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Generation and Propagation of Optical Vortices
Keyword:
optical vortices
,
phase singularities
,
optical vortex solitons
,
singular optics
,
fluid-like motion
,
nonlinear optics
, and
optical vortex filaments
Creator:
Rozas, David
Advisor:
Swartzlander, Grover A., Jr.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-08-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Discovery of Design Methodologies for the Integration of Multi-disciplinary Design Problems
Keyword:
Artificial Intelligence
,
methodology discovery
,
Design
,
multi-agent
, and
interdisciplinary
Creator:
Shakeri, Cirrus
Advisor:
Brown, David C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-10-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
In Vivo Characterization of RIF-1 Tumors via Diffusion and Fluorine-19 NMR Methods
Keyword:
diffusion
,
NMR
, and
tumors
Creator:
Meiler, Michael Rudolf
Advisor:
Helmer, Karl G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-10-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Prediction of Fire Growth on Furniture Using CFD
Keyword:
fire growth
,
furniture
, and
CFD
Creator:
Pehrson, Richard
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-05-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Design Simplification by Analogical Reasoning
Keyword:
simplification
,
Design
,
complexity
, and
model based analogical reasoning
Creator:
Balazs, Marton E.
Advisor:
Brown, David C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-02-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
A Method for Optical Measurement of Urea in Effluent Hemodialysate
Keyword:
optical
,
urea
, and
hemodialysate
Creator:
Kupcinskas, Rebecca A
Advisor:
Peura, Robert A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-05-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
The design and development of a direct and continuous sensor for the measurement of inhaled nitric oxide concentrations
Keyword:
optical
,
Sensor
,
nitric oxide
, and
inhaled
Creator:
Parikh, Bhairavi Rajiv
Advisor:
Soller, Babs R.
and
Peura, Robert A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-08-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Optimal Design of Gradient Fields with Applications to Electrostatics
Keyword:
gradient fields
,
optimal design
,
laminates
, and
functionally graded materials
Creator:
Velo, Ani P.
Advisor:
Lipton, Robert P.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-06-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
VIL: A Visual Inter Lingua
Keyword:
icons
,
interlingua
,
pidgins
,
visual language
,
iconic communication
, and
pictorial
Creator:
Leemans, Neil Edwin Michael
Advisor:
Becker, Lee A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2001-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Design and Implementation of Belief Propagation Symbol Detectors for Wireless Intersymbol Interference Channels
Keyword:
belief propagation
,
wireless communication
,
symbol detector
, and
intersymbol interference
Creator:
Peng, Yanjie
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Optimal Bounded Control and Relevant Response Analysis for Random Vibrations
Keyword:
Random Vibration
,
Dynamic Programming
,
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation
,
Stochastic Optimal Control
, and
Energy Balance method
Creator:
Iourtchenko, Daniil V
Advisor:
Dimentberg, Mikhail F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2001-05-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Computer-Aided Fixture Design Verification
Keyword:
geometric model
,
tolerance analysis
,
tolearnce assignment
,
fixture design verification
,
Fixture Stiffness Matrix
,
stability analysis
,
kinetic model
, and
Jacobian Matrix
Creator:
Kang, Yuezhuang
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-01-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Machining Chip-Breaking Prediction with Grooved Inserts in Steel Turning
Keyword:
Prediction
,
Chip breaking
,
grooved inserts
, and
turning
Creator:
Zhou, Li
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-01-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Efficient Elliptic Curve Processor Architectures for Field Programmable Logic
Keyword:
Cryptography
,
computer arithmetic
, and
elliptic curves
Creator:
Orlando, Gerardo
Advisor:
Paar, Christof
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-03-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Integration of Heterogeneous Databases: Discovery of Meta-Information and Maintenance of Schema-Restructuring Views
Keyword:
data integration
,
schema restructuring
,
meta-data discovery
,
schema changes
, and
Data Mining
Creator:
Koeller, Andreas
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-04-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
NMR Characterization of Changes in the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of Water Following Transient Cerebral Ischemia
Keyword:
diffusion coefficient
,
cerebral ischemia
, and
NMR
Creator:
Silva, Matthew S.
