Browsing School of Mechatronic Engineering (Theses) by Title
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Numerical simulation of roadside safety barrier for crashworthiness assessment
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2011)Nowadays, even with modern traffic safety regulations, some high risk accidents still occur. Many fatal injuries or even death accidents occur to road users. The research of safety levels for all road users has been ... -
Odour source localization strategy for multiple robots using swarm intelligence with odour-gated anemotaxis
Animals such as silkworm moths, dogs and blue crabs have exhibited odour localization capabilities in nature. This amazing ability is exhibited in complex airflow conditions which produces highly dynamic and unpredictable ... -
Optimal control of the attitude maneuvering for Razaksat class satellite based on rigid and flexible model
The increase in demand for performance for satellite capabilities has pushed the design of the system to be more and more power consuming. This is the case for RazakSAT-2, which is a new satellite program that will be ... -
Pattern recognition based emotional deficits assessment in stroke patients using time frequency analysis
Emotion perception in stroke patients is affected since there is abnormality in the brain. Here, this thesis focused on the impact of left brain damage and right brain damage towards emotion recognition. Due to the impaired ... -
Performance evaluation of shell-and-double concentric tube heat exchanger
Shell-and-tube heat exchangers (STHEX) have been used for several decades. Conventionally to increase the thermo-hydraulic performance of classical heat exchangers, overall length of tubes has to be increased. This contributes ... -
Performance of glass fibre reinforced epoxy (GRE) composite pipes under various stress ratios, winding angles and ageing conditions
Glass Fibre Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) composite tubes have wider application in oil and gas industry due to their durability and strength. An extensive qualification program is required to determine the performance of the ... -
pH estimation of fetal scalp blood using magnetic induction spectroscopy technique
This thesis describes the development of fetal scalp pH estimation utilizing magnetic induction spectroscopy technique. Magnetic induction spectroscopy is a non-invasive approach that applies a magnetic field to determine ... -
Phoneme based speech to text translation system for Malaysian English pronunciation
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2012)Speech is the most common and vocalized form of human communication. Communication through speech helps to convey the linguistic information and also helps to express information about the person’s social and regional ... -
Preliminary analysis using dielectric properties to characterize nHA/starch based scaffolds
In this study, the possibility of dielectric properties as an alternative method to characterize the physical properties of nHA/starch based scaffolds has been conducted. The relationship between dielectric properties and ... -
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 ... -
Screening system for heart valve disease
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2011)The first method applied by physician and cardiologists to detect heart disease is heart sound auscultation. However the skill of auscultation takes many years to acquire. Acknowledging the importance of heart sound ... -
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 ... -
Sistem pengklasifikasian pintar untuk jenis parasit malaria
(Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekatronik, 2012)Malaria adalah disebabkan oleh parasit protozoa daripada genus plasmodium. Tanda-tanda jangkitan yang biasa termasuklah demam, menggigil, sakit otot dan sakit kepala. Pada masa kini, dua kaedah diagnosis secara manual oleh ... -
Sistem saringan dan diagnosis automatik penyakit leukemia akut berasaskan sampel darah
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2013)Leukemia ialah satu penyakit kanser darah yang turut menyumbang kepada peningkatan peratus kadar kematian setiap tahun di Malaysia. Terdapat dua ketegori utama leukemia iaitu akut dan kronik. Leukemia akut terbahagi pula ... -
Stress corrosion cracking behavior of austenitic stainless steels in natrium chloride solutions
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2013)Stress Corrosion Cracking is an environmentally assisted failure caused by contact to a corroding while under a sustained tensile stress. Stress Corrosion cracking is most often rapid, unpredictable and catastrophic. Failure ... -
Structural damage detection in steel plates using artificial neural networks
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2011)The advancements and applications available in the signal processing and pattern classification area help in the early detection of faults and damages with less effort. In the recent past the nondestructive methods employed ... -
A study of a vision-based lip movement analysis for hearing-impaired person
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)The study of vision based lip movement is the interpretation of human lip movement while speaking. Deaf and hard of hearing people often have a problem being able to understand what being talking in the conversation. ... -
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 ... -
Surface hardness effects on biomechanics foot response during running
Running activities can be either beneficial or caused chronic injuries among runners. Surface hardness and shod condition can be considered as the major factors that influenced the running performance. Understanding the ... -
A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine
(Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara MalaysiaSchool of Mechatronic Engineering, 2006)In rapid prototyping (RP), part deposition orientation and surface finish are two significant concerns, but they are contradicting with each other. In model building in RP, a concession is commonly made between these two ...