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Label-free electrical immunoassay biosensors for early disease diagnosis
(Wichita State University, 2012-05)This thesis focused on developing an inexpensive and user friendly “point- of- care” (POC) device for early disease diagnosis. Proteomics research has elucidated many new proteins as biomarkers that have the potential to ... -
Laplace-based predictive estimation of loss-of-control boundaries on a transport aircraft
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)Loss-of-control events are the greatest contributing factor to accidents amongst commercial aircraft. In this research, an approach to predicting the onset of loss of-control events is developed using a Laplace-based method, ... -
Large-scale online environmental mapping: from theory to implementation
(Wichita State University, 2017-12)Within the context of environmental studies, environmental mapping addresses the monitoring and analysis of physical processes appearing in the nature, such as atmospheric or oceanic transformations. In such studies, ... -
Laser ablation based on-orbit debris removal
(Wichita State University, 2019-07)Space debris are defunct man-made satellites orbiting in the low-earth orbit (LEO) and Geo-synchronous orbit (GEO) orbiting around earth with high velocities posing a serious threat for current and future missions. ... -
Laser Guided Evacuation System
(2011-12-08)The intent of this project is to provide an improved evacuation system for buildings, homes, and other structures under the events of an emergency. The system will incorporate a traveling laser light shown upon the wall, ... -
Last-mile drone delivery: Past, present, and future
(MDPI, 2023-01-21)Sustainable green products and services garner more attention from companies and enterprises that aim to succeed and grow in highly competitive markets by imposing less harms on the environment and ecosystems. Last-mile ... -
Law enforcement's usage of business intelligence collaboration
(Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)In recent years, current events have often coined the term "officials are gathering business intelligence." The purpose of this research paper is to gain an understanding of what business intelligence is and to investigate ... -
Layout of phase change materials in a thermal energy storage system
(ASME, 2018)The objective of this work is to investigate the performance of a thermal energy storage system using multiple phase change materials (PCMs). This study is based on latent heat thermal energy storage. Three phase change ... -
LDPC encoded pilots for iterative receiver improvement
(2005-12)Turbo and low density parity check (LDPC) codes show performances approaching Shannon capacity. This thesis proposes a novel iterative channel estimation and LDPC decoding scheme where the pilot symbols are encoded and can ... -
LDPC-like approach for distributed detection in Wireless Sensor Networks
(Wichita State University, 2007-12)LDPC codes have many applications in channel and source coding. In this thesis, we apply LDPC-like belief propagation algorithm to address distributed detection problem in Wireless Sensor Network. The objective is to achieve ... -
Leadership styles and Lean Six Sigma effectiveness within the aerospace and defense manufacturing industry
(Association for Industry, Engineering and Management Systems (AIEMS), 2021-06)The aerospace and defense (A&D) industry has shifted into a globally competitive market that is prioritizing innovative advancements in technological capabilities. Corporations are now having to further develop customer-focused ... -
Lean in education: Mistake-proofing methods used by teachers at a magnet high school.
(Association for Industry, Engineering and Management Systems (AIEMS), 2019-06)High school teachers, like most people, make mistakes on a regular basis, but they have also developed mistake-proofing methods to negate the impact of these errors. There is currently no published research in the field ... -
Lean Six-Sigma applications in aircraft assembly
(2007-05)To improve the performance of a process and ensure on time delivery there are numerous different approaches available nowadays. Lean offers a unique method that helps identify possible improvement areas on a production ... -
A learner-centered computational experience in nanotechnology for undergraduate STEM students
(IEEE, 2016)According to recent studies, the current state of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education in the U.S. has not been impressive. In this paper, we introduce an interdisciplinary learner-centered ... -
Learning ensemble classification method for supplier assessment
(Wichita State University, 2019-04-26)In the current era of the global supply chain, integration of information technology and acceleration of competitiveness are necessary for an effective supply chain management (SCM). The SCM is considered as a competitive ... -
Learning quantum annealing
(Rinton Press, Inc., 2017-05-01)We propose and develop a new procedure, whereby a quantum system can learn to anneal to a desired ground state. We demonstrate successful learning to produce an entangled state for a two-qubit system, then demonstrate ... -
Learning robotic grasping strategy based on natural-language object descriptions
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Given the description of an object's physical attributes, humans can determine a proper strategy and grasp an object. Accomplishing a similar feat with robotic hands is considerably challenging despite significant progress ... -
Learning robotic grasping strategy based on natural-language object descriptions
(IEEE, 2018-10)Given the description of an object's physical attributes, humans can determine a proper strategy and grasp an object. This paper proposes an approach to determine grasping strategy for an anthropomorphic robotic hand simply ... -
Learning task-oriented dexterous grasping from human knowledge
(IEEE, 2021-05-30)Industrial automation requires robot dexterity to automate many processes such as product assembling, packaging, and material handling. The existing robotic systems lack the capability to determining proper grasp strategies ... -
Learning the truth by weakly connected agents in social networks using multi-Armed Bandit
(IEEE, 2020-11-09)This article provides a study into the social network where influential personalities collaborate positively among themselves to learn an underlying truth over time, but may have misled their followers to believe a false ...