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Improving Alignment of Kinematically Coupled Polymer Microfluidic Modules by Modularization of Coupling Features
(2020-08)Mass production of affordable microfluidic devices is a subject of importance to the biological and medical communities. If devices are cheap enough to be disposable, tests can be run at a higher rate and lower cost without ... -
Using Wearable Sensors to Evaluate Material Handling Operator’s Fatigue in Repetitive Activities: A Design of Experiments Approach
(2020-08)Manual Material Handling is one the major causes which contributes to a large percentage of musculoskeletal disorders. In a manufacturing environment, associates lift loads repeatedly which leads to physical fatigue. ... -
Smart Renewable Energy Allocation and Consumption in an Off-Grid Vertical Farming System
(2020-08)Current electrical generation techniques are designed for fossil-fueled power plants and do not lend themselves for implementation with renewable solar energy sources as they rely on proper weather conditions. Vertical ... -
Design and Development of an Integrated Water System Combining Rainwater Harvesting System (RHS) and Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG)
(2020-08)The objective of this research is to design and develop a smart integrated water system that combines two off-grid freshwater resources- Rain Harvesting System (RHS) and Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) to ...
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Characterizing And Planning For Key Logistic Obstacles In Food Banks Operations After Hurricane Events
(2020-05)Food banks are non-profit, charitable organizations that distribute food and products to people in need. Food bank facilities receive donations from public and private agencies and distribute them with the help of city ...
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The Effect of Job Rotation and Single-Piece Flow in Human Based Assembly System
(2020-05)This research aims in comparing the batch versus single-piece flow systems with respect to the impact of the operator’s fatigue variation on the throughput and resource utilization. A predetermined motion study technique, ... -
Analytical Modeling and Simulation of Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer
(2020-05)Ultrasound technology has been studied, developed and widely used in medical imaging. Ultrasonic imaging was invented to substitute the high cost ionizing radiation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, because ...
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Developing an Internet of Things Protocol Test Bed for Evaluating a Modulation Technique and a Medium Access Control Protocol
(2020-05)Internet of Things is used in a wide range in our day to day life, but there are many potential new IoT applications that cannot be implemented due to power and capacity limits in IoT systems realizable with current ... -
Collision Avoidance and Extending Range and Capacity in ZigBee
(2020-05)ZigBee technology is a low data rate, low power consumption, low cost, wireless networking protocol built on top of the IEEE 802.15.4 short range communications protocol [1]. It is usually targeted towards automation ...
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Correlation of Radio Wave with Photometric Light for Representation of Radio Loss using Transparent Film and its Implementation using MATLAB
(2018-12)The demand for wireless communication has significantly grown in recent years. The number of communicating devices is increasing with the development of new RF circuits design and integrated circuits which makes it possible ... -
A Game Theoretic Framework to Secure Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) against Cyber Attacks
(2018-12)Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is a term describing a broad range of complex, multi-disciplinary, physically-aware next generation engineered systems that integrate embedded computing technologies (cyber part) into the ...
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Leak Detection, Localization and Size Prediction in Water Pipeline Systems
(2018-12)Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of wireless devices that are either installed above the ground or buried under dense soil or placed in any underground spaces. WSNs have an immense future to impact on diverse ... -
A Victims Detection Approach for Burning Building Sites Using Convolutional Neural Networks
(2019-12)In this work, an approach is proposed to detect people and pets trapped in burning sites. This will be done in a manner that will ensure the safety of firefighters and accelerate the rescue process of victims. The proposed ... -
Research of Water Detection in Autonomous Vehicles
(2019-12)An autonomous car is a ground vehicle that navigates without human input. These vehicles are expected to reach $60 billion in sales by 2025. But these autonomous vehicles have many drawbacks: one among them is lack of ... -
Reducing TCP Retransmissions By Using Machine Learning For More Accurate RTT Estimation
(2019-12)When computers communicate via connection-oriented protocols like TCP, upon receipt of a segment of information, the recipient sends an acknowledgment back to the sender. This facilitates two important traits of ... -
Application of Cooperative Game Theory in Smart Grids
(2019-12)Nowadays, as the conventional grid cannot handle the technology, the smart grid is introduced to provide two-way communication between utility and customers to meet the energy requirements. In general, prosumers trade ... -
Analysis of Repetitive Motion in Manual Material Handling Systems Using a Digital Twin Framework
(2019-12)Manual material handling accounts for more than 122,000 workplace injuries at U.S. One of the major reasons for injuries in the workplace is due to accidents caused by improper execution of the material handling fundamental ... -
Pre-Positioning Relief Supplies and Supplier Selection Strategy in Disaster Relief
(2019-12)Natural disasters have a life changing impact on individuals, the effect can be felt at various levels and can even affect an entire country. In the United States, major disasters have seriously affected the country’s ...
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Using CDMA/AIC to Increase Energy Efficiency and Reduce Multipath Effects in Passive RFID Tag Systems
(2019-12)The Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] technology is a novel solution used in supply chain management. A large warehouse consisting of hundreds of objects must be handled effectively and automatically. RFID technology ...
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Modeling Power Grid Recovery and Resilience Post Extreme Weather Events
(2019-12)The traditional N-1 power grid system is inadequate as it cannot withstand extreme weather events like hurricane, flooding, earthquake etc. Extreme event analysis reports by NERC, BPU, and ERCOT state that failure of ...
