of Processes, Joint Performance, and Manufacturing Readiness

Yueyang Liu · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Metallic bipolar plates (BPPs) enable thin, lightweight, and high-throughput proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stacks, but their industrial value depends on joining two formed foils without sacrificing gas tightness, dimensional accuracy, electrical performance, or corro...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i91994

Privacy-Preserving Zero-Day Malware Detection in Encrypted Traffic Using Temporal-Structural Transformers

Michelle Raya de Luis, Zohaib Ali, Najlaa Jannah & Muhammad Arslan · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

End-to-end encryption protocols such as TLS 1.3 and QUIC strengthen user privacy but reduce the visibility available to conventional payload-based network-security inspection. This study presents a privacy-preserving Temporal-Structural Transformer (TST) framework for zero-day ma...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i91993

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Asset Management for Cyber-resilient and High-Performance Transportation Infrastructure: A Critical Narrative Review

Adeyemi Adebukunola Ishekwene, Odunayo Sekinat Sobowale, Moses Abuobelye Akeke, Akinde Michael Ogunmolu & Busola Motunrayo Olawale · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Transportation agencies are being asked to sustain ageing road, bridge and rail networks under tightening budgets, rising traffic loads and a changing climate, and artificial intelligence is increasingly presented as the mechanism through which asset management will become predic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81992

Microstructural, Fractal, and Phase Analysis of MnO₂–Carbon Powder Treated Aluminium Can Scrap

Babatunde Issa Akinola, Durowoju Mondiu Olayinka & Asafa Tesleem Babatunde · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Recycling aluminium can scrap is often accompanied by dross formation and non-metallic inclusions that may reduce the quality of recovered metal. This study investigated the effect of MnO₂–carbon particle treatment on the microstructure, fractal characteristics, and phase composi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81991

Enhanced Solar-Integrated Quasi-Z-Source DC–DC Converter for Efficient Electric Vehicle Battery Charging

Mary L. Udoh, Jimoh J. Afolayan, Kufre M. Udofia & Akaninyene B. Obot · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

The integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems with electric vehicle (EV) charging requires high-gain DC–DC converters that can handle low and variable PV voltages while maintaining efficiency and battery safety. This paper presents the modelling and performance analysis of a solar...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81989

Evaluation of Vernonia amygdalina and Senna alata as Low-cost Plant-based Coagulants and Antibacterial Materials for Water Treatment

Abidat Olayemi Fasasi-Aleshinloye, Suleiman Makka Aliyu, Adedeji Yusuff Fasasi, Abolarin, Oluwatunmise Peter, Victor Ojo Thomas & Tolulope Adelola Akintunde · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Access to safe drinking water remains a critical challenge in many Nigerian communities, where reliance on untreated surface, well and borehole water increases exposure to microbiological and physicochemical contaminants. This study evaluated the phytochemical composition, antiba...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81990

Research Progress in YOLO-Based Road Crack Detection: A Critical Narrative Review of Architectures, Data, Evaluation and Deployment

Kaiyuan Shen, Fanpeng Meng, Song Hu, Lindong Li & Lingchao Chen · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Road crack detection is a central computer-vision task in pavement inspection because cracks are visually sparse, geometrically elongated, highly variable in width and topology, and easily confused with shadows, joints, stains and road markings. The You Only Look Once (YOLO) fami...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81988

Machine Learning-based Fault Prediction for Smart Electrical Grids in Nigeria: A Critical Narrative Review of Reliability Potential, Evidence Gaps and Deployment Priorities

Ayoade Benson Ogundare, Joel Ogunyemi, Samuel Adeniyi Omolola, Ikenna Omedobi Anyawuike & Kehinde Jonathan Irhodia · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Nigeria’s electricity system continues to experience reliability challenges arising from transmission and distribution faults, protection coordination difficulties, voltage and frequency deviations, ageing assets, and uneven network observability. Machine learning (ML) is increas...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81987

Secure Artificial Intelligence for Asset Performance in Critical Infrastructure: A Critical Narrative Review of Safety, Operational Excellence and Continuous Quality Improvement

Adeyemi Adebukunola Ishekwene, Christopher Ugbong Akeke, Akinde Michael Ogunmolu, Busola Motunrayo Olawale & Cornelia Ifeoma Ejoh · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Critical infrastructure operators increasingly deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to detect degradation, predict failures, optimise maintenance, identify cyber anomalies and support operational decisions. These capabilities create a plausible route to higher availability, reliab...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81986

Evaluation of Building Defects and Maintenance Management Practices in Jordanian Public Buildings: Causes, Impacts, and Strategies for Sustainable Improvement

Othman Ahmad Alnsour, Ala’a A. Alrwashdeh & Zakaria Al-Omari · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Background: Building defects and inadequate maintenance management can compromise the safety, functionality, serviceability, and long-term performance of public buildings. In Jordan, empirical evidence linking defect assessment with systematic maintenance prioritisation remains l...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81985

Integrating Zero Trust, Risk Management Framework and Defense-in-Depth: A Multi-case Study Analysis of Enterprise Cybersecurity Architectures

Suleiman S. Abba, Oluwadayo Mafolasere Olaniyi, Odunayo Sekinat Sobowale, Sunday Abayomi Joseph & Abayomi Titilola Olutimehin · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Enterprise cybersecurity has shifted from perimeter defence toward continuously verified architectures, yet zero trust, layered defence, and formal risk governance are typically adopted in isolation, producing fragmented estates in which expenditure rises while measurable resilie...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81984

Humanoid Robot Motion Tracking Control Method Integrating Adaptive PID, Kalman Filtering and Feedforward Compensation

Li Jinhui, Zhang Jingyu, Song Changhao & Li Xiangbin · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Aims: This study developed and evaluated a humanoid joint-space motion-tracking controller integrating standard Kalman filtering, adaptive proportional-integral-derivative feedback and model-based inverse-dynamics feedforward compensation. Study Design: A twenty-trial Monte Carlo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81983

From the Darkroom to the Algorithm: A Critical Review of Creative Concepts in Post-photographic Image Engineering

Tong Xiao · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Photographic practice has been reorganised twice within a single generation. The first reorganisation replaced chemical development with electronic sensing and file-based editing; the second replaced single-exposure capture with multi-frame estimation, learned reconstruction and,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81982

An Intelligent Enterprise Asset Management Framework for Railway Maintenance Prioritization: A Machine-learning Proof of Concept Using Benchmark Analogue Data

Adeyemi Adebukunola Ishekwene · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2026

Railway networks remain capital-intensive and safety-critical, yet maintenance still relies heavily on reactive and calendar-driven regimes that underexploit the condition data modern systems generate. Published machine-learning applications remain fragmented across asset classes...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2026/v28i81979