Dr. Carl A. Nelson Profile

Dr. Carl A. Nelson

at Univ of Nebraska Lincoln

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2011 Paper

Improving an energy harvesting device for railroad safety applications

Abolfazl Pourghodrat, Carl Nelson, Kyle Phillips, Mahmood Fateh

Proceedings Volume 7977, 79770U (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880631

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Energy harvesting, Wind energy, Safety, Solar energy, Electromagnetism, Sensor networks, 3D modeling, Computer aided design

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2011 Paper

Simulation and control system of a power harvesting device for railroad track health monitoring

Kyle Phillips, Carl Nelson, Mahmood Fateh

Proceedings Volume 7984, 79840D (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880604

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Control systems, Control systems design, Wind energy, Computer simulations, Energy harvesting, Device simulation, Resistance, Sensor networks, Resistors

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Proceedings Article | 9 April 2010 Paper

On-track testing of a power harvesting device for railroad track health monitoring

Sean Hansen, Abolfazl Pourghodrat, Carl Nelson, Mahmood Fateh

Proceedings Volume 7650, 76500Y (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.848831

KEYWORDS: Sensor networks, Safety, Lamps, Data acquisition, Energy harvesting, Sensors, Prototyping, Mathematical modeling, Solar energy, Resistance

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Proceedings Article | 7 April 2009 Paper

Power harvesting for railroad track safety enhancement using vertical track displacement

Carl Nelson, Stephen Platt, Sean Hansen, Mahmood Fateh

Proceedings Volume 7288, 728811 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815544

KEYWORDS: Safety, Sensor networks, Prototyping, Light emitting diodes, Sensors, Remote sensing, Power supplies, Head, Data acquisition, Resistors

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2008 Paper

Power harvesting for railroad track health monitoring using piezoelectric and inductive devices

Carl Nelson, Stephen Platt, Dave Albrecht, Vedvyas Kamarajugadda, Mahmood Fateh

Proceedings Volume 6928, 69280R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.775884

KEYWORDS: Sensor networks, Sensors, Resistors, Magnetism, Resistance, Instrument modeling, Numerical simulations, Remote sensing, Power supplies, Solar energy

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