• The Genesis Vent: Blower and Valve Based Ventilator Design for COVID-19 Patient 

  Mueller, Matthew West; 0000-0003-1663-2152 (2020-08-06)

  During a time where COVID-19 is spreading across the globe, mechanical ventilators are sought to help those in respiratory distress caused by the coronavirus, and different low-cost mechanical ventilators have been extensively ...

• Biomechanics of Breastfeeding: Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation of Milk Expression 

  Azarnoosh, Jamasp; 0000-0002-4020-0686 (2020-07-16)

  Breastfeeding is a highly dynamic and complex mechanism. There are two theories for the dynamics of milk expression by the infant. One hypothesis is that milk expression is due to negative pressure applied by infant sucking; ...

• Kinematic Modeling for Control of Agile Powered Prosthetic Legs Over Continuously Varying Speeds and Inclines 

  Embry, Kyle Ryan; 0000-0002-4629-2630 (2020-07-10)

  People with above knee amputations face many unique challenges during their activities of daily living. Conventional passive prosthetic legs are not optimal for the range of ambulation tasks amputee users face daily, ...

• Extremum Seeking Control for Autonomous Periodic Systems with Applications to Lower Limb Wearable Robots 

  Kumar, Saurav; 0000-0002-2253-0462 (2020-07-10)

  This dissertation describes the development and implementation of model-free extremum seeking control (ESC) algorithms for lower limb wearable robots in order to improve their performance. The optimum control parameters ...

• Quantifying Environmental Risks Using a Fusion of Statistical and Machine Learning Methods 

  Soliman, Marwah (2020-05-12)

  There is growing scientific evidence that adverse weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity. Such natural hazards can be largely separated into two groups. The first group comprises extreme events and natural ...

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