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Analysis and techniques for non-intrusive appliance load monitoring.
(2014-11-01)
The increased public awareness of energy conservation and the demand for smart metering system have created interests in home energy monitoring. Load disaggregation using a single sensing point is considered a cost-effective ...
Design and characterization of next-generation tissue equivalent proportional counters for use in low energy neutron fields
(2014-04-01)
Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counters (TEPCs) are devices that can measure the radiation dose levels for the mixed neutron and gamma ray fields that are encountered in nuclear facilities. TEPC designs typically consist ...
A systems approach to assessing the sustainability of hybrid community energy systems.
(2014-09-01)
The goal to achieve a sustainable society that will endure over the long term is
generally regarded as a positive evolutionary course. One of the challenges with this
goal is developing a quantitative assessment of the ...
Experimental design, analysis and improvement of a Marnoch Heat Engine with heat recovery.
(2013-01-01)
This research examines the prototyping of a Marnoch Heat Engine (MHE) and
conducts thermodynamic and heat transfer analyses of this heat engine with a waste heat
recovery system. The heat source for the MHE can be low ...
Learning-based adaptive design for dynamic spectrum access in cognitive radio networks.
(2014-10-01)
This thesis is concerned with dynamic spectrum access in cognitive radio networks.
The main objective is designing online learning and access policies which maximize
the total throughput of the secondary users in a ...
Torque control strategy for off-road vehicle mobility.
(2014-11-01)
Multi-wheeled off-road vehicles behavior depend not only on the total provided power by the engine but also on the power distribution among the drive axles/wheels. In turn, this distribution is primarily regulated by the ...
Multiphase flow and chemical reactor thermodynamics for hydrolysis and thermochemical production
(2012-08-01)
Current techniques of hydrogen production (primarily reformation of fossil fuels) are
unsustainable, releasing CO2 into the atmosphere, as well as consuming limited reserves
of fossil fuels. The copper-chlorine cycle is a ...
Ultrasonic array imaging for multi-layer materials in non-destructive testing applications.
(2014-12-01)
Ultrasonic imaging for a multi-layer medium is a common challenge in seismology,
medical diagnosis, and non-destructive testing. One application for multi-layer imaging
is ultrasonic immersion test where the material ...
Comprehensive Investigation on Content-based Medical Image Retrieval using Radon Barcodes
(2019-12-01)
Content Based Medical Image Retrieval (CBMIR) systems are vital to the underlying operation of medical databases because they allow quick search and retrieval of medical images. Radon Barcode (RBC)s are binary complementary ...
Sum-rate maximization for two-way active channels.
(2014-11-01)
In this thesis, the term passive channel refers to the conventional parallel wireless
channel model, where there is no control over the gain of each individual subchannel.
We de ne an active channel as a parallel channel ...