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A Comprehensive Cybersecurity Defense Framework For Large Organizations, Willarvis Smith

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

There is a growing need to understand and identify overarching organizational requirements for cybersecurity defense in large organizations. Applying proper cybersecurity defense will ensure that the right capabilities are fielded at the right locations to safeguard critical assets while minimizing duplication of effort and taking advantage of efficiencies. Exercising cybersecurity defense without an understanding of comprehensive foundational requirements instills an ad hoc and in many cases conservative approach to network security. Organizations must be synchronized across federal and civil agencies to achieve adequate cybersecurity defense. Understanding what constitutes comprehensive cybersecurity defense will ensure organizations are better protected and more efficient. …

Pilot Scale Evaluation Of E. Coli Filtration Removal From Stormwater Using Recycled Steel, Jason Neville

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Microbial pathogens are considered one of the most important pollutants in regards to surface waters such as coastal waters, rivers and urban estuaries. Escherichia Coli (E. coli) is a bacterial microorganism found in the guts of humans and some animals that if ingested can cause diarrhea, severe stomach cramps, and vomiting. E. coli carried by stormwater runoff can deteriorate water quality of receiving bodies of water. It is necessary to develop technologies to remove E. coli from stormwater runoff to protect surface waters and public health. The use of steel byproducts as an adsorption technology is an emerging stormwater treatment …

A Beaconing-Based Roadside Services Discovery Protocol For Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Kifayat Ullah, Ali Sayyed, Muhammad Aziz, Edson Moreira

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Recently, research on vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) has gained momentum all over the world. These emerging networks promise to make our driving experience more efficient, safer, comfortable, and enjoyable. VANETs have the potential to support a wide range of interesting applications. One such promising application area is the discovery of roadside services on the highways. Drivers need an efficient way to find these services during their journeys. However, due to the unique features of VANETs, the design and implementation of such applications is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose an application layer beaconing-based roadside services discovery protocol …

Nsu Student Handbook 2019-2020, Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Cooperative Spectrum Sharing Schemes For Internet Of Things Systems, Adham Hagag

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Internet of Things (IoT) has gained much attention in recent years with the massive increase in the number of connected devices. Cognitive Machine-to-Machine (CM2M) communications is a hot research topic in which a cognitive dimension allows M2M networks to overcome the challenges of spectrum scarcity, interference, and green requirements. In this paper, we propose a Generalized Cooperative Spectrum Sharing (GCSS) scheme for M2M communication. Cooperation extends the coverage of wireless networks as well as increasing their throughput while reducing the energy consumption of the connected low power devices. We study the outage performance of the proposed GCSS scheme for …

Disrupting Complex Systems With Emerging Technologies: A Study On United States Airport Operations, Emily J. Grone

Honors Theses and Capstones

The number of United States domestic commercial flight passengers are growing every year, which means the number of people checking-in, dropping off their bags, and going through TSA within airports is equally growing. With the increasing number of passengers and aging airports, there are several areas of pain points within airports where passengers hit a bottleneck due to the current systems that airports have in place. There are three main areas that we are going to reference. First the check-in process, where customers have to get their tickets, input identification information, and check-in for their flight. Second, baggage-drop off, where …

Improving Bicycle Infrastructure With The Use Of Bicycle Share Travel Data, Jennifer Mintao Weast

Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering

Bicycling as a mode of transportation has been increasing in recent years due to its environmental and health benefits. The availability of bicycles through bicycle share programs has made bicycling a more viable option. With this increase, there is a need for complementary improvements of bicycle infrastructure. Many local and regional transportation agencies are recognizing this need and developing a master plan or safety action plan to improve the city’s bicycle and walking facilities. This study examines bicycle travel demands and travel patterns in Lexington, Kentucky as generated by SPIN bicycle share users. It is hypothesized that the SPIN users …

Investigation Of The Effect Of Vehicle Color On Safety, Deogratias Eustace, Fayez Khalaf Alanazi, Peter W. Hovey

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Modeling Of Wrong Way Driving Entries And Developing Innovative Approaches For Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Advanced Wrong Way Driving Countermeasures, Md Imrul Kayes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Wrong-way driving (WWD) is a hazardous behavior on interstates, toll roads, and other high-speed limited access facilities. Since WWD crashes are rare, recent researchers have studied WWD events such as WWD 911 calls and WWD citations to understand the overall nature and trend of WWD. It is very difficult to build credible statistical models based solely on crashes due to the small sample size since these are only 3% of all crashes. Modeling of WWD non-crash events can result in more accurate models. A model was developed for Florida limited access facilities to identify roadway factors and traffic characteristics of …

