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A Beginner’S Guide To Controller Area Network Bus Access In Modern Vehicles, Timothy D. Fisher, Kevin Mcfall Jan 2015

A Beginner’S Guide To Controller Area Network Bus Access In Modern Vehicles, Timothy D. Fisher, Kevin Mcfall

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 72-75


Kinematic Analysis And Simulation Of Theo Jansen Mechanism, Mehrdad Mohsenizadeh, Jenny Zhou Jan 2015

Kinematic Analysis And Simulation Of Theo Jansen Mechanism, Mehrdad Mohsenizadeh, Jenny Zhou

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 98-106


Civil Engineering/ Graduate Students/ Johnston & Jeffryes/ University Of Minnesota/ 2012, Lisa Johnston, Jon Jeffryes Jan 2015

Civil Engineering/ Graduate Students/ Johnston & Jeffryes/ University Of Minnesota/ 2012, Lisa Johnston, Jon Jeffryes

Data Information Literacy Case Study Directory

From the University of Minnesota, this case study describes the seven modules that comprise their data information literacy program for students in Civil Engineering. The modules include: data management, organization and documentation, data access and ownership, data sharing and re-use, and preservation. Materials include a book chapter describing the case study, the syllabus for the program, a template for developing a data management plan and the evaluation forms that were used.


Agriculture And Biological Engineering/ Graduate Students/ Bracke & Fosmire/ Purdue University/ 2012, Marianne S. Bracke, Michael Fosmire Jan 2015

Agriculture And Biological Engineering/ Graduate Students/ Bracke & Fosmire/ Purdue University/ 2012, Marianne S. Bracke, Michael Fosmire

Data Information Literacy Case Study Directory

This case study was comprised of three workshops for a lab in Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Data Information Literacy topics covered include developing and following a standard operating procedure, search for external data and creating metadata. Materials include a book chapter describing the case study, a data archiving checklist to follow for describing the types of data generated by the lab, a metadata entry form and an evaluation form used to gather feedback for each of the three sessions.


Electrical And Computer Engineering/ Undergraduates/ Carlson & Sappnelson/ Purdue University/ 2012, Jake Carlson, Megan R. Sapp Nelson Jan 2015

Electrical And Computer Engineering/ Undergraduates/ Carlson & Sappnelson/ Purdue University/ 2012, Jake Carlson, Megan R. Sapp Nelson

Data Information Literacy Case Study Directory

This is a case study of a semester long data information literacy program employing an embedded librarian approach to teach students competencies in describing, organizing and documenting their work in developing software code. Materials include a book chapter describing the case study, a rubric for evaluating software code and its accompanying documentation, a handout to introduce the program to teaching assistants, a lesson plan for a skills session on documenting software code, and a list of possible activities to encourage good practice in describing and documenting code.


Design Of A Novel Usb Crypto Bridge Device, Orhan Şengül Jan 2015

Design Of A Novel Usb Crypto Bridge Device, Orhan Şengül

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Information technologies have emerging use of portable drives. Hence, the readability and security of the content is at great risk in the event that it is lost or stolen. An effective solution to this issue is the use of removable disks in encrypted form. In this paper, a novel USB device that has cryptobridge capability is proposed.


Project Maelstrom: Forensic Analysis Of The Bittorrent-Powered Browser, Jason Farina, M-Tahar Kechadi, Mark Scanlon Jan 2015

Project Maelstrom: Forensic Analysis Of The Bittorrent-Powered Browser, Jason Farina, M-Tahar Kechadi, Mark Scanlon

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

In April 2015, BitTorrent Inc. released their distributed peer-to-peer powered browser, Project Maelstrom, into public beta. The browser facilitates a new alternative website distribution paradigm to the traditional HTTP-based, client-server model. This decentralised web is powered by each of the visitors accessing each Maelstrom hosted website. Each user shares their copy of the website;s source code and multimedia content with new visitors. As a result, a Maelstrom hosted website cannot be taken offline by law enforcement or any other parties. Due to this open distribution model, a number of interesting censorship, security and privacy considerations are raised. This paper explores …


Table Of Contents Jan 2015

Table Of Contents

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

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From The Desk Of The Editor Jan 2015

From The Desk Of The Editor

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

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Table Of Contents Jan 2015

Table Of Contents

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

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Table Of Contents Jan 2015

Table Of Contents

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

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From The Desk Of The Editor Jan 2015

From The Desk Of The Editor

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

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Table Of Contents Jan 2015

Table Of Contents

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

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From The Desk Of The Editor Jan 2015

From The Desk Of The Editor

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

No abstract provided.


