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Personality Traits and Affordance Actualization: An Investigation of the Continued Use of Fitness Apps
Creator:
Alshawmar, Moayad
Advisor:
Tulu, Bengisu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-10-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Working With What You’ve Got: Leveraging Mislabeled Datasets And Improving Imperfect Pretrained Models
Keyword:
Data Science
,
Machine Learning
,
Pretrained Models
,
Generative Modeling
,
Deep Learning
, and
Bias
Creator:
Gerych, Walter
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
and
Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-10-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Multi-modal Models for Depression Screening
Keyword:
Transfer learning
,
Sequential modeling for mental health screen
,
Multivariate time series
,
Deep learning
,
Multi-task learning
, and
Digital health
Creator:
Flores, Ricardo
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-10-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Histone H4 lysine 20 methyltransferase SUV4-20H2 regulates mitotic fidelity
Keyword:
Chromatin
,
Aurora B
,
Methyltransferase
,
Mitosis
,
Histone Posttranslational Modification
, and
Centromere
Creator:
Hahn, Sabine
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-11-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Roles of Impurities on Recovered Li-NCM Cathode Materials in Hydrometallurgy Recycling
Keyword:
ncm622 cathode
,
lithium-ion battery
,
electrochemistry
,
hydrometallurgy recycling
, and
impurity
Creator:
Zheng, Yadong
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-11-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Peptide-antibiotic Combination Strategy for Combating Multiple Drug-resistant Bacteria
Keyword:
Antimicrobial Resistance
,
Synergistic Combination
,
Antimicrobial Peptides
, and
Combination Strategy
Creator:
Han, Wenxu
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-11-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Intelligent Control of Soft Snake Robot Locomotion with Biomimic Vertebrate System
Keyword:
Bio-inspired control
,
Neural oscillators
,
Snake robots locomotion
,
Tactile sensors
,
Reinforcement learning
, and
Soft robot control
Creator:
Liu, Xuan
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas D.
and
Fu, Jie
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Continuous and Forced Dynamic Operation to Achieve Kinetically Controlled Crystallization
Keyword:
Continuous Crystallization
,
Zeolite Synthesis
,
Micro-Reaction Engineering
,
Dynamic Crystallization
,
Augmented Reality
, and
Population Balance Modeling
Creator:
Crislip, Jacob
Advisor:
Teixeira, Andrew R
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Advancing Myoelectric Prothesis Control via EMG-Force with Transfer Learning and via Wireless Sensor Time Synchronization
Keyword:
Electromyogram
,
Time synchronization
,
EMG-force
,
Filter design
,
Transfer Learning
, and
Bluetooth Low Energy
Creator:
Wang, He
Advisor:
Clancy, Ted
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Microfluidic High-Throughput Methods for the Induction and Characterization of Repeatable, Titratable Traumatic Neural Injury in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Keyword:
Neural Imaging
,
TRPV4
,
C. elegans
,
Traumatic Brain Injury
, and
Microfluidics
Creator:
White, Hamilton
Advisor:
Albrecht, Dirk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Development of Genetic Tools for Engineering Secondary Metabolism in Taxus Plant Cell Culture
Keyword:
Metabolic engineering
,
Secondary metabolism
,
Epigenetics
,
Synthetic biology
, and
Plant cell culture
Creator:
Newton, Cassandra
Advisor:
Roberts, Susan Celia
and
Young, Eric Mosher
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Improving Inkjet Printing Processes for Achieving Stretchable and Flexible Traces with Small Linewidths
Keyword:
inkjet printing
,
conductive traces
,
flexible hybrid electronics
, and
printed electronics
Creator:
Pratt, Nicholas
Advisor:
Rao, Pratap M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Study of Earth-Abundant, Mn-Rich Cathodes for Vehicle Applications and Beyond
Keyword:
cathode materials
,
synthesis
,
manganese-rich
, and
Lithium-ion batteries
Creator:
Chen, Jiajun
Advisor:
Croy, Jason R.
