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Lapnitor: A Web Service That Protects Your Laptop From Theft., Michael Ameteku Jan 2022

Lapnitor: A Web Service That Protects Your Laptop From Theft., Michael Ameteku

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Laptop theft is an issue worldwide. According to an article from 2018, Security Boulevard stated that a laptop is stolen every 53 seconds. Using a laptop's camera, we can monitor the surroundings of the laptop and reduce a laptop's probability of being stolen. According to the University of Pittsburgh, a laptop has a 1-in- 10 chance of being stolen and nearly half of these thefts occur in offices or classrooms. These thefts mostly occur when a laptop owner leaves their device unattended for a certain period of time to maybe go visit the restroom or attend to a call when …


Identifying Code Reading Strategies In Debugging Using Sta With A Tolerance Algorithm, Christine Lourrine S. Tablatin, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo Jan 2022

Identifying Code Reading Strategies In Debugging Using Sta With A Tolerance Algorithm, Christine Lourrine S. Tablatin, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to identify the common code reading strategies of the high and low performing students engaged in a debugging task. Using Scanpath Trend Analysis (STA) with a tolerance on eye tracking data, common scanpaths of high and low performing students were generated. The common scanpaths revealed differences in the code reading patterns and code reading strategies of high and low performing students. High performing students follow a bottom-up code reading strategy when debugging complex programs with logical and semantic errors. A top-down code reading strategy is employed when debugging programs with simple control structures, few …


Predicting Pair Success In A Pair Programming Eye Tracking Experiment Using Cross-Recurrence Quantification Analysis, Maureen M. Villamor, Maria Mercedes T. Rodrigo Jan 2022

Predicting Pair Success In A Pair Programming Eye Tracking Experiment Using Cross-Recurrence Quantification Analysis, Maureen M. Villamor, Maria Mercedes T. Rodrigo

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

Pair programming is a model of collaborative learning. It has become a well-known pedagogical practice in teaching introductory programming courses because of its potential benefits to students. This study aims to investigate pair patterns in the context of pair program tracing and debugging to determine what characterizes collaboration and how these patterns relate to success, where success is measured in terms of performance task scores. This research used eye-tracking methodologies and techniques such as cross-recurrence quantification analysis. The potential indicators for pair success were used to create a model for predicting pair success. Findings suggest that it is possible to …


The Uses Of A Dual-Band Corrugated Circularly Polarized Horn Antenna For 5g Systems, Chih-Kai Liu, Wei-Yuan Chiang, Pei-Zong Rao, Pei-Hsiu Hung, Shih-Hung Chen, Chiung-An Chen, Liang-Hung Wang, Patricia Angela R. Abu, Shih-Lun Chen Jan 2022

The Uses Of A Dual-Band Corrugated Circularly Polarized Horn Antenna For 5g Systems, Chih-Kai Liu, Wei-Yuan Chiang, Pei-Zong Rao, Pei-Hsiu Hung, Shih-Hung Chen, Chiung-An Chen, Liang-Hung Wang, Patricia Angela R. Abu, Shih-Lun Chen

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

This paper presents the development of a wide-beam width, dual-band, omnidirectional antenna for the mm-wave band used in 5G communication systems for indoor coverage. The 5G indoor environment includes features of wide space and short range. Additionally, it needs to function well under a variety of circumstances in order to carry out its diverse set of network applications. The waveguide antenna has been designed to be small enough to meet the requirements of mm-wave band and utilizes a corrugated horn to produce a wide beam width. Additionally, it is small enough to integrate with 5G communication products and is easy …


Non-Parametric Stochastic Autoencoder Model For Anomaly Detection, Raphael B. Alampay, Patricia Angela R. Abu Jan 2022

Non-Parametric Stochastic Autoencoder Model For Anomaly Detection, Raphael B. Alampay, Patricia Angela R. Abu

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

Anomaly detection is a widely studied field in computer science with applications ranging from intrusion detection, fraud detection, medical diagnosis and quality assurance in manufacturing. The underlying premise is that an anomaly is an observation that does not conform to what is considered to be normal. This study addresses two major problems in the field. First, anomalies are defined in a local context, that is, being able to give quantitative measures as to how anomalies are categorized within its own problem domain and cannot be generalized to other domains. Commonly, anomalies are measured according to statistical probabilities relative to the …


