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Vehicular Dynamic Spectrum Access: Using Cognitive Radio for Automobile Networks
Keyword:
Vehicular
,
Cognitive Radio
,
Dynamic Spectrum Access
, and
Automobile Networks
Creator:
Chen, Si
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sulfur tolerance of Pd/Au alloy membranes for hydrogen separation from coal gas
Keyword:
Hydrogen Separation
,
inorganic membrane
,
electroless deposition
,
palladium gold alloy
, and
H2S poisoning
Creator:
Chen, Chao-Huang
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-02-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
The Effect of Humpback Whale-Like Protuberances on Hydrofoil Performance
Keyword:
hydrofoil performance
,
humpback whale
, and
leading edge protuberances
Creator:
Custodio, Derrick
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Friction Stir Processing of Aluminum Alloys
Keyword:
composite fabrication
,
Microstructure evolution
,
Aluminum alloys
,
Mechanical Properties
, and
friction stir processing
Creator:
Sun, Ning
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-09-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
The Adiabatic Bond Charge Model of Phonons
Keyword:
sound
,
phonons
,
quantum mechanics
, and
solid state physics
Creator:
Kassebaum, Paul Gregory
Advisor:
Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Development of a fungal virulence assay using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host to identify mechanisms of host pathogen interactions.
Keyword:
ROS
,
Cap1
,
<I>C. elegans</I>
,
pathogenesis assay
,
BLI-3
,
<I>Candida</I>
, and
Adhesion
Creator:
Jain, Charu
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
CFD simulation and experiment of catalyst deactivation and heat transfer in a low N fixed-bed reactor
Keyword:
Heat Transfer
,
Reactor
,
Deactivation
,
CFD
,
Fixed bed
, and
Catalyst
Creator:
Behnam, Mohsen
Advisor:
Dixon, Anthony G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Supporting Multi-Criteria Decision Support Queries over Disparate Data Sources
Keyword:
Cardinality Assurance
,
Skyline Queries
,
Multi-Criteria Decision Support
,
Progressive Query Evaluation
,
Query Processing
,
Query Refinement
, and
Pareto-Optimal Queries
Creator:
Raghavan, Venkatesh
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Resolution of pharmaceuticals via crystallization on chemically modified surfaces
Keyword:
enantioselective crystallization
and
chiral surfaces
Creator:
Navare, Pranoti
Advisor:
MacDonald, John C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Estimation of the Concentration from a Moving Gaseous Source in the Atmosphere Using a Guided Sensing Aerial Vehicle
Keyword:
State Estimation
,
PDEs
,
Source Detection
, and
Sensing Aerial Vehicle Guidance
Creator:
Court, Jeffrey
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
and
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Engineered Vascular Tissue Generated by Cellular Self-Assembly
Keyword:
Self-Assembly
,
cell-derived
, and
vascular graft
Creator:
Gwyther, Tracy A
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Investigation of the Biological and Physicochemical Properties of Bacillus anthracis Spores during Germination, Virulence, and Killing
Keyword:
Bacillus anthracis
,
cytokine
,
Anthrax
,
spores
, and
germination
Creator:
Pinzon-Arango, Paola A.
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Effect of Electron Bombardment on the Size Distribution of Negatively Charged Droplets Produced by Electrospray
Keyword:
droplet fission
,
electrospray
, and
inductive charge detector
Creator:
Shi, Xiaochuan
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Exploiting Diversity in Broadband Wireless Relay Networks
Keyword:
relay selection
,
multi-hop relaying
,
adaptive channel estimation
, and
cooperative communication
Creator:
Deng, Qingxiong
Advisor:
Klein, Andrew G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-08-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Secure and Reliable Data Outsourcing in Cloud Computing
Keyword:
data reliability
,
cloud storage
,
keyword search
,
Cloud Computing
,
data availability
,
graph query
,
ranked search
,
Security
, and
Privacy Preserving
Creator:
Cao, Ning
Advisor:
Lou, Wenjing
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-07-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mechanical Activation Of Valvular Interstitial Cell Phenotype
Keyword:
stretch
,
VICs
,
stiffness
,
myofibroblast
, and
transforming growth factor beta
Creator:
Quinlan, Angela
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-08-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Influence of Coal Dust on Premixed Turbulent Methane-Air Flames
Keyword:
experimental technique
,
coal
, and
turbulent burning velocity
Creator:
Rockwell, Scott
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-08-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Layout Optimization for Distributed Relational Databases Using Machine Learning
Keyword:
layout optimization
,
Machine Learning
, and
distributed databases
Creator:
