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Power-Efficient and High-Performance Cicruit Techniques for On-Chip Voltage Regulation and Low-Voltage Filtering
(2019-04-04)
This dissertation focuses on two projects. The first one is a power supply rejection (PSR) enhanced with fast settling time (TS) bulk-driven feedforward (BDFF) capacitor-less (CL) low-dropout (LDO) regulator. The second ...
Coral Reef Ecosystem Health in Response to Climate Change and Environmental Stressors
(2019-04-12)
Anthropogenic stressors such as ocean acidification, ocean warming and hypoxia threaten the health and persistence of coral reefs worldwide. In the following studies, we focused on two coral reefs: the Flower Garden Banks ...
Probabilistic Methods for Estimating Vehicle Capability in Damaged Composite Aircraft
(2019-03-05)
Several recent developments in the engineering modeling community, the applied math and computer science community, and the applied probability and statistics community have increased the ability to accurately model an ...
Simulation and Test of the Auxiliary Bearings and Their Dampers in Magnetic Bearing Systems
(2019-03-29)
Auxiliary bearings (AB) support the rotor and protect the magnetic bearing (AMB)system when the AMB is disabled due to power loss or excessive loads. Firstly, this study developed a high fidelity nonlinear elastic-thermal ...
Optics of Nanostructures and Topological Materials
(2019-04-04)
Nanostructured materials and topological materials have many unique and fascinating electronic and optical properties. In this dissertation, we explore the optics in those new materials from three aspects: 1. Optical ...
Developing Cropping Systems for Organic Grain Production in Texas
(2019-04-03)
Demand for organic products, including poultry and livestock, have increased over the past decade. With this increase in demand, an increased need for organic grain supply has developed. However, there is limited information ...
Enabling a BIM-based Embodied Energy Calculation Tool
(2019-04-05)
Nearly 48% of annual energy supply is depleted through building construction and operation processes. The entire life cycle energy consumption of a building is constituted of operating energy and embodied energy. To optimize ...
Multi-scale Optimization Frameworks for Integrated Process and Material Design and Intensification
(2019-03-28)
Meeting energy and chemical production demands while reducing costs and emissions is a grand challenge. Intensified processes which merge multiple tasks while maintaining performance can significantly reduce equipment ...
Effect of Combining Highly Digestible Protein and Waxy Starch Traits on Sorghum Endosperm Functionality and Protein Digestibility
(2019-03-08)
Sorghum is known for its resilience to climate change and suitability to arid areas, having several potential health benefits such as controlling blood glucose and inflammation. However, functionality of sorghum as a food ...
Impacts of Vessel Noise Perturbations on the Resident Sperm Whale Population in the Gulf of Mexico
(2012-07-16)
The Gulf of Mexico is home to two of the world?s ten busiest ports by cargo volume, the Port of New Orleans and the Port of Houston; and in 2008, these ports hosted a combined 14,000 ships, a number which is likely only ...