An overview of joint activities on computational imaging and compressive sensing systems by NATO SET-232

Conventional electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) systems (i.e., active, passive, multiband and hyperspectral) capture an image by optically focusing the incident light at each of the millions of pixels in a focal plane array. The optics and the focal plane are designed to efficiently capture desired aspects (like spectral content, spatial...

Designing a personal music assistant that enhances the social, cognitive, and affective experiences of people with dementia

Research shows that music with a strong personal meaning can enhance the social, cognitive, and affective experiences of both people with dementia (PwD) and their social environment. We applied a human-centred design method, called situated Cognitive Engineering, to develop the conceptual design and design rationale of the Music ePartner. The...

HCI challenges for community-based disaster recovery

In disaster recovery, responding professional organizations traditionally assess the needs of communities following a disaster. Recent disasters have shown that volunteer capacities within the community are not yet integrated in recovery activities. To improve the efficiency of responding professionals and utilize the potential capacity from...

DECAB: Process development of a phase change absorption process

This work describes the conceptual design of a novel separation process for CO2 removal from flue gas based on precipitating solvents. The process here described (DECAB) is an enhanced CO2 absorption based on the Le Chatelier's principle, which states that reaction equilibrium can be shifted by removing one of the constituents in the reaction. A...

Development of design options for the port plug components of the ITER core CXRS diagnostic

The paper presents component concepts developed for the ITER core charge exchange recombination spectroscopy (cCXRS). They are based on the cCXRS layout of 2009, named as reference design option. It includes an outer shell, carrying a blanket shield module and a shielding cassette. The cassette, attached to the outer shell, carries secondary...

Finalization of the conceptual design of the remote steering ECH launcher for ITER

The design of a remote steering (RS) variant of the electron cyclotron heating (ECH) upper port launcher (UPL) for neo-classical tearing mode (NTM) stabilization in ITER is being finalised. The RS variant is the fall-back option for the reference design, which is a front steering (FS) UPL. This paper presents the changes made in the design of...

Conceptual design of the ITER upper port plug for charge exchange diagnostic

A plug for the ITER core charge exchange recombination spectroscopy (core CXRS) is located in the upper port 3. It transfers the light emitted by interaction of plasma ions with the diagnostic neutral beam (DNB). The plug consists of a main shell, a shielding cassette and a retractable tube. The tube carries the first mirror (M1) with a shutter...

Optical design study of an infrared visible viewing system for Wendelstein 7-X divertor observation and control

For the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator, which will allow quasicontinuous operation (τ30 min) with 10 MW of electron cyclotron radiation heating power, a conceptual design study for an IR/visible viewing system (IVVS) has been elaborated. Ten such systems, as part of the machine protection system, will be required for real time monitoring of all ten...

A semantic feature model for conceptual design of warships

In the conceptual design phase of warships, important decisions are made based on relatively little information. It isdecided here whether a concept is feasible, and whether the resulting model should be the basis for further development. The conceptual design phase is characterised by the frequent use of rule of the thumb methods. These methods...