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Spring 2019

Vicente, Agustin

In the oil sands extraction process, bitumen (crude oil) is separated from the sands in the Primary Separation Vessel (PSV) through a water-based gravity separation process. The interface between froth (crude oil) and middlings (water and sand) is the most important control variable in the PSV...

Spring 2019

McFarlane, Vincent J

Measurements of frazil ice characteristics in both laboratory and field environments have each been hindered by different challenges to date. In the laboratory, the resolution of the digital imaging systems used to photograph suspended particles has limited the size of the smallest frazil ice...

Spring 2019

Keshmiri, Kiarash

Viscosity reduction is critically important for heavy oil extraction and experimental studies have shown this can be achieved by injection of a light solvent into a reservoir and dilution of heavy oil in place. Solvent-based methods have challenges like slow diffusion process and oil production...

Fall 2023

Akbari, Mojtaba

This thesis presents significant research on robotic motion planning within diagnostic and therapy applications, with a primary focus on the integration of control and AI techniques. The research encompasses three main contributions: a robotic ultrasound imaging method, a robot-assisted...

Fall 2022

Nascimento de Oliveira, Mayara

Estimating tissue perfusion has great clinical applications such as the prediction of anti-angiogenic therapies and stroke management. Ultrasound perfusion imaging is preferable than other methods since it has real time capabilities, and it is inexpensive. The method proposed in this study shows...

Fall 2022

Sun, Xinyao

The objective of signal decomposition is to extract and separate distinct signal components from a composite signal. Signal decomposition has been studied in many applications, such as image, video, audio, and speech signals. This thesis focuses on the category of signal decomposition on...

Fall 2017

Popli, Khushaal

Froth flotation is a crucial and complex process, which has been used in various industries for the purpose of separation and beneficiation. Various classes of factors including chemistry, operational, or equipment influence the process outputs. Its complex nature makes it difficult to control...

Fall 2020

Mukherjee,Subhayan

Detecting and interpreting image abnormalities and restoring images are essential to many processing pipelines in diverse fields. Challenges involved include randomness and unstructured nature of image artefacts (from signal processing perspective) and performance constraints imposed by...

Spring 2017

Abdollah, Vahid

The underlying pathology of low back pain (LBP) is poorly understood. Although MRI is often used as a sensitive modality for depicting pathoanatomical abnormalities, it is often clinically inconclusive due to a lack of specificity. While most patients experience symptoms when the spine is loaded,...

Fall 2024

Jozi, Seyed Danial

The extensive damages caused by natural disasters incur substantial costs to the built environment. The escalating frequency and severity of disasters, particularly hurricanes, driven by the impacts of Climate Change, highlight the urgency for prompt post-disaster assessments. A thorough and...