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Fitness Plug, Evan Lee Ashley

Computer Engineering

My parents only allowed me to play videogames or watch television for a certain number of minutes or hours per day. By limiting screen time, they encouraged me to be active and find other things to do outside of television or videogames. The Fitness Plug aims to do both by converting time exercised to entertainment time; you can only watch television or play videogames for as long as you have exercised.

Study On Secrecy Capacity Of Wireless Sensor Networks Based On Amplify-And-Forward Compressed Sensing Scheme, Jianlan Guo, Yuqiang Chen, Yijun Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Due to the limitation of wireless sensor nodes on computation, power energy and storage space, the security issue has become a prevalent concern in the wireless communication. A deep insight on the secrecy capacity of wireless sensor network based on the Amplify-and-Forward (AF) compressed sensing scheme was offered providing a corresponding calculable capacity threshold. Moreover, a feasible algorithm based on augmented Lagrange method for the reconstruction of communication signals was proposed. Furthermore, the impact of the secrecy capacity was discussed to various numbers of active sensor nodes, relay nodes and eavesdropper nodes. Simulation results demonstrate the validity of the …

Lawn Buddy, Jayson Johnston, Andrew Brown, Jacob Maljian

Electrical Engineering

Grass lawns are a common hallmark of the American home. In 2019, a survey from the National Association of Landscape Professionals found that 81% of all Americans owned a lawn [1]. Mowing is a time consuming and costly chore that is part of maintaining a grass lawn. The manual labor in mowing a lawn can exceed 40 hours per year [2]. People commonly incur weekly costs on mowing services to save time. Traditional gas powered mowers are physically demanding and use engines that need routine maintenance. They operate loudly enough that users should be wearing hearing protection and the noise …

The Characterization Of Effective Electromagnetic Fields On The Safety And Quality Of Low-Moisture Foods (Effs) - Prototype Device Development, Joe G. Sandoval

Electrical Engineering

Contamination of low-moisture foods including flour, wheat grain, baby formula, and more, have increasingly become a concern due to sanitizing challenges. While industrial food processors have long used RF heating to sanitize mass quantities, an equivalent consumer device is absent from the market today. The Characterization of Effective Electromagnetic Fields on the Safety and Quality of Low-Moisture Foods (EEFS) project is an interdisciplinary effort to develop an RF heating consumer device to sanitize low-moisture foods.

A prototype device was designed to sanitize low-moisture food items using RF heating acceptable for commercial or consumer applications.

Artificial Neural Network To Detect Alzheimer's In Mri Scans, James Alden Poirier, Michael Gary Tuttle

Electrical Engineering

Alzheimer’s Disease ranks (AD) as one of the most common diseases in America. Currently, detecting Alzheimer’s Disease relies upon reported symptoms, however changes in the brain can manifest years or decades before symptoms appear. In recent years, researchers have successfully utilized Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) for a variety of image classification tasks. Here, we train an ANN to detect Alzheimer’s Disease using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans. Giving an MRI to both a neural network and a doctor will allow the doctor to be more confident in their answer, as well as double-check their answer with an objective report …

Bootstrapping Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, Mitchell Miller

Master's Theses

Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) are a prominent genre in today's video game industry with the most popular MMORPGs generating billions of dollars in revenue and attracting millions of players. As they have grown, they have become a major target for both technological research and sociological research. In such research, it is nearly impossible to reach the same player scale from any self-made technology or sociological experiments. This greatly limits the amount of control and topics that can be explored. In an effort to make up a lacking or non-existent player-base for custom-made MMORPG research scenarios A.I. agents, …

Simulation Analysis On Ballistic Deflection Of Projectile Obliquely Penetrating Into Concrete, Jianfeng Xue, Peihui Shen, Xiaoming Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to study the trajectory deflection law of projectiles obliquely penetrating into concrete targets, based on the theory of rigid body kinematics and cavity expansion, the penetration motion differential equations of ogive-nosed projectile were established. The variation rules of trajectory offset and invasion depth were given in different initial conditions through the programming calculation and numerical simulation by MATALB and ANSYS-LYNA software. The calculation results agree well with experimental data. The results show that the influence of penetration depth and deflection angle increase with the oblique angle increasing. The influence of ballistic deflection decreases with the …

Conference Roundup: Smart Cataloging - Beginning The Move From Batch Processing To Automated Classification, Rachel S. Evans

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

This article reviewed the Amigos Online Conference titled “Work Smarter, Not Harder: Innovating Technical Services Workflows” keynote session delivered by Dr. Terry Reese on February 13, 2020. Excerpt:

"As the developer of MarcEdit, a popular metadata suite used widely across the library community, Reese’s current work is focused on the ways in which libraries might leverage semantic web techniques in order to transform legacy library metadata into something new. So many sessions related to using new technologies in libraries or academia, although exciting, are not practical enough to put into everyday use by most librarians. Reese’s keynote, titled Smart Cataloging: …