Development Of Decision Support System For Active Traffic Management Systems Considering Travel Time Reliability, Whoibin Chung

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As traffic problems on roadways have been increasing, active traffic management systems (ATM) using proactive traffic management concept have been deployed on freeways and arterials. The ATM aims to integrate and automate various traffic control strategies such as variable speed limits, queue warning, and ramp metering through a decision support system (DSS). Over the past decade, there have been many efforts to integrate freeways and arterials for the efficient operation of roadway networks. It has been required that these systems should prove their effectiveness in terms of travel time reliability. Therefore, this study aims to develop a new concept of …

Unmanned Aerial And Traversing Vehicle -- A Mobile Platform For Bridge Inspections, Clayton A. Fritsche

Masters Theses

“Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have been rapidly growing in popularity since their creation. This study aimed to create a robotic platform used to assist in the inspection process of the nation’s aging and deteriorating bridges. To this end, a multimodal inspection robot that utilized both flying and driving technologies, was designed, analyzed, and tested for aerial, traversing, and their transitional operability. The design, herein referred to as the “BridgeBot”, was evaluated both computationally and experimentally. A finite element model of the BridgeBot was established and analyzed under static loading scenarios to help determine stress distributions and …

Computational Modeling And Simulations Of Condition Deterioration To Enhance Asphalt Highway Pavement Design And Asset Management, Zul Fahmi Bin Mohamed Jaafar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A nation’s economy and prosperity depend on an efficient and safe transportation network for public mobility and freight transportation. A country’s road network is recognized as one of the largest public infrastructure assets. About 93 percent of 2.6 million miles of paved roads and highways in the United States (U.S.) are surfaced with asphalt. Longitudinal roughness, pavement cracking, potholes, and rutting are the major reasons for rehabilitation of asphalt roads. Billions of dollars are required annually for the maintenance and rehabilitation of road networks. If timely maintenance and rehabilitation are not performed, the pavement damages inflicted by heavy traffic repetitions …

Swat Operations Unmanned Vehicle, John K. Zelina, Tyler Meadows, Ryan Cook, Mathew Fellows

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

During SWAT operations, it is common to have a barricaded suspect who may be armed and a serious threat to SWAT team personnel. In these cases, sending a robot into harm's way to assess the situation as opposed to an operator has become the standard. The purpose of this of this research was to design and develop an unmanned system for the City of Akron's SWAT Team that can be injected into these scenarios to improve outcomes and mitigate risk to SWAT operators.

A Model To Optimize Major Trauma Network Considering Patient Safety, Monit D. Vaishnav

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

Trauma is any physical injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability and death if the appropriate level of care is not administered in a timely fashion. Existing approaches in the literature and by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to optimize the network of trauma centers are limiting. To address this challenge, we introduce the Trauma Network Design Problem, a bi-objective mathematical model that aims at determining the optimal trauma network by minimizing the weighted sum of mistriages. We use the trauma network data from 2012 for the state of Ohio to illustrate the use of our approach …

A Graphene/Rf Gas Sensor, Kathleen Louise Brockdorf

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

Toxic chemicals have been used as chemical warfare agents since ancient times, but World War 1 saw the beginning of modern chemical proliferation. There are many methods of detecting these agents, but the combination of high sensitivity, specificity, fast response, and small form factor is difficult to achieve. More recently, graphene has been identified as a possible sensing material for ammonia and other substances. This research documents a novel method of using graphene as a chemical sensor, utilizing a radio-frequency approach to sensing. This approach utilizes all available information from the material, such as permittivity and conductivity, instead of simply …

The Behavior Of Suas Under Explosive Loading Conditions And Implications For Safe Operating Procedures, Ashok Em Sudhakar

Doctoral Dissertations

"Drones are increasingly being used for tasks previously unimagined and the beneficial uses are evolving. The United States Congress has envisioned the possible uses of drones for both combating and conveying explosive threats and other harmful and destructive activities. Congress' intent is reflected in new laws (2018) and policies (2019).

