Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249190
Soha Boroojerdi, A. Jahanian, E. Rohani
A DNA computer requires DNA processor. A fundamental component of the processor is an arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The ALU performs all arithmetic operations in binary format, and the most critical operation is two's complement addition, which can involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Two's complement adders can be synthesized using multiple full adders. In this paper, a noise-resistant DNA computing full adder circuit is presented. The proposed adder circuit, unlike other circuits, takes strands as inputs and produces the results in the form of DNA strands. This is an important characteristic, since it enables multiple-level design. In addition, since all possible hybridization in this circuit is desired, it can control an abundance of unwanted strands. As a result, the synthesized adder is noise-resistant. While other multi-level designs might be possible (e.g., Nor-Nor design), the proposed design implements the full adder circuit as an integrated gate. The benefit of having an integrated circuit is that it eliminates the need for separate suppressors and activators. Before synthesizing the adder, we implemented AND, OR, and inverter gates and then extended these basic components to implement the desired circuit. The proposed designs were implemented and tested using Visual DSD programming and simulation tool.
{"title":"Noise Resistant Full Adder Using DNA Strands","authors":"Soha Boroojerdi, A. Jahanian, E. Rohani","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249190","url":null,"abstract":"A DNA computer requires DNA processor. A fundamental component of the processor is an arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The ALU performs all arithmetic operations in binary format, and the most critical operation is two's complement addition, which can involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Two's complement adders can be synthesized using multiple full adders. In this paper, a noise-resistant DNA computing full adder circuit is presented. The proposed adder circuit, unlike other circuits, takes strands as inputs and produces the results in the form of DNA strands. This is an important characteristic, since it enables multiple-level design. In addition, since all possible hybridization in this circuit is desired, it can control an abundance of unwanted strands. As a result, the synthesized adder is noise-resistant. While other multi-level designs might be possible (e.g., Nor-Nor design), the proposed design implements the full adder circuit as an integrated gate. The benefit of having an integrated circuit is that it eliminates the need for separate suppressors and activators. Before synthesizing the adder, we implemented AND, OR, and inverter gates and then extended these basic components to implement the desired circuit. The proposed designs were implemented and tested using Visual DSD programming and simulation tool.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127113413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249207
Daniel Hatch, Seth Y. Christensen, E. Oliver
The experience of the digital media staff in alignment with a body of literature suggests the need for additional research for developing student rubrics for evaluating the creative works of students. A mixed-methods, action-research based intervention for evaluating how instructors may consistently grade and evaluate the creative works of students without subjectivity or bias between instructors. Additionally, these evaluations could have the intended outcome of improving learning outcomes for students across various courses with different faculty members. Without a more consistent delivery of content and evaluation of their work, students cannot perform equally from instructor to instructor. This paper reviews the theory, methodology, and study design through the use of quantitative scores and qualitative surveys to determine the efficacy of the intervention.
{"title":"Developing Student Rubrics For Creative Evaluation: Academic Research To Improve Student Learning Outcomes And Increase Faculty Grading Efficiency","authors":"Daniel Hatch, Seth Y. Christensen, E. Oliver","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249207","url":null,"abstract":"The experience of the digital media staff in alignment with a body of literature suggests the need for additional research for developing student rubrics for evaluating the creative works of students. A mixed-methods, action-research based intervention for evaluating how instructors may consistently grade and evaluate the creative works of students without subjectivity or bias between instructors. Additionally, these evaluations could have the intended outcome of improving learning outcomes for students across various courses with different faculty members. Without a more consistent delivery of content and evaluation of their work, students cannot perform equally from instructor to instructor. This paper reviews the theory, methodology, and study design through the use of quantitative scores and qualitative surveys to determine the efficacy of the intervention.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116773665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249139
S. Moaveni, Krista Ruggles, K. Sohraby, V. Ilieva, Shelby Halm, Parker C. Fawson
SEEdPODs are mobile technology libraries for teachers and students at the elementary, middle/junior high and high school levels. An advanced version of this technology-based educational laboratory can also be offered as professional education and training for employees in industries. Utah Valley University's (UVU) College of Engineering and Technology (CET), in collaboration with the School of Education (SOE) and The Center for the School of the Future at Utah State University (USU), is providing laboratory projects and training opportunities for teachers as part of their professional development, and thus exposing K-12 students to college level education and trade career training.
