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Functional Diversity of Homologous P1B-ATPases in Metal Homeostasis and Host-Microbe Interaction
Keyword:
P1B-ATPase
,
Metal transport
, and
Metal homeostasis
Creator:
Patel, Sarju
Advisor:
Argüello, José M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
A Model-driven Visual Analytic Framework for Local Pattern Analysis
Keyword:
interactive exploration
,
Visual Analytics
, and
data analytics
Creator:
Zhao, Kaiyu
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-02-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Nanomechanics and Nanoscale Adhesion in Biomaterials and Biocomposites: Elucidation of the Underlying Mechanism
Keyword:
Hydrogels
,
Drug Eluting Stent
,
Hemicellulose
,
Atomistic Simulations
,
Lignin
, and
Cellulose
Creator:
Youssefian, Sina
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Study of Myoelectric Signal Processing
Keyword:
Signal Processing
,
EMG
, and
myoelectric
Creator:
Liu, Lukai
Advisor:
Clancy, Edward A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-01-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
An Affordable Portable Obstetric Ultrasound Simulator for Synchronous and Asynchronous Scan Training
Keyword:
Ultrasound
,
Simulation
,
Education
, and
Obstetric
Creator:
Liu, Li
Advisor:
Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-01-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Real-time estimation of gas concentration released from a moving source using an unmanned aerial vehicle
Keyword:
Plume
,
state estimator
,
UAV
,
dynamical system
, and
guidance
Creator:
Egorova, Tatiana
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-01-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace 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
Similarity Reasoning over Semantic Context-Graphs
Keyword:
Robot Tasks
,
Plan Repair
,
Topic Modeling
,
Semantic
,
Analogy
, and
Similarity
Creator:
Boteanu, Adrian
Advisor:
Chernova, Sonia
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-08-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Development and Assessment of a Decision Support Framework for Enhancing the Forensic Analysis and Interpretation of Fire Patterns
Keyword:
fire investigation
,
fire protection engineering
,
origin determination
,
fire effects
, and
fire patterns
Creator:
Gorbett, Gregory Edward
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-08-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Full-field vibrometry by high-speed digital holography for middle-ear mechanics
Keyword:
Otology
,
Transient response
,
Acoustic-solid interaction
,
High-speed digital holography
,
High-speed cameras
, and
Tympanic membrane
Creator:
Dobrev, Ivo Tsvetanov
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-07-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Student Modeling within a Computer Tutor for Mathematics: Using Bayesian Networks and Tabling Methods
Keyword:
Educational data mining
,
Bayesian networks
, and
student modeling
Creator:
Wang, Yutao
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-09-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Molecular insights of the human zinc transporter hZIP4
Keyword:
acrodermatitis enteropathica
,
human ZIP4
, and
zinc
Creator:
Antala, Sagar
Advisor:
Dempski, Robert E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-03-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Developing and validating Fuzzy-Border continuum solvation model with POlarizable Simulations Second order Interaction Model (POSSIM) force field for proteins
Keyword:
Protein force field
,
Polarizable force field
,
Protein pKa
, and
Continuum solvation model
Creator:
Sharma, Ity
Advisor:
Kaminski, George A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-10-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Hybrid and Coordinated 3D Interaction in Immersive Virtual Environments
Keyword:
3D User Interface
,
Virtual Reality
,
hybrid virtual environment
, and
interaction context
Creator:
Wang, Jia
Advisor:
Lindeman, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Minimizing Water Requirements for Electricity Generation in Water Scarce Areas
Keyword:
renewable energy
,
