Office of Graduate and Professional Studies
The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS) maintains official records for each Texas A&M University graduate student. OGAPS serves as the primary administrative body, and overarching source of information, for graduate education.
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Optimization and Scheduling of a Hybrid Energy-Powered Carbon Capture Plant
(2019-07-15)There is an increasing need to reduce the environmental impact from fossil fuel energy-generating sources. Carbon capture is a potential pathway for reducing CO2 emissions from stationary sources. Carbon capture is an ... -
OPTIMIZING OPERATIONS OF AN OIL & GAS PROCESSING FACILITY USING THE ENERGY-WATER NEXUS APPROACH
(2019-07-11)Natural gas is an extremely important fossil fuel. It is widely used for provision of electric power, residential and commercial heating, and several other industrial uses. It can be produced via both conventional and ... -
Modeling and Control Architecture Design of Multi-evaporator Pumped Two-phase System
(2019-07-24)Two-phase cooling systems are being explored actively as a promising technology for energy-intensive electronics systems. The latent heat of vaporization results in a high heat-transfer coefficient. However, the system may ... -
Developing Viruses for Gene Editing to Study Virus-Specific Molecular Interactions in Nicotiana Species
(2019-07-11)The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing platform is capable of inducing double-stranded breaks in a targeted genomic region using a sequence specific single guide RNA (sgRNA) and programmable Cas9 endonuclease. Plant viral vectors ... -
Characterization of Fractured Reservior and Simulation of EOR Techniques
(2019-07-22)Oil production from the fractured tight reservoirs has been increasing since the early 2000s and now accounts for a large portion of onshore US oil production. Complex fracture network composed of hydraulic fractures and ... -
THE ROLE OF A CONSERVED DNA-BINDING PROTEIN IN PRECISE POSITIONING OF THE POLAR SEPTUM DURING BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORULATION
(2019-07-28)Bacterial chromosomes are compacted in the cytoplasm into a membrane-less structure called the nucleoid. The nucleoid is condensed and organized by a number of DNA-binding proteins that work in concert to establish its ... -
Evaluation and Quantification of Optic Fiber Distributed Sensor Response in Air and Water Environments
(2019-07-12)Dense and accurate experimental data are continuously sought after, especially for validation of computer codes. Codes can often produce dense calculations, and need equally dense experimental results for comparison. Optic ... -
APPLICATION OF CHEMOMETRICS TO PREDICT INTAKE AND FEED EFFICIENCY USING FEEDING BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN GROWING CATTLE
(2019-07-26)Residual feed intake (RFI) is an ideal trait for use in selection programs to improve feed efficiency in beef cattle, as it quantifies between-animal variation in DMI that is independent of body size and productivity, to ... -
INVESTIGATION OF INTERACTIONS IMPACTING GENETIC PARAMETER ESTIMATION AND GENETIC MERIT PREDICTIONS IN BEEF CATTLE
(2019-07-10)Increase in world population constantly raises the global demand for food. To respond to this demand, livestock systems require to constantly increase their production and/or efficiency. Improvement of beef production can ... -
MEASUREMENT OF β-DELAYED PROTONS FROM 35K RELEVANT TO THE 34Clg,m(p,γ) 35Ar REACTION
(2019-08-06)One of the most challenging problems in nuclear astrophysics is answering a question about the origin and abundance of elements. There are numerous sites in the Universe where new elements can be created. In this particular ... -
AN ECOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF COACHES' PERCEPTIONS ON SEX EDUCATION
(2019-07-30)Sex education is a broad term used to describe education about sexual reproduction, human sexual anatomy, sexual intercourse, and other aspects of human sexual behavior. Yet is absent from curriculum in Kindergarten through ... -
Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Flows Around a Helical Coil Steam Generator for an Advanced Small Modular Reactor Using Large Eddy Simulation
(2019-07-22)The objective of this research is to investigate turbulent flow phenomena in shell-side fluid of a helical coil steam generator (HCSG) for an advanced small modular reactor (SMR) using large eddy simulation (LES). Unlike ... -
Security Enhancement of the Visibility and Programmability of Software-Defined Networks
(2019-07-15)Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a new networking paradigm that centralizes the control logic from the data plane. Benefits from its centralized control plane (or SDN Controller), SDN intends to provide two key ... -
Beyond the Liaison: Exploring Novel Insights Into the Genomic Distribution of tRNA and tRNA-Mediated Transcriptional and Translational Regulation
(2019-07-19)Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are primeval molecules ubiquitous to all domains of life. The interactions between aminoacyl-tRNAs (aa-tRNAs) and actively translating ribosomes are critical components to the central dogma of biology ... -
Design of Power-efficient Analog-to-digital Converters and a Mixed-mode low Drop-out Regulator
(2019-07-10)The increasing demand of portable electronic devices, such as cell phones, biomedical products, smart devices, etc, has been witnessed in recent years. These devices have limited power due to their battery life. Therefore, ... -
Structural Considerations in the Development of Porous Materials
(2019-08-01)The study of porous materials dates back centuries to the discovery of activated charcoal used in holistic remedies across the globe. The recent advances in these materials has given rise to new applications and they sit ... -
Calibration of Cosmic-Ray Soil Neutron Sensors (CRNS) in Different Land Use-Land Covers in Lower Brazos River Basin: A Modeling Approach
(2019-07-29)The cosmic-ray neutron sensors (CRNS) are a proximal sensor that can be used to estimate spatially averaged soil moisture at hectometer scale. The sensor measures the number of thermalized neutrons created by the collision ... -
Parametric Model Order Reduction For Optimization in Closed Loop Field Development Using Machine Learning Techniques
(2019-07-24)Field development workflows consist of production optimization and data assimilation procedures that require running large number of reservoir simulations for fine scale models. Recent advancements in parallel computing ... -
Potential Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Diatom Aggregation When Exposed to Crude Oil and Chemical Dispersants
(2019-07-26)Ocean acidification (OA) and its effects on seawater carbonate chemistry will affect all marine organisms, especially those that utilize inorganic carbon for photosynthesis. Diatoms, a group of silicifying phytoplankton, ... -
HAVE LAND USE CHANGES AND ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION OF ESTUARIES RESULTED IN CHANGES IN ESTUARINE CONVERGENCE IN SOUTH KOREA?
(2019-07-12)Estuaries have played a major role in the movement of people, goods and services, and knowledge, as societies have developed over time. They are crucial ecosystems for storm buffering and biological resources. The health ...
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