The procedure of joining flexible or nonrigid parts using applied loads is called compliant assembly, and it is widely used in automotive, aerospace, electronics, and appliance manufacturing. Uncontrolled assembly processes ...

The widely-used passenger and car ferries, sailing regularly and carrying heavy loads, form a unique type of marine vessel, providing vital transportation links to the coastal regions. Modern ferry ships usually are ...

The photocatalytic wastewater treatment facility presented in this thesis is a promising economic green technology that can degrade wastewater’s organic and ammonia pollutants, which produce environmentally sensitive ...

In recent decades, mobile robotics have become one of the fastest growing research fields. Compared with wheeled and tracked robots, legged robots can step over obstacles and traverse unstructured terrains. This thesis ...

In the study of multi-agent systems (MASs), cooperative control is one of the most fundamental issues. As it covers a broad spectrum of applications in many industrial areas, there is a desire to design cooperative control ...

In recent years, the treatment of stormwater and surface runoffs using innovatively created natural sites has gained increasing attention. These sites, that are vegetated multi-layered depressions on the ground, named as ...

Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) harness the power of high-altitude winds using tethered planes or kites. Continuous and reliable operation requires that AWES become autonomous devices, but the wind intermittency forces ...

The future of aviation technology is transitioning to cleaner, more efficient and higher endurance aircraft solutions. As fully electric propulsion systems still fall short of the operational requirements of modern day ...

Heavy-duty trucks (HDTs) are vital in delivering products to the consumers around the world and help maintain the quality of life. However, they are heavily depending on fossil diesel use, which causing global climate ...

Femtosecond laser direct writing in transparent materials such as glass and optical fibers has been used as a versatile tool in order to fabricate various 3-D photonic structures such as active and passive waveguides, ...