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A Bayesian Analysis of BMI Data of Children from Small Domains: Adjustment for Nonresponse
Keyword:
BMI; Bayesian; nonignorable nonresponse; small dom
Creator:
Zhao, Hong
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Expression of Class I Histone Deacetylases in Insect Cells
Keyword:
histone deacetylase
Creator:
Bryan, Erin E
Advisor:
Wobbe, Kristin K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Application of Reliability-Centered Maintenance in Facility Management
Keyword:
maintenance strategy
and
RCM
Creator:
Martinez, Jorge
Advisor:
Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
The stochastic discount factor and the generalized method of moments
Keyword:
SDF
,
GMM
, and
CAPM
Creator:
Koci, Eni
Advisor:
Roman, Luis J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-31
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Design of a Power-Assist Hemiplegic Wheelchair
Keyword:
hemiplegia
,
Wheelchair
,
Design
,
one-arm
, and
power-assist
Creator:
Liadis, Keith Nicholas
Advisor:
Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Classification via distance profile nearest neighbors
Keyword:
Classification
and
distance profile nearest neighbor
Creator:
Moraski, Ashley M.
Advisor:
Wilbur, Jayson D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Heavy Metal ATPases from Archaeabacteria to Plants
Keyword:
plants
,
archaebacteria
, and
PIB-ATPases
Creator:
Orofino, Maria J
Advisor:
Argüello, José M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Cloning and Expression of Thermophilic, Mesophilic, and Psychrophilic Zn2+ Transporting ATPases
Keyword:
Heavy metals
,
ATPase
,
Zn-transporter
,
Lipids
, and
Membranes
Creator:
Sands, Eric R
Advisor:
Argüello, José M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ring Resonator Method for Dielectric Permittivity Measurements of Foams
Keyword:
ring resonator
,
dielectric permittivity
, and
dielectric measurement
Creator:
Waldron, Isaac James
Advisor:
Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Effects of Cellular Apoptosis on Productivity of a Mammalian Cell Culture Process
Keyword:
productivity
and
apoptosis
Creator:
Cote, Shelly A.
Advisor:
Iorio, Alexander A. Di
,
Rulfs, Jill
, and
Lee, Brian
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Model-based calibration of a non-invasive blood glucose monitor
Keyword:
robust regression
,
glucose
,
local regression
,
partial least squares regression
,
Diabetes
,
non-invasive
,
weighted least squares regression
,
ridge regression
, and
ordinary least squared regression
Creator:
Shulga, Yelena A
Advisor:
Wilbur, Jayson D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-11
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Design of a Wearable Ultrasound System
Keyword:
Ultrasound
and
wearable computing
Creator:
Cordeiro, Philip Joseph
Advisor:
Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-14
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mining Oncology Data: Knowledge Discovery in Clinical Performance of Cancer Patients
Keyword:
Knowledge Discovery in Databases
,
Databases
,
Cancer
,
Clinical Performance
,
oncology
, and
Data Mining
Creator:
Hayward, John T
Advisor:
Ruiz, Carolina
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-16
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Slurry Test Evaluation for In-Situ Remediation of TCE Contaminated Aquifer
Keyword:
In-Situ
,
TCE
, and
chemical oxidation
Creator:
Sharma, Sachin
Advisor:
Bergendahl, John Andrew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-23
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Combined Fermentation and Recovery Using Expanded Bed Chromatography
Keyword:
Pichia pastoris
and
expanded bed chromatography
Creator:
Cochran, Keith Jacob
Advisor:
Iorio, Alexander A. Di
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Development of a Signal Processing Library for Extraction of SpO2, HR, HRV, and RR from Photoplethysmographic Waveforms
Keyword:
wearable medical sensors
,
digital signal processing
,
Software Development
,
Arterial Oxygen Saturation
,
embedded systems
,
heart rate variability
,
Pulse Oximetry
,
Heart rate
, and
respiration rate
Creator:
Johnston, William S.
