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Sentinel: Monumental Sculpture, Charles Jerome Washburn

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A Vhdl Design Of A Jpeg Still Image Compression Standard Decoder, Douglas Carpenter

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Digital images require large amounts of memory to be stored in a computer system. The JPEG compression standard allows the amount of memory storage required by a digital image to be reduced with little to no perceptible loss of image quality. This thesis is a design of an ASIC that implements a decoder of JPEG compressed images. The decoder implements the baseline decoder defined by the JPEG standard with a few exceptions, the most notable being that only grayscale images can be decompressed. With such an ASIC, the speed of decompressing images is greatly increased. The decoder was designed by …

Heat Transfer In Dirsig An Infrared Synthetic Scene Generation Model, Joseph Sirianni

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Improvements to the thermodynamic model in the RIT Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Lab's synthetic image generation software model, DIRSIG, were made to account for three forms of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation from an internal heat source. A validation was completed that collected truth data and evaluated the performance of the modifications. The simulated contrast of the final temperature images was relatively close to truth contrast. In addition, the exposed area term from the thermodynamic model was modified with the DIRSIG shape factor calculation for four different scenarios to improve background object temperature interactions. The best scenario was …

Heuristics For Selecting Gray Scale Morphological Structuring Elements, Paul Fetter

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This thesis explores some heuristics for choosing 8 bit gray scale morphological structuring elements for reducing noise. The variables of size, shape and volume that enter into the choice of structuring elements create a very large number of possible structuring elements. Some general heuristics to guide the choice of an appropriate structuring element will make the task easier. Both the absolute error of the image and the appearance of the image will be used to judge the results. The experiments were performed on 3 images. Each of the images had noise added before processing; one set of data had 10 …

Silicon-On-Insulator Mosfets: Material, Process And Device Characteristics, Brian Dinse

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NMOS and PMOS Single-crystal-silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs have been fabricated at RIT using a Bonded and Etched-back process for substrate formation. A test chip, containing inverters, contact and sheet resistance structures, and various NMOS and PMOS transistors, was fabricated on a 2000A SOI substrate formed by a Bonded and Etched-back technique. Effective mobilities, subthreshold swings, and threshold voltages of the fabricated devices were extracted to investigate the impact of a Bonded and Etched-back process on device performance. A hole mobility of 486 cm2/V-s was obtained in PMOS SOI, comparable to state-of-the-art, and exceeding any mobility previously reported at RIT. A subthreshold …

Human Face Profile Recognition, Vincent Wong

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The purpose of this thesis is to implement an automatic person identification system based on face profiles. Each person's face profile can be quite unique within a small sample population and therefore it can be used as the basis of an automatic person identification system. To quantify human face profiles for use in the recognition system, Fourier descriptors are used to describe the open curve extracted from a face profile. Fourier descriptors in the low-frequency range are shown to be useful for human face profile recognition. By using 16 Fourier coefficients, a correct recognition rate of 92% for 60 subjects …

Colorimetric Characterization Of A Desktop Drum Scanner Using A Spectral Model, Ming-Ching James Shyu

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A scanner characterization method based on an analytic spectral model was derived. The method first modeled the spectral formation of each medium using either Beer-Bouguer Law or Kubelka-Munk theory. Scanner digital counts were then empirically related to dye concentrations. From these estimated dye concentrations, either spectral transmittance or spectral reflectance factor could be predicted. These estimated spectral data were used to calculate tristimulus values and then color differences for the target object. A Howtek D4000 desktop drum scanner was colorimetrically characterized accordingly. The average characterization errors were all less than CIELAB color difference of 1.0 for Kodak IT8.7/1, Kodak Q-60C, …

An Edge-Finder Based On Fuzzy Perceptual Grouping, Yue Zhang

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Much recent research in computer vision has been aimed at the recognition of objects from scenes. Perceptual grouping has demonstrated its importance in creating descriptions of objects. Elementary edge descriptors are grouped into more complex structures based on relations such as proximity, parallelism, symmetry, and junction. However, exact determinations of these relations are impossible, because the relation is naturally uncertain and the output of low-level processing is not perfect. In this paper, an edge finding scheme based on fuzzy perceptual grouping is introduced. The geometrical relations are considered as fuzzy relations. The grouping operations that are based upon the fuzzy …

Design And Implementation Of A Real-Time Morphological Image Processor Prototype, Jens Rodenberg