{"title":"SEEdPODs: An Effective Vehicle for Engineering and Technology Education","authors":"S. Moaveni, Krista Ruggles, K. Sohraby, V. Ilieva, Shelby Halm, Parker C. Fawson","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249139","url":null,"abstract":"SEEdPODs are mobile technology libraries for teachers and students at the elementary, middle/junior high and high school levels. An advanced version of this technology-based educational laboratory can also be offered as professional education and training for employees in industries. Utah Valley University's (UVU) College of Engineering and Technology (CET), in collaboration with the School of Education (SOE) and The Center for the School of the Future at Utah State University (USU), is providing laboratory projects and training opportunities for teachers as part of their professional development, and thus exposing K-12 students to college level education and trade career training.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133310470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249203
Hossein Parastvand, O. Bass, M. Masoum, Zeinab Moghaddam, S. Lachowicz, Airlie Chapman
EV placement and sizing are the subject of ever increasing studies in the last decade mostly relying on optimization approaches. This study looks at the EV network as a complex network where the nodes are the potential locations of charging stations (CSs) and edges (links) represent the traffic flow. It then investigates the impacts of some graph properties on the solutions of the CS placement problem. In fact, the graph centrality and its variants are used to find the locations of CSs to reduce the average waiting times at the stations. It is shown that the centrality based analysis can lead to promising results for small and medium EV networks leaving the large networks to be addressed by more complicated approaches. Simulations are performed on the central (downtown) part of Perth City EV network, Western Australia scaled down by the real traffic information.
{"title":"Placement and Sizing of EV Charging Stations According to Centrality of the Underlying Network","authors":"Hossein Parastvand, O. Bass, M. Masoum, Zeinab Moghaddam, S. Lachowicz, Airlie Chapman","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249203","url":null,"abstract":"EV placement and sizing are the subject of ever increasing studies in the last decade mostly relying on optimization approaches. This study looks at the EV network as a complex network where the nodes are the potential locations of charging stations (CSs) and edges (links) represent the traffic flow. It then investigates the impacts of some graph properties on the solutions of the CS placement problem. In fact, the graph centrality and its variants are used to find the locations of CSs to reduce the average waiting times at the stations. It is shown that the centrality based analysis can lead to promising results for small and medium EV networks leaving the large networks to be addressed by more complicated approaches. Simulations are performed on the central (downtown) part of Perth City EV network, Western Australia scaled down by the real traffic information.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133819555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249158
Shafinaz Islam, Damian Valles, M. Forstner
Conservation management of endangered amphibians requires efficient and consistent detection. Consequently, detection of species using automatic animal voice detection from audio recordings is a topic of interest in bioacoustics. This is necessary for amphibian population stewardship as well as assessing the health of those natural systems. The Houston Toad is an endangered chorusing amphibian species, and researchers of the Biology Department at Texas State University are working on a project to prevent its extinction. The researchers' initial approach is an Automated Recording Device (ARD), Toadphone-1, which is an embedded solution. It has shown limited success in identifying toad calls. If a species is not Houston Toad but has a frequency spectrum close to Houston Toad, then Toadphone-1 falsely identifies it as a Houston Toad. Hence, the current ARD solution produces high false-positives. This paper experimented with a modified software solution for existing ARD using 39 Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) with delta and delta-delta coefficients as audio features and Gated Recurrent Units (GRUs) as a classifier to detect Houston Toad. Results show that this experimented software solution produces 98.82% training accuracy and 97.50% validation accuracy. Test accuracy for detecting Houston Toad is 88.57%, which is approximately 20% greater than the accuracy presented by the existing software solution of Toadphone-1.