Mras-Based Sensorless Speed Backstepping Control For Induction Machine, Using A Flux Sliding Mode Observer, Mohamed Moutchou, Ahmed Abbou, Hassan Mahmoudi Jan 2015

Mras-Based Sensorless Speed Backstepping Control For Induction Machine, Using A Flux Sliding Mode Observer, Mohamed Moutchou, Ahmed Abbou, Hassan Mahmoudi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, an induction machine rotor speed and rotor flux control using a sensorless backstepping control scheme is discussed. The most interesting point of this technique is that it deals with the nonlinearity of a high-order system by using the virtual control variable to make this system simple, and thus the control outputs can be derived step by step through appropriate Lyapunov functions. To avoid the use of a mechanical sensor, the rotor speed estimation is made by an observer using the model reference adaptive system (MRAS) technique; in order to estimate rotor flux, a sliding mode observer is …


Designing And Implementing A Reliable Thermal Monitoring System Based On The 1-Wire Protocol On Fpga For A Leo Satellite, Reza Omidi Gosheblagh, Karim Mohammadi Jan 2015

Designing And Implementing A Reliable Thermal Monitoring System Based On The 1-Wire Protocol On Fpga For A Leo Satellite, Reza Omidi Gosheblagh, Karim Mohammadi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Thermal control and monitoring is one of the most important factors in the design of satellite systems. An appropriate thermal design should make sure that the satellite's sensitive components remain in their nominated range, even under the vacuum condition of outer space. To achieve this purpose, a reliable and stable monitoring system is required. This paper proposes a monitoring system based on the 1-wire protocol, which provides the reliability requirements in the sensor networking and bus controller sections. In the networking section, we outline some practical topologies and discuss on their complexity and reliability. Despite the fact that the point-to-point …


Temporal Logic Extension For Self-Referring, Nonexistence, Multiple Recurrence, And Anterior Past Events, Şadi̇ Evren Şeker Jan 2015

Temporal Logic Extension For Self-Referring, Nonexistence, Multiple Recurrence, And Anterior Past Events, Şadi̇ Evren Şeker

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This study focuses on the possible extensions of current temporal logics. In this study, 4 extensions are proposed: self-referring events, nonexisting events, multiple recurrence of events, and an improvement on anterior past events. Each of these extensions is on a different level of temporal logics. The main motivation behind the extensions is the temporal analysis of Turkish. Similar to temporal logic studies built on other natural languages, like French, Ukrainian, Italian, Korean, English, or Romanian, this is the first time that the Turkish language has been deeply questioned in the sense of computable temporal logic using the view of a …


Discrete-Time Modeling Of Hamiltonian Systems, Yaprak Yalçin, Leyla Gören Sümer, Salman Kurtulan Jan 2015

Discrete-Time Modeling Of Hamiltonian Systems, Yaprak Yalçin, Leyla Gören Sümer, Salman Kurtulan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The problem of discrete-time modeling of the lumped-parameter Hamiltonian systems is considered for engineering applications. Hence, a novel gradient-based method is presented, exploiting the discrete gradient concept and the forward Euler discretization under the assumption of the continuous Hamiltonian model is known. It is proven that the proposed discrete-time model structure defines a symplectic difference system and has the energy-conserving property under some conditions. In order to provide alternate discrete-time models, 3 different discrete-gradient definitions are given. The proposed models are convenient for the design of sampled-data controllers. All of the models are considered for several well-known Hamiltonian systems and …


Mersenne Twister-Based Rfid Authentication Protocol, Mehmet Hi̇lal Özcanhan, Gökhan Dalkiliç Jan 2015

Mersenne Twister-Based Rfid Authentication Protocol, Mehmet Hi̇lal Özcanhan, Gökhan Dalkiliç

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This work presents an ultra-lightweight, cryptographic, mutual authentication protocol for radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. The proposed scheme is more secure than its predecessors. The vulnerabilities of previous schemes based on triangular functions and rotation have been demonstrated in traditional and rotational cryptanalysis. In this paper, we summarize the successful attacks on previous schemes and demonstrate further attacks on 3 recent ultra-lightweight protocols. Next, we present a proposal that resists all of the known passive attacks. The proposal obeys the properties and rules of addition-rotation-XOR with constants systems. The proposed scheme inserts parts of advanced encryption standard S-boxes into the temperings …


Bandwidth Extension Of Narrowband Speech In Log Spectra Domain Using Neural Network, Sara Pourmohammadi, Mansour Vali, Mohsen Ghadyani Jan 2015

Bandwidth Extension Of Narrowband Speech In Log Spectra Domain Using Neural Network, Sara Pourmohammadi, Mansour Vali, Mohsen Ghadyani

