• Multi-dimensional digital signal integration with applications in image, video and light field processing 

  Sevcenco, Ioana Speranta (2018-08-16)

  Multi-dimensional digital signals have become an intertwined part of day to day life, from digital images and videos used to capture and share life experiences, to more powerful scene representations such as light field ...
• A novel fully progressive lossy-to-lossless coder for arbitrarily-connected triangle-mesh models of images and other bivariate functions 

  Guo, Jiacheng (2018-08-16)

  A new progressive lossy-to-lossless coding method for arbitrarily-connected triangle mesh models of bivariate functions is proposed. The algorithm employs a novel representation of a mesh dataset called a bivariate-function ...
• A Low Cost Automated Accident Notification System: Design, Simulation and Experimental Results 

  Patel, Hetang (2018-08-15)

  The last decades have seen the appearance and development of new embedded systems and IoT devices to improve car safety, such as auto brake, lane alignment, airbag, collision warning to name a few. However, despite the ...
• Triangle counting and listing in directed and undirected graphs using single machines 

  Santoso, Yudi (2018-08-14)

  Triangle enumeration is an important element in graph analysis, and because of this it is a topic that has been studied extensively. Although the formulation is simple, for large networks the computation becomes challenging ...
• Improving processor power demand comprehension in data-driven power and software phase classification and prediction 

  Khoshbakht, Saman (2018-08-14)

  The single-core performance trend predicted by Moore's law has been impeded in recent years partly due to the limitations imposed by increasing processor power demands. One way to mitigate this limitation in performance ...
• Alternative pyramid wavefront sensors 

  van Kooten, Maaike; Veran, Jean Pierre; Bradley, Colin (Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 2017)

  The feasibility of a lenslet-based pyramid wavefront sensor (L-PWFS) and a double roof prism-based PWFS (DR-PWFS) as alternatives to a classical PWFS are investigated in this work. Traditional PWFSs require shallow angles ...
• THz-TDS using a photoconductive free-space linear tapered slot antenna transmitter 

  Smith, Robert; Jooshesh, Afshin; Zhang, Jinye; Darcie, Thomas (Optics Express, 2017)

  A near-field edge-coupled photoconductive free-space linear tapered slot antenna has been constructed as a planar alternative to the standard photoconductive switch coupled to a silicon substrate lens. The temporal response ...
• Localization algorithms for asynchronous time difference of arrival positioning systems 

  He, Shuai; Dong, Xiaodai; Lu, Wu-Sheng (EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 2017)

  An asynchronous time difference of arrival (ATDOA) positioning system requires no time synchronization among all the anchor and target nodes, which makes it highly practical and can be easily deployed. This paper first ...
• Corrosion Resistance of Bottom Ash and Fly Ash-Based Reinforced Geopolymer Concretes Using Half Cell Potential and Linear Polarization Resistance Methods 

  Morla, Priyanka (2018-08-10)

  The production of Portland cement causes environmental pollution due to the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. This environmental pollution can be reduced by improving the usage of industrial by-products. ...
• Design and Implementation of Heuristic based Phishing detection technique 

  Patel, Jaynish (2018-08-08)

  In today’s world, the internet has brought a tremendous change in e-commerce aspect of people’s lives. However, it is prone to a wide variety of security attacks. One of the most dangerous security threats is phishing. ...
• Migration-based image reconstruction methods for plane-wave ultrasound imaging 

  Albulayli, Mohammed (2018-08-08)

  Ultrasound imaging plays an important role in biomedical diagnostics due its safety, noninvasive nature, and low cost. Conventional ultrasound systems typically form an image frame by scanning the region of interest ...
• Improving the refrigeration and gas liquefaction performance of Gifford-McMahon and active magnetic regenerative cryocoolers: a study of flow maldistribution, unbalance, and asymmetry 

  Spearing, Ian Gregory (2018-08-03)

  Cost-effective liquefaction of gases at cryogenic temperatures requires a combined approach of designing efficient refrigeration cycles to generate cooling capacity and designing efficient liquefaction processes to utilize ...
• Estimating the cost of graphlog queries 

  Escalante Osuna, Carlos (2018-08-02)

  This dissertation develops a cost model for a particular implementation of the database query language GraphLog. The order in which the subgoals of a GraphLog query are executed has a major effect on the total processing ...
• Minor Defect Correlation with Dynamic Elastic Properties of PFRC (polypropylene fiber-reinforced concrete) 

  Gupta, Rishi; El-Newihy, Adham; Shah, Mandeep (Emerging Materials Research, 2018-06)

  The efficient rehabilitation of aging civil infrastructure requires innovative and emerging materials along with the proper implementation of structural health monitoring (SHM). Prior to identifying a strategic SHM technique, ...
• Dynamics of geometrically nonlinear sliding beams 

  Behdinan, Kamran (2018-07-31)

  The elasto-dynamics of flexible frame structures is of interest in many areas of engineering. In certain structural systems the deflections can be large enough to warrant a nonlinear analysis. For example, offshore structures, ...
• Field theory analysis and design of circular waveguide components 

  Balaji, Uma (2018-07-31)

  RF/microwave terrestrial point-to-point and satellite communication systems employ a large number of waveguide components operating at microwave and millimeter wave frequencies. Accurate design of these components for ...
• A multiple-antenna-multiple-equalizer system for CDMA indoor wireless systems 

  Subramanian, Srikanth (2018-07-31)

  A multiple-antenna-multiple-equalizer (MAME) system is proposed for overcoming cochannel interference (CCI) in code-division multiple access (CDMA) indoor wireless systems. The main advantage of the MAME system is the ...
• 5G Cellular User Equipment: From Theory to Practical Hardware Design 

  Huo, Yiming; Dong, Xiaodai; Xu, Wei (IEEE Access, 2017-07-18)

  Research and development on the next generation wireless systems, namely 5G, has experienced explosive growth in recent years. In the physical layer, the massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) technique and the use ...
• Formation and characteristics of sprays from annular viscous liquid jet breakup 

  Shen, Jihua (2018-07-26)

  The formation process and characteristics of sprays from annular liquid jet breakup in moving gas streams have been investigated. In the first part of the thesis, a linear instability analysis is carried out for the ...
• Talking with Antigone 

  Schraefel, Monica M. C. (2018-07-25)

  This project considers the role of conversation in writing by women, specifically, the role of conversational spaces for women’s construction of self within the symbolic. It does this through a consideration of narrative ...

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