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Section 6: Miscellaneous, Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2017

Section 6: Miscellaneous, Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 17th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 3, 2017. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. 143-158


Section 4: Numerical Methods, Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2017

Section 4: Numerical Methods, Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 17th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 3, 2017. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. 79-112


A Study Of Two Different Spider Spring Balancers Used For Cryocooler Operations, Madhurima Maddela, Samuel Misko, Lee Moradi Jan 2017

A Study Of Two Different Spider Spring Balancers Used For Cryocooler Operations, Madhurima Maddela, Samuel Misko, Lee Moradi

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 1: Design; pp. 21-25


Repurposing Waste Heat Energy For High Temperature Applications, James Ackley, Jonathan Atkinson, Edwin Garcia, Laura Ruhala, Sathish Gurupatham Jan 2017

Repurposing Waste Heat Energy For High Temperature Applications, James Ackley, Jonathan Atkinson, Edwin Garcia, Laura Ruhala, Sathish Gurupatham

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 2: Energy; pp. 29-33


Comparison Of High Bypass Turbofan Engine Cycle Analyses – A Case Study, Christopher Roper, Skyler Bagley, Alain Santos, Adeel Khalid Jan 2017

Comparison Of High Bypass Turbofan Engine Cycle Analyses – A Case Study, Christopher Roper, Skyler Bagley, Alain Santos, Adeel Khalid

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 2: Energy; pp. 34-41


Modeling And Evaluation Of Business- Engineering Complex Energy Performance, Qing Mu, Hessam Taherian Jan 2017

Modeling And Evaluation Of Business- Engineering Complex Energy Performance, Qing Mu, Hessam Taherian

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 2: Energy; pp. 42-47


The Effect Of Tank Volume On Performance Of An Evacuated Tube Solar Water Heater, Azadeh Sobrabi, Farzad Veysi, Hessam Taherian Jan 2017

The Effect Of Tank Volume On Performance Of An Evacuated Tube Solar Water Heater, Azadeh Sobrabi, Farzad Veysi, Hessam Taherian

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 2: Energy; pp. 48-55


Section 2: Energy, Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2017

Section 2: Energy, Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 17th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 3, 2017. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. 27-56


Add On Devices For Tractor Trailers For Drag Reduction, Emmanuel Nnamani, Mir Atiqullah Jan 2017

Add On Devices For Tractor Trailers For Drag Reduction, Emmanuel Nnamani, Mir Atiqullah

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 1: Design; pp. 15-20


Section 5: Materials, Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2017

Section 5: Materials, Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 17th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 3, 2017. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pp. 113-142


An Analysis Of An Open Architecture System Approach To The Individual Propulsion System Of Electric Vehicles, Bing Wang, Siyuan Zhang, Vladimir Vantsevich, Linhui Zhao Jan 2017

An Analysis Of An Open Architecture System Approach To The Individual Propulsion System Of Electric Vehicles, Bing Wang, Siyuan Zhang, Vladimir Vantsevich, Linhui Zhao

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Robitics & Controls; pp. 63-68


Surface Identification Inspired By Reinforcement Learning Using Soft Robots, Miranda Tanouye, Visesh Vikas Jan 2017

Surface Identification Inspired By Reinforcement Learning Using Soft Robots, Miranda Tanouye, Visesh Vikas

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Robitics & Controls; pp. 69-73


Dynamic Analysis Of Five Link Slider Crank Mechanism, Ayse Tekes, Jacob Davis Jan 2017

Dynamic Analysis Of Five Link Slider Crank Mechanism, Ayse Tekes, Jacob Davis

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 1: Design; pp. 8-14


Fine-Tuning Yolo To Perform A Real-Time Visual Multi-Object Detection Task For An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Alec Graves, Thomas Fagan, Steffen Lim, Kevin Mcfall Jan 2017

Fine-Tuning Yolo To Perform A Real-Time Visual Multi-Object Detection Task For An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Alec Graves, Thomas Fagan, Steffen Lim, Kevin Mcfall

