Abstract: Due to model uncertainty, system coupling and external disturbance, the mathematical structure of control system is often constructed imprecisely. This unknown structure implies the unknown ...

Every year, raging floods tear through cities, killing thousands, wiping out homes, and costing billions in destruction. But hidden beneath our feet and rising along our rivers are colossal structures ...

Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed Senate Bill 18 — a bill passed unanimously in the second-called special session that would remove bureaucratic “red tape” when repairing flood-control ...

In recent months, there has been growing discussion of the so-called “kill zone” — a drone-enabled space designed to halt Russian advances. We sought to understand what this concept entails, how it ...

It’s hard to imagine now, but in the mid-1980s, the Internet came close to collapsing due to the number of users congesting its networks. Computers would request packets as quickly as they could, and ...

The human body, composed of interconnected subsystems with complex dynamic behavior, is often oversimplified or neglected by structural designers and building codes. Human-induced loads, whether ...

Abstract: We have introduced a novel approach to competency-based education in mechatronics from the undergraduate to the postgraduate level. What distinguishes this approach is the integration of ...