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SURFACE FLASHOVER UNDER VARIOUS SURFACE CONDITIONS
(2022-05-12)Electrical insulators are critical components used in every high voltage application whether it is operated continuously or in a pulsed mode. Bulk dielectric breakdown and surface flashover must be prevented in all use ... -
Development of a Novel Sensor For Soil Moisture's Profile
(2022-05-05)Monitoring of soil’s water content has been an important part of the irrigation system in farming, regional resources development, rainfall detection as well as disaster prevention. There has been studies and developments ... -
WI-FI-BASED INDOOR LOCALIZATION USING MODEL-BASED AND DATA-DRIVEN APPROACHES
(2021-08-13)This thesis investigates model-based and data-driven approaches for indoor localization using the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) of Wi-Fi signals. We study multiple model-based indoor localization approaches, ... -
MULTI-PLAYER H1 DIFFERENTIAL GAME USING ON-POLICY AND OFF-POLICY REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
(2021-08-03)This work studies a multi-player H-infinity differential game for systems of general linear dynamics. In this game, multiple players design their control inputs to minimize their cost functions in the presence of worst-case ... -
Autonomous landing of quadrotor on a moving UGV with the optimal control policies
(2020-12-01)This thesis proposes an offline method that uses an integral reinforcement learning (IRL) technique along with the system identification to determine the optimal control of a system with completely unknown dynamics. Unmanned ... -
CAR PLATE DETECTION USING REGION-BASED CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS
(2020-12-07)Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) comprise a deep learning technology which is widely used to perform image classification. In this research, we review CNN structures and explain how they can be used for finding license ... -
Implementation and comparison of Serial and Parallel algorithms of SAO in HEVC
(2017-12-05)The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard is the latest video coding project developed by the Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) which involves the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) Video ... -
DESIGN OF A CLC TESTBED TO STUDY HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITORS
(2019-12-06)Pulsed power systems rely on the interconnection of several unique stages for successful implementation. These stages can include, but are not limited to a prime power source, power conditioning circuit, intermediate energy ... -
FLEXIBLE pH SENSOR FOR SMART SENSING
(2019-11-15)pH level of biofluid is crucial in understanding physiological health. Commercial glass electrode pH sensors are bulky and cannot provide real time data. In this study, a novel miniature pH sensor capable of continuous ... -
ON THE ANALYSIS OF ON-BOARD SENSING AND OFF-BOARD SENSING THROUGH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FOR UAV PATH PLANNING IN WIND FIELDS
(2019-04-29)This work focuses on the roles of on-board sensing and off-board sensing through wireless communication for UAV missions. Employing UAV path planning under spatiotemporal wind effect as a case study, this work implements ... -
UAV: Trajectory Generation and Simulation
(2019-05-13)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained mass popularity in fields such as Defense, Agriculture, Sport and Photography etc. Their wide adoption in such research projects have opened new horizons for opportunities. ... -
Bit-rate reduction using Superpixel for 360-degree videos - VR application
(2017-12-13)Superpixels are applied on the side views of the 2D projected video. Then the video is partitioned into Coding Tree Units (CTUs). The CTUs and the superpixels positions will be compared within the frame of video. During ... -
Leak detector system for Positive Airway Pressure machines
(2016-08-16)The project aims to develop a system to indicate leaks occurring in a Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) machine which sends a passage of air to the patients suffering from sleep apnea, through a hose and a nose mask. The ... -
A CMOS SWITCHED CAPACITOR FILTER BASED POTENTIOMETRIC READOUT CIRCUIT FOR CHEMFET SENSOR
(2018-12-06)There are wide ranges of potentiometric sensors available for chemical sensing. The latest implementation of these sensors is CHEM resistors. In real time environment for an in-vivo application area, noise and power are ... -
ACCELERATED AGING OF A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY PROTOTYPE
(2018-12-13)The LVPS (Low Voltage Power Supply) is a switching power supply custom designed for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva Switzerland. Over one thousand of these LVPS, also called ’bricks’, will ... -
Improved initialization for the multi layer perceptron
(2018-05-08)A Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) neural network is used for solving nonlinear functional problems like function approximation, classification, data processing etc. MLP neural networks are usually trained using back propagation, ... -
Steerable Antenna Array For UAV Applications
(2018-01-25)An antenna array system design, demonstrating the possible application on an unmanned aerial vehicle platform using a full wave electromagnetic simulation software is presented. Linear array of patches in E plane and H ... -
NEAREST NEIGHBOR CLASSIFIERS WITH IMPROVED ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY
(2017-12-12)Nearest Neighbor algorithms are non-parametric algorithms that use distance measure techniques for classification and regressions. This thesis uses the method of pruning to improve accuracy and efficiency of a nearest ... -
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE TO EVALUATE IMPACT OF MUTUAL COUPLING ON TRANSMISSION LINE PROTECTION SCHEMES
(2017-11-13)While there are numerous literatures that have addressed the impact of mutual coupling on the reliability and security of protection schemes and have provided possible mitigation solutions, there has not been adequate ... -
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METALS AS ELECTRODES FOR A FLEXIBLE MICRO pH SENSOR
(2016-05-10)pH can be explained in general terms as a numerical scale used to state the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Keeping track of pH is very useful in many applications like medicine, civil engineering, chemical ...