Index Catalog // Digital WPI

1. 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:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

2. Investigation of Enhanced Soot Deposition on Smoke Alarm Horns

Keyword:: acoustic agglomeration, smoke detector response, enhanced deposition, and soot deposition
Creator:: Phelan, Patrick
Advisor:: Woycheese, John P.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-07
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

3. The Byzantine Agreement Protocol Applied to Security

Keyword:: Byzantine Agreement Protocol and intrusion detection system
Creator:: Toth, David
Advisor:: Osorio, Fernando C. Colon
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

4. Exploratory Visualization of Data with Variable Quality

Keyword:: Uncertainty, Data Quality, Imputation, Visualization, and Missing Data
Creator:: Huang, Shiping
Advisor:: Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

5. Study and characetrization of plastic encapsulated packages for MEMS

Keyword:: MEMS, packaging, plastic encapsulation, finite difference methods, OEH methodology, and Fick's second law of diffusion
Creator:: Deshpande, Anjali W
Advisor:: Pryputniewicz, Ryszard J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

6. Clutter-Based Dimension Reordering in Multi-Dimensional Data Visualization

Keyword:: visual clutter, Multi-Dimensional Visualization, dimension order, and visual structure
Creator:: Peng, Wei
Advisor:: Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

7. 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:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

8. Building Evaluation for Manual Suppression

Keyword:: Fire, evaluation, manual suppression, and building fire protection
Creator:: Callery, James Francis
Advisor:: Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-21
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

9. An Analysis of The Effect of 3-D Groove Insert Design on Chip Breaking Chart

Keyword:: insert, critical feed rate, chip breaking chart, insert groove, Chip, and Chip breaking
Creator:: Avanessian, Alfred
Advisor:: Rong, Yiming
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Manufacturing Engineering

10. Influence of Electromyogram (EMG) Amplitude Processing in EMG-Torque Estimation

Keyword:: EMG, EMG amplitude, linear torque model, EMG-torque model, optimal sampling rate, torque, and system sdentification
Creator:: Bida, Oljeta
Advisor:: Clancy, Edward A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

11. Overcoming Limitations in Computer Worm Models

Keyword:: computer worm, worm propagation, network simulation, computer virus, and worm simulation
Creator:: Posluszny III, Frank S
Advisor:: Osorio, Fernando C. Colon
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-31
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

12. A Modular Model Checking Algorithm for Cyclic Feature Compositions

Keyword:: model checking, feature-oriented software development, modular verification, Verification, and assume-guarantee reasoning
Creator:: Wang, Xiaoning
Advisor:: Fisler, Kathryn
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

13. Behavior of Wood Exposed to Fire: A Review and Expert Judgement Procedure for Predicting Assembly Failure.

Keyword:: Fire, structural failure, wood, construction, and Flame spread
Creator:: Bland, Kenneth Edward
Advisor:: Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-02-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

14. Qualitative Study of the Effect of a Compartment Enclosure on Fire Plume Entrainment

Keyword:: zone model, enclosure, Fire, entrainment, Plume, and flame
Creator:: Anderson, Scott Kenneth
Advisor:: Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-02-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

15. 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:: Mechanical Engineering

16. Estimation of Impedance About the

Keyword:: Electromyogram, joint dynamics, Impedance, and estimation
Creator:: Krishna, Karthik
Advisor:: Clancy, Edward A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

17. 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:: Biomedical Engineering

18. Risk Assessment in Telephone Exchanges

Keyword:: Communication, Risk, hazard analysis, and telephone exchange fire
Creator:: Johnson, Peter F.
Advisor:: Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

19. Portfolio Construction using Clustering Methods

Keyword:: Clustering, Covariance matrix, Risk, and expected return
Creator:: Ren, Zhiwei
Advisor:: Heinricher, Arthur C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

20. An Empirical Analysis of Resampled Efficiency

Keyword:: Resampling and Michaud
Creator:: Kohli, Jasraj
Advisor:: Heinricher, Arthur C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

