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The Use of Lime to Stabilize Clay Soil against Internal Erosion
(2018-12)
Internal erosion failure of soils in hydraulic structures is one of the most catastrophic failures in civil engineering projects. Therefore, it is vital to stabilize the soil against this phenomenon. Different materials ...
Political Discourse Analysis: An English/Arabic Translation Perspective
(2014-05)
Political events throughout history are linked to the development of political discourse which plays an essential role in shaping world political opinion. Tackling these issues linguistically has been largely successful ...
A Navigation System for Indoor/Outdoor Environments with an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)
(2015-05)
This thesis presents an approach for solving the global navigation problem of wheeled mobile robots. The presented solution for outdoor navigation uses Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) to estimate the robot location based on ...
ANN Based Mechanistic Force Model for Face
(2011-06)
Due to increased global competition and increased calls for environmentally benign machining processes, there has been more focus and interest in making processes more lean and agile to enhance efficiency, reduce emissions ...
Development of an Optimization Scheme for A Fixed-Wing UAV Long Endurance with PEMFC and Battery
(2018-05)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and fuel cell industries are seeking to enhance the capability and performance of UAVs powered by fuel cells as propulsion systems. Tasks such as surveillance and land surveying increased ...
Development of Evaluation Model for Government Services Performance Using Analytic Hierarchy Process
(2018-04)
Performance Management is one of the main concerns for many organizations in the public and the private sectors. Although the definition of performance could be complicated when it comes to the public sector, different ...
Minimizing Traffic Congestion through V2V Communication
(2018-01)
With the rising level of vehicular traffic congestion, it is important to find a way to manage these congestions at an early stage. Connected vehicle technology is a potential solution that can significantly improve traffic ...
Development and Evaluation of Nano-silica Sustainable Concrete
(2017-05)
The concrete industry is one of the main contributors in the emission of carbon dioxide. Yet, it is the most used man-made material. In the past few decades, different pozzolanic materials were used as a partial replacement ...
Acoustic Energy Harvesting using Dual Piezoelectric Plates
(2017-05)
Sound is abundant energy found in our everyday lives, especially in urban places. Acoustic energy can be thought of as a good alternative energy source. Despite the fact that the sound is prevalent; it is challenging to ...
Membrane Bioreactor-Desalination Microbial Fuel Cell Hybrid System
(2018-04)
The microbial desalination fuel cell (MDFC) is an emerging desalination technology offering great promise of high salinity removal with zero energy input. Moreover, the membrane bioreactor (MBR) is of great reliability in ...