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Investigation of Polyurethane Shape Memory Polymer for Potential Applications in Brain Aneurysm Treatment
(2019-05-10)
Intracranial aneurysms (ICAs) are abnormal deformations in the walls of cranial arteries that can rupture, resulting in hemorrhage and stroke. Modern ICA treatments minimize the risk of rupture by limiting blood flow into ...
Investigation of Cointegration Relationships in Turbulent Flows
(2016)
Turbulence has often been called one of the last unsolved problems of classical physics and impacts a wide variety of fields in nature and engineering. An important area of focus in turbulence research is the discovery and ...
Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Air Handling Unit in HVAC System Using Cloud-based Data Logging System
(2019-05-10)
This project encompasses the engineering principles of design and testing of the implementation of a fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) using cloud-based data logging system on Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning ...
Hot Surface Ignition Properties of Pre-Vaporized Jet-A and its Blends with Soy Methyl Ester and Canola Methyl Ester in a Constant Volume Chamber
(2019-05-10)
In recent years, biofuels have emerged as an attractive alternative to traditional petroleum fuels due to their renewable and almost carbon-neutral nature. While the fundamental ignition properties of petroleum fuels are ...
Design, Development, and Characterization of a Low Velocity Impact System
(2023-05-12)
This paper introduces low-velocity impacts (LVI), presents a concept for evaluating them, tests various materials for proof-of-concept, and discusses how the machine could be used in future university projects as well as ...
Integrated System to Reduce Emissions from a Natural Gas-Fired Reciprocating Engine
(2022-08)
Internal Combustion (IC) engines are a significant source of environmental pollution; therefore, global efforts are being made for their growth and sustainability. Mainly, the Natural Gas-Fired Reciprocating Engines (NGFRE), ...
Numerical Methods for Optimal Trajectory Planning with Aerospace Applications
(2019-05-10)
Optimal control theory focuses on finding the inputs that optimize the performance measure of a system subject to differential constraints. Differential game theory focuses on problems involving two separate parties, one ...
Development of Envelope Evaluation Benchmarks Using EnergyPlus and Data-Driven Thermal Model
(2022-12)
Residential buildings account for a large portion of the consumption of the global energy and total energy by end use. To mitigate the rising trend of energy consumption, residential buildings show a huge potential by ...
Designing a Substrate Heater for Thin-Film Deposition in High Vacuum
(2020)
This thesis outlines the design of a custom substrate heater for use in physical vapor deposition
of laboratory thin films. Traditional substrate heaters bring a substrate to temperature through a
reliance on the conductive ...
Quantitative Content Analysis of the Impact of Utilizing the "Virtual-Object" on the Engineering Students' Pedagogy
(2020-07-30)
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of utilizing the specially designed "Virtual-Object" and project-based learning instruction in the Thermodynamics course on engineering students' performance.
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