21. Investigation into the influence of threshold forces and vibrations in diamond roll plunge dressing of grinding wheels

Keyword:: Diamond Roll Dressing, Vibrations, Force Adaptive Grinding, Threshold Forces, Filtering, and Signal Processing
Creator:: Geiger, Douglas J
Advisor:: Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Manufacturing Engineering

22. Static H-infinity Control of a Cantilevered Beam Using an Analytical Upper Bound Approach

Keyword:: control system design, Flexible Structures, and Piezoelectric
Creator:: Sweeney, Robert John
Advisor:: Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-27
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

26. Mechanism of Metal delivery and binding to transport sites of Cu+-transporting ATPases

Keyword:: CopA, Cu+, Metal transport, PIB-type ATPase, Cys, and heavy metal binding
Creator:: Yang, Ying
Advisor:: Argüello, José M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

27. 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:: Computer Science

28. Nonlinear controller synthesis for complex chemical and biochemical reaction systems

Keyword:: Lyapunov design, model predictive control, continuous-time model, discrete-time model, and nonlinear systems
Creator:: Leising, Sophie
Advisor:: Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

29. Radial heat transfer studies in low tube to particle diameter ratio fixed bed reactors

Keyword:: Heat Transfer and Fixed bed
Creator:: Leising, Guillaume M.
Advisor:: Dixon, Anthony G.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

30. The Impact of Using an Obstacle Sensing System in the Power Wheelchair Training of Children with Disabilities

Keyword:: mobility training, power wheelchair, and obstacle sensing
Creator:: Manrique, Lisette M
Advisor:: Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

31. Water Quality Indicators in Watershed Subbasins with Multiple Land Uses

Keyword:: Fecal Coliforms, land use, and Water Quality
Creator:: Aull, Malia Elizabeth
Advisor:: Plummer, Jeanine D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

32. Semi Automatic Segmentation of a Rat Brain Atlas

Keyword:: rat atlas, MRI, Algorithm, and Segmentation
Creator:: Ghadyani, Hamid R.
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

33. Development and Application of Semi-automated ITK Tools Development and Application of Semi-automated ITK Tools for the Segmentation of Brain MR Images

Keyword:: Canny Edge, Fast Marching, Segmentation, ITK, CMake, Geodesic, Level Set, Laplacian, and Watershed
Creator:: Kinkar, Shilpa N
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

34. Factor Analysis for Stock Performance

Keyword:: Principal Factor, Factor Analysis, Maximum-likelihood, and Stock Performance
Creator:: Cheng, Wei
Advisor:: Tang, Dalin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

35. Optimal Load Balancing in a Beowulf Cluster

Keyword:: load sharing, beowulf, and load balancing
Creator:: Adams, Daniel Alan
Advisor:: Finkel, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

36. Heat Transfer Analysis In Steel Structures

Keyword:: ASTM E-119, finite element software, and TAS modeling
Creator:: Narang, Vikas A
Advisor:: Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

37. High-Gain Transimpedance Amplifier With DC Photodiode Current Rejection

Keyword:: dc photodiode current cancellation, bilinear, dc rejection, automatic gain control, optical cohesion tomography, high-gain, differential, transimpedance, oct, and tia
Creator:: Ozbas, Halil I
Advisor:: King, Brian M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

38. 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:: Manufacturing Engineering

39. A Study of the Delta-Normal Method of Measuring VaR

Keyword:: Delta-Normal Method and VaR
Creator:: Kondapaneni, Rajesh
Advisor:: Heinricher, Arthur C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

40. Trade-offs Between Energy and Security in Wireless Networks

Keyword:: 802.11 security protocols, Security, Energy, and Wireless Networks
Creator:: McKay, Kerry A
Advisor:: Osorio, Fernando C. Colon
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

41. Measuring Speech Intelligibility in Voice Alarm Communication Systems

Keyword:: voice alarm communication system, speech intelligibility, common intelligibility scale (CIS), and speech transmission index (STI)
Creator:: Geoffroy, Nancy Anne
Advisor:: Woycheese, John P.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

