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DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM TO MINIMIZE RUNOFF THROUGH AN AUTOMATED SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM
(2019-11-25)
The study of proper water management practices is of prime importance due to the ever-
increasing population and rapid industrialization which results in shortage of portable water
supplies throughout the world. The current ...
AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HIGH DOSE RATE ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION OF PETROLEUM IN A CONTINUOUS FLOW SYSTEM
(2019-11-11)
High dose rate electron beam (10 MeV, 15 kW, LINAC) irradiation was investigated as a potential technology for heavy oil upgrading. The flow system allows irradiation of crude oils at constant temperature while bubbling ...
Application of Parametric Optimization and Control in The Smart Manufacturing of Hydrogen Systems
(2019-08-29)
The main objective of this dissertation is to develop and deploy and test explicit model predictive control feedback strategy on hydrogen systems using the PARametric Optimization and Control framework (PAROC). In line ...
EXPERIMENTS AND MODELS FOR OPERATION OF A SEALED ENDS SQUEEZE FILM DAMPERS: A STEP TOWARDS QUANTIFYING AIR INGESTION IN SQUEEZE FILMS
(2019-11-22)
Squeeze film dampers (SFDs) in high-performance turbomachinery reduce rotor motion amplitudes as it traverses a critical speed or when the system has a dynamic instability, thus ensuring system reliability. To improve the ...
A Structural and Biochemical Study on the Stapholococcal Surface Proteins Interactions with Host Extracellular Proteins
(2019-11-21)
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), a gram positive bacterium, expresses multiple surface proteins (MSCRAMMs) that target host proteins for its colonization on the host tissue and later for the pathogenesis. ClfA is a ...
Determining How Composition Changes in the Sea Surface Microlayer Affect Cloud Formation
(2019-11-05)
The potential influence of marine phytoplankton on cloud formation has been debated for more than forty years and remains unresolved due to uncertainty in the relative contribution of marine organic matter to cloud droplet ...
Toward Point-of care Detection of Tuberculosis Using a Magnetic Cell Separation Microfluidic Platform
(2019-12-02)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly disease that has claimed the lives of many across the world. According to the data from the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), one-fourth of the world's population was infected ...
Humor in the Service of Social Criticism in Iconic Examples from Four Filmic Traditions (United States, Spain, Mexico, and India)
(2019-04-03)
This dissertation is a critical comparative study of four distinguished cinematographic traditions, namely the USA, Spain, Mexico, and India, where their respective societies, politics, histories, and cultures form the ...
Characterizing Ice Cloud Particle Shape and Surface Roughness from Polarimetric Satellite Observations
(2018-06-08)
The single scattering properties of ice cloud particles are inferred from spaceborne multi-angle satellite sensors with two newly developed noise-resilient retrieval techniques. The first presented method parameterizes the ...
Effects of Maternal Nutrition Manipulation on Mares and Their Foals
(2013-03-14)
Previous research documented the fetus is sensitive to nutrition of the dam, but this has not been thoroughly investigated in horses. Objectives of the current studies were to determine effect of manipulation of maternal ...