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Detection Of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals In Personal Care Products Using A Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane-Based Hybrid Material, Aarthi K Apr 2024

Detection Of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals In Personal Care Products Using A Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane-Based Hybrid Material, Aarthi K

Theses and Dissertations

Personal care products (cosmetics) are a diverse group of goods, that includes all the essential routines including the personal hygiene products used in our day-to-day life. It contains a variety of ingredients in its formulation, including preservatives, flavor, UV filters, and other additives. Few of the chemicals utilized are found to impair human health and have serious environmental impacts. The major chemicals include parabens, triclosan, oxybenzone, phthalates, heavy metals, fragrances, etc, Though the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) has set the usage limits for the chemicals used, exposure to these chemicals from multiple products may exceed the exposure limit. …


A Reputation System For Provably-Robust Decision Making In Iot Blockchain Networks, Charles C. Rawlins, Sarangapani Jagannathan, Venkata Sriram Siddhardh Nadendla Apr 2024

A Reputation System For Provably-Robust Decision Making In Iot Blockchain Networks, Charles C. Rawlins, Sarangapani Jagannathan, Venkata Sriram Siddhardh Nadendla

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Blockchain systems have been successful in discerning truthful information from interagent interaction amidst possible attackers or conflicts, which is crucial for the completion of nontrivial tasks in distributed networking. However, the state-of-the-art blockchain protocols are limited to resource-rich applications where reliably connected nodes within the network are equipped with significant computing power to run lottery-based proof-of-work (pow) consensus. The purpose of this work is to address these challenges for implementation in a severely resource-constrained distributed network with internet of things (iot) devices. The contribution of this work is a novel lightweight alternative, called weight-based reputation (wbr) scheme, to classify new …


04.15.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson Apr 2024

04.15.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

DMP Tool, Jeff Neal, new training module: Budget Basics, new policy Maligned Foreign Talent Recruitment


Research On Cross-Domain Unmanned Swarm Cooperative Anti-Submarine Search Method, Ning Wang, Xiaolong Liang, Jiaqiang Zhang, Yueqi Hou, Aiwu Yang Apr 2024

Research On Cross-Domain Unmanned Swarm Cooperative Anti-Submarine Search Method, Ning Wang, Xiaolong Liang, Jiaqiang Zhang, Yueqi Hou, Aiwu Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the maritime ASW search, a cross-domain unmanned swarm cooperative search method is proposed in which USVs are used as the communication relay of UAVs. The digital grid map is used to characterize the mission area and the kinematic model of cross-domain platform is constructed. The cooperative method of cross-domain unmanned systems is proposed, and the distributed information fusion mechanism of unmanned systems is designed. The search objective function for heterogeneous platforms is designed to guide the unmanned systems to make real-time decisions in search task. The simulation results show that the proposed method can be effective to the …


Simulation Verification And Decision-Making Key Technologies Of Unmanned Swarm Game Confrontation: A Survey, Xiaolong Liang, Aiwu Yang, Jiaqiang Zhang, Yueqi Hou, Ning Wang, Xiao Huang, Junbin Gong Apr 2024

Simulation Verification And Decision-Making Key Technologies Of Unmanned Swarm Game Confrontation: A Survey, Xiaolong Liang, Aiwu Yang, Jiaqiang Zhang, Yueqi Hou, Ning Wang, Xiao Huang, Junbin Gong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Unmanned swarm game confrontation is a new combat mode and plays a crucial role in intelligent warfare. Its core is the autonomous generation of a series of game confrontation decision sequences to "empower" the swarm. The progress of system simulation verification for the unmanned swarm game confrontation is analyzed. The key technologies of the autonomous decision-making are discussed from three aspects, technology based on expert systems and game theory, technology based on swarm intelligence and optimization theory, and technology based on neural networks and reinforcement learning. The key technology research conducted by the author's team on the autonomous decisionmaking …


Research On Integration Of Virtual-Real Hybrid Simulation Experiment Environment For Unmanned Swarm, Huijie Yang, Taoshun Xiao, Chen Wu, Lingfeng Guo Apr 2024

Research On Integration Of Virtual-Real Hybrid Simulation Experiment Environment For Unmanned Swarm, Huijie Yang, Taoshun Xiao, Chen Wu, Lingfeng Guo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Constructing the experiment environment and researching the core technology, key equipment and operation theory is the key step for the development of unmanned swarm. Based on the requirement of hybrid simulation environment for unmanned swarm, the elements of the experiment environment are analyzed, and the architecture is proposed, which is composed of common infrastructure, general experiment services, special experiment tools, security and support tool. The key experiment environment integration technology is studied from the aspects of experiment network, model data and experiment application. The feasibility of the method to construct the virtual-real hybrid simulation environment is verified by an …


