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Analysis Of Leadership In Energy And Environmental Design® Construction In The Air Force, James M. Rozzoni
Analysis Of Leadership In Energy And Environmental Design® Construction In The Air Force, James M. Rozzoni
Theses and Dissertations
The Air Force uses the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system as a third party verification system to ensure sustainable and resource-conscious facilities. The Federal Government has implemented several mandates in recent years that require certain milestones be met for energy reduction, water conservation, renewable energy use, and so forth. This research aims to determine how the Air Force has implemented LEED through credit analysis, and to better understand why LEED is being used in this way. Using a database of 172 military construction projects, the research evaluates the frequency of credit usage individually and by category. …
Determining Angular Frequency From A Video With A Generalized Fast Fourier Transform, Lindsay N. Smith
Determining Angular Frequency From A Video With A Generalized Fast Fourier Transform, Lindsay N. Smith
Theses and Dissertations
Suppose we are given a video of a rotating object and suppose we want to determine the rate of rotation solely from the video itself and its known frame rate. In this thesis, we present a new mathematical operator called the Geometric Sum Transform (GST) that can help one determine the angular frequency of the object in question. The GST is a generalization of the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and as such, the two transforms have much in common. However, whereas the DFT is applied to a sequence of scalars, the GST can be applied to a sequence of vectors. …
A Dempster-Shafer Method For Multi-Sensor Fusion, Bethany G. Foley
A Dempster-Shafer Method For Multi-Sensor Fusion, Bethany G. Foley
Theses and Dissertations
The Dempster-Shafer Theory, a generalization of the Bayesian theory, is based on the idea of belief and as such can handle ignorance. When all of the required information is available, many data fusion methods provide a solid approach. Yet, most do not have a good way of dealing with ignorance. In the absence of information, these methods must then make assumptions about the sensor data. However, the real data may not fit well within the assumed model. Consequently, the results are often unsatisfactory and inconsistent. The Dempster-Shafer Theory is not hindered by incomplete models or by the lack of prior …
Turbulence Measurement In The Atmospheric Boundary Layer Using Cellular Telephone Signals, Lee R. Burchett
Turbulence Measurement In The Atmospheric Boundary Layer Using Cellular Telephone Signals, Lee R. Burchett
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis investigated a new method for measuring the intensity of turbulence in the planetary boundary layer that shows a high correlation with measurements from weather radar. The method takes measurements of cell phone signal strength and uses scintillation in the signal to estimate the strength of local turbulence. Using cell phone signals provides unique measurement advantages: it is a passive measurement method, it is not strongly affected by precipitation, and one device can potentially measure several paths at once. The measurements were taken using an Android® cell phone running a custom built application. The strength of turbulence was quantified …
Neutron Detection Using Amorphous Boron-Carbide Hetero-Junction Diodes, Thomas P. Mcquary
Neutron Detection Using Amorphous Boron-Carbide Hetero-Junction Diodes, Thomas P. Mcquary
Theses and Dissertations
The high energy products of the 10B(n,α)7Li neutron capture reaction were explored as a means of thermal neutron detection in thin film amorphous boron carbide (a--B5C:Hx) on n-type silicon hetero-junction diodes. Pulse height spectroscopy was conducted on the diodes while they were subjected to a moderated plutonium-beryllium (PuBe) source. Neutron capture could not be confirmed experimentally in any of the devices tested. Device modeling was performed to investigate the cause for the diode detector's negative response. A 1.47 MeV α particle produced transient current of 10-7 A and the induced was 4.7 …
Incorporating Externalities And Uncertainty Into Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, Alec C. Danaher
Incorporating Externalities And Uncertainty Into Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, Alec C. Danaher
Theses and Dissertations
Executive Order 13514 requires federal agencies to consider economic and social benefits and costs when evaluating projects and activities based on life-cycle return on investment. The generation of energy used by federal facilities imposes social externalities, most notably air pollution, upon society. This research utilized the social costs of carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, and sulfur dioxide to develop a probabilistic life-cycle full-cost analysis tool for the analysis of energy efficiency projects. The tool was then used to investigate the effects of incorporating social externalities and uncertainty into life-cycle cost analyses of energy efficiency projects. Calculation of the social benefits …
Analysis Of The Impact Of Data Normalization On Cyber Event Correlation Query Performance, Smile T. Ludovice
Analysis Of The Impact Of Data Normalization On Cyber Event Correlation Query Performance, Smile T. Ludovice
Theses and Dissertations
A critical capability required in the operation of cyberspace is the ability to maintain situational awareness of the status of the infrastructure elements that constitute cyberspace. Event logs from cyber devices can yield significant information, and when properly utilized they can provide timely situational awareness about the state of the cyber infrastructure. In addition, proper Information Assurance requires the validation and verification of the integrity of results generated by a commercial log analysis tool. Event log analysis can be performed using relational databases. To enhance database query performance, previous literatures affirm denormalization of databases. Yet database normalization can also increase …
Emissions From Simulated Open Burning Of Deployed Us Military Waste, Brian D. Woodall
Emissions From Simulated Open Burning Of Deployed Us Military Waste, Brian D. Woodall
Theses and Dissertations
U.S. military forces have relied primarily on open burning as an expedient method of volume reduction and treatment of solid waste during the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. This study is the first effort to characterize a broad range of pollutants and their emission factors during the burning of military waste and the effects that recycling efforts, namely removing plastics, might have on emissions. Piles of simulated military waste were constructed, burned, and emissions sampled at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Open Burn Testing Facility (OBTF), Research Triangle Park, NC. Three tests contained polyethylene terephthalate (PET #1 or PET) …
Fdtd Simulation Of Novel Polarimetric And Directional Refelectance And Transmittance Measurements From Optical Nano- And Micro-Structured Materials, Spencer R. Sellers
Fdtd Simulation Of Novel Polarimetric And Directional Refelectance And Transmittance Measurements From Optical Nano- And Micro-Structured Materials, Spencer R. Sellers
Theses and Dissertations
The basic physics of nano-/micro-structured materials must be categorized through measurements and simulation to fully understand their scatter dependence on polarization and angle on incidence before they can be considered for war fighter applications. The off-normal incidence and polarization dependant scatter for a guided-mode resonance filter (GMRF) and a surface plasmonic polariton (SPP) extraordinary transmission filter is measured. The measurements are compared to finite-difference time domain (FDTD) simulations. The GMRF is found to exhibit extraordinary angular scatter at the resonant coupled modes. An approximation is developed to predict the dependence of these modes on wavelength, incident angle and polarization. For …