42. Attempts to clone the Limulus ependymin gene, and the effects of a human ependymin peptide on human SHSY neuroblastoma cells

Keyword:: Limulus, Ependymin, SHSY, and neuroblastoma
Creator:: Arca, Turkan
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

43. A Testbed for Real-Time Performance Evaluation of RSS-based Indoor Geolocation Systems in Laboratory Environment

Keyword:: Indoor Positioning, RSS-based fingerprinting algorithm, Performance Evaluation, Testbed, and Indoor geolocation
Creator:: Heidari, Mohammad
Advisor:: Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

44. Low Power Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Keyword:: redundant signed digit, modulus scaling, unified architecture, Montgomery multiplication, low power, Elliptic Curve Crytography, and inversion
Creator:: Ozturk, Erdinc
Advisor:: Sunar, Berk
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

45. Colloid Detachment from Rough Surfaces in the Environment

Keyword:: colloid detachment and Roughness
Creator:: Neyland, Ryan P.
Advisor:: Bergendahl, John Andrew
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

46. Settling Time Measurement Techniques Achieving High Precision at High Speeds

Keyword:: Measurement, High Speed, high precision, settling, method, settling time, definition, comparison, theory, and guide
Creator:: Kayabasi, Cezmi
Advisor:: McNeill, John A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

47. 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:: Computer Science

48. 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:: Biology & Biotechnology

49. Rijndael Circuit Level Cryptanalysis

Keyword:: Advanced Encryption Standard, block cipher, Rijndael, circuit complexity, hermetic, computational complexity, K-secure, private-key cryptography, and cryptanalysis
Creator:: Pehlivanoglu, Serdar
Advisor:: Martin, William J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

50. MATLAB-Based Dipole Array Simulator Tool For MIT Haystack Observatory

Keyword:: phased array, dipole, antenna, and active loading
Creator:: Bertulli, Scott
Advisor:: Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

51. Improved paired comparison models for NFL point spreads by data transformation

Keyword:: Bayesian, Bradley-Terry, and NFL
Creator:: Matthews, Gregory J
Advisor:: Wilbur, Jayson D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

52. Improving and Understanding Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) Performance

Keyword:: Fuel cell, electrode, methanol, membrane, and Nafion
Creator:: Hacquard, Alexandre
Advisor:: Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

53. Paired Comparison Models for Ranking National Soccer Teams

Keyword:: bradley - terry, paired comparison, and Bayesian statistics
Creator:: Hallinan, Shawn E.
Advisor:: Swift, Andrew W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

54. Detection of Nonstationary Noise and Improved Voice Activity Detection in an Automotive Hands-free Environment

Keyword:: hands-free, automobile, passing vehicle noise, and noise reduction
Creator:: Laverty, Stephen William
Advisor:: Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

55. The Use of Equalization Filters to Achieve High Common Mode Rejection Ratios in Biopotential Amplifier Arrays

Keyword:: Noise deduction, CMRR, and Equalization filter
Creator:: Xia, Hongfang
Advisor:: Clancy, Edward A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

56. 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:: Mathematical Sciences

57. Remote Execution for 3D Graphics

Keyword:: mobile devices and computer graphics
Creator:: Banerjee, Kutty S
Advisor:: Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

58. A Robust Cusum Test for SETAR-Type Nonlinearity in Time Series

Keyword:: cusum test, setar, robust, and nonlinearity
Creator:: Ursan, Alina Maria
Advisor:: Petruccelli, Joseph D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-31
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

59. Fixed Income Database Design & Architecture

Keyword:: database design, architecture, and fixed-income
Creator:: Zeng, Hong
Advisor:: Heinricher, Arthur C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-31
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

60. Electromechanical Modeling and Open-Loop Control of Parallel-Plate Pulsed Plasma Microthrusters with Applied Magnetic Fields

Keyword:: Electric Propulsion, applied magnetic fields, and Pulsed Plasma Thruster
Creator:: Laperriere, David Daniel
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-06-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

