Browsing by Author "Staack, David"
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Demko, Andrew Robert (2017-05-02)Composite solid propellants are typically used in rocket propulsion systems due to their simplicity and relatively low cost. They are mixtures of the fuel, oxidizer, and various catalysts. Oftentimes, bonding agents and ...
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de Morais, Andre Eurico (2016-08-08)Solar energy is arguably the most promising response to the challenge of generating power in a clean and renewable way. However, there are many technical challenges that must be overcome before this alternative becomes ...
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Diaz, Abismael (2018-05-01)Space laundry is non-existent onboard the ISS. Astronauts are forced to wear the same clothing for up to 3-5 days. After the clothing becomes soiled, it is discarded in resupply cargo ships. The discardment of soiled ...
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Tang, Xin (2020-07-23)Laboratory and industrial plasmas in liquid are conventionally generated by electric fields. In nature, one verified plasma generation method is the hydrodynamic flow induced cavitation by snapping shrimp. Collapsing ...
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Martinez, Marco Concepcion (2017-07-24)There are numerous opportunities in the lifecycle of oil extraction, transport, and use where it can potentially contaminate the environment, in particular water and soil. Various technologies have been developed to remediate ...
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Thompson, Thomas (2016-07-08)Hydrocarbons are a prominent fuel source for many different types of applications. Due to transportation and handling, spills and leaks may contaminate the surrounding soil. Soil contamination has adverse effects on the ...
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Staack, David; Tang, Xin (2018-10-17)How to build and operate your own snapping shrimp device: The bio-inspired snapping shrimp device is relatively easy to build. This is useful both for reproducibility of the science as well as being interesting and fun. ...
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Huang, Min; Rathore, Kavita; Baky, Md Abdullah Hil; Lassalle, John; Hasan, Md Kamrul; Burnette, Matthew; Campbell, Christopher; Kraus, Jamie; Wang, Kunpeng; Jemison, Howard; Pillai, Suresh; Pharr, Matt; Staack, David (2022-10-27)This dataset is for a paper reporting a plasma reactive oxygen species (ROS) method for decontamination of PPE (N95 respirators and gowns) using a surface DBD source to meet the increased need of PPE due to the COVID-19 ...
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Huang, Min; Staack, David; Hasan, Md Kamrul; Rathore, Kavita; Baky, Md Abdullah Hil; Lassalle, John; Kraus, Jamie; Burnette, Matthew; Christopher, Campbell; Wang, Kunpeng; Jemison, Howard; Pillai, Suresh; Pharr, Matt (2022-02-03)This is a dataset for a paper. This paper reports a plasma reactive oxygen species (ROS) method for decontamination of PPE (N95 respirators and gowns) using a surface DBD source to meet the increased need of PPE due to the ...
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McKinney, Brooks Nolan (2019-05-24)This research explored the design and feasibility of a robotic plasma medicine device intended for cancer treatment inside of the human body, potentially enabling the delivery of cold atmospheric plasma in a safe, controllable, ...
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Bhuiyan, Shariful Islam (2022-11-16)Traditional and non-renewable energy source, mainly conventional oil, is depleting and thus, unconventional energy source such as heavy oil is becoming increasingly crucial to meet rising energy demand. Because unconventional ...
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Berman, Ilan Clifford Abraham (2015-11-16)Low-quality crude oil reserves require prohibitively high energy costs to extract and transport. The extreme viscosity and impurities of these oils prevents them from being transported via pipeline, requiring the use of ...
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Anderson, Steven Edward (2018-01-10)The study and characterization of plasma flows is of significant interest in many disciplines of engineering and science. Of particular interest is the study and development of plasma-based electric propulsion devices. ...
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Zheng, Yong (2015-05-05)In this study, the development of a Doppler Global Velocimetry (DGV) system using single high speed camera including both hardware and data reduction software is described. DGV is an emerging technique for whole field ...
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Vissotski, Andrew John (2012-10-19)Research with heterogeneous mixtures involving solid particulate in closed, constant-volume bombs is typically limited by the powder dispersion technique. This work details the development of an experimental apparatus that ...
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Cratty, Krista (2017-12-04)Sting-mounted models that undergo significant unsteady motion suffer from degraded data quality because the data is time-averaged to remove the unsteady fluctuations. However, time-averaged data is not always an accurate ...
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Shih, Chin-Cheng (2019-04-03)Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is the most popular additive manufacturing method because of its numerous capabilities and relatively low cost. This comes with a trade off as FFF printed parts are typically weak in the ...
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Duncan, Jr., Glen T. (2014-08-12)The immense fuel savings and environmental benefits of reducing aircraft skin-friction drag through laminar flow is well known. However, obtaining substantial laminar flow on an aircraft in an operational environment has ...
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Staack, David; Tang, Xin (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2021-12-07)In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a cavitation generation device that includes a dactyl plunger rotatable about an axis between an open position and a closed position and a propus socket having a channel. ...
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Porter, Quinton James (2018-05-05)The increasing number of gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles on the roads has drawn attention to their particulate matter (PM) emissions, which are greater both in number and mass than port fuel injected (PFI) spark ...