Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(2016-12-08)Electrochemical machining (ECM) has gained prominence in the field on precise machining and has been subjected to a lot of study in order to bring its use to commercial levels. One of the key issues of electrochemical ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)In the design of cryogenic fuel tanks for the next generation Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs), the permeability of liquid hydrogen (LH2) across the thickness of the tank is a critical issue. The rate of permeation of LH2 ...
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(2012-07-16)This thesis evaluates a particular ultrasonic nondestructive testing (NDT) system in order to determine its capabilities and limitations in locating defects in concrete structures; specifically tunnel linings, bridge decks, ...
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(2018-08-09)Ultrasound (US) has recently emerged as an attractive imaging modality for applications like accurate epidural placement and intraoperative guidance during surgeries. However, operators like anesthesiologists or surgeons ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography is modeled by a linear integral equation and an inverse problem involving a diffusion equation in n spatial dimensions, n=2, 3. Based on measured data, the optical absorption ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)I experimentally studied ultrasound-modulated optical tomography, which holds the promise for biomedical diagnosis. I measured the degree of polarization of laser speckles generated by scattered light transmitted through ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Optical imaging of soft biological tissues is highly desirable since it is nonionizing and provides sensitive contrast information which enables detection of physiological functions and abnormalities, including potentially ...
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(2011-08-08)With the advent of Flash based solid state devices (SSDs), the differences in physical devices used to store data in computers are becoming more and more pronounced. Effectively mapping the differences in storage devices ...
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Unaffordable Rights: Neoliberalism, Reproductive Justice, and Technology and Media Activism in Texas (2018-04-04)This dissertation explores how communication technology use, discourses, policies, and labor practices of participants at an abortion fund in the reproductive justice (RJ) movement in Texas mutually shape one another. In ...
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(2020-04-29)As the world continues to grow, so does the need for agricultural productively and sustainably. Globally, women are major contributors to these collaborative efforts and yet they face challenges in being as productive as ...
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(2009-05-15)This thesis explores and explicates the relationship between rhetoric and hermeneutics in two separate contexts: Jewish and Christian hermeneutic traditions, and secular philosophical hermeneutics. The impetus for this ...
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(2016-08-02)In this thesis, a novel compositional multidisciplinary uncertainty analysis methodology is presented for systems with feedback couplings and model discrepancy. The approach incorporates aspects of importance resampling, ...
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(2010-01-16)More difficulties are now expected in exploring economically valuable reservoirs because most reservoirs have been already developed since beginning seismic exploration of the subsurface. In order to efficiently analyze ...
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(2009-05-15)In a nuclear reactor, delayed neutrons play a critical role in sustaining a controllable chain reaction. Delayed neutron’s relative yields and decay constants are very important for modeling reactivity control and have ...
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(2017-05-02)This thesis proposes a Bayesian decline curve methodology, using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation and a novel empirical decline curve equation to better quantify uncertainty in estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) ...
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(2009-06-02)Currently, the effect of the vertical resolution on the brightness temperature (BT) has not been examined in depth. The uncertainty of the freezing level (FL) retrieved using two different satellites' data is large. Various ...
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(2010-01-16)In this work we present a novel computational framework for analyzing evolution of uncertainty in state trajectories of a hypersonic air vehicle due to uncertainty in initial conditions and other system parameters. The ...
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(2013-08-05)The feasibility and success of petroleum development projects depend to a large degree on well construction costs. Well construction cost estimates often contain high levels of uncertainty. In many cases, these costs have ...
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(2022-04-21)With its increasing pervasiveness across multiple industries, machine learning is expected to occupy greater significance in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. To foster trust and facilitate the adoption of ...
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(2017-05-24)GenSpec is software designed to use a genetic algorithm for neutron energy spectrum adjustment. Currently GenSpec can produce adjusted spectra, but the corresponding covariance matrix is not produced. The uncertainty ...