electricity generation
, and
water requirements
Creator:
Stults, Erica Suzanne
Advisor:
Bar-On, Isa
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical 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
Improving Channel Estimation and Tracking Performance in Distributed MIMO Communication Systems
Keyword:
Filter
,
Stability
,
accelerometer compensation
,
Tracking
,
estimation
,
oscillators
,
nullforming
,
long term stability
,
SDR
,
Allan deviation
,
Channel Estimation
,
beamforming
,
acceleration
,
short term stability
,
software defined radio
,
Kalman
, and
inertial tracking
Creator:
David, Radu Alin
Advisor:
Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
An Investigation of Security in Near Field Communication Systems
Keyword:
near field communication
,
pcl
,
nfc-sec
,
Security
,
nfc
, and
protocol composition logic
Creator:
Olivieri, Steven
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Digital Pre-distortion for Interference Reduction in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
Keyword:
TV ’white space’
,
spectrally agile multicarrier transmission
,
digital predistortion (DPD)
,
dynamic spectrum access (DSA)
,
spurious emission
,
Cognitive radio (CR)
,
carrier aggregation
,
IEEE 802.22
,
software-defined radio (SDR)
, and
LTE-Advanced
Creator:
Fu, Zhu
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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
A Framework for Exploring Finite Models
Keyword:
provenance information
,
Razor
,
Aluminum
,
first-order logic
,
Geometric Logic
,
Chase
,
finite model-finding
, and
exploration
Creator:
Saghafi, Salman
Advisor:
Dougherty, Daniel J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Developing and Validating a Complete Second-order Polarizable Force Field for Proteins
Keyword:
Protein force field
,
torsional fitting
,
many-body energy
, and
polarizable force fields
Creator:
Li, Xinbi
Advisor:
Kaminski, George A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Studies of Aggregation Pathways for Amyloidogenic Peptides by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy
Keyword:
dielectric spectroscopy
and
amyloids
Creator:
Barry, Donald
Advisor:
Stroe, Izabela RC
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Development of Holographic Interferometric Methodologies for Characterization of Shape and Function of the Human Tympanic Membrane
Keyword:
Tympanic membrane
,
Holographic Interferometry
, and
sound-induced motion
Creator:
Khaleghi, Morteza
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Spherical Tanks for Use in Thermal Energy Storage Systems
Keyword:
Sensible Heat Storage
,
Concentrated Solar Power
,
Thermal Energy Storage
, and
Desalination
Creator:
Khan, Fahad
Advisor:
Savilonis, Brian James
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Assessing Human Exposure to Contaminants in House Dust
Keyword:
radioactivity
,
exposure
,
dust
,
hot particles
, and
dose
Creator:
Kaltofen, Marco Paul Johann
Advisor:
Medich, David Christopher
,
Mathisen, Paul P.
,
Bergendahl, John Andrew
, and
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Terrestrial and Micro-Gravity Studies in Electrohydrodynamic Conduction-Driven Heat Transport Systems
Keyword:
boiling
,
Electrohydrodynamics
,
meso-scale
, and
heat transport
Creator:
Patel, Viral K.
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-03-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Teleoperation of MRI-Compatible Robots with Hybrid Actuation and Haptic Feedback
Keyword:
medical robotics
,
Teleoperation
,
haptics
,
Image-guided therapy
,
force sensing
,
MRI-compatible robot
, and
multi-image registration
Creator:
Shang, Weijian
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Side Channel Leakage Analysis – Detection, Exploitation and Quantification
Keyword:
Embedded System Security Evaluation
,
Side Channel Analysis
,
Applied Cryptography
, and
Leakage Analysis
Creator:
Ye, Xin
Advisor:
Eisenbarth, Thomas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Investigation of Physical Characteristics Impacting Fate and Transport of Viral Surrogates in Water Systems
Keyword:
Time-Dependent Light Scattering
,
ARGOS method
,
Bacteriophages
, and
Nanospheres
Creator:
Charest, Abigail J.
