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Title: A Scalable deep learning framework for autonomous road asset classification
Author: Nouri Gooshki, Sadegh
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Artificial intelligence
Description: The focus of this thesis is on automation in road asset inspection using deep neural networks. Even though some progress has been made in automation of data collection and condition assessment, the amount of manual operation and the cost of road i...

Title: A THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE STUDY OF AN EXTERNAL CAVITY FIBER FABRY- PEROT INTERFEROMETER FOR DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT
Author: Arumugam, Kumar
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Meteorology
Description: The objective of this research is to explore a mathematical model developed by Wilkinson and Pratt for the external cavity fiber-based Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) and to create a Michelson interferometer setup to validate a frequency modulat...

Title: Controlling force and displacement: Instrumentation design and application in thermal actuation and nanoindentation
Author: Fan, Chunjie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The motivation of this research is to build systems that precisely control displacement in the presence of external load (both linear and rotation force). To achieve this, two experimental platforms have been created. Those instruments incorporate...

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A VERSATILE HIGH SPEED NANOMETER LEVEL SCANNING MULTI-PROBE MICROSCOPE
Author: Lin, Feilong
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: The motivation for development of a multi-probe scanning microscope, presented in this dissertation, is to provide a versatile measurement tool mainly targeted for biological studies, especially on the mechanical and structural properties of an in...

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF VORTEX MACHINING
Author: Howard, Stephen
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This dissertation presents work done in investigation of a novel polishing process called Vortex Machining. Vortex Machining uses an oscillating probe to induce vortices in a polishing slurry above a workpiece, thereby removing material in regions...

Title: Development of an Adaptive X-ray Research Facility and a Direct Bonded Silicon Reference Object for Computed Tomography
Author: Thousand, Jeffery
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Our ability to harness the power of X-ray radiation has led to many important scientific discoveries. Two common applications for X-rays are crystallography and imaging through objects (tomography). Facility design is a critical component in optim...

Title: Development of an all-fiber homodyne quadrature laser interferometer for integration into a compact thermal actuator
Author: Hastings, DJ
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: D.J. HASTINGS. Development of an all-fiber homodyne quadrature laser interferometer for integration into a compact thermal actuator(Under the direction of DR. STUART T. SMITH)This thesis presents the development of an all-fiber homodyne quadrature...

Title: Evaluation of curved surfaces with x-ray reflectometry
Author: Cole, Jacob
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Physics
Description: This dissertation presents a body of work developing novel models and methods for surface evaluation with X-ray reflectometry (XRR). At the time of this work, XRR is a highly used tool for the measurement of flat wafers and laminated semiconductor...

Title: Implementation and Evaluation of Optical and Stylus Based Profiling Techniques for Surface Metrology
Author: Arumugam, Kumar
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics
Description: A unifying theme of this thesis is the implementation and characterization of point probes for surface metrology. The implementations include two optical non-contact profiling methods; fiber-based Fabry-Perot interferometry, and confocal microscop...

Title: Instrumentation, techniques, and evaluation of ePTV for particle manipulation studies using micro-scale oscillators
Author: Kafashi, Sajad
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Physics
Description: A need for dynamic micro-particle manipulation is the ability to position fragile particles without damaging them, for instance biological particles like blood cells, stem cells, neurons, pancreatic β cells, DNA, chromosomes, for repeated measurem...

Title: Optical Fiber-Based Multi-Directional Fabry-Perot Interferometry Prpbe
Author: Shabahang, Farzaneh
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: The motivation of this thesis is to create an optical probe for the measurement of surfaces in confined spaces. This thesis presents design and operation of an optical fiber-based probe to measure a surface profile or relative displacement of exte...

Title: POLYDYNE DISPLACEMENT INTERFEROMETER USING FREQUENCY-MODULATED LIGHT
Author: Arablu, Masoud
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Optics
Description: A novel multi-frequency (polydyne) optical interferometry method is introduced and a prototype developed to evaluate its performance in a Michelson displacement interferometer configuration. The polydyne interferometer contains three main parts of...