and
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Measurement and Modeling of Water in Porous Media Using Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Spectroscopy
Keyword:
Millimeter Wave
,
Effective Medium Modelling
,
Moisture Sensing
,
Terahertz
,
Porosimetry
, and
Spectroscopy
Creator:
Bouchard, Jacob
Advisor:
Petkie, Douglas Todd
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
From Farm to Lab: The Potential of Decellularized Plant Leaves for Sustainable Meat Production
Keyword:
Skeletal Muscle
,
Cultured Meat
,
Decellularization
,
Cellular Agriculture
, and
Lab-grown Meat
Creator:
Jones, Jordan
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn
and
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
FEM Modeling for Biomedical Applications: RF Heating & Microwave Imaging
Keyword:
MRI
,
Surface Waves
,
Finite Element Method
,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
,
FEM
, and
Microwave Imaging
Creator:
Serano, Peter
Advisor:
Makaroff, Sergey N.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Real-time and Customizable Inverse Kinematics for Extensible Multisection Continuum Robots: SLInKi and AMoRPH Algorithms
Keyword:
Continuum
,
Inverse Kinematics
, and
Soft Robotics
Creator:
Chiang, Shou-Shan
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
A Structured Persona Development Methodology for Designing Digital Health Interventions
Keyword:
UX Research
,
Persona Development
,
Design Thinking
,
User-Centered Design
,
Personas
, and
Digital Health
Creator:
Varzgani, Fatima
Advisor:
Tulu, Bengisu
and
Djamasbi, Soussan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Development of a Performance Based (Multi-characteristic) Tool for Wall Insulation System Optimization
Keyword:
performance-based design
,
insulation
,
multi-objective optimization
,
sustainability
, and
fire safety
Creator:
You, Young-Geun
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESSING OF BAUXITE RESIDUE (RED MUD) FOR RECOVERY OF METALLIC VALUES
Keyword:
Recycling
,
Red mud
,
Metal extraction
, and
Bauxite residue
Creator:
Tanvar, Himanshu
Advisor:
Mishra, Brajendra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Supply Chain Sustainability and Circularity: A Systems Perspective
Keyword:
System dynamics
,
Stakeholders
,
Case study
,
Theory development
,
Food waste
, and
Bullwhip effect
Creator:
Allen, Samuel
Advisor:
Sarkis, Joseph
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Development of a Transparent Peptide Functionalized Bacterial Derived Cellulose Wound Dressing
Keyword:
Cellulose
,
Transparency
,
Antimicrobial Peptides
,
Cellulose Binding Peptides
,
Biomaterials
, and
Wound Dressing
Creator:
van Zyl, Elizabeth
Advisor:
Coburn, Jeannine M
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Robot Autonomy for Scrap Cutting in Metal Recycling
Keyword:
Human–robot collaboration
,
Robot autonomy
,
Future of work
,
Metal scrap recycling
,
Oxy-fuel metal cutting
, and
Environmental robotics
Creator:
Akl, James
Advisor:
Calli, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Bioinspired Layered Geopolymer Composites
Keyword:
Fracture
,
Geopolymer
,
Composites
,
Bioinspired
, and
Toughness
Creator:
Harmal, Anass
Advisor:
Walker, Harold W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-06-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Intelligent and Resilient Radio Resource Allocation for 5G and Beyond Wireless Communications
Keyword:
Deep Reinforcement Learning
,
Robust PCA
,
mmWave Communications
,
Graph Neural Networks
, and
Wireless Communications
Creator:
Ghasemi, Ahmad
Advisor:
Zekavat, Seyed A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-06-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Data Driven University Capacity Analysis via Mathematical Optimization
Keyword:
Multi Objective Optimization
,
Integer Optimization
, and
Academic Scheduling
Creator:
Aygul, Ozge
Advisor:
Trapp, Andrew C
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-06-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Non-Singular Anti-de Sitter Black Holes within Conformal Weyl Gravity and Black Hole CFT Duality
Keyword:
Quantum Gravity
,
Black Hole Thermodynamics
,
Black Hole CFT Duality
, and
AdS/CFT
Creator:
Suleiman, Raid
Advisor:
Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas
,
Rodriguez, Leo L.