Advisor:
Plummer, Jeanine D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
A mechanism for the FGF2-mediated down-regulation of integrin alpha-11 identified through studying altered adhesome of human dermal fibroblasts undergoing early Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition
Keyword:
FGF2
,
ECM
,
hESC
, and
ITGA11
Creator:
Grella, Alexandra R
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Development of a holistic approach to integrate fire safety performance with building design
Keyword:
Performance Assessment
,
building fire safety
, and
building design
Creator:
Park, Hae-Jun
Advisor:
Meacham, Brian Jay
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
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
A multifrequency method for the solution of the acoustic inverse scattering problem
Keyword:
Inverse problems
and
Numerical Methods
Creator:
Borges, Carlos
Advisor:
Sarkis-Martins, Marcus
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Engineering the Keratinocyte Microenvironment: Harnessing Topography to Direct Cellular Function
Keyword:
dermal–epidermal junction
,
keratinocyte function
,
microtopography
, and
tissue engineered skin
Creator:
Clement, Amanda Lynn
Advisor:
Pins, George D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Quickest Change-Point Detection with Sampling Right Constraints
Keyword:
Sequential Analysis
,
Quikckest Detection
, and
Samping Right Constraint
Creator:
Geng, Jun
Advisor:
Lai, Lifeng
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-01-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
From Theory to Practice: Evaluating Sparsening Filter designs on a Software-Defined Radio Platform
Keyword:
FMCOMMS
,
software defined radio
,
sparsening filter
, and
belief propagation
Creator:
Machado, Raquel
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
and
Klein, Andrew G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-12-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Parameter Estimation Methods for Comprehensive Pyrolysis Modeling
Keyword:
Parameter Estimation
and
comprehensive pyrolysis model
Creator:
Kim, Mihyun Esther
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-12-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Effects of Temperature, Light Intensity and Quality, Carbon Dioxide, and Culture Medium Nutrients on Growth and Lipid Production of Ettlia oleoabundans
Keyword:
Temperature
,
medium nutrient
,
light quality
,
light intensity
,
Ettlia oleoabundans
,
biodiesel
,
carbon dioxide
, and
algal biomass
Creator:
Yang, Ying
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
SULFUR POISONING AND TOLERANCE OF HIGH PERMEANCE Pd/Cu ALLOY MEMBRANES FOR HYDROGEN SEPARATION
Keyword:
sulfur poisoning
,
Pd/Cu membranes
,
Pd membranes
, and
Hydrogen Separation
Creator:
Pomerantz, Natalie
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-08-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Active and Passive Thermography for the Detection of Defects in Green-State Powdermetallic Compacts
Keyword:
Powder Metallurgy
,
NDT
,
thermography
,
Infrared Imaging
, and
nondestructive evaluations
Creator:
Benzerrouk, Souheil
Advisor:
Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-09-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Theoretical and Experimental Development of an Array of Droopy Bowties with Integrated Baluns
Keyword:
bowtie dual-poarized radiators
,
baluns
, and
phased arrays
Creator:
Puzella, Angelo
Advisor:
Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-06-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Use of Building Information Modeling technology in the integration of the handover process and facilities management
Keyword:
BIM
,
Space Management
,
Operation and Maintenance
,
Integration
,
IFC
, and
Facilities Management
Creator:
Alvarez-Romero, Sergio Omar
Advisor:
Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-09-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
A Markov Random Field Based Approach to 3D Mosaicing and Registration Applied to Ultrasound Simulation
Keyword:
discrete graph based technique
,
Markov random fields
,
ultrasound mosaicing
, and
Registration
Creator:
Kutarnia, Jason Francis
Advisor:
Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-08-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Framework for Certified Sustainable Higher Education (HE) Residence Halls
Keyword:
Sustainable Performance Indicators
,
Sustainability Rating Systems
,
Post Occupancy Evaluation
,
Residence Hall Water Consumption Tendencies
,
Occupant Thermal Comfort Parameters
,
LEED
,
Water and Energy Benchmarking
,
Residence Halls
, and
Student Occupant Feedback Techniques
Creator:
Alborz, Nakisa
Advisor:
Berardi, Umberto
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-07-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Detection of Spatial and Temporal Interactions in Renal Autoregulation Dynamics
Keyword:
synchronization
,
laser speckle imaging
,
renal autoregulation
, and
time-varying
Creator:
Scully, Christopher
Advisor:
Chon, Ki H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-06-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Treatment-Based Classication in Residential Wireless Access Points