Low Loss Plasmon-Assisted Integrated Photonics, Dhruv Fomra Jan 2022

Low Loss Plasmon-Assisted Integrated Photonics, Dhruv Fomra

Theses and Dissertations

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs), semiconductor chips with both photonic and electronic elements, are seeing rapid development and have the potential to transform several industries, such as autonomous driving, computing, telecommunication and quantum networks. However, realization and wide adoption of PICs across the various fields faces a key challenge – soze disparity between electronic (~0.01 um) and photonic components (~100’s of um). Plasmonics, a technology which confines light to the interface of metals and dielectrics, has a potential to address challenges. In particular, it has been shown to led to smaller devices (~10 um or less), enabling higher density optical circuits …


Reconfigurable Array Control Via Convolutional Neural Networks, Garrett A. Harris Jan 2022

Reconfigurable Array Control Via Convolutional Neural Networks, Garrett A. Harris

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

A method for the beam forming control of an array of reconfigurable antennas is presented. The method consists of using two parallel convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to analyze a desired radiation pattern image, or mask, and provide a suggestion for the reconfigurable element state, array shape, and steering weights necessary to obtain the radiation pattern. This research compares beam forming systems designed for three distinct element types: a patch antenna, a reconfigurable square spiral antenna restricted to a single reconfigurable state, and the fully reconfigurable square spiral. The parametric sweeps for the design of the CNNs are presented along with …


Fault-Tolerant Control Of Autonomous Ground Vehicle Under Actuator And Sensor, Vaishnavi Janakiraman Jan 2022

Fault-Tolerant Control Of Autonomous Ground Vehicle Under Actuator And Sensor, Vaishnavi Janakiraman

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

Unmanned ground vehicles have a wide range of potential applications including autonomous driving, military surveillance, emergency responses, and agricultural robotics, etc. Since such autonomous vehicles need to operate reliably at all times, despite the possible occurrence of faulty behaviors in some system components, the development of fault-tolerant control schemes is a crucial step in ensuring reliable and safe operations. In this research, a fault-tolerant control scheme is developed for a nonlinear ground vehicle model with possible occurrence of both actuator faults in the form of loss of effectiveness (LOE) and sensor bias faults. Based on the vehicle and fault models …


Stability Approximation Method For Pulse Loads In Power Electronic Systems, Eduardo A. Marmol D Jan 2022

Stability Approximation Method For Pulse Loads In Power Electronic Systems, Eduardo A. Marmol D

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Pulse loads on power electronic distribution systems are becoming very popular nowadays as the components of ships and airplanes are moving to more electric power. However, the pulse loads have a destabilizing effect on the power distribution system. Usually, the method used to study the stability of this type of system are small-signal analyses and are based on a system where the load is modeled as a constant. Since DC-DC systems with pulsed loads are very nonlinear, a small-signal analysis does not provide helpful information related to the stability of the system. The work presented in this thesis focuses on …


Characterizing And Modeling Methods For Power Converters, Anfeng Huang Jan 2022

Characterizing And Modeling Methods For Power Converters, Anfeng Huang

Doctoral Dissertations

“Stable power delivery is becoming increasingly important in modern electronic devices, especially in applications with stringent requirements of its form factor. With the evolution of technology, the switching frequency in a power converter is pushed to a higher frequency range, e.g., several MHz or even higher, to decrease its size. However, the loss generated in the converter increases drastically due to the high switching frequency. In addition, a wide-band feedback controller is required to accommodate the high switching frequency in the converter. We focus on the characterization or modeling of the feedback control circuits and critical components in a switching …


Explainable Data-Driven Motor Condition Monitoring And Fault Disgnosis, Yuming Wang Jan 2022

Explainable Data-Driven Motor Condition Monitoring And Fault Disgnosis, Yuming Wang

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Industrial motors are widely used in various fields such as power generation, mining, and manufacturing. Motor faults and time-consuming maintenance process will lead to serious economic losses in this context. To monitor motor faults and detect motor conditions, different types of sensors that can test vibration and current signals are mounted on motors. However, the main challenge was how to use information gained by sensors to analyze or diagnose motor conditions.