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In recent years, there have been significant advances in communication technology, but speech signals still suffer from low perceived quality caused by bandwidth limitations of telephone networks. The bandwidth extension (BWE) approach adds high-frequency components of the speech signal to band-limited telephone speech and increases speech perception significantly. In this work, we develop a new method for representation of vocal tract filter coefficients using log of filter bank energy (LFBE) parameters as an alternative for mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs). This approach is based on a strong correlation between the spectral components of low- and high-band spectrums. Furthermore, the performances of …


A Particle Swarm Optimization-Based Approach To Achieve Optimal Design And Operation Strategy Of Standalone Hybrid Energy Systems, Mahram Ghazvini, Ali Abbaspour Tehrani Fard, Mahmud Fotuhi Firuzabad Jan 2015

A Particle Swarm Optimization-Based Approach To Achieve Optimal Design And Operation Strategy Of Standalone Hybrid Energy Systems, Mahram Ghazvini, Ali Abbaspour Tehrani Fard, Mahmud Fotuhi Firuzabad

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

As a cost-effective and reliable alternative to supply remote areas, standalone hybrid energy systems (HESs) are recently under investigation to address various concerns associated with technical, financial, and environmental issues. This paper presents a comprehensive algorithm that can simultaneously optimize the component size, operation strategy, and slope of the photovoltaic panels of a standalone HES using an improved variant of particle swarm optimization (PSO), designated as the passive congregation PSO. A new operation strategy is proposed based on the set points of the control system. The optimization algorithm determines the optimal values of the set points to efficiently optimize the …


Tracking Control Of Elastic Joint Parallel Robots Via State-Dependent Riccati Equation, Si̇nan Kiliçaslan Jan 2015

Tracking Control Of Elastic Joint Parallel Robots Via State-Dependent Riccati Equation, Si̇nan Kiliçaslan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, a methodology for the tracking control of parallel robots having elastic joints based on the state-dependent Riccati equation is developed. Structural stiffness and damping characteristics of the joints are modeled as torsional springs and dampers, respectively. First an open-tree system is obtained by cutting some joints of the parallel robot open and its dynamic equations are written. Closed loops are then represented as constraint equations. The first and second derivatives of dependent (unactuated) joint variables are expressed in terms of independent (actuated) joint variables by making use of the constraint equations. Taking the independent joint variables, the …


Demand Response In The Day-Ahead Operation Of An Isolated Microgrid In The Presence Of Uncertainty Of Wind Power, Javad Olamaei, Saleh Ashouri Jan 2015

Demand Response In The Day-Ahead Operation Of An Isolated Microgrid In The Presence Of Uncertainty Of Wind Power, Javad Olamaei, Saleh Ashouri

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper explores the utilization of demand response in the day-ahead operation of an isolated microgrid in the presence of wind units. The operation of the network with high penetration wind units (i.e. uncertainty of wind units) is modeled as a unit commitment problem. In addition, electrical power storage is modeled in a daily power curve to decrease the effect of uncertainty in the wind units. Due to avoiding large-scale complexities and the deeper study effect of demand-side management on operations, the considered network is regarded as an isolated microgrid. The demand-side management is studied as demand shifting. The simulation …


Quality Of Service Assessment: A Case Study On Performance Benchmarking Of Cellular Network Operators In Turkey, Rana Kadioğlu, Yaser Dalveren, Ali̇ Kara Jan 2015

Quality Of Service Assessment: A Case Study On Performance Benchmarking Of Cellular Network Operators In Turkey, Rana Kadioğlu, Yaser Dalveren, Ali̇ Kara

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents findings on performance benchmarking of cellular network operators in Turkey. Benchmarking is based on measurements of standard key performance indicators (KPIs) in one of the metropolitan cities of Turkey, Ankara. Performance benchmarking is formulated by incorporating customer perception by conducting surveys on how important KPIs are from the user's point of view. KPIs are measured, with standard test equipment, by drive test method on specified routes. According to the performance benchmarking results, the GSM and UMTS network operators achieving the best performance were determined in Ankara. Speech qualities of network operators, as the most popular service, were …


Model-Based Test Case Prioritization Using Cluster Analysis: A Soft-Computing Approach, Ni̇da Gökçe, Fevzi̇ Belli̇, Mübari̇z Emi̇nli̇, Beki̇r Taner Di̇nçer Jan 2015

Model-Based Test Case Prioritization Using Cluster Analysis: A Soft-Computing Approach, Ni̇da Gökçe, Fevzi̇ Belli̇, Mübari̇z Emi̇nli̇, Beki̇r Taner Di̇nçer

