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Full-Text Articles in Engineering
Visualization Of Molecular Dynamics Simulation Data, Suroj Shrestha
Visualization Of Molecular Dynamics Simulation Data, Suroj Shrestha
Honors Theses
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A Method To Improve Interest Point Detection And Its Gpu Implementation, Prabakar Karuppannan Gunashekhar
A Method To Improve Interest Point Detection And Its Gpu Implementation, Prabakar Karuppannan Gunashekhar
LSU Master's Theses
Interest point detection is an important low-level image processing technique with a wide range of applications. The point detectors have to be robust under affine, scale and photometric changes. There are many scale and affine invariant point detectors but they are not robust to high illumination changes. Many affine invariant interest point detectors and region descriptors, work on the points detected using scale invariant operators. Since the performance of those detectors depends on the performance of the scale invariant detectors, it is important that the scale invariant initial stage detectors should have good robustness. It is therefore important to design …
Programmable Cmos Analog-To-Digital Converter Design And Testability, Rajiv Soundararajan
Programmable Cmos Analog-To-Digital Converter Design And Testability, Rajiv Soundararajan
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
In this work, a programmable second order oversampling CMOS delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) design in 0.5µm n-well CMOS processes is presented for integration in sensor nodes for wireless sensor networks. The digital cascaded integrator comb (CIC) decimation filter is designed to operate at three different oversampling ratios of 16, 32 and 64 to give three different resolutions of 9, 12 and 14 bits, respectively which impact the power consumption of the sensor nodes. Since the major part of power consumed in the CIC decimator is by the integrators, an alternate design is introduced by inserting coder circuits and reusing the …
Electric Elevator Drive With Position Control, Peter James Ford
Electric Elevator Drive With Position Control, Peter James Ford
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis is a study on the implementation of an elevator’s position-controlled electric drive. The information contained within this paper serves as a framework to expand the usefulness of electric drives through the addition of digital control systems and switching power supplies. The tangible example of an elevator driven by a permanent-magnet DC motor is used for this paper so that students may relate to the work and apply it to their future projects. The tasks to be accomplished in order to achieve an electric elevator drive with position control are: determining the parameters of the permanent-magnet DC motor, designing …
New Coding/Decoding Techniques For Wireless Communication Systems, Yonas Gebregziabher Debessu
New Coding/Decoding Techniques For Wireless Communication Systems, Yonas Gebregziabher Debessu
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Wireless communication encompasses cellular telephony systems (mobile communication), wireless sensor networks, satellite communication systems and many other applications. Studies relevant to wireless communication deal with maintaining reliable and efficient exchange of information between the transmitter and receiver over a wireless channel. The most practical approach to facilitate reliable communication is using channel coding. In this dissertation we propose novel coding and decoding approaches for practical wireless systems. These approaches include variable-rate convolutional encoder, modified turbo decoder for local content in Single-Frequency Networks, and blind encoder parameter estimation for turbo codes. On the other hand, energy efficiency is major performance issue …
Microfabrication Of Conductive Polymer Nanocomposite For Sensor Applications, Chaoxuan Liu
Microfabrication Of Conductive Polymer Nanocomposite For Sensor Applications, Chaoxuan Liu
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation developed novel microfabrication techniques of conductive polymer nanocomposite and utilized this material as a functional element for various physical sensor applications. Microstructures of nanocomposite were realized through novel microcontact printing and laser ablation assisted micropatterning processes. Prototype devices including large-strain strain sensor and highly-sensitive pressure sensor were demonstrated showing distinct advantages over existing technologies. The polymer nanocomposite used in this work comprised elastomer poly(dimexylsiloxane) (PDMS) as polymer matrix and multi-walled carbon nananotubes (MWCNTs) as a conductive nanofiller. To achieve uniform distribution of carbon nanotubes within the polymer, an optimized dispersion process was developed, featuring a strong organic solvent—chloroform, …
Characterization Of Nanogumbos For Future Electronic Devices, Naveen Narayan Jagadish
Characterization Of Nanogumbos For Future Electronic Devices, Naveen Narayan Jagadish
LSU Master's Theses
In our work on hybrid (organic-inorganic) electronic materials (HEMs), we have developed a reasonably facile method for characterizing GUMBOS or a Group of Uniform Materials Based on Organic Salts. In addition to the versatility of traditional ionic liquids (i.e.-solubility, melting point, viscosity), NanoGUMBOS are functionalizable to exhibit properties such as fluorescence, magnetic susceptibility, and even antimicrobial activity. However, given our interest in the electrical properties of HEMs, we have made first-time measurements of NanoGUMBOS, using conductive probe Atomic Force Microscopy (CP-AFM), in order to deduce their room temperature current-voltage characteristics. In conjunction with the nanoscale imaging of AFM alone, we …
