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Luminescence and Photolysis in Organic- Inorganic Hybrid Coordination Polymers
Keyword:
Coordination Polymers
,
Photolysis
, and
Luminescence
Creator:
Yan, Jingjing
Advisor:
Burdette, Shawn C
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-10-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biochemistry and Chemistry
Design and Study of Collagen-Tethered LL37 for Chronic Wound Healing
Keyword:
Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation
,
chronic wounds
,
LL-37
,
Antimicrobial peptides
,
mechanism
,
wound healing
,
cCBD-LL37
,
collagen binding domain
,
fCBD-LL37
,
tether
, and
collagen
Creator:
Lozeau, Lindsay Dawn
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Electrically Conducting Biofibers: Approaches to Overcome the Major Challenges in the Clinical Translation of a Tissue Engineered Cardiac Patch
Keyword:
decellularization
,
plant scaffold
,
clinical translation
, and
cardiac tissue engineering
Creator:
Gershlak, Joshua R
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Automated whole-organism functional screening technologies and neurological disease models in C. elegans
Keyword:
Assay systems
,
C. elegans
,
Neurological disease
,
Biomedical engineering
, and
Neuroscience
Creator:
Lagoy, Ross Charles
Advisor:
Albrecht, Dirk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Design, Development, and Evaluation of Scaffolds for Data Interpretation Practices during Inquiry
Keyword:
scientific inquiry
,
scaffolding
, and
data interpretation
Creator:
Moussavi-Aghdam, Raha
Advisor:
Gobert, Janice
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Decoding Neural Circuits Modulating Behavioral Responses to Aversive Social Cues
Keyword:
C. elegans
,
Behavior
,
tyra-2
,
neurons
, and
neurobiology
Creator:
Chute, Christopher
Advisor:
Srinivasan, Jagan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Development of high-speed digital holographic shape and displacement measurement methods for middle-ear mechanics in-vivo
Keyword:
Tympanic membrane
,
Middle ear mechanics
,
Shape measurements
,
High-speed holographic interferometry
, and
Transient displacement measurements
Creator:
Razavi, Payam
Advisor:
Rosowski, John J.
and
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-03-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Side Channel Leakage Exploitation, Mitigation and Detection of Emerging Cryptosystems
Keyword:
Side channel attack
,
post-quantum crypto
,
t-test
, and
Threshold Implementations
Creator:
Chen, Cong
Advisor:
Eisenbarth, Thomas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-03-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Fibroblast activation and pro-fibrotic phenotypes: modulation by FGF2 and MAPK signaling
Keyword:
myofibroblast
,
MAPK
,
fibrosis
,
FGF2
, and
fibroblast
Creator:
Dolivo, David
Advisor:
Dominko, Tanja
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Utilizing Compliance To Address Modern Challenges in Robotics
Keyword:
legged robotics
,
Robotics
,
soft robotics
, and
Control
Creator:
Ozel, Selim
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
and
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Motion-Planning and Control of Autonomous Vehicles to Satisfy Linear Temporal Logic Specifications
Keyword:
Motion Planning
and
Linear Temporal Logic Specifications
Creator:
Zhang, Zetian
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Pattern Mining and Sense-Making Support for Enhancing the User Experience
Keyword:
Visualization
,
Sense-making
,
Data Mining
,
Query Optimization
,
Pattern Mining
, and
Sequence Prediction
Creator:
Mukherji, Abhishek
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Fe-Catalyzed Ca-H Oxidation of Tertiary Amines: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies
Keyword:
Catalysis
,
Synthesis
,
Chemistry
,
Oxidation
, and
mechanism
Creator:
Legacy, Christopher J.
