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Palladium/Alloy-based Catalytic Membrane Reactor Technology Options for Hydrogen Production: A Techno-Economic Performance Assessment Study
Keyword:
Flexibility in engineering design
,
Hydrogen production
,
Economics & Finance/Energy/Environment
,
Economic performance assessment under uncertainty
,
Carbon capture
,
Palladium membrane lifetime
,
Monte-Carlo simulation
,
Membrane reactor module
, and
Catalytic membrane reactor technology
Creator:
Ma, Liang-Chih
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
and
Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-01-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Characterization of arginine methyltransferase PRMT8 in cells with increased plasticity
Keyword:
cancer biology
,
reprogramming
,
senesence
,
proliferation
, and
arginine methylation
Creator:
Hernandez, Sarah
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-01-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Mechanical Regulation of Apoptosis and Calcification within Valvular Interstitial Cells
Keyword:
calcification
,
apoptosis
,
calcific aortic valve disease
,
aortic valvular interstial cells
, and
traction force microscopy
Creator:
Cirka, Heather Ann
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Phosphoinositide Phase Behavior in Complex Lipid Monolayer Systems
Keyword:
phosphoinositides
,
monolayer
,
phospholipids
,
plasma membrane
, and
phosphatidylinositol
Creator:
King, Katrice
Advisor:
Gericke, Arne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Outlier Detection In Big Data
Keyword:
data analytics
,
big data
,
Outlier Detection
,
distributed algorithm
, and
data stream
Creator:
Cao, Lei
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-03-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Carbon nanotubes micro-arrays: characterization and application in biosensing of free proteins and label-free capture of breast cancer cells
Keyword:
field effect transistor
,
carbon nanotube
,
sensing
,
circulating tumor cells
,
label free
,
cancer cells
,
capture
,
biosensor
, and
micro arrays
Creator:
Khosravi, Farhad
Advisor:
Panchapakesan, Balaji
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-08-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Multi-Stage Sample Surveys
Keyword:
nonparametric procedure
,
Bayes factor
,
robustness
,
sample survey
,
posterior propriety
,
Small Area Estimation
, and
Dirichlet process
Creator:
Yin, Jiani
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
System Designs for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Image Assessment
Keyword:
K-Mean
,
Foot Ulcer
,
Image Capture Box
,
CRF
,
Mean Shift
, and
SVM
Creator:
Wang, Lei
Advisor:
Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-03-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Radio Propagation for Localization and Motion Tracking In Three Body Area Network Applications
Keyword:
Motion Classification
,
Body Area Network
, and
Localization
Creator:
Geng, Yishuang
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-10-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Studies of the relationship between the surface electromyogram, joint torque and impedance
Keyword:
biomedical signal analysis
,
motor units
,
Electromyogram
,
joint impedance
,
decomposition
,
EMG to torque
, and
EMG
Creator:
Dai, Chenyun
Advisor:
Clancy, Edward A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-12-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
A System Dynamics Approach to the Political Economy of Resource-dependent Nations
Keyword:
Simulation
,
natural resource curse
,
system dynamics
,
political economy
, and
economic development
Creator:
Pourmasoumi Langarudi, Saeed
Advisor:
Radzicki, Michael J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-12-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Social Science & Policy Studies
Statistical Methods for Characterizing Genomic Heterogeneity in Mixed Samples
Keyword:
Variational inference
,
Matrix factorization
,
Next-generation sequencing
,
Global optimization
,
Bayesian statistics
, and
Rare variant detection
Creator:
Zhang, Fan
Advisor:
Flaherty, Patrick J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
High Voltage Electrolyte Based on Fluorinated Compounds for High Energy Li-ion Chemistry
Keyword:
Li-ion batteries
,
High energy and high voltage battery system
, and
Fluoridated electrolyte
Creator:
He, Meinan
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Experimental and Computational Investigation of Electrohydrodynamically –Enhanced Nucleate Boiling
Keyword:
bubbles
,
Heat Transfer
,
dip
,
ehd
,
Electrohydrodynamics
, and
dielectrophoresis
Creator:
Neu, Samuel Charles
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-11-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Synthesis of Aluminum-Titanium Carbide Nanocomposites by the Rotating Impeller Gas-Liquid In-situ Method
Keyword:
fluid dynamics
,
growth interruption mechanism
,
transportation
,
GIM
,
gas-liquid in-situ method
,
particle size control
,
stiffness
,
scale up
,
rotating impeller
,
titanium carbide
,
nanocomposites
,
strength
,
Nanoparticles
,
microcomposites
,
structural applications
,
microparticles
,
high temperature applications
,
Automotive
,
Aluminum
,
dimensional analysis
,
elongation
,
Kinetics
,
aeronautics
, and
Thermodynamics
Creator:
Anza, Inigo
Advisor:
Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-09-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Distributed Adaptation Techniques for Connected Vehicles
Keyword:
Smart Vehicles
,
Connected Vehicles
, and
Connected Cars
Creator:
Aygun, Bengi
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-08-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Robotic System Development for Precision MRI-Guided Needle-Based Interventions
Keyword:
Image-guided therapy
,
MRI compatible robot
, and
Needle-based interventions
Creator:
Li, Gang
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-08-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Quasi-static Fracture Evolution with Cohesive Energy
Keyword:
Quasi-static Evolution
,
SBV functions
,
Fracture Mechanics
, and
Cohesive Energy
Creator:
Li, Yiqing
Advisor:
Larsen, Christopher J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-07-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Perspectives on Hybrid Electric Vehicles in the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
Keyword:
SAUDI ARABIA
,
Clustering Analysis
,
Structural equation modeling (SEM)
, and
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Creator:
Alzahrani, Khalid Mohammed
Advisor:
Zeng, Amy Z.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-06-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
The Use of Axiomatic Design in the Development of an Integrated, BIM Based Design Process
Keyword:
Design process
,
Building Information Modeling
, and
Axiomatic Design
Creator:
Gomez-Lara, Maria del Lourdes
Advisor:
Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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