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Vibration and Structural Response of Hybrid Wind Turbine Blades
(2011-02-22)
Renewable energy is a serious alternative to deliver the energy needs of an increasing world population and improve economic activity. Wind energy provides better environmental and economic benefits in comparison with the ...
Superconducting Proximity Effect in Single-Crystal Nanowires
(2010-07-14)
This dissertation describes experimental studies of the superconducting proximity effect in single-crystal Pb, Sn, and Zn nanowires of lengths up to 60 um, with both ends of the nanowires in contact with macroscopic ...
An Empirical Test of the Relationship between Sustainability and Urban Form Based on Indicator Comparisons using Sustainlane Sustainable City Rankings
(2011-02-22)
Sustainable development is one of the greatest challenges to urban planning in
the 21st century. Current patterns of urban development, called byspecially sprawl, and
human activity have led to environmental degradation ...
Aircraft Observations of Sub-cloud Aerosol and Convective Cloud Physical Properties
(2011-02-22)
This research focuses on aircraft observational studies of aerosol-cloud interactions in cumulus clouds. The data were collected in the summer of 2004, the spring of 2007 and the mid-winter and spring of 2008 in Texas, ...
Enhancing Learning through Assessment: Case Study using feedback from a Human Dimension Survey
(2010-01-14)
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University is in the process of developing an assessment plan for measuring and evaluating each academic degree program (including student learning outcomes) ...
On Discrete Hyperbox Packing
(2010-01-14)
Bin packing is a very important and popular research area in the computer
science field. Past work showed many good and real-world packing algorithms. How-
ever, due to the complexity of the problem in multiple-dimensional ...
The Effects of Bilingual Education on Language, Achievement, and Self-Efficacy of Hispanic Students
(2010-01-14)
Much controversy exists surrounding the education of Hispanic English Language Learners (ELLs). This large and growing group presents significant challenges to educators. Foremost among these challenges is the question of ...
The George Bush Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University
(2010-10-12)
This was the first comprehensive doctoral dissertation on the George Bush
Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University. The Bush Presidential Library
and Museum was the focal point. The purpose was to describe the ...
Experimental & Numerical Investigation of Pool Boiling on Engineered Surfaces with Integrated Thin-flim Temperature Sensors
(2011-02-22)
The objective of this investigation is to measure and analyze surface temperature fluctuations in pool boiling. The surface temperature fluctuations were recorded on silicon surfaces with and without multi-walled carbon ...
Automated Spacecraft Docking Using a Vision-Based Relative Navigation Sensor
(2010-01-14)
Automated spacecraft docking is a concept of operations with several important
potential applications. One application that has received a great deal of attention
recently is that of an automated docking capable unmanned ...