All civilian available Small Unmanned Aerial Systems sUASs (Drones), weighing less than 55 pounds, in the current market are not designed for operations in explosive environments. This first of a kind research focuses on further understanding of sUASs response to explosive loading and the public policy implications. This research measured …

An Investigation Of Solar Panel Thermal Images Collected From An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Ginger Ivy Jo L'Heureux

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

As the population of the world continues to increase, so does energy consumption. At the same time, available fossil fuels continue to be depleted. Knowing these two facts, there is a need to find additional sources of energy. Photovoltaic panels (solar panels) are front and center of the renewable energy available options.

Exploring the practical use of infrared thermal imaging for data collection and maintenance of photovoltaic panels is the main objective of this study. In this research, three unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights were completed to obtain thermal imaging of the Cedar Falls Utilities Solar Field with various dates …

Internet Of Things: Architecture And Services For Healthcare, Ankita Suvagia Ms.

Dissertations and Theses

Internet of Things (IoT) is a recent prominent collaboration of various technologies that enables spatially distributed devices (“things”) to sense, communicate and share information, thus generating a variety of applications and services in Healthcare. IoT is implemented in multiple domains like Smart city, energy and smart grid, Smart home, weather forecasting, Agriculture, Market and Transportation, Manufacturing and testing industries, Healthcare and many more. IoT serves the purpose of making tasks more efficient and productive and at the same time ensuring quality and reliability. IoT technologies provide an enabling framework for inter-connecting devices, systems, and services that go beyond Machine-to-Machine scenarios …

The Role Of The Built Environment In Transforming Underserved Neighborhoods Into Smart And Connected Communities, Mary Claire Nabors

All ETDs from UAB

The goal of this report is to create a model for transforming underserved neighborhoods into smart, connected, healthy, and sustainable communities by focusing on the built environment. To do this, there must be a thorough neighborhood analysis of the existing conditions with recommendations for what needs to be done, both short term and long term. The built environment impacts many aspects of a neighborhood and the quality of life for residents. Sidewalks, streets, lighting, landscaping, and accessibility are all components of the built environment and research has continuously shown how the deterioration of the built environment affects the health and …

Pipelined Adders For Ultralow-Power Wearables, Mansi Jhamb, Tejaswini Dhall, Tamish Verma, Hinduja Puri

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

For continuous real-time monitoring of personal health, wearable devices are indispensable. The constraintsof cost, power consumption, and limited device dimensions are the critical issues which need to be handled carefullywhile designing these battery-powered devices. The wearables employ high-end processors dedicated for complex signalprocessing. The core of every digital signal processor is its data path. The arithmetic units like adders constitute thecore of data path and addressing unit. This work proposes a novel low-complexity asynchronous pipelined adder. Theproposed design guarantees great savings in power and latency, which makes it a suitable candidate for low-power high-speed sophisticated wearables. The proposed design consumes …

Spun Prestressed Concrete Pole Options As An Alternative To Wood Utility Distribution Poles, Paula Alvarez Alvarez Pino

All ETDs from UAB

The purpose of this research project is to analyze the current state-of-the-art, including use and design practices, of utility distribution poles and to evaluate the performance of spun prestressed concrete poles with different reinforcement schemes as a viable alternative to wood utility poles. There are an estimated 185 million utility distribution poles in place in the United States, and over 130 million are made out of wood. Most of the existing distribution poles are now approaching or have surpassed their useful lives since they were designed with a life expectancy of 50 years and were installed in the 1950s and …

Development Of Flotation Enhanced Stirred Tank (Fest) Process For Petroleum Hydrocarbons Removal From Drill Cuttings, Marina Phea

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This work aims to develop the treatment process for the removal of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) from DC by using the combination of air floatation and stirring processes, called Flotation Enhanced Stirred Tank (FEST). Initially, stirring, induced air flotation (IAF), and dissolved air flotation (DAF) are individually investigated over DC washing. Afterward, the combination process between “stirring-DAF” and “stirring-IAF-DAF” are continuously observed for finding the better conditions of TPH removal efficiency. To optimize the operational terms of the treatment process, the Design of Experiment (DOE) is applied to design the experimental conditions within the central composite design-response surface methodology (CCD-RSM). …

