Browsing College of Engineering (MU) by Thesis Semester "2020 Fall"
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Advances in transfer learning methods based on computational intelligence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Traditional machine learning and data mining have made tremendous progress in many knowledge-based areas, such as clustering, classification, and regression. However, the primary assumption in all of these areas is that ... -
Adversarial robustness of deep learning enabled industry 4.0 prognostics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The advent of Industry 4.0 in automation and data exchange leads us toward a constant evolution in smart manufacturing environments, including extensive utilization of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Deep Learning (DL). ... -
Analytical earth-aerocapture guidance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Aerocapture is a technique of employing a single atmospheric pass to inserts a spacecraft from a hyperbolic orbit, approaching from deep space, into an elliptical (captured) orbit around its destination planet. After ... -
Application of electronic structure calculations to vibrational spectroscopy and gas encapsulation in zeolites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Zeolites are an important class of aluminosilicate materials that have wide applications in heterogeneous catalysis, gas separations, and ion-exchange processes at industrial scales. The desire to continue doing research ... -
Assessing mechanical properties of the cardiovascular system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The elasticity of wall of the arteries plays a significant role in cardiovascular system. Capacitance of the aorta is predicative of cardiovascular events[1]. To get better understanding the function of the cardiovascular ... -
Ballistocardiography : physically-based modeling to bridge physiology and technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The ballistocardiogram (BCG) captures the motion of the center of mass (CoM) of the human body resulting from the blood motion within the circulatory system. The BCG signal reflects the status of the cardiovascular system ... -
Biophysical modeling to reverse engineer two mammalian neural circuits lower urinar Y tract and hippocampus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Computational neuroscience provides tools to abstract and generalize principles of neuronal function using mathematics and computers. This dissertation reports biophysical modeling approaches to facilitate reverse engineering ... -
Body-worn accelerometer-based health assessment algorithms for independent living older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The mainstream smart wearable products used for activity trackers have experienced significant growth recently. Among the older population, collecting long periods of activity data in a real-life setting is challenging ... -
A combined analytical and experimental approach for prediction of properties of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) parts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a technique used to build rapid prototypes out of thermoplastic materials. Printing technology continues to mature from a rapid prototyping process to a rapid manufacturing technique, ... -
Consortium blockchain management with a peer reputation system for critical information sharing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Blockchain technology based applications are emerging to establish distributed trust amongst organizations who want to share critical information for mutual benefit amongst their peers. There is a growing need for consortium ... -
Determining optimal inventory levels for items nearing the end of a production run
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Optimal inventory policies determined for items in steady state production are no longer optimal when reaching the end of production. This is due to the obvious fact that during this time, production is no longer in steady ... -
Developement of a framework for asphalt performance-related specification and performance prediction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Traditional asphalt mixtures have generally involved relatively simple combinations of virgin asphalt binder and aggregates to meet load-bearing needs of the roads and surfaces. Accordingly, simple tests such as Marshall ... -
Developing a novel method for making metal oxide nanocoatings for electrocatalysis applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)In this dissertation, a new and novel technique to synthesize conformal films of metal oxides on top of nanoscale substrates in different geometries such as carbon nanotubes, carbon black particles, and iron oxide nanoparticles ... -
Evaluation of use of dry-process rubber modification in asphalt mixtures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)This study explores four different facets of using dry-process rubber modification in asphalt mixtures. The first investigation was motivated by the need to understand the cracking mechanism prevalent in the dry-process ... -
An evaluation of waste plastic in asphalt pavement towards a circular economy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Incorporating waste plastic into asphalt pavement is an evolving recycling strategy based on a circular economy approach. Dow has cooperated with MU to use optimal recycle plastic to target better pavement performance with ... -
Evaluations of concrete mix stability for below-grade applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Drilled shafts are a commonly utilized foundation type for bridge construction, especially for bridges involving large loads or difficult ground conditions. Proper construction is required to ensure satisfactory performance ... -
Experimental evaluation of laminated glass interlayer polymers at various strain rates and temperatures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The use of blast-resistant glazing, such as laminated glass in buildings can greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the hazard of flying glass shards. In a failure event, fractured glass shards adhere to the polymer interlayer, ... -
Exploring deep learning techniques to tackle the sparsity problem in recommender systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)With the inception of e-commerce in the early twenty-first century, people's lifestyles have drastically changed. People today tend to do many of their daily routines online, such as shopping, reading the news, and watching ... -
Fast and robust deep neural networks design
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)In the past few years, we have witnessed a rapid development of deep neural networks in computer vision, from basic image classiffcation tasks to some more advanced applications e.g. object detection and semantic segmentation. ... -
A flexible speech feature converter based on an enhanced architecture of U-net
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)In order to analyze speech or audio, many methods are applied to transform the time domain signals into various features such as the mel spectral features and WORLD vocoder features. These two types of features can both ...