This thesis studies the automated filament winding process. Its two objectives are: 1) The restauration of a filament winding system functionality and system adaptation for the manufacturing of thermoplastic materials ...

Enhancing heat transfer between fuel rods and coolant is one of the main goals of nuclear engineering. Spacer grids equipped with mixing vanes are placed inside nuclear fuel assemblies to enhance the lateral velocities ...

Cryptocurrency is a means of digital exchange that, by its design and operation, complies with the functions of traditional money allowing the exchange of goods and services by using cryptography to verify and store ...

A fully automatic technique for segmenting the liver and localizing its unhealthy tissues is a convenient tool in order to diagnose hepatic diseases and also to assess the response to the according treatments. In this ...

European directives for renewable energies and decreasing costs of these alternative generation technologies are incentivising a transformation of the electricity markets, grid infrastructure and the way the grid is ...

La sostenibilitat de les nostres cadenes de subministrament que cada cop son més complexes i globals, és una preocupació important en la gestió estratègica d’aquestes. Tant a l'acadèmia com a la indústria, s'estan invertint ...

As part of this thesis, IxSketch will be developed, a proof of concept tool for prototyping interfaces that aims to bring the strengths of paper prototyping into the digital realm. We aim to do so by providing ways of ...

State estimation is a critical component of an autonomous vehicle. Safe, accurate and reliable localization can be a challenging task, especially in worst-case scenarios where sensors may suffer from poor performance or ...

Programming an autonomous task on a robot is very useful when the robot needs to perform a repetitive task in a controlled environment. However, the real world is full of surprises that cannot always be foreseen by the ...