แบบจำลองเพื่อการออกแบบระบบโครงสร้างพื้นฐานคลาวด์สำหรับเมืองอัจฉริยะรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อม: กรณีศึกษาของการไฟฟ้าฝ่ายผลิตแห่งประเทศไทย, ริรินดา ถิระศุภะ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

“EGAT Eco Plus” เป็นโครงการเมืองอัจฉริยะโดยการไฟฟ้าฝ่ายผลิตแห่งประเทศไทย (กฟผ.) ซึ่งในการออกแบบโครงสร้างพื้นฐานระบบสื่อสารสำหรับเมืองอัจฉริยะ กฟผ. สนญ. จะต้องรองรับการออกแบบเป็นโมดูลเพื่อให้การออกแบบมีความยืดหยุ่นสามารถปรับเปลี่ยนได้อย่างรวดเร็วตามความต้องการใช้งานที่เปลี่ยนไป วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้จึงนำเสนอแบบจำลองเพื่อการออกแบบระบบโครงสร้างพื้นฐานคลาวด์สำหรับเมืองอัจฉริยะรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อม: กรณีศึกษาของการไฟฟ้าฝ่ายผลิตแห่งประเทศไทย และแนวคิดของตัวควบคุมระบบคลาวด์เมืองอัจฉริยะ โดยผู้วิจัยใช้หลักการทางคณิตศาสตร์แบบกำหนดการเชิงเส้น (linear programming: LP) เพื่อหาคำตอบการจัดสรรทรัพยากรของศูนย์ข้อมูลให้กับคำร้องขอเพื่อให้บริการแบบสีเขียวสูงสุด โดยการใช้พลังงานสีเขียวในศูนย์ข้อมูลจากแหล่งผลิตพลังงานหมุนเวียนในพื้นที่สูงสุดเพื่อสร้างการคำนวณรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อมในเมืองอัจฉริยะ และผู้วิจัยได้ทำการเปรียบเทียบกับวิธีการจัดสรรภารกิจที่มีใช้งานอยู่ในปัจจุบัน คือวิธีวนรอบ (round robin) อีกทั้งเพื่อให้สอดคล้องกับนโยบายการลดปริมาณคาร์บอนฟุตพริ้นท์ของเมืองอัจฉริยะ กฟผ. จึงเป็นที่มาให้ผู้วิจัยศึกษาองค์ความรู้และเกณฑ์การประเมินเพื่อสร้างศูนย์ข้อมูลแบบยั่งยืนรักษ์สิ่งแวดล้อม คือ สัมประสิทธิ์พลังงานสีเขียว ค่าเฉลี่ยการใช้พลังงานสีเขียวของภารกิจแต่ละประเภท ปริมาณคาร์บอนฟุตพริ้นท์จากพลังงานไฟฟ้า ซึ่งสามารถใช้เป็นเกณฑ์ชี้วัดศูนย์ข้อมูลแบบยั่งยืนของ กฟผ. สนญ. ได้ โดยสรุปแบบจำลองสามารถนำมาประยุกต์ใช้งานจริงได้เพื่อรองรับโปรแกรมประยุกต์ของเมืองอัจฉริยะ กฟผ. สนญ. โดยการปรับลักษณะโปรแกรมประยุกต์แต่ละชนิดที่จะมีใช้งานในเมืองอัจฉริยะ ได้แก่ ชนิดของภารกิจ ขนาดแกนคำนวณที่ต้องการใช้งาน ขนาดของเครือข่ายที่ต้องการ ขนาดของหน่วยเก็บ ขนาดของข้อมูล และค่าการประวิงเวลาในระบบสื่อสารสูงสุด รวมทั้งคุณลักษณะของศูนย์ข้อมูล ได้แก่ ความจุของแกนคำนวณ ขนาดเครือข่ายที่สามารถให้บริการได้ ขนาดหน่วยเก็บ ซึ่งพารามิเตอร์เหล่านี้เป็นส่วนสำคัญและเกี่ยวข้องในการให้บริการระบบคลาวด์แก่หน่วยงานหรือลูกค้าที่อยู่ตามอาคารต่าง ๆ ใน กฟผ. สนญ. อีกทั้งสามารถใช้กับการออกแบบโครงสร้างพื้นฐานคลาวด์ที่มีการใช้พลังงานจากแหล่งพลังงานหลายแหล่งที่แตกต่างกัน เช่น แหล่งผลิตพลังงานจากกริด หรือแหล่งผลิตพลังงานหมุนเวียนในพื้นที่ และหน่วยกักเก็บพลังงานสำรอง เป็นต้น

