• The effect of defects and imperfections on the structural integrity of adhesively bonded laminated composites. 

  Pisharody, Akash P., 1987- (2021-03-26)

  The increased demand for long range, fuel efficient and high performance, high fuel economy automobiles has resulted in the growth of use of composites in aerospace and automotive sectors . Adhesive bonding is the preferred ...

• Photogrammetric measurements of frost roughness evolution on a cold-soaked wing tank model. 

  Ahmed, Salahuddin, 1992-; 0000-0002-6975-8253 (2020-07-15)

  An aircraft subjected to cold-soaked fuel frost (CSFF) on its wing surface is not allowed to take off without FAA certification because of aerodynamic performance degradation caused by frost accretion. A physical model of ...

• Models and designs of clocked molecular quantum-dot cellular automata circuits. 

  Cong, Peizhong, 1991-; 0000-0003-0603-2006 (2022-03-30)

  Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is a general-purpose, low-energy, high-efficiency, general purpose computing paradigm. QCA computation may overcome challenges such as heat dissipation and the clock speed bottleneck ...

• Sensing human physiological motion using millimeter wave radar. 

  Bresnahan, Drew G., 1994-; 0000-0003-3154-162X (2022-03-28)

  For the past 100 years, radio detection and ranging technology, or radar, has been developed to detect the presence and motion of a wide array of objects, vehicles, and living beings. With the advent of small-scale, portable, ...

• The impact of conventional and wide bandgap semiconductor PWM inverter EDM bearing currents on motor bearings. 

  Collin, Ryan, 1995-; 0000-0002-2571-6000 (2022-02-21)

  The pulse width modulated (PWM) ac motor drive has revolutionized the industrial sector by drastically reducing energy consumption and improving the efficiency of industrial processes. To continue the transition towards ...

• Stochastic computing and stochastic resonance demonstrated in custom analog neuromorphic hardware. 

  Coker, Cameron, 1997-; 0000-0001-9142-4279 (2022-01-21)

  Stochastic computing offers an alternative computing method to standard systems. Stochastic resonance is a means of leveraging noise to improve system performance. This thesis applies both concepts to spiking analog neurons. ...

• Variation of cold-soaked fuel frost roughness with location on a flat plate. 

  Forslund, Nicholas, 1998-; 0000-0002-4109-5371 (2021-11-09)

  Cold-soaked fuel frost occurs when moist air flows over an aircraft surface that is colder than the dew point temperature following a flight. Previous studies show that cold-soaked fuel frost depends on surface temperature, ...

• Mechanical and thermal property prediction in single beads of large area additive manufactured short-fiber polymer composites. 

  Russell, Timothy D., 1993-; 0000-0002-4108-6045 (2021-12-06)

  The prediction of mechanical and thermal properties of 3D printed short-fiber reinforced polymers (SFRPs) are investigated in this study. Methods are demonstrated for predicting the internal spatially varying fiber orientation ...

• Enabling and directing real-time cognitive radar transmitter optimization. 

  Egbert, Austin S., 1995- (2021-10-27)

  As the available wireless spectrum grows more crowded with increased usage from high bandwidth telecommunications applications, it becomes infeasible for many other users of wireless spectrum to continue operating with ...

• Evaluation of carbon fiber laminates via the use of pulse-echo ultrasound to quantify ply-stack orientation and manufacturing defects. 

  Blackman, Nate J., 1994-; 0000-0002-4822-5677 (2021-11-10)

  The use of carbon fiber composites have become more prevalent. Laminated composites provide advantages over traditional materials as the final properties of the part can be tuned. These materials also provide new challenges ...

• Neural network watchdog for out-of-distribution input mitigation. 

  Bui, Justin M., 1988- (2021-10-19)

  Neural networks have often been described as black boxes. The prevalence of publicly available neural networks and the application of transfer learning has allowed for the development of systems with minimal understanding ...

• High-fidelity simulation of air-assisted atomization with inlet gas turbulence. 

  Jiang, Delin, 1992- (2021-11-03)

  Atomization is the process for bulk liquids to disintegrate into small droplets, which is commonly seen in nature and and industrial applications. Airblast atomization is an air-assisted atomization approach and is widely ...

• Asynchronous image reconstruction. 

  Cai, Ritchie Zongqi, 1982-; 0000-0001-8479-567X (2021-12-13)

  Algebraic Reconstruction Technique, also known as ART, is the go-to method for medical image reconstruction. For more than 50 years, since the original paper about ART is published, various reconstruction methods based on ...

• Reducing the size and power of stochastic computing neural networks through training. 

  Carrano, Matthew J., 1996- (2021-08-01)

  It has been demonstrated that stochastic computing (SC) has the ability to reduce the size and power requirements of artificial neural network (ANN) circuits [1]. There are two prevailing SC neuron topologies: multiplexer ...

• Essential elements of proton computed tomography for practical applications. 

  Schultze, Blake Edward, 1983-; 0000-0003-3588-1277 (2021-07-30)

  The work presented in this dissertation all pertains to developments of proton computed tomography (pCT) and the elements essential to its viability as a clinical imaging modality. This includes methodological and ...

• Study of pumping conditions on output of optically pumped interband cascade lasers. 

  Stephens, Kyler A., 1997-; 0000-0003-0246-9542 (2021-08-08)

  This thesis presents the results of optically pumping two interband cascade laser (ICL) semiconductor samples and measuring both their output power and spectral data. The samples were prepared by the Naval Research Laboratory ...

• Static analysis-based software architecture reconstruction and its applications in microservices. 

  Das, Dipta, 1993- (2021-08-10)

  Microservice architecture (MSA) is the predominant building block of modern cloud-based enterprise applications. MSA has several advantages over monolithic applications like scalability and maintainability, but it comes ...

• On the performance of convolutional neural networks initialized with Gabor filters. 

  Rai, Mehang, 1996- (2021-08-05)

  Over the years, image recognition has been gaining popularity due to its various possible usages. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have been the classic approach taken on by many researchers because of their capability ...

• Internal fiber orientation measurements and void distribution for large area additive manufactured parts using optical and SEM imaging techniques. 

  Nargis, Rifat Ara, 1994- (2021-08-10)

  The use of additively manufactured parts for industrial applications has grown is often limited by their structural performance and compromised thermal dimensional stability. The addition of carbon fiber reinforcements, ...

• Moment analysis methods of ultrasonic waveforms to characterize the internal temperature and melt transition boundary for materials with irregular porosity. 

  Watson, Tyler R., 1996- (2021-08-05)

  The utilization of acoustic measurements occurs frequently in a multitude of industries. Monitoring the internal thermal and phase states of materials is of particular interest to the petro-chemical, food, and polymer ...

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