Because the absorption refrigeration system uses the Lithium bromide- water solution as refrigerant, it is profitable for the environment that human beings are living since the values of ODP and GWP of the refrigerant ...

The goal of this work is to develop an improved hydrodynamic analysis methodology with applications to the numerical evaluation of Green’s function in shallow water, maneuvering in waves and floating systems hull optimization, ...

The development of cottons with improved fiber quality has been a major objective in breeding programs around the world. Breeders have focused their attention on improving fiber strength and length, and have generally not ...

This thesis has improved Baltazar's methodology for potential energy savings estimation from retro-commissioning/retrofits measures. Important improvements and discussions are made on optimization parameters, limits on ...

The field of distributed computing has given rise to many algorithms to share data among nodes in a network. This work focuses on the store-collect and the atomic snapshot objects in an asynchronous, crash-prone message-passing ...

Quantum computing resources have been known to provide speed-ups in computational complexity in many algorithms. The impact of these resources in communication, however, has not attracted much attention. We investigate the ...

This project focused on improving the in vitro rearing methods of Toxoneuron nigriceps, an important biological control agent of Heliothis virescens, by supplementing the rearing media with the host hemolymph. T. nigriceps ...

Polymeric materials with gas barrier equivalent to metalized plastics have become increasingly important for food packaging, electronic device encapsulation, and vacuum insulation. Early attempts to develop alternative gas ...

Accurately quantifying the neutron background is a crucial task for interpreting the presence of illicit nuclear material when responding to potential terrorist threats. This research focused on improving the Mobile ...