Ergonomic Analysis Of Garment Industry Using Posture Evaluation Index (Pei) In Virtual Environment,
2011
Departemen Teknik Industri, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
Ergonomic Analysis Of Garment Industry Using Posture Evaluation Index (Pei) In Virtual Environment, Erlinda Muslim, Boy Nurtjahyo, Romadhani Ardi
Makara Journal of Technology
Ergonomic Analysis of Garment Industry using Posture Evaluation Index (PEI) in Virtual Environment. This research tried to study, in a virtual environment, the ergonomics of four divisions in garment industry: cutting division, sewing division, button division, and finishing division. Variables that influence the working conditions in each division are different; depend on the real situations that happened. The purpose is to assess the real working conditions based on ergonomics study using Posture Evaluation Index (PEI). PEI integrates the scores of low back analysis (LBA), ovako working posture (OWAS), and rapid upper limb assessment (RULA). Analysis phase was done using digital …
Formation Of Caco3 Particle And Conductivity Of Na2co3 And Cacl2 Solution Under Magnetic Field On Dynamic Fluid System,
2011
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
Formation Of Caco3 Particle And Conductivity Of Na2co3 And Cacl2 Solution Under Magnetic Field On Dynamic Fluid System, Nelson Saksono, Setijo Bismo, Roekmijati Widaningroem, Azwar Manaf
Makara Journal of Technology
Hard water causes the CaCO3 scale formation on the pipe walls and heat exchanger equipments in industrial or domestic water processes. A great number of experimental researches on the prevention of the CaCO3 precipitation process by magnetic field have been carried out. In this research, Na2CO3 and CaCl2 solutions was magnetized in the circulated flow condition (dynamic fluid system). The velocity of fluid and the circulation time was modified to examine its influences to the magnetization process. CaCO3 content was measured by titration method of EDTA complexometry. Conductivity test was conducted to find out hydrate ion bonding. The results showed …
Two-Class Classification With Various Characteristics Based On Kernel Principal Component Analysis And Support Vector Machines,
2011
Department of Electronic Engineering, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga 50711, Indonesia
Two-Class Classification With Various Characteristics Based On Kernel Principal Component Analysis And Support Vector Machines, Ivanna Kristianti Timotius, Iwan Setyawan, Andreas Ardian Febrianto
Makara Journal of Technology
Two class pattern classification problems appeared in many applications. In some applications, the characteristic of the members in a class is dissimilar. This paper proposed a classification system for this problem. The proposed system was developed based on the combination of kernel principal component analysis (KPCA) and support vector machines (SVMs). This system has been implemented in a two class face recognition problem. The average of the classification rate in this face image classification is 82.5%.
Design And Analysis Of A Wind Energy Harvesting Circuit Using Piezoelectric Polymers,
2011
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Design And Analysis Of A Wind Energy Harvesting Circuit Using Piezoelectric Polymers, Jameson J. Thornton
Master's Theses
This thesis investigates a relatively new method for harvesting wind energy by using flexible piezoelectric polymers with additional sails to increase their ability to harvest wind energy. This paper also introduces a new topology deemed the “stacked buck” that allows for multiple inputs to a system with a single output. Derivations and analysis detail the workings of the “stacked buck” with a laboratory test to show a working model. This paper also reports another experiment done in a wind tunnel to analyze the capability of the piezoelectric polymers as sources to the “stacked buck” topology with measurements of the power …
Video Stabilization Based On Speeded-Up Robust Features,
2011
Old Dominion University
Video Stabilization Based On Speeded-Up Robust Features, Minqi Zhou
Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations
With the advancement of science and technology, portable devices using video cameras are becoming more popular. Videos captured by ordinary commercial cameras always suffer from undesired motion which results from human hand shaking and mobile platform vibration. The undesired motion would not only blur the image degrading the image quality leading to inaccurate results in automatic object recognition and tracking, but also make it difficult for people to focus on specific object regions. It is also a possibility that one may feel dizzy while watching shaky video for a long time. Many hardware and software methodologies have been developed by …
High Frequency Direction Finding Using Structurally Integrated Antennas On A Large Airborne Platform,
2011
Air Force Institute of Technology
High Frequency Direction Finding Using Structurally Integrated Antennas On A Large Airborne Platform, Clair F. Corbin
Theses and Dissertations
Estimating the angle of arrival (AOA) of a high frequency (HF) signal, 2-32 MHz, is challenging, especially if the antenna array is installed on a platform with dimensions on the order of one wavelength. Accurate AOA estimates are necessary for search and rescue operations and geolocating RF emitters of interest. This research examines the performance of a direction finding (DF) system using structurally integrated (SI) antennas installed on an airborne platform which allows the aircraft structure to become the receiving element. Two simulated DF systems are analyzed at 4 and 11 MHz. The relationship between the number of SI antennas …
Radiation Induced Fault Detection, Diagnosis, And Characterization Of Field Programmable Gate Arrays,
2011
Air Force Institute of Technology
Radiation Induced Fault Detection, Diagnosis, And Characterization Of Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Thomas B. Getz
Theses and Dissertations