Machine learning is a popular technology in recent years, and it's very suitable for crunching and analyzing data. As an important subset of machine learning, deep learning is suitable …


Development Of Dc Circuit Breakers For Medium-Voltage Electrified Transportation, Trevor Morgan Arvin Jan 2022

Development Of Dc Circuit Breakers For Medium-Voltage Electrified Transportation, Trevor Morgan Arvin

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Medium-voltage DC (MVDC) distribution is an enabling technology for the electrification of transportation such as aircraft and shipboard. One main obstacle for DC distribution is the lack of adequate circuit fault protection. The challenges are due to the rapidly rising fault currents and absence of zero crossings in DC systems compared to AC counterparts. Existing DC breaker solutions lack comprehensive consideration of energy efficiency, power density, fault interruption speed, reliability, and implementation cost.

In this thesis, two circuit topologies of improved DC circuit breakers are developed: the resonant current source based hybrid DC breaker (RCS-HDCB) and the high temperature superconductor …


Models And Optimal Controls For Smart Homes And Their Integration Into The Electric Power Grid, Huangjie Gong Jan 2022

Models And Optimal Controls For Smart Homes And Their Integration Into The Electric Power Grid, Huangjie Gong

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Smart homes can operate as a distributed energy resource (DER), when equipped with controllable high-efficiency appliances, solar photovoltaic (PV) generators, electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS). The high penetration of such buildings changes the typical electric power load profile, which without appropriate controls, may become a “duck curve” when the surplus PV generation is high, or a “dragon curve” when the EV charging load is high. A smart home may contribute to an optimal solution of such problems through the energy storage capacity, provided by its by battery energy storage system (BESS), heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) …


Determining Power System Fault Location Using Neural Network Approach, Edward O. Ojini Jan 2022

Determining Power System Fault Location Using Neural Network Approach, Edward O. Ojini

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fault location remains an extremely pivotal feature of the electric power grid as it ensures efficient operation of the grid and prevents large downtimes during fault occurrences. This will ultimately enhance and increase the reliability of the system. Since the invention of the electric grid, many approaches to fault location have been studied and documented. These approaches are still effective and are implemented in present times, and as the power grid becomes even more broadened with new forms of energy generation, transmission, and distribution technologies, continued study on these methods is necessary. This thesis will focus on adopting the artificial …


Energy-Efficient And Secure Hardware Using Adiabatic Logic And Non-Volatile Mtj Devices, Zachary Kahleifeh Jan 2022

Energy-Efficient And Secure Hardware Using Adiabatic Logic And Non-Volatile Mtj Devices, Zachary Kahleifeh

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of devices that exchange data through a network to implement complex applications. IoT devices increase the quality of life of their user base which has a wide variety such as the medical field, consumer electronics, and the manufacturing sector. However, IoT devices have several challenges that need to be overcome namely, security and energy consumption. The threat vector that IoT devices face is growing and includes the following threats, the leakage of information through a side-channel attack known as the Correlation Power Analysis (CPA), authentication, piracy, etc. A side-channel attack is an attack …


Hourly Dispatching Wind-Solar Hybrid Power System With Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid Energy Storage, Pranoy Kumar Singha Roy Jan 2022

Hourly Dispatching Wind-Solar Hybrid Power System With Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid Energy Storage, Pranoy Kumar Singha Roy

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

This dissertation demonstrates a dispatching scheme of wind-solar hybrid power system (WSHPS) for a specific dispatching horizon for an entire day utilizing a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) configured by batteries and supercapacitors. Here, wind speed and solar irradiance are predicted one hour ahead of time using a multilayer perceptron Artificial Neural Network (ANN), which exhibits satisfactory performance with good convergence mapping between input and target output data. Furthermore, multiple state of charge (SOC) controllers as a function of energy storage system (ESS) SOC are developed to accurately estimate the grid reference power (PGrid,ref) for each dispatching period. …


Three Dimensional Photonics Structures: Design And Applications, Mansoor Sultan Jan 2022

