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Optimizing Acoustic Array Beamforming to Aid a Speech Recognition System
Preobrazhensky, Sergei ( 2012-08 )The iBrutus is a pilot project at the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department at OSU which develops human-computer interaction via spoken dialog. The goal of the iBrutus project is to design a kiosk with a talking ... -
Optimizing Engagement Simulations Through the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) Software
Bernal, Iric ( 2020-05 )The ability to effectively model and simulate military missions holds the potential to save lives, money, and resources for the United States. The Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) software ... -
Optimizing Hyperdamping Materials for Enhancing Vibration Control and Shock Attenuation Properties
Song, Yu ( 2017-05 )To reduce unwanted mechanical vibrations in automotive, aerospace, and civil engineering fields, recent research has investigated periodic metamaterials having especially architected topologies. Yet, these solutions employ ... -
Optimizing pumped storage hydro facility operation under uncertainty
Ikudo, Akina ( 2009-03 )Unlike water resource management for irrigation purposes, optimizing a hydro facility operation requires the integration of uncertainty in the market price of electricity as well as the uncertainty in the inflow rate. In ... -
Optimizing Reflection and Orientation for Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules
Dong, Raymond ( 2009-06 )Currently, the world market for photovoltaic (PV) solar panel technology is expanding rapidly. The increasing market for PV panels reflects the increasing demand for a clean, reliable energy solution and indicates that ... -
Optimizing Steam Bubble Cavitation using Chemiluminescence
Stech, Russell ( 2012-08 )Water treatment methods in the United States are constantly under development to help create more efficient, sustainable, and improved technologies. This is important as our water supply becomes ever more exposed to ... -
Optimizing the Movement Control System of a Hexapedal Robot using Modified Coordinate Descent
Zhang, Zhihao ( 2020-05 )Bio-inspired legged robots may potentially have capabilities that traditional wheeled robots may not be able to provide. As these robots become practical for everyday life, their body shape, control system, and movement ... -
Optimizing Waste Flows in the OSU Network
Naumoff, Cullen ( 2007-06 )The purpose of this project is to develop a comprehensive model of waste flows at The Ohio State University to enable cost-effective waste reduction. The ultimate goal will be to establish effective solutions that help ... -
Orbital Debris Tracking using a Wireless Sensor Network
Flores, Wilson ( 2018-05 )One of the biggest threats faced with space exploration is a problem known as Space Situational Awareness (SSA). SSA is the ability to view, understand, and predict the physical location of space debris with the objective ... -
Origami-inspired acoustic transducer arrays: a first design and characterization study
Lynd, Danielle ( 2017-05 )Linear or planar arrays of acoustic transducers are used to direct and focus acoustic energy through active phase delays and amplitude weights provided to the individual transducers. These acoustic transducer arrays are ... -
An Overview of FcγRIIb Mediated HIV and Small Immune Complex Clearance Function of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells: A Pathway for New Immunotherapies
Thomas, Thushara ( 2019-12 )The effect of Fc receptors on the regulation of the immune system is well known. In recent years, the so called “inhibitory receptor” FcγRIIb has been shown to be responsible for the clearance mechanism of the liver ... -
Oxygen Carrying Particle Characterization in Lignocellulosic Fueled Chemical Looping
Cilliers, Cornelius ( 2013-05 )The growing awareness of climate change due to anthropogenic CO2 emissions has started a search for clean and renewable energy sources. The chemical looping process is an emerging technology that has potential for high ... -
Pain Sensitivity and Inflammatory Gene Expression in Young and Aged Rat Spinal Cord in Response to Surgery and Morphine
Ruzga, Marissa ( 2020-12 )After surgery, older adults are particularly vulnerable to experiencing increased and poorly controlled pain (Halaszynski, 2013). Despite its common use after surgery, there is evidence that chronic morphine treatment ... -
Parameter Optimization to Maximize Luminescent Oxygen Sensor Perfomance Embedded in a Core-Shell Electrospun Nanofiber Design.
Arnold, Ryan ( 2020-05 )Oxygen is a critical molecule to several biological processes, making its detection important to several biomedical applications. Oxygen sensors designed using luminescent quenching molecules embedded in an electrospun ... -
Parametric Estimation of Crystallographic Texture Using Estimation Maximization
Ahlborg, Carl ( 2018-05 )The properties of materials are functions of their internal structure. Most engineering materials, including metals, are polycrystalline and composed of microscopic crystals. The crystallographic texture, the description ... -
Particulate Adhesion and Removal From Substrates
Beal, Patrick ( 2017-05 )One of the major issues plaguing the semiconductor industry is the adhesion of submicron-sized particles (called particulates) to silicon wafers (substrates) during wafer manufacturing. Such substrate contamination results ... -
PASSIVE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN SENSOR NETWORKS USING OPPORTUNISTIC FM RADIO SIGNALS
Balderas, Gerardo ( 2011-06 )ABSTRACT Time synchronization is a critical piece of infrastructure for any wireless sensor network. It is necessary for applications such as audio localization, beam-forming, velocity calculation, and duplicate event ... -
Peptide Expression and Purification to Elucidate the Mechanism of Vascular Alpha2C-Adrenoceptor Traslocation
Fidelibus, Robert ( 2012-06 )In response to physiological cold temperatures, cutaneous blood vessels constrict to reduce heat loss. This constriction is mediated by smooth muscle G protein-coupled α2C-adrenoceptors (α2C-ARs), which translocate from ... -
Perceived Instability and Co-Contraction in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Leszcz, Elizabeth ( 2019-05 )Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease characterized by the breakdown of cartilage in a joint. It is most common in the knee joint, with 14 million Americans experiencing knee OA in the United States alone. Patients with knee ... -
Periodic hyperdamping inclusions in resonant metamaterials for control of broadband vibroacoustic energy
Bishop, Justin ( 2017-05 )The absorption of structural vibrations and noise is often essential to structural integrity and operator safety. These unwanted vibroacoustic energies are typically broadband, which presents a challenge to traditional ...