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Sulfur tolerance of Pd/Au alloy membranes for hydrogen separation from coal gas
Keyword:
Hydrogen Separation
,
inorganic membrane
,
electroless deposition
,
palladium gold alloy
, and
H2S poisoning
Creator:
Chen, Chao-Huang
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-02-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
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
The Effect of Machining Residual Stresses on the Dimensional Stability of Aluminum Alloys used in Optical Systems
Keyword:
Dimensional Stability
and
Residual stress
Creator:
Spence, Timothy
Advisor:
Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Development of a Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocyte Seeded Biological Suture for Cell Delivery to Cardiac Tissue for Cardiac Regeneration Applications
Keyword:
fibrin microthreads
,
cardiovascular regeneration
,
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
,
human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes
, and
high density mapping
Creator:
Hansen, Katrina J
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-12-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Integrated Quality Control Planning in Computer-Aided Manufacturing Planning
Keyword:
tolerance stack-up analysis
,
tolerance assignment
,
in-process inspection
, and
quality control planning
Creator:
Yang, Yihong
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-04-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
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
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
Ambulance Vibration Suppression via Force Field Domain Control
Keyword:
ambulance
,
ambulance comfort
,
human vibration response
,
ambulance care
,
patient-centered care
,
ambulance vibration
,
whole-body vibration
, and
ambulance safety
Creator:
Cotnoir, Paul D
Advisor:
Fofana, Mustapha S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Resonance Production and Nuclear Fragmentation for Space Radiation
Keyword:
nuclear physics
,
nuclear fragmentation
,
physics
,
resonance
,
particle physics
,
space radiation
,
radiation shielding
,
heavy-ion physics
, and
nucleon-nucleon interactions
Creator:
Norman, Ryan Bradley
Advisor:
Norbury, John W.
,
Aravind, Padmanabhan K.
, and
Blattnig, Steve R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Towards Personalized Learning using Counterfactual Inference for Randomized Controlled Trials
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
student modeling
,
sequence autoencoder
,
counterfactual inference
, and
treatment effects
Creator:
Zhao, Siyuan
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
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
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
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
Fractal Interfaces and Heat Transmission Problems
Keyword:
Homogenization
,
Finite Element
, and
Fractal
Creator:
Liang, Haodong
Advisor:
Mosco, Umberto
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
A Coarse-Grained Computational Model of Kinesin-Microtubule Gliding Assays on Lipid Bilayers
Keyword:
microtubules
,
kinesin
, and
biophysics
Creator:
Vandal, Steven R.
Advisor:
Tuzel, Erkan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Anderson Acceleration of Fixed-point Iteration with Applications to Electronic Structure Computations
Keyword:
acceleration
and
fixed-point
Creator:
Ni, Peng
Advisor:
Walker, Homer F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-11-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Guided-wave atom interferometers with Bose-Einstein condensate
Keyword:
Bose-Einstein Condensate
,
Matter Waves
, and
Atom Interferometry
Creator:
Ilo-Okeke, Ebubechukwu Odidika
Advisor:
Zozulya, Alex A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Applications of Machine Learning in Real-time Brain Tissue Strain Estimation
Keyword:
Concussion
,
Brain Injury
,
Convolutional Neural Network
,
Deep Learning
, and
Finite Element
Creator:
Ghazi, Kianoosh
Advisor:
Ji, Songbai
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Technical and Economic Performance Assessment of Pd/Alloy Membrane Reactor Technology Options in the Presence of Uncertainty
Keyword:
Monte Carlo simulation
,
Hydrogen production
,
Process intensification
,
Water gas shift reaction
,
IGCC
,
Uncertainty
,
Net Present Value
,
Pd/alloy-based Membrane Reactors
,
Process economic analysis
, and
Process safety
Creator:
Koc, Reyyan
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
and
Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-13
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
Force Sensing and Teleoperation of Continuum Robot for MRI-Guided Surgery
Keyword:
Fabry-Perot interferometer
,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
,
Prostate cancer
,
brachytherapy
,
continuum robot
,
haptics
,
biopsy
,
piezoelectric motor
,
image-guided intervention
,
Teleoperation
, and
Surgical Robotics
Creator:
Su, Hao
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
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
Development of Holographic Interferometric Methodologies for Characterization of Shape and Function of the Human Tympanic Membrane
Keyword:
Tympanic membrane
,
Holographic Interferometry
, and
sound-induced motion
Creator:
Khaleghi, Morteza
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Robotic System Development for Precision MRI-Guided Needle-Based Interventions
Keyword:
Image-guided therapy
,
MRI compatible robot
, and
Needle-based interventions
Creator:
Li, Gang
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-08-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Calorimetric and Dielectric Studies of Self-assembled Bio-molecules in an Aqueous Environment
Keyword:
bio-physics
,
calorimetry measurements
,
protein dynamics
, and
dielectric spectroscopy
Creator:
Kashuri, Klaida
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Deep Learning on Attributed Sequences
Keyword:
attributed sequences
,
Deep Learning
, and
Machine Learning
Creator:
Zhuang, Zhongfang
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-02-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Social Enterprises in Supply Chains
Keyword:
Fire Prevention
,
Supply Chain
,
Social Entrepreneurship
,
Entrepreneurship
,
Institutional Theory
, and
Social Capital
Creator:
Jug, Ales
Advisor:
Sarkis, Joseph
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business
A theoretical analysis of Bose-Einstein condensate based beamsplitters, interferometers, and transistors
Keyword:
Atom Interferometery
and
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Creator:
Stickney, James Arthur
Advisor:
Zozulya, Alex A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-03-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neural and Pulmonary Vascular Function
Keyword:
MRI Vascular Stroke Pulmonary Neural
Creator:
Walvick, Ronn P
Advisor:
Helmer, Karl G.