The development of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) has been a great achievement in the world of micro-electronics. One of these devices can be programmed to do just about anything, and replace the need for thousands of individual specialized devices. Despite their great versatility, FPGAs are still extremely vulnerable to radiation from cosmic waves in space and from adversaries on the ground. Extensive research has been conducted to examine how radiation disrupts different types of FPGAs. The results show, unfortunately, that the newer FPGAs with smaller technology are even more susceptible to radiation damage than the older ones. This research …
Characteristics Of A High Intensity, Pulsed, Potassium Vapor Laser In A Heat Pipe,
2011
Air Force Institute of Technology
Characteristics Of A High Intensity, Pulsed, Potassium Vapor Laser In A Heat Pipe, Edward J. Hurd
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis research paper presents the results of experiments using an optically pumped, pulsed potassium vapor laser in a heat pipe. The absorption on the potassium D2 line, output laser characteristics, and Raman scattering in potassium vapor are discussed. The spectral full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the D2 absorption line was much greater than predicted values for pressure broadening due to the high number density of potassium atoms and the long path length. At 320°C and 0 torr of helium, the FWHM was 765 GHz. At 100 torr it was 968 GHz. At 200 torr it …
Single-Beam Holographic Tomography Creates Images In Three Dimensions,
2011
The Catholic University of America
Single-Beam Holographic Tomography Creates Images In Three Dimensions, George Nehmetallah, Partha P. Banerjee, Nickolai Kukhtarev
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications
In digital holography (DH), the interference between light scattered from an object and a reference wave is recorded using a CCD camera. DH has various advantages over analog holography: no film processing is needed, reconstruction is performed using numerical methods, and no further experimental setup is necessary. However, one of the disadvantages of DH is that current CCDs have a resolution of approximately 1,000 lines/mm, which is less than that of photographic film.
Anisotropic Electrical Properties Of Nanostructured Metallic Thin Films,
2011
University of Dayton
Anisotropic Electrical Properties Of Nanostructured Metallic Thin Films, Mo Ahoujja, Piyush Shah, Andrew Saragan, Said Elhamri, Elena A. Guliants
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications
High surface area, porous, metallic (Ti, Cr) nanorod thin ¯lms with columnar microstructure can be deposited using conventional physical vapor deposition technique of E-beam evaporation. The technique relies on the physical vapor deposition onto a static substrate oriented in a position where °ux from the source material (Ti, Cr) arrives at oblique angle. The adatoms provides geometrical shadowing which results in growth of nanorod columns in the direction of vapor source. Deposition conditions such as angle of the incoming vapor °ux, substrate temperature, surface di®usion etc. have strong in°uence on the shape and arrangement of the columnar thin ¯lms. In …
Led Spotlight,
2011
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Led Spotlight, Eric Toussaint
Electrical Engineering
This report details the development and construction of an LED spotlight useable in a theatrical or architectural setting. In depth background information, initial design concepts, lighting instrument specifications, assembly, testing, and conclusions from results are highlighted in this document. Project goals include efforts to support more energy efficient lighting in the arts and general lighting applications and a decrease in overall costs for energy used in all dramatic and architectural lighting applications.
Universal Engineering Programmer – An In-House Development Tool For Developing And Testing Implantable Medical Devices In St. Jude Medical,
2011
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Universal Engineering Programmer – An In-House Development Tool For Developing And Testing Implantable Medical Devices In St. Jude Medical, Khoa Tat Do
Master's Theses
During development and testing of the functionality of the pacemaker and defibrillator device, engineers in the St. Jude Medical Cardiac Rhythm Management Division use an in-house development tool called Universal Engineering Programmer (UEP) to ensure the device functions as expected, before it can be used to test on an animal or a human during the implantation process. In addition, some applications of UEP are incorporated into the official releases of the device product. UEP has been developed and used by engineers across departments in the St. Jude Medical Cardiac Rhythm Management Division (CRMD). This thesis covers the flexible and reusable …
Electric Guitar Amplifier With Digital Effects,
2011
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Electric Guitar Amplifier With Digital Effects, Shawn Garrett
Computer Engineering
During the course of this project, the research and development of an electric guitar amplifier was undertaken. This amplifier is divided into three distinct sections. The power distribution circuitry provides the proper voltages to safely operate all necessary components. The DSP and digital effects stage provides processing and allows the user to add digital effects to the original guitar sound. The amplification stage increases the power of the input signal to drive a loudspeaker. Due to several setbacks throughout the course of this project, the overall amplifier was not completed. All three of the sections were developed to working functionality, …
"Buried-Anode" Technology Leads To Advanced Lithium Batteries,
2011
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
"Buried-Anode" Technology Leads To Advanced Lithium Batteries, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Publications (E)