, and
Rodriguez, Shanshan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-07-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Strategies and Structures for Biological Datasets Integration and Knowledge Discovery
Keyword:
Single-cell RNA Sequencing
,
Data Integration
,
CCA
,
Network Analysis
,
Biology
, and
Feature Engineering
Creator:
Teeple, Erin
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-07-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
IMPACT OF AN ORGANIZATION WIDE ELECRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM ON CLINICALLY INTEGRATED PATIENT CARE
Keyword:
Clinical Integration
,
Primary Care Physician Engagement
,
Electronic Health Record (EHR) System
,
Inter-practice Communication
,
Affordance-Actualization Theory
, and
Care Coordination
Creator:
Finn, Amy
Advisor:
Johnson, Sharon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Using Autoencoder Feature Residuals to Improve Network Intrusion Detection
Creator:
Lewandowski, Brian
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Exploring the Influence of Anonymity and Prior-Performance on Teacher Grading Behavior.
Keyword:
Teacher Grading Behavior
,
Mistake Messages
,
Computer-Based Learning Platform
,
Fairness and Equity
,
Classroom Orchestration
, and
Instruction at Scale
Creator:
Gurung, Ashish
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Bespoke Neural Network Architectures for Rapid Multivariate Time Series Classification and Representation
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
Representation Learning
,
Transfer Learning
, and
Chemical Sensing
Creator:
Moore, Alexander
Advisor:
Mangoubi, Oren Rami
,
Eltabakh, Mohamed Y.
, and
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Combinatorics of Complex Maximal Determinant Matrices
Keyword:
maximal determinant matrices
,
hadamard matrices
,
combinatorial designs
,
finite geometries
,
association schemes
, and
quadratic and hermitian forms
Creator:
Nunez, Guillermo
Advisor:
Keane, Patrick Gerard
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Novel Statistical Methods for Aggregating Correlated and Missing Data with Applications to Chronic Disease Research
Keyword:
correlation-robustness
,
missing data
,
Fisher's method
,
global hypothesis test
, and
p-value combination
Creator:
Chen, Xiaohui
Advisor:
Wu, Zheyang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
The Role of Online Assignments and Feedback to Chinese Language Learning Efficiency
Keyword:
foreign language learning
,
computer-assisted language learning
,
online feedback
,
online assignment
, and
immediate feedback
Creator:
Lu, Xiwen
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences & Technologies
Electrohydrodynamically Driven Thermal Management for Space and Terrestrial Applications – An Experimental and Numerical Study
Keyword:
Heat Transfer
,
Electronics Cooling
,
Liquid Film Boiling
,
Electrohydrodynamic Conduction Pumping
,
Dielectrophoresis
, and
Electrohydrodynamics
Creator:
O'Connor, Nathaniel
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Continuous Coverage Motion Planning on 3D Freeform Surfaces
Keyword:
Human-Robot Interaction
,
Coverage Path Planning
,
UV Mapping
, and
Constrained Motion Planning
Creator:
McGovern, Sean
Advisor:
Xiao, Jing
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Intuitive Teleoperation of a Robotic Arm and Gripper with Soft Pneumatic Haptic Feedback
Keyword:
Soft Robotics
,
Robot Arm Teleoperation
, and
Human-Robot Interaction
Creator:
Rameshwar, Raagini
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Development of Metal Ion Photocages with Selective Binding Receptors and Improved Photophysical Properties
Creator:
Hickey, Erin
Advisor:
Burdette, Shawn C
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Engineered blood vessels with spatially distinct regions for disease modeling
Keyword:
smooth muscle
,
bioreactor
,
microsphere
,
tissue engineered blood vessel
, and
disease modeling
Creator:
Strobel, Hannah A.
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Integrating Behavioral Economics into System Dynamics
Keyword:
Behavioral Lifecycle Hypothesis
,
Behavioral Economics
,
Discrete-time modeling
,
Quasi-hyperbolic Discounting
,
System Dynamics
, and
Continuous-time modeling
Creator:
Bah, Souleymane
Advisor:
Smith, Alexander D.
,
Radzicki, Michael J.
