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Creator:: Coblyn, Matthew Y.
Abstract:: There are approximately 2.2 million cases of End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) worldwide and current hemodialysis treatment is costly and ultimately insufficient compared to kidney transplantation. There is a strong need to arrive at a better solution for treating ESRD. Microchannel-based hemodialysis is one proposed option, already shown to have improved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) worldwide and current hemodialysis treatment is costly and ultimately insufficient compared to kidney

Creator:: Brock, Terry A.
Abstract:: Two research studies at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site and Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS) explore the quantitative relationship between surface contamination, airborne radioactivity, worker intakes, and subsequent dose. In the first study, resuspension factors are developed and evaluated at the U.S. Department of Energy's (U.S. DOE)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: studies at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site and Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site

Creator:: Stillinger, Chad J.
Abstract:: Renewable energy is a topic of significant interest and importance in the world today. Ocean wave energy, particularly in areas such as the Oregon Coast, has considerable potential as a renewable resource. However, to rightly evaluate the overall cost of energy for wave energy converters, survivability and maintenance issues must...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: tested in the Puget Sound and the full scale model conceptual design is under way. As a precursor to

Creator:: Lettenmaier, Terrance
Abstract:: Ocean testing of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) prototypes is necessary to facilitate commercial WEC development. The Ocean Sentinel Instrumentation Buoy, completed in August 2012, provides a stand-alone load for WEC prototypes during ocean testing. The first part of this work was to develop the power conversion and data acquisition equipment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: this work was to develop the power conversion and data acquisition equipment installed on board the

Creator:: Boren, Blake C.
Abstract:: Vertical Axis Pendulum Wave Energy Converters (VAPWECs) are thought to be both effective and robust at converting ocean wave energy into usable electricity. Seeking to build upon and investigate such potential, this work examines the merits of actively controlling a generic VAPWEC's pendulum for the purpose of increasing the converter's...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Investigating Control Strategies and the Deployment of a Scaled Generic Prototype AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Creator:: Mohammadi, Mahshid
Abstract:: A microchannel-based hemodialyzer offers a novel approach to hemodialysis practice and holds many promises for improving dialysis treatment efficiency and quality of life for kidney patients. The hollow fiber hemodialyzer, a conventional dialysis device, has certain limitations including non-uniformity of the dialysate flow path which necessitates the use of a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and holds many promises for improving dialysis treatment efficiency and quality of life for kidney

Creator:: Cadell, Seth R.
Abstract:: With recent advancements in material science, industrial operations are being conducted at higher and higher temperatures. This is apparent in the nuclear industry where a division of the field is working to develop the High Temperature Gas Reactor and the Very High Temperature Gas Reactor concurrently. Both of these facilities...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: conducted at higher and higher temperatures. This is apparent in the nuclear industry where a division of

Creator:: Matzka, Peter J.
Abstract:: In the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon, prescribed fire and mechanical harvesting economics were investigated for fuels reduction and forest restoration. Using a cut-to-length harvesting system, three single-grip harvesters and three forwarders produced significantly different production rates. For the harvesters, significant variables that affected production rates were found to be:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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