What Do Undergraduate Engineering Students And Preservice Teachers Learn By Collaborating And Teaching Engineering And Coding Through Robotics?, Jennifer Jill Kidd, Krishnanand Kaipa, Samuel J. Jacks, Stacie I. Ringleb, Pilar Pazos, Kristie Gutierrez, Orlando M. Ayala, Lillian Maria De Souza Almeida

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

This research paper presents preliminary results of an NSF-supported interdisciplinary collaboration between undergraduate engineering students and preservice teachers. The fields of engineering and elementary education share similar challenges when it comes to preparing undergraduate students for the new demands they will encounter in their profession. Engineering students need interprofessional skills that will help them value and negotiate the contributions of various disciplines while working on problems that require a multidisciplinary approach. Increasingly, the solutions to today's complex problems must integrate knowledge and practices from multiple disciplines and engineers must be able to recognize when expertise from outside their field can …

Learning From Digital Failures? The Effectiveness Of Firms’ Divestiture And Management Turnover Responses To Data Breaches, Gui-Deng Say, Gurneeta Vasudeva

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We examine whether firms learn from digital technology failures in the form of data breach events, based on the effectiveness of their failure responses. We argue that firms experiencing such technological failures interpret them broadly as organizational problems, and undertake unrelated divestitures and top management turnover to achieve better standardization and to remove dysfunctional routines. We test our hypotheses on unrelated subsidiary divestitures and chief technology officer (CTO) turnovers undertaken by 8,760 publicly traded U.S. firms that were at risk of experiencing data breaches in- volving the loss of personally identifiable information during the period 2005–2016. We find that data …

High Speed, High Current Monitoring System, Nicolette Lila Ray

Electrical Engineering

Electronics testing requires lengthy data collection and analysis. Streamlining at least part of this process allows resource reallocation, and faster data processing. Verifying a signal’s efficiency is key specification for a component’s datasheet. This project focuses on streamlining data collection when measuring a device’s output current. It combines amplifier design and digital interfacing to perform monitor a device’s output current. A computer-enable interface displays a graphical output current representation. It ensures accurate, high speed, high current measurements while removing a person’s need to manually plot data after testing. A new testing method provides room for company and product growth with …

An Autoencoder And Artificial Neural Network-Based Method To Estimate Parity Status Of Wild Mosquitoes From Near-Infrared Spectra, Masabho Peter Milali, Samson S. Kiware, Nicodem J. Govella, Fredros Okumu, Naveen K. Bansal, Serdar Bozdag, Jacques D. Charlwood, Marta F. Maia, Sheila B. Ogoma, Floyd E. Dowell, George Corliss, Maggy T. Sikulu-Lord, Richard J. Povinelli

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

After mating, female mosquitoes need animal blood to develop their eggs. In the process of acquiring blood, they may acquire pathogens, which may cause different diseases in humans such as malaria, zika, dengue, and chikungunya. Therefore, knowing the parity status of mosquitoes is useful in control and evaluation of infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, where parous mosquitoes are assumed to be potentially infectious. Ovary dissections, which are currently used to determine the parity status of mosquitoes, are very tedious and limited to few experts. An alternative to ovary dissections is near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), which can estimate the age in days …

Robust Drone Landing, Alvin Xuan Quan Chui

Computer Engineering

The growth of drone technology goes with the demands of computer vision. Computer vision provides opportunities for developers to design and create, giving rise to a new innovation. It is also a basis for a full autonomous system when implemented with an intelligent agent. Surveillance drones are installed with cameras, and cameras are the most common approach to computer vision. However, a high-resolution camera with great performance could be expensive, while other low-cost cameras might lack reading accuracy. To improve the performances and maximize a camera’s capability, many different object trackers come into play. This paper will investigate and study …

Wine Sampler, Lance L. Litten

Computer Engineering

Quality testing is an important part of the wine industry. Without proper quality control, thousands of dollars could be wasted on bottling and recalling hundreds of gallons of wine. Due to this, labs are set up that collect wine samples from the tanks in a wine production plant and test them. A big part of this testing is determining exactly what tanks need to be tested and what tanks are at risk. My project aims to help automate this task by collecting data from the tanks wirelessly and keeping track of simple indicators such as pH and temperature. Automating this …

Rchex: A Radio-Controlled Hexapod, Dominique Sayo

Computer Engineering

rcHex is a radio-controlled hexapod with 18 degrees of freedom, capable of positional and rotational body adjustment as well as omnidirectional travel at variable speeds using three common gaits. Its general-purpose design accessible to hobbyists makes rcHex an platform for further development, whether it be experimentation in advanced robotic movement or retrofitting sensors to utilize technologies such as computer vision and artificial intelligence. This report explores some of the design intricacies of hexapod movement, including gait sequencing and the application of inverse kinematics to multi-jointed limbs.

