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  • International Engineering Interns in their Own Words: Past Interns Share their Stories and their Wisdom with the Future

    Creator:
    Van Bossuyt, Douglas
    Abstract:
    Students participating in international engineering internships are still relatively rare. It is commonly held that more engineering students would choose to intern abroad if there were role models available, as there are in other disciplines. Profiles of past students, participants, and Alumni serve as role models to perspective students allows...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    reader in the shoes of the past study abroad participant. As exemplified in Catherine Duncan’s profile

  • The Eyes of Tunis

    Creator:
    Van Bossuyt, Douglas L.
    Abstract:
    People often grow increasingly culturally confused when spending significant amounts of time in a foreign land. Identity can become lost only to reform in the image of the host society. This thesis presents a creative nonfiction series of essays that explore the author’s loss of self and contextual identity, the...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    OF THE THESIS OF Douglas L. Van Bossuyt for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in

  • Evaluation of total hip arthroplasty research in the US and Europe

    Creator:
    Simmons, Marcy J.
    Abstract:
    Background: Hip replacements are considered routine operations which improve the quality of life in patients by reducing pain and restoring function. There are many variations in prostheses with varying benefits and disadvantages. Methods: Literature from the United States and Europe was collected on total hip replacements between 2001 and the...
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    Research Paper
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    traditional implants – at twice the cost. The area of improvement remaining is implant life past 20 years

  • Mixed reactant single chamber fuel cell, using products generated from the electrolysis of an aqueous electrolyte

    Creator:
    Jost, William C.
    Abstract:
    A Mixed Reactant Single Chamber (MRSC) Fuel Cell is a relatively recent concept in the field of fuel cell engineering originally developed in the late 1950’s. Typical fuel cells have separated reactants (a separated fuel and oxidizer) that react on their usually non-selective electro-catalytic materials. A mixed reactant fuel cell...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    efficiencies. Therefore a detailed examination of past studies is required to determine the advancements

  • Nonlinear model reduction using the group proper orthogonal decomposition method

    Creator:
    Dickinson, Benjamin T.
    Abstract:
    Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) in conjunction with the Galerkin projection has been used as a model reduction technique for the tractable real-time control of high-dimensional systems. While POD based model reduction may improve the tractability of high-dimensional models, the nonlinear POD based model may be impractical for control due to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Benjamin T. Dickinson for the degree of

  • An experimental study of ammonia-water bubble absorption in a constrained microscale film

    Creator:
    Jenks, Jeromy W.
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    An experimental study of absorption of ammonia into a constrained thin film of ammonia-water solution is presented. A large aspect ratio microchannel with one of its walls formed by a porous material is used to constrain the thickness of the liquid film. Experiments were performed at a pressure of 1,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    heat and mass transfer devices has been the focus of much research over the past two decades. Due to

  • Product innovation for interdisciplinary design under changing requirements : mechanical design for the Bug ID project

    Creator:
    Peterson, Clint W.
    Abstract:
    It is crucial for the development of high quality products that design requirements are identified and clarified as early as possible in the design process. In many projects the design requirements and design specifications evolve during the project cycle. Shifting needs of the customer, advancing technology, market considerations and even...
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    Masters Thesis
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    a major impact on the system in terms of redesign effort and cost. With knowledge about past

  • Distortion-induced fatigue cracking of girder-to-crossbeam connection

    Creator:
    Aljutaili, Dhari S.
    Abstract:
    Oregon Department of Transportation’s bridge no. 9743b is a multi-span, two-girder steel deck bridge connecting the busy interstates 5 and 205. Vertical cracks have been detected in the welded girder-to-crossbeam connections at the bents. Distortion-induced fatigue is suspected to be responsible for the cracking. Linear elastic beam analysis, 2-D and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the bridge in service, past studies, and the orientation of the cracks, it is suspected that the

  • Effects of a thin, flexible nozzle on droplet formation and impingement

    Creator:
    Hawke, Shane R.
    Abstract:
    The droplet formation process in the vicinity of the nozzle exit and the behavior of a spreading droplet during impingement on a smooth glass surface were studied. Two nozzle geometries were tested. The first case was a stiff stainless steel nozzle plate 0.787 mm thick. The second case was a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

  • Numerical study of droplet formation with nozzle dynamics and multiple droplet impingement

    Creator:
    Sangplung, Saangrut
    Abstract:
    Droplet formation from a flexible nozzle plate driven by a prescribed-waveform excitation of a piezoelectric is numerically investigated using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model with the VOF method. The droplet generator with a flexible nozzle plate, which is free to vibrate due to the pressure acting on the plate,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    receding processes. Dynamic contact angle model has been well defined in the past years in which most of