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  • Elastic stability of cylindrical shells with soft elastic cores 
    Karam, Gebran Nizar; PHD; SOE; 199590200; Civil Engineering; Gibson, Lorna J.; gkaram@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, )
    Thin walled cylindrical shell structures are widespread in nature: examples include porcupine quills, hedgehog spines and plant stems. All have an outer shell of almost fully dense material supported by a low density, ...
  • Determining the contribution of visual and haptic cues during compliance discrimination in the context of minimally invasive surgery 
    Fakhoury, Evan; PHD; SOE; 200501678; Industrial And Mechanical Engineering; Henson, Brian; evan.fakhoury@lau.edu; Lebanese American University (The University of Leeds, )
    While minimally invasive surgery is replacing open surgery in an increasing number of surgical procedures, it still poses risks such as unintended tissue damage due to reduced visual and haptic feedback. Surgeons assess ...
  • Distribution network line protection in the presence of distributed generation 
    Margossian, Harag; PHD; SOE; 201509049; Electrical And Computer Engineering; Sachau, Jurgen; harag.margossian@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (University of Luxembourg, )
    The evolution of the distribution network from a passive grid with unidirectional power flows to, in the presence of distributed generation (DGs), an active grid with bidirectional power flows can lead to some technical ...
  • Behavior of un-reinforced concrete masonry infill walls under lateral earthquake loads. (c2016) 
    Azzi, Ziad Charbel; MSE in Civil and Environment Eng; SOE; 200803405; Issa, Camille; Tabbara, Mazen; Civil Engineering; Abi Shdid, Caesar; ziad.azzi@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Lebanese American University, )
    Reinforced concrete buildings with unreinforced masonry infill walls constitute the majority of new and old building inventories in the Middle East. In the absence of mandatory earthquake design requirements, such buildings ...
  • Supersonic flow separation on a backward facing step 
    Sfeir, Abdallah; MSE in Industrial and Engg. Mgmt; SOE; 199590070; Industrial And Mechanical Engineering; Holt, M.; asfeir@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (University of California, )
    The paper describes an experimental survey of flow separation on backward facing steps having different heights at a Mach number of 2.4. Reattachment and critical points are found for three regimes, laminar, transitional, ...
  • Supersonic laminar boundary layer separation near a compression corner 
    Sfeir, A.A.; PHD; SOE; 199590070; Industrial And Mechanical Engineering; asfeir@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (University of California, )
    Detailed measurements were performed in the region of interaction of a laminar boundary layer with a compression corner at Mach numbers near 2.5. Different models were tested permitting variation in the angle of compression ...
  • A 2x2 space-time code for noncoherent ultra wideband (UWB) communication systems with M-PPM and energy detection. (c2016) 
    El Amine, Ali H.; MSE in Computer Engineering; SOE; 200803058; Fawaz, Wissam; Saab, Samer; Electrical And Computer Engineering; Abou Rjeily, Chadi; ali.alamine@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Lebanese American University, )
    It is all about spectrum, the electromagnetic communication frequency spectrum characterizes the distribution of all the different wireless technologies approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and their ...
  • Serial relaying over gamma-gamma MIMO FSO links. (c2015) 
    Abdo, Alfred Youssef; MSE in Computer Engineering; SOE; 201305986; Saab, Samer; Fawaz, Wissam; Electrical Engineering; Abou Rjeily, Chadi (2016-04-18)
    Free Space Optical (FSO) channels with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) hops and serial relaying are studied under the e ects of Gamma-Gamma modeled atmospheric turbulence alone, and under the combined e ects of ...
  • Impact of inter-relay cooperation on the performance of FSO systems with any number of relays. (c2015) 
    Noun, Zeina K.; MSE in Computer Engineering; SOE; 201103918; Ghajar, Raymond; Saab, Samer; Electrical Engineering; Abou Rjeily, Chadi (2016-04-06)
    In recent times, FSO (Free Space Optics) technology placed itself as a powerful means to transport data in communication systems. Its great potential to provide relatively high data rates services amongst many other ...
  • KT2C. (c2014) 
    Al Kawam, Ahmad; MSE in Computer Engineering; SOE; 201105416; Nakad, Zahi; Tannir, Dani; Electrical Engineering; Ouaiss, Iyad (2016-03-03)
    We introduce the K-way Thermal Chip Clustering (KT2C) algorithm; a VLSI chip partitioning algorithm that is used to reduce the chip’s temperature and prevent the formation of hotspots. The clustering algorithm is integrated ...
