A Wellbeing@KSU Journey: MAPW Portfolio

A process narrative and samples and complete works from my time in MAPW and as a GRA within the health and well-being departments at KSU. The portfolio showcases my journey as a communicator and professional writer and how it has impacted my current career

Towards Implementing An Efficient Biometric Authentication Framework For Nigeria Customer Banking Systems

With the rapidly increasing number of break-in reports on traditional Personal Identification Number (PIN) and password security systems, there is a high demand for greater security for access to sensitive or personal information in the Nigerian Banking System. This paper reviews the current practices in Nigeria’s customer banking services; reveals the results of a survey and suggests a more efficient biometric framework for a more secured Nigeria Customer Banking System. Customer banking, which includes a wide spectrum of banking services, must be carried out with proper authentication to ensure not only the security of transactions, customers’ information and funds, but also the protection of the Banks’ global image and brand. It is clear that Information Security and Information Management tend to interrelate in innovative systems thereby triggering the need for sustainability. The uses of traditional forms of authentication such as signatures, Identity cards and PIN have not adequately met this security need. In recent times, biometric technologies have been typically used to analyze human characteristics for security purposes as biometric-based authentication serves as a solidified form of authentication for real-time security processes

Spartan Daily, February 6, 1991

Volume 96, Issue 6https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/8074/thumbnail.jp

Commissioning of Silicon detectors for the COMPASS experiment at CERN

This document describes the silicon microstrip detectors used in the COMPASS experiment. The main features of silicon microstrip detectors, mechanisms of radiation damages and the principles of the Lazarus effect are reviewed. The specific realization of silicon microstrip detectors in the COMPASS experiment is described. Production and tests done in the lab are discussed. Here, emphasis is placed on the noise performance of the detectors. The analysis of readout and performance tests in a test beam at CERN is done. Commissioning, debugging and first tests of the detectors and of the readout system on the COMPASS beam line in the 2001 beam time are presented

Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) prototype with Raspberry Pi

With globalisation and the thirst for connectivity across society, the demand placed on wireless infrastructure and the associated resource is growing exponentially. Very soon this resource will reach saturation point, due to the finite bandwidth available in the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum. A method of countering the impending saturation needs to be found. That method can be Visible Light Communication (VLC). Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) is a research field within VLC that utilises the visible light band within the electromagnetic wave spectrum. This band is 10,000 times larger than the RF band and cannot be ‘leased’ or saturated with users. Light waves can be modulated to carry an enormous amount ofsimultaneous data, at speeds faster than current consumer equipment can handle. This Dissertation describes in detail the research, construction and testing of a Li-Fi prototype using Raspberry Pi. The prototype is compact, low cost, uses accessible components and provides a solid foundation for other students to follow on with further work in this field. The prototype successfully demonstrates the principle of Visible Light Communication and shows the viability of using Python for coding, SPI for data transfer and lists suitable electronic components to process bit-wise data signals. The prototype shows that while it is possible to use addressable LED’sas the transmitting element, the Dissertation concludes that they are not suitable outside of a heavily constrained environment

Mapping Communicative Activity: A CHAT Approach to Design of Pseudo- Intelligent Mediators for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

The development of AAC technologies is of critical importance to the many people who are unable to speak intelligibly (or at all) due to a communication disorder, and to their many everyday interlocutors. Advances in digital technologies have revolutionized AAC, leading to devices that can “speak for” such individuals as aptly as it is illustrated in the case of the world famous physicist, Stephen Hawking. However, given their dependence on prefabricated language (and constant management by teams of people), current AAC devices are very limited in their ability to mediate everyday interactions. We argue here that the limits of AAC are firstly theoretical — grounded in prosthetic models that imagine AAC devices as replacements for damaged body parts and in transmission models of language production as communication. In contrast, our multidisciplinary team aims to design pseudo-intelligent mediators (PIMs) of communication by blending strengths of human mediators with features of current AAC technologies. To inform the design process, we report here our initial situated studies focusing on the distributed nature of everyday communicative activities conducted with potential AAC/PIM users. Our analysis focuses on the discursive alignments of these participants and their interlocutors, attending especially to the various ways their personal aides function as human mediators. Specifically, we focus on mapping the communicative activity around each of these differently-abled individuals (the majority of whom have cerebral palsy) as they navigated a university campus. We profile the everyday interactional patterns within functional systems and across settings, and present close discourse analysis of one interaction to highlight the diverse roles personal aides adopted in mediating communication. Finally, we argue that attending to differently “abled” bodies as they move through everyday communicative environments pushes CHAT to more fully theorize physicality, individual mobilities, and the roles of bodies in the laminated assemblage of functional systems.

Emergency vehicle alert system, phase 2

The EVAS provides warning for hearing-impaired motor vehicle drivers that an emergency vehicle is in the local vicinity. Direction and distance to the emergency vehicle are presented visually to the driver. This is accomplished by a special RF transmission/reception system. During this phase the receiver and transmitter from Phase 1 were updated and modified and a directional antenna developed. The system was then field tested with good results. Static and dynamic (moving vehicle) tests were made with the direction determined correctly 98 percent of the time

Study of Workforce Development at WPI/QCC Lab for Education and Application Prototypes (LEAP) in Central MA -Its Role on Silicon Photonics and Electronics Industries in New England

This work will investigate the existing educational resources on integrated photonics and the current needs in the ecosystem in central Massachusetts. The student team conducted surveys and interviews on the campus of Quinsigamond Community College (QCC, Worcester, MA) which provided profound knowledge of the needs, current status, and gaps that can be present between the expectations of the industry and resources in schools. The outcomes of this study will guide the student investigators into understanding the roles of LEAP in order to close the gap and further provide suggestions for LEAP. This work will help establish a workforce development hub in central MA and provide the needed educational resources for the photonics industry and eventually benefit the whole society

Mustang Daily, October 10, 2003

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/studentnewspaper/7062/thumbnail.jp