Advisor:
Sotak, Christopher H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-03-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Velocity Field Measurements in the Near Wake of a Parachute Canopy
Keyword:
parachute inflation
,
fluid structure interaction
,
canopy breathing
,
parachute shedding characteristics
,
near wake evolution
, and
velocity field measurements
Creator:
Desabrais, Kenneth J.
Advisor:
Johari, Hamid
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Synthesis of Nanometer-size Inorganic Materials for the Examination of Particle Size Effects on Heterogeneous Catalysis
Keyword:
Hydrodynamic cavitation
and
Titania, Carbon Monoxide Oxidation, Gold, Nanomete
Creator:
Emerson, Sean Christian
Advisor:
Moser, William R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-05-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Circulation Methods in Unsteady and Three-dimensional Flows
Keyword:
Aerodynamics
,
Vortex
,
Circulation
,
Three-dimensional
,
Unsteady
, and
Instantaneous Lift
Creator:
Yuan, Jiankun
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Managing Schema Change in an Heterogeneous Environment
Keyword:
Schema Modeling
,
Schema Heterogeniety
,
Schema Change
,
Integration
,
Meta Modeling
, and
Frameworks
Creator:
Claypool, Kajal Tilak
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-06-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Kinetics of the Hydrodechlorination Reaction of Chlorinated Compounds on Palladium Catalysts
Keyword:
reaction kinetics
,
hydrodechlorination
,
reaction steps
,
Palladium catalysts
, and
chlorinated compounds
Creator:
Chen, Nan
Advisor:
Ribeiro, Fabio H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-08-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Two genes, dig-1 and mig-10, involved in nervous system development in C. elegans
Keyword:
MIG-10
,
dig-1
,
C. elegans
, and
nervous
Creator:
Burket, Christopher T
Advisor:
Ryder, Elizabeth F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-11-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Evolving Legacy System's Features into Fine-grained Components Using Regression Test-Cases
Keyword:
Software Evolution
,
Fine-Grained Components
,
Incremental Software Evolution Methodology
,
Regression Test-Cases
,
Legacy System
,
Components
, and
Software Maintenance
Creator:
Mehta, Alok
Advisor:
Heineman, George T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Influences of catalyst particle geometry on fixed bed reactor near-wall heat transfer using CFD
Keyword:
Heat Transfer
,
steam reforming
,
flow
,
CFD
, and
Fixed bed
Creator:
Nijemeisland, Michiel
Advisor:
Dixon, Anthony G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-01-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Deterministic Object Management in Large Distributed Systems
Keyword:
Distributed Object Management
,
Object Relationships
,
Object Composition
,
Web Caching
,
Server Invalidation
,
Change Characteristics
, and
Cache Consistency
Creator:
Mikhailov, Mikhail
Advisor:
Wills, Craig E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-03-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Super-Resolution TOA Estimation with Diversity Techniques for Indoor Geolocation Applications
Keyword:
Indoor geolocation
,
TOA
,
super-resolution
,
location finding
, and
channel measurement
Creator:
Li, Xinrong
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Characterization of soft-tissue response to mechanical loading using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of neuronal activity during sustained cognitive-stimulus paradigms
Keyword:
tendon
,
NMR
,
fMRI
, and
diffusion
Creator:
Wellen, Jeremy W.
