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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Low-cost sensing"”.
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Development of low-cost sensing and separation devices based on macro, micro and nano technology for health applications
… in this thesis described the development of low-cost sensing and separation devices with electrochemical detections for health applications. This research employs macro, micro and nano technology. The first sensing device developed was a tonerbased micro-device. The initial development of …
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Small Wind Turbine Blade Sensor for Condition Based Maintenance
… in the wind turbine, this project prototyped a low cost sensing system to monitor blades' health. The sensor board uses Atmel microcontrollers to monitor the blade's vibration frequency by sampling a data set of 128 acceleration measurements. An integer version of Fast Fourier Transform is used …
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Towards a table top quantum computer
… For this thesis, the goal is to develop a low-cost, table-top quantum computer capable of implementing simple quantum algorithms demonstrated thus far in the community, but is also amenable to the many scaling issues of practical quantum computing. Understanding these scaling issues …
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Non-Contact Sensing for Protected Cropping
… for optimized plant growth, but traditional sensing techniques for monitoring plant health and crop quality are often invasive, costly, and labor-intensive. This thesis explores innovative, non-contact sensing methodologies to address key challenges in plant water management and crop quality …
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Optical Coherence Sensors in Multimode Fibers
… fiber sensors are widely applied in modern sensing systems. Taking advantage of the high sensitivity of optical interference, optical coherence fiber sensors, such as fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPIs), have been investigated intensively and utilized broadly …
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Concept synthesis and design optimization of meso-scale, multi-degree-of-freedom precision flexure motion systems with integrated strain-based sensors
… hinges on the ability to design and realize low-cost, high-performance MDOF nanopositioners. The repeatability and accuracy of precision flexure-based instruments depends upon the performance of the flexure mechanism (e.g. bearings, actuators, and structural elements) and a metrology system …
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Extending the range of low SWaP-C FMCW radar
… develops, analyzes, and tests a method to adapt low-cost, automotive-grade radar chipsets for long-range sensing. These disruptive chipsets offer impressive performance at low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) that could benefit applications with tight SWaP-C budgets such as urban air …