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Increasing the lifetime of products by nanomaterial inclusions—life cycle energy implications
(Springer, 2020-07-27)Purpose: Typically, the high energy required to manufacture nanomaterials is weighed against the benefits transferred to a product. Adequately establishing the environmental characteristics of a product that contains ... -
A multi-system chaotic path planner for fast and unpredictable online coverage of terrains
(IEEE, 2020-07-07)Coverage path planning (CPP) algorithms customize an autonomous robot's trajectory for various applications. In surveillance and exploration of unknown environments, random CPP can be very effective in searching and finding ... -
The Green Print: Advancement of Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare
(Elsevier, 2020-10)Healthcare is a major emitter of environmental pollutants that adversely affect health. Within the healthcare community, awareness of these effects is low, and recognition of the duty to address them is only beginning to ... -
Predictions of electricity consumption in a campus building using occupant rates and weather elements with sensitivity analysis: Artificial neural network vs. linear regression
(Elsevier, 2020-11)This study compares building electric energy prediction approaches that use a traditional statistical method (linear regression) and artificial neural network (ANN) algorithms. We investigate how significantly occupancy ... -
Real-time event-based dynamic multi-facility vehicle rerouting
(IEEE, 2020-06-10)This paper presents a system architecture for real-Time information transmission between the dispatcher and service vehicles allowing the logistic system the possibility of reacting to dynamic events such as new service ... -
Internet of things based cyber-physical system framework for real-time operations
(IEEE, 2020-06-10)The paper presents an intelligent cyber-physical system (CPS) framework using object detection for real-Time operations in an Internet-of-Things (IoT) connected physical environment. To facilitate real-Time object detection, ... -
Impact of correlation of plug load data, occupancy rates and local weather conditions on electricity consumption in a building using four back-propagation neural network models
(Elsevier, 2020-11)This study explores approaches to evaluates correlation how significantly plug load data, occupancy rates, and local weather factors affect the actual electricity consumption of a commercial building in seasonal changes ... -
Experimental studies on endothermic reversible reaction of salts for cooling
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020-06-23)Thermal energy storage has a potential future to store renewable energy. Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) is the most promising and possesses more advantages over sensible and latent heat thermal storage systems such ... -
Observing and inspecting cracks and dents in teeth using dye penetrant liquids without x-ray imaging
(IEEE, 2020-06-16)Cracked teeth are generally observed in dental practice and are always nightmare to the patients due to their unpredictable symptoms and diagnostic conundrum for the dental practitioner due to their variable and unusual ... -
A method for t-close anonymization in the presence of multiple numerical sensitive attributes
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Privacy Preserving Data Publishing is an area of research focused on developing methods of anonymizing sensitive relational data such that it can be published without compromising the privacy of the individuals the data ... -
Inverse acoustic property characterization using impedance tube measurements
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)The ever-increasing demand for improved fuel-efficiency and weight reduction has resulted in increased focus on porous materials. Cellular porous materials offer designers a route towards improving structural properties ... -
Parallel implementation for a magnetohydrodynamics solver with equilibrium chemistry
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)The main objective of this research was to develop a parallel implementation of a hypersonic MHD solver. The original serial code utilizes a fourth-order modified Runge-Kutta scheme with TVD to solve the full MHD equations. ... -
An algorithm for directionally tailored toolpath generation for fused deposition modeling
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is an Additive Manufacturing (AM) process in which a thermoplastic material is extruded through a nozzle along a two-dimensional path specified by machine code to create a layer. Multiple ... -
Optimization of electric vehicle charging schedule using distributed network computing
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)In recent years, the number of electric vehicles has increased dramatically, and the forecast shows that this speed of growth will accelerate even more over the next ten years. The significant growth in the number of ... -
Reinforcement learning framework for spacecraft low-thrust orbit raising
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)The use of electric propulsion (EP) in satellites for transfer to geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) is increasingly gaining importance among the space industry all around the world, and is proven a key for new space ... -
Development of homogenized elasto-plastic material behavior of hexagonal cell honeycomb core using experiments and finite element analysis
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)This research attempted to describe the geometry of HexWeb CR-III-1/8-5052-8.1N commercial aluminum honeycomb core and give some statistical information about its deviation from the average. The finite element model of ... -
Automated testing to detect status data loss in android applications
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Mobile applications are increasing in a significant amount, each to address the requirements of many users. However, the quick developments and enhancements are resulting in many underlying defects. When user installs an ... -
Photocurable polymers for 3d printing
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and 3D printing are three interchangeable terms that describe creating layers upon layers to form an object from a computer aided design (CAD). Additive manufacturing (AM) has a ... -
Sequential low-thrust orbit-raising of all-electric satellites
(MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-06-04)In this paper, we consider a recently developed formulation of the electric orbit-raising problem that utilizes a novel dynamic model and a sequence of optimal control sub-problems to yield fast and robust computations of ... -
Numerical solution of Maxwell’s equations on transformed coordinates for non-rectangular electromagnetic applications
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)The utilization of a fourth-order Modified Runge-Kutta (MRK) scheme on a transformed coordinate system for simulating electromagnetic applications that involve non-rectangular domains are presented. The model equations ...
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