Advisor:
Sotak, Christopher H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Design and Characterization of a High-resolution Cardiovascular Imager
Keyword:
Detector design and characterization
and
Modulation Transfer Function, Digital Fluoroscopy,
Creator:
Vedantham, Srinivasan
Advisor:
Karellas, Andrew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-06-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
A Building Evaluation Technique for Fire Department Suppression
Keyword:
firefighter
,
discrete event
, and
Simulation
Creator:
Till, Robert
Advisor:
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
and
Strong, Diane M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-12-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
The Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of Diarylidene-Cycloalkanones and Their Protonated Cations
Keyword:
spectroscopy
,
Photochemistry
,
protonated cations
,
polyene ketones
,
electronic states
,
electronic structure
, and
diarylidene-cycloalkanones
Creator:
Ucak-Astarlioglu, Mine Gunes
Advisor:
Connors, Robert E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Model Validation in Fire Protection Engineering
Keyword:
Model Validity Criterion
,
model evaluation
,
Validation
,
fire model
, and
model uncertainty
Creator:
Lantz, Renee Vaillancourt
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2001-08-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Low-order coupled map lattices for estimation of wake patterns behind vibrating flexible cables
Keyword:
flow control
,
coupled map lattices
,
multi-variable least squares algorithm
,
adaptive estimation
,
vortex shedding
,
Neural Networks
,
cylinder wake patterns
,
low dimensional models
, and
fluid-structure interaction
Creator:
Balasubramanian, Ganapathi Raman
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-09-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The Effect of Biopolymer Properties on Bacterial Adhesion: an Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Study
Keyword:
Ionic Strength
,
Lipopolysaccharides
,
Heterogeneity
,
Polarity
,
Elasticity
,
FJC
,
Steric Interactions
,
Bacterial adhesion
, and
AFM
Creator:
Abu-Lail, Nehal Ibrahim
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-09-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Ultrasonic Technique in Determination of Grid-Generated Turbulent Flow Characteristics
Keyword:
wave propagation
,
grid generated turbulence
,
acoustics
, and
Ultrasonic flowmetering
Creator:
Andreeva, Tatiana A.
Advisor:
Durgin, William W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-10-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Semantic Caching for XML Queries
Keyword:
XML
,
Query Containment
,
Replacement Strategy
,
Query Rewriting
,
Semantic Caching
, and
Query
Creator:
Chen, Li
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Fatigue Crack Growth Mechanisms in Al-Si-Mg Alloys
Keyword:
Conventionally cast and SSM Al-Si-Mg alloys
,
Plastic zone
,
Microstructure
,
Threshold stress intensity factor
,
Crack closure
,
J-integral
,
Paris law
,
Residual stress
,
Heat treatment
,
Roughness
,
Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics
,
Fatigue crack growth mechanisms
,
A356
, and
Fracture toughness
Creator:
Lados, Diana Aida
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-02-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Kinetic and Morphological Studies of Pd Oxidation in O2-CH4 mixtures
Keyword:
Turnover rate for methane combustion
,
Oxygen
,
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
,
PdO morphology
,
Paladium
,
Oxidation
,
PdO surface area measurement
, and
Palladium oxide
Creator:
Han, Jinyi
Advisor:
Ribeiro, Fabio H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Process Models for Laser Engineered Net Shaping
Keyword:
laser engineered net shaping
,
rapid prototyping
,
LENS
,
titanium
,
solid freeform fabrication
, and
laser
Creator:
Kummailil, John
Advisor:
Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Ultrasonic Beam Propagation in Turbulent Flow
Keyword:
Turbulence
,
ray trace method
, and
ultrasonic flowmeter
Creator:
Weber, Francis J
Advisor:
Durgin, William W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Oxidation Processes: Experimental Study and Theoretical Investigations
Keyword:
humic acids
,
MTBE
,
advanced oxidation processes
,
bicarbonate and carbonate
,
Fenton’s reagent
,
phenol
,
kinetic modeling
,
Pd membrane
,
hydroxyl radicals
,
Fenton-like reagent
,
UV/H2O2
,
benzene
, and
Partial oxidation
Creator:
Al Ananzeh, Nada
Advisor:
Thompson, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Investigation of Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Proton-Exchange Membranes in Fuel Cell Applications
Keyword:
Proton Transport
,
Fuel cell
,
Thermodynamics
, and
Proton-exchange membranes
Creator:
Choi, Pyoungho
Advisor:
Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Self-Assembled Systems for Molecular Device Applications
Keyword:
thin films
,
Nanotubes
,
Molecular Self Assembly
, and
nanotechnology
Creator:
Cooper, Christopher G. F.