Keyword:
IEEE 802.11 wireless network
,
QoS
,
multimedia networking
, and
flow classification
Creator:
Li, Feng
Advisor:
Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Student Modeling in Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Keyword:
User modeling
,
Maching learning
, and
Intelligent tutoring systems
Creator:
Gong, Yue
Advisor:
Beck, Joseph E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-11-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 in Maintenance of Multipotency in Human Dermal Fibroblasts Treated with Xenopus Laevis Egg Extract Fractions
Keyword:
Cellular reprogramming
,
FGF2
,
Xenopus laevis egg extract
,
Stem cells
,
Pluripotency
, and
Induced pluripotent stem cells
Creator:
Kole, Denis
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Boundary Conditions for Granular Flows at Penetrable Vibrating Surfaces: Applications to Inclined Flows of Monosized Assemblies and to Sieving of Binary Mixtures
Keyword:
Vibrating Sieves
,
Vibrating Boundaries
,
Boundary Conditions
,
Binary Mixtures
,
Particle Segregation
,
Inclined Flows
, and
Granular Flows
Creator:
El Khatib, Wael
Advisor:
Richman, Mark W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Numerical and Experimental Study of Heat and Mass Transfer Enhancement using Phase Change Materials
Keyword:
Phase Change Materials
,
Numerical
,
Experimental
,
Evaporation
,
Heat and Mass Transfer
,
Natural Convection
, and
Drying
Creator:
Khakpour, Yasmin
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The VHP-F Computational Phantom and its Applications for Electromagnetic Simulations
Keyword:
Computational electromagnetics
,
Numerical modeling
, and
Human body modeling
Creator:
Noetscher, Gregory Michael
Advisor:
Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Evaluation of Multi-sensory Feedback in Virtual and Real Remote Environments in a USAR Robot Teleoperation Scenario
Keyword:
audio feedback
,
urban search-and-rescue
,
robot teleoperation
,
human-robot interaction
,
vibro-tactile feedback
,
multi-sensory feedback
,
visual feedback
, and
smell feedback
Creator:
de Barros, Paulo
Advisor:
Lindeman, Robert W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
On Simultaneous Localization and Mapping inside the Human Body (Body-SLAM)
Keyword:
motion tracking
,
Localization
,
SLAM
, and
Wireless capsule endoscopy
Creator:
Bao, Guanqun
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Accelerating Cryptosystems on Hardware Platforms
Keyword:
RSA
,
VLSI
,
GPU
, and
Fully homomorphic encryption
Creator:
Wang, Wei
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Experimental Investigations of EMG-Torque Modeling for the Human Upper Limb
Keyword:
EMG-torque modeling
and
EMG
Creator:
Liu, Pu
Advisor:
Clancy, Edward A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Metal Recovery via Automated Sortation
Keyword:
Critical Metals
,
DEM Simulation
,
Feeding Technique
, and
Scrap Recovery
Creator:
Yu, Hao
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Characterization and Compensation of Hysteretic Cardiac Respiratory Motion in Myocardial Perfusion Studies Through MRI Investigations
Keyword:
Emission tomography
,
Cardiac Imaging
,
Respiratory Motion
,
Modeling Hysteresis
, and
MRI
Creator:
Dasari, Paul Krupaker Reddy
Advisor:
King, Michael A
and
Mendelson, Yitzhak
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Oscillatory wall strain reduction precedes arterial intimal hyperplasia in a murine model
Keyword:
Ultrasound
,
intimal hyperplasia
,
biomechanics
,
peripheral artery disease
,
medical imaging
, and
coronary artery disease
Creator:
Favreau, John T
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical 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
Neuronal Correlates of Diacritics and an Optimization Algorithm for Brain Mapping and Detecting Brain Function by way of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Keyword:
fMRI
,
Neuroimaging
,
Optimization
,
Diacritics
, and
Brain Mapping
Creator:
Bourisly, Ali Khaled
Advisor:
Sotak, Christopher H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-04-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
A Methodology to Transform Small and Medium Companies to Lean Manufacturing Enterprises in Ecuador
Keyword:
documentation management system
,
Methodology
,
lean manufacturing
,
waste elimination
, and
business process reeengineering
Creator:
Gonzalez Jaramillo, Victor Hugo
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Security in Voice Authentication
Keyword:
Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients
,
Entropy
,
Gaussian Mixture Model
, and
Voice
Creator:
Yang, Chenguang
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-03-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Calorimetric and Dielectric Studies of Self-assembled Bio-molecules in an Aqueous Environment
Keyword:
bio-physics
,
calorimetry measurements
,
protein dynamics
, and
dielectric spectroscopy
Creator:
Kashuri, Klaida
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Large System Transformation within Healthcare Organizations utilizing Lean Deployment Strategies
