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  • A Comparison of Team Effectiveness and Perception of Team Success in Academic and Athletic Teams

    Creator:
    Law, Jaime M.
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    The goal of this research was to compare team effectiveness with objective team success as seen through individual team members’ perceptions in academic and athletic teams. We hypothesized that successful teams are most often strong in team effectiveness, that individual perceptions of team effectiveness can differ among teammates, and that...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Bryony DuPont, Committee Member, representing the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and

  • Towards a Conceptual Change Model to Support Organizational Change Efforts

    Creator:
    Hille, Joshua D.
    Abstract:
    Many projects fail because employees and managers have different understandings of project "success" or "value". Other projects fail because managers are unable to effectively align organizational values with those of their employees. This problem is widely understood, but there is little empirical research that specifies the nature and effect of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    financial and emotional support. Also, thank you to Dr. Bryony DuPont for her input as I sought to define

  • Power system reliability and power quality assessments with grid-connected wave energy converters

    Creator:
    Boller, Michael D.
    Abstract:
    Generating abundant, renewable energy from Earth’s oceans is an attractive option for meeting increasing energy demand. Marine renewable energy also comes with the variability of renewable sources, which impact the reliability and power quality of the electrical grid. On a transmission-level, this dissertation looks at ensuring reliability of the power...
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    Dissertation
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    committee, Dr. Bryony DuPont, Dr. Yue Cao and Dr. Nathan Gibson, thank you for providing me with advice on

  • Zonal Resource Adequacy for Voltage Control

    Creator:
    Boller, Michael D.
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    In a power system, operators maintain voltage stability through adequate reactive reserves. Maintaining and accessing an efficient allocation of reactive reserves is prohibitively complex because of reactive line losses, the variety of reactive resources, and either limited or variable reactive outputs from renewable sources. By clustering the system into smaller...
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    Masters Thesis
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    VSMMi = Vi(0)−min[Vi(l)] Vi(0)− Vi,min (2.1) where: · VSMMi is the VSMM for bus i, · Vi(0) is the

  • Systematic Codes for Correcting Deletion/Insertion of One Zero in Each and Every Bucket of Zeros

    Creator:
    Vu, Hoang
    Abstract:
    In this thesis, we propose a systematic code for correcting t = 1 insertion/deletion errors of the character ”0” that can occur between any two consecutive 1’s in a binary string. The code requires balanced input strings, where each word of length n contains ⌈n/2⌉ 0’s and ⌊n/2⌋ 1’s. This...
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    Masters Thesis
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    deeply thankful to Doctor Mike Rosulek, Doctor Thinh Nguyen, and Doctor Bryony DuPont for graciously

  • Mechanical Properties of Hemp Fiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Composite

    Creator:
    Skuratowicz, Berkeley
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    This thesis explores the mechanical properties of hemp fiber reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) composites. Fused filament fabrication (FFF) was used to compare the performance of three different weight percentages of hemp fiber reinforced PLA against PLA and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). It was found that as the weight percentage of...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    , Committee Member, representing Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Bryony DuPont

  • Simulation Automation for the Evaluation of Formula Student Aerodynamic Concepts

    Creator:
    Sanchez, Adrian
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    The design of a competition-winning aero package must consider multiple vehicle attitudes. Aerodynamic concepts simulated in heave, pitch, roll, high-speed yaw, and low-speed yaw to design a stable and predictable aero package. The methodology automates the simulation setup process of five vehicle attitudes. The overall and subsystem force coefficients are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    is the coefficient of friction between the tires and the road surface, g is gravity, L is lift force

  • Trailing Edge Flap Optimization for an Upper-Surface Blown Aircraft Wing

    Creator:
    Kelly, Bryan R.
    Abstract:
    Integrated Distributed Electric Augmented Lift (IDEAL) applies upper surface blowing in a novel way to achieve electric short take-off and landing to meet the growing need for urban air transportation. Additional research on propulsion airframe interaction (PAI) with trailing edge flaps at low Reynolds numbers was necessary to advance the...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Bryony DuPont, Committee Member, representing Mechanical Engineering

  • Hydrodynamic Modeling of Submerged Wave Energy Converters: Power Take-Off Mooring Configuration Effect on Power Performance

    Creator:
    Meek, Moira H.
    Abstract:
    Wave energy converters (WECs) show promising potential to significantly contribute to global renewable energy goals. Numerous WEC designs have been proposed and investigated, but wave energy conversion technology has yet to reach convergence in the same way wind or solar has. Of the designs currently in existence, surface-piercing WECs are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    direction [deg] ϕ Wave phase [rad] L Wave length [m] h Water depth [m] g Gravitational acceleration [m/s2] ρ

  • Early Design Evaluation of See-Through Automotive A-pillar Concepts Using Digital Human Modeling and Mixed Reality Techniques

    Creator:
    Srinivasan, Sriram
    Abstract:
    Pillars in modern vehicles provide structural integrity by surrounding the windows and joining the roof with the frame. Although they protect the driver and passengers, A-pillars also create obstruction zones by limiting drivers' forward field of view leading to unforeseeable accidents or mishaps. We argue that providing a better pillar...
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    Masters Thesis