Index Catalog // Digital WPI

Feasibility of the SIMSUPER Simulation Model in the Renovation of Building Projects

Keyword:: building renovation projects, building renovation, simsuper, and renovation projects
Creator:: Jimenez, Jose Manuel
Advisor:: Fitzgerald, Robert W., Pietroforte, Roberto, Albano, Leonard D., and Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Risk-Based Fire Research Decision Methodology

Keyword:: Risk, Expert Panel, Decision, Methodology, and Analytical Hierarchy Process
Creator:: Hansen, Richard L.
Advisor:: Noonan, Francis
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

An Information Theoretic Hierarchical Classifier for Machine Vision

Keyword:: pattern recognition, information theory, and machine vision
Creator:: Andrews, Michael J.
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Machine Vision System for Capture and Interpretation of an Orchestra Conductor's Gestures

Keyword:: color thresholding, assembly, virtual orchestra, center of mass calculation, MIDI, broadway, Video For Windows, contour extraction, and area calculation
Creator:: Driscoll, Michael T.
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

The Effect of Superheat on Liquid Droplets in a Supersonic Freestream

Keyword:: droplet disruption, supersonic crossflow, superheat, and droplet injection
Creator:: Newman, Aaron W.
Advisor:: Hermanson, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

A Feasibility Study of Bioremediation in a Highly Organic Contaminated Soil

Keyword:: Biodegradation, Petroleum Hydrocarbons, and Bioremediation
Creator:: Walsh, Jami Beth
Advisor:: O'Shaughnessy, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems on Reconfigurable Hardware

Keyword:: FPGA, Cryptography, and elliptic curves
Creator:: Rosner, Martin Christopher
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-06-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Modular Exponentiation on Reconfigurable Hardware

Keyword:: Reconfigurable Hardware, FPGA, Public-Key Cryptography, Modular Exponentiation, RSA, and Montgomery multiplication
Creator:: Blum, Thomas
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-09-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Langmuir Probe Measurements in the Plume of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster

Keyword:: satellite propulsion systems, Langmuir probe, and Pulsed Plasma Thruster
Creator:: Eckman, Robert Francis
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to Model Flow at Pump Intakes

Keyword:: pump intakes, CFD, and flow
Creator:: Roberge, Jennifer Anne
Advisor:: Mathisen, Paul P.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-09-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Verification and Adaptation of an Infiltration Model for Water at Various Isothermal Temperature Conditions

Keyword:: capillarity, isothermal temperatures, soil infiltration, and soils
Creator:: Schaffer, Joseph F.
Advisor:: Kao, Cindy Sue-Shih
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Definition of a Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitope of the Sin Nombre Hantavirus G2 Glycoprotein

Keyword:: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, hantavirus, Sin Nombre, and T-cell lines
Creator:: Vollaro, Cindy M.
Advisor:: Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Multicast-Based Interactive-Group Object-Replication For Fault Tolerance

Keyword:: multicast, commit protocol, CORBA, and Fault Tolerance
Creator:: Soria-Rodriguez, Pedro
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Negotiation Between Distributed Agents in a Concurrent Engineering System

Keyword:: powder ceramic components design, cooperative multi-agent problem-solving, conflict resolution, negotiation, and concurrent design
Creator:: Victor, Sundar K.
Advisor:: Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Conflicts and Negotiations in Single Function Agent Based Design Systems

Keyword:: conflict management, routine parametric design, single function agents, multi-agent design systems, and negotiation
Creator:: Berker, Ilan
Advisor:: Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

The Application of Parametric Software into the Undergraduate Computer-Aided Manufacturing Environment

Keyword:: computer-aided manufacturing, Education, Pro/Engineer, manufacturing, Design, curriculum, and CAM
Creator:: Cournoyer, Richard John
Advisor:: Fofana, Mustapha S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Manufacturing Engineering

Single Function Agents and their Negotiation Behavior in Expert Systems

Keyword:: agent communication, single function agents, multi-agent design systems, CLIPS expert system shell, negotiation, and types of agents
Creator:: Dunskus, Bertram V.
Advisor:: Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

