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Understanding and Countermeasures against IoT Physical Side Channel Leakage
Keyword:
embedded
,
IoT
,
countermeasure
, and
Side-channel
Creator:
Moukarzel, Michael Antoine
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Converting Biomass Feedstocks through Heterogeneous Catalysis: How Compressed Liquid Water Influences Catalytic Activity and Stability
Keyword:
process intensification
,
zeolites
,
ethanol dehydration
, and
hydrothermal liquefaction
Creator:
Maag, Alex Roger
Advisor:
Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Bayesian Small Area Analyses of the Unrelated Question Design with Multiple Sensitive Questions
Keyword:
Markov chain Monte Carlo methods.
,
Data masking
,
Hierarchical Bayesian model
,
Latent variables
,
Elicitation
,
Integrated nested normal approximation
,
Blocked Gibbs sampler
, and
Logistic regression
Creator:
Yu, Yuan
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Tailoring structure and properties of polyelectrolyte-based material via materials selection and post-assembly treatment
Keyword:
Relative humidity
,
Surface morphology
,
Polyelectrolyte complex
,
Chain rearrangement
,
Surface chemistry
,
Polyelectrolyte multilayer
, and
Humidity tempering
Creator:
Lyu, Xuejian
Advisor:
Peterson, Amy M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Electrospun Separator for Structural Battery Applications
Keyword:
structural battery
,
separator
,
lithium-ion battery
,
electrospinning
, and
fiber
Creator:
Keaswejjareansuk, Wisawat
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Development of a Mass Detection Technique to Detect Intakes of Radioactive Material and their Resulting Radiation Exposures Following a Large-Scale Radiological Release
Keyword:
Gamma Camera
,
Cesium-137
,
Cobalt-60
,
Internal dosimetry
,
Radiological terrorism
,
Iridium-192
,
Intake of radionuclides
,
Radiological accidents
, and
Iodine-131
Creator:
Martel, Christopher
Advisor:
Medich, David Christopher
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Robust Methods for Anomaly Detection with Applications to Cyber Data
Keyword:
PCA
,
cyber defense
,
autoencoders
,
robust methods
,
DDoS
, and
anomaly detection
Creator:
Zhou, Chong
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
In the Wake of the Financial Crisis - Regulators' and Investors' Perspectives
Keyword:
financial crisis
,
contagion
,
systemic risk
,
backward stochastic differential equations
,
value adjustments
,
interbank networks
,
Eisenberg–Noe clearing vector
,
option pricing
,
arbitrage pricing
, and
sensitivity analysis
Creator:
Pang, Weijie
Advisor:
Sturm, Stephan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Quantifying, Modeling and Managing How People Interact with Visualizations on the Web
Keyword:
human-computer interaction
and
data visualization
Creator:
Feng, Mi
Advisor:
Harrison, Lane T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Optimization of Coupled Computational Modeling and Experimentation for Metallic Systems: Systematic Microstructural Feature – Mechanical Property Correlation for Cold-Sprayable Powders
Keyword:
metallurgy
,
powder
,
heat treatment
,
cold spray
,
aluminum
, and
computational modeling
Creator:
Tsaknopoulos, Derek
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Computational Thermodynamic and Kinetic Modeling and Characterization of Phase Transformations in Rapidly Solidified Aluminum Alloy Powders
Keyword:
computational modeling
,
microstructure
,
cold spray
,
aluminum
, and
powder
Creator:
Tsaknopoulos, Kyle Leigh
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Sequential Data Mining and its Applications to Pharmacovigilance
Keyword:
data mining
,
information management
,
pharmacovigilance
, and
sequential data
Creator:
Qin, Xiao
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Origin Of Growth Twins During Czochralski Growth Of Heavily Doped, Dislocation-Free Single Crystal Silicon
Keyword:
silicon
,
defect
,
semiconductor
,
Czochralski
, and
twin
Creator:
Kearns, Joel K.
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Interactive Planning and Sensing for Aircraft in Uncertain Environments with Spatiotemporally Evolving Threats
Keyword:
planning
,
basis functions
,
uncertainty
,
Kalman filter
, and
estimation
Creator:
Cooper, Benjamin S.
