• Analysis of +Gz acceleration induced stresses in the human ventricle myocardium 

  Moore, James Ernest (2018-07-12)

  It is well known that physiological problems occur when pilots are subjected to moderate-to-high +Gz accelerations. The goal of this research is to develop a quantitative model that provides additional insight into the ...
• Dynamics of a flexible extendible beam 

  Stylianou, Marinos Costa (2018-07-05)

  Axially-moving materials arise in problems associated with spacecraft antennas, pipes conveying fluid and telescopic robotic manipulators. Flexible extendible beams are a special class of axially-moving materials, in which ...
• Numerically controlled machining from three dimensional machine vision data 

  Bradley, Colin (2018-07-03)

  Prototyping is an essential step in the manufacture of many objects, both consumer and industrial. A fundamental step in this process is the definition of the three dimensional form of the object shape; for example, a ...
• Defect characterization in 4% cadmium zinc telluride semiconductors 

  Penkova, Silvia I. (2018-06-27)

  This thesis presents a characterization study of Cadmium Zinc Telluride with a 4% Zinc molar concentration using five different techniques. Three of the characterization methods – X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission ...
• Adaptive control of NTV plants without persistent excitations: an application in robotics 

  Yuan, Jing (2018-06-26)

  Adaptive control of a nonlinear time varying (NTV) plant, such as a robotic manipulator, is intended to tolerate the unmodeled disturbances and the uncertain parameters of the dynamic model. Most of the previous research ...
• Development, optimization and implementation of the design for a centrifugal reverse-osmosis desalination system 

  Wild, Peter Martin (2018-06-19)

  A new method of sea water desalination, Centrifugal Reverse-Osmosis (CRO), is developed from concept to patented design and functional prototype of capacity 11,355 litres of fresh water per day. CRO is shown to have ...
• System optimization and performance enhancement of active magnetic regenerators 

  Teyber, Reed (2018-06-13)

  Energy conversion devices using solid-state magnetocaloric materials have the potential to reduce energy consumption and mitigate environmental pollutants. To overcome the limited magnetic entropy change of magnetocaloric ...
• Techno-economic feasibility study of a photovoltaic-equipped plug-in electric vehicle public parking lot with coordinated charging 

  Ivanova, Alyona (2018-05-31)

  In the effort to reduce the release of harmful gases associated with the transportation sector, Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV) have been deployed on the account of zero-tail pipe emissions. With electrification of transport ...
• Impact of extensive green roofs on energy performance of school buildings in four North American climates 

  Mahmoodzadeh, Milad (2018-05-31)

  Buildings are one of the major consumers of energy and make up a considerable portion in the generation of greenhouse gases. Green roofs are regarded as an appropriate strategy to reduce the heating and cooling loads in ...
• An intelligent energy allocation method for hybrid energy storage systems for electrified vehicles 

  Zhang, Xing (2018-05-31)

  Electrified vehicles (EVs) with a large electric energy storage system (ESS), including Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and Pure Electric Vehicles (PEVs), provide a promising solution to utilize clean grid energy ...
• The exergy of thermal radiation and its relevance in solar energy conversion 

  Wright, Sean (2018-05-02)

  Driven by the importance of optimizing energy systems and technologies, the field of exergy analysis was developed to better illuminate process inefficiencies and evaluate performance. Exergy analysis provides important ...
• Integrating surrogate modeling to improve DIRECT, DE and BA global optimization algorithms for computationally intensive problems 

  Saad, Abdulbaset Elha (2018-05-02)

  Rapid advances of computer modeling and simulation tools and computing hardware have turned Model Based Design (MBD) a more viable technology. However, using a computationally intensive, “black-box” form MBD software tool ...
• Durability evaluation of cement-based repair materials used for corrosion-damaged steel-reinforced concrete structures 

  Wang, Boyu (1st International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE), 2018-04-27)

  Concrete repair materials are being widely used to restore and extend the service life of structures. While most cement-based repair materials are compatible with concrete structures, their durability properties do not ...
• Development of a drug-eluting 3D bioprinted mesh (GlioMesh) for treatment of glioblastoma multiforme 

  Hosseinzadeh, Reihaneh (2018-04-30)

  Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is among the most aggressive and mortal cancers of the central nervous system. Maximal safe surgical resection, followed by radiotherapy accompanied with chemotherapy is the standard of care ...
• Modeling evaporation in the rarefied gas regime by using macroscopic transport equations 

  Beckmann, Alexander Felix (2018-04-19)

  Due to failure of the continuum hypothesis for higher Knudsen numbers, rarefied gases and microflows of gases are particularly difficult to model. Macroscopic transport equations compete with particle methods, such as the ...
• Mechanical design and simulation studies of a quadruped robot motion control system 

  Sheng, Xiang (2018-03-29)

  This thesis focuses on mechanical design and simulation studies of a quadruped robot motion control system, targeting at designing an autonomous legged robot. The designed quadruped robot with ``X"-configuration is developed ...
• Motion control of autonomous underwater vehicles using advanced model predictive control strategy 

  Shen, Chao (2018-03-26)

  The increasing reliance on oceans, rivers and waterways in a spectrum of human activities have demonstrated the large demand for advanced marine technologies that facilitate multifarious in-water services and tasks. The ...
• Electricity consumption and battery lifespan estimation for transit electric buses: drivetrain simulations and electrochemical modelling 

  Franca, Anaissia (2018-03-19)

  This thesis presents a battery electric bus energy consumption model (ECONS-M) coupled with an electrochemical battery capacity fade model (CFM). The underlying goals of the project were to develop analytical tools to ...
• Automated detection of photogrammetric pipe features 

  Szabo, Jason Leslie (2018-03-16)

  This dissertation presents original computer vision algorithms to automate the identification of piping and photogrammetric piping features in individual digital images of industrial installations. Automatic identification ...
• Investigations in structural optimization of nonlinear problems using the finite element method 

  Sedaghati, Ramin (2018-03-01)

  Structural optimization is an important field in engineering with a strong foundation on continuum mechanics, structural finite element analysis, computational techniques and optimization methods. Research in structural ...

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