Index Catalog // Digital WPI

An Explanatory Framework for the Implementation of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Keyword:: Carbon Capture, Carbon reduction, Renewable Energy, CCS, Sustainability, and Carbon Sequestration
Creator:: McCue, Michael B., Eaton, Patrick, and Cintron, Pedro
Advisor:: Doiron, Joseph
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-01-30
Resource Type:: Interactive Qualifying Project

The Design and Development of a Novel Train of Four Monitoring Device

Keyword:: Medical Device
Creator:: Guo, Shu
Advisor:: Moradi, Lee and Sabuncu, Ahmet Can
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-07-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Broadband Impedance Matching of Antenna Radiators

Keyword:: dipoles, electrically small antennas, broadband impedance matching, and modular arrays
Creator:: Iyer, Vishwanath
Advisor:: Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2010-09-29
Resource Type:: Phd Report
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Gesture Based Navigation and Localization of a Smart Wheelchair using Fiducial Markers

Keyword:: April Tags, EMG, Wheelchair, Simulator, Navigation, and Localization
Creator:: Patel, Jayam Umesh
Advisor:: Padir, Taskin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-04-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Robotics Engineering

Constrained Motion Planning System for MRI-Guided, Needle-Based, Robotic Interventions

Keyword:: OpenIGTLink, surgical, ROS, intervention, Workspace, MoveIt!, MRI, Motion Planning, Robot, and 3D Slicer
Creator:: Bove, Christopher
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Robotics Engineering

Implementation of a Modular Software Architecture on a Real-Time Operating System for Generic Control over MRI Compatible Surgical Robots

Keyword:: software architecture, Robotics, Real time, and MRI
Creator:: Gandomi-Bernal, Katie
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Robotics Engineering

SRML: Space Radio Machine Learning

Keyword:: satellite communications, Cognitive Radio, and Machine Learning
Creator:: Ferreira, Paulo Victor Rodrigues
Advisor:: Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-04-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Implementing and Comparing Image Convolution Methods on an FPGA at the Register-Transfer Level

Keyword:: HLS, FPGA, RTL, and Image Convolution
Creator:: Hernandez, Anna C
Advisor:: Navabi, Zainalabedin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-08-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Frontier Ranking in Search-and-rescue Scenarios

Keyword:: Swarm, Machine Learning, Advantage Actor-Critic, Frontier, Reinforcement Learning, and SLAM
Creator:: Bergeron, Taylor
Advisor:: Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Robotics Engineering

Coarse Exogenous Fault Detection in Multi-Robot Systems using Variational Autoencoders and Normalizing Flows

Keyword:: multi-robot systems, variational autoencoders, fault detection, and normalizing flows
Creator:: Jawahar, Pratik
Advisor:: Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-08-17
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Robotics Engineering

Formation-centric software interface

Keyword:: user interface, robot formations, programming, and swarm robotics
Creator:: Walia, Rohan
Advisor:: Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-06-16
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Robotics Engineering

Redesign of HURON Humanoid Robot Ankle Mechanism and Weight Optimization Techniques

Keyword:: HURON, Humanoid Robot, Robotic Design, Mechanical Design, and Humanoid Ankle
Creator:: Hanscom, Aislin
Advisor:: Agheli Hajiabadi, Mohammad Mahdi
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Robotics Engineering

Continuous Coverage Motion Planning on 3D Freeform Surfaces

Keyword:: Human-Robot Interaction, Coverage Path Planning, UV Mapping, and Constrained Motion Planning
Creator:: McGovern, Sean
Advisor:: Xiao, Jing
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-08-11
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Robotics Engineering

Crafting Astronomy Lab

Keyword:: Science--Study and teaching and Curriculum planning
Creator:: Majumder, Swarnadeep
Advisor:: Rodriguez, Shanshan and Dick, Frank A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-03-02
Resource Type:: Interactive Qualifying Project

Determining the Holographic Hawking Effect for Rotating Black Holes in Anti deSitter

Creator:: Chang, Dominic Othneil
Advisor:: Rodriguez, Shanshan and Rodriguez, Leo L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-05-30
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Moto Ondoso Index -- assessing the effects of boat traffic in the canals of Venice.

Keyword:: Energy conservation and Sustainability
Creator:: Jagannath, Anand Devanahalli, Nodine, Emily Elizabeth, and Chiu, David
Advisor:: DiBiasio, David and Carrera, Fabio
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-01
Resource Type:: Interactive Qualifying Project

Portali e Lunette -- a multimedia catalog for the preservation of Venice's artistic entrances.