Advisor:
McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
The Rational Design and Synthesis of Ionophores and Fluoroionophores for the Selective Detection of Monovalent Cations
Keyword:
fluoroionophore
and
ionophore
Creator:
Benco, John S
Advisor:
McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Electrostatic Density Measurements in Green-State P/M Parts
Keyword:
inverse algorithm
,
Nondestructive testing
,
green-state P/M parts
, and
conductivity-density relationship
Creator:
Leuenberger, Georg H
Advisor:
Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Computational and experimental investigations of laser drilling and welding for microelectronic packaging
Keyword:
Microdrilling
,
Microelectronic packaging
,
Computational modeling
,
Laser micromachining
,
Optoelectronic holography
, and
Microwelding
Creator:
Han, Wei
Advisor:
Pryputniewicz, Ryszard J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-05-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Investigation of CO Tolerance in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Keyword:
PEM fuel cells
,
kinetic modeling
,
CO tolerance
, and
electrocatalysis
Creator:
Zhang, Jingxin
Advisor:
Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-07-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Partial Coherence and Optical Vortices
Keyword:
coherence
and
Vortex
Creator:
Maleev, Ivan
Advisor:
Swartzlander, Grover A., Jr.
and
Aravind, Padmanabhan K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-07-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
An Optical Vortex Coherence Filter
Keyword:
interference
,
phase
,
nulling
,
dislocation
,
diffraction
,
singularity
,
singularities
,
Vortex
,
coherence
, and
optical vortex
Creator:
Palacios, David M
Advisor:
Swartzlander, Grover A., Jr.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-08-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Water Spray Suppression and Intensification of High Flash Point Hydrocarbon Pool Fires
Keyword:
suppression
,
high flash point pool fire
, and
drop size
Creator:
Ho, San-Ping
Advisor:
Zalosh, Robert G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-08-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Active Learning in Transportation Engineering Education
Keyword:
active learning
,
traffic engineering
,
engineering education
, and
transportation engineering
Creator:
Weir, Jennifer Anne
Advisor:
Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-12-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Development of a Rational Method of Designing Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) for Low Volume Roads
Keyword:
Low Volume Roads
,
Film Thickness
,
Ndesign
,
VMA
,
Mix Design
, and
Hot Mix Asphalt
Creator:
Nanagiri, Yamini Varma
Advisor:
Mallick, Rajib B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-01-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Use of Accelerated Loading Equipment for Fatigue Characterization of Hot Mix Asphalt in the Laboratory
Keyword:
fatigue
,
Finite Element Method
,
performance curve
,
MMLS3
,
rutting
,
thermocouple
,
characterization
,
instrumentation
,
strain gauge
, and
test protocol
Creator:
Bhattacharjee, Sudip
Advisor:
Mallick, Rajib B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-01-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Design Guidelines for the use of Curbs and Curb/Guardrail Combinations Along High-Speed Roadways
Keyword:
Finite Element Analysis
,
NCHRP Report 350
,
curb and barrier combinations
,
Curbs
,
design guidelines
,
guardrail
, and
impact
Creator:
Plaxico, Chuck Aldon
Advisor:
Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-12-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Design and Performance of a Localized Fiber Optic, Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Prototype Device for the Detection of the Metabolic Status of “Vulnerable Plaque”: in-vitro Investigation of Human Carotid Plaque
Keyword:
tissue lactate
,
vulnerable plaque
,
atherosclerosis
,
optical spectroscopy
, and
tissue pH
Creator:
Khan, Tania Nur
Advisor:
Peura, Robert A.
,
Soller, Babs R.
, and
Tuft, Richard
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-01-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Kinetics of Complete Methane Oxidation on Palladium Model Catalysts
Keyword:
Deactivation
,
methane oxidation on palladium
,
Kinetics
,
hysteresis
, and
structure sensitivity
Creator:
Zhu, Guanghui
Advisor:
Ribeiro, Fabio H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-01-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Dry Chemical Fire Suppression System Discharge Modeling and Testing
Keyword:
testing
,
program
,
Modeling
,
blow down
,
Model
,
discharge
,
dry chemical
, and
test
Creator:
Eber, Robert Mark
Advisor:
Zalosh, Robert G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2001-01-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Vibration Control of Large Scale Flexible Structures Using Magnetorheological Dampers
Keyword:
MR Dampers
,
Structural Vibration Control
, and
Flexible Structures
Creator:
Liu, Wei
Advisor:
Hou, Zhikun
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-03-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
NMR Characterization of Pathological Disease States: Monitoring Response to Single-Dose Radiotherapy in a RIF-1 Tumor Model and the Role of Spreading Depression in the Evolution of Ischemic Stroke
Keyword:
spreading depression
,
diffusion
,
stroke
,
RIF-1
,
multispectral analysis
, and
MEMRI
Creator:
Henning, Erica C.