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Robitics & Controls; pp. 59-62


Numerical Simulations Of Plunging And Surging Wave Breaking Using Openfoam, Bradley Chambers, Shanti Bhushan Jan 2017

Numerical Simulations Of Plunging And Surging Wave Breaking Using Openfoam, Bradley Chambers, Shanti Bhushan

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Numerical Methods; pp. 81-86


Robustness To Noise Test For The Machine Learning Model Of Neurology Problems, Khaled Elzaafarany, Moustafa H. Aly Jan 2017

Robustness To Noise Test For The Machine Learning Model Of Neurology Problems, Khaled Elzaafarany, Moustafa H. Aly

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Robitics & Controls; pp. 74-77


Proceedings Of The 17th Annual Early Career Technical Conference (Complete Issue), Ectc Coordinating Committee Jan 2017

Proceedings Of The 17th Annual Early Career Technical Conference (Complete Issue), Ectc Coordinating Committee

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Proceedings of the 17th Annual Early Career Technical Conference, November 3, 2017. School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama


Temporal Direct Numerical Simulations For Flat-Plate Boundary Layer, S Muthu, S Bhushan Jan 2017

Temporal Direct Numerical Simulations For Flat-Plate Boundary Layer, S Muthu, S Bhushan

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Numerical Methods; pp. 87-93


Assessing The Flow Field Physics Capturing Capabilities Of The Integro-Differential Scheme When Solving The Navier Stokes Equations Numerically, Julio Cesar Mendez, David N D Dodoo-Amoo, Mookesh Dhanasar, Frederick Ferguson Jan 2017

Assessing The Flow Field Physics Capturing Capabilities Of The Integro-Differential Scheme When Solving The Navier Stokes Equations Numerically, Julio Cesar Mendez, David N D Dodoo-Amoo, Mookesh Dhanasar, Frederick Ferguson

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Numerical Methods; pp. 94-102


Study Of Variation In Fundamental Frequencies Of Bio-Composites Due To Structural Damage, Aarsh Shah, Jason Street, Tejas S. Pandya, Brian Mitchell Jan 2017

Study Of Variation In Fundamental Frequencies Of Bio-Composites Due To Structural Damage, Aarsh Shah, Jason Street, Tejas S. Pandya, Brian Mitchell

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 5: Materials; pp. 115-121


Validation Of An Improved Contact Method For Multi-Material Eulerian Hydrocodes In Three-Dimensions, Kenneth C. Walls, David L. Littlefield Jan 2017

Validation Of An Improved Contact Method For Multi-Material Eulerian Hydrocodes In Three-Dimensions, Kenneth C. Walls, David L. Littlefield

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 4: Numerical Methods; pp. 103-111


High Strain Rate Analisis Of Wood-Based Bio-Composites Using Shpb And Digital Image Correlation (Dic) Technique, Maharshi Dave, Tejas Pandya, Damian Stoddard Jan 2017

High Strain Rate Analisis Of Wood-Based Bio-Composites Using Shpb And Digital Image Correlation (Dic) Technique, Maharshi Dave, Tejas Pandya, Damian Stoddard

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 5: Materials; pp. 122-127


High Strain-Rate Compressive Evaluation Of Pultruded Glass-Graphite/Epoxy Hybrid Composites Using Shpb & Dic Techniques, Suman Babu Ukyam, Damian Stoddard Jan 2017

High Strain-Rate Compressive Evaluation Of Pultruded Glass-Graphite/Epoxy Hybrid Composites Using Shpb & Dic Techniques, Suman Babu Ukyam, Damian Stoddard

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 5: Materials; pp. 128-133


Indicators For Sustainability And Strategies For Implementation In The Area Of Vertical Transportation Techology, Magdelena Krstanoski Jan 2017

Indicators For Sustainability And Strategies For Implementation In The Area Of Vertical Transportation Techology, Magdelena Krstanoski

