{"title":"Soft Linear Algebra over Noisy GF(2) matrices","authors":"T. Moon, J. Gunther","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796866","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we describe methods of finding soft solutions to the linear equation A x=d, where A and d have GF(2) elements but the elements of A and d are only known probabilistically. The solutions described here provide probabilities on the elements of the solution x. Two solution methods are presented. The first method is similar to the LU factorization algorithm. Solution using this technique makes use of a soft inner product lemma proved here. The second method performs Gauss-Jordan reduction of hard and soft matrices, and provides only a solution.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121891160","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}
{"title":"Authorship Verification via Linear Correlation Methods of n-gram and Syntax Metrics","authors":"Jared Nelson, Mohammad Shekaramiz","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796736","url":null,"abstract":"This research evaluates the accuracy of two methods of authorship prediction: syntactical analysis and n-gram, and explores its potential usage. The proposed algorithm measures n-gram, and counts adjectives, adverbs, verbs, nouns, punctuation, and sentence length from the training data, and normalizes each metric. The proposed algorithm compares the metrics of training samples to testing samples and predicts authorship based on the correlation they share for each metric. The severity of correlation between the testing and training data produces significant weight in the decision-making process. For example, if analysis of one metric approximates 100% positive correlation, the weight in the decision is assigned a maximum value for that metric. Conversely, a 100% negative correlation receives the minimum value. This new method of authorship validation holds promise for future innovation in fraud protection, the study of historical documents, and maintaining integrity within academia.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124820691","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}
L. Santos, C. Pica, R. S. de Moura, Pâmela Rugoni Belin, M. A. Martins, J. C. de Bona, L. H. Cruz
{"title":"Business Models for Charter Electric Bus Fleets","authors":"L. Santos, C. Pica, R. S. de Moura, Pâmela Rugoni Belin, M. A. Martins, J. C. de Bona, L. H. Cruz","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796950","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents and discusses possible business models developed for fleets of electric charter buses. Therefore, it is also shown an overview of the Brazilian public transport sector, some fleet data and a perspective on the electrification of mobility, allowing the acknowledgment of the topics encompassed in this article. In addition to the discussion of the business models, there is also a preliminary study of the economic feasibility showing the payback time for each model.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128548506","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}
Nick Robillard, Charles Farrell, Miles Pearson, Hua Tang
{"title":"Design of a Multi-Effects Guitar Pedal Controlled Via Bluetooth App","authors":"Nick Robillard, Charles Farrell, Miles Pearson, Hua Tang","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796972","url":null,"abstract":"For decades, guitar effect pedals have been used by musicians across many genres of music to produce an unique and innovative sound. Many artists may have perhaps a dozen different pedals, each with different settings, to produce the desired effect. This can cause a clunky transition from song to song or even section to section. The main goal of this project was to streamline the process of changing effects, eliminating the time needed to adjust the various dials and switches to get the targeted sound.A simple Android app was developed using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) API to interface with an RFduino microcontroller. The app was designed to be controlled intuitively, with simple buttons and slide bars to control which effects and what settings are enabled. The RFduino programs a shift register to drive a relay network using BJTs. The relays are used to bypass different circuit elements to produce different effects. The RFduino also programs a digital potentiometer to change gain values, volume, and frequency of oscillation.Currently implemented effects include distortion, overdrive and variable frequency tremolo. The design is intended to be easily extendable to other effects such as chorus, phaser, flanger, etc. Using shift registers allows essentially unlimited expansion using only three GPIO pins. Each additional effect would only require additional relays to be installed and minor software modifications.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126957138","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}
{"title":"Online Engineering Education: Laboratories During the Pandemic – A Case Study","authors":"Rawan Al-Nsour, R. Alkhasawneh, Sura K. Alqudah","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796691","url":null,"abstract":"Engineering laboratories plays a key role in the engineering education curricula. Virtual or remote laboratory concept already existed in several institutions that provide a well-designed platform for students to access labs remotely with similar experience to physical labs. However, this type of labs, remote lab, has limitations in term of engineering hands on experience and essential social skills students need for their future engineering practice. As educational institutions forced to switch from traditional face-to-face to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no option but to utilize the online laboratory resources and platforms available. Fully remote or blended solutions were provided for students to assure meeting the specific learning outcomes of engineering courses. This paper will focus on highlighting a specific case study during the pandemic when switching from the traditional face-to-face learning for an engineering lab course to fully online.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126996903","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}