{"title":"A Houston Toad Call Detection Initial Approach Using Gated Recurrent Units for Conservational Efforts","authors":"Shafinaz Islam, Damian Valles, M. Forstner","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249158","url":null,"abstract":"Conservation management of endangered amphibians requires efficient and consistent detection. Consequently, detection of species using automatic animal voice detection from audio recordings is a topic of interest in bioacoustics. This is necessary for amphibian population stewardship as well as assessing the health of those natural systems. The Houston Toad is an endangered chorusing amphibian species, and researchers of the Biology Department at Texas State University are working on a project to prevent its extinction. The researchers' initial approach is an Automated Recording Device (ARD), Toadphone-1, which is an embedded solution. It has shown limited success in identifying toad calls. If a species is not Houston Toad but has a frequency spectrum close to Houston Toad, then Toadphone-1 falsely identifies it as a Houston Toad. Hence, the current ARD solution produces high false-positives. This paper experimented with a modified software solution for existing ARD using 39 Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) with delta and delta-delta coefficients as audio features and Gated Recurrent Units (GRUs) as a classifier to detect Houston Toad. Results show that this experimented software solution produces 98.82% training accuracy and 97.50% validation accuracy. Test accuracy for detecting Houston Toad is 88.57%, which is approximately 20% greater than the accuracy presented by the existing software solution of Toadphone-1.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133896895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249169
Tavish Burnah, George Rudolph
Recognition of handwritten text from historical documents is a very difficult problem that has not been fully solved. Many approaches have been used to recognize text and many new machine-learning-based approaches are currently being developed. To develop new methods of handwriting recognition, many ancillary steps that are not directly related to the new method must be put in place. These additional steps include loading images, cleaning documents, measuring performance, and displaying outputs. These extra actions take time that could instead be focused on the new method. This paper describes an application that was designed and created to provide all the supplementary steps needed to develop new approaches to offline handwriting recognition. It explains a pipeline-based approach that fits the sequence of steps most often used in the recognition process. The resulting application provides the framework that allows researchers to focus on their primary area of experimentation in the handwriting recognition process.
{"title":"Offline Handwriting Recognition Pipeline Testing Tool","authors":"Tavish Burnah, George Rudolph","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249169","url":null,"abstract":"Recognition of handwritten text from historical documents is a very difficult problem that has not been fully solved. Many approaches have been used to recognize text and many new machine-learning-based approaches are currently being developed. To develop new methods of handwriting recognition, many ancillary steps that are not directly related to the new method must be put in place. These additional steps include loading images, cleaning documents, measuring performance, and displaying outputs. These extra actions take time that could instead be focused on the new method. This paper describes an application that was designed and created to provide all the supplementary steps needed to develop new approaches to offline handwriting recognition. It explains a pipeline-based approach that fits the sequence of steps most often used in the recognition process. The resulting application provides the framework that allows researchers to focus on their primary area of experimentation in the handwriting recognition process.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127734749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249105
S. Scott, J. Willard, J. Edwards
We introduce a visualization technique to analyze event simulation data. In particular, we allow the user to discover families of events based on the topological evolution of discrete events across simulations. Discovering how events behave across simulations has applications in financial market analysis, military simulations, physical mechanics, and other settings. Our approach is to use established methods to produce a linearized tour through the parameter space of arbitrary dimension and visualize events of interest in two dimensions. The first dimension is the tour ordering and the second dimension is usually time. This paper presents our novel approach and gives examples in the context of simulations of magnet dynamics. Our initial findings are that, while z-ordering does allow the user to analyze event families, other ordering techniques would likely improve the visualization by improving spatial locality.