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Morphology, the study of form and structure, is also a method used for processing images. Morphological image processing can be used for many purposes, including edge detection, shape recognition, smoothing, and enhancement of images. A prototype for a real-time Morphological Image Processor has been developed to process 512 x 512 extended 8-bit gray scale images, using a 7 x 7 extended 8-bit gray scale mask. This prototype processor was developed jointly with another M.S. thesis candidate, Jeffrey Hanzlik. Software was also developed to allow the user to conveniently use a personal computer to transfer images to and from the Morphological …

Plugged-In: 40 Years Of Digital Imaging, Carol Christy Brown

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To create an interactive piece that will provide to the user a feel for the rapid development of digital imaging, the key players involved and its impact on the way we create visual media today. This interactive presentation will seek to establish how this new medium emerged from the collaboration of many creative minds in the scientific and art worlds.

A Flexible Development System For Stepper Motor Based Electro-Mechanical Subassembly Design, Joseph Baco

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In cooperation with Rochester Institute of Technology and Eastman Kodak Company's Clinical Diagnostics Division, this thesis project describes the design of a PC-based development tool which will aid in the design and testing of electromechanical sub assemblies incorporating stepper motors. This tool will integrate the ability to perform digital I/O along with open loop stepper motor control methodologies bundled under a Windows based software package to produce a user interface aimed towards the mechanical and electrical engineering development communities. In its maximum configuration, the system consists of 8 single processor control nodes, each of which is capable of executing a …

An In-Scene Parameter Estimation Method For Quantitative Analysis, William C. Snyder

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This thesis describes the development of a general in-scene parameter estimation method for quantitative image evaluation. The Maximum Likelihood Ratio (MLR) estimator uses samples from a selected population of known objects in the image to estimate one or more unknown parameters. The estimate is based on statistically matching the population sample residuals to their simulated distribution. The match is characterized by the likelihood ratio function. To compute the likelihood ratio, stochastic simulation is employed to estimate the density of the residuals. The likelihood ratio of the actual residuals and this simulated density is a surface that is then numerically maximized …

Multichannel Analysis Of Object-Color Spectra, Debra S. Seitz Vent

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An optimization program was written to determine a set of channel responses for measuring object-color spectra. The program incorporated the Complex method of optimization to search the feasible space. The optimum set was determined based upon minimization of the number of channels, the average color difference (AE*ab) over a set of 116 colors and three illuminants, and the average reflectance factor difference between the actual and estimated spectra. It was expected that it would be possible to identify a system which would fall between current spectrophotometers and the ideal but unrealizable system whose responses are the three CIE standard color-matching …

Optimization Of The Heat Pumping Capacity Of A Thermoelectric Heat Pump, David A. Heavner

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A steady state model of a thermoelectric heat pump fitted with pin fin heat exchange surfaces is developed from the equations governing the operation of a thermoelectric device and pressure drop/ heat transfer correlations for staggered tube banks in cross flow. The model computes current draw, heat pumped at the cold side, heat rejected at the hot side, hot and cold side exhaust temperatures, and hot and cold side pin base temperatures when given the following parameters: ambient temperature, thermoelectric geometry factor, number of thermocouple junctions, input voltage, pin diameter, pin height, transverse pin stagger, longitudinal pin stagger, contact resistance …

Synthesis, Copolymerization And Characterization Of Novel N-Substituted Phenyl Maleimides, Victor Vandell

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Six target N-substituted maleimides were synthesized using a modified synthetic procedure. The six target maleimides synthesized and their yields were N-phenyl maleimide (40.8%), p- Chloro maleimide (33.3 %), m-Nitro maleimide (59 %), p-Methoxy maleimide (11.5 %), p-Nitro maleimide (53.9 %), and the Fast Garnet Azo Dye maleimide (2.2%). Of these six maleimides the m- Nitro and Fast Garnet derivatives are novel compounds. Three of the maleimides were copolymerized with styrene to show that these N-substituted maleimides can be incorporated into a polymer backbone. The three maleimides polymerized with styrene were the p-Chloro, m-Nitro, and Fast Garnet derivatives. Percent incorporation of …

Modelling Of Groundwater Flow And Pollutants Affecting Concrete Foundations, Jamil A. Gharsan Moqbil

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This thesis presents a finite difference model and its associated computer program. The model has been developed for simulating the pumpage and predicting the water table fluctuations corresponding to different boundary conditions. The mathematical model solves the partial differential equation of groundwater flow by using the finite different techniques.

