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Spring 2023
Body posture predicting methods have many applications, including product design, ergonomic workplace design, human body simulation, virtual reality and animation industry. Initiated in robotics, Inverse Kinematic (IK) method has been widely applied to proactive human body posture estimation. The...
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Spring 2023
3D reconstruction of quadruped animals is a challenging problem, where key issues lie in their large shape variety and deformation within the same animal species as well as the lack of sufficient training data. In this thesis, we present two approaches toward this task. Our first approach is a...
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Mobility and Safety Implications of Automated Vehicles in Mixed Traffic by Recognizing Behavioral Variations of Drivers
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The Introduction of Connected-Automated Vehicle (CAV) technology provided a new opportunity to fix the traditional transportation system. Automated vehicles (AuV) would take the driving responsibility and drive the vehicles by analyzing their’ surrounding through a range of sensors. The...
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A framework to automate physical demand analysis based on artificial intelligence and motion capture for workplace safety improvement
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Workers' safety and productivity and its affecting factors, such as ergonomics, are essential aspects of construction projects. Applying ergonomics and realizing the connections among workers and their assigned tasks have indicated a decrease in workers' injuries and discomforts, a beneficial...
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09/28/2021
SSHRC IG awarded 2022: The proposed research is concerned with the evolution of the School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Canada. It focuses on the experiences of persons with nexus to the SRO program. These include (1) students, (2) parents, (3) school administrators and board trustees, (4)...
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2018-02-01
Tays, D., Scanlan, K., Macciotta, R., Martin, C.D., Hendry, M.T.
This report summarizes the Canadian Rail Research Laboratory’s (CaRRL) findings after performing an in-depth investigation into the potential safety benefits gained from the introduction of enhanced train control (ETC) technology to the Canadian railway environment.
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Vision-based Tracking of Worker Trajectories in Built Workplaces for Safety and Health Study
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Construction sites are the place where personnel and equipment work closely. In such workplaces, human movement dynamically adapts to the surrounding circumstances which are congested and continually changing. Acquisition of worker trajectories and measurement of physical value of workplaces,...
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Single-Shot Accurate 3D Reconstruction Using Structured Light Systems Based on Local Optimization
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Creating 3D models of objects has been studied extensively for several decades. These models have different applications in different fields. As a result, creating 3D models is an interesting area in computer vision. There are many proposed methods for extracting 3D information of 2D images. One...
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What Makes a Project Safe? Identifying the Impacts Factors Have on the Safety Performance of a Construction Site through Use of Artificial Neural Networks
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What makes a construction project safe? This question prompted this research project. The goal was to identify factors and quantify their impact on the safety performance of construction projects. The first step in achieving this goal was to research key performance indicators in the area of...