{"title":"High Dimensional Event Exploration Over Multiple Simulations","authors":"S. Scott, J. Willard, J. Edwards","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249105","url":null,"abstract":"We introduce a visualization technique to analyze event simulation data. In particular, we allow the user to discover families of events based on the topological evolution of discrete events across simulations. Discovering how events behave across simulations has applications in financial market analysis, military simulations, physical mechanics, and other settings. Our approach is to use established methods to produce a linearized tour through the parameter space of arbitrary dimension and visualize events of interest in two dimensions. The first dimension is the tour ordering and the second dimension is usually time. This paper presents our novel approach and gives examples in the context of simulations of magnet dynamics. Our initial findings are that, while z-ordering does allow the user to analyze event families, other ordering techniques would likely improve the visualization by improving spatial locality.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116940160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249206
Ryan T. Beazer, Jared E. Payne, Peter R. Nyholm, G. Nielson, S. Schultz
Silicon carbide has many desirable properties that make it a high demand product. Some of these properties make it difficult to machine silicon carbide for industrial use. This work demonstrated the ability to machine silicon carbide using Electrical Discharge Machining.
{"title":"Micromachining of Silicon Carbide using Wire Electrical Discharge Machining","authors":"Ryan T. Beazer, Jared E. Payne, Peter R. Nyholm, G. Nielson, S. Schultz","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249206","url":null,"abstract":"Silicon carbide has many desirable properties that make it a high demand product. Some of these properties make it difficult to machine silicon carbide for industrial use. This work demonstrated the ability to machine silicon carbide using Electrical Discharge Machining.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114340296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249104
H. Nieto-Chaupis
When the Keller-Segel equation is treated in a semiclassical scenario of electrodynamics involving Quantum Mechanics measurements, it is possible to implement the formalism of input-output in a nature manner without ambiguities. In this paper we explore such edge of this mathematical-biology equation in a systematic manner to describe virus and bacteria colonization in a healthy host. We provide numerical calculations in terms of energy. Present a set of diagrams that might enclose information about the realization of bacterial aggregations in their purpose to carry out a specific task. For this end we implement the concept of transfer function of a system. Simulations are presented in order to make predictions and validate the ideas of the proposal of this paper.
{"title":"The Input-Output Approach in Semiclassical Electrodynamics of Keller-Segel Equation","authors":"H. Nieto-Chaupis","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249104","url":null,"abstract":"When the Keller-Segel equation is treated in a semiclassical scenario of electrodynamics involving Quantum Mechanics measurements, it is possible to implement the formalism of input-output in a nature manner without ambiguities. In this paper we explore such edge of this mathematical-biology equation in a systematic manner to describe virus and bacteria colonization in a healthy host. We provide numerical calculations in terms of energy. Present a set of diagrams that might enclose information about the realization of bacterial aggregations in their purpose to carry out a specific task. For this end we implement the concept of transfer function of a system. Simulations are presented in order to make predictions and validate the ideas of the proposal of this paper.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121991819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-02DOI: 10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249185
Ivann Velasco, Patrick Spackman, S. Schultz
This paper explores a new method developed for body armor testing using Fiber Bragg Gratings as the main sensing element for dynamic shape sensing. This will be used to help address injuries that result from armor deformation known as blunt force trauma. Tests were done with projectiles at speeds of up to 420+ m/s and the resulting displacement from the shape sensing algorithm produced profiles with errors less than 10% of the actual shape.
{"title":"Body Armor Shape Sensing Using Fiber Bragg Gratings","authors":"Ivann Velasco, Patrick Spackman, S. Schultz","doi":"10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC47856.2020.9249185","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores a new method developed for body armor testing using Fiber Bragg Gratings as the main sensing element for dynamic shape sensing. This will be used to help address injuries that result from armor deformation known as blunt force trauma. Tests were done with projectiles at speeds of up to 420+ m/s and the resulting displacement from the shape sensing algorithm produced profiles with errors less than 10% of the actual shape.","PeriodicalId":186446,"journal":{"name":"2020 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134087742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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