Advisor:
Emmert, Marion H
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Modeling and Control of Kite Energy Systems
Keyword:
Added Mass Effects
,
Apparent Attitude Tracking
,
Kite Energy Systems
,
Lyapunov Methods
,
Power Generation Limit
,
Control
, and
Modeling
Creator:
Li, Haocheng
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
and
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Supported lipid bilayer interactions with nanoparticles, peptides and polymers
Keyword:
Amyloid peptide
,
Natural organic matter
,
Supported lipid bilayer
, and
Nanoparticles
Creator:
Kamaloo, Elaheh
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Multiple resonant multiconductor transmission line resonator design using circulant block matrix algebra
Keyword:
circulant block matrix algebra
,
Multiple resonance
, and
multiconductor transmission line resonator
Creator:
Tadanki, Sasidhar
Advisor:
Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Computational Modeling of Tethered Undersea Kites for Power Generation
Keyword:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
,
Tethered Underwater Kite Systems
, and
Ocean Renewable Energy
Creator:
Ghasemi, Amirmahdi
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
and
Tryggvason, Gretar
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-02-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Detecting Data Manipulation Attacks on Physiological Sensor Measurements in Wearable Medical Systems
Keyword:
Detection
,
Data Manipulation Attacks
, and
Wearable Medical System
Creator:
Cai, Hang
Advisor:
Venkatasubramanian, Krishna Kumar
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Mechanism of PTEN binding to model membranes
Keyword:
Kinetics
,
PTEN
,
single-molecule
,
phosphoinositides
,
PI(45)P2
, and
FRET
Creator:
Neumann, Brittany M
Advisor:
Gericke, Arne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Life Extension of High Temperature Structural Alloys by Surface Engineering in Gas and Vacuum Carburizing Atmospheres
Keyword:
superalloys; aluminizing; inter-metallics; carburi
Creator:
Wang, Anbo
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Kirchhoff Graphs
Keyword:
Kirchhoff graphs
,
matrices
,
vector graphs
, and
matroids
Creator:
Reese, Tyler Michael
Advisor:
Servatius, Brigitte
,
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
, and
Fehribach, Joseph D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-03-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
An Asymptotic Approach to Modeling Wave-geometry Interactions in an Electromagnetic Heat Exchanger
Keyword:
heat exchanger
,
microwave heating
,
high frequency
,
Homogenization
,
Mathematical Modeling
, and
thermal runaway
Creator:
Gaone, Joseph Michael
Advisor:
Tilley, Burt S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Refining Prerequisite Skill Structure Graphs Using Randomized Controlled Trials
Keyword:
Skills
,
Prerequisite Skills
,
Randomized Controlled Trials
,
Knowledge Components
, and
Prerequisite Structure Graphs
Creator:
Adjei, Seth Akonor
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Adaptive Energy Storage System Control for Microgrid Stability Enhancement
Keyword:
Adaptive Control
,
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
,
Microgrid
, and
Stability
Creator:
Zhang, Tan
Advisor:
Emanuel, Alexander E.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Foundation For Educational Research at Scale: Evolution and Application
Keyword:
ASSISTments TestBed
,
Randomized Controlled Trials
,
Assessment of Learning Infrastructure
,
Online Learning Environment
,
Educational Research
,
Self-Determination Theory
,
Learning Sciences
, and
ASSISTments
Creator:
Ostrow, Korinn S.
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Thermal Processing of Powder Aluminum Alloys for Additive Manufacturing Applications
Keyword:
Aluminum
,
powder
, and
Additive Manufacturing
Creator:
Walde, Caitlin
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Computer Vision System-On-Chip Designs for Intelligent Vehicles
Keyword:
FPGA
,
ASIC
,
Computer Vision
, and
Deep Learning
Creator:
Zhou, Yuteng
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Influence of Dusts on Premixed Methane-Air Flames
Keyword:
Laminar
,
radiation
,
dust
,
sodium bicarbonate
,
coal
,
inert
,
turbulent intensity
,
heat flux
,
premixed flame
,
Turbulence
,
dust concentration
, and
burning velocity
Creator:
Ranganathan, Sreenivasan
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-03-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Fuels using Dispersed Atomic-Size Catalysts
Keyword:
density functional theory
,
Modeling
,
reaction conditions
,
supported cluster stability
,
atomic-size catalysts
,
supported catalyst
, and
CO2 Reduction
Creator:
Iyemperumal, Satish Kumar
Advisor:
Deskins, N Aaron
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-06-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Investigation of the Effect of Oxides on the Critical Impact Velocity during the Cold Spray Process of High Purity Aluminum Powder
Keyword:
aluminum powder
,
oxide
,
bonding mechanism
, and
Cold spray
Creator:
Champagne,Jr., Victor K
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-10-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Modeling & Analysis of Design Parameters for Portable Hand Orthoses to Assist Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome Impairments and Prototype Design