Advisor:
Mendelson, Yitzhak
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-07-31
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Design of a High Data Rate Audio Band OFDM Modem
Keyword:
Modem
,
OFDM
, and
Data
Creator:
Navalekar, Abhijit C
Advisor:
Michalson, William R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Design and Manufacture of an Elevating/Articulating Manual Wheelchair Legrest
Keyword:
Wheelchair
and
legrest
Creator:
Couture, Eric Daniel
Advisor:
Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Sugar Control of Artemisinin Production
Keyword:
Artemisinin
,
sugar
,
signal
,
sugar analog
, and
Artemisia annua
Creator:
Wang, Yi
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds from Electrospun PVA/inorganic Sol Precursors
Keyword:
Electrospinning
,
hydroxyapatite
, and
scaffold
Creator:
Dai, Xiaoshu
Advisor:
Shivkumar, Satya
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Mouse strain-specific splicing of Apobec3
Keyword:
gene function and regulation
,
apobec3
,
genetics
, and
splicing
Creator:
Casey, Ryan Edward
Advisor:
Wobbe, Kristin K.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-22
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Bayesian Logistic Regression with Spatial Correlation: An Application to Tennessee River Pollution
Keyword:
MCMC
,
Logistic regression
,
Bayesian statistics
, and
spatial statistics
Creator:
Marjerison, William M
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-15
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
FDS Modelling of Hot Smoke Testing, Cinema and Airport Concourse
Keyword:
FDS
,
smoke
,
CFD
,
computer modelling
, and
Hot smoke test
Creator:
Webb, Alex K
Advisor:
Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Evaluation of FDS V.4: Upward Flame Spread
Keyword:
FDS
,
PMMA
, and
Fire Spread
Creator:
Kwon, Jaewook
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-09-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Splitting Frames Based on Hypothesis Testing for Patient Motion Compensation in SPECT
Keyword:
motion compensation, SPECT
and
hypothesis testing
Creator:
MA, LINNA
Advisor:
Gennert, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
An Investigation of the Cause of Leak Formation in Palladium Composite Membranes.
Keyword:
leak formation
and
palladium composite membrane
Creator:
Saini, Alpna
Advisor:
Ma, Yi Hua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Hot Surface Ignition Temperature of Dust Layers with and without Combustible Additives
Keyword:
self-heating
,
hot surface ignition temperature
, and
combustible liquid additives
Creator:
Park, Haejun
Advisor:
Zalosh, Robert G.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Removal of estrone from water with adsorption and UV Photolysis
Keyword:
Zeolite
,
regeneration
,
Adsorption
,
UV
, and
Estrone
Creator:
Wen, Huajing
Advisor:
Bergendahl, John Andrew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Evaluating User Feedback Systems
Keyword:
implicit indicators
,
implicit feedback
,
search engine
,
mandatory feedback
,
document relevance
,
explicit feedback
, and
voluntary feedback
Creator:
Menard, Jr., Kevin Joseph
Advisor:
Claypool, Mark L.
and
Brown, David C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Formation and Distribution of Porosity in Al-Si Welds
Keyword:
hot cracking
and
Porosity
Creator:
Legait, Pierre-Alexandre
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-08
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Physical and Chemical Mechanisms of Lubricant Removal During Stage I of the Sintering Process
Keyword:
De-lubrication
and
Powder Metallurgy
Creator:
Gateaud, Arnaud
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
A Study on Pulsation In Runehamar Tunnel Fire Tests With Forced Longitudinal Ventilation
Keyword:
pulsation
,
fluctuation
,
oscillation
,
FDS
,
tunnel fire
,
forced ventilation
, and
fire dynamics simulator
Creator:
Kim, Mihyun Esther
Advisor:
Woycheese, John P.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-10-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Rapid Frequency Estimation
Keyword:
frequency estimation
,
Singular Value Decomposition
,
rapid frequency estimation
,
ECM
,
SVD
, and
DSS
Creator:
Koski, Antti E.