  • RFID localization using single reader antenna. (c2014) 
    Msheik, Hamze; MSE in Computer Engineering; SOE; 200503203; Nakad, Zahi; Tannir, Dani; Electrical Engineering; Saab, Samer (2016-03-03)
    In today‟s modern world it is very important to wirelessly track assets whether small items such as bananas, patients in hospital, to massive mining machines. Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) was recognized as a very ...
  • Effects of deck transverse cracks on the temperature distribution in composite bridges. (c2014) 
    Masri, Omar Youssef El; MSE in Civil and Environment Eng; SOE; 1988-06-09; 200702400; Tabbara, Mazen; Abi Shdid, Caesar; Civil Engineering; Issa, Camille (2015-09-18)
    Thermally induced stresses in composite steel-concrete bridges are higher than those experienced by their concrete and steel cousins due to dissimilarity in material properties. These thermal stresses are relatively high ...
  • A scalable family of unitary and differential space-time codes for ultra wideband communications. (c2014) 
    Fayad, Karl; Engineering; 1988-10-22; 200803817; Dr. Wissam Fawaz; Dr. Samer Saab; MSE in Computer Engineering; Dr. Chadi Abou Rjeily (2015-06-10)
    Higher data rates have always been the main demand ever since the emergence of telecommunications. This quest for faster and more reliable communications has led to the evolution of numerous generations of wired and wireless ...
  • The graphic novel's West Asian new wave. (c2014) 
    Sabbagh, Mona Majzoub; Arts and Sciences; 1979-08-27; 201000623; Dr. Kristiaan Aercke; Dr. Yasmine Dabbous; MA in Comparative Literature; Dr. Jenine Abboushi (2015-02-26)
    While the graphic novel is becoming a well-established genre in the West with its own definitions, bi-cultural authors develop a new West Asian trajectory, both in form and subject, from their own displacements as well as ...
  • Power-sharing in Bahrain. (c2014) 
    Tabbara, Bann; Arts and Sciences; 1988-10-13; 200601616; Dr. Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss; Dr. Sami Baroudi; MA in International Affairs; Dr. Bassel Salloukh (2015-02-11)
    The Arab Spring demonstrated that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to violent breakdown. Oppressed citizens are looking for the establishment of democratic political systems to replace authoritarian rule. ...
  • Designing policies using a MIMO PID controller for correlated multiple-policy multiple-objective strategic planning. (c2014) 
    Khalifeh, Joe; Engineering; 1988-08-30; 200601230; Dr. Wissam Fawaz; Dr. Marc Haddad; MSE in Computer Engineering; Dr. Samer Saab (2015-02-10)
    Strategic planning (SP) is the process of aligning an organization’s activities with its own vision and mission. Several strategic planning frameworks and tools were developed such as SWOC, Porter’s five forces and PEST ...
  • Parallel multi-voltage power minimization in VLSI circuits. (c2013) 
    Younes, Rabih Halim; Engineering; 1989-03-02; 200600666; Dr. Zahi Nakad; Dr. Dani Tannir; MSE in Computer Engineering; Dr. Iyad Ouaiss (2015-02-10)
    Power consumption minimization is nowadays considered a main challenge to VLSI designers, especially with the growth of the mobile computing industry. Previous studies have tried minimizing power consumption at the expense ...
  • Learn while tracking. (c2013) 
    Toukhtarian, Raffi; Engineering; 1987-06-10; 200502775; Dr. Chadi Abu Rjeili; Dr. Dani Tannir; MSE in Computer Engineering; Dr. Samer Saab (2013-09-03)
    Controlling a plant and automatically driving its output to track a user-defined reference trajectory with sufficiently small error has been an important problem in control theory and application. This problem is referred ...
  • Bidirectional electronic textile token grid network topology. (c2013) 
    Khalil, Antonio F.; Engineering; 1984-08-24; 200201428; Dr. Wissam Fawaz; MSE in Computer Engineering; Dr. Zahi Nakad (2013-09-03)
    Electronic Textile (e-textile) applications seem to obtain more and more importance in our daily lives; the huge amount of fabrics around us help electronic textile to mingle and integrate seamlessly with our daily life ...
  • Numerical simulation of damage to massive stone columns due to earthquakes. (c2012) 
    Merchak, Ursula Aref; Engineering; 1989-04-17; 200601474; Dr. Camille Issa; Dr. Gebran Karam; MSE in Civil and Environment Eng; Dr. Mazen Tabbara (2013-02-28)
    Large seismic events have historically occurred in the Middle East and particularly in Lebanon causing severe deterioration and destruction of historical monuments. In 1202 and 1759, Lebanon experienced two of the strongest ...

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