Microphone arrays have been used in environments that require remote speech acquisition - cars, desk recording systems, teleconferencing and judicial proceedings to name a few. …
This work explores the use of granular activated carbon (GAC) as a sorbent to remove a suite of 10 perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) from impacted groundwater …
This two-part dissertation-thesis represents a compilation of interdisciplinary studies conducted between materials science and archaeology/cultural heritage as part of the Open Graduate Education Program at …
Over the past decade, nanotwinned metals have attracted considerable attention due to their exceptional mechanical properties, such as ultra-high strength, good tensile ductility, high fracture …
Cellulose as the most abundant chemical raw material in the earth has been used for long time. Its new derivative, nanocellulsoe, also draws great attention …
Automatic recognition and segmentation of objects in images is a central open problem in computer vision. The failure of the segmentation-then-recognition paradigm to produce reliable …
Millions of individuals around the world suffer from various forms of paralysis. Major causes include spinal cord injury, stroke, and diseases affecting nerve cells such …
There is tremendous interest in graphene-based membranes as protective molecular barriers or molecular sieves for separation technologies. Graphene oxide (GO) films in the dry state …
Over the past decades, the mechanical behavior of biological material has had a profound effect on research into human tissues and the development of medical …
Reconstructing 3D scenes from multiple views has made impressive strides in recent years, chiefly by correlating isolated feature points, intensity patterns, or curvilinear structures. In …
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most abundant atmospheric carbon source and the primary feedstock in biomass. A primary concern of carbon capture, utilization, and storage …
The capture of nanomagnetites at very low fields ( <0.1 Tesla) has always been the bottleneck in magnetic separation processes. In this work, the recovery …
In the field of complex fluid, such as emulsions, polymer, colloids or surfactant solutions, an interesting research process is to analysis their multiphase characters. The …
Abstract of Multi-frame edge enrichment with SIFT flow, by Zijun Cui, Degree ScM., Brown University, May 2017. Edge information with high quality are desired by …
Over the years, advancements in microphone and computing technologies have simplified microphone-array-system architectures and allowed for more complex algorithms. However, arrays are virtually always wired. …
A major frontier in chemical kinetics research focuses on the development of new chemical species with combustion properties that are suitable for use in high-efficiency …
Surface plasmon polaritons are hybrid electron-photon modes confined at a metal/dielectric interface. The combination of highly localized electronic waves and propagating optical waves gives the …