Advisor:
Cyganski, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-03-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Nucleation and Growth of Crystals of Pharmaceuticals on Functionalized Surfaces
Keyword:
polymorph
,
monolayer
, and
crystal growth
Creator:
Biyikli, Kasim
Advisor:
MacDonald, John C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-02-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
An Injury-Mimicking Ultrasound Phantom as a Training Tool for Diagnosis of Internal Trauma
Keyword:
injury mimicking
,
Ultrasound
, and
trauma
Creator:
Rowan, Matthew Ivan
Advisor:
Pedersen, Peder C.
and
Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-20
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Design and Implementation of the Precision Personnel Locator Digital Transmitter System
Keyword:
embedded systems
,
data communication
,
digital systems
,
waveform generation
, and
precision personnel locator
Creator:
Daempfling, Hauke C
Advisor:
Duckworth, R. James
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-20
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Electric Propulsion and Controller Design for Drag-Free Spacecraft Operation in Low Earth Orbit
Keyword:
spacecraft
,
GRACE
,
Electric Propulsion
,
LEO
, and
Drag-free
Creator:
Marchetti, Paul J
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-20
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Multi-Objective Routing Optimization for Multiple Level Priority and Preemption in Multi-Tiered Networks
Keyword:
Networks
,
Multi-Objective
,
Multi-Tiered
, and
Routing Optimization
Creator:
Farmer, Jason Z
Advisor:
Cyganski, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-12-18
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Effect of Mechanical Mold Vibration On the Characteristics of Aluminum Alloys
Keyword:
Microstructure
,
Aluminum casting
, and
Hot tearing
Creator:
Deshpande, Jayesh U
Advisor:
Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-09-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
An RF-Isolated Real-Time Multipath Testbed for Performance Analysis of WLANs
Keyword:
RF-isolated testbed
,
channel emulation
,
WLAN performance
, and
throughput modeling
Creator:
Metreaud, Leon T
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-22
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Investigating Bacterial Outer Membrane Polymers and Bacterial Interactions with Organic Molecules Using Atomic Force Microscopy
Keyword:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
,
proteins
, and
Atomic Force Microscopy
Creator:
Atabek, Arzu
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-22
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Partial Restoration of Cell Survival By A Human Ependymin Mimetic In An In Vitro Alzheimer's Disease Model
Keyword:
Ependymin
,
SHSY
,
Alzheimer's
, and
LDH
Creator:
Stovall, Kirk Hiatt
Advisor:
Adams, David S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Effects of Solution Rheology on Electrospinning of Polystyrene
Keyword:
Electrospinning
,
Polymer
,
polystyrene
, and
Rheology
Creator:
Eda, Goki
Advisor:
Shivkumar, Satya
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Ion Scattering in a Self-Consistent Cylindrical Plasma Sheath
Keyword:
turning point method
,
spherical probes
,
cylindrical probes
,
orbital trajectory
,
ion scattering
,
ion collection
, and
turning angle
Creator:
Figueroa, Shana Suzanne
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Nonlinear Optimization of a Stochastic Function in a Cell Migration Model
Keyword:
derivatives
,
minimization
,
correlation
, and
cell migration
Creator:
Branco, Dorothy M
Advisor:
Lui, Roger Y
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Theoretical Analysis of Light-Weight Truss Construction in Fire Conditions, Including the Use of Fire-Retardant-Treatment Wood
Keyword:
fire scenario
,
light-weight truss construction
, and
fire-retardant-treated wood
Creator:
Ziemba, Gilead Reed
Advisor:
Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Evaluating Terminal Differentiation of Porcine Valvular Interstitial Cells In Vitro
Keyword:
TGF-B1
,
substrate
, and
valvular interstitial cell
Creator:
Hinds, Heather C
Advisor:
Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
The Building Information Model in Facilities Management
Keyword:
BIM
,
Facilities Management
, and
Operation and Maintenance
