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• Effectiveness of Exterior-Beam Rotation-Prevention Systems for Bridge Deck Construction—Phase II 

  Hui, Li; Hraib, Faress; Vicente, Miguel; Hindi, Riyadh (Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation, 2019-09)

  During bridge deck construction, construction loads are transferred through the overhang-formwork system into the girder system, resulting in significant torsional moments acting on the exterior girder. In some cases, these ...

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• Inference on website fingerprinting 

  Lin, Weiran (2018-12)

  Although nowadays Internet users are better and better protected by advanced encryption mechanisms, their privacy is still not yet well protected: eavesdroppers can use the patterns of network traffic to learn sensitive ...

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• Realization of selfish learning 

  Zhang, Wenxian (2018-12)

  This thesis provides an overview and experiments/simulations to verify improved efficiency and accuracy of social learning through so-called selfish learning that revises traditional social learning patterns (Raman and ...

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• Current Policies throughout the Nation for Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (PHB) Installation 

  DeLorenzo, Stacey S.; Jiang, Min; Attalla, Mohamed (Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation, 2019-09)

  With increased interest in Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (PHB) use across the United States, including in Illinois, it is necessary to provide a comprehensive analysis for PHB application nationwide, including current control ...

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• Robotic Actuator Mimicking Serpentine Locomotion 

  Tian, Yanpei (2018-12)

  At present, the structures that people have built to mimic serpentine locomotion mostly use motor as power output. Our objective in this project is to find a new method to drive a newly designed serpentine locomotion ...

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