Advisor:
Sotak, Christopher H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Quenched Random Disorder Studies In Liquid Crystal + Aerosil Dispersions
Keyword:
gel structure
,
quenched random disorder
,
Turbidity
,
isotropic-nematic
,
phase transition
,
smectic-A to smectic-C
,
AC-Calorimetry
,
liquid crystal
,
gel dynamics
,
x-ray difraction
,
x-ray intensity fluctuation spectroscopy ( XIFS )
, and
nematic to smectic-A
Creator:
Roshi, Aleksander
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
A New AC-Radio Frequency Heating Calorimetry Technique for Complex Fluids
Keyword:
weak quenched random disorder
,
nematic volume fraction
,
nematic correlation length
,
Nematic
,
birefringence
,
4' – transbutyl – 4 – cyano – 4 – heptyl - bicyclo
,
modulation calorimetry technique
,
octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB)
,
phase transitions
,
random-dilution
,
Turbidity
,
isotropic
,
heat capacity
,
loss factor
,
Liquid Crystals
,
smectic A
,
permittivity
,
aerosil
,
random-field interactions.
,
dielectric
, and
Radio Frequency Field Heating
Creator:
Barjami, Saimir
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Software Engineering Using design RATionale
Keyword:
Software Maintenance
,
Knowledge Representation
,
inference
,
design rationale
, and
software engineering
Creator:
Burge, Janet E
Advisor:
Brown, David C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Finite Element Analysis for Fixture Stiffness
Keyword:
Computer-aided fixture design
,
Finite element analyisis
, and
Fixture Stiffness
Creator:
Zheng, Yi
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
A General Framework for Multi-Resolution Visualization
Keyword:
Framework
,
Visualization
,
High-Dimensional Data Set
,
Multi-Resolution
,
Multi-Dimensional Visualization
, and
Information Visualization
Creator:
Yang, Jing
Advisor:
Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Effects of inoculum density, carbon concentration, and feeding scheme on the growth of transformed roots of Artemisia annua in a modified nutrient mist bioreactor
Keyword:
transformed roots
,
MIST
, and
bioreactor
Creator:
Towler, Melissa J.
Advisor:
Wyslouzil, Barbara E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Newton-Picard Gauss-Seidel
Keyword:
dynamical systems
,
Picard
,
Periodic Solutions
, and
Newton
Creator:
Simonis, Joseph P.
Advisor:
Walker, Homer F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Congestion Control for Streaming Media
Keyword:
active queue management (AQM)
,
streaming transport protocol
,
Internet congestion control
, and
streaming media
Creator:
Chung, Jae Won
Advisor:
Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-08-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Scalable Integration View Computation and Maintenance with Parallel, Adaptive and Grouping Techniques
Keyword:
grouping maintenance
,
cyclic join views
,
parallel multi-join computation
,
state level adaptation
,
materialized view maintenance
, and
distributed data sources
Creator:
Liu, Bin
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-08-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Laser beam interaction with materials for microscale applications
Keyword:
Laser micromachining
,
lattice-phonon vibration
,
numerical calculations
,
plasma effects
,
Fourier theory
,
hole profile
,
Silicon
,
analytical solutions
,
Heat Transfer
,
hole formation
,
MEMS
,
laser microdrilling
,
laser beam characteristics
, and
304 stainless steel
Creator:
Nowakowski, Krzysztof A.
Advisor:
Pryputniewicz, Ryszard J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Efficient Incremental View Maintenance for Data Warehousing
Keyword:
Materialized View
,
View Maintenance
,
Information Integration
,
Data Warehouse
, and
View Matching
Creator:
Chen, Songting
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-12-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Jitter in Oscillators with 1/f Noise Sources and Application to True RNG for Cryptography
Keyword:
1/f noise
,
random number generator
,
oscillator
,
phase noise
, and
jitter
Creator:
Liu, Chengxin
Advisor:
McNeill, John A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Model and Supported Catalysts
Keyword:
Carbon Nanotubes
,
thin film coating
,
spin coating
,
model catalyst
,
ferrocene
,
supported catalyst
, and
atomic layer deposition
Creator:
Medhekar, Vinay S
Advisor:
Ribeiro, Fabio H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-08-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Functional MRI Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies to Map the Olfactory System of a Rat Brain.