Three Dimensional Photonics Structures: Design And Applications, Mansoor Sultan

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Photonics is an emerging technology for light control, emission, and detection. Photonic devices control photons the same way electronic circuits control electrons in active or passive mode depending on the energy requirement of the device. This dissertation will discuss the design, fabrication, testing of photonic structures with applications including imaging and renewable energy. First, we developed a novel lithography method for fluoropolymer resist based on variable pressure electron beam lithography (VP-EBL). VP-EBL proves to be an efficient method for patterning a widely used, but challenging to process, fluoropolymer, Teflon AF. However, rather than solely mitigating charging, the ambient gas is …


Synthesizing Dysarthric Speech Using Multi-Speaker Tts For Dsyarthric Speech Recognition, Mohammad Soleymanpour Jan 2022

Synthesizing Dysarthric Speech Using Multi-Speaker Tts For Dsyarthric Speech Recognition, Mohammad Soleymanpour

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder often characterized by reduced speech intelligibility through slow, uncoordinated control of speech production muscles. Automatic Speech recognition (ASR) systems may help dysarthric talkers communicate more effectively. However, robust dysarthria-specific ASR requires a significant amount of training speech is required, which is not readily available for dysarthric talkers.

In this dissertation, we investigate dysarthric speech augmentation and synthesis methods. To better understand differences in prosodic and acoustic characteristics of dysarthric spontaneous speech at varying severity levels, a comparative study between typical and dysarthric speech was conducted. These characteristics are important components for dysarthric speech modeling, …


Parametric Average-Value Modeling, Simulation, And Characterization Of Machine-Rectifier Systems, Isuje Ojo Jan 2022

Parametric Average-Value Modeling, Simulation, And Characterization Of Machine-Rectifier Systems, Isuje Ojo

Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering

There are many techniques for modeling and simulation of synchronous machine-rectifier systems. The more common approaches are the detailed and average-value modeling techniques. The detailed simulation technique takes into account the details of the diode switching and is both very accurate and very expensive in terms of computational resources. To alleviate this disadvantage, the average-value modeling technique is often utilized. In this approach, the details of diode switching are neglected or averaged. In that light, the work presented herein proposes a unique saliency-sensitive parametric average-value model (SSPAVM) of the synchronous machine-rectifier system. This model extends existing parametric average-value models to …


Data Science Applied To Discover Ancient Minoan-Indus Valley Trade Routes Implied By Commonweight Measures, Peter Revesz Jan 2022

Data Science Applied To Discover Ancient Minoan-Indus Valley Trade Routes Implied By Commonweight Measures, Peter Revesz

School of Computing: Conference and Workshop Papers

This paper applies data mining of weight measures to discover possible long-distance trade routes among Bronze Age civilizations from the Mediterranean area to India. As a result, a new northern route via the Black Sea is discovered between the Minoan and the Indus Valley civilizations. This discovery enhances the growing set of evidence for a strong and vibrant connection among Bronze Age civilizations.


Infrared Dielectric Functions And Brillouin Zone Center Phonons Of Α-Ga2O3 Compared To Α-Al2O3, Megan Stokey, Rafal Korlacki, Matthew J. Hilfiker, Sean Knight, Steffen Richter, Vanya Darakchieva, Riena Jinno, Yongjin Cho, Huili Grace Xing, Debdeep Jena, Yuichi Oshima, Kamruzzaman Khan, Elaheh Ahmadi, Mathias Schubert Jan 2022

Infrared Dielectric Functions And Brillouin Zone Center Phonons Of Α-Ga2O3 Compared To Α-Al2O3, Megan Stokey, Rafal Korlacki, Matthew J. Hilfiker, Sean Knight, Steffen Richter, Vanya Darakchieva, Riena Jinno, Yongjin Cho, Huili Grace Xing, Debdeep Jena, Yuichi Oshima, Kamruzzaman Khan, Elaheh Ahmadi, Mathias Schubert

