Theses and Dissertations-Ingram School of Engineering
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Optimization of an Atmospheric Water Generation System using Peltier Devices and Multiple Heat Transfer Mechanisms
(2021-12)Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG) is the process of extracting liquid water from humid ambient air and can be done using various methods. These methods include the use of condensation plates, desiccants, and biomimicry. ... -
Easy-filter: A Design, Verification, and Validation Tool for Finite Impulse Response (FIR) Filter
(2020-12)Due to increasing hardware design complexity and cutting-edge competition for the short time-to-market requirement, functional verification becomes the primary challenge in the hardware design development project. The ... -
Fouled Ballast and Geotechnical Asset Management of Retaining Walls
(2022-12)The objective of this thesis is to submit my work on two transportation geotechnics problems: unsaturated characteristics of fouled ballast and asset management for mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls. Ballast is the ... -
Two-stage stochastic aggregate production planning models with renewable energy prosumers considering multiple facilities and hourly time of use
(2021-08)This thesis work presents a two-stage stochastic aggregate production planning model to determine the optimum renewable energy capacity, production plan, machine and workforce levels that minimize the operational cost of ... -
Python Based Pose and Skin Color Improved Face Recognition System
(2020-12)Face recognition has been an active research topic in the field of computer vision. Face recognition is currently being used for applications such as law enforcement, security, and video surveillance. Variations in pose ...
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Lifecycle cost analysis of a new reverse osmosis concentrate management system using brackish diatoms for enhanced freshwater recovery
(2022-12)World population increase and climate change call for an urgent need for an alternative water source. Brackish and recycled water (also known as reclaimed water) are considered possible alternative sources. Brackish ...
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Simulation of an anti-collision algorithm for RFID systems using a code division multiple access with adaptive interference cancellation (CDMA/AIC) approach with dynamic processing gain (Gp)
(2022-12)Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems are modern wireless communication systems that transmit information from a transponder (tag) to a reader. RFID systems are well known because of their contactless feature. ... -
Investigation of the Electrical Properties of (InxGa1-x)2O3 Alloys Grown using Pulsed Laser Deposition
(2022-12)Wide bandgap semiconductor materials are gaining popularity because of their favorable features for increased power and high breakdown performance. Beta-gallium oxide (β-Ga2O3) is one such material with direct bandgap ... -
Fabrication of All Printed Flexible Carbon Nanotube Transistor and its Application
(2022-12)With the demand of new electronic sensors and systems for sophisticated modern digital environment, it is highly required to investigate nontraditional electronic devices. For those flexible electronics offers low-cost, ... -
Optimizing Photobiological Treatment of Reverse Osmosis Concentrate
(2021-08)Water scarcity as an emerging concern worldwide highlights the importance of alternative water management and augmentation strategies. As one of the important water treatment technologies, reverse osmosis (RO) has been ...
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A Comprehensive Economic Analysis of Vertical Farming: Quantitative Models and a Decision Support System for the Competitive Marketplace
(2020-08)There are various problems associated with our conventional practice of farming. In the past few years alone, agriculture has been responsible for a million square kilometers of deforestation. The world is facing a water ... -
Multivariate Analyses of the Effects of Land Use Change on River Water Quality: Case Study of Manawatu River Watershed, New Zealand
(2020-08)Various land use land cover (LULC) properties can be very informative about pollution signatures or fingerprints in rivers. In addition, determining the quantity of pollution contributed to river water quality by different ... -
Modification of Fused Filament Fabrication Printer to Print High Temperature Thermoplastics to Improve Z-Strength
(2020-08)A fused filament fabrication (FFF) desk top three dimensional printer was modified with a pre-deposition heating method using an infrared heat lamp in an omega shape around the printing nozzle to print high temperature ... -
Developing an Electrostatic Discharge Polyamide 6 Nanocomposite for 3D Printing
(2020-08)Polyamide 6 (PA 6) is an engineering thermoplastic ideal for 3D printing via fused deposition modelling (FDM) and could serve as potential replacement for conventional FDM polymers like acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene ... -
Investigations into (InxGa1-x)2O3 structures grown on c-plane sapphire using pulsed laser deposition
(2022-08)Alloys of Ga2O¬3 with In2O3, ternary (InxGa1–x)2O3 were grown for x ≤ 15% as a function of growth parameters such as substrate temperature (Ts), oxygen partial pressure (Po2), and laser power using Pulsed Laser Deposition ... -
Process Planning of Robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) Using Machine Learning
(2021-05)Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) is an additive manufacturing technique that deposits metal layer upon layer to manufacture 3D parts which is popular for producing large metal parts for aerospace, marine, automotive, ... -
Demonstration of Ferroelectricity in PLD Grown HfO2-ZrO2 Nanolaminates
(2021-05)Ferroelectricity was demonstrated for Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) of HfO2-ZrO2 bilayer thin films grown on TiN bottom electrodes on SiO2/Si as a function of deposition conditions and ... -
A multi-stage stochastic model for production planning using onsite renewable generation with prosumer approach
(2020-12)This thesis researches on finding a production plan that minimizes the cost of a manufacturing system facing uncertainties on the demand of its final products over a horizon of multiple periods and considering adoption ... -
Design and application of conformal magnetic and graphene waveguide antenna
(2020-08)This thesis investigates conformal magnetic and graphene waveguide antennas working at c-band for applications of wireless local area network (WLAN) and Wi-Fi networks. Antennas with magnetic material could be an extremely ... -
Microphone array based sound source detection and localization with beamforming, gcc-phat, and triangulation using arduino and MATLAB
(2019-12)Microphone arrays are becoming popular for sound source localization (SSL). Keeping real-time applications in mind, such as search and rescue missions, military operations for gunshot detection, scream based localization, ...