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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Novel instrumentation"”.
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High field DNP and cryogenic MAS NMR : novel instrumentation and applications
… model tripeptide, and a systematic analysis of a novel approach to high efficiency RF circuit design. The extension of DNP-NMR to 16.4T has required the development of probe technology, cryogenics, gyrotrons, and microwave transmission lines. A novel DNP probe and cryogenic instrumentation permit …
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Measurement and evaluation of multimedia I/O performance
… as video, network, and disk). Second, several novel instrumentation and measurement techniques are developed to allow accurate measurement and analysis of multimedia I/O activity. Third, an I/O resource contention model is created that incorporates measurements of I/O device interaction. …
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Supplementing Localization Algorithms for Indoor Footsteps
… using a nearest neighbor search. Additionally, a novel instrumentation method is designed based on a multi-point coupling approach that provides directional inference from a single point of measurement. This work contributes to solving the indoor footstep localization problem by consolidating the …
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Polarization-dependent nonlinear optical microscopy methods for the analysis of crystals and biological tissues
… crystals prior to X-ray diffraction (XRD). For novel protein targets, high-throughput crystallography often involves generation of multiple targets and thousands of crystallization trials per target to generate diffraction-quality crystals. Second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging has been …
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Development of a digital signal processing measurement platform for biomedical magnetic induction tomography and spectroscopy
… phase drift for practical MIT measurements, a novel instrumentation amplifier was designed and it was incorporated into a new 5-channel annular array MIT prototype. The prototype was fully developed into a 14-channel Cardiff MIT-MKIIa system and both systems demonstrated sub-millidegree phase …
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Surface mapping based on the correlated emission of ions and electrons from hypervelocity C60 impacts
… increasing projectile velocity. The use of the novel instrumentation presented here, necessitated the development of custom acquisition and analysis software. The analysis of co-emitted species from nano-metric dimensions is enhanced with the ability to perform multiple …
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Landslide-pipeline interaction for onshore slopes in silty sand
… structural stiffness of a real world pipeline. Novel instrumentation was employed to capture the full field pipe and soil strain, making use of a high-definition fiber optic sensing to capture the strain every 2.6 mm at model scale. Imaging technology was developed for use in a geotechnical …
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Measurements and dynamics of multiple scale bedforms in tidally energetic environments
… bedforms to a tidally reversing flow using novel instrumentation and platform systems. A method is outlined in chapter 2 to expand the functionality of low-mounted sidescan sonars by utilizing sonar shadows to estimate bedform height and asymmetry. Empirical models are generated to account …
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Rapid Classification of Imaged Objects Using Molecular Factor and Multivariate Optical Computing
… development is vital for the success of novel instrumentation. Our lab has focused on the design of imaging systems based on molecular factor and multivariate optical computing. A simulation-driven design approach was utilized to develop a multimode infrared imaging system for chemical …
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Measurements and dynamics of multiple scale bedforms in tidally energetic environments
… bedforms to a tidally reversing flow using novel instrumentation and platform systems. A method is outlined in chapter 2 to expand the functionality of low-mounted sidescan sonars by utilizing sonar shadows to estimate bedform height and asymmetry. Empirical models are generated to account …
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Improving the mechanistic study of neuromuscular diseases through the development of a fully wireless and implantable recording device
… incomplete. This is in part due to the lack of instrumentation available to easily collect longitudinal, <em>in vivo</em> electrophysiological activity from mice. There remains a need for a fully wireless, batteryless, and implantable recording system that can be adapted for a variety of …
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A Study of the Effects of Irradiation and Radiolytic Oxidation of the Pore-Level Structure of Gilsocarbon Nuclear Graphite
… measure the small sample volumes provided, novel instrumentation and interpretation methods were developed. This included the construction of a micropycnometer, built to obtain values of the accessible and inaccessible pore volumes. In addition, graphite's low surface area demanded the use …
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Improving the performance and reliability of mobile applications
… apps. The systems are built on top of a binary instrumentation framework that automatically rewrites app binary at bytecode level. Hence, using them requires minimal effort on part of the app developer. The systems include novel instrumentation techniques to automatically track the runtime …
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Shock initiation of explosives under the microscope
… the Dlott group. A full description of the novel instrumentation used to monitor the temperature history of shock compressed explosives and its integration into the existing flyer plate apparatus is detailed. The system consists of 32 individual photomultiplier tubes to which light is fed …
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New Developments On High-resolution Luminescence Spectroscopy And Their Application To The Direct Analysis Of Organic Pollutants
… This dissertation deals with the development of novel instrumentation and analytical methods for the analysis of PACs in environmental samples. The developed methodology is based on two well-known high-resolution luminescence techniques, namely Shpol'skii Spectroscopy (SS) and Fluorescence Line …
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Advances in Raman hyperspectral compressive detection instrumentation for fast label free classification, quantitation and imaging
<p>Multiple prototypes of hyperspectral compressive detection (CD) Raman spectrometers have previously been constructed in the Ben-Amotz lab and have proven to be useful for fast, label-free chemical identification, quantitation and imaging. The CD spectrometer consists of a volume holographic …
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High-Resolution, High-Frequency Modal Analysis for Instrumented Buildings
… modal analysis in these two areas by applying novel instrumentation and experimental methods to two full-scale buildings, Goodwin Hall and Ernest Cockrell Jr. Hall. This enables realistic, practical insights into the limitations and benefits of the high-frequency SHM approach. Throughout, …