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  • Ocean electric energy extraction opportunities

    Creator:
    Zhang, Heng
    Abstract:
    The world's oceans contain tremendous renewable energy potentials. It is estimated that if 0.2% of the ocean's untapped energy could be harnessed, it could provide power sufficient for the entire world [1]. This thesis provides a comprehensive description of the state-of-the-art of ocean energy extraction technologies and lessons learned from...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Heng Zhang for

  • Applying Deep Learning in Street View Imagery for Environmental Health Research

    Creator:
    Zhang, Yifang
    Abstract:
    Urban green space is associated with multiple physical and mental health outcomes. Several benefits of green space, such as stress reduction and attention restoration, are dependent on visual perception of green space exposures. However, traditional green space exposure measures do not capture street-level exposures. In this project, we apply deep...
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    Capstone Project
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    ABSTRACT OF THE PROJECT OF Yifang Zhang for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science

  • Applying 2D Tensor Field Topology to Symmetric Stress Tensors

    Creator:
    Gao, Xiaofei
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    Tensor mathematics provides a powerful language to visualize and analyze physical phenomena. In the last three decades, tensors have been used in various application areas. The visualization and analysis of tensors fields have seen much advance, both in 2D and 3D. However, the physical interpretations of the topological analysis are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Topology to Symmetric Stress Tensors Abstract approved: Eugene Zhang Yue Zhang Tensor mathematics

  • Crowdsourcing Data-driven Development of Bicycle Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) : Microscopic and Macroscopic Scales

    Creator:
    Chen, Chen
    Abstract:
    While riding bicycles has been promoted for its health, economic, and environmental benefits, it also complements other modes to complete a safe, efficient, and reliable transportation system. However, the dramatic increase of bicycle usage in the U.S. is accompanied by a growth of bicycle crashes. The U.S. Department of Transportation,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Chen Chen for the

  • Atomic Bifurcations of Degenerate Curves in 3D Linear Symmetric Tensor Fields

    Creator:
    Hongyu, Nie
    Abstract:
    Tensor field topology is of importance to research areas of medicine, science, and engineering. Degenerate curves are one of the crucial topological features that provide valuable insights for tensor field visualization. In this thesis, we study the atomic bifurcations of degenerate curves in 3D linear second-order symmetric tensor fields, and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Bifurcations of Degenerate Curves in 3D Linear Symmetric Tensor Fields Abstract approved: Eugene Zhang

  • The impact of the number of kinetochore microtubules on the rate of chromosome segregation

    Creator:
    Duan, Yunhan
    Abstract:
    Successful cell division requires proper chromosome movement, including accurate congression to the metaphase plate and proper segregation to spindle poles. Errors that occur in either event can cause chromosome aneuploidy in daughter cells, which may lead to cell death, genetic diseases and cancers (Matson and Stukenberg,2012, Compton, 2000). The force...
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    Masters Thesis
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    anaphase (Chen and Zhang, 2004). Three prevailing models have been proposed to explain the potential

  • Painterly rendering using space-time varying style parameters

    Creator:
    Kagaya, Mizuki
    Abstract:
    Automatic painterly rendering systems have been proposed but they opted for selecting a single style to generate paintings from images, which lacks the ability of creatively using multiple styles to focus important objects and deemphasize unimportant part of the scenes. We provide a multi-style painting framework to address this issue...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -Time Varying Style Parameters Abstract approved: Eugene Zhang Automatic painterly rendering systems

  • Evaluating the Effects of Multiple Environmental Stressors on the Gulf of Alaska Pacific Cod Fishery Using a Dynamic Stress-Scape Framework

    Creator:
    Blaisdell, Josiah
    Abstract:
    The Gulf of Alaska (GOA) is home to the most productive fisheries in the world. In 2019, 2.2 million metric tons of fish were shipped from Alaska to destinations all over the world (NOAA Fisheries, 2019). From 2014-2016 and, more recently, in 2019 the largest heatwaves in recorded history caused...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Yue Zhang The Gulf of Alaska (GOA) is home to the most productive fisheries in the world. In 2019

  • Hybrid visualization of asymmetric tensor fields : glyphs and hyperstreamlines

    Creator:
    Palke, Darrel
    Abstract:
    Asymmetric tensor fields are useful for understanding fluid flow and solid deformation. They present new challenges, however, for traditional tensor field visualization techniques such as hyperstreamline placement and glyph packing. This is because the physical behavior of tensors inside real domains where eigenvalues are real is fundamentally different from the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Asymmetric Tensor Fields: Glyphs and Hyperstreamlines Abstract approved: Eugene Zhang Asymmetric tensor

  • High torque density cycloid electrical machine for robotic application

    Creator:
    Liu, Rui
    Abstract:
    This thesis investigates a novel cycloid electric machine that integrates both cycloid gear drive and permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM), and proposes to apply the machine in robotic transmission system. Cycloid gear drive is a transmission device that is commonly used to boost up the output torque. It has been...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Julia Zhang This thesis investigates a novel cycloid electric machine that integrates both cycloid