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Hardware Accelerator for Elias Gamma Code
(2017-06)Elias Gamma code, developed by Peter Elias, is a universal lossless compression method applied to unbounded positive integers. Extensive research on this coding technique has led to the development of many derivatives. ... -
A Facial Expression Recognition Application Development Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder To Help Identify Human Emotions
(2019-08)In this thesis, a novel idea is presented, which is to teach young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to recognize human facial expressions through the help of computer vision and image processing. Universally, ... -
Growth and Characterization of (InxGa1-x)2O3 Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition
(2019-08)Silicon has been an important material in the integrated circuit (IC) technology and is a commonly used elemental semiconductor. However, silicon has limitations in its operating voltage, temperature and switching frequency. ... -
A Comprehensive Solar Powered Remote Monitoring and Identification of Houston Toad Call Automatic Recognizing Device System Design
(2019-07-16)The Houston Toad is an endangered amphibian living in the edge of extinction. To save from annihilation, localization of their mating calls needs to be determined in order to protect the eggs from being hunted by predators. ... -
Fatigue Characterization of Glass Fiber Reinforced Vinyl Ester and Polyester Composites Containing Core Shell Rubber Particles
(2019-07-12)Glass fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites have experienced tremendous growth in wind energy, construction, marine and automotive industries. This is because of the superior mechanical strength, chemical and ... -
Design of Four Element Patch Array Antenna for IEEE 802.11 at 2.4 GHz
(2019-04-26)<p>This is a very exciting time to investigate microstrip (aka. patch or printed) antennas because the world of technology is ready to take a big step towards the Internet of Things (IOT). With IOT almost every device we ... -
Improving Access to Medical Care for Patients in Need of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Using Systems Engineering and Optimization Models
(2018-11-27)Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a set of tools and strategies used to support or replace speech or writing for individuals with communication impairments. Several barriers currently exist preventing the ... -
Automated Tool Path Planning for Industrial Robot in Material Handling in Warehouse Automation
(2018-11-26)The warehouses today continue to rely on human workers because of the failure to implement the autonomous order picking system to meet the demands in terms of speed, safety and accuracy. In this research study, we aim to ... -
Capacity model with sustainability scope to predict the semiconductor manufacturing's energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions
(2018-11-21)<p>Semiconductor industries are not only technology-intensive, but also highly energy-intensive. A wafer fab consumes about 300-400 kWh/day. To supply this amount of electricity, the amount of carbon dioxide released is ... -
Designing multi-period production and flow shop manufacturing systems with island microgrid operation
(2018-11-27)Manufacturing industries consume one third of the global electricity. Over 70 percent of the electric power is generated by burning fossil fuels, resulting in climate change and depletion of natural resources. This research ... -
IOT Based Network Management Portal for Augmented Reality Applications
(2018-11-26)Internet of Things (IoT) along with the evolution of Wireless sensor networks and Augmented Reality technologies has opened many avenues in multiple real-world scenarios that need extensive human interaction. The potent ... -
An Integration of IoT and Mixed Reality Using Fog Computing Concepts
(2018-11-20)Internet of Things (IoT) applications require low latency for maintaining a steady, close to real-time environment. Latency sensitive IoT applications include monitoring, collecting sensor data, controlling actuators based ... -
An augmented reality facet mapping technique for ray tracing applications.
(2018-11-21)This research presents a novel spatial mapping technique that is capable of extracting the vector map of an indoor environment based on the images captured from a smartphone camera and the spatial maps captured from the ... -
Speaker Recognition using Deep Neural Networks with reduced Complexity
(2018-11-16)The goal of this research is to develop a small footprint text-independent speaker recognition system for a closed set of a relatively small number of speakers (e.g., 15-20). The problem was inspired by its potential ... -
Measurement of Control parameters for Omnidirectional Treadmills using RGBD camera
(2017-07-25)Omnidirectional treadmill systems are an effective platform that allows unconstrained locomotion possibilities to a user for effective VR exploration. There are two most common problems associated with Omnidirectional ... -
Integrating Microgrid Power for Net-Zero Energy Supply Chain Operations: A Big Data Analytics Approach
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Network Optimization Approaches to Solve the Stochastic and Dynamic Facility Layout Problems and Reduce Supply Chain Costs
(2018-04-16)This thesis researches on the Dynamic Facility Layout Problem (DFLP) and the Stochastic and Dynamic Facility Layout Problem (SDFLP). The problems are extensions to the static or single-period facility layout problem (SFLP). ... -
Optimizing the Automated Plasma Cutting Process by Design of Experiment
(2009-05-01)Building complex two–dimensional metallic parts is difficult due to the physical properties of the metal, such as its solid nature, thickness, etc. Automated Plasma Cutting is an effective process for building complex parts ...