, and
Johnson, Sharon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
Understanding Processing-Microstructure-Fatigue Performance Relationships for Defect-Tolerant Design in Laser Powder Bed Fabricated Al-10Si-0.4Mg Alloys
Keyword:
additive manufacturing
,
defect tolerance
,
Al-10Si-0.4Mg
,
Fatigue
,
Fatigue crack growth
, and
laser powder bed
Creator:
Piette, Timothy
Advisor:
Lados, Diana A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-06-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
New developments in sequential change point detection for time series and spatio-temporal analysis
Creator:
Wang, Yanzhao
Advisor:
Zou, Frank
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-03-31
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Elucidating Mechanisms of Replication-associated Synthetic lethality with RB loss and PARP inhibition
Keyword:
DNA damage
,
RB1
,
Retinoblastoma
,
PARP
,
Replication
, and
Epigenetics
Creator:
Gutierrez Zamalloa, Luis
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-11-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Fundamental Understanding of Removal of Water from a Moist Porous Medium in the Absence and Presence of Ultrasound Mechanism
Keyword:
Energy Analysis
,
Water Removal
,
Multiphase
,
Ultrasound
,
Atomization
, and
Porous Media
Creator:
Noori O'Connor, Zahra
Advisor:
Tilley, Burt S.
and
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-03-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
NOVEL SMART POLYMER – SORBENT-BASED THERMAL BATTERY FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS
Keyword:
Thermal Energy Storage
,
Thermal Battery
,
Smart Polymer
,
Sorbent
, and
Cold Climates
Creator:
El Ouaragli, Jihan
Advisor:
Van Dessel, Steven
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Modelling and Evaluating Financial Sustainability using Data Envelopment Analysis and Machine Learning Methods
Keyword:
benchmarking
,
data envelopment analysis
,
optimization
,
performance evaluation
,
banking
, and
machine learning
Creator:
Shi, Yu
Advisor:
Zhu, Joe
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Integrating Personalized Learning into Online Education through Content Aggregation, Data Mining, and Reinforcement Learning
Creator:
Prihar, Ethan
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-03-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Knowledge Amalgamation from Heterogeneous Pre-Trained Models
Keyword:
Pre-Trained Models
,
Deep Learning
, and
Knowledge Amalgamation
Creator:
Thadajarassiri, Jidapa
Advisor:
Kong, Xiangnan
and
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Early Detection of Disease Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath through Nanomaterials-Based Sensors: A Comprehensive Investigation
Keyword:
Cancer biomarkers
,
Biosensors
,
In-vitro diagnosis
,
Disease diagnosis
, and
Nanomaterials
Creator:
Aasi, Aref
Advisor:
Panchapakesan, Balaji
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Domestication of Nonconventional Gram-negative Bacteria as Synthetic Biology Chassis
Creator:
Keating, Kevin
Advisor:
Young, Eric Mosher
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Bayesian Predictive Inference for a Study Variable Without Specifying a Link to the Covariates
Keyword:
small area estimation
,
stick-breaking prior
,
Bayesian predictive inference
,
survey weights
,
multinomial-Dirichlet model
, and
spatial modeling
Creator:
Lockwood, Ashley
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Metal Leaching and G-METS Distillation for Neodymium Magnet Scrap Recycling
Keyword:
Liquid Metal Leaching
,
Gravity- driven Multiple Effects Thermal System (GMETS) Distillation
,
Recycling
,
Techno-Economic Analysis
,
Business Model Canvas
, and
Rare Earth Metals
Creator:
Chinwego, Chinenye
Advisor:
Powell, Adam Clayton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Heat Release Rate of Fires Using Point-Based Sampling
Keyword:
Emissions
,
Crude oil
,
Oil spill
,
Pool fire
,
Combustion products
, and
Calorimetry
Creator:
Ho, Hsin-Hsiu
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Human-Robot Interfaces to Enable Effective and Effortless Control for Remote Manipulation of Tele-nursing Robot
Keyword:
Remote Manipulation
,