Micro Grid Stability Improvements By Employing Storage, Sumiti Lamichhane
Micro Grid Stability Improvements By Employing Storage, Sumiti Lamichhane
LSU Master's Theses
Storage devices can be used in a power gird to store the excess energy when the energy production is high and the demand is low and utilize the stored energy when the produced energy cannot meet the high demands of the consumers. This thesis represents a micro grid consisting of a conventional synchronous generator, as well as renewable energy sources, energy storage, and loads in order to investigate the effective energy flow control and transient stability improvement by employing thermal storage. Thermal storage, unlike electrical one (such as battery) is more environmental friendly, has longer life span, and is more …
Effect Of Electrical Vehicles On Residential Distribution Systems, Paul Haley
Effect Of Electrical Vehicles On Residential Distribution Systems, Paul Haley
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis focuses on the present state of electrical vehicles (EVs) in the market and the effects that these vehicles could have on residential distribution systems. The current EVs available on the market and the current level of market penetration were investigated. Advantages and disadvantages of EVs from a consumer and governmental perspective were identified. The efficiencies of the whole energy delivery process of electrical vehicles and gasoline vehicles were estimated. Efficiency estimation was used to estimate the impact of EVs on the consumption of fossil fuels and emission of greenhouse gases. Measurement of an EV battery charging cycle and …
Plasmonic Devices For Manipulating Light At The Nanoscale: Slow-Light Waveguides And Compact Couplers, Yin Huang
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
In this dissertation, I explore new plasmonic structures and devices for manipulating light at the nanoscale: slow-light waveguides and compact couplers. I first introduce a plasmonic waveguide system, based on a plasmonic analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), which supports a subwavelength slow-light mode, and exhibits a small group velocity dispersion. The system consists of a periodic array of two metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) stub resonators side-coupled to a MDM waveguide. Decreasing the frequency spacing between the two resonances increases the slowdown factor and decreases the bandwidth of the slow-light band. I also show that there is a trade-off between the slowdown …
Controller Reduction For Linear Systems, Lili Kong
Controller Reduction For Linear Systems, Lili Kong
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation proposes some H-infinity and H2 performance preserving controller reduction methods for linear systems. The proposed methods can guarantee robust stability and performance for the closed-loop system with the reduced order controllers. Several H-infinity stability and performance preserving controller reduction methods are proposed in this dissertation. It is shown that the weighting functions used in the proposed controller reduction methods can be directly obtained from the parametrization of the H-infinity controllers. Hence, comparing with the most existing controller reduction approaches, the proposed controller reduction methods require less computation and are easy to apply. At the same time, several algorithms …
An Electronic Architecture For Mediating Digital Information In A Hallway Fac̦Ade, Narendra Nallapeta Aswathanarayana Setty
An Electronic Architecture For Mediating Digital Information In A Hallway Fac̦Ade, Narendra Nallapeta Aswathanarayana Setty
LSU Master's Theses
Ubiquitous computing requires integration of physical space with digital information. This presents the challenges of integrating electronics, physical space, software and the interaction tools which can effectively communicate with the audience. Many research groups have embraced different techniques depending on location, context, space, and availability of necessary skills to make the world around us as an interface to the digital world. Encouraged by early successes and fostered by project undertaken by tangible visualization group. We introduce an architecture of Blades and Tiles for the development and realization of interactive wall surfaces. It provides an inexpensive, open-ended platform for constructing large-scale …
Study On Permanent Magnet Transverse Flux Machine, Oleksandr Dobzhanskyi
Study On Permanent Magnet Transverse Flux Machine, Oleksandr Dobzhanskyi
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation is concentrated mainly on the newest PMTF machine topology proposed and patented by Jacek F. Gieras in March 4, 2010. Such a topology (topology of 2010) is an object of this dissertation. A prototype that was built with 3D Finite Element Method (FEM) modeling of PMTF generator proves that the generator that was built on the basis of topology of 2010 has several significant disadvantages among which the greatest impact have high leakage flux losses. Applying FEM modeling, various steps to improve machine performance have been undertaken. Results obtained from modeling show, that keeping the same diameter and …
Non-Rigid Registration Of 2-D/3-D Dynamic Data With Feature Alignment, Huanhuan Xu
Non-Rigid Registration Of 2-D/3-D Dynamic Data With Feature Alignment, Huanhuan Xu
LSU Master's Theses
In this work, we are computing the matching between 2D manifolds and 3D manifolds with temporal constraints, that is we are computing the matching among a time sequence of 2D/3D manifolds. It is solved by mapping all the manifolds to a common domain, then build their matching by composing the forward mapping and the inverse mapping. At first, we solve the matching problem between 2D manifolds with temporal constraints by using mesh-based registration method. We propose a surface parameterization method to compute the mapping between the 2D manifold and the common 2D planar domain. We can compute the matching among …