The model has been verified against known field measurements taken from existing wells in Al-Ain area. Water samples from these existing wells have been collected and tested in the UAE university laboratories to determine their chemical characteristics. All field data have given close results to those predicted by the model and …

Collective Interpretation Of Seismic Reflection, Gravity, Magnetic, And Resistivity Data In The Salalah Plain, Oman, For Hydrogeologic Purposes, Slyam Bin Saeed Bin Salim Ba-Awain

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An interpretive geophysical study in the growing Salalah Plain, Dhofar Governate, Sultanate of Oman, was made during 1993 and part of 1994.

This investigation stems from the need to develop the main and the only water resource in this region. It is aimed to make use of the combined geophysical tools (seismic rflection, gravity, magnetics and resistivity) and available surface and borehole data to assess the environmental impact of the geophysical results.

Several seismic reflection lines were picked and interpreted; one on a horizon near the Taqah limestone (main aquifer), and the other on a horizon near the Mesozoic- Cenozoic …

Human Fetal Hemoglobin Expression And Erythrocytic Indices In Different Groups Among U.A.E Population, Fawzia Salah Ali Issa

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Molecular analysis has revealed that a variety of hemoglobin molecules are produced in humans. All are tetramers consisting of numerous combinations of seven distinct polypeptide chains, each encoded by a separate gene.

Fetal hemoglobin is one of these tetramers that by eight weeks of gestation replace the embryonic hemoglobin forms. Fetal hemoglobin is the major hemoglobin in fetal life. it's concentration in blood decreases after birth to less than 2 per cent of the total hemoglobin by 6 months of age. However, in some cases fetal hemoglobin persist to synthesize in adult life in abnormal concentrations.

Our study concerned the …

A Study On The Atmospheric Quality And Control In The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, Sukaina Faisal Al-Wasity

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Limited data are available on air pollution levels in Abu Dhabi Emirate in general. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the level of atmospheric contaminants in the environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate. This includes measurement of suspended particulate matter less than 10 micron (SPM₁₀) in Al Ain City during normal and stormy conditions and measurement of the same air solids besides the gaseous pollutants: ozone, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and methane and non-methane hydrocarbons in Abu Dhabi City and follow up of hourly variation in their concentration. The study further includes collecting sufficient data …

Surface Modification Of Fluoropolymers For The Improvement Of Adhesion: O2-Cf4-Ar Radio Frequency Plasma Modification Of Poly (Tetrafluoroethylene), Kan Lu

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A Novel Beam-Assisted Thickness Measurement Technique For Nanostructures, Luis Manual Casas

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A novel method for measuring thickness of thin films has been developed. This method is straightforward, quickly accomplished, and offers resolution of device layers approaching that given by transmission electron microscopy. Ion beam bombardment of a multi-layer structure forms a crater in which the crater sidewalls are beveled at a very shallow angle, revealing various layers within the sample at a high degree of magnification. Beveled film thicknesses are measured by scanning Auger electron spectroscopy. Depth profilometry is used to measure the shallow beveling angle. Through knowledge of the beveled layer thickness and the bevel angle, actual film thicknesses are …

Kinematic And Kinetic Analysis Of Geneva Mechanisms And Their Applications To Synchronization Of Motion, Bijan Sepahpour

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Geneva mechanisms have been used for generating intermittent motion for use in indexing and packaging operations. Due to their popularity, cost effectiveness and diversified applications in industry, it is desirable to optimize their design.

Optimization techniques and modifications have been developed to provide long life, trouble-free high-speed indexing and intermittent motion while minimizing the undesirable inherent dynamic characteristics of this class of mechanisms.

A general information base of the motion characteristics and types of geneva mechanisms available has been established. Development of the full spectrum of the required equations, generation of the normalized values of critical design parameters along with …

A Study Of The Biofiltration Process Under Shock-Loading Conditions, Helen Androutsopoulou

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Biofiltration is a new technology for treating airstreams contaminated with emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It employs porous particles which are placed in reactors, in packed-bed configurations, after appropriate microorganisms have been immobilized on the solid support.

Biofiltration involves complex processes, and is not yet well understood. In this thesis the response of biofilter units to quantitative and qualitative changes in the inlet airstreams was examined. Steady state data were also analyzed through the use of an existing detailed model.