Tele-nursing Robot
,
Human-robot Interaction
,
Workload Estimation
,
Control Augmentation
, and
Robot Reliability
Creator:
Lin, Tsung-Chi
Advisor:
Li, Jane
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Enhancing STEM Learning in Pre-K-12 Education: A Multifaceted Approach to Supporting Students and Training Teachers
Creator:
Smith, Hannah
Advisor:
Ottmar, Erin R
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences & Technologies
A Holistic Framework of Synthesis and Characterization of Waste-based Geopolymers for Civil Engineering Applications
Keyword:
Sustainable Cementitious Material
,
Geopolymer
,
Chemical Volume Change
, and
Freeze-thaw Durability
Creator:
Zhao, Mengxuan
Advisor:
Tao, Mingjiang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
MICROSTRUCTURAL, CORROSION AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FRICTION-STIR WELDED JOINTS BETWEEN ALUMINUM AND MAGNESIUM ALLOYS
Keyword:
Intermetallic compound
,
Dissimilar joining
,
Light weight alloys
,
Corrosion
, and
Friction stir lap weld
Creator:
Ding, Qingli
Advisor:
Mishra, Brajendra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Family Influence, Entrepreneurial Passion and Gender: Multiple Case Studies of Saudi Family Businesses
Keyword:
Qualitative study
,
Family Business
,
F-PEC
,
Family Influence
,
Thematic Analysis
, and
Entrepreneurial Passion
Creator:
Khoja, Basma
Advisor:
Hoy, Francis
and
Garcia, Rosanna
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Entrepreneurship-Educated Black Entrepreneurs and Their Impacts Provided to Black Communities
Keyword:
Black Community
,
Black Entrepreneur
,
Entrepreneurship
, and
Entrepreneurship Education
Creator:
Rogers, Scorpio
Advisor:
Garcia, Rosanna
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Burning Behavior of Fuel on Water Under the Influence of Waves.
Keyword:
in-situ burning
,
water sublayer
,
pool fire
,
waves
, and
burning rate
Creator:
Sauer, Nathaniel
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Engineered Biological Construction Material: Self-healing Concrete and Self-healing Carbon Negative Enzymatic Construction Materials (ECM)
Keyword:
Enzyme
,
Construction Materials
,
Self healing Concrete
,
Carbon Negative
,
Decarbonation
, and
Mineralization
Creator:
Wang, Shuai
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Robust Representation Learning for Context Recognition on Weakly-supervised Mobile Sensed Data with Covariate-shifts
Keyword:
Human context recognition
,
Ubiquitous computing
,
Domain adaptation
, and
Adversarial machine learning
Creator:
Alajaji, Abdulaziz
Advisor:
Agu, Emmanuel O.
and
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Control and characterization of microtubule kinesin active fluid behavior
Keyword:
Kinesin
,
Soft matter
,
Microtubule
, and
Active matter
Creator:
Bate, Teagan
Advisor:
Wu, Kun-Ta
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Computationally Guided Design of Multiple Impurities Tolerant Cathode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications
Keyword:
Accelerated testing
,
Multiple impurities
,
CALPHAD
,
Cathodes
,
Long-term degradation
, and
SOFC
Creator:
Wang, Rui
Advisor:
Zhong, Yu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
The Effects of Immediate Feedback on Student Learning in Mathematics
Creator:
Razzaq, Renah
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences & Technologies
Analysis and Homogenization of Partial Differential Equations with Discontinuous Boundary Conditions
Keyword:
Reaction-diffusion-advection equations
,
Partial differential equations
,
Duality
,
Homogenization
,
Stokes equations
, and
Moving domains
Creator:
Sato, Riuji
Advisor:
Vernescu, Bogdan M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Passive Brain-Computer Interfaces for Non-Medical Applications
Keyword:
brain-computer interface
,
education data mining
, and
non-invasive neuorimaging
Creator:
Howell-Munson, Alicia
Advisor:
Solovey, Erin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
A Study of The Dynamic Behavior of Asphalt Material Under Milling Conditions
Keyword:
Dynamic Fragmentation
,
Impact Testing
,
RAP
,
Long-term Aging
,
Milling
, and
Asphalt Pavement
Creator:
Diouri, Kaoutar
Advisor:
Mallick, Rajib B.