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Model-based testing is related to the particular relevant features of the software under test (SUT) and its environment. Real-life systems often require a large number of tests, which cannot exhaustively be run due to time and cost constraints. Thus, it is necessary to prioritize the test cases in accordance with their importance as the tester perceives it, usually given by several attributes of relevant events entailed. Based on event-oriented graph models, this paper proposes an approach to ranking test cases in accordance with their preference degrees. For forming preference groups, events are clustered using an unsupervised neural network and fuzzy …


Predictive Control Of A Constrained Pressure And Level System, Erkan Kaplanoğlu, Taner Arsan, Hüseyi̇n Selçuk Varol Jan 2015

Predictive Control Of A Constrained Pressure And Level System, Erkan Kaplanoğlu, Taner Arsan, Hüseyi̇n Selçuk Varol

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The focus of this paper is the implementation of a constrained predictive control algorithm implemented in Multi-Parametric Toolbox (MPT), which is a free MATLAB toolbox for design, analysis, and implementation of controllers for constrained linear, nonlinear, and hybrid systems. In general, MPT is used for modeling systems offline. The novelty of this study is that real-time mode MPT is used in process control. We also combined the Model Predictive Control Toolbox with MPT. This novel controller is considered a real-time controller of level-pressure systems. In this study, a special type of model predictive control algorithm, the constrained continuous-time generalized control, …


A New Hysteresis Band Current Control Technique For A Shunt Active Filter, Murat Kale, Engi̇n Özdemi̇r Jan 2015

A New Hysteresis Band Current Control Technique For A Shunt Active Filter, Murat Kale, Engi̇n Özdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper proposes a hysteresis band (HB) current control technique to reduce the power losses in a shunt active filter. During a switching period in the zero-crossing region, the inverter output current flows through a transistor. By changing the direction, it flows through the free-wheeling diode of the same switch in an inverter leg, or vice versa. The shunt active filter current typically has 6 zero-crossing regions during a fundamental frequency cycle. This paper presents a HB current control technique where there is not any switching in these 6 zero-crossing regions per period, which results in reducing the power losses. …


Approximations Of Higher-Order Fractional Differentiators And Integrators Using Indirect Discretization, Richa Yadav, Maneesha Gupta Jan 2015

Approximations Of Higher-Order Fractional Differentiators And Integrators Using Indirect Discretization, Richa Yadav, Maneesha Gupta

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper describes new approximations of fractional order integrators (FOIs) and fractional order differentiators (FODs) by using a continued fraction expansion-based indirect discretization scheme. Different tenth-order fractional blocks have been derived by applying three different s-to-z transforms described earlier by Al-Alaoui, namely new two-segment, four-segment, and new optimized four-segment operators. A new addition has been done in the new optimized four-segment operator by modifying it by the zero reflection method. All proposed half (s$^{\pm 1/2})$ and one-fourth (s$^{\pm 1/4})$ differentiator and integrator models fulfill the stability criterion. The tenth-order fractional differ-integrators (s$^{\pm \alpha })$ based on the modified new optimized …


Using The Finite Element Method To Calculate Parameters For A Detailed Model Of Transformer Winding For Partial Discharge Research, Seyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen Enjavi Madar, Mehdi Vakilian Jan 2015

Using The Finite Element Method To Calculate Parameters For A Detailed Model Of Transformer Winding For Partial Discharge Research, Seyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen Enjavi Madar, Mehdi Vakilian

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Power transformers are considered to be one of the most essential and costly pieces of equipment in a power system. Identifying insulation faults in the shortest possible time prevents the occurrence of irreparable damage. Partial discharge (PD) is one of the most significant insulation faults. The first step in the study of PD is the precise modeling of transformer winding at high frequencies. In this paper, the finite element method is used to calculate the parameters for a detailed model of transformer winding. For this reason, a detailed model of transformer winding and the analytic formulations are first presented for …


Mechanical Fault Detection In Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Using Equal Width Discretization-Based Probability Distribution And A Neural Network Model, Mehmet Akar, Mahmut Heki̇m, Umut Orhan Jan 2015

Mechanical Fault Detection In Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Using Equal Width Discretization-Based Probability Distribution And A Neural Network Model, Mehmet Akar, Mahmut Heki̇m, Umut Orhan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper focuses on detecting the static eccentricity and bearing faults of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) using probability distributions based on equal width discretization (EWD) and a multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) model. In order to achieve this, the PMSM stator current values were measured in the cases of healthy, static eccentricity, and bearing faults for the conditions of three speeds and five loads. The data was discretized into several ranges through the EWD method, the probability distributions were computed according to the number of current values belonging to each range, and these distributions were then used as …