Design Of Reverse Converters For The Multi-Moduli Residue Number Systems With Moduli Of Forms 2a, 2b - 1, 2c + 1, Naveen Kumar Samala
Design Of Reverse Converters For The Multi-Moduli Residue Number Systems With Moduli Of Forms 2a, 2b - 1, 2c + 1, Naveen Kumar Samala
LSU Master's Theses
Residue number system (RNS) is a non-weighted integer number representation system that is capable of supporting parallel, carry-free and high speed arithmetic. This system is error-resilient and facilitates error detection, error correction and fault tolerance in digital systems. It finds applications in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) intensive computations like digital filtering, convolution, correlation, Discrete Fourier Transform, Fast Fourier Transform, etc. The basis for an RNS system is a moduli set consisting of relatively prime integers. Proper selection of this moduli set plays a significant role in RNS design because the speed of internal RNS arithmetic circuits as well as the …
Linear Pm Generator For Wave Energy Conversion, Rajkumar Parthasarathy
Linear Pm Generator For Wave Energy Conversion, Rajkumar Parthasarathy
LSU Master's Theses
The main objective of this thesis is to design a selected version of linear PM generator and to determine the electromechanical characteristics at variable operating conditions. To reach this objective, the linear generator with quasi-flat linear machine structure was selected and designed using the magnetic circuit theory. By applying 2-D and 3-D FEM the magnetic circuit was optimized and parameters of equivalent circuit were determined. The performance of generator operation are analyzed in steady-state and in dynamic conditions using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The analysis has been carried out at the secondary variable speed, which is changing sinusoidally according to the motion of …
Reactive Power Considerations In Reliability Analysis Of Solar Photovoltaic Systems, Dattatray N. Gaikwad
Reactive Power Considerations In Reliability Analysis Of Solar Photovoltaic Systems, Dattatray N. Gaikwad
LSU Master's Theses
Reliability is one of the key aspects of power system operation and therefore reliability analysis techniques are well developed. However reliability analysis conventionally takes into account active power and limited attention has been given to reactive power. Reactive power is very essential in maintaining voltage stability of power systems. The voltage constraint at network can restricts active power delivery to the loads and could result in forced load curtailment. This research investigates the effect of reactive power shortage on reliability of power systems with significant penetration of PV cells. The reactive power issues become more significant in distributed generation using …
Impact Of Plug-In Electrical Cars On Energy Demand, On Power System And On Environment, Sital Tiwari
Impact Of Plug-In Electrical Cars On Energy Demand, On Power System And On Environment, Sital Tiwari
LSU Master's Theses
The use of an electric vehicle (EV) over a gasoline vehicle (GV) is often portrayed as environment friendly or green movement ignoring how the electricity is produced. EVs get credit for preserving green environment and preventing global warming by minimizing the dependency on oil. Most of the time, these assumptions that favor EV are not well justified. Therefore, proper studies on the impact of electric vehicles on energy demand, on environment and on power system are necessary before reaching to any conclusion. This thesis explores the possibility of energy consumption pattern shift within the different sectors of energy use due …
Consensusability Of Discrete-Time Multi-Agent Systems, Abhishek Pandey
Consensusability Of Discrete-Time Multi-Agent Systems, Abhishek Pandey
LSU Master's Theses
The study of multi-agent systems (MAS) focuses on systems in which many intelligent agents interact within an environment. The agents are considered to be autonomous entities. MAS can be used to solve problems that are difficult or impossible for an individual agent to solve. The main feature which is achieved when developing MAS, if they work, is flexibility, since MAS can be added to, modified and reconstructed, without the need for detailed rewriting of the application. MAS can manifest self-organization as well as self-steering related complex behaviors even when the individual strategies of all their agents are simple. The goal …
Low Temperature Carbon Material Deposition With Photo-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, Kyungnam Kang
Low Temperature Carbon Material Deposition With Photo-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, Kyungnam Kang
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Photo-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique is investigated here for low temperature deposition of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and hexagonal diamond. Most current deposition methods require high substrate temperature. Photo-enhanced CVD utilizes light energy to dissociate carbon containing precursor molecules and hence has a potential for low temperature deposition. CCl4, having a high absorption coefficient compared to other commonly employed hydrocarbons in the UV emission spectrum from a Xe arc lamp, is selected as a carbon precursor in this work. Extensive experimentation conducted by varying Al/Ni/Al catalyst layer thicknesses on SiO2 coated Si substrates, substrate annealing temperature in the range 350 …