Keyword:
orthoses
,
medical robotics
,
stroke
,
wearable robtoics
,
traumatic brain injury
,
hand biomechanics
,
assistive devices
,
exoskeletons
, and
grasping
Creator:
Nycz, Christopher Julius
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Motion Conflict Detection and Resolution in Visual-Inertial Localization Algorithm
Keyword:
motion conflict
,
sensor fusion
,
outlier rejection
,
IMU
,
Localization
,
visual inertial odometry
, and
SLAM
Creator:
Wisely Babu, Benzun
Advisor:
Duckworth, R. James
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-07-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
An Inductive Method of Measuring Students’ Cognitive and Affective Processes via Self-Reports in Digital Learning Environments
Keyword:
Affect
,
measures
,
learning analytics
,
Data Mining
,
emotion
,
self report
,
EDM
, and
Education
Creator:
Wixon, Naomi
Advisor:
Arroyo, Ivon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-07-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Automatic Detection of Cognitive Load and User’s Age Using a Machine Learning Eye Tracking System
Keyword:
Mental Effort
,
Machine Learning
,
Eye Tracking
,
Pupillary Response
,
User Profiling
, and
Cognitive Load
Creator:
Shojaeizadeh, Mina
Advisor:
Djamasbi, Soussan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Management
Perspectives in control of conditionally controllable problems
Keyword:
conditional controllability
,
input limitations
,
Control
, and
motion-planning
Creator:
Ghorbani Faal, Siamak
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Event stream analytics
Keyword:
Complex Event Processing
,
algorithms
,
Query Optimization
, and
Data streaming
Creator:
Poppe, Olga
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Characterization of the Near Plume Region of Hexaboride and Barium Oxide Hollow Cathodes operating on Xenon and Iodine
Keyword:
emissive probe
,
hollow cathode
,
iodine propellant
,
Langmuir probe
,
Electric Propulsion
,
electron energy distribution function
, and
plasma physics
Creator:
Taillefer, Zachary R
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Distributed Cooperative Communications and Wireless Power Transfer
Keyword:
energy harvesting
,
channel prediction
,
wireless power transfer
,
oscillator dynamics
,
throughput maximization
,
channel state feedback
,
outage probability
,
discrete-time algebraic Riccati equation
,
distributed communication systems
, and
synchronization
Creator:
Wang, Rui
Advisor:
Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-02-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Statistical Modelling and Performance Evaluation of TOA for Localization inside the Human Body using Computational Techniques
Keyword:
wireless health
,
Localization
,
Body Area Networks
, and
Radio propagation
Creator:
Khan, Umair
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Removal of Sulfamethoxazole by Adsorption and Biodegradation in the Subsurface: Batch and Column Experiments with Soil and Biochar Amendments
Keyword:
septic effluent
,
soil column
,
Biodegradation
,
subsurface
,
Adsorption
,
biochar
, and
sulfamethoxazole
Creator:
Yao, Wenwen
Advisor:
Mathisen, Paul P.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-01-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
A Set of Experiments Investigating Methods to Improve Student Learning Through Self-Regulated Learning
Keyword:
self-regulated learning
,
Learning Sciences
,
Educational Research
,
mathematics instruction
, and
Intelligent tutoring systems
Creator:
Kelly, Kim M
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-11-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences and Technologies
Towards Hands-On Cooperative Control for Closed-Loop MRI-Guided Targeted Prostate Biopsy
Keyword:
Prostate cancer
,
Image-guided therapy
,
Teleoperation
,
Surgical Robotics
,
Needle-based interventions
,
Cooperative Control
, and
MRI-compatible robot
Creator:
Wartenberg, Marek
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Functional Metrics in Axiomatic Design
Keyword:
Design
,
Axiomatic Design
, and
Metrics
Creator:
Henley, Richard
Advisor:
Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Towards Personalized Learning using Counterfactual Inference for Randomized Controlled Trials
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
student modeling
,
sequence autoencoder
,
counterfactual inference
, and
treatment effects
Creator:
Zhao, Siyuan
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Numerical Study of Heat and Mass Transfer Using Phase Change Materials
Keyword:
packaging
,
phase change material
, and
Drying
Creator:
Mahdavi Nejad, Alireza
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Melting of Ice and Formation of Lateral Cavity during In Situ Burning in Ice-Infested Waters
Keyword:
Marangoni convection
,
scaling
,
ice melting
,
in-situ burning
,
Arctic
, and
oil spill
Creator:
Farmahini Farahani, Hamed
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-02-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
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
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