Creator:
Mendez, Ronald Osiris
Advisor:
Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Expected Maximum Drawdowns Under Constant and Stochastic Volatility
Keyword:
maximum drawdowns
and
drawdowns
Creator:
Nouri, Suhila Lynn
Advisor:
Roman, Luis J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Analogical Matching Using Device-Centric and Environment-Centric Representations of Function
Keyword:
Analogy
,
AI in design
,
SME
,
Repertory Grid
,
Functional Reasoning
,
Functional Modeling
,
Design
,
Knowledge Representation
, and
Structure Mapping Engine
Creator:
Milette, Greg P
Advisor:
Brown, David C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Long-term effects of habitat and management changes on steelhead production: results from an individual-based model
Keyword:
individual-based model
and
Oncorhyncus mykiss
Creator:
Bolduc, Melanie B
Advisor:
Tyler, Jeffrey A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Investigation of Fire Impact on Structural Steel through Case Studies
Keyword:
Fire
,
Steel
, and
Case Studies
Creator:
Nacewicz, Rebecca Marie
Advisor:
Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fire Performance of Reinforced Concrete Slabs
Keyword:
reinforced concrete
and
Performance-Based Design
Creator:
Levesque, Adam Paul
Advisor:
Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Tools to help build models that predict student learning
Keyword:
predictive models
,
Knowledge Components
, and
transfer models
Creator:
Upalekar, Ruta Sunil
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-02
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Bridge Inspection and Interferometry
Keyword:
Interferometry
and
bridge inspection
Creator:
Krajewski, Joseph E.
Advisor:
Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Metal Anion Removal from Wastewater Using Chitosan in a Polymer Enhanced Diafiltration System
Keyword:
Chitosan
,
Biosorption
, and
Polymer enhanced Diafiltration
Creator:
Shetty, Ameesha R
Advisor:
Iorio, Alexander A. Di
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Development of Computer Aided Heat Treatment Planning System for Quenching & Tempering (CHT - q/t) and Industrial Application of CHT-bf & CHT-cf
Keyword:
quenchant database
,
properties prediction
, and
TTT diagram
Creator:
Singh, Amarjit Kumar
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Association Rule Based Classification
Keyword:
Associative Classification
,
Adaptive Minimal Support
,
Itemset Pruning
,
Association Rules
, and
Classification
Creator:
Palanisamy, Senthil Kumar
Advisor:
Ruiz, Carolina
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Study on Genetic Algorithm Improvement and Application
Keyword:
tolerance assignment
and
Genetic Algorithms
Creator:
Zhou, Yao
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Impact of Surrounding Land Uses on Surface Water Quality
Keyword:
Source Water
,
Particle Counts
,
surface water protection
,
source water protection
,
Turbidity
,
pH
,
Conductivity
,
Fecal Coliforms
,
Dissolved Oxygen
,
E. coli
,
Total Organic Carbon
,
Wachusett Reservoir
,
Dissolved Organic Carbon
,
West Boylston Brook
,
Surface Water
, and
UV absorbance
Creator:
Elbag Jr., Mark A.
Advisor:
Plummer, Jeanine D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Reflection and Transmission of a Plane Electromagnetic Wave on a Moving Boundary Between Two Dielectrics
Keyword:
Dynamic Materials
and
electromagnetic waves
Creator:
Teixeira, Elizabeth
Advisor:
Lurie, Konstantin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Wearable Forehead Pulse Oximetry: Minimization of Motion and Pressure Artifacts
Keyword:
contact pressure
,
motion artifact
,
remote physiological monitoring
,
sensor attachment
,
wearable sensor
, and
Pulse Oximetry
Creator:
Dresher, Russell Paul
Advisor:
Mendelson, Yitzhak
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
An Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Bacterial Adhesion to Natural Organic Matter-Coated Surfaces In the Environment
Keyword:
Bacterial adhesion
and
AFM
Creator:
Abu-Lail, Laila I.
Advisor:
Camesano, Terri Anne
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-02
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
NITSOL: A Newton Iterative Solver for Nonlinear Systems A FORTRAN-to-MATLAB Implementation
Keyword:
Newton's Method
,
bicgstab
,
NITSOL
,
gmres
,
cgs
, and
nonlinear systems
Creator:
Padhy, Bijaya L.
