Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Investigation of Touch based perception for manipulating object by using glovemap
The development in use of technology is increased due to the need of public demand in their daily life. User friendly technology tools can help people more in handling and preparing for assignment in their lives. This ... -
Crushing behaviour of glass fibre/epoxy composite pipes: the effects of winding angles, ageing, and temperatures
The effects of hydrothermal ageing on the crushing behaviour of glass fibre-reinforced epoxy (GRE) pipes are discussed. Pipes with three different winding angles (±45°, ±55°, ±63°) were manufactured using the filament ... -
Development of gesture database for an adaptive gesture recognition system
Human gestural motion is one of the areas in studying human behaviour regardless the physical capability and intellectuality of each individual. In this research, the focus is to investigate human physical characteristics ... -
Design and development of integrated transplanter and weedermmachine for system of rice intesification (SRI) cultivation in Malaysia
System of rice intensifications (SRI) was practiced by community in Lembah Organik Lentang, Kampung Lentang since 2010. Throughout the years, the paddy plots began to grow in number. Since most of the SRI practices needed ... -
Feature extraction and classification algorithms for assessing muscle condition using multi sensors
Hamstring muscle strain injury is the most common injuries in sport environment especially in football. Beside sport, dancing is another physical activity that has high risk for hamstring muscle strain injuries. Muscle ... -
Critical components identification using analytic hierarchy process - a case study towards product design improvement
Failure of product during its operation may result unsatisfied customer. In order to maintain the high value of product, proper action such as maintainability measure and reliability is one of crucial part during product ... -
Fabrication and characterization of tissue engineering scaffold based of nanohydroxyapatite - local rice starches
Bone tissue scaffold had been ventured for over the decades as a solution for bone failure and trauma. Starch is the most common natural polymer that has been used as a biomaterials and a good candidate for scaffold ... -
Characterization of quartz crystal microbalance sensor for detection of bacteria inactivation after plasma treatment
This thesis presents a study of frequency response for detection of inactive bacteria using Quartz Crystal Microbalance sensor. The characteristics of frequency response towards detection of bacteria were discussed. The ... -
Simulation of breast cancer imaging using magnetic induction tomography
In order to reduce the physical trauma caused by breast compressions, exposure to radiations and the high price of diagnostic tests, a new cost effective magnetic induction tomography (MIT) system is proposed to identify ... -
Multi sensor system for classifying Harumanis mango based on external and internal quality
This thesis presents a multi sensor system for classifying Harumanis mango based on its external and internal quality. Both external and internal quality of Harumanis mango affects the consumer buying preferences. Current ... -
Design of arm movement for upper limb after stroke rehabilitation using enhanced VR-based
Every year, 15 million people worldwide suffer from stroke attack. Nearly six million dead and another five million are left permanently disabled. According to National Stroke Association of Malaysia (NASAM), stroke is the ... -
Modeling and investigation of combined darrieus and vane design vertical axis wind turbine
Wind energy is one of the potential sources of renewable energy because of its abundance in the atmosphere. It is available in different scales of high, medium and low-velocity ranges. Wind power is a major source of ... -
Design and development of a motor imagery based interfaces of wheelchair in a simulated virtual environment
Patients suffering from diseases like motor neuron diseases (MND), or trauma such as spinal cord injury (SCI), and amputation are not able to move. Presented is a work on combining the power wheelchair designed to aid the ... -
Improving image luminosity and contrast variation using hybrid statistical strategy
Luminosity and contrast variation problems are among the most challenging tasks in the image processing field especially to improve the image quality. Enhancement is implemented by performing an adjustment of the dark or ... -
An investigation of fatigue crack growth behavior of UIC 54 profile in high speed railway applications
The safety of wheels and rails is a greater concern for the Malaysian railways Keretapi Tanah Melayu and manufacturers of the railway network. The rolling contact fatigue (RCF) is a growing problem due to increase of the ... -
Water absorption behaviour and its effect on the mechanical properties of hybrid interwoven cellulosic fibre composites
With aim to fulfill the public need that eager for ‘green product’, natural based fibres started to receive attention to substitute synthetic fibres as reinforcement in composites. Natural fibres is relatively cheap, easy ... -
Wireless heart rhythm abnormality monitoring kit based on Raspberry PI
According to statistics, heart diseases kill about 29,360 people every year in Malaysia and about 600,000 people in America. Heart monitoring kits are only available for bedridden patients, and the traditional heart ... -
Feature enhancement and selection methods for isolated Malay speech recognition
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is a technique to translate automatically incoming speech signal into their contextual information. In the pass few decade, various acoustic feature extraction and classification algorithms ... -
Development and characterization of Pennisetum Purpureum/pla biocomposite scaffold
The mechanical, thermal, morphological properties and in vitro degradation study of a 3D porous Pennisetum purpureum (PP)/polylactic acid (PLA) based scaffold were investigated. In this study, a novel scaffold containing ... -
Closed-form solutions and stress analysis of stainless steel/aluminum hybrid joint
Hybrid joints are a combination of adhesive bonding and mechanical fastening that are able to combine the advantages of both joint types. Today, hybrid joining is attractive in automotive applications as the technique can ...