School of Engineering & Computer Science: Recent submissions
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Quantitative evaluation of the HTC Vive virtual reality system in controlled movement.
(2019-04-24)Modern virtual reality systems enable users to be immersed in a virtual world. Validation of the HTC Vive will assure users and developers that games and applications made for the system are accurate representations of the ... -
An investigation into the electrical, optical, and microstructural effects of aluminum-doping amorphous indium zinc oxide via ultra-high vacuum co-sputter deposition.
(2019-04-24)Indium Zinc Oxide (IZO) has emerged as a high-potential material candidate for electronic applications involving novel flexible and transparent devices. IZO’s rapid growth can be attributed to its high carrier mobility ... -
Understanding the effects of high altitude electromagnetic pulse on the US power grid by creating a power grid model and analyzing transformer susceptibility.
(2019-04-23)The purpose of this thesis is to address two topics in understanding the effects of high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) E3 by determining the latitude and longitude of loadflow buses, and analyzing transformers as ... -
Conservative intervention through changing shoe type to reduce injury risk factors in walking and running.
(2019-04-17)Running and walking are associated with various injuries. Because the injury mechanisms for these injuries are mechanical in nature, a logical way to conservatively reduce injury risk is by wearing shoes that alter the ... -
Design and automated testing of PCI express interface of proton computed tomography detectors.
(2019-04-16)Throughout this thesis, I will propose a transmit-received-engine based logic design proposed by this thesis works at the PCI Express Transaction Layer in collaboration with Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs Integrated Block for PCI ... -
High-density intraoperative brain monitoring during cardiac surgery.
(2019-04-10)Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a prominent technique that allows assessment of functional brain activity by measuring hemodynamic responses. Most existing functional brain imaging methods are only capable ... -
An explicit electron-vibron model for olfactory inelastic electron transfer spectroscopy.
(2019-04-01)The vibrational theory of olfaction was posited to explain subtle effects in the sense of smell inexplicable by models in which molecular structure alone determines an odorant’s smell. Amazingly, behavioral and neurophysiological ... -
Diamagnetic and plasmonic properties of graphene.
(2018-12-12)Graphene is a two-dimensional (2D) material, and it has many applications in electronics and photonics due to its unique properties. We study diamagnetism of graphene and demonstrate applications of graphene in sensing, ... -
Direct rheological characterization of polymer and polymer composite filament used in fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing.
(2018-11-28)Understanding the behavior of polymer melt flows is important for predicting final part quality and improve processing performance, particularly in Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) Additive Manufacturing (AM). There are ... -
Damage accumulation of bovine bone under chaotic and variable amplitude loading.
(2018-11-19)Stress fractures are a common occurrence that can be detrimental to an athlete’s career. At present, there is no method for early detection of stress fractures. This study is a continuation of the pilot study to determine ... -
A photogrammetric method for measuring transient frost surface roughness.
(2018-11-26)Cold-soaked fuel frost (CSFF) is a form of aircraft wing contamination that results in aerodynamic degradation. Unless a certification exemption for a specific aircraft model is provided by the FAA, an operator of an ... -
Correlation of skin friction and convective heat transfer on surfaces with realistic roughness variations.
(2018-11-13)Ice accretions can considerably degrade the in-flight performance and safety of an aircraft. Increases in aerodynamic drag and decreases in lift and stall angle of attack limit aircraft maneuverability, and can destabilize ... -
Ambiguity function magnitude inversion and applications of morphological dilation in POCS.
(2018-11-15)This dissertation examines morphological dilation for applications in Projection onto Convex Sets (POCS) as well as the inversion of ambiguity function magnitude. In general, POCS solvers implement Least-Squares (LS) ... -
Evaluating approaches to detecting ice accretion in and around turbofan jet engines.
(2018-07-19)The accumulation of ice crystals in the compressor stages of a jet engine causes power loss events during flight that could potentially become catastrophic. The electromagnetic properties of ice clouds make them nearly ... -
Robust and efficient methods for proton computed tomography.
(2018-07-23)Proton computed tomography (pCT) is a recent promising imaging modality with the goal of generating accurate 3D maps of relative stopping power (RSP) with respect to water. Since the early developments of this imaging ... -
Circuit optimization and frequency agility for cognitive radar.
(2018-04-27)Due to the increased demand on the spectrum, radars are in increased stress to participate in dynamic spectrum allocation. Therefore, the next generation radar will be an adaptable cognitive radar. This type of radar will ... -
Semi-supervised learning for electrocardiography signal classification.
(2018-04-24)An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a cardiology test that provides information about the structure and function of the heart. The size of the ECG data collected from patients can be very large, and the data analysis is tedious. ... -
Modal analysis of aerospace and geophysical boundary layers.
(2018-04-20)A linear stability code was written and used to calculate the stability of surface and bottom Ekman layers. Then, the stability of a water column containing both a surface and bottom Ekman layer was calculated to investigate ... -
Effect of inlet hole geometry on surface film cooling effectiveness from compound angle, shaped holes.
(2018-01-05)The gas turbine engine operates at temperatures that far exceed the melting point of the metals from which they are made. Cooling air from the high pressure compressor must be used to cool the components in the hot sections ... -
A method for replicating ice accretion roughness using multi-scale analog distributions.
(2018-03-23)A new approach of creating an analog surface for a surface with natural roughness is presented based on the hypothesis that the dominant skin friction and heat transfer augmentation mechanisms are 1) the vortex shedding ...