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  • Supporting merge comprehension when resolving merge conflicts

    Creator:
    Nelson, Nicholas
    Abstract:
    Distributed version control allows developers to manage software evolution among distributed development teams. But it does not eliminate all consistency and concurrency issues, and instead introduces additional complexity when merging code. And resolving merge conflicts is nontrivial when automated merging fails. In such cases, developers are forced to inspect the...
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    Exploratory Interview Script 138 B Barriers Survey Questions 140 C Processes Survey Questions 151 D

  • Investigations of catalytic CO oxidation : effects of alloying copper and palladium

    Creator:
    Kristy, Stephen T.
    Abstract:
    The oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) to carbon dioxide (CO2) is ubiquitous throughout many industrial processes and is a common probe reaction used to help understand catalytic systems in research settings. The reaction is essential in power generation and transportation exhaust gas treatment technologies to ensure environmental safety, because CO...
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    ................................................................................................................................. 102 Appendix B

  • Analysis of Asymmetric Heating on a Scaled High Temperature Gas Reactor Experiment During a Pressurized Conduction Cooldown

    Creator:
    Moore, Thomas
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    Among the candidates for the next generation of nuclear power plant is the high temperature gas reactor (HTGR). Since the HTGR does not have the same operational history as water cooled reactors do in the United States, investigation into the response of different accident phenomena is still an active area...
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    ) Page 10 Appendix B

  • An Exploration of Used Fuel Sharing in Multi-Reactor Power Plants

    Creator:
    Lilley, Benjamin C.
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    Nuclear fuel management is an optimization problem on many levels. Finding “viable” solutions for the core reload design problem is difficult without expert knowledge and software automation. Small modular reactors with a shared used fuel pool demonstrate a novel opportunity for fuel cycle optimization. A Python package was developed and...
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    combinations? (b) What optimization algorithms and meta-parameters can achieve viable designs most efficiently

  • Ignition of Fuel Beds by Firebrands

    Creator:
    Bean, Derek R.
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    The severity of wildfires around the globe is increasing. At the same time, urban development is expanding outward into areas where severe fires occur. There is an increased risk of home loss to fires in areas where severe fires and urban expansion meet. Ignition of homes or nearby fuel is...
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    ), ignition event heat flux (II), and non-ignition test event flux (III) for Lc < 1mm (A), 4mm < Lc < 6mm (B

  • On Avoiding Power-Seeking by Artificial Intelligence

    Creator:
    Turner, Alexander M.
    Abstract:
    We do not know how to align a very intelligent AI agent's behavior with human interests. I investigate whether—absent a full solution to this AI alignment problem—we can build smart {\ai} agents which have limited impact on the world, and which do not autonomously seek power. In this thesis, I...
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    Preservation 112 B Avoiding Side Effects in Complex Environments 116 B.1 Theoretical results

  • Defining Project‐Specific Custom CLT Grade Utilizing Low‐Value Ponderosa Pine Lumber from Logs Harvested in SW Oregon and Northern California Forest Restoration Programs

    Creator:
    Jahedi, Sina
    Abstract:
    Restoration programs effectively prevent or mitigate wildfires and pest outbreaks in the forest lands. The most common approach is to selectively harvest smaller and dead trees in order to preserve larger and superior trees. Ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, (PP) lumber is one of the common species harvested from restoration programs...
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    to thank my committee members Dr. John Nairn, Dr. Gerald Presley, and Dr. Kyle Niemeyer who

  • Diffusion Accelerated Implicit Monte Carlo via Nonlinear Elimination for Thermal Radiative Transfer

    Creator:
    Lam, Adam Q.
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    In this dissertation, we derive and implement a new transport-diffusion hybrid algorithm for solving thermal radiative transfer (TRT) problems. Using the method of nonlinear elimination (NLEM), the TRT system of equations can be written in terms of a transport equation with the absence of scattering and a diffusion equation. The...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 A Newton’s Method for Nonlinear Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 B Diffusion

  • Leading Edge Separation Analysis of Oscillating Airfoil Energy Harvesters

    Creator:
    Ngo, Vickie
    Abstract:
    Oscillating foil energy harvesters are analyzed at optimal reduced frequencies (𝑘=𝑓𝑐/𝑈) to determine how the leading edge radius of curvature affects leading edge separation. The understanding of leading edge separation and its behaviors is critical to predicting the transient lift profile of an airfoil. The separation is therefore also critical...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ...................................... 48 B Bibliography

  • The Influence of Fuel Characteristics on Smoldering Behavior through Porous Fuels

    Creator:
    Ross, Andrew H.
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    Smoldering can play a dangerous role in the ignition and spread of wildfires. Naturally occurring fuels consist of multiple layers of organic materials with varying particle sizes due to differences in decomposition stages with fuel depth, yet the influence of particle size on burning behavior is poorly understood. Previous research...
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    thank and acknowledge my undergraduate research assistant Kyle Froman for his assistance in setting up