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  • Downstream processing of microalgal biomass for biofuels

    Creator:
    Sander, Kyle B.
    Abstract:
    This thesis documents the work carried out investigating the downstream processing of algal biomass for biofuel production. A life cycle assessment was conducted on a hypothetical algal biodiesel process in which it was found drum drying and cell component separation were life cycle intensive processes. A laboratory experiment was conducted...
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    Masters Thesis
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    /ThesisFiles_27Sept2010_corrections/thesis.dvi AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kyle B. Sander for the degree of Master of Science in

  • Modeling, Fabrication, and Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films for Integrated Inductor and MRAM Applications

    Creator:
    Buford, Benjamin
    Abstract:
    Magnetic thin films have potential to improve devices such as on-chip inductors, and enable new technologies such as magnetic random access memory (MRAM). The use of magnetic cores in on-chip inductors is typically limited to applications well under 1 GHz. At higher frequencies, the performance of the magnetic core is...
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    Dissertation
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 B MOKE Measurement Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

  • Evaluation of Serratia Ureilytica as a Greener Unsealed Road Stabilization Method

    Creator:
    Portugal, Carla Ribeiro Machado e
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    Covering half of South America, Brazil is one of the largest agricultural and commercial forest producers globally, with a correspondingly complex road network necessary to support the production and marketing processes of such goods. Contrary to global statistics, almost 90% of the country’s road network is classified as unsealed or...
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    Dissertation
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    ......................................................................................................... 142 Appendix B – SEM images

  • Characterizing drivers of microbial community structure and function in diverse marine sediments

    Creator:
    Graw, Michael F.
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    Marine sediments are one of the largest habitats for microbial life on earth. These microorganisms play critical roles in biogeochemical cycling both within the subsurface and between the sediment and water columns. However, microbial communities in sediments are highly heterogeneous and the factors defining microbial community structure and metabolic function...
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    Dissertation
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    , Nielsen T, Pons N, Levenez F, Yamada T, Mende DR, Li J, Xu J, Li S, Li D, Cao J, Wang B, Liang H, Zheng

  • Optimization of Wastewater Sampling and Concentration Methods to Accurately Detect and Quantify SARS-CoV-2 in Varying Scales of Catchment

    Creator:
    George, Andrea D.
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    At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was unprepared for such a massive challenge to global health. Individual testing kits and personal protective equipment were scarce. There were minimal ways to track the rapid spread of the disease, until researchers discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    -flow (15-min sampling frequency), (b) low-flow, (c) medium-flow, and (d) high-flow sites

  • Model Predictive Control for Optimum Algal Growth

    Creator:
    Juneja, Ankita
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    Microalgae has been under careful consideration as a sustainable feedstock for renewable fuel recently due to its year round production with high energy yields per unit area, reduced need for arable land, water treatment benefits with nutrient cycling, and minimal competition with the food industry. Despite of all these advantages,...
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    Dissertation
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    .............................. 81 3.3 Compartmental distribution of (a) Reaction, (b) metabolite, (c) enzyme and (d) genes in

  • Advances in Freshwater Cyanobacterial Genomics

    Creator:
    Brown, Nathaniel M.
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    Limnology is undergoing a transition to high-throughput -omic analysis of freshwater bacterial communities. An important first step in making the transition is to characterize several genomes that can be used as references to guide metagenome assembly and analysis. Here I characterize four new freshwater cyanobacterial genomes, a pair of lake...
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    Dissertation
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    Anderson Lake at 48.0190 N, 237.1963 W on the Olympic Peninsula. B) A brightfield micrograph of Anabaena sp

  • Wheat lignin as a functional dietary fiber component

    Creator:
    Junyusen, Tiraporn
    Abstract:
    This dissertation has focused on lignin byproducts that result from the alkali processing of wheat straw. The first study evaluated the application of “standard” lignin quantification methods for summative analyses of alkali-based processes. Mass closure during NaOH processing at 25, 50, and 75°C of wheat straw was evaluated using the...
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    Dissertation
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    ......................................................................................... 143 APPENDIX B

  • Transcriptional networks controlled by the fatty acid regulators FAR-1 and FAR-2

    Creator:
    Bredeweg, Erin L.
    Abstract:
    Fungi are capable of growth on a wide variety of carbon sources, both living and dead. They can produce an arsenal of enzymes and transporters for harvesting sugars, polysaccharides, amino acids, lipids and micronutrients from their environments [1]. Within the nucleus of a cell, transcription factors (TF) control whether genes...
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    Dissertation
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    +......................................................................................................................................+69! Cluster+B+genes+are+underGexpressed+without+FARG1+in+oleate+..................................+69

  • Understanding the Similarities and Differences Between Academia and the Engineering Workplace through Barriers to Adoption, Epistemic Beliefs, and Problem-Solving Behavior

    Creator:
    Gestson, Sean Lyle
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    Engineering education research has led to a greater understanding of the gap in preparedness of students for the engineering industry. Multiple studies comparing the workplace and academic contexts and the participants in those contexts (i.e., students, faculty, and engineering practitioners) have emphasized similarities and differences between the two contexts by...
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    Dissertation
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    ....................................................................... 23 2.5.3 Pair B – Hydraulic Engineering