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Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using Deep Neural Networks, Ahmad Alzahrani, Pourya Shamsi, Cihan H. Dagli, Mehdi Ferdowsi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Predicting solar irradiance has been an important topic in renewable energy generation. Prediction improves the planning and operation of photovoltaic systems and yields many economic advantages for electric utilities. The irradiance can be predicted using statistical methods such as artificial neural networks (ANN), support vector machines (SVM), or autoregressive moving average (ARMA). However, they either lack accuracy because they cannot capture long-term dependency or cannot be used with big data because of the scalability. This paper presents a method to predict the solar irradiance using deep neural networks. Deep recurrent neural networks (DRNNs) add complexity to the model without specifying …

Classification Of Rest And Active Periods In Actigraphy Data Using Pca, Isaac W. Muns, Yogesh Lad, Ivan G. Guardiola, Matthew S. Thimgan

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper we highlight a clustering algorithm for the purpose of identifying sleep and wake periods directly from actigraphy signals. The paper makes use of statistical Principal Component Analysis to identify periods of rest and activity. The aim of the proposed methodology is to develop a quick and efficient method to determine the sleep duration of an individual. In addition, a robust method that can identify sleep periods in the accelerometer data when duration, time of day varies by individual. A selected group of 10 individual's sensor data consisting of actigraphy from an accelerometer (3-axis), near body temperature, and …

Energy Consumption Modeling Of Stereolithography-Based Additive Manufacturing Toward Environmental Sustainability, Yiran Yang, Lin Li, Yayue Pan, Zeyi Sun

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Additive manufacturing (AM), also referred as three-dimensional printing or rapid prototyping, has been implemented in various areas as one of the most promising new manufacturing technologies in the past three decades. In addition to the growing public interest in developing AM into a potential mainstream manufacturing approach, increasing concerns on environmental sustainability, especially on energy consumption, have been presented. To date, research efforts have been dedicated to quantitatively measuring and analyzing the energy consumption of AM processes. Such efforts only covered partial types of AM processes and explored inadequate factors that might influence the energy consumption. In addition, energy consumption …

Reward/Penalty Design In Demand Response For Mitigating Overgeneration Considering The Benefits From Both Manufacturers And Utility Company, Md Monirul Islam, Zeyi Sun, Cihan H. Dagli

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The high penetration of renewable sources in electricity grid has led to significant economic, environmental, and societal benefits. However, one major side effect, overgeneration, due to the uncontrollable property of renewable sources has also emerged, which becomes one of the major challenges that impedes the further large-scale adoption of renewable technology. Electricity demand response is an effective tool that can balance the supply and demand of the electricity throughout the grid. In this paper, we focus on the design of reward/penalty mechanism for the demand response programs aiming to mitigate the overgeneration. The benefits for both manufacturers and utility companies …

A General Algorithm For Assessing Product Architecture Performance Considering Architecture Extension In Cyber Manufacturing, Md Monirul Islam, Zeyi Sun, Cihan H. Dagli

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In modern manufacturing, the product architecture design options are usually restricted to those that can be produced with 100% confidence using those proven technologies to satisfy the existing customer requirement. As a result, the inefficiencies of architecture design are considerable due to such limitations. This issue is of particular interests in cyber manufacturing when exploring the tradeoff between generality and feasibility in product design and manufacturing. It can be expected that the improvement and extension of the existing product architecture may be required to meet new customer requirement when new technologies become available. An effective system performance assessment algorithm is …

Analysis Of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems Based On Operational Scenarios Using Value Modelling, Akash Vidyadharan, Robert Philpott Iii, Benjamin J. Kwasa, Christina L. Bloebaum

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In recent years, the use of UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) has moved beyond the realm of military operations and has made its way into the hands of consumers and commercial industries. Although the applications of UAS in commercial industries are virtually endless, there are many issues regarding their operations that need to be considered before these valuable pieces of equipment are allowed for widespread civil use. Currently, UAS operations in the public domain are guided and controlled by the FAA Part 107 rules after overwhelming public pressure caused by the earlier 333 exemption. In order to approach such larger issues, …

Design The Capacity Of Onsite Generation System With Renewable Sources For Manufacturing Plant, Xiao Zhong, Md Monirul Islam, Haoyi Xiong, Zeyi Sun

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

The utilization of onsite generation system with renewable sources in manufacturing plants plays a critical role in improving the resilience, enhancing the sustainability, and bettering the cost effectiveness for manufacturers. When designing the capacity of onsite generation system, the manufacturing energy load needs to be met and the cost for building and operating such onsite system with renewable sources are two critical factors need to be carefully quantified. Due to the randomness of machine failures and the variation of local weather, it is challenging to determine the energy load and onsite generation supply at different time periods. In this paper, …

Open Access, Open Access, How Does Your Catalog Grow? With Selection, Access, And Usage All In A Virtual Row!, David W. Schuster, Susan J. Martin

Charleston Library Conference

Much of the open access (OA) focus and discussion has been on journals (think Glossa), but the open access monograph has come fully into its own. University and scholarly publishers are providing high-quality books, often in areas that rely on long-form scholarship. However, open access monographs presented a challenge. How do they fit into the traditional models of selection, acquisition, cataloging, and tracking usage?

