Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Department "Multidisciplinary Engineering"
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(2022-04-21)The purpose of this study was to evaluate undergraduate women participating on collegiate extracurricular competitive project teams (PT) in comparison to non-project team (non-PT) female students. The study determined ...
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(2021-12-15)The primary purpose of this study was to investigate riser gas behavior, unloading, and the possibility of using back pressure to control and prevent riser gas unloading. Gas entering a well may be challenging to detect ...
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(2022-01-05)Limited studies have been conducted in understanding the mechanics of pre-flush stages in sandstone acidizing processes. Amongst those conducted in this area, all efforts have been directed toward singular aqueous-phase ...
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Biosensing of Location-based Environmental Distress of Pedestrians for Walkable Built Environments (2022-07-20)Urban built environments often include many negative stimuli (e.g., broken houses and abandoned vehicles) that are linked with stress symptomatology among urban populations. Biosignals (electrodermal activity, gait patterns, ...
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(2021-04-21)Despite being a groundbreaking manufacturing process, additive manufacturing (AM) has left more to be desired from printed parts, specifically improves interlayer strength and decreased defects such as porosity and voids. ...
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(2023-05-10)State Highway Agencies (SHAs) collect a significant amount of digital data on highway projects during different project phases, including bid tabulations and Daily Work Reports (DWRs). However, SHAs do not fully take ...
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(2022-04-11)Providing the necessary energy supply to a growing world and market is essential to support human social development in an environmentally friendly. The energy industry is undergoing a digital transformation and rapidly ...
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(2020-11-19)Healthcare plays a significant role in communities in promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing the disease, reducing health disability and premature death, and educating a healthy lifestyle. However, ...
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(2022-04-21)Operational decision-making during drilling for hydrocarbons or geothermal energy is challenging due to the complex nature of the process. Many of the times, these decisions have to be taken with incomplete information at ...
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(2021-04-06)The helical coil heat exchanger (HCHX) is a geometrically complex tube and shell heat exchanger design that is preferred over straight tube bundles due to its increase in heat transfer efficiency, compact design, and thermal ...
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(2023-07-26)Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition that severely impairs locomotor function and affects multiple body systems. With millions of people worldwide affected by SCI and new injuries occurring frequently not ...
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(2021-08-02)The aim of this thesis is to explore the relative efficacy of a novel manufacturing process (called 4D kirigami) for creating foldable and deployable components out of thermally responsive multifunctional shape memory ...
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(2022-11-13)In this study, the crystallinity and mechanical properties of PolyEtherEther-Ketone (PEEK)-based nanocomposites with additive nanoparticles like graphene nanoplate (GNP) and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) in the compression ...
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(2021-01-06)Traditional photovoltaic materials like silicon are constrained to a planar form factor due to the fragility of the crystalline structure. The third generation of photovoltaics like thin-film provide the benefit of ...
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(2021-06-18)Proper and effective decision-making by project owners during pre-construction phases is highly critical to the successful completion of construction projects. Due to the lack or uncertainty of project information during ...
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(2023-04-12)Aluminum profile bending is one of the methods providing potential to reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency in automotive, aerospace, and other industries. Most of manufacturers make efforts to reduce the number of ...
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(2022-04-11)Uncertainty of the precise location of underground pipelines poses a safety risk to excavator operators and nearby construction workers. Excavator collisions with pipeline carrying hazardous material can result in significant ...
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(2022-04-11)This Record of Study represents the culmination of a lifetime of learning and personal advancement of the professional practice of engineering. This doctoral pursuit began with the objective of meaningfully advancing the ...
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(2022-12-01)This dissertation documents and presents a series of studies conducted by the author at Texas A&M University with the overall goal of understanding the human-technology frontier from the perspective of the future workforce. ...
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(2022-07-14)The following record of study documents the leadership and management efforts to re-vitalize a geotechnical, special inspection, and construction materials testing firm in Southern California. Starting in January 2020, the ...