Browsing Engineering by Type "Abstract"
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3D printing of Portland cement using binder jetting systems
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Additive Manufacturing (AM) in recent years has become a common method for creating detailed parts or models from 3D CAD data. The main applications of AM in the construction industry are dominated by Contour Crafting (CC) ... -
A comparative study of time and energy savings due to near field communication technology
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)The popularity and demand for the Near Field Communication (NFC) applications are rapidly growing in the recent years. NFC technology helps transfer data by bringing two smart devices closer (5-10 cm). Many important ... -
A directory based hybrid cache update strategy to reduce memory latency of shared memory multiprocessors
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Multiple cores with a shared memory on a single-chip provide an excellent architecture to achieve fast computation. However, shared memory multiprocessors with typical write update and write invalidate strategies suffer ... -
A dynamic heads-up air traffic locator & collision advisory display using Google Glass
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)A heads-up display designed to assist pilots in the rapid location and identification of air traffic is developed and evaluated on Google Glass. The display is conceived as a proposed addition to a Traffic Collision Avoidance ... -
A flexible, wireless, skin-wearable device for real-time ambulatory ECG monitoring
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Cardiovascular diseases being the leading cause of mortality in the US, create a prominent need for prolonged ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring. Therefore, this study has focused on developing a compact ambulatory ... -
A framework for pediatrics clinic no-show prediction using elastic net and Bayesian Belief Network
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)No-Shows not only creates additional cost for healthcare facilities but also affect the quality of care for the patients. This study predicts the no-show probability of the patient with using demographic, social and ... -
A graphical approach for designing a unified PID controller with a Smith predictor
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)Classical and modern control systems separate design techniques into two camps, one designated for continuous-time systems, while the other handles systems that exhibits discrete response behavior. A unified approach offers, ... -
A hybrid learning model for the vehicle routing problem with drones in the era of industry 4.0
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Under the vision of industry 4.0, the application of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in last-mile transportation has been capturing the attention of many logistics giants. Leaders in logistics and transportation ... -
A line-by-line data accountability framework to enhance security of cloud
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Cloud technology provides the convenience of access to data from anywhere in a time- and cost-effective manner. Due to the recent security breaches, users' fear of losing control of their own data has increased. Data-security ... -
A promising MALAB assisted image segmentation for detecting breast cancer
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women; about 1 in 8 (12%) women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime; and more dangerously, breast cancer is the second leading cause ... -
A semantic knowledge engine using automated knowledge extraction from World Wide Web
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)It becomes extremely difficult for the existing search engines (such as Google) to crawl, index, rank, and manage huge amount of data and locate information while answering questions. Semantic web technology (such as Google ... -
A skin patch resonator: Characterization of the fluid volume measurements
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)INTRODUCTION: Wearable technologies have gained a huge interest in recent years due to their advantages in the early diagnosis of medical conditions such as heart attack and peripheral artery disease. Additionally, wearable ... -
A support vector machine approach to identification of proteins relevant to learning in a mouse model of Down Syndrome
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)The drug memantine has been shown to improve learning ability in a Down Syndrome model of mice (Ts65Dn) exposed to Context Fear Conditioning (CFC), an existing technique for measuring the learning ability of normal mice ... -
A systematic literature review on supply chain operational disruption management for resilience
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)In the recent years, supply chain has become longer, larger, more complex, and more vulnerable to disruption. As a result, practitioners and researchers are paying more attention to supply chain risk management. COVID-19 ... -
A travelling salesman problem with side constraints
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)The goal of this paper is to maximize the number of customers that can be served by a travelling salesman visiting a number of cities while having constraints on capacity, tour budget and tour time. In our model, we also ... -
Acuity-based nurse-staffing strategies for inpatient settings using a stochastic modeling approach
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) projects a deficit of 36 percent of registered nurses nationwide by 2020. The national nurse shortage along with rising patient acuity levels have led to an increase ... -
Adsorption thermal diode using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)The development of thermal diodes (heat transfer preferentially in one direction) is of great interest for advanced thermal and energy applications. However, their performance is limited due to the poor thermal rectification ... -
Airframe usage analysis of C-130 aircraft used in aerial firefighting missions
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)United States Forest Service (USFS) uses various types of aircraft to manage wildfires; these include helicopters, scoopers, single-engine airtankers (SEATs), large airtankers (LATs), and very large airtankers (VLATs). ... -
An adaptive flight controller for a bird-like flapping wing aircraft
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)In the present age of increased demand for unmanned aerial vehicles, flapping wing unmanned aerial vehicle applications have become of interest. While a lot of research has been focused on conventional UAV configurations, ... -
An adaptive resource scheduling approach to improve the throughput and reliability of shuffle-exchange networks
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)Various approaches are introduced to increase the throughput and reliability of multi-stage interconnection networks (MINs). When multiple sources in such a network try to send data, collisions of packets and blockings are ...