Advisor:
Walker, Homer F.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Escher's Problem and Numerical Sequences
Keyword:
Collatz
,
integer
,
Catalan
,
Escher
, and
sequences
Creator:
Palmacci, Matthew Stephen
Advisor:
Servatius, Brigitte
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
A Kinetic Investigation of As and Se Speciation within Coal Combustion Flue Gases using ab initio Methods
Keyword:
Kinetics
,
arsenic
,
transition state theory
,
coal
,
RRKM theory
, and
selenium
Creator:
Urban, David Raymond
Advisor:
Wilcox, Jennifer L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Synthesis and Photochemistry of Pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles
Keyword:
Photochemistry
and
Synthesis
Creator:
ERVITHAYASUPORN, VUTHICHAI
Advisor:
Pavlik, James W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-20
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Self Maintenance of Materialized XQuery Views via Query Containment and Re-Writing
Keyword:
View Maintenance
,
Query Rewriting
,
XML
, and
Query Containment
Creator:
Nilekar, Shirish K.
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Design and Evaluation of a Public Resource Computing Framework
Keyword:
volunteer computing
,
public resource computing
,
distributed systems
, and
network computing
Creator:
Baldassari, James D
Advisor:
Finkel, David
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-04-20
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Relating Cognitive Models of Computer Games to User Evaluations of Entertainment
Keyword:
human-computer interaction
,
enjoyment
,
interactive entertainment
,
cognitive models
, and
computer games
Creator:
Piselli, Paolo M
Advisor:
Claypool, Mark L.
and
Doyle, James Kevin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-03-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Effects of Internal Waves and Turbulent Fluctuations on Underwater Acoustic Propagation
Keyword:
ray chaos
,
eikonal equations
, and
Turbulence
Creator:
Wojcik, Stefanie E
Advisor:
Durgin, William W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-03-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Physics
The Grid Bracing Problem and a Generalization
Keyword:
Rigidity Matrix
,
Unit Grid bracing
,
Bracing a Unit Grid
,
Rigidity Theory
,
Bracing a Unit Grid with a Window
, and
Infinitesimal motion
Creator:
Laine, Scott T
Advisor:
Servatius, Brigitte
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-01
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
The Assistment Builder: A tool for rapid tutor development
Keyword:
Authoring Tools
,
Pseudo-tutors
,
Education
, and
Intelligent tutoring systems
Creator:
Turner, Terrence E
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-11
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Clutter Measurement and Reduction for Enhanced Information Visualization
Keyword:
Information
,
Visualization
,
ait traffic
,
visual
,
Measurement
,
clutter
, and
reduction
Creator:
Lloyd, Natasha
Advisor:
Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
The Valuation of Credit Default Swaps
Keyword:
Credit Risk
,
Credit Default Swap
,
Merton model
, and
Hazard rate approach
Creator:
Diallo, Nafi C
Advisor:
Roman, Luis J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-11
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Modeling Patterns of Small Scale Spatial Variation in Soil
Keyword:
multiple imputation
,
semivariogram models
,
nested random effects models
,
spatial variations
,
multiple logistic regression models
,
missing
, and
kriging methods
Creator:
Huang, Fang
Advisor:
Wilbur, Jayson D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-11
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
A Fringe Projection System for Measurement of Condensing Fluid Films in Reduced Gravity
Keyword:
optical measurement
,
Fringe Projection
,
condensation
, and
reduced gravity
Creator:
Tulsiani, Deepti
Advisor:
Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Common Tutor Object Platform
Keyword:
Intelligent tutoring systems
and
component based software engineering
Creator:
Nuzzo-Jones, Goss F
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Visual Feedback for Gaming Prevention in Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Keyword:
Machine Learning
,
Behavior
,
Intelligent tutoring systems
, and
Learning
Creator:
Walonoski, Jason A
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-08
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Role of design service firms in product innovation
Keyword:
Innovation
and
KIBS
Creator:
Venkatraman, Rajagopal
Advisor:
Taylor, Steven S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-01-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Management
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