and
Albert, Mitchel
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-08-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Developing Data-Driven Tools to Enable Formulating Non-Standard Steel Casting Alloy Composition and For Determining the Design Properties of Common Cast Steel Alloy Grades
Keyword:
Steel Casting
and
Foundry
Creator:
Monroe, Raymond
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Cross-Layer Vulnerability Analysis of System-on-Chip against Physical Hardware Attacks
Creator:
Kiaei, Pantea
Advisor:
Schaumont, Patrick R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-08-19
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
Deep Learning on Graph-structured Data
Keyword:
graph attention
,
functional brain network analysis
,
network representation learning
,
deep learning
, and
graphs
Creator:
Lee, John Boaz T
Advisor:
Kong, Xiangnan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-11-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
A Highly Digital VCO-Based ADC With Lookup-Table-Based Background Calibration
Keyword:
Analog-to-digital conversion
,
Digital background calibration
, and
VCO-based ADC
Creator:
Li, Sulin
Advisor:
McNeill, John A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Environmental Resuspension and Health Impacts of Radioactive Particulate Matter
Keyword:
particle size
,
radionuclide
,
aerosol
,
kinetic model
,
resuspension
, and
health risk
Creator:
Marshall, Shaun A.
Advisor:
Medich, David Christopher
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
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
An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering
Keyword:
fire protection engineering
,
building performance
, and
Performance-Based Design
Creator:
Alvarez Rodriguez, Alberto
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Large System Transformation within Healthcare Organizations utilizing Lean Deployment Strategies
Keyword:
Lean Deployment
,
Healthcare Transformation
, and
Lean Management System
Creator:
Hagg, Heather
Advisor:
Bar-On, Isa
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing 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
Time Series Data Analytics
Keyword:
similarity search
,
correlation measure
,
dynamic time warping
,
time series data
, and
lp-norm distances
Creator:
Ahsan, Ramoza
Advisor:
Sarkozy, Gabor N
and
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Reduced-Dimensional Coupled Electromagnetic, Thermal, and Mechanical Models of Microwave Sintering
Keyword:
dielectrics
,
Materials
,
sintering
,
Simulation
,
modelling
,
Modeling
,
microwave
, and
ceramics
Creator:
Kiley, Erin Marie
Advisor:
Yakovlev, Vadim V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Micro-Pattern Detection and Analysis in Gaze Data via Mathematical Optimization and Machine Learning
Keyword:
Gaze Data Analysis
,
Outlier Detection
,
FID+ Filter
,
FID Filter
,
Eye Tracking
,
Fixation Identification
,
Fixation Inner-Density
, and
Mixed-Integer Optimization
Creator:
Liu, Wen
Advisor:
Trapp, Andrew C
and
Djamasbi, Soussan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Dynamic Analysis of Healthcare Service Delivery: Application of Lean and Agile Concepts
Keyword:
Simulation
,
agile
,
service
,
healthcare
,
Lean
,
system dynamics
, and
supply chain
Creator:
Rust, Tom
Advisor:
Saeed, Khalid
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER USING JET REATTACHMENT NOZZLES OVER STATIONARY AND MOVING SURFACES - EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY
Creator:
Farzad, Milad
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Bayesian Predictive Inference and Multivariate Benchmarking for Small Area Means
Keyword:
bayesian predictive inference
,
benchmarking
,
Small Area Estimation
, and
multivariate
Creator:
Toto, Ma. Criselda Santos
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
On Random Sampling for Compliance Monitoring in Opportunistic Spectrum Access Networks
Keyword:
compliance enforcement
,
spectrum monitoring
, and
opportunistic spectrum access
Creator:
Rocke, Sean A
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Understanding Mechanical Properties of Bio-filaments through Curvature
Keyword:
actin
,
microtubule
,
simulation
,
persistence length
,
bending
, and
gliding assay
Creator:
Wisanpitayakorn, Pattipong
Advisor:
Tuzel, Erkan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
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
Numerical Study of Heat and Mass Transfer Using Phase Change Materials
Keyword:
packaging
,
phase change material
, and
Drying
Creator:
Mahdavi Nejad, Alireza
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Scalar Field Theories of Nucleon Interactions
Keyword:
scalar field
,
pion
,
