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Economic tendencies in response to cyclical patterns
(2017-05-05)
This paper analyzes the concept of business cycles in regards to transportation changes, depressions, speculative bubbles, and social concepts and movements leading up to the event of major depressions. Upon analyzing this, ...
MAE 4344 - Senior design capstone: Group 2b - Dolphin blowhole simulator
(2018-04-30)
The use of drones have been proposed for the collection of biological samples in marine mammals, specifically marine biologists need to obtain samples of dolphin "blow" from their blowhole discharge in the wild. These ...
CIVE 4143 senior design project
(2017-12-12)
This reports details upgrades to the Alligator Creek wastewater treatment plant in Texas to meet new flow requirements and various permit limits. We evaluated the current performance of the plant systems to determine if ...
AIChE Student Design Competition: Manufacturing facility for nylon 6,6
(2017-03-09)
The purpose of this project was to develop a preliminary design of a grassroots plant for the production of nylon 6,6 near Calvert City, Kentucky. The yearly production rate of nylon 6,6 was specified at 85 MM lbm/yr. Nylon ...
Assessment of undergraduate student alcohol behaviors by Greek and non-Greek affiliation
(2016-12-08)
Drinking patterns in young adults are associated with a variety of risky behaviors with both acute and long-term consequences. Some of the negative consequences associated with binge drinking patterns include suboptimal ...
Youth homelessness: A sociological literature review
(2019-05-09)
Beliefs about homelessness responsibility are constantly fluctuating according to the time period and context (Kidd, 2012). This paper will be a critical literature review concerning the magnitude of the social issues ...
Using evidence based design to develop an inclusive classroom
(2016-04-28)
The design of a space is critical to the function, mood, efficiency, and effectiveness of an environment, making it crucial especially in educational facilities. This study will apply evidence based design to the design ...
Classification of trichostrongyle eggs in ruminant fecal samples using a back propagating neural network
(2016-12-08)
This article examines the use of a back-propagating neural network to count the number of parasite eggs present in a given fecal sample. If possible this would save hours of trained labor currently used for the task and ...
AIChE 2018 Student Design Competition: Manufacture of dimethyl ether for transport
(2018-04-10)
A propylene splitter with a heat pump system was designed to produce both polymer-grade propylene and propane HD-5. The process was modeled, simulated, and optimized using Aspen HYSYS. Economic analyses were conducted based ...
Differences in defense response to herbivory across Arabidopsis mutants
(2017-12-08)
Arabidopsis thaliana is a model plant for research, and Spodoptera exiqua (beet armyworms) is a common agricultural past that is also used in research settings (Rehrig et. al., 2014). In an effort to find plants that are ...