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

We determine the anisotropic dielectric functions of rhombohedral α-Ga2O3 by far-infrared and infrared generalized spectroscopic ellipsometry and derive all transverse optical and longitudinal optical phonon mode frequencies and broadening parameters. We also determine the high-frequency and static dielectric constants. We perform density functional theory computations and determine the phonon dispersion for all branches in the Brillouin zone, and we derive all phonon mode parameters at the Brillouin zone center including Raman-active, infrared-active, and silent modes. Excellent agreement is obtained between our experimental and computation results as well as among all previously reported partial information from experiment …


Serum Protein Signatures Using Aptamer-Based Proteomics For Minimal Change Disease And Membranous Nephropathy, Daniel A. Muruve, Hanna Debiec, Simon T. Dillon, Xuesong Gu, Emmanuelle Plaisier, Handan Can, Hasan H. Otu, Towia A. Libermann, Pierre Ronco Jan 2022

Serum Protein Signatures Using Aptamer-Based Proteomics For Minimal Change Disease And Membranous Nephropathy, Daniel A. Muruve, Hanna Debiec, Simon T. Dillon, Xuesong Gu, Emmanuelle Plaisier, Handan Can, Hasan H. Otu, Towia A. Libermann, Pierre Ronco

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

Introduction: Minimal change disease (MCD) and membranous nephropathy (MN) are glomerular diseases (glomerulonephritis [GN]) that present with the nephrotic syndrome. Although circulating PLA2R antibodies have been validated as a biomarker for MN, the diagnosis of MCD and PLA2R-negative MN still relies on the results of kidney biopsy or empirical corticosteroids in children. We aimed to identify serum protein biomarker signatures associated with MCD and MN pathogenesis using aptamer-based proteomics.

Methods: Quantitative SOMAscan proteomics was applied to the serum of adult patients with MCD (n = 15) and MN(n = 37) and healthy controls (n = …


การวิเคราะห์ฉากทัศน์สำหรับศักยภาพชีวมวลของการผลิตไฟฟ้าจากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตรในประเทศไทย, ธัญชนก เชิดชู Jan 2022

การวิเคราะห์ฉากทัศน์สำหรับศักยภาพชีวมวลของการผลิตไฟฟ้าจากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตรในประเทศไทย, ธัญชนก เชิดชู

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อวิเคราะห์ฉากทัศน์ศักยภาพชีวมวลของการผลิตไฟฟ้าจากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตรในประเทศไทย ภายใต้การวิเคราะห์ปัจจัยที่ทำให้เกิดผลกระทบและปัจจัยที่มีแนวโน้มที่จะมีการเปลี่ยนแปลง โดยการวิเคราะห์ได้ใช้เครื่องมือในการประเมินปัจจัยภายนอกต่างๆ ด้วยการวิเคราะห์ STEEP Analysis และทำการจัดลำดับปัจจัยเพื่อพิจารณาเลือกสถานการณ์ ที่ถูกกำหนดด้วยปัจจัยที่ทำให้เกิดผลกระทบและปัจจัยที่มีแนวโน้มที่จะมีการเปลี่ยนแปลงมากที่สุด พบว่าปัจจัยสำคัญที่ทำให้เกิดผลกระทบ (Impact) และมีแนวโน้มที่จะเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลง (Uncertainty) ต่อฉากทัศนศักยภาพชีวมวลของการผลิตไฟฟ้าจากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตรในประเทศไทย ได้แก่ ปัจจัยด้านการสนับสนุนนโยบายจากภาครัฐ เช่น อัตรารับซื้อไฟฟ้าจากชีวมวลในรูปแบบ Feed-in Tariff และปัจจัยด้านต้นทุนการผลิตไฟฟ้า เช่น ต้นทุนค่าเชื้อเพลิงชีวมวล ต้นทุนค่าการสร้างและค่าใช้จ่ายในการดำเนินการ ทั้งนี้ ได้กำหนดตัวชี้วัดสำหรับการติดตามและตรวจสอบสถานการณ์ ซึ่งเป็นปัจจัยเชิงปริมาณ ได้แก่ การวิเคราะห์ศักยภาพชีวมวลของการผลิตไฟฟ้าจากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตร และการวิเคราะห์ต้นทุนส่วนเพิ่มในการลดก๊าซเรือนกระจก (Marginal Abatement Cost : MAC) เพื่อสะท้อนให้เห็นถึงการวิเคราะห์ศักยภาพเชิงปริมาณในแต่ละสถานการณ์ภายใต้เงื่อนไขของปัจจัยขับคลื่อน โดยได้แบ่งออกเป็น 3 สถานการณ์ ซึ่งพบว่า ศักยภาพชีวมวลของการผลิตไฟฟ้าจากวัสดุเหลือทิ้งทางการเกษตร มากที่สุด 38,376 เมกะวัตต์ รองลงมา ได้แก่ 24,940 เมกะวัตต์ และ 10,596 เมกะวัตต์ ตามลำดับ ในส่วนของการวิเคราะห์ต้นทุนส่วนเพิ่มในการลดก๊าซเรือนกระจก อยู่ระหว่าง -980 ถึง 131 บาท/ตันคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์เทียบเท่า