Mechanics And Historical Evolution Of Sea Level Blowouts In New York Harbor, Praneeth Gurumurthy, Philip Orton, Stefan A. Talke, Nickitas Georgas, James F. Booth

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Wind-induced sea level blowouts, measured as negative storm surge or extreme low water (ELW), produce public safety hazards and impose economic costs (e.g., to shipping). In this paper, we use a regional hydrodynamic numerical model to test the effect of historical environmental change and the time scale, direction, and magnitude of wind forcing on negative and positive surge events in the New York Harbor (NYH). Environmental sensitivity experiments show that dredging of shipping channels is an important factor affecting blowouts while changing ice cover and removal of other roughness elements are unimportant in NYH. Continuously measured water level records since …

2008 - San Antonio And Nacimiento Rivers Watershed Management Plan

Miscellaneous Monterey and San Luis Obispo County Documents and Reports

The purpose of the San Antonio and Nacimiento Rivers Watersheds Management Plan is to identify the existing conditions of and stresses in these watersheds as they relate to water quality, and recommend methods for reducing or eliminating those stressors such as alternative land use practices. The plan was created to:

􀂃 The reservoirs and their respective watersheds are the source for water recharging the Salinas Valley groundwater basin.

􀂃 There is a direct correlation between the health of these watersheds and the supply and quality of water for the Salinas Valley.

􀂃 The Salinas Valley’s population and economy are dependent …

Nondestructive Assessment Of Wood Members In A Viewing Tower In Potawatomi State Park, Door County, Wisconsin, Us, Robert Ross, Xiping Wang, C. Adam Senalik

College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Publications

The State of Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is responsible for operating one of the largest state park systems in the United States. Potawatomi State Park, located on the Door County peninsula, consists of about 1,200 acres of flat to gently rolling upland terrain bordered by steep slopes and rugged limestone cliffs along Lake Michigan’s shoreline. A 75-ft observation tower sits atop a 150-ft bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. The USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, was asked to conduct an assessment of the main support timbers of the tower. This report summarizes the results obtained from the inspection and assessment. …

Offset Right-Turn Lanes On State Highway Systems, Aemal J. Khattak, Yashu Kang

Nebraska Department of Transportation: Research Reports

This research focused on two aspects related to Offset Right Turn Lanes (ORTLs) on Nebraska state highway two-way stop-controlled intersections. The first was the crash safety and economic benefits of ORTLs compared to intersections with no right turn lanes or traditional right turn lanes. The second was driver stopping behavior at stop signs at two-way stop-controlled intersections equipped with ORTLs. The research team reviewed information from various published studies, analyzed crash data reported at 47 two-way stop-controlled intersections as well as collected and analyzed driver stopping behavior at six ORTLs in Nebraska. Traffic volume and reported crashes during 2012-2015 were …

Investigation Of Kentucky For-Hire Requirements, Andrew Martin, Valerie J. Keathley, Jennifer R. Walton

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

This study analyzes the costs and benefits of the Kentucky For-Hire operating authority, which is issued to all carriers who pick up and drop off freight in Kentucky on a for-hire basis. It reviews current statutory and regulatory requirements, calculates the costs and benefits of administering Kentucky For-Hire, reviews the legal history of trucking regulation and deregulation, reports on a survey of other states about their practices with intrastate operating authority, and proposes three alternatives to current policies. The primary benefit of Kentucky For-Hire is that it enables the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to verify carriers have commercial liability insurance. Several …

Investigating Problem Of Distracted Drivers On Louisiana Roadways, Xiaoduan Sun

Publications

Due to the escalating usage of cellphone and social networking, distracted driving is and will remain as one of the most serious problems faced by Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and law enforcement agencies. Under the aim of in-depth investigation of distracted driving crashes in Louisiana, the specific objectives of this study are: (1) reviewing the crash reports for the quality of distracted driving crash reporting, (2) analyzing distracted driving-related crashes through regression model and data mining algorithm to link the severity of distracted driving crashes with the contributing factors collected in crash data, (3) investigating the observable characteristics of distracted …