• COMPARISON OF BENTHIC OXYGEN DEMAND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 

  Belanger, Thomas V. (1981)

  Several common methods to measure benthic oxygen demand were compared using measured and literature data. An in situ respirometer technique, a laboratory core-uptake technique and a laboratory flow-through system technique ...

• CFD Analysis of Resistance for Stepless and Stepped Planing Hulls 

  Valtheru, Bhanu Prakash (2018-05)

  It is the endeavour of naval architects to design hull forms with the least amount of power consumption. In this respect, Naval Architects have been obsessed with the design of various hull forms optimized for a particular ...

• Simulation Based Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Inspection of Highway Bridges using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems 

  Kadamkulangara Balagopalan, Rashmi (2018-05)

  Visual inspections remain significantly important in surveying the present decay and deterioration status of bridge inspections. These inspections are critical to conduct patch-up remedies and maintenance assignments ...

• Sensitivity of Facial Organs of Pythons as Deduced by Radiation Heat Transfer Analysis Under Varying Environmental Conditions 

  Wairagkar, Rama Vinay (2017-12)

  Predicting the behavior of snakes has been an interest to several scientists for the last few decades. Even though considerable amount of research has been carried out pertaining to snakes, there remains a degree of ...

• Towards Green Building: Energy Efficient Roof System for Buildings 

  Sangal, Dhruv (2017-12)

  The present work focusses on investigating the thermal performance of different energy efficient roof systems for buildings for different climates. Buildings constitutes about 40 percent of total energy consumed by United ...

• A Real-Time Solution Strategy for Estimation of Aerothermal Heating for Reentry Vehicles 

  Rajendra, Bhuvaneswari (2017-12)

  Direct measurement of flight environment on a heat shield of a Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) is critical due to the extremely aerothermal heating experiences during the reentry phase. An alternative approach is to install ...

• Investigating the Influence of Functional and NonFunctional Requirements on Change and Change Propagation 

  Voris, Nathaniel Conde (2017-12)

  The research presented in this thesis investigates the nature of change and change propagation in requirement documents as they are influenced by requirement type, that is, “Functional” or “NonFunctional,” and how an ...

• Efficiency Analysis and Optimization of Light Trapping in Amorphous Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell with Lumerical FDTD/DEVICE 

  Riaz, Muhammad (2017-12)

  This study investigated the two-dimensional computer analysis of a tandem solar cell: c-Si/a-Si:H/µc-SiGe, with Lumerical FDTD/DEVICE 4.6. Optical characterization was performed in FDTD and then the total generation rate ...

• Optimizing Bio-diesel Production by Transesterification for Internal Combustion Engines 

  Suresh, Rohit (2017-12)

  Biodiesel is an attractive alternative diesel fuel that can be obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats. The conventional base-catalyzed transesterification reaction is affected by many factors. ...

• Butanol and Ethanol Production from D-glucose in a Fixed-Film Fluidized Bed Clostridium acetobutylicum Biological Reactor 

  Sislo, Erin Elizabeth (2017-12)

  The development of biologically created fuel is proving to be not only an environmentally conscious research path but also a commercially viable means of production due to abundant lignocellulosic biomasses and carbohydrates. ...

• Modeling Diffusion-Based Transport for Drug Delivery From Fibrous Tissue Engineered Scaffolds 

  Rottmann, Shawn (2017-12)

  The development of advanced computing techniques has generated a shift out of the world contained solely in laboratories and into the world of computational modeling. These advanced methods help alleviate some of the ...

• A Heuristic Method for the Determination of Assembly Network and Line Design for Discrete Manufacturing Processes 

  Naranjo Velez, Ismael H (2017-12)

  This paper presents with a proposed alternative precedence algorithm which is determined by the Solid surfaces of the product design. The representation address in this paper address the manufacturing planning from all ...

• Model Based Systems Engineering High Level Design of a Sustainable Electric Vehicle Charging and Swapping Station Using Discrete Event Simulation 

  Ginigeme, Obinna Henry (2017-12)

  In line with the spate of technological advances, the transportation industry has also witnessed an increase in the adoption of Electric Vehicles (E.Vs). However, there has been and are still some underlying negating ...

• Managed Containers for Increased Cyber-Resilience 

  Merino Aguilera, Xavier J (2017-12)

  Traditional defense mechanisms are no longer adequate in protecting critical infrastructure and mission critical systems. These systems require to be always-on-always-connected. High availability and data integrity become ...

• Flight Testing Angle-of-Attack Warning Combinations on Part 23 Aircraft 

  Geehan, Jennifer Grey (2017-12)

  The high number of accidents involving General Aviation (GA) aircraft leads to a need for improved methods to warn pilots of high angles of attack (AOA) and impending stall. Such methods must be certified by the Federal ...

• St. Lucie Shoal Complex: Regional Sediment Resource or Submerged Storm Breakwater 

  Erickson, Leaf (2017-12)

  Nearshore sand shoals have become the predominant sediment resource for beach nourishment projects on the east coast of Florida. Along this coast, the St. Lucie Shoal Complex (SLSC) is comprised of several shoals designated ...

• Pollen Grains Recognition Based on Computer Vision Methods 

  Daood, Amar (2018-01)

  The classification of pollen grains is a main task in many disciplines including ecology, forensic sciences, allergy control, and oil exploration. In these application areas, visual inspection is the common method used ...

• Copper Tolerance of Amphibalanus amphitrite as Observed in Central Florida 

  Brinson, Hannah G (2017-12)

  Copper tolerance in the invasive barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite has been observed in Florida by the Center for Corrosion and Biofouling Control since 2012 and by Weiss (1947). To test the theory that this barnacle ...

• System Study of an On-Orbit Additive Manufacturing CubeSat 

  Bido, Juliette Isabelle (2017-12)

  The AddCube mission aims to demonstrate additive manufacturing technology in microgravity on a CubeSat platform by 3D-printing a 1-meter long rectangular beam on orbit. To accomplish this task, Made In Space Inc. (MIS) ...

• MEASUREMENT OF WIND-DRIVEN CURRENTS IN A LAGOON 

  Schneider, W. K.; Dubbelday, P. S.; Nevin, T. A. (1974)

  Knowledge of the circulation processes and patterns of lagoonal waters is of major importance if their overall biological and physical characteristics are to be more completely understood. In addition, such circulation ...

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