SNEAKERS: A Concurrent Engineering Demonstration System

Keyword:: manager education, tower design, multi-agent design systems, and concurrent engineering
Creator:: Douglas, Robert E., Jr.
Advisor:: Zenger, David C. and Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Characterization of Radioactivity in the Environment

Keyword:: radioactivity, quantification of radionuclides, and Environment
Creator:: Borrelli, Robert Angelo
Advisor:: O'Shaughnessy, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Use of Fire Plume Theory in the Design and Analysis of Fire Detector and Sprinkler Response

Keyword:: automatic sprinkler systems, fire detector, and fire plume
Creator:: Schifiliti, Robert P.
Advisor:: Beyler, Craig L. and Custer, Richard L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-01-18
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

Efficient Algorithms for Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems

Keyword:: Cryptography, Galois Fields, and elliptic curves
Creator:: Guajardo, Jorge
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-03-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Value Engineering for Small Transportation Projects

Keyword:: DOT, transportation, highway, and value engineering
Creator:: Clark, Jennifer Anne
Advisor:: Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-03-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Intramolecular Energy Transfer in Polychromophores that Utilize Peptide Bridging Groups

Keyword:: peptides, triplet energy transfer, and chromophores
Creator:: Ferguson, David C
Advisor:: McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Computation in Optimal Extension Fields

Keyword:: Cryptography, Implementation, and finite fields
Creator:: Bailey, Daniel V
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-04-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

The Exploration of Tissue pH and its Relationship to Bacterial Contamination

Keyword:: tissue pH, infection, and wound care
Creator:: Shorrock, Susan M.
Advisor:: Kun, Stevan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

Verification Studies of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Fixed Bed Heat Transfer

Keyword:: Fixed bed, Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, Heat Transfer, and packed bed
Creator:: Nijemeisland, Michiel
Advisor:: Dixon, Anthony G.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

Bayesian Analysis of Cancer Mortality Rates from Different Types and their Relative Occurrences

Keyword:: Bayesian method and mapping
Creator:: Delcroix, Sophie M.
Advisor:: Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-12-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Scalable Visual Hierarchy Exploration

Keyword:: database backend, recursive queries, hierarchical structures, prefetching, visual exploration, and Semantic Caching
Creator:: Stroe, Ionel Daniel
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A. and Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

A 12-b 50Msample/s Pipeline Analog to Digital Converter

Keyword:: folding, Digital, Flash, ADC, Converter, and analog
Creator:: Carter, Nathan R
Advisor:: McNeill, John A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Analysis of Various Bioreactor Configurations for Heavy Metal Removal Using the Fungus Penicillium ochro-chloron

Keyword:: Penicillium ochro-chloron, bioreactor, and fungus
Creator:: Andersson, Eva Lotta
Advisor:: Iorio, Alexander A. Di and Crusberg, Theodore C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Association Rule Mining for Collaborative Recommender Systems

Keyword:: Association Rules, Collaborative Recommender Systems, Electronic Commerce, and Data Mining
Creator:: Lin, Weiyang
Advisor:: Ruiz, Carolina
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-15
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

A Molecular and Immunological Investigation of Cellular Responses to Dengue Virus: Identification of Potentially Upregulated Host Genes and the Construction of a Vaccinia Virus Expressing the Dengue 1 Hawaii NS3 Protein

Keyword:: CTL and dengue
Creator:: Brown, Jennifer L.
Advisor:: Rothman, Alan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-03-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Alternate Computer Models of Fire Convection Phenomena for the Harvard Computer Fire Code

Keyword:: computer, fire code, computer fire modeling, and Fire
Creator:: Beller, Douglas K.
Advisor:: Beyler, Craig L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-06-15
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

Improvements to the weak-post W-beam guardrail

Keyword:: splice connection, post-rail connection, Finite Element Analysis, and guardrail system
Creator:: Engstrand, Klas E
Advisor:: Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-06-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Design of a non-snagging guardrail post

Keyword:: guardrail post, Finite Element Analysis, and snagging
Creator:: Karlsson, Jessica E
Advisor:: Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-06-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Singlet-Singlet and Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer in Polychromophoric Peptides