Keyword:
Lean Deployment
,
Healthcare Transformation
, and
Lean Management System
Creator:
Hagg, Heather
Advisor:
Bar-On, Isa
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Application of Computational Thermodynamic and Solidification Kinetics to Cold Sprayable Powder Alloy Design
Keyword:
Mechanical Properties
,
powder
,
atomization
,
equilibrium calculations
,
newtonian heat flow
,
TTT diagram
,
Thermodynamics
,
Cold spray
,
CCT diagram
,
Kinetics
,
Solidification
,
elemental impact factor
,
through process modeling
,
powder production
, and
Modeling
Creator:
Belsito, Danielle L
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-01-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Synthesis, processing and applications of carbonaceous nanomaterials
Keyword:
applications
,
nanomaterials
,
carbon
, and
Synthesis
Creator:
Yao, Yuqin
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-08-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Catalysis and Photocatalysis over TiO2 Surfaces Detailed from First Principles
Keyword:
Catalysis
,
computational chemistry
, and
metal oxides
Creator:
Garcia, Juan C
Advisor:
Deskins, N Aaron
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-08-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Preferred Frequencies for Coupling of Seismic Waves and Vibrating Tall Buildings
Keyword:
Helmholtz Equation
,
City-effect
, and
Periodic Green's function
Creator:
Zheltukhin, Sergey
Advisor:
Volkov, Darko
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-08-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Cooperative Distributed Transmission and Reception
Keyword:
receive diversity
,
outage probability
,
interference alignment
, and
distributed reception
Creator:
Ni, Min
Advisor:
Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-07-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Enhanced Acquisition Techniques for GPS L1C Receivers
Keyword:
GPS
,
GPS L1C
,
GPS Acquisition
, and
GNSS
Creator:
Seals, Kelly Charles
Advisor:
Michalson, William R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-03-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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
Thermal Physical Properties Of Nanocomposites Of Complex Fluids
Keyword:
Polymernanocomposites and nanoparticles
,
Liquid Crystals
, and
Polymers
Creator:
Kalakonda, Parvathalu
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-05-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Adaptive Suppression of Interfering Signals in Communication Systems
Keyword:
harmonic balance
,
noise figure measurement
,
differential noise figure
,
blocking
,
reflection type phase shifter
,
interference suppression
,
mixed-mode s-parameters
,
differential amplifier
,
voltage variable attenuator
,
combline filter
,
third order intercept point
,
intermodulation distortion
,
low noise amplifier
,
amplitude and phase mismatches
,
signal to interference ratio
,
dielectric filter
,
adaptable RF front end
, and
common mode rejection ratio
Creator:
Pelteku, Altin E.
Advisor:
McNeill, John A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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
Inverse Synthetic Array Reconciliation Tomography
Keyword:
Navigation
,
indoor location
,
first responder technology
,
Signal Processing
,
Tracking
, and
multipath
Creator:
Cavanaugh, Andrew F
Advisor:
Cyganski, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dynamic Analysis of Healthcare Service Delivery: Application of Lean and Agile Concepts
Keyword:
Simulation
,
agile
,
service
,
healthcare
,
Lean
,
system dynamics
, and
supply chain
Creator:
Rust, Tom
Advisor:
Saeed, Khalid
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
Information-Enabled Decision-Making in Health Care: EHR-Enabled Standardization, Physician Profiling and Medical Home
Keyword:
pathways
,
Patient-Centered Medical Home
,
physician profiling
,
primary care
,
patient experience
,
standardization
, and
Electronic Health Records
Creator:
Pelletier, Lori Rebecca
Advisor:
Johnson, Sharon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Effects of Developmental Stage, Exogenous Sugar Composition, and Reactive Oxygen Species on Artemisinin and Related Compounds in Artemisia annua
Keyword:
reactive oxygen s
and
artemisinin, sugars, metabolism, development
Creator:
Arsenault, Patrick Ryan
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Extending Complex Event Processing for Advanced Applications
Keyword:
Complex Event Processing
,
Privacy Preserving
,
Utility Maximization
,
Transactional Stream
,
Event Suppression
, and
Probabilistic Inference
Creator:
Wang, Di
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Bounds on RF cooperative localization for video capsule endoscopy
Keyword:
Cramerau Lower Bound
,
3
,
Cooperative localization
,
Endoscopy capsule
, and
RSS and TOA localization
Creator:
Ye, Yunxing
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Synthesis of Aluminum-Aluminum Nitride Nanocomposites by Gas-Liquid Reactions
Keyword:
Aluminum
,
gas-liquid method
,
nanocomposites
, and
improved properties.