Biometric Identification With Ecg Signals, Connor Lindstrom, Jonathan Wood, Jacob Torchia, Jonathan Lee

Electrical Engineering

This project introduces a new form of biometric identification with an ECG signal with the use of machine learning concepts. The ECG signal makes a good candidate for identification because of its unique characteristics that make it easy to distinguish individuals from one another. A patient who has previously had ECG scans stored in a database before, can be verified using this program. This project has the capability of identifying a person or verifying a person solely using their ECG signal. Utilizing this biometric identification, hospitals would be able to add to the reliability of their identification process. Additionally, companies …

Polyone Smartphone, Joshua Zalmanowitz, Chi Nguyen, Gerome Cacho, Chris Lim

Electrical Engineering

The Poly One Smartphone is a student designed smartphone built to explore the implementation of 5G, provide a hardware solution to ensure personal information security and privacy, and provide longer battery life. The key features of this smartphone include but are not limited to a main cpu, some form of network connectivity in the form of Wi-fi or Cellular Data, calling functionality, a rechargeable battery that works with common power connection protocols, and compatibility with popular applications.

Adaptive Robotic Chassis (Arc), Darran Casey, Ryan Ku, Noah Kane Manuel, Isabella Morales, James Reimer, Lavelle Simmons

Interdisciplinary Design Senior Theses

The ARC is a width adjusting agricultural robot and accommodates auxiliary functions for supporting crop production and maintenance. Easily interchangeable payloads and components provide a modular solution to perform focused crop surveying functions with the potential for herbicide distribution, weeding, and harvesting while driving through varying crop rows. The potential auxiliary functions will be implemented by future teams with this year's effort being put toward finishing the physical chassis. The final product was successfully designed to weigh approximately 600 pounds targeting rolling speeds of0.90 fps to 2.30 fps with proof of concept shown in testing consisting of chain drive attached …

Multi-Rate Simulation Based On Explicit-Implicit Hybrid Integration, Bingda Zhang, Chen Ming, Wang Xiao, Lanyu Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A multi-rate simulation method based on explicit-implicit hybrid integration algorithm for the grid-connected photovoltaic system which included power electronic devices with a variety of switching frequency was put forward. Inductances and capacitances were used to divide the grid-connected photovoltaic system into subsystems. A multi-rate interface was put forward to satisfy the request of real time. The stability criterion of the multi-rate simulation algorithm was put forward. FPGA was used as a platform to build the digital grid-connected photovoltaic system. The hardware in loop test for DC/DC and DC/AC converter controllers was conducted on this platform to verify the accuracy …

Weighted Online Estimation Of Soc Based On Adaptive Battery Model, Haohao Sun, Tinglong Pan, Dinghui Wu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem that the traditional lithium battery model has poor adaptive ability in SOC estimation and the local estimation accuracy of the single SOC estimation algorithm is low, online identification of model parameters with Multi-Innovation Stochastic Gradient algorithm and method of weighted online estimation of SOC was proposed. The results of lithium-ion battery model parameters online identification updated in real time, realizing lithium-ion battery model adaptive. Aiming at the estimation of SOC, a method of weighted online estimation method based on the PI (proportion and integral) regulator's OCV combined with Ah (an integral method) was proposed. Weights …

Multi-Variable Modeling Research For Main-Steam Temperature Of Power Station Boiler Based On Improved Differential Evolution Algorithm, Li Qin, Zhang Hao, Daogang Peng, Yibo Guo, Nianlong Wang, Yuzhen Sun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: By analyzing the factors which affected the main-steam temperature, a multi-variable model was introduced to overcome the bad result of single variable cascade control. An improved differential evolution algorithm was proposed including mutation strategies random selection, crossover ratio and mutation ratio adaptive adjustment, which was used for closed-loop identification of main-steam multi-variable transfer function model. The principle and method how to obtain valid identification data from power plant distributed control system history database was introduced, and the data from some 1 000 MW coal-fired power plant was used to identify and verify the main-steam temperature multi-variable model, …

Research On Wavelength Routing Algorithm Based On Multi-Service In Satellite Optical Networks, Qingli Liu, Junfei Yao, Zhiguo Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: An optical wavelength routing algorithm for satellite networks based on multi-service was proposed, in order to solve the problem of low utilization rate of wavelengths, slow convergence and low efficiency of satellite optical networks. In this algorithm, it divided the area of the satellite network and updated the link in the area to improve the convergence speed of algorithm. Different services were assigned different wavelength sets to satisfy requirement of different service. According to the initial link weight, which included wavelength remain number and transmission delay, it changed link weight dynamically to achieve network load balancing and rational use …