inelastic process
,
Bethe-Salpeter
,
BSE
,
nucleon
, and
ladder approximation
Creator:
Dick, Frank Albert
Advisor:
Norbury, John W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Designing Bioengineered Skin Substitutes Containing Microfabricated Basal Lamina Analogs to Enhance Skin Regeneration
Keyword:
fibronectin
,
bioengineered skin substitutes
,
microenvironment
, and
keratinocytes
Creator:
Bush, Katie Ann
Advisor:
Pins, George D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Software-Induced Fault Attacks on Post-Quantum Signature Schemes
Keyword:
Microarchitectural Attacks
,
Post-Quantum Cryptography
,
Lattice-based Cryptography
,
Rowhammer Attack
,
Fault Attacks
, and
Multivariate Cryptography
Creator:
Islam, Saad
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-01-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
High-Performance Decoder Architectures For Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
Keyword:
Decoder
,
LDPC Codes
,
Error Correction Codes
, and
Layered Decoding
Creator:
Zhang, Kai
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Theoretical and Experimental Development of an Array of Droopy Bowties with Integrated Baluns
Keyword:
bowtie dual-poarized radiators
,
baluns
, and
phased arrays
Creator:
Puzella, Angelo
Advisor:
Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-06-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Application of Phase Change Materials to Improve the Thermal Performance of Buildings and Pavements
Keyword:
Lightweight aggregate
,
Service Life of Pavements
,
Phase Change Materials
,
Occupant Comfort
,
Temperature Changes in Buildings
, and
Rice Husk Ash
Creator:
Pourakbar Sharifi, Naser
Advisor:
Sakulich, Aaron R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-01-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental 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
TRANSMISSION LINE FEATURES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON GHz CONDUCTOR LOSS
Keyword:
conductor loss
,
edge
,
GHz
, and
Interface
Creator:
Vincent, Tracey S
Advisor:
Bar-On, Isa
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-06-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Teleoperation of MRI-Compatible Robots with Hybrid Actuation and Haptic Feedback
Keyword:
medical robotics
,
Teleoperation
,
haptics
,
Image-guided therapy
,
force sensing
,
MRI-compatible robot
, and
multi-image registration
Creator:
Shang, Weijian
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Outlier Detection In Big Data
Keyword:
data analytics
,
big data
,
Outlier Detection
,
distributed algorithm
, and
data stream
Creator:
Cao, Lei
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-03-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Geometric Autoconfiguration for Precision Personnel Location
Keyword:
Signal Processing
and
geometry estimation
Creator:
Woodacre, Benjamin W
Advisor:
Cyganski, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Modeling and simulation of grinding processes based on a virtual wheel model and microscopic interaction analysis
Keyword:
Simulation
,
virtual wheel model
,
grinding
,
microscopic interaction
, and
Modeling
Creator:
Li, Xuekun
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-05-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Development of Adaptive Granular Crystals Immersed in Active Fluids for Impact Mitigation
Creator:
Kocharyan, Hrachya
Advisor:
Karanjgaokar, Nikhil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace 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
Resource Allocation and Performance Optimization in Wireless Networks
Keyword:
resource allocation
,
Wireless Networks
, and
performance optimization
Creator:
guo, wenxuan
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Melting of Ice and Formation of Lateral Cavity during In Situ Burning in Ice-Infested Waters
Keyword:
Marangoni convection
,
scaling
,
ice melting
,
in-situ burning
,
Arctic
, and
oil spill
Creator:
Farmahini Farahani, Hamed
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-02-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Experimental Investigation of the Material Removal Rate in Grinding of Calcified Plaque by Rotational Atherectomy
Keyword:
Grinding wheel size
,
Material removal rate (MRR)
,
Calcified plaque grinding
,
Rotational speed
,
Tissue Phantom
, and
Rotational atherectomy
Creator:
Li, Xinxiao
Advisor:
Zheng, Yihao
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF APOPTOSIS IN CALCIFICATION OF THE AORTIC VALVULAR INTERSTITIAL CELLS
Creator:
Jebeli, Mahvash
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Machine Learning Models for Parkinson's Disease Gait Assessment and Medication Adherence from Smartphone Sensor Data
Keyword:
Smartphone sensing
,
Gait assessment
,
Parkinson’s disease
,
Machine learning
,
Deep learning
, and
Medication Adherence
Creator:
Abujrida, Hamza
Advisor:
Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Human Behavior Analysis via Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning
Creator:
Zhang, Xin
Advisor:
Li, Yanhua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Working With What You’ve Got: Leveraging Mislabeled Datasets And Improving Imperfect Pretrained Models
Keyword:
Data Science
,
Machine Learning
,
Pretrained Models
,
Generative Modeling
,
Deep Learning
, and
Bias
Creator:
Gerych, Walter
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
and
Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-10-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Improving Inkjet Printing Processes for Achieving Stretchable and Flexible Traces with Small Linewidths
Keyword:
inkjet printing
,
conductive traces
,
flexible hybrid electronics
, and
printed electronics
Creator:
Pratt, Nicholas
Advisor:
Rao, Pratap M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Multi-modal Models for Depression Screening
Keyword:
Transfer learning
,
Sequential modeling for mental health screen
,
Multivariate time series
,
Deep learning
,
Multi-task learning
, and
Digital health
Creator:
Flores, Ricardo
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-10-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Human-Robot Interfaces to Enable Effective and Effortless Control for Remote Manipulation of Tele-nursing Robot
Keyword:
Remote Manipulation
,
Tele-nursing Robot
,
Human-robot Interaction
,
Workload Estimation
,
Control Augmentation
, and
Robot Reliability
Creator:
Lin, Tsung-Chi
Advisor:
Li, Jane
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Design of a Molten Salt Metal-Air Battery with High-Energy Density – Proof of Concept, Modeling, and Recharging
Keyword:
Zero-emission shipping
,
Oxygen reduction
,
Directional solidification
,
Metal-air battery
, and
Clean Energy
Creator:
Shahabi, Mahya
Advisor:
Powell, Adam Clayton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Data Driven University Capacity Analysis via Mathematical Optimization
Keyword:
Multi Objective Optimization
,
Integer Optimization
, and
Academic Scheduling
Creator:
Aygul, Ozge
Advisor:
Trapp, Andrew C
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-06-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Novel Statistical Methods for Aggregating Correlated and Missing Data with Applications to Chronic Disease Research
Keyword:
correlation-robustness
,
missing data
,
Fisher's method
,
global hypothesis test
, and
p-value combination
Creator:
Chen, Xiaohui
Advisor:
Wu, Zheyang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Analysis and Homogenization of Partial Differential Equations with Discontinuous Boundary Conditions
Keyword:
Reaction-diffusion-advection equations
,
Partial differential equations
,
Duality
,
Homogenization
,
Stokes equations
, and
Moving domains
Creator:
Sato, Riuji
Advisor:
Vernescu, Bogdan M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Robot Autonomy for Scrap Cutting in Metal Recycling
Keyword:
Human–robot collaboration
,
Robot autonomy
,
Future of work
,
Metal scrap recycling
,
Oxy-fuel metal cutting
, and
Environmental robotics
Creator:
Akl, James
Advisor:
Calli, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Bayesian Predictive Inference for a Study Variable Without Specifying a Link to the Covariates
Keyword:
small area estimation
,
stick-breaking prior
,
Bayesian predictive inference
,
survey weights
,
multinomial-Dirichlet model
, and
spatial modeling
Creator:
Lockwood, Ashley
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Microfluidic High-Throughput Methods for the Induction and Characterization of Repeatable, Titratable Traumatic Neural Injury in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Keyword:
Neural Imaging
,
TRPV4
,
C. elegans
,
Traumatic Brain Injury
, and
Microfluidics
Creator:
White, Hamilton
Advisor:
Albrecht, Dirk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Development of a Performance Based (Multi-characteristic) Tool for Wall Insulation System Optimization
Keyword:
performance-based design
,
insulation
,
multi-objective optimization
,
sustainability
, and
fire safety
Creator:
You, Young-Geun
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Numerical Modelling and Experiments of Silicon Electrodeposition by Solid Oxide Membrane - Molten Salt Electrolysis
Creator:
Moudgal, Aditya
Advisor:
Powell, Adam Clayton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Advanced Control of Upper-Limb Prostheses with Time-Synchronized Distributed Wireless Electrodes
Creator:
Li, Jianan
Advisor:
Clancy, Ted
