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Android is the most popular mobile operating system. Its omnipresence leads to the fact that it is also the most popular target amongst malware developers and other computer criminals. Hence, this thesis shows the security-relevant structures of Android’s system and application architecture. Furthermore, it provides laboratory exercises on various security-related issues to understand them not only theoretically but also deal with them in a practical way. In order to provide infrastructure-independent education, the exercises are based on Android Virtual Devices (AVDs).
Quarz crystal microbalances allow the monitoring of the adsorption process of mass from a liquid to their surface. The adsorbed mass can be analysed regarding to its protein content using mass spectromety. To ensure the protein identification the results of several measurements can be combined. A high content QCM-D array was developed to allow up to ten measurements parallel. The samples can be routed inside the array distributing one sample to several chips. The fluidic parts were prototyped using 3D printing. The assembled array was tight and the sample routing function could be demonstrated. A temperature controller was developed and implemented. The parameters for the PID controller were determined and the controller was shown to be able to keep the temperature constant over long time with high accuracy.
Distributed Flow Control and Intelligent Data Transfer in High Performance Computing Networks
(2015)
This document contains my master thesis report, including problem definition, requirements, problem analysis, review of current state of the art, proposed solution,
designed prototype, discussions and conclusion.
During this work we propose a collaborative solution to run different types of operations in a broker-less network without relying on a central orchestrator.
Based on our requirements, we define and analyze a number of scenarios. Then we design a solution to address those scenarios using a distributed workflow management approach. We explain how we break a complicated operation into simpler parts and how we manage it in a non-blocking and distributed way. Then we show how we asynchronously launch them on the network and how we collect and aggregate results. Later on we introduce our prototype which demonstrates the proposed design.
The objective of this thesis is the conceptual design of a battery management system for the first prototype of the UWC (University of the Western Cape) Modular Battery System. The battery system is a lithium-ion battery that aims to be used in renewable energy systems and for niche electric vehicles such as golf carts.
The concept that is introduced in this thesis comprises the parameter monitoring, the safety management and has its main focus on an accurate state of charge estimation.
Another battery system that was already implemented is used as base for the parameter monitoring and the safety management for the new battery management system. In contrast to that, the concept for the state of charge estimation must be developed completely.
Different methods for the state of charge estimation which are based on the measured voltage, current and temperature are discussed, evaluated and the chosen method is conceived in this thesis. The method used for the state of charge estimation is different for the time when the battery is active than when it is inactive. During charge and discharge Coulomb counting is used and when the cell is inactive voltage versus state of charge lookup tables are used to update the estimation.
To have an accurate estimation when the cell is inactive only for a short time, a model of the voltage relaxation is used to predict the voltage when the cells are in equilibrium. This allows the algorithm to reset the state of charge that is estimated by Coulomb counting – which tends to have a growing error over time – frequently.
To evaluate the accuracy of the voltage prediction, cell tests were executed where the voltage relaxation was sampled. The recursive least square method to predict the end voltage was tested with a MATLAB programme. With the help of voltage versus state of charge lookup tables it was possible to determine the state of charge accuracy with the accuracy of the voltage prediction.