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Title: A FRAMEWORK FOR LONG TERM ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN USING ASSET PRIORITY INDEX AND CONDITION INDEX FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FERRY SYSTEM
Author: Subramanian, Balagee
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Management, Transportation
Description: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the North Carolina Ferry System combined have many assets in place. This thesis primarily concerns the North Carolina Ferry System (NCFS). The NCFS has a sizable number of assets and a lo...

Title: A methodology to account for seasonal population shifts in North Carolina
Author: Thakur, Reetika
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: REETIKA THAKUR. A methodology to account for seasonal population shifts in North Carolina. (Under the direction of Dr. JOHN HILDRETH AND DR. NICOLE BARCLAY.)Seasonal population has a widespread impact on economic, political and environmental aspec...

Title: AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED GROUND-AERIAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR AREAS WITH AN UNDERDEVELOPED SECURITY INFRASTRUSTURE
Author: Padgett, Steven
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Events held in areas without a well-developed security infrastructure, such as the Tour de France and temporary military bases, can be difficult to secure and survey. In these situations, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) can prove useful to get sur...

Title: DAILY LOAD FORECASTING WITH HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Author: Shukla, Shreyashi
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Load forecasting at the daily resolution is generally performed by aggregating the predicted hourly load. Long-term daily load forecasting is essential for resource planning in the power system and price evaluation of energy contracts. Short-term ...

Title: DATA-DRIVEN DIAGNOSTICS OF ISSUES RELATED TO POWER SYSTEM DYNAMICS USING PMU MEASUREMENT
Author: Arefi, Mahmoodreza
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Engineering
Description: This work investigates the use of data driven techniques to diagnose issues related to power system dynamics. The source behind the data are simulated Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) measurements. First, this study examines the application of Weight...

Title: DRONE ROUTING FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT ON POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS UNDER HILF EVENTS
Author: Alapati, Mahesh
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Power resources, Operations research
Description: Significant damages caused by extreme weather conditions such as flood, storm, hurricanes, blizzards etc., contribute multiple and widely-spread damages to electric power transmission and distribution systems resulting in large-scale power failure...

Title: Data-Driven Strategy for Improving Energy Efficiency in Retail Banks
Author: Neely, Evan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Power resources
Description: This thesis explores a data-driven strategy approach to curtailing HVAC energy consumption in a large retail portfolio. Energy building simulation software was utilized to predict setpoint related energy savings potential across all United States ...

Title: Empowering FPGAs For Massively Parallel Applications
Author: SHIDDIBHAVI, SUHAS ASHOK
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Computer engineering
Description: The availability of OpenCL High-Level Synthesis (OpenCL-HLS) has made FPGAs an attractive platform for power-efficient high-performance execution of massively parallel applications. FPGAs with their customizable data-path, deep pipelining abilitie...

Title: Experimentally Infused Active System Optimization - Theoretical Framework and Airborne Wind Energy Case Study
Author: Deodhar, Nihar
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: This research pioneers formal combined plant and controller optimization (termed ``co-design") schemes for complex systems where accurate but expensive experiments are fused with cheap but less accurate numerical simulations. This fusion of experi...

Title: FROM ROOTS TO STAR TREK: A CASE STUDY ON SUCCESSFUL PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ENGINEERING MAJORS
Author: McGee, Marquis
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Education, Higher, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: The United States is competing on a global level for jobs in the STEM fields but retention and graduation rates in the engineering disciplines are lower than desired. African American males make up 5 % of the population of American colleges and un...

Title: INVESTIGATION OF ARCHITECTURES AVAILABLE FOR WIRELESS CHARGING
Author: Long, Jamel
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: A review of various Architectures currently available for wireless power transfer.

Title: Implementation and Assessment Techniques for the Applications of Advanced Distribution Management System
Author: Hossan, Md Shakawat
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: In recent years, massive numbers of distributed energy resources are being installed in distribution feeders at both the utility and customer levels. These integrations are creating bi-directional power ow complexities in all the existing applicat...

Title: LOW UNCERTAINTY SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT USING DEFLECTOMETRY
Author: Pouya Fard, Ali
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering, Metaphysics
Description: Deflectometry has been introduced as a viable alternative to interferometric measurement of specular freeform optical surfaces. Deflectometry measurements show high repeatability; however, due to the errors remaining after the calibration and data...

Title: Laboratory Validation and Initial Field Evaluation of a Vibration-Based Technique for Condition Assessment of Timber Utility Poles
Author: Dulin, Steven
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Civil engineering
Description: Timber is the most common material used for the utility poles that support the transmission and distribution lines of the electrical grid in the United States. Timber is well-suited for use in utility poles but is subject to decay from fungi and o...

Title: OPTIMIZING THE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES OF DOT PRODUCT EVALUATION PROGRAMS
Author: Kasana, Dipin
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: State transportation agencies (STAs) implement countless transportation products that are identified, evaluated, and accepted through a Product Evaluation Program (PEP). Through an effective PEP, STAs can ensure the continuous availability of high...

Title: Quantifying Fire Hazards of Sustainable Initiatives in the Built Environment
Author: Saunders, Christina
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Sustainability
Description: We are now challenged with design-oriented goals of sustainability initiatives requiring energy efficiency in the built environment. Stricter energy codes have added more potential fuel load to a structure and its building envelope. However, these...