Keyword:: energy transfer and peptides
Creator:: Benco, John S
Advisor:: McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-08-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Determination of Average Lift of a Rapidly Pitching Airfoil

Keyword:: stall, dynamic, and pitching
Creator:: Linn, Anthony Blane
Advisor:: Durgin, William W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Ultrasound Characterization of Structure and Density of Coral as a Model for Trabecular Bone

Keyword:: trabecular bone, impulse response, coral, Osteoporosis, angular decorrelation function, BUA, Ultrasound, and BMD
Creator:: Sun, Yurong
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-08-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Spreading of Initially Spherical Viscous Droplets

Keyword:: Stability, solid, surface tension, viscosity, oscillatory, viscous, splash, crown, microgravity, unstable, Surface, gravity, spreading, stable, map, and droplets
Creator:: Kotikalapudi, Sivaramakrishna
Advisor:: Hermanson, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-09-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Synthesis Effects on Grain Size and Phase Content in the Anatase-Rutile TiO2 System

Keyword:: titania, grain size, and rutile
Creator:: Farrell, Kimberly A.
Advisor:: Demetry, Chrysanthe
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-08-16
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

FEM Mesh Mapping to a SIMD Machine Using Genetic Algorithms

Keyword:: FEM mesh elements, mapping, and Genetic Algorithm
Creator:: Dunkelberg, Jr., John S.
Advisor:: Becker, Lee A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-01-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

The Application of the Mordell-Weil Group to Cryptographic Systems

Keyword:: Frobenius map, point multiplication, Mordell-Weil group, and elliptic curves
Creator:: Weimerskirch, Andre
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Automated Discovery of Numerical Approximation Formulae Via Genetic Programming

Keyword:: approximations, Artificial Intelligence, Genetic Programming, and Machine Learning
Creator:: Streeter, Matthew J
Advisor:: Becker, Lee A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Reconstructing specular objects with Image Based Rendering using Color Caching

Keyword:: image based rendering, specular, scene reconstruction, vision, graphics, and color consistency
Creator:: Chhabra, Vikram
Advisor:: Stevens, Mark R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-27
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

An Experimental Study of Flame Lengths and Emissions of fully-Modulated Diffusion Flames

Keyword:: Flame Lengths, Emissions, Diffusion Flames, Fully-Modulated, and Pulsed
Creator:: Usowicz, James E
Advisor:: Hermanson, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Characterization of the Mechanosensitivity of Tactile Receptors using Multivariate Logistical Regression

Keyword:: cutaneous mechanoreceptors and logistical regression
Creator:: Bradshaw, Sam
Advisor:: Looft, Fred J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Garbage Collection for Java Distributed Objects

Keyword:: Java, weak reference, distributed garbage collection, reference objects, and distributed objects
Creator:: Dancus, Andrei Arthur
Advisor:: Finkel, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

InterDraw - An Online, Interactive, Collaborative Art Program

Keyword:: collaborative art, computer graphics, drawing, graphics, art, online, and Java
Creator:: Babic, Kristopher T
Advisor:: Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-17
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Adaptive Explicit Congestion Notification (AECN) for Heterogeneous Flows

Keyword:: AECN, Heterogeneous Flows, ECN, Goodput, RED, and Fairness
Creator:: Zheng, Zici
Advisor:: Kinicki, Robert
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Computer Architectures for Cryptosystems Based on Hyperelliptic Curves

Keyword:: Hyperelliptic curves, polynomial arithmetic, hardware architectures, gcd, cryptosystem, and binary field arithmetic
Creator:: Wollinger, Thomas Josef
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Low-Order Modeling of Freely Vibrating Flexible Cables

Keyword:: nonlinear dynamics and flow induced vibrations
Creator:: Davis, Michael P.
Advisor:: Olinger, David J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-27
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

XEM: XML Evolution Management

Keyword:: Schema Evolution, Consistency Preservation, XML, and Taxonomy of Changes
Creator:: Kramer, Diane S.
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-07-21
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Tissue Ischemia Monitoring Using Impedance Spectroscopy: Clinical Evaluation