In the spring of 2016, Texas Woman’s University Libraries created a simple workflow to make open access monographs accessible through the libraries’ discovery layer using Google Sheets to track the workflow and EZproxy to track usage.

Development Of A User-Friendly System Model And Simulation For An Amateur Liquid-Fueled Rocket, Daniel Corey, Thomas Bennett, Brendan Luke, James Biaglow

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Diagnosing Failures In Complex Engineered Systems, Jalyn Gariepy

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Evaluating Benefits Of Sysml In Creating Value Models Using Nasa's Nea Scout, Garima Bhatia

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Nasa Habitat: Framework For An Analysis Of Preference Communication, Giulia Palma

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Analytical Modeling Of Radiation Attenuation And Heat Deposition In Propellant For Nuclear Thermal Rockets, Alexander Aueron

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Expendable Rs-25 Engine Affordability Study, Adam Bower, Dale Thomas

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Where Mbse And Plm Fit Into The Digital Thread, Zach Thomas

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Underwater Object Tracking Strategy Via Multi-Scale Retinex And Partial Least Squares Analysis, Baochen Hao, Yue Zhu, Ruijie Chang, Rui Nian, Bo He, Lujie Cao, Amaury Lendasse

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Underwater Object Tracking is One of the Most Essential and Fundamental Tasks in Ocean Investigations Recent Years. in This Paper, We Try to Capture Multi-Scale Retinex (MSR) Model as Well as the Partial Least Square (Pls) Analysis for Underwater Object Tracking. We First Make Use of Multi-Scale Retinex Model to Evolve and Enhance the Partial Color Constancy from the Underwater Video Sequences, Which Could Provide a Versatile Automatic Strategy to Simultaneous Sharpening, Dynamic Range Compression and Color Rendition. the Partial Least Square Analysis is Further Taken to Capture the Trajectories of Underwater Objects by Learning a Set of Underwater Appearance …

Underwater Image Super-Resolution Reconstruction With Local Self-Similarity Analysis And Wavelet Decomposition, Xiaorun Wang, Rui Nian, Bo He, Bing Zheng, Amaury Lendasse

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Underwater Target Detecting is an Important Technique for the Development of the Ocean Engineering and Exploration Also a Significant Task of the Ocean Detecting. It Plays a Substantial Role Not Only for the Civil Economy but Also for the National Security. the Formation of the Super-Resolution Underwater Image is Significant Topic in Ocean Detecting Field. in Order to Enhance the Visual Quality of Images Obtained by Underwater Imaging Systems, Super Resolution (Sr) Reconstruction is Introduced, Including Single-Frame and Multi-Frame Sr Algorithms. Real-World Images Often Contain Singularities Such as Edges and High-Frequency Textured Regions. as a Result, These Methods Suffer from …

Underwater Image Segmentation With Co-Saliency Detection And Local Statistical Active Contour Model, Yue Zhu, Baochen Hao, Baohua Jiang, Rui Nian, Bo He, Xinmin Ren, Amaury Lendasse

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Image Segmentation of Underwater Environment with Inhomogeneous Intensity Turns Out to Be One of the Most Challenging Topics These Years. in This Paper, We Try to Combine Co-Saliency Detection with Local Statistical Active Contour Model Together for Underwater Image Segmentation. the Cluster-Based Algorithm is First Taken for Co-Saliency Detection, Which Makes Salient Region in the Underwater Images Be Highlighted. the Local Statistical Active Contour Model, a Novel Region-Based Level Set Method, is Then Made Full Use of two Segment Underwater Images. It is Shown in Our Simulation Experiment that Our Proposed Scheme Could Achieve Great Segmentation Performance in Both Efficiency …

A Depth Estimation Model From A Single Underwater Image With Non-Uniform Illumination Correction, Shichang Zhang, Xiaofei Gong, Rui Nian, Bo He, Yaomin Wang, Amaury Lendasse

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Underwater Visual Understanding Tends to Be One of the Most Important Challenges in Ocean Investigations Recent Years. in This Paper, We Make an Attempt to Develop a Depth Estimation Approach from One Single Underwater Image with Non-Uniform Illumination Correction. First, We Try to Remove the Relatively Strong Reflection Layer from the Scene Layer in Those Underwater Images with Non-Uniform Illumination and Rely on the Saturation Detection to Characterize the Local Regions of the Artificial Illumination in Underwater Images for Compensation in Depth Estimation. Then We Try to Implement Underwater Dark Channel Prior and Basically Consider the Blue and Green Color …

Profile Interview With Vincent Duffy, Apoorva Sulakhe

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

Dr. Vincent Duffy is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University holding a joint appointment with Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Duffy focuses on human factors engineering and ergonomic design. His interest in teaching began early when he was a teaching assistant for IE 386 at Purdue University while pursuing his master’s degree. As an industrial engineering master’s non-thesis student, Duffy realized he had a natural inclination toward teaching. This motivation, along with the support and mentorship of Ferdinand Leimkuhler, the head of the department, turned him toward the fi eld of research. He rejoined Purdue …