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  • Effect of ambient environment on the fracture and fatigue properties of Zr-based bulk metallic glasses

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    Philo, Sarah L.
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    The effect of ambient environment on the fatigue behavior of two Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) is examined in the present study. The first metallic glass, Zr₄₄Ti₁₁Ni₁₀Cu₁₀Be₂₅, was tested to establish the presence of an environmental effect in the fatigue growth curve measured in ambient air. Fatigue growth curves produced...
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    Masters Thesis
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    samples, Dr. William Warnes for unwittingly donating his vacuum pump, Christopher Shelton and Dr

  • Heat transport at interface in the metal-organic-frameworks MOF-5

    Creator:
    Huang, Wenxi
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    The metal-organic–framework MOF-5 is used as an adsorbent in advanced systems for vehicular hydrogen storage that are currently under development. Presently, these systems are limited by poor thermal conductivity of the adsorption bed, and thus our research addresses how the interfaces between grains of MOF-5 can be engineered to improve...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . 2.3 Heat transport in MOF-5 B.L. Huang and M. Kaviany have studied on MOF-5’s thermal conductivity

  • Synthesis, degradation and practical applications of a glycerol/citric acid condensation polymer

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    Trenkel-Amoroso, Jan
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    This study looks at the properties of glycerol/citric acid as they are affected by the length and temperature of the bake used to facilitate the condensation reaction that creates the polymer. In particular, the length of time required for the polymer to break down in the presence of water, both...
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  • Development of new high-temperature piezoelectric perovskite ceramics

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    Ansell, Troy Youngmin
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    Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is the dominant ferroelectric material in the market due to its excellent piezoelectric properties, relatively high Curie transition temperature (T[subscript C]), low cost, etc. However, because of emerging applications with requirements for high temperature (T[subscript C] > 400 °C) ferroelectrics, researchers are increasingly looking at alternative...
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    . Gambatese and Dr. McGuire for serving as Graduate Council Representative. Thank you Dr. Lerner for your

  • Development and characterization of novel hydrogels for nucleus pulposus replacement

    Creator:
    Bader, Rebecca A.
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    Hydrogels have been proposed as candidates for nucleus pulposus replacement due to their similarity in mechanical behavior to the native tissue when subjected to transient or static loading; however, given the viscoelastic nature of soft biological tissues, the lack of dynamic testing is a significant inadequacy in the studies performed...
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    scientist. Thank you Skip. Dr. William Warnes provided me with guidance on all written works and

  • Technocracy, Democracy and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy

    Creator:
    Clark, Will
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    The complexity of modern environmental problems has increased appeals for including scientific research and findings in natural resource policy decision making. Though scientists, resource managers, interest groups, and the general public support more science-based environmental policy, these preferences have been accompanied by growing calls for decentralization and democratization of policy...
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    and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy by William K. Clark MPP

  • Linking Population Growth Reduction to Climate Change

    Creator:
    Jacobs, Derric
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    By 2050 the world population is expected to reach 9 billion. Fears of the impact of such a large population on earth’s environmental systems and finite resources have lead efforts by governmental and non-governmental agencies to assist developing nations in reducing fertility rates to slow population growth by direct medical...
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    Capstone Project
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  • Keeping state policy public : meeting accountability in commission governance

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    Stauffer, Scott
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    Despite their widespread use and presence at all levels of government, public commissions and boards are rarely given much attention, by the general public, academia, or surprisingly by public policy and agency experts. As a state infrastructure governing entity transportation commissions often deal with controversy, but do we really understand...
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  • Classified bodies : disability, identity, and the technological classroom

    Creator:
    Iwertz, Chad E.
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    This thesis pursues a flexible understanding and definition of dis/ability as a broadly and liberally applied mark of stigma. It asks questions that develop a deeper understanding of how disability influences mētis, a knowledge or cunning use of the body. Through this framework of mētis, this thesis explores technologies as...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Indoor Localization Using Direction of Arrival Approach

    Creator:
    Zhang, Tingwei
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    In this paper, a Direction of Arrival (DOA) based system is proposed. This method searches the direction relative to the array to find where the signal source is located. The proposed system can achieve sub-meter level accuracy with a near real-time update rate. Also, we introduced several refinement methods including...
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    matrix that indicates the signal phase difference between antennas, s is the source signal, and n is