Optimal Operation Schedule Of Battery Energy Storage System For Supporting Variable Renewable Energy In Generation System, Chalermjit Klansupar Jan 2022

Optimal Operation Schedule Of Battery Energy Storage System For Supporting Variable Renewable Energy In Generation System, Chalermjit Klansupar

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Variable renewable energy (VRE) generation alters residual demand curves, leading to high operating costs for conventional generators. Additionally, the variable nature of VRE causes a mismatch between electricity demand and generation, resulting in greater expected energy not supplied (EENS) values, which represent a critical component of power generation costs. To alleviate the impact of VRE, utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESSs) provide ancillary services. The BESSs’ general applications are spinning reserve, regulation, and ramping. This paper proposes a method to determine daily operation schedules for grid-scale BESSs, compensating for the negative impacts of VRE on operating costs, power generation reliability …


A Comparative Study On Artificial Intelligence-Based Methods For Fault Detection, Classification, And Localization In Distribution Lines, Nanda Kumari Jan 2022

A Comparative Study On Artificial Intelligence-Based Methods For Fault Detection, Classification, And Localization In Distribution Lines, Nanda Kumari

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In recent years, supervised machine learning (SML) has demonstrated its effectiveness in pattern recognition and outcome prediction within datasets. The objective of this research is to develop an algorithm that utilizes SML classification and regression equation capabilities to accurately classify and locate faults occurring in electricity distribution lines. The proposed algorithm takes the measured values of electrical current and voltage at one end of the distribution line as input data and outputs the type of fault. The algorithm evaluates its performance by simulating the IEEE 14-bus power system using MATLAB and generating various types of faults at different locations and …


