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Future Flooding in Houston: Modeling the Impacts of Climate and Land Cover Change on Hydrology in the Buffalo-San Jacinto Watershed
(2013-02-04)
Understanding the hydrology of a watershed is essential for both water resource management and public safety, especially flood prevention and mitigation. Both climate change and urbanization have been shown to increase ...
Evolution of Enzyme Specificity in the OSBS Family
(2013-02-04)
In addition to their primary biological function, many proteins are at least moderately capable of catalyzing secondary, promiscuous activities that may have a major role in enzyme evolution. Mounting evidence supports the ...
Analytical and Numerical Studies of Effective Medium Mixing Problems in Electromagnetics
(2013-02-13)
Electromagnetically Functionalized Colloidal Dispersions (EFCDs) have been utilized in several applications in electromagnetics such as reconfigurable antennas. The colloidal dispersions vary the electrical properties ...
Establishing novel relationships between genetic variants and gene expression in humans
(2013-02-27)
We observe phenotypic variations in the human population every day; however, the underlying genetic mechanism behind these variations is difficult to decipher. In this project I investigate the links between phenotypic and ...
Ion Irradiation-induced nano-crystallization metallic glasses (amorphous metal)
(2013-02-28)
This project idea is proposed in order to develop the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for Nano-crystal phase formation when metallic glasses (amorphous) is exposed under the high energy ion irradiation and is ...
The relationships between meaning & purpose in life, hope, and psychosocial development
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Existential psychology attempts to enhance psychological well-being through the awareness of meaning and purpose in life. Similarly, counseling theories based on Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development promote ...
On the relationship between brightness temperature and thunderstorm evolution
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
The impact of tropical precipitation on the global energy budget has long been an important topic of investigation. To more accurately assess large-scale heating, we must first understand the small scale cloud processes ...
Benign: a screenplay
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Benign is a story set in the microscopic world of cellular respiration and reproduction. The plot is concerned with the epiphanies and adventures of Pro, a microorganism who stumbles upon a shocking conspiracy being sustained ...
Genetic diversity of Brucella abortus isolates as determined by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Although Brucella abortus, the causative agent of brucellosis, is mainly under control in the United States, outbreaks do occur, particularly in wild animal herds. This study coupled amplified fragment length polymorphism ...
Simulation levels of detail for plant motion
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
In this paper we describe a method for simulating motion of realistically complex plants interactively. We use a precomputation stage to generate the plant structure, along with a set of simulation levels of detail. The ...