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Holistic Methodology for Stochastic Space Mission Utility Analysis
(2017-10)Analysis and design mechanisms have a profound effect on space missions; yet, space mission engineering is a discipline without unanimous definition and implementation. Current philosophies are inadequate due to incomplete ... -
Holocene Human Influence in the Ecuadorean Amazon
(2022-05)The extent to which the spectacular biodiversity of Amazonia has been shaped by Pre-Columbian humans is actively debated. Forests that today appear to be pristine wildernesses may have supported complex human societies ... -
HOLOGRAPHIC-BASED LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS AND PHONON-ENHANCED WAVEGUIDES FOR INFRARED APPLICATIONS
(2014-12)This work contributes to critical requirements for antenna-coupled detection applications: 1) large capture cross section with design control of angular response and 2) long propagation lengths of complex signals. ... -
Home Automation System by Voice Commands
(2019-12)The Home Automation System is one of the most important technologies that are used by humans for controlling electrical devices to reduce manual efforts in their daily tasks. The home automation system by voice has the ... -
How Could Robots Successfully Elicit Help from Humans?
(2019-07)With the rapid growth of robot usages, more attention has been focused on the robots’ hardware and software to improve functionality. However, the interaction between humans and robots can be key to enhancing robots’ ... -
HRV - ECG Generator: Software for Testing Heart Rate Variability Detection
(2019-05)Heart rate variability (HRV) has been shown to serve as an effective diagnostic and prognostic tool in a variety of clinical applications, including for patients who have suffered from myocardial infarction, sepsis and ... -
HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ANURAN DISTRIBUTION CHANGES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.
(2014-07)As human populations continue to expand and grow, ecosystems and the species that inhabit them face ever-increasing stress. To conserve these ecosystems, scientists use indicator species to try to measure the impact ... -
A Human-centered Design Approach to Enhance Children’s Collaboration and Facilitate Learning Using Tangible User Interface
(2017-05)Mark Weiser’s 1988 vision of ubiquitous computing was the source of many research efforts, which contributed to incorporate computers into our current everyday life. One of the research topics is “Tangible User Interface” ... -
Human-Centered Design of a 3D-Augmented Strategic Weather Management System for the Aviation Community
(2018-07)Convective weather is one of the main causes of accidents in the National Airspace System according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The purpose of this research, aligned with current NextGen research efforts, was ... -
Human-Centered Design of the Enhanced Pilot Learning Interface for the Aviation Community
(2018-12)The purpose of this research is to introduce a new device to help pilots navigate aircraft manuals. This informational navigational tool is designed to improve learning by reducing the time it takes a pilot candidate to ... -
Human-Centered Enterprise Resource Maintenance Management
(2019-03)In complex domains, maintenance personnel may be required to use multiple software tools for receiving status information and controlling resources across the enterprise. These tools have evolved to be effective for ... -
Human-Robot Plan Communication
(2019-12)Although the technical development of robots has made them more autonomous, they still benefit from some human skills and advice. Therefore, the robot needs to interact with a human and ask him for help to get out of ... -
HUMANS, VEGETATION, AND DROUGHT IN LATE HOLOCENE AMAZONIA
(2019-05)The resilience and adaptation of past societies to climate change remain unclear, especially in the tropical cloud-forests of the Andes and the aseasonal forests of lowland western Amazonia. Long thought to have been too ... -
Hybrid long-range mid-infrared hyperbolic phonon polariton waveguide using hexagonal boron nitride
(2019-05)For any photonic-on-chip applications long propagation waveguides are critical. The use of plasmon polaritons for near-infrared and optical networks has been extensively studied for the purpose of achieving long propagation ... -
HYBRID PHONON POLARITONS MIMIC TE SURFACE WAVE ENHANCED SUPERCOUPLING
(2017-05)The study and excitation of surface plasmon polaritons SPhPs modes in polar dielectrics have attracted the interest of a wide range of research in various fields such as biology, physics and engineering. The excitation ... -
Hydrodynamic Ram Analysis of Bonded Composite Fuel Tanks
(2019-12)Military aircraft are tested against a variety of ballistics threats as part of their design to assess their vulnerability. One aspect of this approach/requirement is Hydrodynamic Ram testing which accounts for projectile ... -
Hydrodynamic Resistance of a Surfboard: An Analytical, Empirical, and Statistical Analysis
(2017-02)The objective of the present study defines a drag coefficient for a 9’0” surfboard. The hydrodynamic drag of a surfboard is derived from theory outlining the mathematical foundation used. Analytical solutions provide values ... -
Hydrogen/Diesel Co-Combustion in Compression Ignition Engines Through Hydrogen Ingestion and Direct Hydrogen Injection
(2021-05)This dissertation develops, implements, and validates the computational tools necessary for the computational simulation of hydrogen-enhanced Diesel combustion for premixed hydrogen charges ingested into the intake air and ... -
IDENTIFICATION OF ELEMENTS ESSENTIAL FOR REPLICATION ORIGIN ACTIVITY IN Escherichia coli
(2018-05)The increasing number of drug resistant pathogenic bacteria has created a growing health care crisis. Solving the crisis will require a number of solutions, among them being development of new antibiotics that target ... -
Identification of Parameters in Systems Biology
(2019-05)Systems Biology is an actively emerging interdisciplinary area between biology and applied mathematics, based on the idea of treating biological systems as a whole entity which is more than the sum of its interrelated ...