Index Catalog // Digital WPI

Performance-Based Codes: Economics, Documentation, and Design

Keyword:: codes and firesafety
Creator:: Averill, Jason D.
Advisor:: Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

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

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

Development of a Methodology for Creating Families of Parts

Keyword:: CAD and Families of Parts
Creator:: Marr, Gregory M.
Advisor:: Ault, Holly Keyes
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Risk-Based Fire Research Decision Methodology

Keyword:: Expert Panel, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Decision, Methodology, and Risk
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:: information theory, pattern recognition, 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:: center of mass calculation, broadway, color thresholding, virtual orchestra, MIDI, contour extraction, area calculation, Video For Windows, and assembly
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:: supersonic crossflow, droplet disruption, 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 Computer Model of Fire Spread from Engine to Passenger Compartments in Post-Collision Vehicles

Keyword:: fire modeling, car fires, and cfd
Creator:: Ierardi, James A.
Advisor:: Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-24
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

A Feasibility Study of Bioremediation in a Highly Organic Contaminated Soil

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

FIDOE: A Proof-of-concept Martian Robotic Support Cart

Keyword:: Robotics, martian support cart, speech recognition, and obstacle avoidance
Creator:: Bunuan, Paul F
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-07-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Manufacturing Engineering

Langmuir Probe Measurements in the Plume of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster

Keyword:: Langmuir probe, satellite propulsion systems, 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

Efficient Implementation of Mesh Generation and FDTD Simulation of Electromagnetic Fields

Keyword:: application performance, MasPar, FDTD, Finite Difference Time Domain, mesh generation, and electromagnetic field
Creator:: Hill, Jonathan
Advisor:: Michalson, William R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

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

Keyword:: isothermal temperatures, soil infiltration, capillarity, 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

Knowledge Elicitation for Design Task Sequencing Knowledge

Keyword:: knowledge elicitation, web, and Design
Creator:: Burge, Janet E.
Advisor:: Hudlicka, Eva and Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

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

Keyword:: Sin Nombre, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, T-cell lines, and hantavirus
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:: Fault Tolerance, commit protocol, multicast, and CORBA
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

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

Keyword:: Education, computer-aided manufacturing, manufacturing, Pro/Engineer, Design, CAM, and curriculum
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, negotiation, CLIPS expert system shell, types of agents, single function agents, and multi-agent design systems
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:: multi-agent design systems, concurrent engineering, manager education, and tower design
Creator:: Douglas, Robert E., Jr.
Advisor:: Brown, David C. and Zenger, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Display of Multi-Attribute Data Using a Presentation Description Language

Keyword:: COURT, Design, user interface, and TENNIS
Creator:: Kemble, Jonathan
Advisor:: Wills, Craig E. and Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Characterization of Radioactivity in the Environment

Keyword:: quantification of radionuclides, radioactivity, 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:: Custer, Richard L. and Beyler, Craig 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, elliptic curves, and Galois Fields
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:: value engineering, transportation, highway, and DOT
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:: chromophores, peptides, and triplet energy transfer
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:: finite fields, Implementation, and Cryptography
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:: infection, tissue pH, 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:: CFD, Heat Transfer, packed bed, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Fixed 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:: mapping and Bayesian method
Creator:: Delcroix, Sophie M.
Advisor:: Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-12-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Selective Flooding for Better QoS Routing

Keyword:: QoS Routing, High-speed Networks, and Selective Flooding
Creator:: Kannan, Gangadharan
Advisor:: Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Scalable Visual Hierarchy Exploration

Keyword:: visual exploration, hierarchical structures, database backend, prefetching, Semantic Caching, and recursive queries
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:: ADC, Flash, analog, Digital, folding, and Converter
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, fungus, and bioreactor
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, Data Mining, and Electronic Commerce
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 modeling, computer, fire code, 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:: post-rail connection, splice connection, guardrail system, and Finite Element Analysis
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:: Finite Element Analysis, snagging, and guardrail post
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

WAIT: Selective Loss Recovery for Multimedia Multicast.

Keyword:: should, must, and multicast
Creator:: Mane, Pravin D
Advisor:: Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-07-31
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

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

Keyword:: peptides and energy transfer
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:: BMD, Ultrasound, coral, BUA, impulse response, Osteoporosis, trabecular bone, and angular decorrelation function
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

Analysis of the Two Isoforms of the Human Alkyl Adenine DNA Glycosylase (HAAG) Gene: A Comparative Study of its Isoforms, its Protein and its Resistance to DNA Damage Agents

Keyword:: DNA Damage and Glycosylase
Creator:: Bonanno, Kenneth C
Advisor:: Volkert, Michael, Gibson, Daniel G., and Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Spreading of Initially Spherical Viscous Droplets

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

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