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Intuitive Teleoperation of a Robotic Arm and Gripper with Soft Pneumatic Haptic Feedback
Keyword:
Soft Robotics
,
Robot Arm Teleoperation
, and
Human-Robot Interaction
Creator:
Rameshwar, Raagini
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Knowledge Amalgamation from Heterogeneous Pre-Trained Models
Keyword:
Pre-Trained Models
,
Deep Learning
, and
Knowledge Amalgamation
Creator:
Thadajarassiri, Jidapa
Advisor:
Kong, Xiangnan
and
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Bioinspired Layered Geopolymer Composites
Keyword:
Fracture
,
Geopolymer
,
Composites
,
Bioinspired
, and
Toughness
Creator:
Harmal, Anass
Advisor:
Walker, Harold W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-06-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Safe Control of Cyber-Physical Systems under False Data Injection Attacks
Creator:
Li, Zhouchi
Advisor:
Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Understanding Processing-Microstructure-Fatigue Performance Relationships for Defect-Tolerant Design in Laser Powder Bed Fabricated Al-10Si-0.4Mg Alloys
Keyword:
additive manufacturing
,
defect tolerance
,
Al-10Si-0.4Mg
,
Fatigue
,
Fatigue crack growth
, and
laser powder bed
Creator:
Piette, Timothy
Advisor:
Lados, Diana A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-06-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Dual-Antiphase Patch Antennas for Microwave Imaging and Osteoporosis Screening Results Based on Neural Networks: Theoretical and Experimental Results
Keyword:
Microwave Imaging
,
Machine Learning
,
Antennas
, and
Osteoporosis
Creator:
Adams, Johnathan
Advisor:
Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Exploring the Impact of Metallic Powder Quality on Cold Spray Processing and Consolidated Material Performance
Creator:
Grubbs, Jack
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Bespoke Neural Network Architectures for Rapid Multivariate Time Series Classification and Representation
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
Representation Learning
,
Transfer Learning
, and
Chemical Sensing
Creator:
Moore, Alexander
Advisor:
Mangoubi, Oren Rami
,
Eltabakh, Mohamed Y.
, and
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Strategies and Structures for Biological Datasets Integration and Knowledge Discovery
Keyword:
Single-cell RNA Sequencing
,
Data Integration
,
CCA
,
Network Analysis
,
Biology
, and
Feature Engineering
Creator:
Teeple, Erin
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-07-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Optimized Metals Separation for Remanufacturing of Product-Centric Recycled and Reclaimed Scrap
Keyword:
Secondary steelmaking
,
Electroplating
,
High temperature oxidation
,
Bimetallic composite
,
Metal coating recovery
, and
Recycling and recovery of metal
Creator:
Gupta, Akanksha
Advisor:
Mishra, Brajendra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Domestication of Nonconventional Gram-negative Bacteria as Synthetic Biology Chassis
Creator:
Keating, Kevin
Advisor:
Young, Eric Mosher
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Personality Traits and Affordance Actualization: An Investigation of the Continued Use of Fitness Apps
Creator:
Alshawmar, Moayad
Advisor:
Tulu, Bengisu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-10-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Defining the mechanisms contributing to genomic instability following RB loss
Keyword:
Mitosis
,
Aurora B kinase
, and
Genomic Instability
Creator:
Crowley, Elizabeth
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Understanding and Managing Emerging Fungal Infectious Diseases-Virulence Mechanisms, Drug Resistance and Discovery of Novel Antifungal Agents
Keyword:
Antifungal tolerance
,
Candida species
,
Fungal infectious disease
,
Novel treatment
,
Candida auris
, and
Antifungal resistance
Creator:
Yang, Bo
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Intelligent and Resilient Radio Resource Allocation for 5G and Beyond Wireless Communications
Keyword:
Deep Reinforcement Learning
,
Robust PCA
,
mmWave Communications
,
Graph Neural Networks
, and
Wireless Communications
Creator:
Ghasemi, Ahmad
Advisor:
Zekavat, Seyed A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-06-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Elucidating Mechanisms of Replication-associated Synthetic lethality with RB loss and PARP inhibition
Keyword:
DNA damage
,
RB1
,
Retinoblastoma
,
PARP
,
Replication
, and
Epigenetics
Creator:
Gutierrez Zamalloa, Luis
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-11-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
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