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- Title
- A Comparative Study Between Axial and Radial Flux-Focusing Magnetic Gear Topologies and Mechanical Gearboxes
- Author
- Calvin, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Electromagnetism
- Description
- A variety of magnetic gear topologies have been investigated in recent years as alternatives to traditional mechanical gearboxes. In general these magnetic gears offer advantages in the non-contact transmission of torque including inherent overloa...
- Title
- A navigation system for low-cost autonomous all-terrain-vehicles
- Author
- Mhapankar, Shantanu
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction, Computer engineering
- Description
- In the last decade, there has been significant research work in the field of autonomous on-road vehicle, but, research in automating off-road vehicles has been largely untouched. The main aim of this thesis was to propose a robust framework for an...
- Title
- Advanced Metasurface Design and Integration for Electromagnetic Systems
- Author
- Hecht, Kristy
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Electromagnetism
- Description
- In the realm of metamaterials and electromagnetic engineering, a metasurface is a two-dimensional array of subwavelength-scale structures meticulously engineered to manipulate electromagnetic waves. Unlike conventional bulky optical elements, meta...
- Title
- Autonomous Control of an All-terrain Vehicle using Embedded Systems and Artificial Intelligence Techniques
- Author
- Erian, Karim
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer engineering, Artificial intelligence, Automobiles--Design and construction
- Description
- The need for autonomous vehicles that do not operate on highways and can move off-road is increasing. While there have been significant advancements in autonomous passenger vehicles in the last couple of years, autonomous off-road vehicles have no...
- Title
- Design and Development of an Experimental Apparatus for Hardware-In-Loop Testing of Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Systems
- Author
- van Arnold, George
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Engineering
- Description
- Growing concerns related to the environmental impacts of rising global energy consumption compel the continued development of low-emission technologies for the building sector. In the United States, space conditioning and domestic hot water genera...
- Title
- Online Robot Exploration and Perceptual Coverage of Large-Scale Unknown Environments: Scalable Optimization and Generalized Software Framework
- Author
- Vutetakis, David
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Robotics, Computer science, Artificial intelligence
- Description
- This dissertation addresses the problem of non-myopic online exploration and visual sensor coverage of large-scale unknown environments using an autonomous robot. We introduce a novel perception roadmap, referred to as the Active Perception Networ...
- Title
- Powerline Communications Through Series Connected Switched Mode Power Converters to Be Used in Solar Microinverters
- Author
- Evans, Daniel
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- Modern photovoltaic converters and energy storage modules are shifting to a cascaded or distributed module-level inverters to reduce the required voltage output of each module and thereby optimizing production costs. The switch to an AC-stacked ar...
- Title
- SYSTEM INTEGRATION OVER A CAN BUS FOR A SELF-CONTROLLED, LOW-COST AUTONOMOUS ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE
- Author
- Erian, Karim
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Automobiles--Design and construction, Computer engineering, Robotics
- Description
- This thesis presents research for making an All-terrain Vehicle (ATV) autonomous. The objective of this research is to have a standardized platform for autonomous ATV modules having the basic controllers integrated and working. This research inclu...
- Title
- TOWARDS AN AGENT-BASED APPROACH TO SIMULATING HUMANS FALLING FOR PHISHING ATTACKS
- Author
- Robles Perez, Anibal
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Information technology
- Description
- In this project, we explore methods of implementing an autonomous agent that simulates human behaviour, in order to produce common mistakes that create vulnerabilities in enterprise networks. The objective of this research is to aid in testing the...
- Title
- UTILIZATION OF WIRELESS SIGNAL STRENGTH FOR MOBILE ROBOT LOCALIZATION IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS
- Author
- Shue, Samuel
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering, Computer engineering, Robotics
- Description
- Localization is a key component of any mobile robot application. For any task a mobile robot might need to perform, precise knowledge of its pose within its environment is critical. Mobile robots employ a multitude of sensors to estimate position,...