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- 2Chen, Jie (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Abourizk, Simaan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Ahmed, Nizam (Medicine)
- 1Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta)
- 1Basel Alsayyed (Mechanical Engineering)
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Spring 2011
The statistical properties of training, validation and test data play an important role in assuring optimal performance in artificial neural networks (ANN). Re-searchers have proposed randomized data partitioning (RDP) and stratified data partitioning (SDP) methods for partition of input data...
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An Intelligent Framework for Automatic Maintenance Plan Generation based-on Product Features Recognition
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Maintenance takes care of the health of equipment and/or mechanical system. Currently, maintenance is considered as one of the most labor-intensive and expert-centered manufacturing process, since disassembly/assembly procedures and its level of difficulty, makes it very difficult to automate the...
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Fall 2010
Industrialization creates new requirements for design. Designers need to consider not only building performance, but also production plan needs. This requires a well-structured Building Information Model (BIM) to support the manufacturing needs for design and drafting. BIM, in combination with...
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Spring 2019
The invention of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has advanced the diagnosis of diseases dramatically as it is capable of producing high-quality images of soft tissues non-invasively and safely. However, the high volume of MRI images also means heavy workloads for physicians, which results in...
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Design of Low-intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Device, Intensity Sensor and Its Application to Enhance Vaccine Production
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The application of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) technology for therapy has become a promising interdisciplinary research field in biomedical engineering. This thesis covers two important topics in the field: LIPUS design and its biological applications. In therapeutic ultrasound...
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Development and Evaluation of a Close-Proximity, Real Time Thermoacoustic Ultrasound Sensor
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A close proximity, real time thermoacoustic sensor was designed, tested, and implemented in the SonaCell ultrasound generator. When placed in contact with the SonaCell ultrasound transducer, a copper backed plexiglass absorber converted ultrasound energy into heat, where it was measured by a...
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Evaluating Track Stiffness and Rail Bending Moments using Vertical Track Deflection Measurements Considering the Effects of Track Geometry
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Vertical track stiffness (or track modulus) is generally accepted as one of the key structural properties of track which impacts the bearing capacity, dynamic response of passing trains, quality of track geometry, and track components’ life. Although it is known that track stiffness parameters...
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Spring 2011
This research investigates and proposes methods to be used for the automation of the conceptual design phases of variational mechanisms. It employs the concept of feature-based modeling approaches. A method is proposed for integrating the dimensional synthesis, mechanical design and CAD...
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Fall 2023
With the rapid development of advanced manufacturing technologies, the fabrication of complex structures with enhanced functional properties has been realized. As a result, a wide exploration of the design space for functional geometric objects has been enabled in research and engineering...
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Integrating Solar PV Systems into Residential Buildings in Cold-climate Regions: The Impact of Energy-efficient Homes on Shaping the Future Smart Grid
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The integration of solar energy systems into residential buildings is an emerging trend worldwide and is an important method of mitigating the impact of housing on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To achieve optimal energy performance, the generating capacity of solar photovoltaic systems (PVs)...