School of Engineering & Computer Science: Recent submissions
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Assessing precision and application of marker placement device to enhance motion capture studies.
(2020-11-13)Motion capture has become an important clinical tool used in applications of therapy and treatment plans as well as surgical evaluations. However, due to factors such as human error, having multiple examiners, and using ... -
Stochastic computing & stochastic resonance in digital & analog neuromorphic systems.
(2020-11-17)Stochastic computing is an alternative method to standard deterministic methods. This thesis explores stochastic resonance in a spiking neuron, and leverages the effects it has to implement stochastic computing in an analog ... -
Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic design of small unmanned aircraft system propellers at low Reynolds numbers.
(2020-11-19)The Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) has become an overwhelmingly important asset for military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in addition to a multitude of needs in the commercial industry. More research ... -
Evaluation of structural behavior using constituent material properties and finite element analysis for large format fiber reinforced composites made from recycled polymers.
(2020-12-03)Recycling of polymers is of great interest to society with industry and government focusing on new applications to reduce waste generation. Most polymers have low modulus and strength compared to metals, and based on the ... -
Artificial materials and the Zenneck surface wave.
(2020-11-23)Spatial control of electromagnetic energy has, and will continue to be, one of the preeminent factors in any electromagnetic design. This control is made possible by energy storage, which in turn comes about as a result ... -
Development of an optical cavity-based biosensor for point-of-care diagnostics.
(2020-11-02)An optical cavity-based biosensor (OCB) has been developed using a differential detection method towards point-of-care (POC) diagnostic applications. The optical cavity consisting of two partially reflective surfaces with ... -
Ideation, validity, and practicality of using virtual reality to conduct the Wolf Motor Function Test for upper limb stroke patients.
(2020-11-13)In this study, 11 subjects between the ages of 19 and 35 years old performed tasks selected from the official Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) – Hand to Table, Hand to Box, and Lift Can. Subjects performed the tasks in ... -
Investigating the impact of interacting with real world objects in virtual environments.
(2020-11-19)Virtual reality (VR) systems allow users to be fully immersed in a virtual world. Incorporating physical objects such as stairs in to virtual reality could provide better immersion and create new uses for these systems. ... -
Convection measurements in scale models of additively manufactured turbine blade cooling passages.
(2020-11-12)High pressure gas-turbine blades and components are typically constructed with interior cooling air passages. Additive manufacturing processes, such as direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), enable creation of novel turbine ... -
Tyro : a first step towards automatically generating parallel programs from sequential programs.
(2020-11-03)Currently, MapReduce is used as the standard for automatic parallelization of programs. However, MapReduce restricts programs to a simple framework with limited parallelism but still requires the user to understand parallelism ... -
Optimizing k-means clustering using mini-batches and distance bounds.
(2020-10-22)Clustering is a crucial branch of machine learning that groups the input data into different clusters based on the features of the data without the training label. K-means clustering is a widely used iterative clustering ... -
Deep learning methods in molecule design for drug discovery.
(2020-10-22)In the recent ten years, Deep Learning has undergone rapid development. It has been proved by countless success in different areas. Computer vision projects apply convolution neural networks to extract images' features. ... -
Modeling and control of advanced pumped storage hydropower for power system resiliency enhancement.
(2020-11-03)With the gradual increase in renewable penetration, system operators are searching for flexible resource that can help mitigate problems of future low-inertia power systems. To analyze the benefit of advanced pumped storage ... -
High-fidelity simulation of liquid atomization in quiescent environment and supersonic flows.
(2020-09-24)The atomization of liquid fuel in both quiescent environment and supersonic flows is essential to a wide variety of applications. Since it is challenging to obtain high-level details of the time-dependent, 3D, and chaotic ... -
Developing industrial strength UVM for academic resesarch and teaching.
(2020-07-30)The Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) has been getting attention from researchers and the functional verification community for a little over decade. Its flexibility, reusability and reliability features are suitable ... -
Quantifying physiological and neurological responses to organic motion patterns.
(2020-07-29)The human body was designed to move, and the benefits of exercise and an active lifestyle are well known. However, many individuals live with neuromuscular conditions that limit movement and quality of life. One treatment ... -
Investigating rhythmic accuracy using 3D spatial interaction for digital musical input : MoveMIDI.
(2020-07-19)Many human-computer interfaces exist which allow users to interact with music software to create and perform music. Some interfaces allow users to interact using movements of their body to create music. This thesis describes ... -
X-wire investigation of turbulent flow in simulated additively manufactured turbine blade cooling channels.
(2020-02-03)Gas turbine blades may be additively manufactured (AM) using processes such as direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) to create more complex shapes and produce more effective cooling than otherwise feasible with traditional ... -
Development of a dynamic human body phantom model for on-body electromagnetic wave propagation and antenna radiation study.
(2020-03-27)Wireless body area network (WBAN) technology has many valuable applications including long-term, remote health monitoring for the general population, the military, and athletes. A key challenge for practical realization ... -
A study of frost growth and roughness on a cold flat plate under forced convection.
(2020-03-19)The growth and roughness of frost formed on a cold flat plate under forced convection was characterized through experimental observations and analysis. The results indicated that the evolution of frost roughness was mainly ...