Keyword:: Architecture--Conservation and restoration and Digital libraries--Planning
Creator:: Bartos, Erica Lisa, Lemmo, DJ., Croteau, Rebecca Lee, and Salamon, Katrina L.
Advisor:: Carrera, Fabio and DiBiasio, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-01
Resource Type:: Interactive Qualifying Project

Characterization of Poxvirus A51 Protein Using Yeast-Two Hybrid Screening

Creator:: White, Charles Wellington
Advisor:: Heilman, Destin and Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-05-01
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Project: Solar Planet

Creator:: Deshaneaux, Andrew, Rodriguez, David, and Marlow, James
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-06-04
Resource Type:: Poster

Cargo Liner Energy Alternatives and Regulations

Creator:: Riley, Justin, Savard, Nathan, and Chapman, Colleen
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-05-24
Resource Type:: Poster

Short Term Power Stations for Post Natural Disaster Relief in Puerto Rico

Creator:: Katz, Ido, Paxton, Emma, and McGovern, Rose
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-05-24
Resource Type:: Poster

Cleaning WPI's Heating

Creator:: Coutcher, Joseph, Smith, David, and Hershowitz, Zachary
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-05-24
Resource Type:: Poster

MCNP Study of Multi-Hole Collimation Grids for Biological Neutron Radiography

Keyword:: Biological Neutron Radiography, Modulation Transfer Function, Neutron Imaging, and Collimation Grids
Creator:: Waterman, Shane W.
Advisor:: Medich, David Christopher
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-10-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Physics

WALRUS Rover Expansion

Creator:: Akyildiz, Ozan, Davis, Andrew Dyson, and Wolf, Carson James
Advisor:: Stafford, Kenneth A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-04-26
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Improving the Drying Technology at Pacific Can Beijing

Creator:: Fayyaz, Rida, Kenyon, Andrew J, and Vazquez, Victor M
Advisor:: Zeng, Amy Z. and Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-01-14
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Improving the Drying Process at Pacific Can - Beijing

Creator:: O'Brien, T.D., Xu, Lingyi, Arnold, Max Ian, and Alrayas, Mohammed
Advisor:: Liang, Jianyu and Zeng, Amy Z.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-08-30
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

An improved approach for cell traction force microscopy using a continuous hydrogel

Keyword:: fibroblast, Hydrogel, and Cell traction force microscopy
Creator:: Shojaeizadeh, Mina
Advisor:: Wen, Qi
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-06-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Physics

Studies of Aggregation Pathways for Amyloidogenic Peptides by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy

Keyword:: dielectric spectroscopy and amyloids
Creator:: Barry, Donald
Advisor:: Stroe, Izabela RC
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-04-22
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Physics

Programmable Testbed for Bluetooth Experimentation

Keyword:: Bluetooth and Software Defined Radio
Creator:: Wernsing, Galahad M
Advisor:: Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-08-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Investigating the Need for a Microgrid at WPI

Creator:: Zhou, Kevin, Youn, Cassandra, O'Neill, Nathan, Thornton, Nicholas, and Vasquez, Giovanni Larson
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-16
Resource Type:: Poster

Charging Gompei's Gears: Expanding Micromobility at WPI

Creator:: Bourget, Jean-Luc, Parsons, Frank, Budde, Eli, Breinholt, Ladd, and Liehr, Peter
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-16
Resource Type:: Poster

Sunny Side Up! The Feasibility of Solar Energy at WPI

Creator:: Poulos, Peter, Waje, Alopa, Johnson, Ketterra, Edlund, Hannah, and Mandalapu, Pari
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-16
Resource Type:: Poster

Bringing Down the Price of Electricity in Oahu, Hawaii through Renewable Means

Creator:: Kinsman, Jesse, Boyle, Thomas, Mello, Collin, and Mistry, Vijay
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-16
Resource Type:: Poster

An Introduction to Fire Performance Monitoring for Buildings

Keyword:: Fire performance monitoring, Building fire performance gap, Artificial neural network, Response surface method, Sensitivity matrix method, and Available safe egress time
Creator:: Wang, Honggang
Advisor:: Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-01-03
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

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:: Business

RF Power Amplifier Characterization for Predistortion Linearization

Creator:: Marchetti, Tarra M. and Serrano, Christopher J.
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-04-24
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Channel Estimation Error, Oscillator Stability And Wireless Power Transfer In Wireless Communication With Distributed Reception Networks

Keyword:: oscillator stability, distributed beamforming, phase noise modeling, wireless power transfer, distributed transmission and reception, and channel estimation error
Creator:: Razavi, Sabah
Advisor:: Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-14
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Cholinergic Wireless Photometry Device for Measurement of Neurontransmitter Markers in the Basal Forebrain and Hippocampus