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Cometric Association Schemes
Keyword:
Graph theory
,
Commutative algebra
, and
Association schemes
Creator:
Kodalen, Brian G.
Advisor:
Martin, William J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Application of Materials Characterization, Efficacy Testing, and Modelling Methods on Copper Cold Spray Coatings for Optimized Antimicrobial Properties
Keyword:
cold spray
,
antimicrobial coatings
, and
copper
Creator:
Sundberg, Kristin L.
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Novel Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion
Keyword:
nanotechnology
,
photoelectrochemical water splitting
, and
metal oxides
Creator:
Zhou, Lite
Advisor:
Rao, Pratap M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Cu-Catalyzed Amination of sp3 C-H Bonds
Keyword:
C-H functionalization
,
Transition Metal Catalysis
, and
Amination
Creator:
Wang, Anqi
Advisor:
Emmert, Marion H
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
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 (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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 (Department):
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
A Highly Digital VCO-Based ADC With Lookup-Table-Based Background Calibration
Keyword:
Analog-to-digital conversion
,
Digital background calibration
, and
VCO-based ADC
Creator:
Li, Sulin
Advisor:
McNeill, John A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bringing together engineering and entrepreneurship: understanding the role of tethered C-CHY1 in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Keyword:
Business Model Canvas
,
Entrepreneurship
,
QCM-D
,
Antimicrobial peptides
,
Quartz-crystal microbalance with dissipation
, and
Chrysophsin-1
Creator:
Alexander, Todd E
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Engineering silk fibroin scaffolds to model hypoxia in neuroblastoma
Keyword:
Hypoxia
,
Silk Fibroin
,
Neuroblastoma
, and
Scaffold
Creator:
Ornell, Kimberly J
Advisor:
Coburn, Jeannine M
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds Developed using Macromolecular Crowding
Keyword:
macromolecular crowding
,
cell-derived matrices
,
Hyaluronic Acid
, and
extracellular matrix
Creator:
Shendi, Dalia M
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical 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 (Department):
Business
Sub-Picosecond Jitter Clock Generation for Time Interleaved Analog to Digital Converter
Keyword:
Jitter
,
Clock Generation
,
Delay Line
,
Delay-Locked Loop
, and
Interleaved ADC
Creator:
Gong, Jianping
Advisor:
McNeill, John A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Effects of PTEN Loss and Activated KRAS Overexpression on Viscoelasticity, Adhesion, and Mechanosensitivity of Breast Epithelial Cells
Keyword:
Cellular Mechanics
,
Atomic Force Microscopy
,
Breast Cancer
,
Cancer Dormancy
,
Triple Negative
, and
Adhesion
Creator:
Linthicum, Will H
Advisor:
Wen, Qi
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Extended Orbital Flight of a Cubesat in the Lower Thermosophere with Active Attitude Control
Creator:
Moorthy, Ananthalakshmy Krishna
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
and
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Machine Learning Pipelines for Deconvolution of Cellular and Subcellular Heterogeneity from Cell Imaging
Keyword:
Cell Migration
,
Hologram Imaging
,
Machine Learning (Deep Learning)
,
Time Series Analysis
, and
Cell Heterogeneity
Creator:
Wang, Chuangqi
Advisor:
Lee, Kwonmoo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Thermodynamic Investigation into Chemical Stability of (La,Sr)CrxFe1-xO3-δ and Dual-Phase (La,Sr)CrxFe1-xO3-δ/ stabilized Zirconia for Oxygen Transport Membranes
Keyword:
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
,
Oxygen Transport Membrane
,
Elechtrochemistry
,
Phase Equilibrium
,
Perovskite
, and
Computational Thermodynamic
Creator:
Sabarou, Hooman
Advisor:
Zhong, Yu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Mesoscale modeling of biological fluids: from micro-swimmers to intracellular transport
Keyword:
cilia
,
microscopy
,
MPCD
,
tetrahymena
,
FRAP
, and
Brownian dynamics