Performance Analysis On Multiuser Untrusted Amplify-And-Forward Relay Networks, Deng Dan, Zhou Wen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The effect of the untrusted relaying node was investigated on the secrecy outage probability (SOP) of amplify-and-forward (AF) relay networks in the presence of direct links and multiple users. In the considered system, the best user was selected according a certain criterion. It transmitted signals to the destination node with the aid of the untrusted relaying node. To reduce the useful information leakage, three selection criteria were proposed based on the channel state information of the direct and/or relaying link. The closed-form analytical SOP and the corresponding asymptotic expressions were derived. Computer simulation was conducted to validate the theoretical …

Modeling And Simulation Of Mooring Force Prediction Based On Improved Ga-Bp Network, Shifeng Li, Zhanzhi Qiu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: According to the mooring security and early warning control requirement of the large open sea terminal, a ship mooring force prediction model based on genetic algorithm and BP network was studied. Environmental dynamic factors were considered and a model structure was determined by a weight statistics method; the learning method was improved by individual parent information and contemporary individual local gradient information; according to the improved model, a ship mooring force prediction method of the open sea terminal was proposed. The simulation results show that the performance of the prediction model has improved in the iteration number, …

Intensity Analysis And Fatigue Life Simulation For Connecting Bolt Of Shearer Machine Body, Zhiyong Hao, Yaolong Lei, Mao Jun, Yuan Zhi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To obtain the cutting load spectrum of themachine body connecting bolt, the method of merging unknown quantities and multi calculation combined with the test experiments of shear mechanical properties was used to solve the overdetermined equations of shearer left haulage unit spatial mechanical model The cutting load spectrum of the machine body connecting bolt was taken to run PSD analysis, and the rainflow counting method was used to script the load spectrum. The frequency domain characteristics and time domain continuation characteristics were therefore obtained. The static analysis and fatigue life simulation analysis combined with the bolt load …

Application Of Weighted Dynamic Svdd In Nonlinear Process Monitoring, Yanhong Xie, Chengao Sun, Li Yuan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Due to the complexity of the chemical process, the data are often characterized by dynamics and correlation between sequences. Traditional support vector data description (SVDD) methods are difficult to guarantee real-time monitoring online. A Weighted-Dynamic-SVDD (WDSVDD) method was proposed to monitor fault in real time online. The dynamic method was introduced, and the correlation between the data was considered. The weighted information was used to highlight the useful information. The model was established by using SVDD method, and the online real-time fault monitoring was realized. The method not only overcomes the adverse effect of non-Gaussian and nonlinearity, but …

Research On One-Cycle Controlled Bi-Directional Dc-Dc Converter Based On Switch Capacitor Network, Chen Lei, Tinglong Pan, Yanxia Shen, Dinghui Wu, Zhicheng Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: According to the switch capacitor network working characteristics of discharging in series, charging in parallel, a high ratio bidirectional DC-DC converter based on switch capacitor network was proposed. In order to improve the converter's ability of resist input voltage disturbance and dynamic response speed, an improved method was focused on which combined the advantage of one-cycle control and the output voltage feedback compensation control, which could realize inhibition the input voltage perturbation in one cycle and improve the converter's resistance ability of load disturbance. The operating principle and control characteristics of the new converter were analyzed. The improved one-cycle …

Simulation On Waste Heat And Water Recovery System Of Flue Gas In Plant Boiler, Jinping Wang, Deng Yu, Bin Li, Zhu Rui

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To further improve economy of power plant, the waste heat and water recovery system was put forward. The mathematical model of the gas cooler was established, and the simulation model of this system was built. This simulation model was integrated into the simulation system of a 350mw heating unit, and the simulation experiment was carried out. The influences caused by the introduction of the flue gas waste heat and water recovery system to thermal power unit were analyzed. The dynamic characteristics of the flue gas waste heat and water recovery system based on the valve perturbation experiments were …

Modeling And Simulation For Inter-Harmonics Of Double Pwm Ac Speed Control System For Port Bridge Crane, Wenhuan Yang, Dirui Yang, Ronggao Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: When the total capacity of double PWM reversible speed control system in distribution network accounts for a larger proportion of power grid capacity, the power quality pollution, or even voltage flicker is generated by interharmonics of double PWM system. Therefore the stable operation of the power grid is affected. Based on the studies on bridge crane system in Shanghai Deep water Port area, a mathematical model of multi-quadrant double PWM reversible speed control system was established. In accordance with the operating characteristics of motor, the inter-harmonic currents, injected into grid were simulated at different speeds respectively in the power …

Closing The Data-Decisions Loop: Deploying Artificial Intelligence For Dynamic Resource Management, Pradeep Varakantham

Asian Management Insights

Improving predictions and allocations to determine the optimal matching of demand and supply in a dynamic, uncertain future.