Keyword:
Registration
,
Rat Brain Atlas
,
fMRI
, and
Segmentation
Creator:
Kulkarni, Praveen P
Advisor:
Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Automaton Meet Algebra: A Hybrid Paradigm for Efficiently Processing XQuery over XML Stream
Keyword:
Automaton
,
Database
,
Query Optimization
,
Algebra
, and
XML Stream
Creator:
Su, Hong
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Thermomechanical characterization of NiTiNOL and NiTiNOL based structures using ACES methodology
Keyword:
NiTiNOL
,
SMAs
,
thermomechanical
,
ACES
, and
OEH
Creator:
Mizar, Shivananda Pai
Advisor:
Pryputniewicz, Ryszard J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-02-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Development of Nanocomposite Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Higher Temperature PEM Fuel Cells
Keyword:
Nafion
,
Fuel Cells
,
Polymer
,
High Temperature
, and
Composite
Creator:
Jalani, Nikhil H.
Advisor:
Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-03-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Using Bandwidth Estimation to Optimize Buffer and Rate Selection for Streaming Multimedia over IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks
Keyword:
Bandwidth Estimation
,
Rate Selection
,
Playout Buffer
,
Wireless Networks
, and
Streaming Multimedia
Creator:
Li, Mingzhe
Advisor:
Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Digital Control and Monitoring Methods for Nonlinear Processes
Keyword:
invariant manifold
,
Lyapunov stability
,
parametric optimization
,
Robust Control
,
nonlinear dynamics
,
functional equations
,
chemical reaction system dynamics
,
time scale multiplicity
,
process monitoring
, and
nonlinear observers
Creator:
Huynh, Nguyen
Advisor:
Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-10-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Radar Based Estimation of Asymmetric Target Inertial Parameters
Keyword:
dynamics
,
estimation
,
inertial
,
free body
,
radar
,
rigid body
,
asymmetric
, and
exo-atmospheric
Creator:
Hatch, Nicholas Adam
Advisor:
Cyganski, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Reciprocity between Emission and Absorption for Rare Earth Ions in Glass
Keyword:
inhomogeneous broadening
,
McCumber theory
,
rare earth ions
,
homogeneous broadening
, and
emission and absorption cross sections
Creator:
Martin, Rodica M.
Advisor:
Quimby, Richard S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Kinetics and Catalysis of the Water-Gas-Shift Reaction: A Microkinetic and Graph Theoretic Approach
Keyword:
microkinetics
,
water-gas-shift
,
reaction routes
, and
mechanism analysis
Creator:
Callaghan, Caitlin A.
Advisor:
Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Inexact Newton Methods Applied to Under-Determined Systems
Keyword:
Inexact Newton Methods
,
Trust Region Methods
,
Nonlinear Eigenvalue
,
Under-Determined Systems
,
Periodic Solutions
,
Newton's Method
, and
Continuation
Creator:
Simonis, Joseph P
Advisor:
Walker, Homer F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
A Nanoscale Investigation of Pathogenic Microbial Adhesion in Biomaterial Systems
Keyword:
Biomaterials
,
nanotechnology
,
Atomic Force Microscopy
, and
pathogenic
Creator:
Emerson, Ray Jenkins
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
A Methodology to Predict the Effects of Quench Rates on Mechanical Properties of Cast Aluminum Alloys
Keyword:
Jominy End Quench
,
Taguchi design
,
Heat treatment
,
Time-Temperature-Property curve
,
Quenching
,
Cast Al-Si-Mg alloys
,
Polymer quench
, and
ANOVA analysis. Quench Factor Analysis
Creator:
Ma, Shuhui
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Distance Measurement Error Modeling for Time-of-Arrival Based Indoor Geolocation
Keyword:
Distance Measurement Error
,
Ranging
,
Indoor geolocation
,
Positioning
, and
Ranging Error
Creator:
Alavi, Bardia
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
CAFixD: A Case-based Reasoning Method for Fixture Design
Keyword:
Fixture Design
,
case-based reasoning
,
Axiomatic Design
, and
retrieval-by-adaptabilty
Creator:
Boyle, Iain Mackinnon
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
ARMOR - Adjusting Repair and Media Scaling with Operations Research for Streaming Video
Keyword:
Temporal Scaling
,
Streaming MPEG
,
User Study
,
Forward Error Correction
,
Quality Scaling
, and
Video Quality
Creator:
Wu, Huahui
Advisor:
Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Cryptography for Ultra-Low Power Devices
Keyword:
rfid
,
low energy
,
Wireless Sensor Networks
,
Cryptography
, and
low power
Creator:
Kaps, Jens-Peter E
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Three-dimensional Particle-in-Cell Methodology on Unstructured Voronoi Grids with Applications to Plasma Microdevices
Keyword:
PIC
,
Unstructured Grid
, and
plasma simulation
Creator:
Spirkin, Anton M
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The Impact of Universal Service Obligations and Other External and Cross Subsidies on Teledensity in Developing Countries
Keyword:
cross subsidies
,
universal service
,
system dynamics
,
value added services
, and
telecom planning
Creator:
Ramos, Boris G.