Creator:
Mousavi, Sayed Iman
Advisor:
Tuzel, Erkan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Understanding Mechanical Properties of Bio-filaments through Curvature
Keyword:
actin
,
microtubule
,
simulation
,
persistence length
,
bending
, and
gliding assay
Creator:
Wisanpitayakorn, Pattipong
Advisor:
Tuzel, Erkan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
A Novel Approach for MAC and PHY Performance Analysis in Relay Networks in Presence of Interference and Shadow Fading
Creator:
Alkandari, Bader A
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-09-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
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 (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Deep Learning on Graph-structured Data
Keyword:
graph attention
,
functional brain network analysis
,
network representation learning
,
deep learning
, and
graphs
Creator:
Lee, John Boaz T
Advisor:
Kong, Xiangnan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-11-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Toward Deployable Origami Continuum Robot: Sensing, Planning, and Actuation
Keyword:
Origami inspired design
,
Follow-the-leader algorithm
,
Modular
,
Continuum manipulator arm
,
Torsional stiffness
, and
Shape sensing
Creator:
Santoso, Junius
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-11-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
A Walking Controller for Humanoid Robots using Virtual Force
Keyword:
dynamic walking
,
biped walking
,
humanoid robots
, and
humanoid balancing
Creator:
Jagtap, Vinayak V
Advisor:
Gennert, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-11-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Specially Shaped Optical Fiber Probes: Understanding and Their Applications in Integrated Photonics, Sensing, and Microfluidics
Keyword:
D-shape Optical Fiber
,
Specially Shaped Optical Fibers
,
Micro/nano-photonics
,
Tapered Optical Fiber
,
Microfluidics
, and
Optical Fiber Sensor
Creator:
Ren, Yundong
Advisor:
Liu, Yuxiang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Multifunctional Testing Artifacts for Evaluation of 3D Printed Components by Fused Deposition Modeling
Keyword:
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
,
Testing Artifact
,
Optical Non-Destructive Testing (ONDT)
,
3D Printing Characterization
,
Additive Manufacturing (AM)
, and
Multiphysics Numerical Simulation
Creator:
Pooladvand, Koohyar
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Development of automated analysis methods for identifying behavioral and neural plasticity in sleep and learning in C. elegans
Keyword:
Associative Learning
,
C. elegans
,
Neural Plasticity
,
Neural Imaging
,
Microfluidics
, and
Sleep
Creator:
Lawler, Daniel E
Advisor:
Albrecht, Dirk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Carrier Synchronization, Impairment Estimation and Interference Alignment for Wireless Communication Systems
Keyword:
carrier frequency synchronization
,
interference alignment
,
MIMO
,
FPGA
, and
neural networks
Creator:
Zhou, Mingda
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
An Asynchronous Simulation Framework for Multi-User Interactive Collaboration: Application to Robot-Assisted Surgery
Keyword:
Soft-body Simulation Framework
,
Real Time Collaborative Learning
,
Closed Loop Simulator
,
Asynchronous Simulation Framework
,
Multi User Input Framework
, and
Surgical Robotics Simulator
Creator:
Munawar, Adnan
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Supercritical Water Assisted Zeolite Catalyzed Upgrading of Hydrocarbons
Keyword:
Dodecane Cracking
,
Supercritical Water
,
Brønsted acid
,
ZSM-5
,
Heterogeneous Catalysis
, and
Zeolite
Creator:
Zaker, Azadeh
Advisor:
Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical 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 (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
How's My Network - Incentives and Impediments of Home Network Measurements
Creator:
Ritacco, Alan W
Advisor:
Wills, Craig E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Reaction Engineering Implications of Using Water for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass
Creator:
Tyufekchiev, Maksim V.
