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  • Predicting Aerodynamic Loads on Highly Flexible Membrane Wings

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    Carpenter, Trenton James
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    Through passive adaptation to incidental flow, flexible aerodynamic surfaces exploit effects of increased lift, delayed stall and disturbance rejection. Wings of birds, bats, and insects exhibit these passive effects, and at the same time through the use of structural state feedback sensed from the loads on the wing, active control...
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    : Predicting Aerodynamic Loads on Highly Flexible Membrane Wings Abstract approved: Roberto Albertani

  • A qualitative study of successful Hispanic transfer students at a community college

    Creator:
    Gutierrez, Roberto
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    The purpose of this qualitative study was to research the experience of six Hispanic students who were interviewed in depth regarding their persistence in school and success at a community college. The students reported on their educational experiences prior to college and how that related to attendance at the college;...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Roberto Gutierrez for the

  • Molecular genetics of frost hardiness and cold acclimation in Solanum species

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    Valverde, Roberto
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    Frost injury is one of the major factors limiting potato production in many parts of the world. It would be desirable to transfer the frost-tolerance traits from the hardy relatives to the cultivated potato, however, progress has been very slow. Since Solanum commersonii has been the major source of frost...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Roberto Valverde for the degree of

  • Developing Design Model for Cellulose Nanocomposites

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    Shir Mohammadi, Meisam
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    Today nano scale materials are being used for wide range of applications. One promising topic in nano scale materials is using them for reinforcement of different polymeric materials to reach desirable stiffness properties. The stiffness of these materials is mostly found experimentally because the nanocomposite community lacks a decent analytical...
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  • Modeling, control, and estimation of flexible, aerodynamic structures

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    Ray, Cody W.
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    Engineers have long been inspired by nature's flyers. Such animals navigate complex environments gracefully and efficiently by using a variety of evolutionary adaptations for high-performance flight. Biologists have discovered a variety of sensory adaptations that provide flow state feedback and allow flying animals to feel their way through flight. A...
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    goes to Roberto Albertani, who served as a strong aca- demic force for the latter part of the author’s

  • Harnessing Heterogeneity in Human Gut Microbiome Data

    Creator:
    Tataru, Christine
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    The focus of this thesis is to design, characterize, and apply novel computational methods and molecular systems to interrogate heterogeneous human gut microbiome-related phenomena. In Chapter 2, I design, implement, and characterize a method for embedding co-occurrence patterns derived from massive 16s amplicon datasets. I use this method to 1....
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    interpretation, critical revision of the article Maya Livni, Elizaveta Zhivaya, Grace Deitzler, Manuel Garcia

  • The evolution of Mexican forest policy and its influence upon forest resources

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    Crocker, Marvin D., 1934-
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    During the Colonial Period, in Mexico there was no rational forest development policy and, as a result, forest resources were squandered and to a considerable extent destroyed. During the Nineteenth Century, a rational forest policy began to be promoted, but in the end, it was translated into a policy of...
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  • Robust and Efficient Classification of Videos in the Wild

    Creator:
    Mahasseni, Behrooz
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    Recognizing human actions in videos is a long-standing problem in computer vision with a wide range of applications including video surveillance, content retrieval, and sports analysis. This thesis focuses on addressing efficiency and robustness of video classification in unconstrained real-world settings. The thesis work can be broadly divided into four...
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    , Anirban Roy, Michael Lam, Sheng Chen, Peng Lei, Christos Margiolas, Alberto Garcia, Suren Jayasuriya and

  • Wheat lignin as a functional dietary fiber component

    Creator:
    Junyusen, Tiraporn
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    This dissertation has focused on lignin byproducts that result from the alkali processing of wheat straw. The first study evaluated the application of “standard” lignin quantification methods for summative analyses of alkali-based processes. Mass closure during NaOH processing at 25, 50, and 75°C of wheat straw was evaluated using the...
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    considered as natural antioxidant (Dizhbite et al. 2004, Garcia et al. 2012, Kim, Cho and Han 2013, Nunez

  • A framework for assessing and improving the resilience of complex engineered systems during the early design process

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    Mehrpouyan, Hoda
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    As modern systems continue to increase in size and complexity, they pose significant safety and risk management challenges. System engineers and much of the government research efforts are focused on understanding the attributes and characteristics that emerge from the interactions of components and subsystems. As a result, the objective of...
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