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 6: Miscellaneous; pp. 145-152


Ensemble Calibration Of Hertzian Contact Parameters For A Discrete Element Model Of Sand, Gerald Pekmezi, David Littlefield Jan 2017

Ensemble Calibration Of Hertzian Contact Parameters For A Discrete Element Model Of Sand, Gerald Pekmezi, David Littlefield

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 6: Miscellaneous; pp. 153-158


Evaluating Discretization Errors With Numerical Experiments, David Dodoo-Amoo, Julio Cesar Mendez, Dehau Feng, Frederick Ferguson Jan 2017

Evaluating Discretization Errors With Numerical Experiments, David Dodoo-Amoo, Julio Cesar Mendez, Dehau Feng, Frederick Ferguson

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 5: Materials; pp. 134-141


Instruction Pamphlet Insertion Machine, Jim Griggs, Scott Miller, Michael Kubala Jan 2017

Instruction Pamphlet Insertion Machine, Jim Griggs, Scott Miller, Michael Kubala

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Weaver Industries in Akron, Ohio provided us with our senior design project. Weaver Industries seeks individuals with disabilities and provides them with job opportunities. One of their products is a “Kong” dog toy. As of now, the instruction pamphlet that comes with this dog toy is placed into each piece of packaging individually by hand. We are tasked with automating this process. Two years ago, a group of students worked on this project, but the reliability of their prototype was only around 60-70%. Then last year, another group of students worked on this project, but again, the reliability of their …


The Mars Desert Research Station - Erau Crew 160 Expedition, Lycourgos Manolopoulos, Ashley Hollis-Bussey, Hiroki Sugimoto, Cassandra Vella, John Herman, Marc Carofano Dec 2016

The Mars Desert Research Station - Erau Crew 160 Expedition, Lycourgos Manolopoulos, Ashley Hollis-Bussey, Hiroki Sugimoto, Cassandra Vella, John Herman, Marc Carofano

Student Works

The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is a research program which is owned and operated by the Mars Society. The MDRS is located in Hanksville, Utah which hosts simulations that are typically two weeks long for professional scientists and engineers as well as college students of all levels, in training for human operations specifically on Mars. This space analog facility is in isolation, allowing for rigorous field studies regarding research that represents a true mission as if the crew members are conducting a real expedition on Mars. Participants are assigned specific roles and tasks that are typically aligned with their …


Multivariate Calibration Of A Load Sensor For Dynamic And Static Freight Railcar Applications, Dylan Michael Blackwell Dec 2016

Multivariate Calibration Of A Load Sensor For Dynamic And Static Freight Railcar Applications, Dylan Michael Blackwell

Theses and Dissertations

Determination of the load carried by each bearing in a railcar system is crucial to the integrity of the railroad industry. With accurate load measurement, the process of filling a railcar with its specified cargo can be optimized to provide the maximum amount of cargo without exceeding the upper weight limits imposed by the Associations of American Railroads (AAR). An accurate load measurement will additionally make it possible to identify any load imbalance that occurs during periods of travel which result in having a detrimental effect on the health of the bearing. Previous work conducted with a strain-gauge load sensor …


Mechanical Design And Optimization Of An Interactive Animatronic Bald Eagle, Eric Burns Sep 2016

Mechanical Design And Optimization Of An Interactive Animatronic Bald Eagle, Eric Burns

Phi Kappa Phi Research Symposium (Archived)

Animatronics is a specialized sub-category of mechatronics, a fusion of mechanical and electrical engineering. The field has grown from small, individual projects into a major industry. As animatronics progress, mechanical engineers are pushed to design internal structures which occupy ever-decreasing spaces and to ensure designs can undergo maintenance and modifications smoothly. This research investigates methods of reducing space required for mechanisms and several other beneficial methods of development as well as varying satisfactions for audiences when exposed to actor-controlled systems rather than pre-scripted functions. The mechanical systems are designed using CAD software available at Georgia Southern. On-campus, resources are used …