Pollution dispersion from highways: Enhancing particulate matter capture using aerodynamics

People living or working close to the highways are at risk to higher exposure levels of different air pollutants, one of which is particulate matter. The Antea group has recently proposed the addition of Electrostatic Precipitators (or ESPs) on the top of sound barriers adjacent to highways, in order to capture the particulate matter and safely...

Computationally Efficient Conical Horn Antenna Design: A theoretical design approach

In this thesis, a computationally efficient model is proposed to determine different performance parameters of a conical horn antenna of arbitrary profile numerically over a wide range of frequencies. The model is developed using mode matching technique that solves the waveguide junction problem and an integral equation technique that solves the...

Predicting strontium carbonate precipitation through regression: A focus on recovery from reverse osmosis concentrate

Resource recovery from waste streams is indispensable to shifting from a linear economy to a circular economy. Industrial concentrate is a waste stream that is actively researched to explore and expand the prospects of resource recovery. Strontium (Sr), an alkaline earth metal, while found regularly in concentrate streams has not been a focus...

Accurate and Energy-efficient ECG Classification using RRAM based DNN Architecture

Cardiac arrhythmia characterized by irregular heartbeats is a prevalent problem among people suffering from cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Abnormalities in the heartbeats manifested in the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal are traditionally analysed by expert cardiologists or semi-automated computer aided techniques, which can be time consuming....