Mixed-Variable Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Based On Competitive Coevolution, Hu Zhang, Heng Zhang, Zilu Huang, Zhe Wang, Qingpo Fu, Jin Peng, Feng Wang Apr 2024

Mixed-Variable Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Based On Competitive Coevolution, Hu Zhang, Heng Zhang, Zilu Huang, Zhe Wang, Qingpo Fu, Jin Peng, Feng Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the current algorithm, it is difficult to obtain the available solution due to the irregularity of problem decision space caused by the numerous mixed variable optimization problems during real industrial applications. The coevolution strategy is introduced and a mixed variable particle swarm optimization algorithm(CCPSO) based on competitive coevolution is proposed. The search direction adjustment mechanism based on tolerance is designed to judge the evolution state of particles, adaptively adjust the search direction of particles, avoid falling into local optimum, and balance the convergence and diversity of the population. The learning object generation mechanism is adopted for each particle …


Handling Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization Problems Based On Relationship Between Pareto Fronts, Yubo Wang, Chengyu Hu, Wenyin Gong Apr 2024

Handling Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization Problems Based On Relationship Between Pareto Fronts, Yubo Wang, Chengyu Hu, Wenyin Gong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the challenges of balancing the constraint satisfaction and objective function optimization, and dealing with the complex feasible regions in constrained multi-objective optimization problems(CMOPs), a classification-based search approach is proposed based on different Pareto front relationships. A dual-population dual-phase framework is proposed in which an auxiliary population Pa and a main population Pm are evolved and the evolution process is divided into a learning phase and a search phase. During the learning phase, Pa explores unconstrained Pareto front (UPF) and Pm explores constrained Pareto front(CPF), through which the relationship between UPF and CPF is determined. After completing the …


Element Grouping Faceted Fully Connected Network Based On Ris, Shunhu Hou, Shengliang Fang, Qingyao Zeng, Mengtao Wang Apr 2024

Element Grouping Faceted Fully Connected Network Based On Ris, Shunhu Hou, Shengliang Fang, Qingyao Zeng, Mengtao Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the over-fitting problem that caused by multiple parameters and high memory usage of the full connection layer of neural network in training, a RIS-based element grouping areal fully connected neural network (RGFCNN) is proposed for the first time based on the structural characteristics of reconfigurable intelligence surface (RIS). Based on the structural characteristics of RIS, the network is optimized on traditional FCNN. A novel transmission surface attention mechanism is designed for the effective feature extraction of data. Compared with the traditional FCNNs, the proposed network does not arrange the data in one-dimensional manner. Instead, a element …


Microcapsule Transport And Blockage In Rough-Walled Fractures, Brittney Diana Seaburn Apr 2024

Microcapsule Transport And Blockage In Rough-Walled Fractures, Brittney Diana Seaburn

Civil Engineering ETDs

Thermal short-circuiting is a potential problem for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). One solution to this problem is to reduce the permeability of very conductive fractures with thermally degradable microcapsules carrying porous polymers that bond to rock, reducing fluid flow without completely sealing the fracture. This concept requires microcapsules to principally travel in the larger, problematic fractures, minimizing entry into smaller fractures; consequently, understanding the transport and blockage of microcapsules is critical. Using a flow visualization configuration, this study involved quantifying the transport and blockage of microcapsules in transparent fracture replicas. Analyses determined most blockage occurred in regions with local apertures …


Eco-Efficient Coatings For Healthy Indoors: Ozone Deposition Velocities, Primary And Secondary Emissions, Alessandra Ranesi, Paulina Faria, M. Rosario Veiga, Elliott T. Gall Apr 2024

Eco-Efficient Coatings For Healthy Indoors: Ozone Deposition Velocities, Primary And Secondary Emissions, Alessandra Ranesi, Paulina Faria, M. Rosario Veiga, Elliott T. Gall

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ozone (O3) are harmful pollutants present in indoor air. Indoor concentrations of VOCs are typically higher than outdoors, due to the presence of indoor sources like building materials and ozone-surface reactions. The study aims to identify and quantify the ozone reactivity and primary and secondary emissions of different indoor coatings. The coatings selected for the study were three gypsum-based plastering mortar, with and without the addition of a bio-waste from Acacia dealbata (raw bark, BA, and bark heated at 250°C, BA250), two clay plasters (one with sand and the other with seashells as additional aggregate), …


General Non-Destructive Evaluation For Friction Stir Welding, Johnathon Bryce Hunt Apr 2024

General Non-Destructive Evaluation For Friction Stir Welding, Johnathon Bryce Hunt

Theses and Dissertations

Friction stir welding (FSW) is an advantageous solid state joining method for many different engineering designs. It was invented in 1991 by TWI and since that time a tremendous amount of research has been executed to understand and implement FSW in a myriad of materials in numerous industries such as aerospace, ship building, train, automotive, energy, agriculture and others. Most industries have strict weld inspection processes to validate a weld before it is put into service. One of the main weld characteristics that is measured is the size of any subsurface volumetric voids. The current standard to test friction stir …


Application Of The Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Glass Corrosion Model To The Static Dissolution Of 24 Statistically-Designed Alkali-Borosilicate Waste Glasses, Sebastien N. Kerisit, James J. Neeway, Charmayne E. Lonergan, Benjamin Parruzot, Jarrod V. Crum, Richard C. Daniel, Gary L. Smith, R. Matthew Asmussen Apr 2024

Application Of The Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Glass Corrosion Model To The Static Dissolution Of 24 Statistically-Designed Alkali-Borosilicate Waste Glasses, Sebastien N. Kerisit, James J. Neeway, Charmayne E. Lonergan, Benjamin Parruzot, Jarrod V. Crum, Richard C. Daniel, Gary L. Smith, R. Matthew Asmussen

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Glass corrosion models that capture the complex mechanisms of the glass-water reaction enable the prediction of nuclear waste glass durability in disposal scenarios. Parameterization of such models is challenging because of the need to capture changes in corrosion behavior with time, reaction conditions, and glass composition. Here, we describe and employ the ILAW (immobilized low-activity waste) glass corrosion model (IGCM) in geochemical simulations of static dissolution tests, at two temperatures (40 °C and 90 °C), for a matrix of 24 enhanced low-activity waste (eLAW) glasses statistically designed to cover a processable composition space defined by 8 major glass components (Al …


Decoding Crystallization Behavior Of Aluminoborosilicate Glasses: From Structural Descriptors To Quantitative Structure – Property Relationship (Qspr) Based Predictive Models, Yingcheng Zhang, Marco Bertani, Alfonso Pedone, Randall E. Youngman, Gregory Tricot, Aditya Kumar, Ashutosh Goel Apr 2024

Decoding Crystallization Behavior Of Aluminoborosilicate Glasses: From Structural Descriptors To Quantitative Structure – Property Relationship (Qspr) Based Predictive Models, Yingcheng Zhang, Marco Bertani, Alfonso Pedone, Randall E. Youngman, Gregory Tricot, Aditya Kumar, Ashutosh Goel

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Successful decoding of structural descriptors controlling the crystallization in multicomponent functional glasses can pave the way for the transition from the trial-and-error approach and empirical modeling for glass/glass-ceramic composition design toward more rational and scientifically rigorous Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship (QSPR) based models. However, due to the compositional and structural complexity of multicomponent glasses and the longer time and length scales associated with nucleation, the development and validation of QSPR models are still in it's infancy. The work presented in the article is an attempt to leap forward in this pursuit by combining the strengths of experimental and computational materials science …


Excellence Summit 2024, Office Of Research And Sponsored Projects Operations Apr 2024

Excellence Summit 2024, Office Of Research And Sponsored Projects Operations

Excellence Summit (Research Week) Archived Proceedings

In it's 17th year, the University of the Incarnate Word, welcome all to read and review the proceedings of the annual research week. The 2024 Excellence Summit highlighted academic excellence across all schools featuring topics from nutrition studies to soil amendments, artificial intelligence, medical case studies, and music composition studies. The rich mixture of humanities, health sciences, physical sciences, education, and business can be found in this booklet. We thank all that contributed to these works and hope the community enjoys learning from today's and tomorrow's leaders in research, inquiry, and scholarship.


Friction Stir Welding Of Tube-To-Tubesheet And Spot Joints For Virgin And Recycled Thermoplastic Materials., Syed Haris Iftikhar Apr 2024

Friction Stir Welding Of Tube-To-Tubesheet And Spot Joints For Virgin And Recycled Thermoplastic Materials., Syed Haris Iftikhar

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Thermoplastic materials are becoming popular, due to their chemically inert and anti-fouling properties, for use in industrial heat exchanger applications involving heating/cooling of highly reactive fluids like acids. A novel nonconventional joining framework, based on the friction stir welding (FSW) technique, is developed to create high-quality thermoplastic tube-to-tubesheet joints (TTJs). The proposed technique has applications in the thermoplastic shell-andtube heat exchanger and piping industries (as flange-to-pipe joints). The primary objective is to study the feasibility of the FSW technique for developing thermoplastic TTJs, followed by optimization of the process parameters and detailed material characterizations. This work used workpieces (tube, tubesheet) …


Electrodeposition Of Gadolinium Metal Thin Films For Neutron Phase Contrast Imaging, Mary Louise Gucik Apr 2024

Electrodeposition Of Gadolinium Metal Thin Films For Neutron Phase Contrast Imaging, Mary Louise Gucik

Chemical and Biological Engineering ETDs

A rare earth metal, gadolinium has unique magnetic properties and the largest neutron absorption cross section making it highly sought after in emerging technology. However, unlike most metals, it is difficult to work with and lacks a damascene process. When incorporated into alloys, gadolinium’s properties are muted and the film thickness must increase to account for the low concentration. Gadolinium metal films have been deposited successfully through sputter coating, but these films have density deficiencies and are limited to line-of-sight substrates. In this work, the deposition of gadolinium metal thin films was investigated for use on complex geometries via electrophoretic …


Research On Theoretical Framework Of Simulative Experiment Evalution For Intelligent Unmanned Swarm Cooperation, Jipeng Wang, Xing Zhang, Hao Wu, Yu Gu, Huijie Yang Apr 2024

Research On Theoretical Framework Of Simulative Experiment Evalution For Intelligent Unmanned Swarm Cooperation, Jipeng Wang, Xing Zhang, Hao Wu, Yu Gu, Huijie Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As a typical representative of intelligent equipment, the technology, equipment and combat applications of intelligent unmanned swarm are being promoted globally. However, the research on experimental theory of unmanned swarm lags behind the technology and equipment in general. The emergence of swarm ability and complexity of confrontation of unmanned swarm, the nonrepeatability and non-generalization of swam experiment take great challenge to the basic theory and methods of unmanned swarm. The four experimental models including intelligent technology, intelligent equipment, intelligent swarm, and intelligent sos(system of systems) experiment from the perspective of system engineering and the whole life cycle of equipment …


Research On Dynamic Scene Slam Based On Improved Object Detection, Lanxi Shi, Wenxu Yan, Hongyu Ni, Feng Zhao Apr 2024

Research On Dynamic Scene Slam Based On Improved Object Detection, Lanxi Shi, Wenxu Yan, Hongyu Ni, Feng Zhao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the epipolar constraint matching problem of monocular SLAM in dynamic scenes a dynamic feature point selection method based on object detection is proposed, in which the dynamic feature points in the front-end image frame of SLAM system is eliminated during feature extraction to improve the localization accuracy of SLAM. An improved target detection network is proposed to construct a loss function to describe the bounding box by using the overlap area, distance similarity and cosine similarity, which can achieve the accurate localization of target objects and obtain the range of object feature points in the current image …


Study On Forest Fire Visual Analysis Method For Extinguishing Command In Virtual Environment, Benrun Zhang, Weiqun Cao Apr 2024

Study On Forest Fire Visual Analysis Method For Extinguishing Command In Virtual Environment, Benrun Zhang, Weiqun Cao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the demand of forest fire fighting command, the information required for the command, such as geographical environment, meteorological conditions, forest resources and forest fire behavior are comprehensively analyzed, and the data visualization visual analysis method in the virtual forest fire environment is designed and realized. Wang Zhengfei-3D mixed cellular automata model is used to simulate the process of forest fire spread and the difference time method is adopted to predict the forest fire spreading behavior. The change of environmental data in different interest domains is captured in real time, and the multi-view panel and overlay layers are …


Influence Of Eco-Friendly Agar-Derivatives On The Electrochemical Performance Of Carbon Felts Electrodes Of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery, Abdulmonem Fetyan, Ayoob Alhammadi, Zineb Matouk, Anugrah Andisetiawan, Ahmed Bahaa Apr 2024

Influence Of Eco-Friendly Agar-Derivatives On The Electrochemical Performance Of Carbon Felts Electrodes Of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery, Abdulmonem Fetyan, Ayoob Alhammadi, Zineb Matouk, Anugrah Andisetiawan, Ahmed Bahaa

All Works

In this study, bio-derived natural agar powder was used as an electrocatalyst for application as an electrode in all‑vanadium redox flow batteries. Different concentrations of agar solution were tested, and cyclic voltammetry studies confirmed that agar loaded felts have good catalytic activity toward both redox couples V4+/V5+ at the positive and V2+/V3+ at the negative side. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated the presence of higher amount of oxygen-functional groups on the surface of the fibers. Contact angle measurements demonstrated an enormous increase in hydrophilicity of the felts treated with agar. Long-term charge/discharge profiles revealed 6 % …


Time-Scale Of Groundwater Recharge In Coastal Plain Soils, Qing Du Apr 2024

Time-Scale Of Groundwater Recharge In Coastal Plain Soils, Qing Du

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Understanding and modeling the timing and magnitude of groundwater recharge fromrainfall infiltration through vadose zone percolation is important for many reasons but especially because the flux is being acted on by root zone evapotranspiration (ET) and very little of rainfall infiltration ever becomes water table recharge. This study elaborates on the considerable time of the wetting front arrival and ultimate bulk recharge of rainfall infiltration in shallow water table fine-sandy soils typical of coastal plain environments such as Florida. Calibrated Hydrus-1D modeling of Florida (Myakka) soil was evaluated at varying depths of water table and hydraulic conductivities to bracket the …


Asl-Catboost Method For Wind Turbine Fault Detection Integrated With Digital Twin, Hongtao Liang, Lingchao Kong, Guozhu Liu, Wenxuan Dong, Xiangyi Liu Apr 2024

Asl-Catboost Method For Wind Turbine Fault Detection Integrated With Digital Twin, Hongtao Liang, Lingchao Kong, Guozhu Liu, Wenxuan Dong, Xiangyi Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the low visibility of the current wind farm status monitoring and insufficient realtime operation and maintenance, based on the concept of digital twin five-dimensional model, the framework of wind farm digital twin five-dimensional model is constructed. Aiming at the insufficient fault detection capability of traditional algorithms and unbalanced positive and negative samples in fan fault data set, the improved ASL-CatBoost algorithm is proposed to achieve the accurate detection of fan fault status. Based on the digital twinning platform, combined with MATLAB/Simulink, the simulation mathematical model of doubly-fed wind turbine under the condition of blade mass imbalance …


Quantum Search Algorithms For Constraint Satisfaction And Optimization Problems Using Grover's Search And Quantum Walk Algorithms With Advanced Oracle Design, Abdirahman Sheikh Hassan Alasow Apr 2024

Quantum Search Algorithms For Constraint Satisfaction And Optimization Problems Using Grover's Search And Quantum Walk Algorithms With Advanced Oracle Design, Abdirahman Sheikh Hassan Alasow

Dissertations and Theses

The field of quantum computing has emerged as a powerful tool for solving and optimizing combinatorial optimization problems. To solve many real-world problems with many variables and possible solutions for constraint satisfaction and optimization problems, the required number of qubits of scalable hardware for quantum computing is the bottleneck in the current generation of quantum computers. In this dissertation, we will demonstrate advanced, scalable building blocks for the quantum search algorithms that have been implemented in Grover's search algorithm and the quantum walk algorithm. The scalable building blocks are used to reduce the required number of qubits in the design. …


Adaptive Sampling For Seabed Identification From Ambient Acoustic Noise, Matthew Sullivan Apr 2024

Adaptive Sampling For Seabed Identification From Ambient Acoustic Noise, Matthew Sullivan

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis discusses distinguishing geoacoustic properties of seabeds by adaptively sampling ambient acoustic measurements using an autonomous underwater vehicle. Modern advancements in seabed characterization motivate an online method for distinguishing between two seabed types using Fourier transformed ambient acoustic noise snapshots. These snapshots are assumed to be associated with their spatial location and seabed, making the goal to organize unlabeled seabed locations. The snapshots are transformed to obtain pairwise similarities between locations. Locations with similarities exceeding a threshold are classified together with the goal of identifying all locations with similarities below this threshold using a process known as level set …


Development Of A Discrete Element Model For Artificial Turf, Justin Rittenhouse Apr 2024

