• SMART ROVLATIS: flexible survey platform for surface and Uunderwater operations 

  Omerdic, Edin; Toal, Daniel; Omerdic, Emir (2009)

  This paper describes a novel vehicle designed for operation flexibility in high-resolution near seabed survey from shallow inshore waters out to the continental shelf edge. The vehicle can be operated in surface tow or ...
• Development and testing of a control system for the automatic flight of tethered parafoils 

  Coleman, Joseph; Ahmad, Hammad; Toal, Daniel (Wiley and Sons, 2016)

  This paper presents the design and testing of a control system for the robotic flight of tethered kites. The use of tethered kites as a prime mover in airborne wind energy is undergoing active research in several quarters. ...
• Development of a human presence detection system using a novel electrostatically-enhanced displacement current sensing technique 

  Faggion, Lorenzo (University of Limerick, 2016)

  Over the last few years, increasing attention has been paid to the research field of remote detection of human electrophysiological and other bio-activity related signals. Such an interest is mainly due to a growing need ...
• Automatic text classification using bag of words and bag of concepts based representations 

  Alahmadi, Alaa (University of Limerick, 2016)

  Automatic Text Classification (ATC) is one of the most important tasks in data mining for organizing information and knowledge discovery. The goal of ATC is to alleviate the need of manually organizing large collections ...
• Fiber optic sensors for temperature monitoring during thermal treatments: an overview 

  Schena, Emiliano; Tosi, Daniele; Saccomandi, Paola; Lewis, Elfed; Kim, Taesung (MDPI, 2016)

  During recent decades, minimally invasive thermal treatments (i.e., Radiofrequency ablation, Laser ablation, Microwave ablation, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ablation, and Cryo-ablation) have gained widespread ...
• Novel real-time adaptive control of multiple co-located acoustic sensors for ocean mapping and other hydrographical applications 

  Thurman, Edward W. (University of Limerick, 2009)

  In this thesis a novel approach to the management of multiple payload sonar systems is described. The objective of this study is the design, development, and experimental verification of an automated system that facilitates ...
• Identification and control of marine vehicles using artificial intelligence techniques 

  van de Ven, Pepijn Willebrord Justinus (University of Limerick, 2005)

  In this thesis a novel approach to the identification of marine craft dynamics using neural networks is described. From a literature review it emerged that augmented controllers, in which a conventional controller is ...
• The development of testbed vehicles for underwater systems testing and AUV controller experimentation 

  Nolan, Seán Patrick (University of Limerick, 2003)

  The goal of this research project is the design and construction of a submersible robot platform for underwater systems testing and AUV controller experimentation. Requirements of the robot platform are that it should ...
• The design of an autonomous mobile robot built to investigate behaviour based control 

  Leyden, Mark Christopher (University of Limerick, 2000)

  Within this thesis, the design of an autonomous mobile robot built as a testbed to investigate behaviour-based control in a real world environment is described. By adopting a behaviour-based control architecture the robot ...
• A hybrid control architecture development for the guidance, navigation and control of the tethra prototype submersible vehicle 

  Molnar, Levente (University of Limerick, 2006)

  The Mobile & Marine Robotics Research Centre (MMRRC) at the University of Limerick is developing a highly manoeuvrable AUV platform to address the challenges of highresolution seabed survey in both shallow and deep water. ...
• Performance optimised reverberation modelling for real-time synthesis of sidescan sonar imagery 

  Riordan, James (University of Limerick, 2006)

  In this thesis a novel performance optimised approach to sidescan sonar simulation is described. Seminal approaches to sonar simulation reported in the literature are seen to produce visually realistic results that are ...
• A high frequency wide field of view ultrasonic sensor for short range collision avoidance applications on intervention class underwater vehicles 

  Nolan, Seán Patrick (University of Limerick, 2007)

  In this thesis a novel sensor design for intervention class AUVs and UUVs is described. The objective of this study is the development of sensor solutions that facilitate autonomous or remote guidance of underwater vehicles ...
• Fault adaptation by reconfiguring flight controls using control allocation 

  Ahmad, Hammad (University of Limerick, 2009)

  This research work focuses on the design and implementation of control law and control allocation for overactuated, nonlinear model of commercial aircraft (B747-200). The redundancies in this aircraft are exploited to ...
• Automatic classification of teaching and learning materials based on standard education classification schemes 

  Joorabchi, Arash; Mahdi, Abdulhussain E (2008)

  With the significant growth in available electronic education materials such as syllabus documents and lecture notes on the Internet and intranets there is a need for developing efficient indexing/categorizing mechanisms ...
• Computer-based interactive study skills development system 

  Mahdi, Abdulhussain E; Bermingham, C.M (Interesource Group Publishing, 2006)

  It is well recognised that students in higher education need to acquire and develop effective study and interpersonal skills in order to be successful in their study courses and after graduation (Tinto, 1993; Upcraft et ...
• Peer-supported learning groups: a collaborative approach to learning 

  Mahdi, Abdulhussain E (Interesource Group Publishing, 2006)

  The first year of third-level education has always presented challenges to both students and institutions. For students, it is one of life's critical transitions. In fact, the most critical period for first-time students ...
• Modelling of magnetic properties and AC losses in high-Tc superconductors using a power law current-voltage characteristic 

  Mahdi, Abdulhussain E; Tami, A (American Institute of Physics, 1999)

  This article presents numerical diffusion models which describe the electromagnetic properties and alternate current (ac) losses of a high-Tc superconducting tape carrying transport current. The models simulate the tape ...
• Study skills interactive Web-based training environment 

  Bermingham, C.M; Mahdi, Abdulhussain E (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2004)

  It has been acknowledged that students who reflect on their past experiences and as a result form and apply new concepts and hypothesis to present situations move from being passive learners to active doers [1]. This ...
• New adaptive speech enhancement system using a novel wavelet thresholding technique 

  Mahdi, Abdulhussain E; Jafer, Essa (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2004)

  A new adaptive speech enhancement system, which utilizes a second-generation wavelet transform (SGWT) decomposition and a novel adaptive subband thresholding technique, is presented. The adaptive thresholding technique ...
• Output-based objective measure for non-intrusive speech quality evaluation 

  Mahdi, Abdulhussain E; Picovici, Dorel (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2004)

  This paper describes a newly developed output-based method for non-intrusive evaluation of speech quality of voice communication systems, and evaluates its performance. The method, which uses only the output of the system, ...

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