Due to the good performance of tracking low elevation target as compared to microwave and the superiority in penetrating smoke, dust, fog, and dry snow as compared to infrared, a Ku and Ka dual band experimental radar was designed and developed. This Ku and Ka dual band experimental radar is an ampl...

Based on building footprints (building polygons) on digital maps, we are proposing the GIS and CG integrated system that automatically generates 3D building models with multiple roofs. Most building polygons' edges meet at right angles (orthogonal polygon). The integrated system partitions orthogona...

Most sensors or cameras discussed in the sensor network community are usually 3D homogeneous, even though their 2D coverage areas in the ground plane are heterogeneous. Meanwhile, observed objects of camera networks are usually simplified as 2D points in previous literature. However in actual applic...

Data centers use more than 1.5% of all electricity in China and the U.S., with continuing growth. This paper reviews the power hierarchy levels within modern data centers. It considers energy consumption and power electronics challenges across all levels of a data center, including building distribu...

In view of the DC fault current isolation deficiency for the conventional half-bridge sub-module (HBSM) based modular multilevel converter (MMC), this paper presents an improved MMC topology. Both quasi reverse blocking submodules (QRBSMs) and current limit modules (CLMs) are employed to improve the...