and
El-Korchi, Tahar
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
MOLECULAR PATHWAY ANALYSIS OF BIOCRUDE FORMATION IN HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION
Keyword:
analytical chemistry
,
reaction kinetics
, and
waste to energy
Creator:
Leclerc, Heather
Advisor:
Teixeira, Andrew R
and
Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Safe Control of Cyber-Physical Systems under False Data Injection Attacks
Creator:
Li, Zhouchi
Advisor:
Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Surface Science of Low-Dimensional Materials: Controlling Chemical and Optoelectronic Structure, Connecting Dissimilar Materials, and Improving Atmospheric Stability
Keyword:
Low-dimensional materials surface science
,
Titania titanium dioxide TiO2
,
MXene
,
XPS
,
BiOI
, and
UPS
Creator:
Martin, Julia
Advisor:
Grimm, Ronald
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Emergy Analysis and Supply Chains A Circular Economy Byproduct Supply Chain Case Study
Keyword:
System Dynamics
,
Natural Resource Dependence Theory
,
Supply Chain
,
Emergy Analysis
,
Circular Economy
, and
Sustainable Supply Chain management
Creator:
Alkhuzaim, Lojain
Advisor:
Sarkis, Joseph
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Human Behavior Analysis via Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning
Creator:
Zhang, Xin
Advisor:
Li, Yanhua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Optimized Metals Separation for Remanufacturing of Product-Centric Recycled and Reclaimed Scrap
Keyword:
Secondary steelmaking
,
Electroplating
,
High temperature oxidation
,
Bimetallic composite
,
Metal coating recovery
, and
Recycling and recovery of metal
Creator:
Gupta, Akanksha
Advisor:
Mishra, Brajendra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Design of a Molten Salt Metal-Air Battery with High-Energy Density – Proof of Concept, Modeling, and Recharging
Keyword:
Zero-emission shipping
,
Oxygen reduction
,
Directional solidification
,
Metal-air battery
, and
Clean Energy
Creator:
Shahabi, Mahya
Advisor:
Powell, Adam Clayton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Dynamic Catalytic Microreactor Design and Operation in Overcoming Inherent Thermodynamic Limitations
Keyword:
Thermal Oscillations
,
Catalysis
,
Heat Transfer
,
Microreactors
, and
Reaction Engineering
Creator:
Armstrong, Cameron
Advisor:
Teixeira, Andrew R
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Data Science for Improving Operations in Organizations that Serve Vulnerable Populations
Keyword:
Government and Nongovernment Agencies
,
Applied Analytics
,
Data Science
,
Immigration
,
Data Science for Social Good
, and
Anti-human Trafficking
Creator:
Dimas, Geri
Advisor:
Trapp, Andrew C
and
Konrad, Renata
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Quasi-Static Griffith Fracture Evolution with Boundary Loads
Keyword:
Energy Drops
,
Boundary Loads
,
Free Discontinuity Problem
,
Quasi-Static Fracture Evolution
, and
Neumann Boundary Conditions
Creator:
Yousefi, Pooya
Advisor:
Larsen, Christopher J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
I. Enantioselective Alkynylation of Challenging, Biologically Relevant Tertiary Ether Stereocenters II. Enantioselective Catalytic Alkynylation of Quinolones III. Benzopyrylium Ions as Highly Tunable Organic Photocatalysts
Creator:
Buivydas, Tadas
Advisor:
Mattson, Anita Elaine
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Neural Networks Models for Multi-Attribute Assessment of Fine Grained Wound Images
Creator:
Liu, Ziyang
Advisor:
Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Exploring the Impact of Metallic Powder Quality on Cold Spray Processing and Consolidated Material Performance
Creator:
Grubbs, Jack
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Organic and Perovskite Light Emitting Devices: Effects of Interfacial and Layer Cracking on Device Performance and Failure Mechanisms
Keyword:
Energy Conversion
,
OLED Degradation
,
Mechanical Testing
,
Light Emitting Device
,
Interfacial Failure
, and
Perovskite
Creator:
Cromwell, Jaya
Advisor:
Soboyejo, Winston
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Numerical Modelling and Experiments of Silicon Electrodeposition by Solid Oxide Membrane - Molten Salt Electrolysis
Creator:
Moudgal, Aditya
Advisor:
Powell, Adam Clayton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Dissecting phospholipid metabolism pathways after glucose stress in C. elegans
Keyword:
Lipidomics
,
Phospholipids
,
Glucose
,
Fatty acids
,
