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Evaluating Aeolian Sand Transport Vectors In Dune Blowouts
(2013-02-13)
Grain size distribution is the reflection of the feedback between sediment transport system and morphologic change of beach systems. In this respect, early models suggest that grain size can be used to determine the transport ...
Seawater Osmium Isotope Records from Pacific ODP and IODP Sites- Refining the Paleogene Curve and Dating Red Clay Sequences
(2013-02-04)
Reconstructing ancient ocean circulation patterns contributes to a better understanding of Earth’s past climate conditions, as the two are known to be a strongly coupled system. Paleoceanographic reconstructions of the ...
Application of Cellular Microencapsulation to Wastewater Nitrogen Removal
(2013-03-24)
Microencapsulation of cells is a technique in which cells are enclosed in microscopic spheroids of a desired substance, with applications in many fields, such as biomedical engineering. In this study, a microfluidic approach ...
Studying Hydraulic Fracturing through Time-variant Seismic Anisotropy
(2013-10-01)
Hydraulic fracturing is an important modern technique of exploiting natural gas and oil, in which a high-pressure liquid mixture is injected into a wellbore to create small fractures in order to release fluids such as ...
Environmental factors influencing benthic macrofaunal invertebrate community structure in the Flower Gardens East Bank
(2013-09-25)
The Flower Garden Banks consist of two salt domes raised above the continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico roughly 190 km southeast of Galveston, Texas. With mean annual temperature variations of 18 to 32°C and relatively ...
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 ...