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Vehicle license plate detection and recognition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
In this work, we develop a license plate detection method using a SVM (Support Vector Machine) classifier with HOG (Histogram of Oriented Gradients) features. The system performs window searching at different scales and ...
The development of high dielectric constant composites and their application in a compact high power antenna
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The volume and weight of high power antennas can be a limiting factor for directed energy systems. By integrating high dielectric constant materials into an antenna structure, it is possible to reduce the size of some ...
Design and experimental study of a dual vircator microwave source
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The research described in this thesis details the design, construction, and experimental results in developing a virtual cathode oscillator (vircator) high power microwave (HPM) source. The HPM source utilizes two independent ...
Theory of pulse forming network design for acceleration waveform time domain replicationTheory of pulse forming network design for acceleration waveform time domain replication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
A Pulse Forming Network (PFN) was built and optimized using an Algorithm based on theory and experimental data. The target load for the PFN was a Helical Electromagnetic Launcher. The target application of the launcher is ...
Shock wave interaction with a toroidal air plasma
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The University of Missouri--Columbia has recently developed an experimental test stand for the purposes of studying the interaction of shock waves with plasmas in ambient air. An exploding-wire-triggered shock tube is used ...
Robot methods for human-robot spatial language interaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This thesis talks about a work to design a robot with some to interact with human by spatial language. The robot is a differential drive robot with Kinect camera. The thesis proposes the perception methods which include ...
Projectile vibration analysis of an electromagnetic launcher
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A novel method for the calibration of accelerometers using an electromagnetic launcher (EML) has been investigated by the University of Missouri. The ...
Design and testing of helical antennas for a RF test facility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
RF facilities are necessary to accurately and systematically test multiple types of electronic devices in an electromagnetically quiet environment. Typical RF facilities consist of an anechoic chamber, a room that shields ...
Development of new dielectric materials for pulsed power applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study looks at the development of new dielectrics, which blend characteristic of different materials for use in high voltage capacitors and antennas. As new needs arise in electrical engineering including pulsed power ...
Investigation of polarimetric coherence optimization in persistent scatterer interferometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) provides a means of imaging small deformations of the Earth's surface (millimeter scale). Furthermore, interferometric point target analysis (IPTA) and time-series analyses ...
Combining activities of daily living and scene understanding for continuous assessment of behavior patterns using depth data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Research has shown the importance of monitoring behavior patterns of older adults over extended time periods to detect and deviations. These deviations ...
Fabrication and characterization of micro-chip based shockwave generator for particle delivery and cell transfection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Shock waves have potential applications in many areas such as in geology, seismological techniques, and biomedical applications. Specifically in ...
Sub-2 nm platinum nanoparticles growth study and device applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This work describes a tilted-target RF magnetron sputter deposition system to grow nanoparticles in a controlled way. With detailed characterization of ultra-high density (up to 1.1 ?�� 10[superscript 13] cm?�???) and ...
Asymmetric quantum well structures for enhanced infrared photon absorption
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Compared to inter-band transition for photon absorption in a quantum wells, intra-band (or inter-subband) transitions in heterojunction (GaAs/InP) quantum wells can provide access to a broader range of wavelengths for ...
Floor sensor development using signal scavenging for personnel detection system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Falls have been a major cause of injuries likes fractures, head trauma in elder people. In many cases, these injuries have been fatal. This being a major concern of the Alzheimer's Association, a 'Smart Carpet' to detect ...
Plasticity in lateral amygdala after Pavlovian fear conditioning-a computational study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
One of the main contributions of the dissertation is an explanation of how and why certain neurons are recruited into a memory trace. For this, we developed a biophysical model of the rodent lateral amygdala (LA) and then ...
Pedestrian detection and counting in surveillance videos
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Pedestrian detection and counting have important application in video surveillance for entrance monitoring, customer behavior analysis, and public service management. In this thesis, we propose an accurate, reliable and ...
An image-classification leveraged object detector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
An efficient closed-form solution for wideband source direction-of-arrival estimation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] We propose and develop in this research an efficient closed-form solution to estimate the direction-of-arrivals (DOAs) for a wideband source signal, ...
A detection based sport player trackerA detection based sport player tracker
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Currently, the sliding windows framework dominates the object detection task for its good performance. But the computational cost of this approach is ...