Keyword:: Wireless Power, Wireless Photometry, Cholinergic, Acetylcholine, Alzheimers, and Implantable
Creator:: Chakravarti, Aatreya
Advisor:: Guler, Ulkuhan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-12-07
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Portable Bioimpedance System for Early Detection and Prevention of Pressure Injuries

Keyword:: Ulcer, Sensor, Pressure, Bioimpedance, Detection, and Injury
Creator:: Harvey, Joshua R
Advisor:: Mendelson, Yitzhak
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-09-18
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

Copper catalyzed enantioselective methodologies to functionalize oxygen and nitrogen heterocycles towards the synthesis of natural products phomoxanthone A and morphine

Keyword:: silanediol, bis(oxazoline), enantioselective catalysis, tetrahydroxanthone, tin decarboxylation, and chromone
Creator:: Attard, Jonathan W.
Advisor:: Mattson, Anita Elaine
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-04-26
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Surface Science of Low-Dimensional Materials: Controlling Chemical and Optoelectronic Structure, Connecting Dissimilar Materials, and Improving Atmospheric Stability

Keyword:: Low-dimensional materials surface science, Titania titanium dioxide TiO2, MXene, XPS, BiOI, and UPS
Creator:: Martin, Julia
Advisor:: Grimm, Ronald
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Wind Turbine Project

Creator:: Miggels, Andrew M and Wilkins, Andrew Thomas
Advisor:: O'Shaughnessy, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-01-03
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Release from Pavement Rejuvenators Due to Rolling Wheel Contact: An Investigation Using a Model Mobile Load Simulator

Keyword:: Coal Tar, Pavement Rejuvenators, PAHs, and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
Creator:: Anderson, Joshua
Advisor:: Bergendahl, John Andrew
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

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

Investigating a Potential Sly1/Sed5 Binding Site

Creator:: Zeeb, Kristine Marie
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-04-24
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Investigating the Potential Sec6p/Sec9p Binding Site

Creator:: Wood, Ashleigh Elizabeth
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2010-04-27
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Collaborative Robotics Heads-Up Display

Creator:: Bove, Christopher Peter and Wald, Alexander William
Advisor:: Michalson, William R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-11-04
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

A GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION IN THE P/Q TYPE VOLTAGE GATED Ca2+ CHANNEL, UNC-2, STIMULATES ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

Creator:: Raj, Samuel Luke and Sarin, Dhruv
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-01-13
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Optimal Ensembles for Deep Learning: Theory and Practice

Keyword:: Deep Learning, Theory, Diversity, Application, Ensemble Learning, and Training Algorithm
Creator:: Li, Wenjing
Advisor:: Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-05-05
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Complex Sequential Modeling

Keyword:: recurrent neural network, human behavior learning, and sequential modeling
Creator:: Wu, Guojun
Advisor:: Li, Yanhua and Zhang, Ziming
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-11-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD

Robust Deep Learning Algorithms for System Identification

Keyword:: Ordinary Differential Equations, Deep Learning, Neural Network, Generalization Gap, System Identification, and Neural Network Regularization
Creator:: Negrini, Elisa
Advisor:: Capogna, Luca and Citti, Giovanna
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-04-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Mathematical Principles for Deconstructing Deep Learning: Theory and Application to Electromagnetic Signals

Keyword:: Signal Processing, Activation Function, Electromagnetics, Neural Networks, Deep Learning, and Polynomial Activation
Creator:: Witz, Evan
Advisor:: Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-08-05
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Towards an End-to-End Training Data Management System for Machine Learning Models

Keyword:: machine learning, anomaly detection, active learning, big data manangement, human-in-the-loop, and semi-supervised learning
Creator:: Zhang, Huayi
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-01-18
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Data Science

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:: Data Science

Fibroblast activation and pro-fibrotic phenotypes: modulation by FGF2 and MAPK signaling

Keyword:: myofibroblast, MAPK, fibrosis, FGF2, and fibroblast
Creator:: Dolivo, David
Advisor:: Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-04-19
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Leveraging Omics Data to Expand the Value and Understanding of Alternative Splicing

Keyword:: Omics and Alternative Splicing
Creator:: Johnson, Nathan T.
Advisor:: Korkin, Dmitry
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-08
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Propensity of Endogenous Alternative Splicing to Mediate Mutative Damage

Keyword:: Mutation, Alternative Splicing, Cancer, mRNAseq, Statistics, and Machine Learning
Creator:: Lutz, Ashley
Advisor:: Korkin, Dmitry
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Studying inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity of triple-negative breast cancer

Keyword:: unsupervised learning, clustering, TNBC, and cancer
Creator:: Leshchyk, Anastasia
Advisor:: Korkin, Dmitry
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Should I stay or should I go? The fight or flight defense responses in Taxus cell culture

Creator:: McKee, Michelle C
Advisor:: Roberts, Susan Celia
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-08-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Heterochromatin HIstone Methylation Regulates Genome Stability

Creator:: Herlihy, Conor P.
Advisor:: Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-01-15
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Elucidating the Function of Myosin XI in Polarized Cell Growth and Investigating the Chitin-induced Calcium-mediated Immune Response in P. patens.