A technology developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has sparked a start-up company that has attracted funding from the Advanced Projects Research Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Planar Energy, Inc. has licensed NREL's "buried-anode" technology and put it to work in solid-state lithium batteries. The company claims its large-format batteries can achieve triple the performance of today's lithium-ion batteries at half the cost, and if so, they could provide a significant boost to the emerging market for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Design Of Single-Carrier Frequency Domain Equalization (Sc-Fde) With Transmit Diversity For Wireless And Optical Communications,
2011
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Design Of Single-Carrier Frequency Domain Equalization (Sc-Fde) With Transmit Diversity For Wireless And Optical Communications, Kodzovi Acolatse
Dissertations
As the demand of wireless service is rising, there is a need to transmit high-speed packets over the wireless communication channel. Broadband data transmission over wireless channels commonly faces the challenges of multipath fading channels, which are both time and frequency selective. There is then a need to design transmission techniques that can combat the adverse effects of the channel, and enable reliable high data rate wireless services. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has become widely accepted primarily because of its robustness against frequency selective fading channels, but it suffers a number of drawbacks such as high peak-to-average power ratio …
Tin/Hfo2/Sio2/Si Gate Stacks Reliability : Contribution Of Hfo2 And Interfacial Sio2 Layer,
2011
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tin/Hfo2/Sio2/Si Gate Stacks Reliability : Contribution Of Hfo2 And Interfacial Sio2 Layer, Nilufa Rahim
Dissertations
Hafnium Oxide based gate stacks are considered to be the potential candidates to replace SiO2 in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), as they reduce the gate leakage by over 100 times while keeping the device performance intact. Even though considerable performance improvement has been achieved, reliability of high-κ devices for the next generation of transistors (45nm and beyond) which has an interfacial layer (IL: typically SiO2) between high-κ and the substrate, needs to be investigated. To understand the breakdown mechanism of high-κ/SiO2 gate stack completely, it is important to study this multi-layer structure extensively. For example, (i) the …
Distributed Synchronization Algorithms For Wireless Sensor Networks,
2011
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Distributed Synchronization Algorithms For Wireless Sensor Networks, Nicola Varanese
Dissertations
The ability to distribute time and frequency among a large population of interacting agents is of interest for diverse disciplines, inasmuch as it enables to carry out complex cooperative tasks. In a wireless sensor network (WSN), time/frequency synchronization allows the implementation of distributed signal processing and coding techniques, and the realization of coordinated access to the shared wireless medium. Large multi-hop WSN's constitute a new regime for network synchronization, as they call for the development of scalable, fully distributed synchronization algorithms. While most of previous research focused on synchronization at the application layer, this thesis considers synchronization at the lowest …
Model Reference Control For Ultra-High Precision Positioning Systems,
2011
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Model Reference Control For Ultra-High Precision Positioning Systems, Lan Yu
Dissertations
Due to the increasing demands of high-density semiconductors, molecular biology, optoelectronics, and MEMS/NEMS in the past decades, control of ultra-high precision positioning using piezoelectricity has become an important area because of its high displacement resolution, wide bandwidth, low power consumption, and potential low cost. However, the relatively small displacement range limits its application. This work proposed a practical ultra-high precision piezoelectric positioning system with a complementary high displacement range actuation technology. Solenoids are low cost, high speed electromagnetic actuators which are commonly used in on-off mode only because of the inherent high nonlinear force-stroke characteristics and unipolar forces (push/pull) generated …
Underwater Communication Via Particle Velocity Channels : Principles, Channel Models, And System Design,
2011
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Underwater Communication Via Particle Velocity Channels : Principles, Channel Models, And System Design, Huaihai Guo
Dissertations
A vector sensor is capable of measuring important non-scalar components of the acoustic field such as the particle velocity, which cannot be obtained by a single scalar pressure sensor. In the past few decades, extensive research has been conducted on the theory and design of vector sensors. On the other hand, underwater acoustic communication systems have been relying on scalar sensors only, which measure the pressure of the acoustic field. By taking advantage of the vector components of the acoustic field, such as the particle velocity, the vector sensor can be used for detecting the transmitted data. In this dissertation, …
Intelligibility Of Electrolarynx Speech Using A Novel Hands-Free Actuator,
2011
Technological University Dublin
Intelligibility Of Electrolarynx Speech Using A Novel Hands-Free Actuator, Brian Madden, Mark Nolan, Ted Burke, James Condron, Eugene Coyle
Conference Papers
During voiced speech, the larynx provides quasi-periodic acoustic excitation of the vocal tract. In most electrolarynxes, mechanical vibrations are produced by a linear electromechanical actuator, the armature of which percusses against a metal or plastic plate at a frequency within the range of glottal excitation. In this paper, the intelligibility of speech produced using a novel hands-free actuator is compared to speech produced using a conventional electrolarynx. Two able-bodied speakers (one male, one female) performed a closed response test containing 28 monosyllabic words, once using a conventional electrolarynx and a second time using the novel design. The resulting audio recordings …
