Smartphone Control Of Rc Cars, 2022 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Smartphone Control Of Rc Cars, Weston R. Fitzgerald
Electrical Engineering
The smartphone-controlled RC (remote-controlled) car is an inexpensive remote-controlled car designed to be fast and portable. Instead of manufacturing, packaging, and shipping a separate controller, the remote control is implemented in a phone application, which saves time and money in both the design process and the manufacturing process. Utilizing the user’s smartphone is more cost-effective since mobile devices are a common recurrence, and packaging fewer devices results in overall better portability of the product.
This smartphone-controlled car is speedy and intuitive to learn for typical smartphone users. The user can change the car’s speed and direction wirelessly using their phone; …
Optical Microresonator-Based Flow-Speed Sensor, 2022 Southern Methodist University
Optical Microresonator-Based Flow-Speed Sensor, Elie Ramon Salameh
Mechanical Engineering Research Theses and Dissertations
Optical sensors have become more prominent in atmospheric measurement systems, with LiDAR instruments deployed on a variety of earth-bound, air-borne, and space-based platforms. In recent years, the interest in the human exploration of Mars has created a substantial push towards reliable and compact sensing elements for Mars exploration missions, particularly during a spacecraft’s entry, descent, and landing stages. Real-time sensors able to reliably measure the craft’s speed relative to the surrounding atmosphere during these stages are thus of great interest. In this dissertation, a proof-of-concept for an optical microfabricated sensor, which leverages the whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) and Doppler shift principles, is …
Examination Of Ionization In Cesium Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers With An Ion Chamber Diagnostic, 2022 University of New Mexico
Examination Of Ionization In Cesium Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers With An Ion Chamber Diagnostic, Benjamin Oliker
Optical Science and Engineering ETDs
Diode pumped alkali lasers (DPALs) are leading candidates for future high power applications, with many potential utilities for the military, aerospace, communications, and scientific diagnostics. A critical step in their development is measurement and understanding of unwanted ionization processes that occur inside the laser, which decrease efficiency, reduce the usable alkali population, and increase heat load. In this dissertation, direct measurement of the ionization rate of a cesium DPAL gain medium are made for the first time, via application of an ion chamber diagnostic. Results will demonstrate that the rate of ionization is slow compared to pump absorption, with a …
The Take It All Tailgate Wagon: From Concept Through Prototype Development, 2022 University of Mississippi
The Take It All Tailgate Wagon: From Concept Through Prototype Development, Carly Huguley
Honors Theses
This text outlines the design process of the Take it All Tailgate from concept design through two prototyping stages. The Take it All Tailgate was designed for the every gameday tailgater who has a lot of tailgating equipment to haul from their vehicle to the tailgating area. With this in mind, a team of five members designed a wheeled storage space that also acts as a table in the tailgating area. Lean manufacturing was implemented to improve the build process and the overall design of the storage wagon.
Worksheet 02 - Meshing, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 02 - Meshing, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
This worksheet is designed to oberserve the variations in results when the mesh is varied from coarse to fine, hence how to find the optimum mesh size such that we can get accurate results while not compromising computational power.
Worksheet 07 - Bicone, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 07 - Bicone, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
In this worksheet, setps are given to design a full-wavelength biconical antenna. This is a broadband antenna. The worksheet also shows how to observe surface currents.
Worksheet 10 - Patch, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 10 - Patch, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
In this worksheet, steps are given to create a slotted rectangular microstrip patch antenna with an inset feed using a stripline. The patch antenna is operating in the TM10 mode.
Worksheet 05 - Loop, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 05 - Loop, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
In this worksheet, the users can design a small loop. The small loop shows low directivity, hence at the end of the worksheet, the users can chanage the design parameters and increase the directivity.
Worksheet 06 - Arrays, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 06 - Arrays, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
This worksheet designs an antenna array with three identical dipole elemetns. The antenna is operating as a broadside array. By changing the parameters the users can view the grating lobes in addition to the main lobe.
Worksheet 09 Horn, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 09 Horn, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
This worksheet designs a pyramidal horn antenna fed by a waveport.
Worksheet 03 - Near Field, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 03 - Near Field, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
This worksheet guides students to change the observational region between, reactive near field, radiating near field, and far-field.
Worksheet 08 - Helix, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 08 - Helix, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
This worksheet creates a helical antenna operating in the axial mode. The antenna is mounted on a ground plane. The users can change the circumference of the helix and change the operating mode to broadside or conical if they wish.
Worksheet 04 - Dipole, 2022 University of Southern Maine
Worksheet 04 - Dipole, Ashanthi Maxworth Phd
Antenna Design With HFSS
This worksheet shows how to create a half-wavelength dipole, set the feeder through a port, observe directivity, half-power beamwidth, etc.
Intelligibility Of Medically Related Sentences In Quiet, Speech-Shaped Noise, And Hospital Noise, 2022 Indiana University - Bloomington
Intelligibility Of Medically Related Sentences In Quiet, Speech-Shaped Noise, And Hospital Noise, Tessa Bent, Melissa Baese-Berk, Erica E. Ryherd, Sidney Perry
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
Noise in healthcare settings, such as hospitals, often exceeds levels recommended by health organizations. Although researchers and medical professionals have raised concerns about the effect of these noise levels on spoken communication, objective measures of behavioral intelligibility in hospital noise are lacking. Further, no studies of intelligibility in hospital noise used medically relevant terminology, which may differentially impact intelligibility compared to standard terminology in speech perception research and is essential for ensuring ecological validity. Here, intelligibility was measured using online testing for 69 young adult listeners in three listening conditions (i.e., quiet, speech-shaped noise, and hospital noise: 23 listeners per …
Steam Explores Project Based Assessments, 2022 Roxbury, NJ Kennedy Elementary School
Steam Explores Project Based Assessments, Erica Luvone, Loretta Radulic, Joe Mondanaro, Nicole Acevedo, Erika Dent, Ann Rhodes
STEM Month
This year, our approach to STEAM explores project based assessments in the disciplines of science and social studies. Students work in groups to produce projects that showcase work and proficiency. These projects are presented, displayed, discussed, and revisited or revised at student discretion.
3 Stem Projects By Fares Soliman, 2022 John Hill School Boonton NJ
3 Stem Projects By Fares Soliman, Fares Soliman
STEM Month
My name is Fares Soliman. I am a fourth grade student from John Hill School Boonton NJ. I created a 3 STEM project. The first project that I made was a doll. I used pink yarn for the dress and brown yarn for the hair. I also used a round wooden ball for the face. The second project that I created was a diorama of a farm. I put some grass, trees, a barn, hay sticks, some animals, a bridge, a fence, some plastic food and corn for the crop. My third project was a diorama of a park. It …
Students Interest And Thoughts On Stem, 2022 Toms River High School North
Students Interest And Thoughts On Stem, Chrisitine Girtain
STEM Month
I am Juan Sebastian Bohorquez Mora, I am a sophomore student at Toms River High School North. I am interested in biofuels because I believe they are a good option to replace fossil fuels. I am also interested in duckweed because biofuels are made out of crops, and people need to eat those crops. That’s when duckweed comes in and it can be used as a feedstock for ethanol production which is a biofuel. Bioethanol is a type of biofuel and it is derived from the corn’s starch. Instead of making ethanol from the corn’s starch, we can use duckweed …
360 Sounds: Drum Sample Packs With Supporting Video Series And Website, 2022 Belmont University
360 Sounds: Drum Sample Packs With Supporting Video Series And Website, Maddie M. Harmon
Honors Scholars Collaborative Projects
Drums are the foundation of any piece of music; because of this, it is impossible to create even a decent mix of a song without first taking the time to really mold and sculpt drum sounds. This is a painstaking process that includes extreme attention to detail in every aspect—selecting and placing microphones, tuning the drum kit, guiding the drummer to play in the pocket, adding effects processing, editing the drum tracks into single-hit takes after recording. Oftentimes (especially in the more commonplace lower-budget sessions that often don’t have the finances to spend an adequate amount of time perfecting drum …
Neuromorphic Computing Using Electrostatic Mems Devices, 2022 Lincoln , NE
Neuromorphic Computing Using Electrostatic Mems Devices, Fadi Alsaleem
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications
A continuous - time recurrent neural network ( CTRNN ) is described that exploits the nonlinear dynamics of micro electro - mechanical system ( MEMS ) devices to model a neuron in accordance with a neuron rate model that is the basis for dynamic field theory . Each MEMS device in the CTRNN is configured to simulate a neuron population by exploiting the characteristics of bi - stability and hysteresis inherent in certain MEMS device structures . In an embodiment , the MEMS device is a microbeam or cantilevered microbeam device that is excited with an alternating current ( AC …
Cost Efficient 3d Printed Mold For Thermoforming, 2022 Western Michigan University
Cost Efficient 3d Printed Mold For Thermoforming, Julianna Buck
Honors Theses
Traditional machined thermoforming molds are extremely expensive to produce. For small business owners who will have a very low volume of production this is not always a viable solution. To counteract this, the 3D thermoforming mold team strives to create a detailed manuscript complete with all the necessary information on how to produce a quality thermoforming mold through 3D printing. This manual will include information on producing a mold with parameters such as time to 3D print, type of printing materials, a cost analysis of producing the mold, and pre- and post-processing of the mold in preparation for production. The …