Creator:: Galotto, Giulia
Advisor:: Vidali, Luis
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-11-07
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Functionalized Aptamers for Lead (Pb (II)) Biosensing and Therapeutic Applications

Keyword:: Heavy metals, Aptamers, Lead biosensing, Lead, Lead aptamers, and Therapeutic for acute lead poisoning
Creator:: Ramis de Ayreflor Reyes, Solimar
Advisor:: Farny, Natalie
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-04-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

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:: Aerospace Engineering

Interfacial Adhesion and Deformation Mechanisms in Hard and Soft Materials using Molecular Dynamics

Keyword:: Materials interface, additive manufacturing, cold spray, molecular dynamics, adhesion, and drug delivery
Creator:: Navabi, Arvand
Advisor:: Rahbar, Nima and Soboyejo, Winston
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-06
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

An integrated systems approach to understanding distortion and residual stress during thermal processing: design for heat treating

Keyword:: Heat treating , Heat transfer coefficient, Distortion, Steel, FEM, and Residual stress
Creator:: Yu, Haixuan
Advisor:: Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-12-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

Tissue Ischemia Monitoring Using Impedance Spectroscopy: Clinical Evaluation

Keyword:: non-invasive instrumentation, impedance spectroscopy, and ischemia
Creator:: Songer, Jocelyn Evelyn
Advisor:: Kun, Stevan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-08-27
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

Rapid Frequency Estimation

Keyword:: frequency estimation, Singular Value Decomposition, rapid frequency estimation, ECM, SVD, and DSS
Creator:: Koski, Antti E.
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2006-03-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Optimization of a Magnetoplasmadynamic Arc Thruster

Keyword:: Plasma Thruster, Electric Propulsion, Thruster, and MPD
Creator:: Krolak, Matthew Joseph
Advisor:: Emanuel, Alexander E.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: ME
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Reflector geometry specific modeling of an annular array based ultrasound pulse-echo system

Keyword:: ultrasound modeling, annular arrays, and Ultrasound
Creator:: Nadkarni, Aditya
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-09-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Thermal and Quantum Analysis of a Stored State in a Photonic Crystal CROW Structure

Keyword:: metamaterials, photonic crystal, CROW, Bloch wave, coupled resonator optical waveguide, PBG, photonic band gap, thermal spreading, Brillouin zone, PhC, and dynamic waveguide
Creator:: Oliveira, Eduardo M. A.
Advisor:: King, Brian M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-11-20
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Method Of Moments Approach for the Design Of RF Coils for MRI

Keyword:: RF COILS, Method of Moments, and MRI
Creator:: Obi, Aghogho A
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-05-12
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Modeling the Discharge Loading of Radio Frequency Excited CO2 Slab lasers

Keyword:: laser aspect ratio, RF Excited CO2 slab laser, TLsolver, FDTD, linearization, voltage standing waves , 2-D model, Discharge non-uniformity, and current standing waves
Creator:: Ahmad, Saad
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2011-11-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: ME
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Design of a Multi-Array Radio-Frequency Coil for Interventional MRI of the Female Breast

Keyword:: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, Electromagnetic Simulation, RF Coil Array, and RF
Creator:: Serano, Peter James
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Empirical RF Propagation Modeling of Human Body Motions for Activity Classification

Keyword:: Activity Classification, Body Area Networks, Energy, Level Crossing Rate, Support Vector Machine, Entropy, Averaged Fade Duration, Statistical Characterization, Coherence Time, k-Nearest Neighbor, Probabilistic Neural Network, Doppler Spread, RF Propagation, Doppler Spread Spectrum, and Backpropagation
Creator:: Fu, Ruijun
Advisor:: Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-12-19
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bounds on RF cooperative localization for video capsule endoscopy

Keyword:: Cramerau Lower Bound, 3, Cooperative localization, Endoscopy capsule, and RSS and TOA localization
Creator:: Ye, Yunxing
Advisor:: Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-04-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Markov Random Field Based Approach to 3D Mosaicing and Registration Applied to Ultrasound Simulation

