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Filtering by: Academic Affiliation Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Advisor Dupont, Bryony Date 2016

Assessing Student Conceptual Understanding : Supplementing Deductive Coding with Natural Language Processing Techniques

Creator:

Arbogast, Christian

Abstract:

Assessing student conceptual understanding is a valuable method for gauging specific student learning outcomes but can be difficult and time consuming to measure. This research investigates the potential of automating some intermediary steps of a qualitative analysis of student conceptual understanding with tools from the field of Natural Language Processing...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Floating Offshore Wind Array Systems Optimization off the US West Coast using an Extended Pattern Search Algorithm

Creator:

Forinash, Caitlin P.

Abstract:

The large wind resource off the United States West Coast has the potential to generate wind power for millions of homes, yet the high cost of energy for offshore wind power compared to traditional sources has slowed the development of offshore wind farms in the US. The four studies presented...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Using Automation to Understand Sustainable Design Trade-Offs and to Promote Environmental Sustainability in the Early Design Phase

Creator:

Wisthoff, Addison K.

Abstract:

Sustainable product design is becoming an important component of the development of consumer products. Currently there are limited design resources to aid in the creation of environmentally sustainable products. The purpose of this research is to theorize a new method for integrating sustainable design knowledge into the early design phase...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis