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Usu Mars Rover Team Places In University Rover Challenge Finals, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

June 9, 2020 — Space exploration technology is constantly in need of creative and innovative design updates to help expand our exploration of the cosmos.

Optimized 3d Reconstruction For Infrastructure Inspection With Automated Structure From Motion And Machine Learning Methods, Samuel Arce Munoz

Theses and Dissertations

Infrastructure monitoring is being transformed by the advancements on remote sensing, unmanned vehicles and information technology. The wide interaction among these fields and the availability of reliable commercial technology are helping pioneer intelligent inspection methods based on digital 3D models. Commercially available Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been used to create 3D photogrammetric models of industrial equipment. However, the level of automation of these missions remains low. Limited flight time, wireless transfer of large files and the lack of algorithms to guide a UAV through unknown environments are some of the factors that constraint fully automated UAV inspections. This work …

Development Of A 3d Computational Vocal Fold Model Optimization Tool, Austin C. Vaterlaus

Theses and Dissertations

One of the primary objectives of voice research is to better understand the biomechanics of voice production and how changes in properties of the vocal folds (VFs) affect voice ability and quality. Synthetic VF models provide a way to observe how changes in geometry and material property affect voice biomechanics. This thesis seeks to evaluate an approach of using a genetic algorithm to design synthetic VF models in three ways: first, through the development of a computationally cost-effective 3D vocal fold model; second, by creating and optimizing a variation of this model; and third, by validating the approach. To reduce …

Designing Gates And Architectures For Superconducting Quantum Systems, Sahar Daraeizadeh

Dissertations and Theses

Large-scale quantum computers can solve certain problems that are not tractable by currently available classical computational resources. The building blocks of quantum computers are qubits. Among many different physical realizations for qubits, superconducting qubits are one of the promising candidates to realize gate model quantum computers. In this dissertation, we present new multi-qubit gates for nearest-neighbor superconducting quantum systems. In the absence of a physical hardware, we simulate the dynamics of the quantum system and use the simulated environment as a framework for test, design, and optimization of quantum gates and architectures. We explore three different simulation-based gate design methodologies: …

Metabolic Network Analysis Of Filamentous Cyanobacteria, Daniel Alexis Norena-Caro

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Cyanobacteria were the first organisms to use oxygenic photosynthesis, converting CO₂ into useful organic chemicals. However, the chemical industry has historically relied on fossil raw materials to produce organic precursors, which has contributed to global warming. Thus, cyanobacteria have emerged as sustainable stakeholders for biotechnological production. The filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. UTEX 2576 can metabolize multiple sources of Nitrogen and was studied as a platform for biotechnological production of high-value chemicals (i.e., pigments, antioxidants, vitamins and secondary metabolites). From a Chemical engineering perspective, the biomass generation in this organism was thoroughly studied by interpreting the cell as a microbial …

"Thinking Across Borders." 13th Annual Research Week: Event Proceedings, Office Of Research And Sponsored Projects Operations

Excellence Summit (Research Week) Archived Proceedings

Poster and podium presentations of research by students and faculty of University of the Incarnate Word.

Data-Driven Modeling And Prediction For Reservoir Characterization And Simulation Using Seismic And Petrophysical Data Analyses, Xu Zhou

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study explores the application of data-driven modeling and prediction in reservoir characterization and simulation using seismic and petrophysical data analyses. Different aspects of the application of data-driven modeling methods are studied, which include rock facies classification, seismic attribute analyses, petrophysical properties prediction, seismic facies segmentation, and reservoir dimension reduction.

The application of using petrophysical well logs to predict rock facies is explored using different data analytics methods including decision tree, random forest, support vector machine and neural network. Different models are trained from a set of well logs and pre-interpreted rock facies data. Among the compared methods, the random …

Multilock: A Document Escrow Service, Dominic Lagorio, Steven Herman

Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses

The objective of this project is to create a system wherein it is no one person’s responsibility to claim agency over a given file, but rather that the responsibility is distributed amongst a number of individuals who must decide as a unit to grant access to said files. There are a number of driving factors here, including removing culpability for individual involvement with the file, preventing compulsory access to files, and providing sophisticated security protocols for file access.

Biometric Authentication Via Electrocardiogram Signals, Austin Miles, Carlos Garcia

Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses

Biometric authentication has proven to be a reliable form of security as we have seen its continuous acceptance in multiple areas of technology. This includes facial recognition, fingerprints, gait analysis, and others. In this project, we develop a system that will provide authentication via electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. This system will employ a supervised machine learning approach to connect the various features generated by an ECG signal with the user. We will collect data using an online database. We will use this data to train the machine learning model that will be used to authenticate. Once a user is authenticated, then …

Cup-Net: Compressed Ultrafast Photography Using Convolutional Neural Networks, Matthew Parker

ENGS 88 Honors Thesis (AB Students)

Compressed ultrafast photography (CUP) is a cutting-edge imaging technique that uses a variation of the traditional streak camera to obtain video at 100 billion frames per second with a single exposure. In order to achieve this level of temporal detail, CUP leverages compressed sensing (CS). Compressed sensing theory states that a compressed representation of an image can be directly acquired using a non-adaptive measurement matrix so long as the encoding matrix follows certain properties such as restrictive isometry and incoherence. This compressed representation of the original scene can later be reconstructed back into the original form. CUP applies CS by …

A Low Resource Instrumentation Package For Thermal Ion Sensors, Ruth Nordhoff

ENGS 88 Honors Thesis (AB Students)

This thesis details the redesign of a reproducible, low-resource instrumentation package for deployment on multipoint sensorcraft arrays. Distributed arrays of sensors allow for the collection of simultaneous multipoint data. This instrumentation package provides power, digitization, timing and telemetry for two suborbital auroral thermal ion sensors. This thesis addressed limitations of a previous design, including measurement synchronization, external interfaces, and customizability. Fabrication and integration procedures developed for the redesigned package were implemented throughout the fabrication of 29 devices built for NASA sounding rockets. Results are presented from the 2019 launch of Sub-Tec 8. Recommendations are made for future design iterations.

Perfect Recovery (2,N) Color Visual Cryptography Scheme, Xianhuan Zhang, Zhengxin Fu, Ouyang Dan, Bin Yu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on XOR operation and combining the characteristic of computer display technology, a perfect recovery (2,n) color visual cryptography scheme was proposed. Sharing algorithm of color secret image was designed on the basis of constructing row vectors${{V}_{1}},{{V}_{2}},\cdots ,{{V}_{n}}$. Through computing shares by XOR operation and dealing with recovery image, the secret image was recovered. The experimental results show that the scheme on the basis of keeping the simplicity in the reconstruction phase of visual cryptography can realize the secret image perfect recovery with low pixel expansion for price. Each participant only needs to carry a share …

Optimization Sensing Slot Under Transmission Collision Of Primary User And Secondary User In Cognitive Radio System, Chen Song, Nae Zheng, Wang Sheng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the cognitive radio system, that the primary user (PU) has collision with the secondary user (SU) when the secondary user (SU) was detected properly was considered. The queuing theory was introduced and the PU’s appearance pattern was described by M/M/1 model. Considering the length of the transmitting slot, detection probability and transmitting collision, the function of spectrum usage and transmitting time were established based on the PU’s appearance pattern. The existence of the maximum value of spectrum usage in the definition domain of the transmitting time was proved by theoretical derivation in some condition. The simulation results provide …

Numerical Method For Rapid Aerostructural Design And Optimization, Jeffrey D. Taylor, Douglas F. Hunsaker

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Student Publications and Presentations

During early phases of wing design, analytic and low-fidelity methods are often used to identify promising design concepts. In many cases, solutions obtained using these methods provide intuition about the design space that is not easily obtained using higher-fidelity methods. This is especially true for aerostructural design. However, many analytic and low-fidelity aerostructural solutions are limited in application to wings with specific planforms and weight distributions. Here, a numerical method for minimizing induced drag with structural constraints is presented that uses approximations that apply to wings with arbitrary planforms and weight distributions. The method is applied to the NASA Ikhana …

Online Identification And Simulation Of Multiple Model Based On Minimum Entropy Clustering, Xiaopeng Zhao, Yongchun Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: An online identification algorithm for multiple model based on minimum entropy clustering was investigated. The number of local models and corresponding weights was calculated by the entropy based fuzzy subtractive clustering approach, and the regularity degree of the local system was considered along with the clustering process. Parameters of local models could be estimated online by the weighted recursive least square method. The waste heat recovery Organic Rankine Cycles system was used to demonstrate the algorithm. The result shows the identified multi-model not only can reach an accuracy and reliability identification result, but also has a stronger self-adaptability …

Scheme For Detecting Dos Attack In Bluetooth Low Energy, Qilin Wang, Yicai Huang, Bin Yu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem that Bluetooth Low Energy is vulnerable to DoS Attack, an alive degree model combining entropy theory was established. Bluetooth Low Energy DoS Attack detecting scheme based on this model was designed. The scheme chose some elements to construct alive volume, which showed the stable distribution in normal communications, and the distribution was destroyed when subjected to DoS attacks. Using alive degree to reflect the distribution of alive volume, the DoS Attack was detected via the variation of alive degree. The theory analysis and experiment results show that, the scheme can effectively detect the DoS Attack …

Research On Pedestrian Crossing Road Skills Assist Training System Based On Game Model, Meiliang Wang, Huagen Wan, Jianping Gu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the rapid growth of number of family cars in China, there are more and more road accidents, so pedestrians will undoubtedly become the biggest victims in the accidents. Thus it is of great significance to develop a road training system that is able to improve the ability of the pedestrians to process the integrated information of the traffic flow, and reduce the risk of pedestrian in accidents when crossing the roads. Based on the key researches on dynamic virtual traffic scene, human-computer interaction and virtual objects collision detection, with the application of technology of virtual reality and 3 …

Design Of Ble Key Agreement Scheme Based On Hash Chain, Yibo Huang, Yicai Huang, Bin Yu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem that BLE Secure Simple Pairing protocol is vulnerable to eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks, a BLE key agreement scheme based on hash chain was proposed. The scheme realized mutual authentication and link key agreement applying the unidirectivity and crashworthiness of hash chain. Update mechanism of the hash chain was designed to prevent from reuse of hash chain node values. The security analysis of BAN logic and experiment results show that, the scheme can effectively resist eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. Meanwhile, it has low storage and computation overheads.

Study On Effects Of T-Spur-Dikes On Flow Characteristics In 90° Bend Channel By Large Eddy Simulation, Wenli Wei, Panpan Li, Shipeng Shao, Yuling Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problems of river erosion at concave bank and of sediment deposition at convex bank in actual bend rivers, the 3D hydraulic characteristics of bend channel with spur-dikes must be studied. The gas-liquid two-phase large eddy model was used to numerically simulate the hydraulic characteristics of flow in a 90° bend channel with a spur-dike. Comparisons of the simulated longitudinal velocity with the experimental data show a good agreement, which indicates that the large eddy model is an effective way to study the hydraulic characteristics of bend channels. The analysis of the distribution of velocity …

Sybil Attack Detection Scheme Design In Zigbee Network, Meigen Huang, Bin Yu, Zhiyin Kong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem of Sybil which attacks and destroys the resource allocation, routing discovery and data aggregation in ZigBee network, a scheme to detect Sybil attacks was proposed. The scheme established a doubt mechanism of Sybil node to mark child nodes in the same location as well as communication distance inconsistent geographical distance. The scheme designed a identified processes of Sybil node via father joint legal neighboring nodes transmitting a random number to the suspected Sybil nodes on different channels simultaneously, identifying Sybil nodes by its correctness. Safety analysis and experiment results show that the proposed scheme has …

Numerical Investigation Of Water-Exit Cavity Flow Of Missile With Complex Configuration, Chongxian Zhang, Xianglin Li, Yuqiu Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on Zwart-Gerber-Belamri cavitation model, a numerical calculation method of cavitating flow of water-exit missile with complex configuration was proposed. The influence of velocity of water-exit and angle of attack to cavitation of parts of missile was analyzed. The simulation results showed that in the beginning of water-exit course, body-attached bubble quickly grew due to reduction of cavitation number. After that, the effect of bubble break-off and oscillation became more obvious. In water-exit course of zero angle of attack, the length and thickness of bubble of shoulder increased linearly with velocity. The ability of the protrusion to induce …

Investigation Of Neoprene Medical Gloves: Analysis Of Material Properties, Durability, And Bacterial Barrier Efficacy, Amanda Agui

Honors Scholar Theses

This work aims to investigate the material properties, durability, and bacterial barrier efficacy of neoprene for applications in the healthcare/medical field. A special focus on material stiffness and fatigue failure will be explored. Additionally, manufacturer regulations and testing will be inspected to ensure medical gloves made of neoprene blends have a proper lifespan for its desired application in the healthcare community. The resistance of protective gloves and its ability to withstand perforation failure will be investigated to guarantee the safety of users holds extreme importance. Lastly, an analysis of the bacterial barrier efficacy of neoprene gloves will be determined.