Keyword:: discrete graph based technique, Markov random fields, ultrasound mosaicing, and Registration
Creator:: Kutarnia, Jason Francis
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-08-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Active and Passive Thermography for the Detection of Defects in Green-State Powdermetallic Compacts

Keyword:: Powder Metallurgy, NDT, thermography, Infrared Imaging, and nondestructive evaluations
Creator:: Benzerrouk, Souheil
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2011-09-20
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Statistical Modelling and Performance Evaluation of TOA for Localization inside the Human Body using Computational Techniques

Keyword:: wireless health, Localization, Body Area Networks, and Radio propagation
Creator:: Khan, Umair
Advisor:: Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-04-12
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Multiple resonant multiconductor transmission line resonator design using circulant block matrix algebra

Keyword:: circulant block matrix algebra, Multiple resonance, and multiconductor transmission line resonator
Creator:: Tadanki, Sasidhar
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-05-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Wireless Charging of Mobile Systems

Creator:: Perez, Douglas, Giguere, Jeremy Tyler, and Cooley, Jacob Dean
Advisor:: Orr, John A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-04-30
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

RESPIRATORY TARGETED GENE THERAPY IN AN ALS MOUSE MODEL

Creator:: Semple, Victoria Anne
Advisor:: Dempski, Robert E.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-04-26
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Contextual Outlier Detection from Heterogeneous Data Sources

Keyword:: Scalable, Outlier Detection, Context, Heterogeneous Data Sources, and End-to-end System
Creator:: Yan, Yizhou
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-05-17
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Computer Science

Improving the Green Building Standards in Hong Kong

Creator:: Zhang, Borong, Dancy, Tobin, Stricker-Krongrad, Francois-Xavier, and Wallace, Jennifer
Advisor:: Sturm, Stephan and Peet, R. Creighton
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-03-06
Resource Type:: Interactive Qualifying Project

Development of Metal Ion Photocages with Selective Binding Receptors and Improved Photophysical Properties

Creator:: Hickey, Erin
Advisor:: Burdette, Shawn C
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-08-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

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:: Mathematical Sciences

New results in the multiscale analysis on perforated domains and applications

Keyword:: G-convergence, Multiscale, and perforated domains
Creator:: Onofrei, Daniel T.
Advisor:: Vernescu, Bogdan M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-04-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: 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:: Physics

Some Problems in the Mathematics of Fracture: Paths From Front Kinetics and a Level Set Method

Keyword:: variational fracture crack fronts level set
Creator:: Richardson, Casey Lyndale
Advisor:: Larsen, Christopher J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

In Vivo MRI-Based Three-Dimensional Fluid-Structure Interaction Models and Mechanical Image Analysis for Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques

Keyword:: rupture, plaque vulnerability assessment , atherosclerotic plaque, fluid-structure Interaction models , and MRI-based
Creator:: Huang, Xueying
Advisor:: Tang, Dalin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-05-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

3D Multi-Physics MRI-Based Human Right Ventricle Models for Patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Cardiac Mechanical Analysis and Surgical Outcome Prediction

Keyword:: heart model, Tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary valve replacement, Right Ventricle, and congenital heart disease
Creator:: Zuo, Heng
Advisor:: Tang, Dalin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-04-22
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Development of Algorithms on the Grid

Creator:: Rasmussen, Kai Pariser and Norcott, David Joseph
Advisor:: Sarkozy, Gabor N
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-27
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Vendor Performance and Relationship Management System

Creator:: Carey, Derek Allen, Doyle, Evan Josef, and Leung, Dennis Kwokshun
Advisor:: Loiacono, Eleanor T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-03-11
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Visual Analytics for Multi-Level Triage and Investigation of Incident Reports

Keyword:: Semi-structured Documents, Triage , Visual Analytics, and Pharmacovigilance
Creator:: Kakar, Tabassum
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A. and Harrison, Lane T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-11-17
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Data Science

Carbon nanotubes micro-arrays: characterization and application in biosensing of free proteins and label-free capture of breast cancer cells

Keyword:: field effect transistor, carbon nanotube, sensing, circulating tumor cells, label free, cancer cells, capture, biosensor, and micro arrays
Creator:: Khosravi, Farhad
Advisor:: Panchapakesan, Balaji
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-08-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

The Effects of Task Intensity on Visual Attention

Creator:: Christous, Corey X. and Abe, Daisuke
Advisor:: Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-24
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Nasal flow at High Inspiration Pressures

Creator:: Gadow, Kenneth E and Wetherbee, Matthew J
Advisor:: Savilonis, Brian James
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-01-15
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

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