Browsing College of Engineering (MU) by Thesis Semester "2016 Spring"
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Activity identification from animal GPS tracks with spatial temporal clustering method DDB-SMoT
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)With various GPS devices or services growing rapidly, large amount of GPS track- ing data has been collected, both for human beings and wild animals. However, the raw GPS data cannot directly provide us with any valuable ... -
An algorithm for the automatic construction of Bayesian networks with limited domain knowledge, as applied to the prediction of economic and development indicators of 248 countries and world regions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Humans have a natural tendency to express knowledge in terms of generalities, instead of individually measurable variables. However, to make for computers to make sense of a domain, information must be expressed in terms ... -
Anaerobic co-digestion of edible and inedible food waste with sewage sludge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Co-digestion processes of three specific mixing ratios of food waste (FW) with sewage sludge were tested in one-stage anaerobic digestion (AD)system induplicate to evaluate methane (CH4) and hydrogen sulfide(H2S) production. ... -
Analysis of performance/accuracy tradeoffs for floating point applications on GPUS
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Floating-point computations produce approximate results, which can lead to inaccuracy problems. Existing work addresses two issues: first, the design of high precision floatingpoint representations; second, the study of ... -
Catalysis of manganese(II/III) on chromium(VI) reduction by oxalic acid
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) compounds are important raw materials in the modern industry but it is also known that chromate chemicals can have severe ... -
Computational methods for protein structure prediction and next-generation sequencing data analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)With the wide application of next-generation sequencing technologies, the number of protein sequences is increasing exponentially. However, only a tiny portion of proteins have experimentally verified structures. The huge ... -
Convolutional Neural Network architectures for digit recognition system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Rapidly evolving of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) appeals and endeavors us to explore and discover various CNN model's robustness leading to ... -
Covariance methods in nonlinear model identification
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In many practical engineering and machine learning applications, it is necessary to identify an unknown transformation that maps a known or measured ... -
Damping and stiffening forces of a squeeze-film between two plates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Silicon microstructures, especially sensors and actuators, are characterized by squeeze film between the moving elements and the fixed substrates. The effect of the squeeze film has been represented by the damping effect ... -
A data acquisition system that uses signal scavenging to detect activity on floor pads
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] We designed a data acquisition system to scan data from four sensors on a pad using the smart carpet technology. We constructed and tested four data ... -
Design and analysis of super wideband microstrip antennas for parameter optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this work, two super wideband microstrip antennas have been proposed, studied, and analyzed through industry standard simulation suite. The first ... -
Design and implementation of orthopedic trauma surgery rehabilitation and health monitoring system (OTSRS)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A very common problem relating to rehabilitation of orthopedic trauma surgery is that patients do not have access, whether for financial reasons or ... -
Dynamic and efficiency characteristics of an inlet metering valve controlled fixed displacement pump
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This project developed the inlet metering system. An inlet metering system represents a new option in hydraulic pump design. Traditional pressure controlled hydraulic pumps rely on either swashplate displacement (for ... -
EM algorithm for reconstructing 3D structures of human chromosomes from chromosomal contact data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Recent research suggested that chromosomes have preferred spatial conformations to facilitate necessary long-range interactions and regulations within a nucleus. So that, getting the 3D shape of chromosomes of a genome is ... -
Empirical study of freeway interchange crash characteristics and influence areas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Factors that affect drivers at interchanges are various and include changing lanes, changes in speed limits, and lengths of speed-change lanes. State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), local authorities, and transportation ... -
Evaluation of modulus of polycaprolactone fused deposition modeling 3D printed tissue scaffolds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Damage to the articular surface of the knee is a fairly common injury. In one study of 31,516 knee arthroscopies 61% of the patients featured chondral ... -
An examination of fast similarity search trees with gating
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The emergence of complex data objects that must be indexed and queried in databases has created a need for access methods that are both generic and efficient. Traditional search algorithms that only check specified fields ... -
An experimental investigation of a meter-scale flat-plate oscillating heat pipe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Ever-increasing demand for power in modern electronics presents challenge in thermal management. This paper shows the oscillating heat pipe (OHP) is considered a preferred solution for high heat application due to its heat ... -
Exploration of an electron linear accelerator-driven photoneutron source for BNCT
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)A computational model of a proof-of-concept photoneutron source experiment was created and benchmarked. The neutron output from this system could be used for a number of therapies including Boron Neutron-Capture Therapy, ... -
Fabrication & testing of PCM impregnated drywalls for thermal energy storage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research illustrates the fabrication and thermal behavior of gypsum drywall containing phase change materials (PCMs), which could be used in the ...