การนับพลัคไวรัสโดยใช้ค่าขีดคู่และขั้นตอนวิธีสันปันน้ำ, นิตยา คำดี Jan 2022

การนับพลัคไวรัสโดยใช้ค่าขีดคู่และขั้นตอนวิธีสันปันน้ำ, นิตยา คำดี

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การนับจำนวนไวรัสด้วยจำนวน Plaque Forming Unit (PFU) เพื่อทำการทดลองในด้านต่างๆ เช่นการผลิตวัคซีน สามารถทำได้ด้วยการใช้ตาเปล่าซึ่งส่งผลให้เกิดความเหนื่อยล้า ใช้เวลานานและเกิดข้อผิดพลาดได้ง่าย การนับด้วยวิธีที่รวดเร็วและแม่นยำต้องคำนึงหลายปัจจัย เนื่องจาก PFU มีรูปร่างไม่แน่นอน ขอบไม่เด่นชัด ขนาดไม่สม่ำเสมอ รวมถึงความแตกต่างกันของสีระหว่าง PFU และพื้นหลังภายในจานหลุมไม่คงที่ วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้เสนอสร้างกรรมวิธีการนับ PFU แบบกึ่งอัตโนมัติจากภาพจานเพาะเลี้ยงที่ได้จากกล้องถ่ายรูปทั่วไปที่ไม่มีการควบคุมแสง เริ่มจากการจำแนก PFU กับพื้นหลังด้วยค่าขีดเริ่มเปลี่ยนแบบปรับตัวได้ โดยถ้าเป็น PFU ขนาดเล็กจะใช้ค่าขีดเริ่มเปลี่ยนบริเวณขอบและกลางหลุมแตกต่างกัน ขณะที่ถ้าเป็น PFU ขนาดใหญ่จะใช้ค่าขีดเริ่มเปลี่ยนเดียวกันทั้งหลุม ปัญหาเรื่องสีย้อมที่ต่างกันถูกแก้โดยใช้ผลต่างของสองช่องสัญญาณในปริภูมิสี CIE-XYZ ที่มีการถ่วงน้ำหนักให้ความสว่างของพื้นหลังเท่ากัน การแบ่งพื้นที่ของ PFU ที่ติดกันประกอบด้วยสองส่วนคือ กระบวนการวิธีสันปันน้ำร่วมกับการแปลงระยะทางและการใช้เกณฑ์ขนาดร่วมกับการขยายของจุดศูนย์กลางที่ได้จากภาพการแปลงระยะทางเป็นวงกลม จากการทดลองพบว่าเมื่อปรับค่าถ่วงน้ำหนักให้เหมาะสมแล้ว กรรมวิธีที่นำเสนอสามารถนับ PFU ผิดพลาดน้อยกว่าร้อยละ 10 สำหรับ PFU ที่เป็นสีขาว มีขอบราบเรียบและไม่มีรูตรงกลาง จึงสามารถนำมาใช้กับ PFU ของไวรัสไข้เลือดออก ไวรัสไข้ปวดข้อยุงลายและไวรัสไข้สมองอักเสบ การนับจะได้ผลผิดพลาดมากขึ้นสำหรับ PFU ที่มีสีชมพูปะปน เช่น ไวรัสไข้ซิก้าและ PFU ที่มีขอบฟุ้ง เช่น PFU ของไวรัสโคโรนา


การศึกษาจลนศาสตร์ไฟฟ้าของหยดน้ำในฉนวนเหลวภายใต้สนามไฟฟ้า, วิกานดา นันทนาวุฒิ Jan 2022

การศึกษาจลนศาสตร์ไฟฟ้าของหยดน้ำในฉนวนเหลวภายใต้สนามไฟฟ้า, วิกานดา นันทนาวุฒิ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์นี้ศึกษาจลนศาสตร์ไฟฟ้าของหยดน้ำที่อยู่ในฉนวนเหลว ได้แก่ การเสียรูปร่าง การเคลื่อนที่ การรวมตัว และการแยกตัว ด้วยการทดลองและการจำลองเชิงตัวเลขเพื่อพิจารณาปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อจลนศาสตร์ไฟฟ้าของหยดน้ำ. รูปแบบแรกที่ศึกษา คือ หยดน้ำอยู่บนอิเล็กโทรดโดยมีตัวกลางเป็นน้ำมันแร่และน้ำมันทานตะวัน. ผลการทดลองพบว่าการเสียรูปของหยดน้ำเพิ่มขึ้นตามสนามไฟฟ้า. การเสียรูปของหยดน้ำในน้ำมันทานตะวันมีค่าสูงกว่าเนื่องจากคุณสมบัติสภาพยอมสัมพัทธ์ที่สูงและความตึงผิวที่ต่ำของน้ำมัน. เมื่อสนามไฟฟ้าสูงถึงค่าวิกฤต การแยกตัวเกิดขึ้นที่บริเวณปลายแหลมของหยด. การจำลองสามารถแสดงการเสียรูปของหยดน้ำได้แม่นยำและทำนายค่าสนามไฟฟ้าวิกฤตได้. รูปแบบที่สอง คือ การรวมตัวของหยดในน้ำมันแร่และน้ำมันซิลิโคนกับผิวน้ำด้านล่าง. ผลการทดลองพบว่าประจุเพิ่มแรงไฟฟ้าที่กระทำกับหยดน้ำ ช่วยให้ประสิทธิภาพของกระบวนการเชื่อมรวมเพิ่มขึ้นในแง่ของเวลา. อย่างไรก็ตาม หยดน้ำที่มีประจุรวมตัวเพียงบางส่วนที่สนามไฟฟ้าต่ำกว่ากรณีที่ไม่มีประจุ. เมื่อสนามไฟฟ้าสูง หยดน้ำที่มีประจุในน้ำมันแร่ไม่รวมตัวกับผิวน้ำ หรือแตกตัวในระหว่างการเคลื่อนที่. พฤติกรรมดังกล่าวไม่เกิดขึ้นในน้ำมันซิลิโคน เนื่องจากความตึงผิวของน้ำมันมีค่าสูง ช่วยให้หยดน้ำรวมตัวได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ. การจำลองสามารถแสดงการเสียรูปของหยดน้ำที่มีและไม่มีประจุก่อนการรวมตัวได้ใกล้เคียงกับผลการทดลอง รวมทั้งแสดงการรวมตัวรูปแบบสมบูรณ์ของหยดน้ำได้. แม้ว่าการจำลองไม่สามารถแสดงพฤติกรรมอื่นเมื่อสนามไฟฟ้ามีค่าสูง เช่น การแยกตัวของหยดน้ำทุติยภูมิ การไม่รวมตัว หรือ การแตกตัว แต่ผลการจำลองแสดงให้เห็นว่าหยดน้ำในน้ำมันซิลิโคนมีเสถียรภาพดีกว่า ซึ่งเป็นไปในลักษณะเดียวกันกับการทดลอง.


