School of Mechatronic Engineering (Theses): Recent submissions
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Production of recombinant urease for screening of helicobacter pylori infection
(Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)School of Biological Sciences, 2014-09)Helicobacter pylori establishes infection inside human stomach lining and causing duodenal diseases, such as peptic ulcer and potentially into gastric cancer. The invasive diagnostic methods require unpleasant endoscopic ... -
Non-linear human emotion recognition system using ECG and EMG
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2013)This thesis focuses on analyzing different nonlinear algorithms to capture the emotional information present in two bio-signals namely Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Electromyogram (EMG). Emotion recognition is one of the ... -
Development of control algorithm (PID-LQR) for point to point movement of a nonlinear quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2013)In recent years the area of quadrotor UAV has drawn prominent attention of the researchers enabling to develop immense research area in the field of UAVs. A quadrotor has a simple architectural design due to which designing ... -
Computer-aided extra-pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis using image processing and HMLP network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014-04-09)Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease cause by infection with bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, resulting in pulmonary TB (PTB), but they can also affect other parts of the human ... -
Classification of materials using artificial intelligence techniques based on modal properties generated by vibration
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2013)The motivation of this project is to integrate the technology of signal processing and materials characterization into developing a system of non-destructive test of material identification. The purpose of this research ... -
A computational fluid dynamic analysis of prolonging survival in the microvascular vein grafting
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)A digital artery disease in the upper extremity is uncommon to happen but the revascularization procedure is still needed. As action taken, the surgical vein bypassing or vein interposition is performed. However, one or ... -
A modified retinex illumination normalization approach for infant pain recognition system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Pains in newborn babies are monitored in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for medical treatment. Pain in newborns can be detected by studying their facial appearance. Even though the outcome is acceptable, it is not ... -
Discrimination of healthy controls and selected visually impaired through visually evoked potentials
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)This thesis presents a digital signal processing based detection of healthy controls and selected visually impaired through visually evoked potentials (VEP). Visual impairment is a term used by ophthalmologist to describe ... -
Investigation of robust speech feature extraction techniques for accents classification of Malaysian Engllish speakers
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Automatic speech recognition (ASR) system is not a new topic in speech processing and human-machine interaction. It has been established for more than five decades. However, accent remains a great challenge closely related ... -
Development of neurometric acute stress assessment based on EEG signals
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Nowadays, stress is one of the major issues where too much stress may lead to depression, fatigue and insomnia. Stress can be divided into two types called Eustress and Distress. Eustress or positive stress refers to the ... -
Development of an augmented virtual reality simulator for training ophthalmologists in phacoemulsification cataract surgery
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Cataract is categorised as a common vision illness that is diagnosed in a large group of eye patients every year. The majority of such patients affected by this illness suffer from aging, diabetes or overexposure to ... -
Human stress level computation using multiple physiological signals-based on fusion technique through dynamic bayesian network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)This study investigates to improve the stress levels computation and its reliability using multiple physiological signals. In which, stress inducement, physiological signal acquisition, preprocessing, feature extraction, ... -
NMPC-PID based new control structure design for altitude and attitude stabilization of non-linear quad-rotor type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2013)Quad-rotor typed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are rotorcraft that has four propellers. In this design there are two arms and each arm has two propellers at their end.. It has complex controlling structure, that is why ... -
Moving vehicle identification using artificial neural networks
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Identification of moving vehicle type and its position using an acoustic sound signal is a critical task in many applications such as tactile sensory aid for differentially hearing ability abled, war field surveillance, ... -
Development of adaptive fuzzy logic controller for satellite attitude control system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Development of space is one of the main symbols of technological progress in the modern society. Therefore, as a developing country, Malaysia not left in becoming one of the countries involved in exploring the field of ... -
Development of a swarming algorithm for mobile robots
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014-07)Swarming robots basically consist of a group of several simple robots that interact and collaborate with each other to achieve shared goals. It is inspired by social insects, which can perform tasks that are beyond the ... -
Development of portable, application specific electronic nose for agriculture
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Research groups around the world are working to develop electronic nose systems that are able mimicking the functions and operations of the human nose. The instrument is used to identify and classify different types of ... -
Design and development of an intelligent hearing ability level assessment system using somatosensory stimuli
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Hypoacusis is the most prevalent sensory disability in the world which leads to impeding speech in human beings. One best approach to tackle this issue is to conduct early and effective hearing screening test using ... -
Deployment of wireless sensor network (WSN) in agricultural environment in northen Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)The advent of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) has been fuelled mainly by the advancement in miniaturization of electronic devices and the rise of high volume manufacturing that has been the key supporting factor for the ... -
Machine learning analysis of multiparameter home telecare clinical measurement data for patient health stratification
(University of New South Wales, 2008-07)A medical decision support system (DSS) is designed to assist clinician in monitoring patient’s health by the means of providing reminders, advice as well as interpretation. This system is good enough in the sense of ...