Advisor:
Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-01-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Development and utilization of a Raman characterization method for Hydrothermal char
Creator:
Brown, Avery B
Advisor:
Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-01-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Physiochemical Characterization of Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphophate and its Interaction with PTEN-Long
Keyword:
Biological Membranes
,
PTEN
,
Phosphoinositides
,
Phosphoinositide Clustering
,
PI(4,5)P2
, and
PI3K/AKT Pathway
Creator:
Bryant, Anne-Marie M
Advisor:
Gericke, Arne
and
Ross, Alonzo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-01-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Modeling and Verification of Simulation tools for Carburizing and Carbonitriding
Keyword:
Nondestructive testing
,
Modeling
,
Carbonitriding
,
Carburizing
,
Barkhausen Noise
, and
Hollomon-Jaffe Equation
Creator:
Zhang, Lei
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-05-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Life Extension of High Temperature Structural Alloys by Surface Engineering in Gas and Vacuum Carburizing Atmospheres
Keyword:
superalloys; aluminizing; inter-metallics; carburi
Creator:
Wang, Anbo
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Identification and characterization of novel putative virulence factors in Candida albicans
Keyword:
Fungal infections
Creator:
Issi, Luca
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-09-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
DIGITALLY ASSISTED TECHNIQUES FOR NYQUIST RATE ANALOG-to-DIGITAL CONVERTERS
Keyword:
Analog to Digital Converter ADC SAR Flash Frequenc
Creator:
Majidi, Rabeeh
Advisor:
McNeill, John A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Improving the Efficiency of Homomorphic Encryption Schemes
Keyword:
homomorphic encryption
Creator:
Hu, Yin
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Bayesian Test of Independence for Two-way Contingency Tables Under Cluster Sampling
Keyword:
Surrogate samples; Bayes factor; Hierarchical Baye
Creator:
Bhatta, Dilli
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neural and Pulmonary Vascular Function
Keyword:
MRI Vascular Stroke Pulmonary Neural
Creator:
Walvick, Ronn P
Advisor:
Helmer, Karl G.
and
Albert, Mitchel
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-08-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
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 (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Exploiting Flow Relationships to Improve the Performance of Distributed Applications
Keyword:
aggregation flow relationship performance TCP time
Creator:
Shang, Hao
Advisor:
Wills, Craig E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
From nanoscale to macroscale, using the atomic force microscope to quantify the role of few-asperity contacts in adhesion
Keyword:
Surface roughness; Surface forces; Van der Waals f
Creator:
Thoreson, Erik J.
Advisor:
Burnham, Nancy A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Automatic Rigid and Deformable Medical Image Registration
Keyword:
Image Registration
Creator:
Yu, Hongliang
Advisor:
Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The Effects of Dynamic Decision Making on Resource Allocation: The Case of Pavement Management
Keyword:
Pavement Management
Creator:
Friedman, Sheldon
Advisor:
Radzicki, Michael J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
Deep Learning on Attributed Sequences
Keyword:
attributed sequences
,
Deep Learning
, and
Machine Learning
Creator:
Zhuang, Zhongfang
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-02-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
A Set of Experiments Investigating Methods to Improve Student Learning Through Self-Regulated Learning
Keyword:
self-regulated learning
,
Learning Sciences
,
Educational Research
,
mathematics instruction
, and
Intelligent tutoring systems
Creator:
Kelly, Kim M
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-11-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Melting of Ice and Formation of Lateral Cavity during In Situ Burning in Ice-Infested Waters
Keyword:
Marangoni convection
,
scaling
,
ice melting
,
in-situ burning
,
Arctic
, and
oil spill
Creator:
Farmahini Farahani, Hamed
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-02-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Palladium/Alloy-based Catalytic Membrane Reactor Technology Options for Hydrogen Production: A Techno-Economic Performance Assessment Study
Keyword:
Flexibility in engineering design
,
Hydrogen production
,
Economics & Finance/Energy/Environment
,
Economic performance assessment under uncertainty
,
Carbon capture
,
Palladium membrane lifetime
,
Monte-Carlo simulation
,
Membrane reactor module
, and
Catalytic membrane reactor technology
Creator:
Ma, Liang-Chih
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
and
Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-01-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Design and Study of Collagen-Tethered LL37 for Chronic Wound Healing
Keyword:
Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation
,
chronic wounds
,
LL-37
,
Antimicrobial peptides
,
mechanism
,
wound healing
,
cCBD-LL37
,
collagen binding domain
,
fCBD-LL37
,
tether
, and
collagen
Creator:
Lozeau, Lindsay Dawn
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Modeling and Control of Kite Energy Systems
Keyword:
Added Mass Effects
,
Apparent Attitude Tracking
,
Kite Energy Systems
,
Lyapunov Methods
,
Power Generation Limit
,
Control
, and
Modeling
Creator:
Li, Haocheng
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
and
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Development and Application of Reaction Route Graph Representation and Analysis of Catalytic Reaction Networks
Keyword:
reaction resistance
,
Water gas shift reaction
,
reaction affinity
,
catalytic reaction
,
Methane Steam Reforming
,
reaction route graph analysis
, and
oxygen reduction reaction
Creator:
O'Malley, Patrick Daniel
Advisor:
Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-01-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Characterization of arginine methyltransferase PRMT8 in cells with increased plasticity
Keyword:
cancer biology
,
reprogramming
,
senesence
,
proliferation
, and
arginine methylation
Creator:
Hernandez, Sarah
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-01-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Event stream analytics
Keyword:
Complex Event Processing
,
algorithms
,
Query Optimization
, and
Data streaming
Creator:
Poppe, Olga
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Analyzing the role of lipid elongases in Drosophila development: From barriers to behavior
Keyword:
elongases
,
Behavior
, and
epidermal barrier
Creator:
Gupta, Prachi
Advisor:
Duffy, Joseph B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Investigation of the Effect of Oxides on the Critical Impact Velocity during the Cold Spray Process of High Purity Aluminum Powder
Keyword:
aluminum powder
,
oxide
,
bonding mechanism
, and
Cold spray
Creator:
Champagne,Jr., Victor K
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-10-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Functional Metrics in Axiomatic Design
Keyword:
Design
,
Axiomatic Design
, and
Metrics
Creator:
Henley, Richard
Advisor:
Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Motion-Planning and Control of Autonomous Vehicles to Satisfy Linear Temporal Logic Specifications
Keyword:
Motion Planning
and
Linear Temporal Logic Specifications
Creator:
Zhang, Zetian
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Utilizing Compliance To Address Modern Challenges in Robotics
Keyword:
legged robotics
,
Robotics
,
soft robotics
, and
Control
Creator:
Ozel, Selim
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
and
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Perspectives in control of conditionally controllable problems
Keyword:
conditional controllability
,
input limitations
,
Control
, and
motion-planning
Creator:
Ghorbani Faal, Siamak
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Decoding Neural Circuits Modulating Behavioral Responses to Aversive Social Cues
Keyword:
C. elegans
,
Behavior
,
tyra-2
,
neurons
, and
neurobiology
Creator:
Chute, Christopher
Advisor:
Srinivasan, Jagan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Pattern Mining and Sense-Making Support for Enhancing the User Experience
Keyword:
Visualization
,
Sense-making
,
Data Mining
,
Query Optimization
,
Pattern Mining
, and
Sequence Prediction
Creator:
Mukherji, Abhishek
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Thermal Processing of Powder Aluminum Alloys for Additive Manufacturing Applications
Keyword:
Aluminum
,
powder
, and
Additive Manufacturing
Creator:
Walde, Caitlin
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Designing Modular Fibrin Composite Scaffolds for Enhanced Ventricular Myocardium Regeneration
Keyword:
cardiac patch
and
fibrin composite
Creator:
Chrobak, Megan O'Brien
Advisor:
Pins, George D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-12-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Electrically Conducting Biofibers: Approaches to Overcome the Major Challenges in the Clinical Translation of a Tissue Engineered Cardiac Patch
Keyword:
decellularization
,
plant scaffold
,
clinical translation
, and
cardiac tissue engineering
Creator:
Gershlak, Joshua R
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
An Inductive Method of Measuring Students’ Cognitive and Affective Processes via Self-Reports in Digital Learning Environments
Keyword:
Affect
,
measures
,
learning analytics
,
Data Mining
,
emotion
,
self report
,
EDM
, and
Education
Creator:
Wixon, Naomi
Advisor:
Arroyo, Ivon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-07-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Numerical Study of Heat and Mass Transfer Using Phase Change Materials
Keyword:
packaging
,
phase change material
, and
Drying
Creator:
Mahdavi Nejad, Alireza
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Pressure-Operated Soft Robotic Snake Modeling, Control, and Motion Planning
Keyword:
Control
,
Motion Planning
,
soft robotics snake
, and
Modeling
Creator:
Luo, Ming
