Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Intelligent classifier for incipient phase fire in building
Early fire detection is one of the most promising sub-fields in indoor air quality research. Ability to give early fire indication can help the building occupants to take responsive actions in order to prevent the fire. ... -
Non-linear features and feature selection algorithms for speech based prediction of body mass index (BMI)
Obesity and overweight have been a growing concern due to their negative impacts on human‘s health. Obesity is considered as a major cause of some serious diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic ... -
New empirical formula for reduction factor of head garment
Pressure garment is one of non-surgical method in pressure therapy treatment, which uses pressure as healing mechanism for hypertrophic scars caused from burn injuries. Previous studies proposed a fabrication method based ... -
Electronic nose based bacteria species detection in diabetic foot infection
This thesis presents a fundamental study of early bacteria detection using electronic nose. There is a need for early detection of bacterial infection in order to give effective treatment for diabetic foot infection. To ... -
Thermo-mechanical properties of Napier particles filled polyester polymer
In recent years, the incorporation of natural fibers as reinforcing agent in polymer composite has gained increasing interest which enhances optimal utilization of natural resources and particularly of renewable resources. ... -
Development of a rapid and accurate system to differentiate Malaysian honey samples using UV and color image
Malaysia is a country rich with natural forest resources such as spices, herbs and honey. Honey and honey-based products in Malaysia is gaining popularity as a result to the healthy lifestyle promotions by various groups ... -
Classification of vision perception using EEG signals for brain computer interface
Patients suffering from Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and semi-paralysis have trouble to maneuver a conventional wheelchair independently. As a response, this research was conducted whereby an individual’s visual perception ... -
Time-frequency analysis based methods for classification of newborn cry signals
The infant cry classification implies non invasive objective methods, classification of different patterns of infant cry utterances and adoption of artificial and digital signal processing techniques. It has been commenced ... -
Black-box modeling and adaptive control of hybrid thermoelectric refrigerator systems
Vaccines carrier has been used to keep the temperature within 2–8°C. However, a poorly functioning vaccines carrier may expose the vaccines to freezing temperatures. Hybrid Thermoelectric Refrigerator (H-TER) systems are ... -
Bio-inspired sensor data fusion for herbal tea flavour assessment
Herbal-based products are becoming a widespread production trend among manufacturers for the domestic and international markets. As the production increases to meet the market demand, it is very crucial for the manufacturer ... -
An improved mobile robot based gas source localization with temperature and humidity compensation via slam and gas distribution mapping
This research is concerned with the problem of localizing gas source in indoor environment using a mobile robot. The problem could be seen as similar to the event of hazardous gas leak in a building. Since the environment ... -
Investigation of nonlinear feature extraction techniques for facial emotion recognition
Over the last decades, facial emotion recognition has received a significant interest among researchers in areas of computer vision, pattern recognition and its related field. The increasing applications of facial emotion ... -
Implementation of feature selection and weighting methods for emotion recognition from human actions
Emotion is a natural, instinctive state of mind emanating from one's circumstances, mood or relationships with others. Emotion can be characterized primarily by the psycho-physiological expressions, biological reactions, ... -
Design and development of a thought controlled intelligent robot chair with communication aid
The fundamental movements like walking and speech communications are the basic needs of human beings in their daily life. Differentially Enabled (DE) communities have functional limitations that vary from primary/complicated ... -
A visual tracking range of motion assessment system for lower limb joint
Accurate range of motion (ROM) measurement of lower limb joint motion is important for assessing the severity of human lower limb injuries. It is essential for assisting the medical doctor and physiotherapist to determine ... -
Burst strength and impact performance on glass fibre reinforced epoxy (GRE) composite pipes
While in service environment, the changes in the degradation mechanisms of the GRE composite pipes may occur in the matrix, fibre, and the fibre-matrix interfacial regions due to water diffusion. These composite pipes may ... -
Image enhancement and feature extraction techniques for intelligent thalassemia screening procedures
Thalassemia is an inherited blood disease that effects the production of red blood cells (RBC) in the body. The deficiency of RBC that constitutes 99% of blood cells will affect their main function as oxygen carrier. The ... -
Automated marker placement based real-time facial emotional expression recognition system
Facial expression recognition attracted several researchers over the past several decades and most of the researchers in the literature focus on facial expression recognition in “offline” and very few research works ... -
A study on atmospheric pressure plasma jet for hospital acquired bacterial inactivation by different working gases with varying flow rate and exposure time
Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet (APPJ) is ionized gas that is generated at atmospheric pressure and at room temperature, by allowing the gas to flow in a small tube with the higher voltage supplied to the area. Plasma ... -
Development of pure and adulterated honey measurement system using multiple frequencies six-port reflectometer (SPR)
This thesis presents a study on the development of multiple frequencies Six-Port Reflectometer (SPR) in characterizing pure and adulterated honey through reflection measurement. As honey adulteration is one of major health ...