Keyword:: non-invasive instrumentation, ischemia, and impedance spectroscopy
Creator:: Songer, Jocelyn Evelyn
Advisor:: Kun, Stevan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-08-27
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

Probing for a Continual Validation Prototype

Keyword:: probes, run-time monitoring, probing, continual validation, and software probes
Creator:: Gill, Peter W.
Advisor:: Heineman, George T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-08-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Efficient Algorithms for Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems on Embedded Systems

Keyword:: Cryptography, Implementation, and finite fields
Creator:: Woodbury, Adam D
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-10-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

DNA Vaccines Against HIV-1: Augmenting Immunogenicity of gp120

Keyword:: Vaccine, Immunology, AIDS, Gene Therapy, and HIV
Creator:: Farfan Arribas, Diego Jose
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-07
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Investigation of Measurement Artifacts Introduced By Horizontal Scanning Surface Profiling Instruments

Keyword:: Anisotropy, Surface Metrology, Fractal, Scanning, Scanning Instruments, and Surface
Creator:: Bergstrom, Torbjorn S
Advisor:: Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Manufacturing Engineering

Near Field Development of Buoyancy Driven Flows

Keyword:: Unsteady, Near Field, starting flow, and buoyant
Creator:: Bond, Derek P
Advisor:: Johari, Hamid
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Visual Hierarchical Dimension Reduction

Keyword:: high dimensional data set, Sunburst, scatterplot matrices, Hierarchy, parallel coordinates, Multi-Dimensional Visualization, Dimension Reduction, and star glyphs
Creator:: Yang, Jing
Advisor:: Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Synthesis of Rigidly Linked Polychromophores for Intramolecular Energy Transfer Study

Keyword:: Rigidly Linked Polychromophores, Triplet, and Intramolecular Energy Transfer
Creator:: Zhang, Rong
Advisor:: Weininger, Stephen J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Artificial Turbulent Bursts

Keyword:: Turbulence and artificial generation of turbulent bursts
Creator:: McIlhenny, Julia F
Advisor:: Durgin, William W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Automated On-line Diagnosis and Control Configuration in Robotic Systems Using Model Based Analytical Redundancy

Keyword:: robotic system, Neural Networks, isolation, SCARA robot, accommodation, and robust fault detection
Creator:: Kmelnitsky, Vitaly M
Advisor:: Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-02-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Evolution of the Eutectic Microstructure in Chemically Modified and Unmodified Al-Si Alloys

Keyword:: Solidification, Casting, Eutectic, and Aluminum-Silicon
Creator:: Guthy, Hema Vardhan
Advisor:: Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

Modeling the Dynamic Composition of Engineered Cartilage

Keyword:: biosynthesis, chondrocyte, and Tissue Engineering
Creator:: Wilson, Christopher G
Advisor:: Bonassar, Lawrence J. and Kohles, Sean S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-03-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

Developmentally Interesting Cytokines Upregulated During Human Stem Cell Amplification In Vitro

Keyword:: Stem cells and cytokines
Creator:: Amaral, Lizabeth Pereira
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Activation of TNF alpha, IL1-beta and Type-i IFn Pathways in human umbilical vein endothelial cells During Dengue 2 Virus Infection

Keyword:: IL1-beta, TNF-alpha, Type-I IFN, and Dengue virus
Creator:: Warke, Rajas V
Advisor:: Bosch, Irene
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-24
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Navier/Stokes/Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Modeling of Small Cold Gas Thruster Nozzle and Plume Flows

Keyword:: Plume, Numerical Modelling, Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, DSMC, and Nozzle
Creator:: Nanson III, Richard A
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-24
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

IP Traffic Statistics - A Markovian Approach

Keyword:: performance of channel assignment procedure and fit parallel Erlang-K distributions to time series
Creator:: Staake, Thorsten R
Advisor:: Bromberg, Matthew C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Optimization of a Technique for Phosphorescence Lifetime Imaging of Oxygen Tension in the Mouse Retina