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-08-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Recurring Query Processing on Big Data
Keyword:
big data
,
recurring query
, and
mapreduce
Creator:
Lei, Chuan
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-08-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Detecting Data Manipulation Attacks on Physiological Sensor Measurements in Wearable Medical Systems
Keyword:
Detection
,
Data Manipulation Attacks
, and
Wearable Medical System
Creator:
Cai, Hang
Advisor:
Venkatasubramanian, Krishna Kumar
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Modeling & Analysis of Design Parameters for Portable Hand Orthoses to Assist Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome Impairments and Prototype Design
Keyword:
orthoses
,
medical robotics
,
stroke
,
wearable robtoics
,
traumatic brain injury
,
hand biomechanics
,
assistive devices
,
exoskeletons
, and
grasping
Creator:
Nycz, Christopher Julius
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Motion Conflict Detection and Resolution in Visual-Inertial Localization Algorithm
Keyword:
motion conflict
,
sensor fusion
,
outlier rejection
,
IMU
,
Localization
,
visual inertial odometry
, and
SLAM
Creator:
Wisely Babu, Benzun
Advisor:
Duckworth, R. James
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-07-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Fuels using Dispersed Atomic-Size Catalysts
Keyword:
density functional theory
,
Modeling
,
reaction conditions
,
supported cluster stability
,
atomic-size catalysts
,
supported catalyst
, and
CO2 Reduction
Creator:
Iyemperumal, Satish Kumar
Advisor:
Deskins, N Aaron
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-06-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Sol-Gel Processed Amorphous LiLaTiO3 as Solid Electrolyte for Lithium Ion Batteries
Keyword:
Induction time
,
3D electrode
,
Stability
,
amorphous lithium lanthanum titanium oxide
,
Microstructure evolution
,
Sol-gel process
, and
Ionic transport properties
Creator:
Zheng, Zhangfeng
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-05-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Oxygen-mediated basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) effects on adult human dermal fibroblasts
Keyword:
developmental plasticity
,
basic fibroblast growth factor
,
hypoxia-inducible factor
,
human fibroblasts
, and
low oxygen
Creator:
Kashpur, Olga
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-05-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Geopolymer, Next Generation Sustainable Cementitious Material - Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling
Keyword:
Geopolymer
,
Experimental Study
, and
Molecular Modeling
Creator:
Zhang, Mo
Advisor:
Tao, Mingjiang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Optimization of Molybdenum Electrodes for Glass Melting
Keyword:
glass melting
and
molybdenum
Creator:
Liu, WenDi
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical Regulation of Apoptosis and Calcification within Valvular Interstitial Cells
Keyword:
calcification
,
apoptosis
,
calcific aortic valve disease
,
aortic valvular interstial cells
, and
traction force microscopy
Creator:
Cirka, Heather Ann
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Precipitation Strengthening of Aluminum by Transition Metal Aluminides
Keyword:
Al-Zr
,
Al-Ni
,
Transition Metal
,
Precipitation hardening
,
Al-Zr-V
, and
Al-Mn
Creator:
Fan, Yangyang
Advisor:
Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & 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 (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Towards Closed-loop, Robot Assisted Percutaneous Interventions under MRI Guidance
Keyword:
needle steering
,
MRI
,
closed-loop
,
stereotactic neurosurgery
,
robot-assisted
, and
prostate interventions
Creator:
Patel, Niravkumar Amrutlal
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-04-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Towards automating micropropagation: from cells to shoots to plants in one step
Keyword:
mist reactor
,
micropropagation
,
poly-L-lysine
,
somatic embryogenesis
, and
plant tissue culture
Creator:
Fei, Liwen
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
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 (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bayesian Models for the Analyzes of Noisy Responses From Small Areas: An Application to Poverty Estimation
Keyword:
Continuous and Positively Skewed distribution
,
Logarithmic transformation
,
Noisy responses
,
GB2 distribution
,
Poverty
,
Hierarchical Bayesian
,
Metropolis Hastings alogrithm
,
Noninformative priors
,
Small Area Estimation
, and
Non-normality
Creator:
Manandhar, Binod
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Automatic Detection of Cognitive Load and User’s Age Using a Machine Learning Eye Tracking System
Keyword:
Mental Effort
,
Machine Learning
,
Eye Tracking
,
Pupillary Response
,
User Profiling
, and
Cognitive Load
Creator:
Shojaeizadeh, Mina
Advisor:
Djamasbi, Soussan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Management
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