Development Of A Discrete Element Model For Artificial Turf, Justin Rittenhouse

Dissertations

NFL data exhibits a distinct correlation between an elevated lower extremity injury rate and synthetic surfaces. These ubiquitous injuries frequently relate to excessive foot traction (i.e., failure to release causing fracture or soft tissue damage). Consequently, a discrete element model was developed using open-source software to analyze stud traction. First, laboratory data was collected via bench level experiments covering seventeen different testing scenarios. A minimum of twenty-five samples were collected per scenario. Total work, average torque, and maximum torque were used as indicators of stud grip. And the latter two were statistically analyzed for outliers and significant differences. Next, an …


Joint Energy And Security Optimization In Underwater Wireless Communication Networks, Kazi Y. Islam, Iftekhar Ahmad, Yue Rong, Daryoush Habibi Apr 2024

Joint Energy And Security Optimization In Underwater Wireless Communication Networks, Kazi Y. Islam, Iftekhar Ahmad, Yue Rong, Daryoush Habibi

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Underwater wireless communication networks (UWCNs) can support a wide range of applications in the underwater domain, including mining and drilling, coastline monitoring, border surveillance, and submarine/mine detection. Some of these applications are sensitive in nature (e.g., military) and demand stringent security requirements for data communications. In order to prevent malicious attacks (e.g., jamming) in these UWCNs, robust security countermeasures must be implemented. Additionally, sensitive data communications must be protected. However, computationally expensive security protocols, such as encryption, can severely shorten UWCN lifetime, where battery-powered nodes already suffer from scarce energy supplies. In this work, we exploit content caching as a …


Ml/Ai Enabled Intelligent Next Generation Autonomous Network System: Performance Enhancement And Management, Harsh Kumar Apr 2024

Ml/Ai Enabled Intelligent Next Generation Autonomous Network System: Performance Enhancement And Management, Harsh Kumar

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The smart next generation autonomous system for network performance enhancement and management, specifically suitable for networks like 5G, B5G, 6G, and SDN, is presented in this PhD dissertation powered by ML/AI. The dissertation has been divided into six critical parts. First, it focuses on QoS monitoring and provisioning using intelligent QoS agent design in 6G network. Second, it elaborates on LSTM and SP-LSTM comparative analysis towards network traffic prediction in 6G networks. Third, digging into 6G frontier navigation using SE-DO for intelligent Agent Optimization. Fourth, the dissertation delves into role delegation function as a service to improve reliability and latency …


Corrosion And Passivation Behavior Of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Produced Ti-6al-4v Under Various Prior Plastic Deformation Strains, P. Qin, L. Y. Chen, Y. J. Liu, S. X. Liang, H. Sun, L. C. Zhang Apr 2024

Corrosion And Passivation Behavior Of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Produced Ti-6al-4v Under Various Prior Plastic Deformation Strains, P. Qin, L. Y. Chen, Y. J. Liu, S. X. Liang, H. Sun, L. C. Zhang

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This work investigated the corrosion behavior of LPBF-produced Ti-6Al-4V under varying compression strains in a 3.5 wt% NaCl solution. It identifies that increasing compression strain causes significant alterations in the acicular a'-Ti phase (coarsening, breakage, and further coarsening). Corrosion resistance decreases with higher strains due to deformed a'-Ti phases, leading to increased film growth kinetics (from 0.09× 10−10 cm2/s increase to 12.75 × 10−10 cm2/s). Samples under higher strains (e.g., 32%) exhibit fluctuations in corrosion behavior due to initiated cracks and subsequent crevice corrosion. These findings are vital for understanding LPBF-produced Ti-6Al-4V in applications requiring mechanical strength and corrosion resilience.


Development Of Novel Radiotherapy Treatment Monitoring And Quantitative Cherenkov Surface Dosimetry For Diverse Populations, Savannah M. Decker Apr 2024

Development Of Novel Radiotherapy Treatment Monitoring And Quantitative Cherenkov Surface Dosimetry For Diverse Populations, Savannah M. Decker

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

In the U.S. alone, nearly 2 million people will be diagnosed with cancer annually, and over half of them will receive radiation therapy throughout the course of their care. While widely regarded as safe, radiation therapy presents unique challenges that other procedures, such as surgery, lack. Namely, the invisible nature of the radiation itself makes it impossible to directly visualize treatment. Many immobilization and localization techniques exist to minimize the chance of incorrect radiation dose delivery, yet incidents still occur. Within the last decade, Cherenkov imaging has emerged as a new radiation therapy delivery verification technique. Cherenkov imaging is unique …