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Polyphonic Transcription S<strong>of</strong>tware Engine<br />
Steven Limpert, Electrical <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Graduation: May 2012 Hometown: West Chester, Pennsylvania<br />
Mentor: Dr. Harvey Thornburg, Electrical <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Grand Challenge: Information infrastructure<br />
The goal <strong>of</strong> this research is to develop a polyphonic transcription engine. Thus far, a single note model consisting<br />
<strong>of</strong> dynamic Bayesian networks intended for polyphonic articulatory piano transcription has been developed.<br />
Additionally, a fundamental frequency likelihood model has been developed. For the single note model, an<br />
investigation <strong>of</strong> individual note’s partial decay rates was necessary. Matlab was used to analyze the partial decay<br />
rates <strong>of</strong> individual notes being played with different lengths and volumes on a piano. Future work is to be done<br />
in the refinement <strong>of</strong> the single note model before scaling up to the polyphonic model.<br />
Maximizing Performance in Renewable Energy R&D Projects<br />
Brian Lines, Chemical <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Graduation: May 2010 Hometown: Tucson, <strong>Arizona</strong><br />
Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Sullivan, Construction<br />
Grand Challenge: Make solar energy economical<br />
The research focuses on management and organization methods to increase the performance <strong>of</strong> renewable<br />
energy research and development projects. Performance metrics have been emphasized in order to quantify<br />
and track the value added by exploratory research projects. Research has been conducted within a case study<br />
project that is developing and optimizing two new thermal energy storage technologies for commercial use in<br />
concentrating solar power plants. Results from this case study demonstrate the importance <strong>of</strong> including experts<br />
from the construction industry within the project team in order to maximize the real world economic potential <strong>of</strong><br />
exploratory renewable energy technologies.<br />
Server/Client Based Multi-Threading Robot Interface<br />
Patrick Lu, Computer System <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Graduation: May 2011 Hometown: Kaohsiung, Taiwan<br />
Mentor: Dr. Winslow Burleson, Computer Science and <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Grand Challenge: Engineer the tools <strong>of</strong> scientific discovery<br />
The goal <strong>of</strong> this research is to connect the robot with Game as Life, Life as Game (Gallag) research project.<br />
The multi-threading robot server enables Gallag users to control the robot from a simple iPhone interface. The<br />
framework built from previous semesters is carefully reviewed in order to create more robust multi-threading<br />
application. The future work will include a better job scheduling system, so multiple users can request robot<br />
to perform tasks simultaneously.<br />
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