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1. Computational Models of Mitosis

Keyword:: biological modelling, GPU programming, and mathematical simulation
Creator:: Ignatiev, Andrei
Advisor:: Olson, Sarah D and Korkin, Dmitry
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-08-07
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

2. Using Black-Box Optimization Techniques to Solve Shape Optimization Problems in Fluid Mechanics

Keyword:: black-box optimization, fluid mechanics, shape optimization, mesh adaptive direct search, and coherent structures
Creator:: Drumm, Derek
Advisor:: Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-08-06
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mathematical Sciences

3. Bamboo for Mining Reclamation and Renewable Energy

Keyword:: Photo Stitching and Aerial Mapping
Creator:: Wu, Yiyi
Advisor:: Mattson, Anita Elaine, Calli, Berk, Krueger, Robert, and Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-07-21
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

4. Bamboo for Mining Reclamation and Renewable Energy

Creator:: Desir, Marissa
Advisor:: Calli, Berk, Mattson, Anita Elaine, Krueger, Robert, and Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-05-06
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

5. Modeling Multipolar Cell Division through Forces Generated by Microtubules Interacting with Motors and Kinetochores

Keyword:: mathematical modeling, microtubule, centrosome movement, rotational force, chromokinesin and kinetochore, and chromosome
Creator:: Chen, Ye
Advisor:: Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-03-07
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

6. Modeling and Characterizing Neurite Buckling

Creator:: Sypek, Jackson
Advisor:: Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-12-09
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

7. Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Approaches Reveal Novel Roles of Cortical Dynein in Spindle Dynamics and Centrosome Clustering

Keyword:: Mitotic Spindle, Model, Mitosis, and Centrosome
Creator:: Mercadante, Dayna
Advisor:: Manning, Amity L. and Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-31
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

8. Modeling Pedestrian Flow: A Path-finding Approach

Keyword:: Path-finding, Pedestrian Movement, A*, Evacuation, and Fruin's Level of Service
Creator:: Salvino, Ally and Mirecki, Victoria
Advisor:: Heineman, George T. and Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-04-27
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

9. A Holographic Approach to the Hawking Effect for a Kerr-Newman Black Hole

Keyword:: General Relativity, Holographic Principle, Black Holes, Semi-Classical Gravity, Hawking Radiation, and Black Hole Evaporation
Creator:: Aaron, William and O'Mullan, Patrick
Advisor:: Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas, Olson, Sarah D, and Wills, Craig E.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-05
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

10. Modeling Skeletal Muscle Contraction

Keyword:: Ordinary differential equations, Force generation, Calcium dynamics, Skeletal muscle contraction, Compartment model, and Myasthenia gravis
Creator:: Lungwitz, Claire, Katoch, Cyra, and Lasnier, Agathe
Advisor:: Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-03-21
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project