Index Catalog // Digital WPI

Sample comparisons using microarrays: - Application of False Discovery Rate and quadratic logistic regression

Keyword:: FDR, Logistic regression, and Microarry
Creator:: Guo, Ruijuan
Advisor:: Kim, Ryung S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-01-08
Resource Type:: Report
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Pricing of Multi-Name Credit Derivatives Using Copulas

Keyword:: first-to-default baskets, multi-name credit derivatives, and copula functions
Creator:: Liu, Xinjia
Advisor:: Vermes, Domokos
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-01-08
Resource Type:: Report
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

Updating Views Over Recursive XML

Keyword:: XML, View Update, and Database
Creator:: Jiang, Ming
Advisor:: Mani, Murali
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-01-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Dimensional Stacking in Three Dimensions

Keyword:: Dimensional Stacking, N-Dimensional, Data, Recursive, and Visualization
Creator:: Walsh, Timothy A.
Advisor:: Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-01-21
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Pseudo-Triangulations On Closed Surfaces

Keyword:: Embeddings, Pseudo-Triangulations, and Graph Theory
Creator:: Potter, John R
Advisor:: Servatius, Brigitte
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-02-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

QoS: Quality Driven Data Abstraction for Large Databases

Keyword:: Abstraction quality and Quality visualization
Creator:: Wad, Charudatta V
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-02-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Segmentation of Patient-Specific 3D Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images of Human Right Ventricle

Keyword:: ventricle function analysis, CMRI, digital contour, Right Ventricle, and Segmentation
Creator:: Huang, Xueying
Advisor:: Tang, Dalin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-03-04
Resource Type:: Phd Report
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

An RF System Design for an Ultra Wideband Indoor Positioning System

Keyword:: Indoor Positioning and RF System Design
Creator:: Parikh, Hemish K
Advisor:: Michalson, William R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-03-11
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

State-Slice: A New Stream Query Optimization Paradigm for Multi-query and Distributed Processing

Keyword:: database optimization and stream query processing
Creator:: Wang, Song
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-03-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Computer Science

Improving the Productivity of Volunteer Computing

Keyword:: volunteer computing and Performance
Creator:: Toth, David M.
Advisor:: Finkel, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-03-15
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Computer Science

AC-Calorimetry and Dielectric Spectroscopy on Anisotropic Liquid Crystal and Aerosil Dispersions

Keyword:: Liquid Crystals, dielectric spectroscopy, quenched random disorder, phase transitions, and calorimetry
Creator:: Cruceanu, Florentin I.
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Physics

Node Density and Quality of Estimation for Infrastructure-based Indoor Geolocation Using Time of Arrival

Keyword:: Wireless Networks, Indoor Positioning, and Indoor geolocation
Creator:: Kanaan, Muzaffer
Advisor:: Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-15
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

A theoretical analysis of Bose-Einstein condensate based beamsplitters, interferometers, and transistors

Keyword:: Atom Interferometery and Bose-Einstein Condensation
Creator:: Stickney, James Arthur
Advisor:: Zozulya, Alex A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-03-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Physics

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Rat Retina

Keyword:: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mn54-autoradiography, Manganese Enhanced MRI, High-Resolution MRI, RCS Rat, Retinal Degeneration, Rat Retina, and Blood Volume Imaging
Creator:: Bhagavatheeshwaran, Govind
Advisor:: Sotak, Christopher H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

Metadata-Aware Query Processing over Data Streams

Keyword:: constraint, data stream, metadata, Optimization, and continuous query
Creator:: Ding, Luping
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-22
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Computer Science

Indoor Cooperative Localization for Ultra Wideband Wireless Sensor Networks

Keyword:: Indoor geolocation, Time-of-arrival based ranging, ultra wideband, sensor networks, measurement and modeling, Cooperative localization, and cooperative localization algorithms
Creator:: Alsindi, Nayef
Advisor:: Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Inactivation of E. Coli in a Flow Through Sonication System

Keyword:: Synergy, Ultrasound, Synergistic, Sonication, and Disinfection
Creator:: Prokop, Todd Ronald
Advisor:: Plummer, Jeanine D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Development and Validation of a Knee-Thigh-Hip LSDYNA Model of a 50th Percentile Male.

