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Effects of Autonomous Vehicles on Freeway Traffic Performance
(2018-10)
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are smart transportation technologies that have drawn significant attention recently due to their rapid development and promising future. Dubai is trying to promote the use of AVs on its road ...
Experimental Investigation of FRP-Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Concentric and Eccentric Loading
(2019-06)
The problem of corrosion of steel in reinforced concrete (RC) structures has urged the need for alternative reinforcement materials. One possible alternative is fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars, which are non-corrosive, ...
The Use of Microwave Tomography in Bone Healing Monitoring
(2019-04)
In this thesis, a numerical study is conducted to investigate the use of microwave tomography in monitoring bone health in human lower limbs. By monitoring bone volume fraction (BVF) and bone density, the effectiveness of ...
A Methodology of Rule Discovery from Large-scale Multi-tier Noisy Educational Data
(2018-05)
Recent availability of very large amounts of educational data in digital format often leads to data overload where it is difficult to determine important trends and patterns beyond those provided by traditional statistical ...
Lipsome-coated metal organic frameworks as a new drug nanocarrier
(2019-12)
Cancer has emerged to become one of the predominant diseases ever known to humanity, with chemotherapeutic agents as leading methods for treating it. However, this blind-sighted treatment method that targets all cells; ...
Learning Based Spectrum Sensing in OFDM Cognitive Radios
(2012-05)
Cognitive Radio (CR) is an innovative technology introduced to efficiently utilize the spectrum. It allows secondary users to access the licensed portion of the spectrum when it is not occupied by the primary licensed user. ...
WiMAX Models for the Smart Grid
(2014-03)
The smart grid is the integration of the 21st century information and communications technologies with the 20th century traditional power grid. Such integration empowers the electricity utilities and their consumers to ...
A General Framework for Sustainability Assessment of Manufacturing Processes
(2018-11)
The manufacturing sector has a major impact on the three sustainability dimensions represented by social, economic, and environmental aspects. Most of the work on sustainability assessment in the field of manufacturing is ...
Communication-Based Adaptive Overcurrent Protection for Distribution Systems with DistributedGenerators
(2012-05)
Traditional distribution systems are designed with a radial structure. As a result, their protection systems are designed and set based on one utility source feeding the whole system. Nowadays, Distributed Generators (DG) ...
Flexible Scheduling for Construction Projects
(2012-01)
A successful project schedule is one of the prime keys to project success. The Critical Path Method (CPM) determines a rigid timeline of activities' execution ignoring resource related issues. Many techniques were developed ...