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Development and implementation of a Multi-Agent Control System for the Rankine Cycler Laboratory Teaching System.
(, 2012-11-29)One challenge faced by the engineering discipline in the near future is increased electric power demand coupled with greater efficiency requirements for power generation stations. Development of more robust control ... -
Development and implementation of a multi-agent system for intelligent optimized power plant control.
(, 2012-08-08)As the demand for electric power grows and regulations on power plant operation become stricter, the size, and therefore complexity, of new power plant units is increasing while the intricacies of the multiple simultaneous ... -
Development and implementation of real-time distributed network with the CAN protocol.
(2006-05-27)One of the most interesting applications of a new field of mathematics called dynamic equations on time scales is the modeling, analysis and design of distributed control networks. This thesis documents the development ... -
The effect of roughness element thermal conductivity on turbulent convection.
(2011-05-12)Many flows of engineering interest occur over surfaces that exhibit roughness with thermal conductivities much lower than common metals and alloys. This is especially true of in-service gas turbine blades with surface ... -
Effects of nozzle geometry and extrudate swell on fiber orientation in Fused Deposition Modeling nozzle flow.
(2015-07-31)Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a rapidly growing Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology using extruded thermoplastics to produce intricate three-dimensional parts from digital data. Adding discrete fibers to FDM filament ... -
Effects of the dynamic human body on electromagnetic wave propagation for on-body wireless communication.
(2016-04-06)Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have the potential to provide long-term remote health monitoring for the prevention of impending health problems through the constant relaying of data to health professionals. In order ... -
Effects of the glenohumeral joint center on the role of the middle deltoid : implications for reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.
(, 2013-09-24)For shoulders with rotator cuff damage, the reverse shoulder replacement medializes the center of glenohumeral joint rotation, lending larger moment arms to undamaged muscles like the deltoid. The aim of this thesis was ... -
Efficient M-fold Cross-validation Algorithm for KNearest Neighbors
(2010-08-12)This project investigates m-fold cross-validation algorithms for automatic selection of k with k-nearest neighbors problems. An algorithm taxonomy is used to identify different m-fold cross-validation algorithms. The ... -
Emergent behaviors of multi-objective swarms with applications in a dynamic underwater environment.
(, 2013-09-24)The allocation of resources between tasks within a swarm of agents can be difficult without a centralized controller. This problem is prevalent when designing a swarm of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, in which underwater ... -
Evaluating Impulse C and multiple parallelism partitions for a low-cost reconfigurable computing system.
(2009-04-01)Impulse C is a C-to-HDL compiler from Impulse Accelerated Technology that facilitates the introduction of software programmers, mathematicians, and scientists, into the realm of FPGA-based algorithm development for high-speed ... -
An evaluation of CoWare Inc.'s Processor Designer tool suite for the design of embedded processors.
(2008-12-01)The goal of this thesis is to evaluate the Processor Designer family of tools from CoWare, Inc. Processor Designer uses the L.I.S.A. 2.0 (Language for Instruction Set Architecture) language. The evaluation is being ... -
An evaluation of error masking techniques for digital wireless audio systems.
(2011-05-12)This thesis investigates the tradeoffs associated with typical communication system designs for packetized wireless transmission systems. Communication system design requires judicious selection of source data rate, data ... -
The EVCF Software Package
(2009-11-13)This is the software described in the technical report “Event Driven Simulation without Loops or Conditionals” available from this archive. This package is part of the FHDL system and must be installed in your FHDL directory. -
Event Driven Simulation without Loops or Conditionals
(2009-11-05)Event driven simulation normally requires a great deal of computation to perform a multitude of different tasks. The purpose of this paper is to show that none of these computations are necessary. Most computations are ... -
Evolving a Disjunctive Predator Prey Swarm using PSO: Adapting Swarms with Swarms
(2006-02-15)Swarm Intelligence is the study of "the emergent collective intelligence of groups of simple agents." Recent research has explored the important applications in the field of business, telecommunications, robotics and ... -
Experimental and numerical investigation of high temperature jet impingement for turbine cooling applications.
(2011-05-12)Modern gas turbine engines commonly operate at temperatures above the melting point of the turbine’s blades and vanes. Internal and external cooling of the blades is required for sustained operation and prolonged engine ... -
Experimental and numerical study on flow control using obliquely aligned elements.
(2010-06-23)The use of micro-electromechanical system devices (MEMS) have been studied extensively in literature for control of flow separation and transitioning to turbulent flow. However, there is limited information about how ... -
Experimental investigation of a time scales linear feedback control theorem.
(2008-03-03)Dynamic equations on time scales comprise an exciting new area of research in mathematics which promises applications in many areas, particularly control theory. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a ... -
Experimental investigation of leading edge jet impingement with varying jet geometries and inlet supply conditions for turbine cooling applications.
(, 2012-08-08)Jet impingement is often employed within the leading edge of modern gas turbine airfoils to combat the extreme heat loads incurred within this region. This experimental investigation employs a transient liquid crystal ... -
Extending Hibernate
(2009-12-02)Hibernate is an open source ORM (Object Relational Mapping) tool. It maps objects into a relational database and vice versa. Hibernate persists objects of a class in a relational database so that they can be retrieved even ...