Patvarczki, Jozsef
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Structural and Photophysical Properties of Internal Charge Transfer 2-Arylidene and 2,5-Diarylidene Cyclopentanones
Keyword:
solvatochromism
,
photophysical
,
spectroscopic
,
Photochemistry
,
ketocyanine dyes
, and
internal charge transfer
Creator:
Zoto, Christopher A
Advisor:
Connors, Robert E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-07-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Magnetic Nanoparticle Enhanced Actuation Strategy for mixing, separation, and detection of biomolecules in a Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip System
Keyword:
Microfluidics
,
Magnetism
,
Mathematical Modeling
,
Lab-on-a-chip
, and
Nanoparticles
Creator:
Munir, Ahsan
Advisor:
Zhou, H Susan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Predictive Models of Student Learning
Keyword:
Machine Learning
,
Bayesian networks
,
psychometrics
,
Knowledge tracing
,
Intelligent tutoring systems
,
item response theory
,
predictive models
,
Educational data mining
,
educational measurement
, and
student modeling
Creator:
Pardos, Zachary Alexander
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Random Homogenization for the Stokes Flow through a Leaky Membrane
Keyword:
Mosco convergence
,
Homogenization
,
Membranes
, and
Stokes flow
Creator:
Maris, Razvan Florian
Advisor:
Vernescu, Bogdan M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Factors governing spontaneous ignition of combustible dusts
Keyword:
confinement geometry
,
weathering
,
spontaneous ignition
, and
coal dust
Creator:
Joshi, Kulbhushan Arvind
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Theoretical Study of Bose-Einstein Condensate-Based Atom Michelson Interferometers
Keyword:
Free oscillation atom Michelson interferometer
,
Single refelction atom Michelson interferometer
,
Atom Interferometry
,
Bose-Einstein Condensate
, and
Double reflection atom Michelson interferometer
Creator:
Kafle, Rudra Prasad
Advisor:
Zozulya, Alex A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Building Web Based Programming Environments for Functional Programming
Keyword:
compilation
,
web
,
javascript
,
programming environments
, and
Education
Creator:
Yoo, Daniel
Advisor:
Fisler, Kathryn
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Extending Event Sequence Processing:New Models and Optimization Techniques
Keyword:
Complex Event Processing
,
Streaming
,
Query Processing
, and
Optimization
Creator:
Liu, Mo
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Technical and Economic Performance Assessment of Pd/Alloy Membrane Reactor Technology Options in the Presence of Uncertainty
Keyword:
Monte Carlo simulation
,
Hydrogen production
,
Process intensification
,
Water gas shift reaction
,
IGCC
,
Uncertainty
,
Net Present Value
,
Pd/alloy-based Membrane Reactors
,
Process economic analysis
, and
Process safety
Creator:
Koc, Reyyan
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
and
Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
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 (Department):
Physics
Predicting the Response of Aluminum Casting Alloys to Heat Treatment
Keyword:
Finite Element Analysis
,
Modeling
,
Aging
, and
Quench Factor Analysis
Creator:
Wu, Chang Kai
Advisor:
Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Nitriding - fundamentals, modeling and process optimization
Keyword:
compound layer growth model
,
Simulation
,
customized Lehrer diagram
,
gas nitriding
, and
steels
Creator:
Yang, Mei
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Wireless Communications and Spectrum Characterization in Impaired Channel Environments
Keyword:
Cramer-Rao Bound
,
Linear Mixed Models
,
Geo-location Database
,
Optimal Training Design
,
Kalman Filtering
,
Channel Estimation
, and
Wireless Spectrum Characterization Studies
Creator:
Pagadarai, Srikanth
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
High-Performance Decoder Architectures For Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
Keyword:
Decoder
,
LDPC Codes
,
Error Correction Codes
, and
Layered Decoding
Creator:
Zhang, Kai
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Conditioning of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Initiates Cardiogenic Differentiation and Increases Function in Infarcted Hearts
Keyword:
cardiomyoplasty
,
cardiac mechanical function
,
stem cell differentiation
, and
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Creator:
Guyette, Jacques Paul
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Mining and Managing Neighbor-Based Patterns in Data Streams
Keyword:
Query Processing
,
Streaming Data
,
Algorithm
, and
Data Mining
Creator:
Yang, Di
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Design and Implementation of Belief Propagation Symbol Detectors for Wireless Intersymbol Interference Channels
Keyword:
belief propagation
,
wireless communication
,
symbol detector
, and
intersymbol interference
Creator:
Peng, Yanjie
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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