Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Department "College of Engineering"
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Currently, the two dominant desalination methods are reverse osmosis (RO) and multi-stage flash (MSF). RO requires large capital investment and maintenance, whereas MSF is too energy intensive. An innovative vapor-compression ...
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(2012-07-16)Alignment of the expectations of engineering faculty and the preparation engineering students receive in first-year mathematics and physics mechanics courses provided the motivation for the work contained in this study. ...
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(2020-08-12)Aquaponics has gained recognition through its food sustainability with different combinations of aquaculture and hydronics. Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium Rosenbergii) can be bought for less than ten cents per prawn and ...
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(2017-12-13)When a loss of primary containment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) occurs on the ground, a pool, that simultaneously spreads and vaporizes, is formed posing cryogenic, asphyxiating, and flammable hazards to its surrounding. ...
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(2009-06-02)The Strain Index was originally designed to analyze mono-task jobs. An experiment using a grip dynamometer was used to simulate six multiple task jobs to study the effect of complex tasks on localized muscle fatigue and ...
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(2014-11-04)The customer value proposition is the heart of an organization. The internship provided an opportunity to examine this critical process at a wholesaler-distributor firm, in business-to-business supply chain. Distributors ...
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(2010-01-16)This record of study presents the findings of industry research projects performed during a one-year doctoral internship with the Austin Rail Group of HNTB Corporation. Four main internship objectives were established that ...
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(2020-03-30)Oil and gas pipelines that traverse a river are often buried beneath the river bed and channel banks. One of the primary reasons for the exposure of buried pipelines is the scouring mechanism that occurs when the shear ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The possibility and feasibility of experimental detection of localized defects in tubes using laser-induced ultrasonic wave approach through Thermo Acousto Photonic Non Destructive Evaluation (TAP-NDE) and Signal processing ...
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(2015-08-05)Mass digitization of historical documents is a challenging problem for optical character recognition (OCR) tools. Issues include noisy backgrounds and faded text due to aging, border/marginal noise, bleed-through, skewing, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Six types of aerosol samplers were evaluated experimentally in a test chamber with polydisperse fly ash. The Andersen sampler overestimates the mass of small particles due to particle bounce between stages and therefore ...
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(2015-05-13)This thesis presents several control methods on one wheeled and two wheeled balancing robot and implementation of a two wheeled robot. The purpose is to balance the robot at a standstill position and let it move smoothly. ...
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(2017-08-16)Various materials capturing CO₂ have been developed for addressing the threat of climate change. Recently, physical adsorbents are proposed as strong alternatives for conventional chemical absorbents with high regeneration ...
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(2020-01-14)The increased consumption and abundance of fossil fuels has led to significant greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, mainly CO2, which has led to health problems and climate changes. Therefore, it is essential to reduce the ...
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(2009-05-15)Research was performed to optimize the high-efficiency jet ejector geometry by varying motive velocities from Mach 0.50 to 3.25, and mass flow ratio from 0.02 to 100.0. The high-efficiency jet ejector was simulated by ...
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(2020-08-06)The world has limited natural resources that are being depleted. Increasing landfill wastes and higher levels of pollutants can lead to environmental crises, such as climate change. Circular Economy (C.E.) concept can be ...
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(2021-08-25)Circular Economy (CE) has been a popular topic in many countries where its primary purpose is to push for a green, cyclical use of energy and material resources and diminish the challenges arising from limited resources, ...
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(2018-08-09)Graphene based electrodes have gained significant attention in the field of high-performance energy devices. Among different types of graphene-electrode assemblies, our team chose to approach 3D gel morphology due to its ...
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(2019-07-25)Currently, many engineering challenges addressing the flow of mixtures exist. Slickwater hydraulic fracturing is an economical method of unconventional resource extraction that can accelerate mixture flow. For this thesis, ...
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COTTON – GRAPHENE BASED NANO-COMPOSITES AS A SEMI-SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL FOR OIL AND CHEMICAL CLEANUP (2018-08-06)The world is facing severe ecological and environmental problems due to the oil spills and the discharge of organic solvents into the environment. This problem has led to development of different tools and high performance ...