Thursday, May 26, 11:00 – 12:20
Room: ELH
11:00 – 11:20
Temperature Controlled Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Non-Polarized Noble Gases
Ahmad El-Sayed / Page 29
11:20 – 11:40
Implementation and Performance Analysis of a Parallel Algebraic Multigrid Solver
Tony Youssef Saad / Page 37
11:40 – 12:00
Floating Point Co-processor for Xilinx Micro-Blaze
Nahi Abdul Ghani, Maroulla Haddad, Siba Harb, and Marwan Simaan / Page 42
12:00 – 12:20
Audio Source Locator - Follower Based on Human Ears Physiology
Imad El Khoury / Page 46
Technical Session II – Thermal Systems
Thursday, May 26, 11:00 – 12:20
Room: ALH
11:00 – 11:20
A New Transient Bio-Heat Model of the Human Body and Its Integration to Clothing Models
Maher Salloum / Page 54
11:20 – 11:40
Final Year Project: Evacuated Tube Solar Collector
Nour Abou Jaoude, Shant Hamalian, and Georges Sassine / Page 60
11:40 – 12:00
Experimental Testing and Feasibility Study of a Solar Assisted Solid Desiccant System
Authors: Muhieddine Ajouz, Mohammad Ayoub, Basel Horchi / Page 66
12:00 – 12:20
Smart Home Control System for Energy Saving
Pascale El Ters, Mohamed Mirza, and Sahar Soueid / Page 70
Technical Session III – Information Technology
Thursday, May 26, 15:00 – 17:00
Room: ELH
15:00 – 15:20
Distributed Computing for PDAs (DCP)
Elias Audi, Elissa Chalouhi, and Karine Madi / Page 76
15:20 – 15:40
An Automatic Datapath Generator for a VLIW Core
Patrick Akl and Mohamad Majzoub / Page 80
15:40 – 16:00
Digital Spell Checking Pen: A Novel Digital Pen
Marwa Abdelbaki, Joanna Fayad, Mansour Mansour, and Rosalie Saba / Page 85
16:00 – 16:20
WinCE Embedded Server
Moukarram Alameddine, Rawad Khalife, and Samer Saghir / Page 90
16:20 – 16:40
Arabic Adult Literacy Using Information Technology
Christine Akl, Ralph El-Kady, and Rita Nassif / Page 94
16:40 – 17:00
On Campus Telecommunication: A Mobile Solution
Zahy Abou-Atme, Leila El Aawar, and Nabeel Sulieman / Page 98
Technical Session IV – Computer Vision & Image Processing
Thursday May 26, 15:00 – 17:00
Room: ALH
15:00 – 15:20
A New Approach for Object Detection Based on Point Distribution Models
Adel Fakih / Page 103
15:20 – 15:40
Image-to-Sound Vision Device for the Blind
Samah Halawi, Bilal Khaddaj, and Sara Khaddaj / Page 109
15:40 – 16:00
Hand Gesture Recognition System Based on Image Processing
Joe Naoum-Sawaya, Sami Khawam, and Mazen Slim / Page 115
16:00 – 16:20
Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation in Outdoor Environments
Ali Fawaz, Bernard Ghanem, and Ghassan Karame / Page 121
16:20 – 16:40
New Template Matching Technique Using Principle Component Analysis
Nassim Khaled / Page 127
Technical Session V – Communication
Friday, May 27, 10:00 – 12:00
Room: ELH
10:00– 10:20
Narrowband Interference Suppression in Spread Spectrum Communications
Ghenwa Adra, Ayman Mhanna, and Reem Saab / Page 133
10:20– 10:40
Real-Time Gaming over UMTS
Mustapha Makkook, Hussein Rida, and Mashhour Solh / Page 138
10:40– 11:00
Time and Frequency Synchronization in OFDM Systems
Rola Alame, Karam El-Tannir, and Fehmi Sakkal / Page 142
11:00– 11:20
Multimedia over GPRS
Hamza Derbas, Mohanad Ismail, and Sari Onaissi / Page 148
11:20– 11:40
Re-Inventing Hamming Block Codes
Gabriel Habre / Page 156
11:40– 12:00
Multihop Based Cellular Networks
Sami Abou Saab, Marc Akl, and Sami Arayssi / Page 160
Technical Session VI – Design & Analysis
Friday, May 27, 10:00 – 12:00
Room: ALH
10:00– 10:20
Design and Implementation of an Experimental FM Based Passive Radar
Hayssam Dahrouj, Saeed Abdallah, and Samer Abdallah / Page 165
10:20– 10:40
Analysis of “Shared Taxi” Traffic Operations Using GPS-Based Data Acquisition and Traffic Microsimulation
Elie Daccache, Frederic Kassardjian, and Joe Mattar / Page 169
10:40– 11:00
War on Iraq (2003): A Structured Decision Analysis
Ziad Chehade, Tania Choucair, Rana Hajjar, Rayan Khraibani, and Youssef Saad / Page 173
11:00– 11:20
The Donna Maria Palace: House + Home = Human
Lina Abu Rislan, Yasmin Mehio, Hamzah Sarout / Page 180
11:20– 11:40
The Neoliberalization of Urban Space
Doris Summer / Page 185
11:40– 12:00
Ajram Beach for Ladies
Abir Saksouk-Sasso / Page 190
Technical Session VII – Robotics & Control
Friday, May 27, 15:00 – 17:00
Room: ELH
15:00 – 15:20
F2R - A Car-like Autonomous Fire Fighting Robot
Bissan Ghaddar, Loulou El-Azar and Mackram Raydan / Page 196
15:20 – 15:40
STAR Robot: Self Track- Assembly Robot
Mohamed Al-Barazi, Nawar Berro, and Khaled Koleilat / Page 200
15:40 – 16:00
Design and Implementation of an Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) Hovercraft
Khodr El-Harake, Maan Hamdan, and Rashid Saad / Page 206
16:00 – 16:20
Autonomous Machine to Cover Unfinished Walls with a Thin Cement Layer
Wassim Charafeddine and Wassim Zeineddine / Page 211
16:20 – 16:40
Design and Development of a Grocery Bags Recycling Machine
Sandra Aziz, Bernard Khadra, and Carla Khoury Aouad / Page 216
Technical Session VIII – Graphic Design
Friday, May 27, 15:00 – 17:00
Room: ALH
15:00 – 15:20
Why Me!
Marianne Gharzouzi / Page 223
15:20 – 15:40
The Representation of Sexual Freedom on Lebanese Billboard Advertisements
Marie-Joe Raidy / Page 227
15:40 – 16:00
Fleeting Identities: The Masquerade of Gender
Zéna Khairallah / Page 232
16:00 – 16:20
Fixing Arab Identity: Arabic Calligraphy as Means of Representation
Lynn Osman / Page 237
16:20 – 16:40
A Mutinous Body
Rola Ghotmeh / Page 243
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