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Creator:: Richardson, Megan M.
Abstract:: Education as a right has taken off internationally with expanded national policies in recent years. Across Africa over 80% of countries have abolished tuition fees for primary education and several have made the leap to free secondary education as well. With decreased financial barriers keeping kids out of the classroom,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Kendra Sharp Education as

Creator:: Cobb, Bryan R.
Abstract:: Increasing access to modern forms of energy in developing countries is a crucial component to eliminating extreme poverty around the world. Pico-hydro schemes (less than 5-kW range) can provide environmentally sustainable electricity and mechanical power to rural communities, generally more cost-effectively than diesel/gasoline generators, wind turbines, or solar photovoltaic systems....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Pico-hydropower Generation Abstract Approved: Kendra V. Sharp

Creator:: Germann, Nathan A.
Abstract:: During spring and early summer hydropower projects are often forced to spill water through their spillways due to increased river flows of the runoff season. Flows which are directed through spillways--instead of through turbines--contain a substantial amount of energy. Stemming from the high energy content, spillway flows entrain air at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Hydropower Projects with Free, Plunging Spillway Jets. Abstract Approved: Kendra V. Sharp

Creator:: Burleson, Grace Ellen
Abstract:: The global water crisis is defined as one of the major threats facing humankind over the next decade with over 1 in 10 people lacking access to clean drinking water worldwide. An estimated 1.2 million people pasteurize their drinking water by using boiling as an indicator. Pasteurization is the process...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Nordica MacCarty, Kendra Sharp

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