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Gemini Surfactants: An Investigation in Drag-Reducing Potential
Parke, Caitlin ( 2015-05 )Drag reduction is an important research area. Due to their unique properties and structure, gemini surfactants are good candidates for drag-reducing additives. This project explored the properties of two different types ... -
Gender-Based Language Modeling: Salient Features and Interpolation Methods
Wolf, Annatala ( 2006-08 )Sociolinguistic studies suggest that a relationship exists between the gender of a speaker and the words she or he chooses in conversational speech and writing (1, 7, 8). However, little research exists within computational ... -
Generating Disambiguating Paraphrases for Use in Crowdsourced Judgments of Meaning
Hill, Ethan A. ( 2015-05 )Adapting statistical parsers to new domains requires annotated data, which is expensive and time consuming to collect. Using crowdsourced annotation data as a “silver standard” is a step towards a more viable solution and ... -
Generating Uniform Sub-micron Particles for Laser-based Flow Diagnostics
Smelker, Keith ( 2006-06 )New laser-based flow diagnostic techniques such as Particle Image Velocimetry are an attractive method for characterizing the velocity field of high-temperature jet flows. PIV required particle seeding and many current ... -
Genetic Improvement of Clostridium tyrobutyricum for Butanol Production by Insertion of adhE from Clostridium acetobutylicum
Hoelzle, Robert ( 2010-06 )Butanol, a common fermentation product, has the potential to be a more economically and environmentally friendly biofuel than ethanol. However, current strains capable of fermenting butanol do not produce it in high enough ... -
Genetic Programming: A Novel Method for Neutrino Analysis
Hughes, Kaeli ( 2017-05 )In this project we have investigated how genetic programming, a form a machine learning, can improve the analysis of data from the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a balloon experiment searching for ... -
Global Localization for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using Visual Odometry
Yu, Hao ( 2021-05 )Path planning and navigation are two of the main challenges for achieving autonomous driving. At the same time, localization has been considered as the footstone for path planning and navigation because the odometry ... -
Green Solutions for Wet Weather Management
Scannell, Gregory ( 2012-06 )Managing storm runoff and sewer overflow remains one of the largest challenges of sustainable environmental design for cities. Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) can be mitigated by means of "green" infrastructure. A CSO ... -
Growth of Nitrogen-Containing Carbon Nanofibers
Wang, Eugenia ( 2006-06 )Nitrogen-containing nanofibers are lightweight, can be functionalized for electrical and thermal conductivity, and can be useful for mechanical reinforcement, which are properties that can be used for many practical ... -
Growth Quantification and Length Distributions of DNA Origami Polymers
LeHotan, Clinton ( 2013-05 )DNA origami is a new technology that uses DNA to create nanoscale engineered structures via molecular assembly. DNA origami structures have been developed for a wide range of useful applications including studying different ... -
HCCI engine CFD simulations: Influence of intake temperature, cylinder wall temperature and the equivalence ratio on ignition timing
Wang, Kezhuo ( 2018-05 )To meet the increasingly stringent emission standards, the automotive industry is actively searching for means to improve the efficiency of an internal combustion engine. One promising solution is a homogeneous charge ... -
Heat Flux Sensor Development for GE Appliances (Smart Cookie)
Adams, Catherine ( 2019-05 )GE Appliances strives to design an oven that bakes every type of food exactly to the consumer’s liking every time. This objective can be achieved by mapping the input parameters of the oven design that can be controlled- ... -
Heating Water with Wind or Hydro Power: Direct Conversion of Mechanical Energy to Heat Using Eddy Currents
Worley, Peter ( 2015-05 )On average in the United States, approximately 18% of total residential energy consumption is for heating water. Current methods for heating water, involving electrical resistive heaters and natural gas heaters, are ... -
Herriott Cell and Robert Cell-based Multipass Optical Delay Devices for Binary White Cell-based True-Time Delay Systems
Shi, Yu ( 2013-05 )A number of novel low-loss and compact optical time-delay devices have been devised on the basis of the Herriott cell and Robert cell. We propose that these systems can produce discrete and variable time delays up to ... -
Hierarchical Assembly of DNA Nanostructures for Signal Transmission
Serrano Paladines, Andres ( 2017-12 )In recent years scaffolded DNA origami has emerged as a novel technique for the construction of programmable nanostructures via molecular self-assembly. This technology provides unprecedented control over geometry and ... -
High Pressure Processing of Corn and Wheat Starch
King, Alexander J. ( 2005-06 )High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) has been investigated for food preservation as an alternative to thermal processing. HHP has been known to affect high molecular weight polymers causing phase change. Starch has been ... -
High Resolution Microstructural Analysis of Friction Stir Weld Joints between Ni-Based Alloy 625 and Mild-Carbon Steel A516
Lee, Genevieve ( 2016-05 )Welds between Ni-based alloys and steels are often sought after for the combination of inexpensive material with moderate to high strength in combination and superior corrosion resistance, namely within industries requiring ... -
High Subsonic Cavity Flows Forced with Localized Arc Filament Plasma Acutators
Hansford, Samuel ( 2013-05 )Engine unstart is a problem in scramjets. The shock train adjusts the incoming flow speed and pressure before it reaches the combustor. If the combustor pressure is too high the shock train is forced out of the scramjet ... -
High Temperature Co-electrolysis of Carbon Dioxide and Water to Produce Synthesis Gas Using Ni and Co Doped Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite Perovskite Cathode Catalysts
Fitzgerald, Taylor ( 2019-05 )The increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration and depletion of fossil fuel resources has spurred research into cleaner fuel alternatives. High temperature co-electrolysis of CO2 and steam to produce synthesis gas (H2+CO) ... -
High-Speed 2D-Digital Image Correlation to Quantify Energy Mitigation Behaviors of Engineered Elastomeric Materials Subjected to Shock
Vuyk, Peter ( 2018-12 )Engineered, elastomeric material damping systems have revealed striking ability to attenuate shock loads at the macroscopic level. Reports suggest that this capability is associated with the reversible elastic buckling of ...