Keyword:: Retina, Phosphorescence, Imaging, and eye
Creator:: Kight, Amanda C.
Advisor:: Shonat, Ross D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

Efficient NTRU Implementations

Keyword:: unified multiplier, Cryptography, NTRU, Montgomery multiplier, and scalable multiplier
Creator:: O'Rourke, Colleen Marie
Advisor:: Sunar, Berk
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Methodology for Correlating Experimental and Finite Element Modal Analyses on Valve Trains

Keyword:: correlation, modal analysis, and valve train
Creator:: Giorelli, Massimo
Advisor:: Norton, Robert L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Molecular Analysis of Turnip Crinkle Virus Coat Protein Mutations

Keyword:: Turnip crinkle virus, arabidopsis, protein interaction, resistance, and coat protein
Creator:: Zhan, Ye
Advisor:: Wobbe, Kristin K.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Versatile Montgomery Multiplier Architectures

Keyword:: modular multiplication, public key cryptography, computer arithmetic, VLSI, montgomery, and high radix
Creator:: Gaubatz, Gunnar
Advisor:: Sunar, Berk
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Formal Analysis of Component Adaptation Techniques

Keyword:: Z notations, formal analysis, EJB, and Active Interfaces
Creator:: Kanetkar, Kavita Vijay
Advisor:: Heineman, George T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Telomerase Activity in Human Umbilical Cord Cell Populations Containing Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Keyword:: Umbilbical cord blood and Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Creator:: Murthy, Vidya
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Optimization Strategies for Data Warehouse Maintenance in Distributed Environments

Keyword:: Batch, Data Warehouse Maintenance, Concurrent, Parallel, Schema Change, and Data Update
Creator:: Liu, Bin
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Direct Demonstration of Self-Similarity in a Hydrodynamic Treatment of Polymer Self-Diffusion

Keyword:: hydrodynamic, self-similarity, and polymer self-diffusion
Creator:: Merriam, Susan Carol
Advisor:: Phillies, George D.J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Physics

Evaluation of New Test Methods for Fire Fighting Clothing

Keyword:
Creator:: Gagnon, Brian D.
Advisor:: Dembsey, Nicholas A. and Keltner, N. R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-04-18
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

Polyhedral Models

Keyword:: Polyhedron, animation, and rigid motion
Creator:: Eshaq, Hassan
Advisor:: Servatius, Brigitte
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Faster Training of Neural Networks for Recommender Systems

Keyword:: Neural Networks, recommender systems, and mixture of experts
Creator:: Kogel, Wendy E.
Advisor:: Alvarez, Sergio A. and Ruiz, Carolina
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

MASS: A Multi-Axis Storage Structure for Large XML Documents

Keyword:: path expression, indexing, axis, lossless, XML, inlined, compression, order, and XPath
Creator:: Deschler, Kurt W
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Development of an Unstructured 3-D Direct Simulation Monte Carlo/Particle-in-Cell Code and the Simulation of Microthruster Flows

Keyword:: microthrusters, DSMC, micronozzles, PIC, and unstructured mesh
Creator:: Hammel, Jeffrey Robert
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Effect of Pixel Size and Scintillator on Image Quality of a CCD-Based Digital X-ray Imaging System.

Keyword:: digital x-ray imaging, pixel size, and scintillator
Creator:: Leal, Michael J.
Advisor:: Peura, Robert A., Sotak, Christopher H., and Karellas, Andrew
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

Singlet-Singlet and Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer in Bichromophoric Cyclic Peptides

Keyword:: molecular electronics, energy transfer, triplet-triplet, and singlet-singlet
Creator:: Guler, Mustafa Ozgur
Advisor:: McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Synthesis of Fmoc-3-(N-ethyl-3-carbazolyl)-L-alanine and Its Incorporation into a Cyclic Peptide

Keyword:: 9-anthrylalanine, solid-phase peptide synthesis, cyclization, chiral amino acids, N-ethyl-3-carbazolylalanine, enzymatic resolution, cyclic peptide, and chromophore
Creator:: Pan, Jinhong
Advisor:: Weininger, Stephen J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-08-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Performance Characteristics of PBI-based High Temperature Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Keyword:: PBI, DMFC, and Fuel Cells
Creator:: Knox, Daniel
Advisor:: Datta, Ravindra
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-08-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

