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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Rapidly Deployable"”.
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Rapidly-Deployable Materials Processing Approaches for Energy Applications and Chemical Separations
… to improve their performance using existing and rapidly-deployable systems. I first present and analyse the case of the instability of metal nanowire networks, where my work investigates and demonstrates design principles for encapsulants which are economically viable and deployable with …
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Development of rapidly deployable structures for military applications : a system based approach to command post facilities
… an encompassing solution. This thesis presents a rapidly deployable CP structure developed using a system based approach.
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Supporting Flight Control for UAV-Assisted Wilderness Search and Rescue Through Human Centered Interface Design
Inexpensive, rapidly deployable, camera-equipped Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems can potentially assist with a huge number of tasks. However, in many cases such as wilderness search and rescue (WiSAR), the potential users of the system may not be trained as pilots. Simple interface concepts …
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Bamboo Housing: Building with Composites for Dignity and Longevity
… attributes of longevity and quality, but is also rapidly deployable via pre-fabrication. This exploration is performed with the methodology of an in-country applied product and process design, physical prototyping of elements and joints, mechanical performance testing, a case study house design, …
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Using Pressure Transducers for Noninvasive Heart and Respiratory Monitoring
… a simple non-invasive sensor. This device is a rapidly deployable tool that has the potential to save lives specifically in mass casualty situations. It would be a force multiplier, allowing a single responder to monitor multiple casualties, saving time and lives.
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Development of acoustic sensor and signal processing technique.
… thesis reports on the development of low-cost, rapidly deployable acoustic base sensor that will be able to survey live sewer pipes. The sensor emits short coded acoustic signals which are reflected from any defects of the wall of the underground pipes and recorded for future processing. The …
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Advanced classification methods for UAV imagery
… coverage zones, thanks to their small size and rapidly deployable flight capability, notwithstanding their ease of use and affordability. The very high level of details of the data acquired via UAVs, however, in order to be properly availed, requires further treatment through suitable image …
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Deployable Infrastructure in Support of Science and Education
… and any other environment or event that requires rapidly deployable, self-sufficient infrastructure. The prototype laboratory was successfully deployed during the summer of 2007 and has been field tested by the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) Bush-2-Base Bioinformatics …
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Channel Impulse Response and Its Relationship to Bit Error Rate at 28 GHz
… Telecommunication has developed a prototype of a rapidly deployable high bandwidth wireless communication system at 28 GHz (Local Multipoint Distribution Service frequency). This system provides a large bandwidth radio link to a disaster zone up to 5 km away and puts Ethernet speeds and 802.11 …
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Channel Propagation Model for Train to Vehicle Alert System at 5.9 GHz using Dedicated Short Range Communication
… vehicular accidents [2]. To help provide a more rapidly deployable safety system, advanced dedicated short range communication (DSRC) systems are being developed. DSRC is an emerging technology that is currently being explored by the automotive safety industry for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and …
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Design of an energy-efficient geographic routing protocol for mobile ad-hoc networks
… wireless applications will take advantage of rapidly deployable, self-configuring multi-hop mobile Ad-hoc networks. In order to provide robust performance in mobile Ad-hoc networks and hence cope with dynamic path loss conditions, it is apparent that research and development of energy …
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Methods and devices for corrosion fatigue testing without acceleration
… is subsequently redesigned as an inexpensive and rapidly deployable test stand for uncoated shaft specimens. The originally envisioned device is also designed and assembled. It leverages non-contact air bearings and motors, as well as flexural pivots, to enable very high cycle fatigue testing …
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Biologically Inspired Cognitive Radio Engine Model Utilizing Distributed Genetic Algorithms for Secure and Robust Wireless Communications and Networking
… test bench are presented, with a focus on rapidly deployable disaster communications. Research contributions include developing a biologically inspired model of cognition in a radio architecture, proposing that genetic algorithm operations could be used to realize this model, developing an …
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Optical communication through the turbulent atmosphere with transmitter and receiver diversity, wavefront control, and coherent detection
… has the potential to provide secure, low-cost, rapidly deployable, dynamic, data transmission at very high rates. However, the deleterious effects of turbulence can severely limit the utility of such a system, causing outages of up to 100 ms. For this thesis, we investigate an architecture that …
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Computational Modelling and Treatment Optimization of Acute Endovascular and Respiratory Conditions
… of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, a low-cost, rapidly deployable emergency ventilator design using a novel fluidic oscillator was developed. The design addresses potential ventilator shortages resulting from the ongoing and future pandemics by converting a continuous positive airway pressure …