Creator:
Borgonovo, Cecilia
Advisor:
Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
A Smoothed Dissipative Particle Dynamics Methodology For Wall-Bounded Domains
Keyword:
SDPD
,
DPD
,
Mesoscopic
,
Virtual Particle
,
SPH
, and
Wall-Bounded
Creator:
Yang, Jun
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Fractal Interfaces and Heat Transmission Problems
Keyword:
Homogenization
,
Finite Element
, and
Fractal
Creator:
Liang, Haodong
Advisor:
Mosco, Umberto
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
First-Order Models for Configuration Analysis
Keyword:
firewalls
,
Security
,
static analysis
,
logic
,
scenarios
,
model finding
, and
configuration
Creator:
Nelson, Tim
Advisor:
Dougherty, Daniel J.
and
Fisler, Kathryn
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
A Nonlinear Computational Model of Floating Wind Turbines
Keyword:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
,
Wind turbine
, and
Offshore structure
Creator:
Nematbakhsh, Ali
Advisor:
Tryggvason, Gretar
and
Olinger, David J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
On Random Sampling for Compliance Monitoring in Opportunistic Spectrum Access Networks
Keyword:
compliance enforcement
,
spectrum monitoring
, and
opportunistic spectrum access
Creator:
Rocke, Sean A
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Primary User Emulation Detection in Cognitive Radio Networks
Keyword:
cognitive radio network
and
primary user emulation
Creator:
Pu, Di
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Nonclassical Structures within the N-qubit Pauli Group
Keyword:
Entanglment
,
Bell's Theorem
,
Nonlocality
,
Quantum Information
,
Pauli group
,
qubit
,
GHZ Theorem
,
Contextuality
, and
BKS Theorem
Creator:
Waegell, Mordecai
Advisor:
Aravind, Padmanabhan K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Practical and Theoretical Applications of the Regularity Lemma
Keyword:
regularity lemma; combinatorics
and
Data Mining
Creator:
Song, Fei
Advisor:
Sarkozy, Gabor N
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Force Sensing and Teleoperation of Continuum Robot for MRI-Guided Surgery
Keyword:
Fabry-Perot interferometer
,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
,
Prostate cancer
,
brachytherapy
,
continuum robot
,
haptics
,
biopsy
,
piezoelectric motor
,
image-guided intervention
,
Teleoperation
, and
Surgical Robotics
Creator:
Su, Hao
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The Design of Engineering Education as a Manufacturing System
Keyword:
Education
,
value added
,
Axiomatic Design
, and
manufacturing
Creator:
Towner, Jr., Walter T.
Advisor:
Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Analytical Workspace, Kinematics, and Foot Force Based Stability of Hexapod Walking Robots
Keyword:
Hexapod Walking Robot
,
Stability Margin
, and
Workspace
Creator:
Agheli Hajiabadi, Mohammad Mahdi
Advisor:
Nestinger, Stephen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Real-time Assessment, Prediction, and Scaffolding of Middle School Students’ Data Collection Skills within Physical Science Simulations
Keyword:
J48 Decision Trees
,
Behavior Detection
,
Skill Prediction
,
Science Education
,
Science Microworlds
,
Exploratory Learning Environment
,
Inquiry Learning Environment
,
Inquiry Assessment
,
Formative Assessment
,
Construct Validity
,
User modeling
,
Science Inquiry
,
Bayesian Knowledge Tracing
,
Validation
,
Designing and Conducting Experiments
,
Open-Ended Learning Environment
,
Computer-Based Assessment
,
Science Assessment
,
Educational data mining
,
Text Replay Tagging
,
Science Simulations
,
Performance Assessment
, and
Generalizability
Creator:
Sao Pedro, Michael A.
Advisor:
Gobert, Janice
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
Simulation, optimization and development of thermo-chemical diffusion processes
Keyword:
Carburizing
and
nitriding
Creator:
Wei, Yingying
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Supported Pd and Pd/Alloy Membranes for Water-Gas Shift Catalytic Membrane Reactors
Keyword:
water-gas shift
,
Pd membranes
,
Hydrogen production
, and
catalytic membrane reactor
Creator:
Augustine, Alexander Sullivan
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Transactional Array Reconciliation Tomography for Precision Indoor Location
Keyword:
indoor location
,
synchronization
, and
Time of Arrival
Creator:
Amendolare, Vincent T.
Advisor:
Cyganski, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-04-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Programmable Image-Based Light Capture for Previsualization
Keyword:
multi-illuminant white balance
,
relighting
,
computational cameras
,
previsualization
,
active illumination
,
programmable cameras
, and
computational Photography
Creator:
Lindsay, Clifford
Advisor:
Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Modular MRI Guided Device Development System: Development, Validation and Applications
Keyword:
neurosurgery
,
intervention
,
modular
,
Robotics
,
MRI
,
Surgical Robotics
,
Robot
, and
stereotaxy
Creator:
Cole, Gregory
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics 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
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