Experiments were performed with two small-scale biofilters, and with ethanol and butanol as model compounds. Each biofilter was dedicated …

An Interactive Computer Graphics Based Off-Line Avail Programming Environment For Coordinate Measuring Machines, Nayanesh B. Bhandutia

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Productivity can be increased by providing computer aided off-line program development environment to operate direct computer controlled Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM). Such an environment not only results in reduced operational downtime of the CMM but also eliminates the need for the operators to learn and debug the complicated CMM programming language.

An application software was developed to provide a computer based graphical environment for on-the-screen CMM inspection simulation and AVAIL part program development. A comprehensive, menu driven front-end was developed as a foundation for this software. Algorithms were designed and coded to read and interpret CAD software part design information …

Prevention Of Occupational Exposure Of Tuberculosis To Health Care Workers, Thomas C. Carle

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The resurgence of tuberculosis in the United States within the past decade has prompted the health care community to develop tuberculosis elimination policies. However, recent outbreaks of tuberculosis have proved to be resistant to multiple antibiotics. Tuberculosis infections among health care workers is also rising. This increase in occupational exposures has prompted the examination of current exposure control measures.

The occupational exposure to tuberculosis is prevented by the use of administrative policies, engineering controls and personal protective equipment. Each control measure has inherent strengths and weaknesses and when implemented through an exposure control plan the risk of occupational exposure can …

Automatic Feature Extraction From Conventional Cad Model To Support Feature-Based Design Approach For The Sheet Metal Stamping Industries, Dipak P. Thakar

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Despite the continuing improvement in computer aided design (CAD) systems and improvements in computer aided manufacturing (CAM), the process planning activity has still not been completely integrated into the CAD/CAM cycle. Particularly in sheet metal stamping industries human interpretation of CAD data is required to extract the geometry and technological information of a component. As a result most CAD systems are used as advanced drafting and drawing management tools by designers. Thus the responsibility for interpreting the design data required for extracting the manufacturing part features still resides with the process planner. Which has increase possibilities of entering errors with …

Solvent Sublation Of Toluene From Aqueous Phase, Mei Chen

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Solvent sublation, a surface chemical technique, was used to remove toluene from aqueous solution into a layer of paraffin oil.

Analytical methods for GC determination of toluene in both gas and aqueous phase were set up. The comparison of solvent sublation and conventional air stripping on toluene removal was carried out. It was found that solvent sublation provides significant improvement over air stripping in removing toluene from water, and reduces toluene emission to the atmosphere. The toluene emissions reduction by solvent sublation are 30%-70% under different conditions. The effects of air flowrates and thickness of organic layer were studied. Increased …

Dynamic Friction Measurement, Atif Aly

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The friction force between two bodies sliding at constant relative velocity is a function of their relative velocity. Under conditions of time-variable relative velocity, the instantaneous friction is a function not only of the instantaneous velocity but also the velocity history. An understanding of the resulting dynamic friction function will allow for the design of control systems where velocity is time-varying, oscillatory andoften contained in a relatively small region centered around zero amplitude. Within the control system, a portion of the control force can be implemented to effectively counteract the friction present and allow for precise motion control.

In this …

Modeling, Simulation And Hemodynamic Response Analysis Of Arteriovenous Malformation Occlusion, Huijuan Mao

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The cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation system (AVM) or fistula, is a network with large caliber vessels that yields an alternate pathway for blood flow between arteries and veins. Neurosurgical and interventional radiological techniques are the common way to treat AVM patients so that the normal capillary blood flow would be restored. Several patients who underwent this procedure had different degrees of brain swelling and subsequent hemorrhage. To understand this, Blesser et al. developed a simplified model to simulate the effect of AVM occlusion on cerebrovascular pressure and flow. Their model does not include the cerebrovascular regulatory mechanism which is an important …

Simulation Analysis Of Fddi Network Using Network Ii.5 Software Package, Anastassis A. Lazarides

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In recent years, one of the most exciting advances in media has been the use of fiber optics in LANs. The bandwidth provided by Fiber Optic Technology has drastically increased the number of new applications that can be supported by communication networks. In order to support a variety of services, in 1986, the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X3, and the ASC X3T9.5 Task Group developed a new standard; the Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) [1]. This is a high speed (100 Mbps) optical communication network based on a token passing mode of operation. The Medium …