{"title":"Curriculum Development for Teaching Cybersecurity of Industrial Control Systems & Critical Infrastructure","authors":"Basil J. Hamdan, Rawan Al Nsour","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796664","url":null,"abstract":"It is well-established in academic and professional circles that there currently exists a knowledge/skill gap between engineers and IT/Cybersecurity professionals with respect to protecting the nation’s Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Critical Infrastructure (CI) from cyber threats and attacks. This paper documents relevant work and outlines a roadmap for developing a curriculum for a Graduate Certificate as part of the effort to bridge this gap. Given the complex, cross-sector dependencies and interdependencies of ICS and CI, this paper adopts a multidisciplinary approach to developing the proposed Curriculum. To this end, the curriculum augments existing courses in Cybersecurity and Engineering Technology and creates new ones for meeting sector-specific learning outcomes & objectives. Overall, the paper and the proposed curriculum hold the promise of contributing to the ongoing effort to bridge the knowledge/skill gap by educating the future engineering and security workforce on protecting the ICS and CI from cybersecurity threats and attacks.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129200279","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}
{"title":"Temperature Uniformity Control In a Gas Heated Box Furnace","authors":"Arthur Peck, Dakota Roberson","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796849","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial heat treatment furnaces are used to create desirable material properties in metals. Such furnaces are qualified for certain interior volumes and temperature ranges to ensure all material meets the required specifications. These qualifications are established and maintained by a Temperature Uniformity Survey (TUS). This paper investigates the temperature uniformity of a gas powered industrial box furnace, establishes a mathematical model of the furnace in the form of a reduced-order transfer function (TF), and tests the impact of control system changes in terms of temperature rise time and steady state error. The goal is to determine if a better configuration of installed hardware exists. This study shows that fine adjustments to the Proportional, Integral, Derivative (PID) controller yield measurable reductions in rise time while maintaining compliance with the TUS standard.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125536031","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}
{"title":"Theatrical and Spatial Modes of Presenting the Endowment Ritual in Latter-day Saint Temples","authors":"B. Ro","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796937","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the experiential relationship between religious ritual and sacred space for temples built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lindsay Jones’ theatrical modes of presenting ritual performances are used to enhance our understanding of the function of the temple’s endowment ordinance. Over 170 Latter-day Saint temples from around the globe are analyzed in terms of their unique endowment spatial sequence in order to identify the various theatrical and spatial modes of presentation employed over the 190-year lifespan of the Church. Three important findings are identified in the paper: 1) Latter-day Saint temples with a five-room sequence and live endowment presentation are considered multi-sensory engaging experiences by the use of ambulatory actors and audiences; 2) temples with a two-room endowment sequence and a film presentation are efficient in their usage of space, but they often lead to passivity through their use of stationary stages and audiences; and 3) temples with three or five-room sequences which utilize the film presentation format blend efficiency with active involvement with the use of stationary stages and ambulatory audiences.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133640048","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}
{"title":"Make Cars Modular Again","authors":"E. Durney, Brian Durney","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796949","url":null,"abstract":"In the early 1900s more than 2,000 different companies made and sold at least one car, using easily available mail-order parts like engines and axles (what we would call modules today). A wide variety of cars—steam, electric and gasoline—were made and car technology evolved explosively. Almost all of those companies failed and vanished, but that “creative destruction” spurred innovation. Since then, evolution in the car industry has slowed down to be mostly modest optimization by a relative few carmakers. We want to make cars modular again, and bring back to carmaking the vibrancy and revolutionary change of the early 1900s. As a start, we propose that carmakers use standard interfaces so that computer-driver and electrical-power modules from other companies can be connected to their cars.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134341618","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}
{"title":"Long Range Sensor Network for Disaster Relief","authors":"E. Elison, E. Rohani","doi":"10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietc54973.2022.9796684","url":null,"abstract":"The ability for governing bodies to provide aid quickly and accurately has been proven critical in preserving human lives [2]. In many disaster scenarios, such as high magnitude earthquakes or tsunamis, existing communication infrastructure could be rendered inoperable. This creates the need for additional disaster relief solutions. The most optimum solution to this issue is a long-range, batter-powered sensor network which could be deployed quickly and easily. This paper comprises the creation of a more efficient and accessible sensor network for use in situations which demand flexibility, such as in disaster relief.","PeriodicalId":251518,"journal":{"name":"2022 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115047093","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}