Keyword:: KTH, impacts, fracture mechanisms, dynamic ligament failure model, out-of-position, and active muscles
Creator:: Silvestri, Chiara
Advisor:: Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Optimal sensor/actuator placement and switching schemes for control of flexible structures

Keyword:: actuator placement, PZT actuators, performance enhancement, hybrid system, and actuator switching
Creator:: Potami, Raffaele
Advisor:: Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-28
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Combining of Renewable Energy Plants to Improve Energy Production Stability

Keyword:: solar energy, renewable, stability analysis, and wind energy
Creator:: Broders, Adam C.
Advisor:: Emanuel, Alexander E.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Adsorption Removal of Tertiary Butyl Alcohol from Wastewater by Zeolite

Keyword:: zeolite adsorption, TBA, wastewater remediation, and tert butyl alcohol
Creator:: Butland, Tricia Dorothy
Advisor:: Thompson, Robert W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

A Method Of Moments Approach for the Design Of RF Coils for MRI

Keyword:: RF COILS, Method of Moments, and MRI
Creator:: Obi, Aghogho A
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-05-12
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Applying the ""Split-ADC"" Architecture to a 16 bit, 1 MS/s differential Successive Approximation Analog-to-Digital Converter"

Keyword:: successive approximation, error correction, and Calibration
Creator:: Chan, Ka Yan
Advisor:: McNeill, John A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feasibility of Green Building at WPI

Keyword:: LEED, Balanced Scorecard, and Green Building
Creator:: Peyser, Suzanne M
Advisor:: Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Frequency Domain Finite Field Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Keyword:: NTT, multiplication, number theoretic transform, elliptic curve cryptography, discrete Fourier transform, DFT, inversion, ECC, and finite fields
Creator:: baktir, selcuk
Advisor:: Sunar, Berk
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-05-05
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Multi-Mode Stream Processing For Hopping Window Queries

Keyword:: stream process and Query Optimization
Creator:: Wei, Mingrui
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-05-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

A Novel Tension-Member Follower Train for a Generic Cam-Driven Mechanism

Keyword:: Cam Follower, Metal Tape, Tension-Member, CAM, and Metal Belt
Creator:: LaPierre, Jeffrey A
Advisor:: Norton, Robert L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-06-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

The Excited State Absorption Cross Section of Neodymium-doped Silica Glass Fiber in the 1200-1500 nm Wavelength Range

Keyword:: neodymium, erbium, excited state absorption, fiber amplifier, and Rare Earth Fluorescence
Creator:: Verlinden, Nicholas H. P.
Advisor:: Quimby, Richard S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-07-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Physics

Predicting the Response of Powder Metallurgy Steel Components to Heat Treatment.

Keyword:: Powder Metallurgy, Finite Element Modeling, Phase Transformations, and Heat treatment
Creator:: Warke, Virendra S
Advisor:: Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-07-28
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

Identification and Modeling of the Dynamic Behavior of the Direct Path Component in ToA-Based Indoor Localization Systems

Keyword:: Wideband Measurement, NLoS Identification, Ray Tracing, ToA-Based Indoor Localization, and Dynamic Modeling of Ranging Error
Creator:: Heidari, Mohammad
Advisor:: Pahlavan, Kaveh
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-07-15
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Opportunistic Routing in Multihop Wireless Networks: Capacity, Energy Efficiency, and Security

Keyword:: medium access control, throughput, Security, capacity, energy efficiency, and opportunistic routing
Creator:: Zeng, Kai
Advisor:: Lou, Wenjing
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-07-24
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes for Biomedical Applications

Keyword:: glucose oxidase, anodized aluminum oxide, Carbon Nanotubes, and biosensor
Creator:: Rong, Zhiyang
Advisor:: Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-08-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

Wireless Communication Options for a Mobile Ultrasound System

Keyword:: telemedicine, Ultrasound, wireless, 3G, Satellite, H.264 SVC, and 802.11
Creator:: Dickson, Brett William
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-09-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Optimization of Polymer Enhanced Diafiltration system by studying copper removal from aqueous solutions using Lambda-carrageenan

Keyword:: Rheology, Equilibrium dialysis, and Tangential Flow Filtration
Creator:: Mathur, Aditi
Advisor:: Crusberg, Theodore C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-08-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Castability Control in Metal Casting via Fluidity Measures: Application of Error Analysis to Variations in Fluidity Testing

