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Showing 1 to 20 of 128 for “"sensing technology"”.
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Thermal characterisation of miniature hotplates used in gas sensing technology
… infra-red (IR) emitter chips for use in gas sensing technology for stable long-term operation were studied, using both IR and a novel thermo-incandescence microscopy. The IR emitters were fabricated using complementary-metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) based processing technology and consisted …
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An Assessment of remote sensing technology in Virginia planning agencies
Remote sensing techniques have proven utility to a wide range of planning problems. This research explores the adoption and application of remote sensing techniques by Virginia planning agencies. All planning agencies within the Commonwealth were sent a Remote Sensing Utilization Questionnaire. …
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Utilisation of Proximal Sensing Technology to Map Variability in Ontario Vineyards
… sensed observations acquired by the GreenSeeker™ technology could be correlated with soil moisture, vine water status, yield components and grape composition, and whether temporally consistent relationships could be established. The research was carried out on three experimental sites involving …
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Error analysis for distributed fibre optic sensing technology based on Brillouin scattering
… Reflectometry (BOTDR), a distributed strain sensing technology used for monitoring the structural performance of infrastructures. Although BOTDR has been recently applied to many infrastructure monitoring applications, its measurement error has not yet been thoroughly investigated. The …
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Novel NOx sensing technology determining value by looking at patent potential and possible partnerships
… and Engineering has developed a new approach for sensing NOx (nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide), and Christophoros Vassiliou, a Masters of Engineering student in Electrical Engineering, is working with Cima on the development of the technology in the lab. The novelty of the electrochemical sensor …
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Methane in deep sea hydrothermal plumes. Development of a new in-situ methane sensing technology
… the need for a reliable in-situ methane sensing technology. Current in-situ methane sensing technology is based on gas partitioning across gas permeable membranes, which are poorly characterised and variable in terms of permeability and environmental pressures. Two optical techniques were …
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Development of an Encapsulation Strategy for an Implantable Optical Glucose Sensing Technology Compatible with a Self-Cleaning Membrane
The concerning rate of diabetes mellitus prevalence and its associated chronic complications accentuates the urgency for continuous glucose monitoring. Optical techniques, especially fluorescence-affinity assays, offer a strategy that transcends current transcutaneous sensors by enabling …
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The Development of Low-Cost Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Invasive Alien Plant Species: The Case of Japanese Knotweed
… their spread. Freely available satellite remote sensing data such as Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 can provide multispectral and historical imagery with a spatial resolution between 10 to 30m. However, such low spatial resolution imagery cannot effectively identify and segment the several IAPS like …
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A study of aquatic sedimentation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, using GIS and remote sensing technology integrated with hydrodynamic and watershed models
… This study aims to integrate remote sensing technology with numerical watershed and hydrodynamic models and apply them on the Tennessee River and the surrounding tributaries to better assess the fate and transport of suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) there. The obtained results …
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Instrumentation and algorithms for electrostatic inverse problems
… of the myriad applications for electric field sensing is described. The main application goal for this thesis is to make an efficient 3D mouse using electric field sensing technology.
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Sapphire Fiber Based Sensing Technologies for High Temperature Applications
… been studied intensively for harsh environment sensing in the past two decades due to its supreme mechanical, physical and optical properties. It is by far the most reported and likely the best optical fiber based sensing technology for sensing applications in temperature beyond 1000°C. Several …
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Fully Distributed Multi-parameter Sensors Based on Acoustic Fiber Bragg Gratings
A fully distributed multi-parameter acoustic sensing technology is proposed. Current fully distributed sensing techniques are exclusively based on intrinsic scatterings in optical fibers. They demonstrate long sensing span, but their limited applicable parameters (temperature and strain) and costly …
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Design and control of a Two-Degree-of-Freedom powered ankle-foot prosthesis
Powered ankle prostheses have been proven to improve the walking economy of transtibial amputees although these powered systems are usually much heavier in weight than conventional prostheses. All commercial powered ankle prostheses that are currently available can only perform …
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Distributed Sensors, Data Analysis, and Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring: Foundations for Reliability-Centered Maintenance on Ships
Advances in computing and sensing technology have brought powerful new tools within reach of shipboard engineers. With the right setup, operators can leverage statistics and digital signal processing tools to gain physical insight previously obscured by the sheer amount of work and specialized …
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Task-driven navigation and mapping with resource constraints
Breakthroughs in sensing technology in the past decade have greatly improved the capability of robots to sense complicated, partially-known environments. For example, RGB-D cameras and Velodyne scanners allow for the collection of massive amounts of sensor data in real time. These new technologies …
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Anonymous Indoor Positioning System using Depth Sensors for Context-aware Human-Building Interaction
… the fundamental requirements for depth-sensing technology to detect, identify and track subjects as they move across different spaces. This depth-based approach is capable of sensing and identifying individuals by accounting for the privacy concerns of users in an indoor environment. The …
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Engineering-driven Machine Learning Methods for System Intelligence
… is a revolutionary domain integrating advanced sensing technology, machine learning methods, and the industrial internet of things (IIoT). The development of sensing technology provides large amounts and various types of data (e.g., profile, image, point cloud, etc.) to describe each stage of a …
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Spatial aspects of mobile ad hoc collaboration
… the enabling wireless communication and location sensing technology. It then proceeds to consider location, proximity and spatial organization as major factors in the development of interfaces and applications within the framework. The importance of seamless transitions between face-to-face …
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Polar Sea Ice Mapping for SeaWinds
… as polar sea ice. Advances in microwave remote sensing technology have allowed a large-scale and detailed study of sea ice characteristics. This thesis provides the analysis and development of sea ice mapping algorithms for the SeaWinds scatterometer. First, an in-depth analysis of the Remund …
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