In any given industry, most operations are performed by hand. Hand grip strength is an important factor that can influence performance in terms of the amount of force a person can apply and his/her endurance limit (or time to fatigue). This research attempts to discover the rela…
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A critical challenge to the continued use of engineering structures as they are asked to perform longer than their design life is the prediction of an initiating crack and the prevention of damage, estimation of remaining useful life, schedule maintenance and to reduce costly do…
Several studies have shown that information and communications technology (ICT) is important in economic and business development. The advent and rapid development of ICT have not helped in bridging the technological gap between developing countries and advanced countries. In fa…
Participatory sensing, in which volunteers use the sensors on their smartphones to capture and transmit digital samples of the surrounding environment, shows promise for large-scale data collection. Recently, researchers have begun to explore the use of incentives to motivate pa…
We performed large eddy simulation of the flow over a series of two- and three-dimensional dune geometries at laboratory scale using the Lagrangian dynamic eddy-viscosity subgrid-scale model. First, we studied the flow over a standard 2D transverse dune geometry, then bedform th…
The intent of this study is to generate synthetic Geomechanical Logs for a specific Marcellus Shale asset using Artificial Intelligence and Data mining Technology. Geomechanical Distributions (Map and Volume) for the entire Marcellus Shale asset was completed. In order to accomp…
This work focuses on experimental study of cross-property connections that link up effective linear elastic and electrical conductive properties of heterogeneous materials. Such connections are especially useful when one property (electrical conductivity) is easier to measure th…
This work proposes a framework of concept generation and evaluation that takes into consideration the benefit of creativity and innovation in current market trends. By educating engineers in how to increase creativity in concept design and assess it quantitatively, the next gene…
Summarizing spatial network-based observations (SSNO) entails finding a compact description or representation of large spatial or spatio-temporal datasets. For example, transportation planners and engineers may need to identify road segments that pose risks for pedestrians and r…
This work proposes new optimization techniques, either gradient-based or derivative-free, to improve the performance of the production optimization step in the closed-loop reservoir management framework in terms of computational cost and the ultimate objective function result. T…
The spatial modeling of the petrochemical active regions in the Niger Delta (ND), Nigeria was carried out through the analysis exploration and extraction of geospatial data and resultant risk maps were generated. The pollutants assessed include; heavy metals, polychlorinated aro…
Over the last two decades, the demand for the energy worldwide had increased which had led to the increase in price of the hydrocarbon which is the major source of energy. However, the discovery of gigantic conventional reservoirs had reduced which has led to the dependence on t…
Use of solar photovoltaic (PV) and other renewable sources to meet rising electricity demand by a growing world population has gained traction in many countries in recent years. In rural Sub-Saharan Africa, where 86 percent of the populace has no access to electricity, solar ene…
The purpose of this study is to create and develop a set of communication strategies that will assist elected representatives in Nigeria in communicating effectively with their constituents. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the face of the world, and it…
Toluene methylation with methanol was carried out over different bi-porous acidic composite HZSM-5/Almcm41 (ZM1, ZM2 and ZM3) and CsX modified basic catalysts. The porosity of the catalysts was adjusted through different degree of ZSM-5 dissolution via the top down approach. The…
This study will explore how science self-efficacy among college students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in Nigeria predicts their innovation. Several reports on African development argue that science, technology and innovation underpin targets…
The author developed a unified nD framework and process ontology for Building Information Modeling (BIM). The research includes a framework developed for 6D BIM, nD BIM, and nD ontology that defines the domain and sub-domain constructs for future nD BIM dimensions. The nD ontolo…
Although Black-Scholes (BS) model was a major breakthrough in the theory of finance it exhibited significant, persistent, and systematic biases due to some of its simplified assumptions. Consequently, several parametric models have been developed where some of the BS's simplifie…