College of Engineering: Recent submissions
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Quantifying neonatal pulmonary mechanics in mechanical ventilation
(Elsevier BV, 2019)© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Background: Mechanical Ventilation (MV) is an important intensive care therapy. It is often used in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to treat respiratory distress syndrome. This paper uses model-based ... -
Evaluation of the Effect of Knots on Rolling Shear Strength of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)
(2019)The study experimentally and analytically investigated the effect of knots on the rolling shear (RS) strength of 3-ply southern yellow pine cross-laminated timber (CLT). Center-point bending tests and two-plate shear tests ... -
Advancing lean management: The missing quantitative approach
(Elsevier BV, 2019)For 25 years, the methodologies employed to study lean management have gone relatively unchallenged. This paper reviews the development of the lean body of knowledge and reveals that the vast majority of research, being ... -
An investigation into the effect of electrode type and stimulation parameters on FES-induced dynamic movement in the presence of muscle fatigue for a voltage-controlled stimulator
(Elsevier BV, 2019)Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is very useful in Stroke Rehabilitation for rebuilding muscle strength, both in a clinical setting and for home-based rehabilitation, however it is limited in its usage due to the ... -
Mana tāne, mana whānau : factors which contribute to the success of Māori men desisting from whānau violence.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Despite considerable government and private-sector intervention, whānau violence in Aotearoa New Zealand continues to occur at an alarmingly high rate (Te Puni Kōkiri, 2008). In addition, we know very little about former ... -
Integrating building information modelling and geographic information systems for characterising urban risk and resilience— a proposed geospatial workflow.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)The development of Digital City technologies to manage and visualise spatial information has increasingly become a focus of the research community, and application by city authorities. Traditionally, the Geographic Information ... -
Development of an assessment method for seismic damage to gravity waste water pipes.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This thesis documents the development and demonstration of an assessment method for analysing earthquake-related damage to concrete waste water gravity pipes in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the 2010-2011 Canterbury ... -
Seismic behaviour of rectangular reinforced concrete walls under bi-directional loading.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Current seismic design codes of practice specify the earthquake loadings independently in each direction of the structure’s principal axis. However, the lateral earthquake excitations could be simultaneous in both directions ... -
A hybrid control multi-agent system to automate fruit harvest and yield management.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Robotics and automation have significantly advanced modern industry in many aspects. In particular, automation has enabled companies to increase their outputs, improve the quality of finished work, and enhance production ... -
Patient lifter mechanisms : forces, trajectories, and adjustments for customer and mechanism variations.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)New Zealand’s population is ageing; it is predicted, by 2051, 25 percent of the population will be aged 65 or over. This increase in elderly population is expected to put a larger demand on nursing staff, increasing the ... -
Robots and racism : examining racial bias towards robots.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Previous studies indicate that using the ‘shooter bias’ paradigm, people demon- strate a similar racial bias toward robots racialised as Black over robots racialised as White as they do toward humans of similar skin tones ... -
Interaction between structural walls, flooring slabs and gravity frames in reinforced concrete buildings.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Reinforced concrete (RC) wall structures are generally relied to perform adequately in resisting the lateral forces during strong earthquake ground motions. However, recent earthquakes have indicated that several RC ... -
Navigation in GNSS denied environments using software defined radios and LTE signals of opportunities.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)The aim of this project is to implement a positioning system based on existing technolo- gies as a backup for GNSS to be used in an Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed for carrying passengers where a backup is a ... -
From Fiction to Science - A cultural reflection on social robots
(2004)This paper reflects on the culture of human-robot interaction. A review of common concepts in movies and literature is presented and their relation to scientific work is discussed. Two new research directions on the ... -
Subtle expressivity for characters and robots
(ACM, 2003)People, both consciously and unconsciously, use subtle expressions to indirectly communicate their emotions and intentions through variations of the gaze direction, voice tone and gesture speed. People also perceive changes ... -
Cross-Cultural Study of Expressive Avatars
(2004)Avatars play an important role in international online communities. While certain simple expressions, such as facial emotional expressions are cultural independent, more complex expressions might not be. Therefore we ... -
Rapid Prototyping for Interactive Robots
(2004)A major problem for the development of interactive robots is the user requirement definition, especially the requirements of the appearance and the behavior of the robot. This paper proposes to tackle the problem using ... -
Robot Abuse - A Limitation of the Media Equation
(2005)Robots become increasingly important in our society, but their social role remains unclear. The Media Equation states that people treat computers as social actors, and is likely to apply to robots. This study investigates ... -
In your face, robot! The influence of a character’s embodiment on how users perceive its emotional expressions
(2004)The ability of artificial characters to express emotions is essential for the natural interaction with humans. Their absence could be interpreted as coldness towards the user. Artificial characters can have different ... -
Managing fuse protection in low-voltage networks with distributed generation
(2019)New Zealand’s (NZ’s) uptake of inverter-based solar photovoltaic energy systems can affect fused protection in its 400 V low-voltage (LV) networks. This paper proposes some basic rules that can be applied generally to ...