Study of Hot Tearing in Cast and Wrought Aluminum Alloys

Keyword:: Hot tearing, Aluminum, and index
Creator:: Wu, Qinxin
Advisor:: Apelian, Diran
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-08-20
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

DNA Binding Activities in Cerebellar Granule Cell Neurons Recognizing the Promoter for The GABA(A)-alpha6 Receptor Subunit

Keyword:: NF-1 and granule cell neuron
Creator:: Stock, Rachel E.
Advisor:: Kilpatrick, Daniel L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-08-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

High Strength Bonding of Sapphire

Keyword:: sapphire and bonding
Creator:: Fiore, Daniel F
Advisor:: Katz, R. Nathan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-08-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

Ultrasonic Measurement of Thin Condensing Fluid Films

Keyword:: condensation, microgravity, and Ultrasound
Creator:: Shear, Michael A
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-09-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Process Based Cost Model for Multi-Layer Ceramic Manufacturing of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Keyword:: Fuel cell, SOFC, PBCM, Solid oxide fuel cell, process based cost model, mulit-layer ceramics, and Cost Model
Creator:: Koslowske, Mark T.
Advisor:: Bar-On, Isa
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2003-08-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

Apparatus to Deliver Light to the Tip-sample Interface of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

Keyword:: atomic force microscope, photoinduced, tip-sample interface, photocycle, purple membrane, molecular conformation, photoinduced conformation change, photomechanics, AFM, PLDS, bacteriorhodopsin, photoactive, photoreactive, and bimetallic bending
Creator:: Thoreson, Erik J.
Advisor:: Burnham, Nancy A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-10-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Physics

Implementation of an Actuator Placement, Switching Algorithm for Active Vibration Control in Flexible Structures

Keyword:: Piezoelectric actuators, LQR, Switching policy, Active vibration control, FEA, Actuator placement algorithm, dSPACE, Supervisory control, and Galerkin
Creator:: Swathanthira Kumar, Murali Murugavel Manjakkattuvalasu
Advisor:: Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-11-20
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Analysis of Telomerase Activity and Telomere Lengths in Human Umbilical Cord Cell Populations During Ex Vivo Amplification of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Keyword:: Telomerase Activity, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, and Telomere Lengths
Creator:: Chomal, Manish R
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-12-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Fire-Robust Structural Engineering: A Framework Approach to Structural Design for Fire Conditions

Keyword:: Finite Element, framework approach, Steel, Performance-Based Design, Fire Safety, beam, structural engineering, restrained, information management, laboratory tests, plastic analysis, and lumped-parameter
Creator:: Johann, Matthew A.
Advisor:: Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-12-19
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

Survival and Differentiation of Implanted Skeletal Myoblasts in the Native and in the Cryoinjured Myocardium

Keyword:: desmin, myoblasts, cryoinjury, myosin heavy chain, dexamethasone, infarction, and differentiation
Creator:: Razvadauskaite, Giedre
Advisor:: Molnar, Gyongyi
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2003-01-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Modeling of an Aerospace Sand Casting Process

Keyword:: Sand casting and Modeling
Creator:: Ziolkowski, Joseph Edmund
Advisor:: Apelian, Diran
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-12-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

A Pragmatic View of MANET Performance Evaluation and Design of a Prototype MAC Level Routing Algorithm

Keyword:: ad hoc networking, MAC routing protocols, Performance Evaluation, and MANET
Creator:: Thurston, Michael J
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2003-01-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Ultrasound as a Sole or Synergistic Disinfectant in Drinking Water

Keyword:: disinfectant, water, Ultrasound, and drinking
Creator:: Wong, Kar Yee Karen
Advisor:: Plummer, Jeanine D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2003-01-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Investigation of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster Plume Using a Quadruple Langmuir Probe Technique

Keyword:: spacecraft, langmuir probes, and Electric Propulsion
Creator:: Zwahlen, Jurg C
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2003-01-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

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