Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Creator Kincaid, John Thomas Remove constraint Creator: Kincaid, John Thomas Decade 2020-2029 Remove constraint Decade: 2020-2029 Non-Academic Affiliation Oregon State University. Honors College Remove constraint Non-Academic Affiliation: Oregon State University. Honors College

Search Results

  • Assessing the Maturity of Industrial Engineering as an Engineering Discipline

    Creator:
    Murphy, Thomas W.
    Abstract:
    Industrial Engineering is a broad discipline, with a wide range of definitions for the field and the knowledge areas that make up its parts. A conceptual gap exists between the definition of the field of Industrial Engineering and the definitions of each of these parts. To facilitate advancement of the...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    Engineering Discipline by Thomas William Murphy A THESIS submitted

  • Implementation of Distributed Localized Communications

    Creator:
    Snyder, Thomas
    Abstract:
    Artificial collectives are useful for accomplishing tasks that require teamwork from multiple simple robots. Multiple robot and collective testbeds have been developed, yet none stay committed to leverage the local interactions, group size, and imperfect information assumptions that strengthen biological collectives. A review of the collective and multiple robot literature,...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    By Thomas Snyder A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University Honors College in partial

  • Design cycle models and knowledge management systems

    Creator:
    Popham, Kinsey
    Abstract:
    This thesis explores the relationship between design cycle models and knowledge management systems applied to various physical prototypes that the author developed from 2020 to 2023. The author walks through the process of prototyping a potty-training device in OSU’s Prototype Development Lab and an automated testing fixture for her Senior...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    Systems. Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ John

  • Beyond the Carpetbagger: The Emergence of Racialized Terms as a Political Weapon in the Reconstruction Era South

    Creator:
    Farrington, Caprial E.
    Abstract:
    The Reconstruction era, beginning in 1863, was a time of radical change and movement in American politics and society. A significant number of northern Republicans migrated southwards, for various purposes, including political involvement. To white Democratic southerners who believed they had just fought a war of northern aggression and now...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    _____________________________________________________________________ Thomas Bahde, Committee Member, representing Honors College

  • Synthetic instrument generation : generating novel instrument timbres with a genetic algorithm

    Creator:
    Knowlton, John
    Abstract:
    The use of genetic algorithms to compose music and generate sounds is an area of interest in the artificial intelligence field. Music and instrument sounds have known rules and structures that can be followed which make them well-suited for genetic algorithms. However, genetic algorithms still struggle to generate sounds comparable...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    : Generating novel instrument timbres with a genetic algorithm By John Knowlton A THESIS submitted to

  • Advances in Camelid Theriogenology

    Creator:
    McAllister, Anna
    Abstract:
    Reproductive physiology of South American camelids is unique, especially in comparison to other domestic animals. For example, mating occurs in a recumbent position over a period of approximately 30 minutes. Males are dribble ejaculators, and the camelid ejaculate is highly viscous making it nearly impossible to work with in vitro....
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis

  • A Study of the Impact of Core Values on Leadership Development and Performance in Military Trainees

    Creator:
    Lausmann, Nathan R.
    Abstract:
    Organizational values are an important factor in the work of many organizations and can guide both day-to-day decision-making and long-term strategic planning. Little previous research has documented the impact of core values on individual performance in military environments nor the effect of core values on leadership attributes. In this study,...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    _____________________________________________________________________ John J. Abbatiello, Committee Member, representing the U.S. Air Force Academy

  • An Introduction to the Narrative Structure of the "Awakening Arc"

    Creator:
    Tawzer, Alexa J.
    Abstract:
    This thesis attempts to identify and develop a new narrative structure that has not yet been identified. This structure, which traces a character’s internal process of change throughout a work of literature, is known as the Awakening Arc. The Awakening Arc has seven stages that loosely correspond to Freytag’s external...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    . Key Words: Narrative, narrative structure, character arc, literature, fiction, Ray Bradbury, Thomas

  • Exploratory study : assessing the interconnectedness of industrial engineering knowledge areas

    Creator:
    Sinclair, Devon A.
    Abstract:
    The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers maintains a taxonomy of their discipline known as the Industrial and Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge, or ISEBoK. A previous Honors College thesis by Thomas William Murphy mapped the knowledge areas within the ISEBoK to the stages of a scientific endeavor, and concluded...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    previous Honors College thesis by Thomas William Murphy mapped the knowledge areas within the ISEBoK to

  • There’s a Long, Long Trail to Tipperary: Soldier Song Investigation and Development During the First World War

    Creator:
    Delgado, Nolan Schreiner
    Abstract:
    From 1914-1918 the world experienced humanity’s ultimate affirmation of malice on scales scant seen in the centuries before. The Great War wrought terror on an industrial scale, throwing men headlong unto landscapes rent low by fire and steel. Our collective unconscious image of the war does well to demonstrate this....
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    , existing as early as 15 John Merrinan, “The Era of National Unification,” in A History of Modern Europe