A Four-Element Mimo Antenna For Ultra-Wideband Communications With A Rejection Band, Aale Muhammad Jan 2022

A Four-Element Mimo Antenna For Ultra-Wideband Communications With A Rejection Band, Aale Muhammad

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This thesis presents the design and development of a four-element multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) ultra-wideband antenna with a rejection band. This antenna is proposed for the application of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, an advanced short-range wireless communication technology with fast and stable data transmission. The antenna operates in a wide frequency range from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, which is intended for UWB communication technology. In addition, it can suppress the WLAN frequency band (4.8 to 6.2 GHz). This frequency suppression is necessary to avoid interference from WLAN signals, which usually have a higher power density. The antenna provides a bidirectional radiation pattern …


Passive Intermodulation Under Different Spring Contact Conditions, Shengxuan Xia, Emmanuel Olugbade, Yuchu He, Yansheng Wang, Hanfeng Wang, Krishna Rao, Marco Poort, Haicheng Zhou, Warren Lee, Nicholas Mcdonnell, Jonghyun Park, Chulsoon Hwang Jan 2022

Passive Intermodulation Under Different Spring Contact Conditions, Shengxuan Xia, Emmanuel Olugbade, Yuchu He, Yansheng Wang, Hanfeng Wang, Krishna Rao, Marco Poort, Haicheng Zhou, Warren Lee, Nicholas Mcdonnell, Jonghyun Park, Chulsoon Hwang

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Modularized designs have been widely used in today's consumer electronic devices and flexible RF springs are used for electrical connections between the modules. In the meantime, aluminum alloy material becomes a common chassis option. It is well known that the oxidized chassis surface introduces a certain level of nonlinearity when contacted by the springs, as known as passive intermodulation (PIM). PIM is one of the well-known root causes of the RF desensitization (desense). This paper is focused on investigating the relationship between PIM and contact conditions of the springs, especially contact area. The PIM level behavior is explained mathematically by …


Security Concerns On Machine Learning Solutions For 6g Networks In Mmwave Beam Prediction, Ferhat Ozgur Catak, Murat Kuzlu, Evren Catak, Umit Cali, Devrim Unal Jan 2022

Security Concerns On Machine Learning Solutions For 6g Networks In Mmwave Beam Prediction, Ferhat Ozgur Catak, Murat Kuzlu, Evren Catak, Umit Cali, Devrim Unal

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

6G – sixth generation – is the latest cellular technology currently under development for wireless communication systems. In recent years, machine learning (ML) algorithms have been applied widely in various fields, such as healthcare, transportation, energy, autonomous cars, and many more. Those algorithms have also been used in communication technologies to improve the system performance in terms of frequency spectrum usage, latency, and security. With the rapid developments of ML techniques, especially deep learning (DL), it is critical to consider the security concern when applying the algorithms. While ML algorithms offer significant advantages for 6G networks, security concerns on artificial …