Aerodynamic And Aeroacoustic Performance Of Small Uav Propellers In Static Conditions, William Jordan, Robert W. Deters, Shreyas Narsipur

Publications

The proliferation of small multi-rotor UAVs in commercial, recreational, and surveillance spheres has garnered significant interest in the noise produced by these vehicles. The current research aims to study the relationship between the aerodynamic performance and acoustic characteristics of small-scale UAV propellers. Three commercially available propellers for the DJI Phantom 2/3 UAV were selected for preliminary development and validation of an aeroacoustic experimental test setup and associated data reduction methods. Propeller thrust, torque, and power measurements were recorded at static conditions. Upon successful validation of the test bench, acoustic measurements were taken at the propeller disk’s upstream and in-plane locations. …

Performance Testing Of Aero-Naut Camfolding Propellers, Or D. Dantsker, Robert W. Deters, Marco Caccamo, Michael S. Selig

Publications

The increase in popularity of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been driven by their use in civilian, education, government, and military applications. However, limited on-board energy storage significantly limits flight time and ultimately usability. The propulsion system plays a critical part in the overall energy consumption of the UAV; therefore, it is necessary to determine the most optimal combination of possible propulsion system components for a given mission profile, i.e. propellers, motors, and electronic speed controllers (ESC). Hundreds of options are available for the different components with little performance specifications available for most of them. By examining a variety of …

Improved Dv-Hop Localization Algorithm Based On Average Hopping Distance And Position Optimization, Zhipu Zhao, Wu Dong, Wang Yan, Zhicheng Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To overcome the low positioning accuracy caused by the imprecise estimated distance and the accumulative location error, an improved DV-Hop localization algorithm based on Wireless Sensor Network was proposed. This method, taking the summation of the beacon node average jump distance based on the weighted error correction as its average distance, was used to reduce the average jump distance error. Besides, an improved least square method was used to process the accumulative location error. The simulation results show that the improved localization algorithm performs greatly better, both in distance estimation and positioning accuracy, than the traditional DV-Hop localization algorithm, …

Node Selection Of Collaborative Tracking Based On Particle Filter, Chen Ying, Xuexue Cheng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Due to the problem of target tracking in video sensor networks, a new algorithm was proposed for cooperative monitoring and tracking of node selection based on particle filter. The method obtained posterior distribution through particle filtering in tracking problem and got the information entropy to evaluate the estimate uncertainty. Background modeling and the phase division were applied to extract target blob, and pixels number of the target blob was calculated to measure detection information. Confidence measure of nodes was determined based on the two factors to realize the optimization of the selected node and then track by particle filter …

Research On Mathematical Models Of Damage Probability Approximate Computation Of Cargo Projectile, Zhaosheng Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The scatter size of the bomblet of cargo projectile is large by comparison with the casualty producing area of single target. In order to promote computational efficiency, and to study optimum spread area of cargo projectile and the most advantageous fire distribution conveniently, mathematical models of damage probability approximate computation of cargo projectile on small rectangular target and circular target with single-shot fire, and correlation fire that firing is on identical data were established by probability analysis. The simulation method was discussed. The optimal dispersion areas were put out according the approximate computation model of single-shot fire. …

Method Of Hardware-In-The-Loop (Hwil) Simulation For Pose Movement Of Vertical Launching Aerocraft With Continuous Rotation In Yaw, Chengsheng Liu, Zhang Qing

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: There are defects in the pose movement simulation of vertical launching aerocraft which can circumrotate continuously in yaw with three -axis flight motion simulator. Based on analysis of these defects, a four-axis project which could be applied to the situation of the changing range of vehicle pitch pose and vehicle roll attitude more than ±180° and the changing range of vehicle course pose towards infinite greatness was proposed. The structure of the four-axis flight motion simulator was analyzed and the control model was made. Above all, a four-axis concerted control law was designed with" switching movement mechanism", and a …

Research On Ontology-Meta Modeling Method For Equipments Sos (System Of System) Combat Simulation, Zhang Shen, Haohua Xu, Jingye Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the strict standard and difficulties of equipments SOS combat simulation modeling, an ontology-meta modeling method was put forward. Based on the analysis of equipments SOS combat, the basic notional units were abstracted: function unit, combat organize, combat maneuver, combat event, and combat environment, and the units mapping into UOPEE (unit, organization, proceeding, event and environment) which was a maturity and combined models collect, then constituted the descriptive UOPEE architecture with the UML method, obtaining the cyber-model architecture based on component designing and realizing method. This method makes the equipments SOS combat model easy to mapping and integration …

Fast Fusion Method For Multi-Focus Image Based On Hierarchical Model, Lisheng Wei, Pinggai Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The issue of hierarchical model for multi-focus image fusion was proposed to improve the visual effect and real-time performance. According to the ambiguous zones of source image, the appropriate grid value was selected and the fusion model was proposed. By using fuzzy logic method and threshold segmentation, the gray variance values of the corresponding block were calculated and the hierarchical classification of sub-block was given to achieve the best fusion zones. Based on these, the weighted mean method was proposed to smooth the discontinuity of different block marginal area. These guaranteed the real-time performance of image fusion. The simulation …