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AN ANALYSIS OF COMPLEXITY METRICS IN COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AT TEXAS A&M
(2014-01-17)
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is a critical tool in the development of modern products. Companies pride themselves on their employees’ CAD knowledge with respect to the products they are able to model. It is important that ...
Sargassum Early Advisory System (SEAS): Developing the Standard Operating Procedure of Investigating the Hourly Growth Rate of Sargassum While Suspended in the Neritic Coastal waters off of Galveston, Texas. (May 2014)
(2014-01-22)
Sargassum, a pelagic brown alga, is a vital part of marine and coastal ecosystems. It serves as shelter for fish, turtles, and other hatchlings and juveniles. Sargassum acts as a source of food, as it reaches closer to the ...
Strategies for Improved Biosonar Performance in Bat Social Networks
(2013-12-04)
For decades researchers have wondered how echolocating bats avoid interfering with one other’s sonar while flying in dense swarms or in crowded roosts. This thesis explores how groups of bats manage this by applying lessons ...
Improvement of the Track-based Alignment Procedure of the CMS Muon System
(2013-12-02)
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is
used to explore subatomic interactions through proton-proton collisions. The resulting out-
burst of particles from these high energy collisions ...
Approaches to Forming a Water-soluble Extracellular Domain From α3 Subunits of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
(2013-12-16)
Obtaining structural information on the extracellular domain (ECD) of α3 subunits of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) by x-ray crystallography is desirable for the design of drugs intended to therapeutically ...
Device Association Through Passive Wi-Fi Monitoring
(2013-09-28)
This research initiative is focused on identifying associated devices using a network of wireless sensors. These sensors collect network traffic meta data in monitor mode. Monitor mode allows a receiver to see certain ...
Exploring the circadian outputs and function of HPT-1 in Neurospora crassa
(2013-09-28)
Although many genomes have now been sequenced, genes without a known function still comprise approximately 40% of both the human and Neurospora crassa genomes. The ability to control gene expression by both activation and ...
The Purpose of Party Manifestos: Relating Party Function and Strategy in Party Manifestos
(2013-09-24)
This paper is an effort to determine the purposes of party manifestos (aka platforms), and more specifically how a party’s experience in governance determines the strategies they pursue, through the structure of their ...
Analyzing Aqueous Solution Imbibition into Shale and the Effects of Optimizing Critical Chemical Additives
(2013-09-29)
Two methods of hydraulic fracturing most widely utilized on unconventional shale gas and oil reservoirs are “gelled fracturing” and “slick-water fracturing”. Both methods utilize up to several million gallons of water-based ...
Exploring Shape Grammar Optimization as a Tool for Automated Design
(2013-09-24)
Shape grammars are quite effective at representing the structure of objects, thus raising the question of whether they could be utilized for design automation or related techniques like procedural generation. However, ...