Membrane
, and
C. elegans
Creator:
Vieira, Andre
Advisor:
Olsen, Carissa Lynn
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-11-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Towards an End-to-End Training Data Management System for Machine Learning Models
Keyword:
machine learning
,
anomaly detection
,
active learning
,
big data manangement
,
human-in-the-loop
, and
semi-supervised learning
Creator:
Zhang, Huayi
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-01-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF APOPTOSIS IN CALCIFICATION OF THE AORTIC VALVULAR INTERSTITIAL CELLS
Creator:
Jebeli, Mahvash
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Price Impact in the VIX Futures Market and Mean-Field Games in two Order Books
Keyword:
S&P500
,
VIX
,
ETFs
,
Price impact
,
ETNs
, and
VIX futures
Creator:
Santawisook, Patchara
Advisor:
Sturm, Stephan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Frequent Pattern Mining Analytics
Creator:
Lin, Xika
Advisor:
Kong, Xiangnan
,
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
, and
Eltabakh, Mohamed Y.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Optimal Control and Reinforcement Learning for Stochastic Systems under Temporal Logic Specifications
Keyword:
Reinforcement Learning
,
Optimal Control
,
Temporal Logic
,
Formal Methods
,
Robotics
, and
Markov Decision Process
Creator:
Li, Lening
Advisor:
Fu, Jie
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
SoAR (Soft Aerial Robot) – Origami-Inspired Morphing Fuselage Extends Flight Capabilities
Keyword:
Morphing fuselage
,
Soft aerial robot
,
Soft robotics
, and
Deformable flying robot
Creator:
Aihaitijiang, Abudula
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Advanced Control of Upper-Limb Prostheses with Time-Synchronized Distributed Wireless Electrodes
Creator:
Li, Jianan
Advisor:
Clancy, Ted
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
SEPARATION OF CHEMICALLY-BOUND COPPER IN STEEL SCRAP FOR RECYCLING
Keyword:
Recycling
,
Steel Scrap
, and
Pyrometallurgy
Creator:
Jin, Hyunsoo
Advisor:
Mishra, Brajendra
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-02-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Fundamental and Applied Studies in Modular and System-Level Novel Drying Technologies
Keyword:
Computational fluid dynamics
,
system-level modeling
,
energy reduction
,
heat and mass transfer
,
drying
, and
porous medium
Creator:
Asar Sarikaya, Munevver Elif
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-11-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Defining the mechanisms contributing to genomic instability following RB loss
Keyword:
Mitosis
,
Aurora B kinase
, and
Genomic Instability
Creator:
Crowley, Elizabeth
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Dual-Antiphase Patch Antennas for Microwave Imaging and Osteoporosis Screening Results Based on Neural Networks: Theoretical and Experimental Results
Keyword:
Microwave Imaging
,
Machine Learning
,
Antennas
, and
Osteoporosis
Creator:
Adams, Johnathan
Advisor:
Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Machine Learning Models for Parkinson's Disease Gait Assessment and Medication Adherence from Smartphone Sensor Data
Keyword:
Smartphone sensing
,
Gait assessment
,
Parkinson’s disease
,
Machine learning
,
Deep learning
, and
Medication Adherence
Creator:
Abujrida, Hamza
Advisor:
Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Understanding and Managing Emerging Fungal Infectious Diseases-Virulence Mechanisms, Drug Resistance and Discovery of Novel Antifungal Agents
Keyword:
Antifungal tolerance
,
Candida species
,
Fungal infectious disease
,
Novel treatment
,
Candida auris
, and
Antifungal resistance
Creator:
Yang, Bo
Advisor:
Rao, Reeta Prusty
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
The Impact of Latency on Players in First-person Shooter Games
Creator:
Liu, Shengmei
Advisor:
Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Modeling phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials to control elastic waves: self-collimation, bi-refringence, forward and inverse design
Keyword:
phononic crystal
,
high-throughput band gap generation
,
forward and inverse design
,
finite element analysis
,
self-collimation and bi-refringence
, and
ultrasonic and hypersonic elastic wave
Creator:
Das, Debanik
Advisor:
Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-08-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
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