Browsing by Contributor "University of California, Irvine"
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Active-arm wheelchair: a novel approach in hemiparesis rehabilitation after stroke
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-08)
Bachelor thesis
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Covenantee: University of California, IrvineOne of the most common consequences after stroke is hemiparesis, which is weakness on the side of the body contralateral to the stroke. For that reason, many stroke patients need a wheelchair for mobility, especially ... -
Analysis of Network Algorithms
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-06)
Bachelor thesis
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Communication system for a tooth-mounted RF sensor used for continuous monitoring of nutrient intake
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-09-06)
Master thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineIn this Thesis, the communication system of a wearable device that monitors the user’s diet is studied. Based in a novel RF metamaterial-based mouth sensor, different decisions have to be made concerning the system’s ... -
Design and additive manufacturing of architected materials with non-linear mechanical response
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / University of California, Irvine, 2013)
Bachelor thesis
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Covenantee: University of California, IrvineMost structural systems are designed to operate in their elastic regime, resulting in a linear relationship between applied loads and resulting displacements. This behavior is easy to analyze but not necessarily optimal ... -
Evaluating the impacts of start-up and clearance behaviors in a signalized network: A network fundamental diagram approach
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-27)
Master thesis
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Covenantee: University of California, IrvineThe objective of the present TFM is to analyze the performance of the Advisory Speed Limit (ASL), which is a control strategy, inside a city's signalized network grid using Newell's simplified car-following model with ... -
FPGA-Based Accelerator for Convolutional Neural Networks
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-06)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineEn aquests darrers anys, l’arquitectura hardware i el disseny de nous sistemes s’han convertit en àrees de recerca predominants en el món de la intel·ligència artificial en termes d’innovació i eficiència. Aquest increment ... -
Gait training with haptic feedback assistance
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-04)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineAquest treball serveix com a prova de concepte per desenvolupar un cinturó basat en retroalimentació hàptica per fomentar l'exploració de la marxa humana. La rehabilitació actual i l'entrenament de dispositius assistits ... -
Modeling of traffic instabilities and phantom jam: The LWR model with stochastic speed-density relation
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-27)
Master thesis
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Covenantee: University of California, IrvineThis study will evaluate the real causes of phantom traffic jam by evaluating different continuous car-following models under different conditions. Finding the origins of these instabilities would lead to apply some control ... -
Neural networks as a numerical tool to solve the electromagnetic field in an enclosed space
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-06)
Bachelor thesis
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Covenantee: University of California, IrvineI am responsible for the formulation of preprocessing functions to enhance the efficiency of the simulations made by an Artificial Neural Network of the Electromagnetic Field emitted by a Dipole Antenna in a closed room, ... -
Novel airplane roll mechanism implementation in a wind tunnel
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-09-25)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineAccording to recent research conducted by professor Haithem E. Taha and Ahmed M. Hasan, there is a loss in the control capabilities of the ailerons when flying at stall regime. Not only the sensitivity of this control ... -
Novel airplane roll mechanism implementation in a wind tunnel
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-09-25)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineAccording to recent research conducted by professor Haithem E. Taha and Ahmed M. Hasan, there is a loss in the control capabilities of the ailerons when flying at stall regime. Not only the sensitivity of this control ... -
Opportunistic Navigation with Iridium Next LEO Satellites
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-23)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineThe concept of opportunistic navigation arises from the future demands that autonomous vehicles will require in order to navigate in a reliable and accurate way in GNSS-challenged environments. Specifically, GNSS signals ... -
Optimal location of variable speed limit application areas in freeways
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09-13)
Master thesis
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Covenantee: University of California, IrvineVariable speed limits (VSL) are an effective method for preventing, eliminating, or delaying the occurrence of capacity drop at active bottlenecks. Many studies are focused on feedback algorithms to adapt ... -
Resource, recycling and waste challenges for storage resources in a 100% renewable economy
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-05)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineIn this thesis, the battery storage needed for a 100% renewable economy was calculated. It was determined that the use of batteries as a worldwide energy storage solution is not viable. Other systems, such as power-to-gas, ... -
Simulation of unsteady flow: dynamic stall on a pitching wing
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-06)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineLa entrada en pérdida dinámica se ha estudiado utilizando CFD para el caso de un perfil NACA0012 3D haciendo un movimiento de cabeceo, a un número de Reynolds moderado. Los resultados se compararán con resultados experimentales. ... -
Simulation of vortices induced by dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator under burst-mode actuation
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-20)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineThe Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) plasma actuator operating under duty-cycle actuation has been shown to provide with great flow control capabilities. As a consequence, there is a pressing need to understand the ... -
Texture-Based brain tumor segmentation in MR images
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-08-02)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: University of California, IrvineIn this thesis, we explored the idea of texture as a tumor segmentation approach in MR images. To deal with this, we extended the definition of the texture descriptors provided by Kovalev et al., co-occurrence matrices ...
