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  • Modeling and control of a biologically inspired compliant structure

    Creator:
    Ray, Cody W.
    Abstract:
    We hypothesize that the extraordinary maneuverability and efficiency of bats in flight are in part due to the compliant nature of their wing structures. We utilize the parameters of bat bones measured by biologists to create a biologically inspired model of a flapping system consisting of a rotating hub actuator...
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    Masters Thesis
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    gaussian (LQG) and H∞ control methodologies in terms of tracking performance and robustness to

  • The termination of the Basin and Range Province into a clockwise rotating region of transtension and volcanism, central Oregon

    Creator:
    Trench, David
    Abstract:
    Normal faults characterizing extensional provinces may terminate along-strike at regions of zero extension, at zones of transform faults, or at triple junctions. Termination of the Basin and Range extensional province in southeastern Oregon is thought to occur by right-lateral transform motion distributed across the Brothers Fault zone (BFZ) in central...
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    Masters Thesis
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    graduate committee Anita Grunder, John Dilles, and Yvette Sptiz, your contributions were greatly

  • Shear and convective turbulence in a model of thermohaline intrusions

    Creator:
    Mueller, Rachael
    Abstract:
    Thermohaline interleaving is an important mechanism for laterally fluxing salt, heat, and nutrients between oceanic water masses. Interleaving is driven by a release of potential energy resulting from the vastly differing diffusivities of heat and salt in seawater. The flows are composed of stacked intrusions that flux more buoyant and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    members –Jim Moum, Yvette Spitz and James Liburdy–for giving excellent feedback in the making of this

  • Patterns of retention and vagrancy in larval Lost River and shortnose suckers from Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon

    Creator:
    Reithel, Susan A.
    Abstract:
    Larval transport and retention of two endangered suckers were studied in a highly altered lacustrine/riverine complex. The endangered populations of Lost River sucker, Deltistes luxatus, and shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris, in Upper Klamath Lake (UKL), Oregon are the largest remnant populations of these suckers. Downstream of UKL, the Keno Impoundment...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Markle lab. My thesis committee, R. Hughes and H. Li, provided valuable suggestions and guidance. My

  • Risk-based negotiation for collaborative system design in a distributed environment

    Creator:
    Qiu, Yuming
    Abstract:
    Risk is a crucial decision factor besides traditional cost and performance during collaborative decision making in a distributed environment. Three main challenges exist: 1) stakeholders' different perspectives and/or diverse cultures can lead to inconsistent risk probability evaluations; 2) risk consequence is hard to be quantified in concrete unit; 3) risk...
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    Dissertation