Advisor:
Saeed, Khalid
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
Application of Channel Modeling for Indoor Localization Using TOA and RSS
Keyword:
Localization
,
indoor radio channel
, and
Indoor geolocation
Creator:
Hatami, Ahmad
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Synthesis and Photochemistry of Phenyl Subtituted-1,2,4-Thiadiazoles; 15N-Labeling Studies
Keyword:
thiadiazoles
,
electrocyclic
,
3-sigmatropic
, and
1
Creator:
Changtong, Chuchawin
Advisor:
Pavlik, James W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
3D Thermal Mapping of Cone Calorimeter Specimen and Development of a Heat Flux Mapping Procedure Utilizing an Infrared Camera
Keyword:
edge frame
,
one-dimensional heat conduction
,
three-dimensional heat conduction
,
temperature measurement
,
infrared camera
,
one-dimensional heat conduction model
,
Cone Calorimeter
,
ceramic fiberboard
,
edge effect
,
heat flux maps
,
thermal properties
,
specimen preparation
,
heat flux mapping procedure
,
retainer frame
, and
fire growth models
Creator:
Choi, Keum-Ran
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-02-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Vapor phase photochemistry of cyanopyridines and pyridine. Deuterium labeling studies
Keyword:
pyridine
,
deuterium labeling
,
cyanopyridine
,
phototransposition
,
methylpyridine
, and
azaprefulvene
Creator:
Laohhasurayotin, Somchoke
Advisor:
Pavlik, James W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
An Assessment of Indoor Geolocation Systems
Keyword:
signal structure
,
CDMA
,
OFDM
,
FDMA
, and
Indoor geolocation
Creator:
Progri, Ilir F
Advisor:
Michalson, William R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Building Planning Evaluations for Emergency Evacuation
Keyword:
evacuation simulation
,
STELLA
,
plan analysis
, and
target space
Creator:
Shen, Tzu-Sheng
Advisor:
Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-05-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Novel Processing Methods and Mechanisms to Control the Cast Microstructure in Al Based Alloys - 390 and Wrought Alloys
Keyword:
Al-Si
,
CDS
,
liquid mixing
,
Al alloys
,
Al
,
Casting
,
wrought
, and
Aluminum
Creator:
Saha, Deepak
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-04-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Computer-Aided Manufacturing Planning (CAMP)of Mass Customization for Non-rotational Part Production
Keyword:
multi-part fixture
,
manufacturing resource capability
,
setup planning
,
Object-oriented systems analysis(OSA)
,
Feature
, and
Computer aided manufacturing planning
Creator:
Yao, Suqin
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-12-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Graphical Data Mining for Computational Estimation in Materials Science Applications
Keyword:
Clustering
,
Domain Semantics
,
Classification
,
Graphical Data
, and
Data Mining
Creator:
Varde, Aparna S
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Dynamic Optimization and Migration of Continuous Queries Over Data Streams
Keyword:
plan migration
,
runtime query adaptations
,
Query Optimization
,
Data streams
,
distributed query processing
,
window constraints
, and
continuous queries
Creator:
Zhu, Yali
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Updating XML Views
Keyword:
XML
,
XQuery
, and
View Updating
Creator:
Wang, Ling
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
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