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  • Material science in menstrual health and hygiene

    Creator:
    Aduviri, Brooke
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    Menstrual health and hygiene insecurity is a global health issue people across the world face, particularly in developing countries. According to the World Bank, an estimated 500 million lack access to adequate menstrual products, and “to effectively manage their menstruation, women and girls require access to water, sanitation, and hygiene...
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    Material Science in Menstrual Health and Hygiene By

  • The Art and Science of Woodturning : A Year in Exploration

    Creator:
    Andersen, Claudia C.
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    Woodturner, artist, and scientist, Claudia Andersen, describes various anatomical features of wood, from the differences between softwoods and hardwoods to the various types of spalting. Over the past year, they have learned and developed their skills in woodturning. In this project, they accompany one woodturned piece with a description of...
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    Science and Engineering Ruth Fore, Committee Member, representing Wood Science and Engineering

  • Vacuum Testing of a Small Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator

    Creator:
    Mieloszyk, Alexander J.
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    Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS’s) are a key element to NASA’s deep space exploration programs. As NASA looks towards new generations of smaller, modular spacecraft, appropriately smaller RPS’s will be needed. The Single General Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (S-GPHS-RTG) has been developed to fill this role. The S-GPHS-RTG will...
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    Baccalaureate of Science in Nuclear Engineering presented on May 26, 2010. Title: Vacuum Testing of a Small

  • Modeling the Fusion Reaction in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Reactor with the Particle-in-Cell Method

    Creator:
    van de Lindt, Jacob
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    Nuclear fusion has the potential to meet the energy needs of our civilization for centuries to come and does not produce harmful greenhouse gasses or produce long-lasting radioactive waste. A fusion reaction can be readily demonstrated in a confinement scheme known as inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion. In this work,...
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    Science in Nuclear Engineering and Physics presented on May 29, 2020. Title: Modeling the Fusion

  • Tabletop fusion reactors : construction and testing of a demonstration inertial electrostatic confinement fusor

    Creator:
    Holler, Logan R.
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    Nuclear fusion reactors comprise a significant field of study due to their potential to provide a limitless, clean, and sustainable source of energy. The inertial electrostatic confinement fusor is a type of fusion-generating device that accelerates deuterium gas to the conditions required for fusion. The goal of this research was...
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    , Mentor, representing Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

  • The Impact of Material Handling on Manufacturing Process Plan Selection

    Creator:
    Sargent, Ian E.
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    The total manufacturing cost for a part is determined by its process plan, and the total cost includes both processing and material handling costs. This research examines the cost impact of assuming an arbitrary layout when evaluating alternative process plans for production in a new facility. A designed experiment was...
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    degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Industrial Engineering (Honors Associate

  • Lateral Edge Connection and Withdrawal Capacity of Western Juniper

    Creator:
    Girod, Hayley E.
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    Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) is a “native invasive” tree species in Eastern Oregon. It is extremely good at finding and consuming water in arid climates, which makes it difficult for other plant species, especially sagebrush and grasses to survive. Sagebrush and grasses are necessary for the survival of the sage...
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    experimental and interference approaches." Wood Material Science & Engineering 6.4: 213-18. 20

  • Thin-Film Dielectric Structure of Spin-Coated ZrO2 from Aqueous Inorganic Solution

    Creator:
    Moreno Luna, Hidekel A.
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    An inorganic aqueous precursor for the deposition of ZrO2 thin films via spincoating was developed. Hydrolysis and condensation chemistries of ZrOCl₂·8H₂O were used as the principal reactions to guide the synthesis. Refractive index, n, for a film annealed at 300 °C at 550 nm was measured to be n=1.97 by...
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    -744 6. A. P. Huang, P.K. Chu, Materials Science and Engineering, B 121 (2005), 244-247 7

  • Utilization of ground peanut husk as an alternative fiber material for particleboard

    Creator:
    Newton, Jacob A.
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    This research examined the potential for using peanut husk as a fiber alternative to wood in the production of melamine-formaldehyde (MF) particleboard. MF resin was used to produce panels with one, three, six, nine or 12 percent resin contents. Modulus of Rupture (MOR), Modulus of Elasticity (MOE), Internal Bond (IB)...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Jeffrey J. Morrell, Mentor, representing Wood Science and Engineering

  • Calculating the Added Cost of Over-Densifying Particleboard

    Creator:
    Gardner, Ben
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    Particleboard is a commodity composite panel made from the residual materials of other wood products manufacturing companies. The industry operates on low profit margins and thus produces high volumes of differing panel grades. Slight inefficiencies over the course of a year can mean a significant loss in profit. Previous calculations...
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    Science and Engineering Committee Member, representing Wood Science and Engineering