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  • Radiometric Calibration of EAARL‐B Bathymetric Lidar Data

    Creator:
    Wilson, Nicholas C.
    Abstract:
    The Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar ‐ B (EAARL‐B), which was built and deployed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2014, is a novel topographic‐bathymetric lidar system. While retaining a number of features that were pioneered in the original National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) EAARL system (e.g., low...
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    Masters Thesis
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     Calibration of EAARL‐B Bathymetric Lidar Data      by  Nicholas C. Wilson        A THESIS    submitted to

  • Understanding the Impact of Global Warming on Orographic Rain Shadows: Insights from a Pseudo-Global Warming Simulation over the Western United States

    Creator:
    Koszuta, Matthew
    Abstract:
    Some studies using regional climate models (RCMs) suggest a weakening of the climatological rain-shadow along the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains during the western US cool-season. To identify the possible mechanisms of rain-shadow weakening under warming, a new set of 30-year, high-resolution (6 km) pseudo-global warming (PGW) simulations were analyzed...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Nicholas Siler Some

  • Evaluating a Zonal-mean Hydrologic Model Against a Water Tag-enabled Global Simulation

    Creator:
    Mandovi, Andrew
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    The hydrologic cycle on Earth comprises the transitions among the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of water. Understanding the hydrologic cycle is of course important for climate science, but also for agricultural, drinking water, and disaster preparedness purposes. Improvements in satellite observations and general circulation models (GCMs) have led to...
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    awarded to Dr. Nicholas Siler. I am thankful and grateful to my advisor Nick, for his patience through

  • Carbonation Kinetics of SrO By CO₂ for Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage

    Creator:
    Bagherisereshki, Elham
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    Given its abundance and accessibility, exploiting solar energy is a powerful approach to reduce dependency on fossil fuels for energy generation. Thermochemical reactions using concentrated solar power at high temperature are an attractive method of energy storage in support of concentrated solar power (CSP). Thermochemical energy storage of on-sun thermal...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Nicholas J. AuYeung

  • Investigation of the Effect of Pulsed Direct Current on Methane Conversion and Reforming in a Point-to-Point Plasma Discharge Microreactor

    Creator:
    Shareghi, Adam E. L.
    Abstract:
    Stranded natural gas and biogas comprise a vast energy resource that is mostly wasted via flaring. This represents an opportunity to investigate novel ways to harness this resource. Nonthermal plasmas consist of excited electrons, ions and neutral atoms/molecules that have the ability to disrupt chemical bonds at ambient temperatures and...
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    : _____________________________________________________ Nicholas J. AuYeung Stranded natural gas and biogas comprise a vast energy resource that is

  • Determining the validity and reliability of the Nicholas Manual Muscle Tester as a measure of isometric strength in women with arthritis

    Creator:
    Sierra, Nelson
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    The purpose of this investigation was to determine the validity and reliability of the Nicholas Manual Muscle Tester (NMMT), a portable dynamometer, as a measure of the isometric strength in women with arthritis. Female subjects (N=13; 66 ± 13.89 yrs.) with arthritis were tested for isometric muscle strength on the...
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    Determining the validity and reliability of the Nicholas

  • Learning functional descriptions from examples

    Creator:
    Flann, Nicholas S.
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    The task of inductive learning from examples places constraints on the representation of training instances and concepts. These constraints are different from, and often incompatible with, the constraints placed on the representation by the performance task. This incompatibility is severe when learning functional concepts and explains why previous researchers have...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Nicholas S. Flann for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science pre

  • Commissioning of the NDDL-40 Neutron Detection System at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Boulton, Nicholas M.
    Abstract:
    The Neutron radiography facility (NRF) at Oregon State University (OSU) has been modified to begin working on the non-destructive evaluation of concrete materials to study the early stages of shrinkage, cracking, and water transport of concrete during the curing process. The objective of this work is to investigate the efficiency...
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    Nicholas M. Boulton for the degree of Master of Science in Radiation Health Physics presented on March 3

  • Solar-driven Dry Reforming Reaction in a Milli-scale Reactor

    Creator:
    Wang, Yige
    Abstract:
    Dry reforming of methane to syngas using CO2 was performed in a solar-driven milli-scale reactor, which converts solar energy to chemical energy. The process aims to upgrade the energy content of the feed stream using sustainable energy. The effect of mean residence time, temperature and CO2:CH4 ratio on conversion and...
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  • Stochastic models of the Brownian motion

    Creator:
    Politopoulos, Anthony Nicholas
    Abstract:
    This paper presents an exposition of the stochastic models for the Brownian motion. The results of Einstein and Wiener are presented, together with the Uhlenbeck-Ornstein process which gives a more realistic model of the Brownian motion of a particle. Finally, applying a one-one transformation on the forward Kolmogorov equation we...
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    THE THESIS 0F Anthony Nicholas Politopoulos for the M.S. in Mathematics (Name) (Degree) (Major