Keyword:: metal casting, castability, fluidity, solidification processing, casting fluidity, error analysis, and A356
Creator:: Dewhirst, Brian A
Advisor:: Apelian, Diran
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-12-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

Strength Analysis of Bolted Shear Connections Under Fire Conditions Using the Finite Element Approach

Keyword:: finite element approach, Fire Conditions, and shear connections
Creator:: Arakelian, Andrea Katherine
Advisor:: Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-12-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: ME
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Neuronal Migration: Investigating Interactions of the Cytoplasmic Adaptor Protein MIG-10 in <I>C. elegans</I>

Keyword:: Migration, MIG-10, Neuroscience, and yeast two-hybrid
Creator:: Ficociello, Laura Faraco
Advisor:: Ryder, Elizabeth F.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-01-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

Capture Solar Energy and Reduce Heat-Island Effect from Asphalt Pavement

Keyword:: Temperature, Thermal Conductivity, Heat Transfer, and Asphalt Pavement
Creator:: Chen, Bao-Liang
Advisor:: Mallick, Rajib B.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-12-15
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

SNIF TOOL - Sniffing for Patterns in Continuous Streams

Keyword:: streaming time-series, pattern matching, similarity queries, and continuous queries
Creator:: MUKHERJI, ABHISHEK
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-02-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

The Effect of Sprinkler Sprays on Fire Induced Mass Flow Rates

Keyword:: Vent Flow, Performance Based Design, and Sprinkler Spray
Creator:: Crocker, Jeremiah
Advisor:: Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-05-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

Development of a substrate with photo-modulatable rigidity for probing spatial and temporal responses of cells to mechanical signals

Keyword:: photo-modulation, myosin, microsphere indentation, focal adhesion kinase, stiffness, mechanosensing, and topography
Creator:: Frey, Margo Tilley
Advisor:: Wang, Yu-Li
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-08-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

X-Ray Fluorescence Measurements Of Molten Aluminum Elemental Composition

Keyword:: x-ray fluorescence, Molten Aluminum, and XRF
Creator:: Duren, Leigh C
Advisor:: Backman, Daniel and Apelian, Diran
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-01-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

Prediction and Reduction of Die Soldering.

Keyword:: die soldering, Casting, and Aluminum casting
Creator:: Hogan, Patrick Alan
Advisor:: Apelian, Diran
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

Human Ependymin-1 Neurotrophic Factor Mimetics Reduce Tau Phosphorylation and Cellular Apoptosis in Vitro and in Vivo in Alzheimer's Disease Models

Keyword:: amyloid beta, tau phosphorylation, and apoptosis
Creator:: Ronayne, Rachel E.
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-09-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

A Database For Exploratory Analysis of Human Sleep

Keyword:: postgres, Data Mining, weka, Computer Science, sleep, terabyte, and Database
Creator:: Misra, Shivin Satyawon
Advisor:: Ruiz, Carolina
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-03-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

Evaluation of Utility Pole Placement and the Impact on Crash Rates

Keyword:: roadside safety and predictor model
Creator:: Gagne, Amanda R
Advisor:: Ray, Malcolm H., Albano, Leonard D., and Mallick, Rajib B.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

DESIGN OF PORPHYRIN SOLIDS ZN···NO2 RECOGNITION, MULTI-STEP SINGLE CRYSTAL TO SINGLE CRYSTAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND COFACIAL DIMERS

Keyword:: coordination polymers, porphyrin, phase transitions, and Supramolecular Chemistry
Creator:: Adilov, Salimgrey
Advisor:: Thalladi, Venkat R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-07-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Some Problems in the Mathematics of Fracture: Paths From Front Kinetics and a Level Set Method

Keyword:: variational fracture crack fronts level set
Creator:: Richardson, Casey Lyndale
Advisor:: Larsen, Christopher J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

A Comparison Between Two-Dimensional and Three-DimensionalAnalysis, A Review of Horizontal Wood Diaphragms and a Case Study of the Structure Located at 89 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA

Keyword:: Three-Dimensional Analysis
Creator:: Johnson, Robert A
Advisor:: Fitzgerald, Robert W. and Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: ME
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Control of a Satellite Based Photovoltaic Array for Optimum Power Draw

Keyword:: photovoltaic solar satellite optimize dc-dc
Creator:: cooper, sean
Advisor:: Emanuel, Alexander E.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

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