61. 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:: Computer Science

62. 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:: Computer Science

63. Continuous Query Processing on Spatio-Temporal Data Streams

Keyword:: continuous queries and moving objects
Creator:: Nehme, Rimma V
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

64. Review of Current Estimating Capabilities of the 3d Building Information Model Software to Support Design for Production/Construction

Keyword:: BIM, ArchiCAD, REVIT, cost estimate, and design for production
Creator:: Farah, Toni E
Advisor:: Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

65. Multi Camera Stereo and Tracking Patient Motion for SPECT Scanning Systems

Keyword:: Feature matching in multiple cameras, SPECT Imaging, Patient Motion Tracking, and Multi camera stereo computation
Creator:: Nadella, Suman
Advisor:: Gennert, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

66. An Ultrasonic Method for Aircraft Wake Vortex Detection

Keyword:: circulation measurement, ultrasonic measurements, wake vortex, and acoustics
Creator:: Rodenhiser, Rebecca J
Advisor:: Johari, Hamid and Durgin, William W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-31
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

67. Genetic differentiation in Alewife populations using microsatellite loci

Keyword:: fixation indices, genetic differentiation, microsatellite, and alewife
Creator:: Chilakamarri, Sunita R
Advisor:: Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-31
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

68. The Wisdom of Crowds as a Model for Trust and Security in Peer Groups

Keyword:: threshold cryptography, Security, p2p, trust, file sharing, and peer to peer
Creator:: Whitney, Justin D
Advisor:: Osorio, Fernando C. Colon
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-09-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

69. Development of a Micro-Retarding Potential Analyzer for High-Density Flowing Plasmas

Keyword:: Retarding Potential Analyzer, Ion Energy Distribution, Electric Propulsion, Energy Diagnostic, and Current Collection Theory
Creator:: Partridge, James M
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-11-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

70. Development of a Positioning System for 3D Ultrasound

Keyword:: optical tracking, Ultrasound, three dimensional, and positioning system
Creator:: Poulsen, Carsten
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-10-18
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: ME
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

71. Optimization of the Heat Treatment of Semi Solid Processed A356 Aluminum Alloy

Keyword:: Semi Solid Metal, A356, Fluid Bed, Microstructure, Aluminum, Heat treatment, SSM, Quality Index, and Casting
Creator:: Dewhirst, Brian A
Advisor:: Apelian, Diran
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-11-17
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

72. Material Property Estimation Method Using a Thermoplastic Pyrolysis Model

Keyword:: thermoplastic, material property, pyrolysis model, finite difference method, thermometer, Cone Calorimeter, and fire dynamics simulators
Creator:: Lee, Seung Han
Advisor:: Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-12-19
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

73. Towards Teachers Quickly Creating Tutoring Systems

Keyword:: Teacher Tools, portal, Assistment Project, Intelligent Tutoring System, Collaboration, and Assistment
Creator:: Macasek, Michael A.
Advisor:: Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-12-20
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

74. 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:: Mechanical Engineering

75. 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:: Computer Science

76. Telomerase Activity and Telomere Lengths in Fibroblast Cells Treated with Ependymin Peptide Mimetics

Keyword:: Ependymin, telomerase, and telomere
Creator:: Hirsch, Erica
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

77. Improving and Understanding Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) Performance

Keyword:: Nafion, membrane, Fuel cell, and methanol
Creator:: Hacquard, Alexandre
Advisor:: Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

78. A Simulation of Industry and Occupation Codes in 1970 and 1980 U.S Census

Keyword:: Census classification, Bayesian, and industry and occupation codes
Creator:: Avcioglu-Ayturk, Mubeccel Didem
Advisor:: Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-06-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

79. A Bayesian Approach to Detect the Onset of Activity Limitation Among Adults in NHIS

Keyword:: Gibbs Sampler, Hierarchical Bayesian model, Change point, and Reversible jump
Creator:: Bai, Yan
Advisor:: Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

80. 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:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

81. 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:: Fire Protection Engineering

82. 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:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Keyword:: Gibbs Sampler, The Ohlson Model, Bayesian Statistical Analysis, and GIC
Creator:: Lu, Qunfang Flora
Advisor:: Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

84. 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:: Materials Science & Engineering

85. Bench Scale Apparatus Measurement Uncertainty and Uncertainty Effects on Measurement of Fire Characteristics of Material Systems

Keyword:: measurement uncertainty and composite properties
Creator:: Zhao, Lei
Advisor:: Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

86. The Continuous Rheoconversion Process: Scale-up and Optimization

Keyword:: thixocasting, semisolid, rheocasting, and CRP
Creator:: Bernard, III, William J.
Advisor:: Apelian, Diran
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

87. Incremental Maintenance Of Materialized XQuery Views

Keyword:: XML, Incremental View Maintenance, and XQuery
Creator:: El-Sayed, Maged F
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Computer Science

88. The effect of flow rate, spray distance and concentration of polymer quenchant on spray quenching performance of CHTE and IVF probes

Keyword:: spray quenching, flow rate, heat transfer coefficient, and CHTE
Creator:: Lee, Lin
Advisor:: Sisson, Richard D., Jr.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

89. Molecular Engineering of Trigonal Octupolar Materials Based on 2,4,6-Diarylamino-1,3,5-Triazines

Keyword:: octupolar, Hydrogen Bonding, Crystal Engineering, and nonlinear optics
Creator:: Gokcen, Taner
Advisor:: Thalladi, Venkat R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-24
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

90. Instantaneous Modal Parameters and Their Applications to Structural Health Monitoring

Keyword:: Wavelet Transform, Instantaneous Modal Parameters, time varying vibration modes, Structural Health Monitoring, and linear time varying system
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Advisor:: Hou, Zhikun
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-12-19
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

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Keyword:: scalability, ignition, heat flux, flammability, mass loss rate, burning, Oxygen, and Fire
Creator:: Beaulieu, Patricia
Advisor:: Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-12-19
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

92. Non-covalent Assembly of Reversible Photoswitchable Surfaces

Keyword:: mixed monolayers and multilayers
Creator:: Purohit, Nipa S
Advisor:: McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-06-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

93. Self-Assembled Monolayers and Multilayers for Molecular Scale Device Applications

Keyword:: non-covalent self-assembly, multilayered films, Self-Assembled Monolayers, and molecular scale devices
Creator:: Soto-Villatoro, Ernesto R
Advisor:: McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

94. An Approximate Analytical Model for the Discharge Performance of a Primary Zinc/Air Cell

Keyword:: performance modeling, zinc, performance model, air, and electrochemistry
Creator:: White, Leo J
Advisor:: Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-01-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

95. Asymmetric Synthesis of Prostaglandins

Keyword:: organic synthesis and prostaglandins
Creator:: White, Rachael A
Advisor:: Dittami, James P.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

96. Characterizing the Entry Resistance of Smoke Detectors

Keyword:: resistance factor, entry resistance, and smoke detector response modeling
Creator:: Ierardi, James Arthur
Advisor:: Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-11
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

97. Myosin IX: A Single-Headed Processive Motor

Keyword:: motor protein and myosin superfamily
Creator:: Kambara, Taketoshi
Advisor:: Ikebe, Mitsuo
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-06-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

98. In vivo characterization of respiratory forces on the sternal midline following median sternotomy

Keyword:: fixation, forces, device evaluation, and Sternum
Creator:: Pai, Shruti
Advisor:: Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-08-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

99. kp Theory of Semiconductor Nanostructures

Keyword:: electronic properties and semiconductor heterostructures
Creator:: Galeriu, Calin
Advisor:: Voon, Lok C. Lew Yan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-12-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Physics

100. An IPsec Compatible Implementation of DBRA and IP-ABR

Keyword:: IP-ABR, Networks, DBRA, IPsec, and Satellite
Creator:: Sherwood, Nicholas
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

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