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An Experimental Study on Novel Wick Material for Use in Bent and Flattened Heat Pipes
(2023-04-28)
Heat pipes are a novel and highly efficient device for removing heat from high-power electrical devices and have seen extensive use in high-performance computers, power generation, and aerospace applications. Heat pipes ...
Improving Semi-autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle Operator Performance via Haptics
(2023-04-26)
This thesis has not been approved for public release.
Applications of Robotic Devices for Motor and Sensory Rehabilitation
(2023-04-24)
With the increase of individuals effected by neurological disease, individualized rehabilitation methods can allow for improvement. Robotic intervention in rehabilitation enables a standardized, individualized practice ...
The Utilization of Geometric Hashing Techniques for Feature Association during Ground Vehicle Localization
(2023-04-28)
This thesis presents a new approach to laser-based robot localization using the concept of geometric hashing. The technique operates on an a priori feature map representing the navigation environment by recording all ...
A Software Signal Simulation of Low Earth Orbit Satellites for Investigative Analysis
(2023-05-02)
Simulation tools are an important part of the engineering design process by allowing changes in algorithms and processes before implementation. Current global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) are mainly located in ...
Adaptive Steering Actuator Delay Compensation for a Vehicle Lateral Control System
(2023-05-01)
This thesis presents an adaptive control algorithm for steering actuator delay compensation in a ground vehicle lateral control system. Unknown and time-varying actuator delay values are considered. Many active safety ...
Mechanical and Microstructural Behavior Evolution of Lead Free Solder Materials Under Different Thermal Exposures
(2023-05-01)
With the growth of electronic packaging industries, ranging from automobile to hand-held products, reliability is a major concern. Also, to keep pace with the increasing demand of end users for integration, miniaturization, ...
Study of onset of frost and crystals growth on hydrophilic and hydrophobic flat surfaces
(2023-05-02)
Air-source heat pump systems extract heat directly from the cold outdoor ambient and reject heat to the warm indoor environments of residential and commercial buildings. During their winter operation, the outdoor coil often ...
Spray Evaporation on Enhanced-Surface Tube Bundles with Low-GWP Refrigerants
(2023-05-04)
With the development of new low-GWP HFO refrigerants and increasingly stringent regulation of existing HVAC&R systems, the heat transfer performance of these refrigerants and the effects of various enhancement techniques ...
A Multi-Antenna Vector Tracking Beamsteering GPS Receiver for Robust Positioning
(2022-05-17)
This thesis proposes the coupling of a Global Positioning System (GPS) L1 C/A vector tracking software-defined receiver with controlled reception pattern array array (CRPA) satellite constrained beamsteering, i.e. a ...