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Title: A PROCESS TO EVALUATE COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE PACKAGES THAT ESTIMATE MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY THROUGH SIMULATION
Author: BEAMAN, JONATHAN
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) can be used to measure a great variety of parts. Essentially, any three-dimensional surface can be evaluated. Characterizing the measurement uncertainty in a way that maintains traceability in accordance with i...

Title: Analyzing the Potential of Demand Response in Residential Buildings
Author: Halbe, Sumedh
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: Due to increasing penetration in renewables in the grid, it has become increasingly necessary to provide a balance between supply and demand. Demand side management, especially in residential buildings, could play a vital role in providing this ba...

Title: COMPUTATIONAL INVERSE MECHANICS OF A HIGHLY COMMINUTED TIBIA FRACTURE
Author: Shadid, Waseem
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Computer engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: This dissertation presents a new computational system that seeks to estimate the inverse mechanics of a bone fracture from 3D CT images. One image provides a model of an unbroken bone and a second records a fractured example of the same bone after...

Title: Comparison of the effectiveness of Traditional Nursing Medication Administration with the Color Coding Kids System in a sample of undergraduate nursing students
Author: Burgess, Colleen
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Health education
Description: ABSTRACTThe problem of medication errors in hospitals and the vulnerability of pediatric patients to adverse drug events (ADE) was investigated and well substantiated. The estimated additional cost of inpatient care for ADE's in the hospital setti...

Title: DESIGN, MODELING, FABRICATION & CHARACTERIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL Si SOLAR CELLS
Author: Chowdhury, Ahrar Ahmed
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: Photovoltaic is a viable solution towards meeting the energy demand in an ecofriendly environment. To ensure the mass access in photovoltaic electricity, cost effective approach needs to be adapted. This thesis aims towards substrate independent f...

Title: DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING JOINT DYNAMIC AMBULANCE RELOCATION AND FLEXIBLE DISPATCHING STRATEGIES: A SIMULATION-OPTIMIZATION APPROACH
Author: Li, Xun
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Operations research, Information technology, Business
Description: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system's mission is to provide timely and effective treatment to anyone in need of urgent medical care throughout their jurisdiction. The main goal of most EMS deployment is to reduce mortality, disability, pain an...

Title: Development of CFD Simulation Frameworks For High Fidelity Predictions of Quadcopter Aerodynamics
Author: Madabushi, Karthik Srinivas
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Aerospace engineering
Description: External aerodynamic simulation of a rotor system is far more challenging compared to simulations involving fixed wing aircraft. This is because the surrounding flow field itself is far more complex. The rotating blades of the rotor system encount...

Title: Enhanced Thermal Imaging a Novel Imaging Technique for Monitoring Re-Perfusion Post-Operatively
Author: McGinnis, Cobey
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Biomedical engineering, Physics
Description: We are developing a real-time infrared imaging technique, Enhanced Thermal Imaging(ETI), that can detect blood vessels embedded in tissue and assess tissue perfusion. ETI is a combination of standard thermal imaging (8 - 10 μm) and selective heati...

Title: FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND MODELING OF RANDOM ANTI-REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SURFACE STRUCTURES
Author: Joshi, Rajendra
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Nanoscience, Physics
Description: RAJENDRA JOSHI. Fabrication, Characterization, and Modeling of Random Anti-reflective Optical Surface Structures. (Under the direction of DR. GREGORY J. GBUR)Optical surfaces can be fabricated to be anti-reflective (AR) by coating single- or multi...

Title: Impact of High-Fidelity Simulation Training on Medical-Surgical Nurses' Self-Confidence and Mock Code Blue Performance: A Pilot Study
Author: Morton, Shannon
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Nurses working on medical-surgical units are often responders to situations of acute patient deterioration and must be ready to act and implement life-saving interventions (Buckley & Gordon, 2011). Training programs that incorporate high-fidelity ...

Title: Integration of the Simulation Environment for Autonomous Robots with Robotics Middleware
Author: Harris, Adam
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Computer engineering, Robotics
Description: Robotic simulators have long been used to test code and designs before any actual hardware is tested to ensure safety and efficiency. Many current robotics simulators are either closed source (calling into question the fidelity of their simulation...

Title: Leveraging LLVM IR for Design Space Exploration and Modeling of Application and Domain-Specific Hardware
Author: Rogers, Samuel
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Computer engineering
Description: The limitations of transistor scaling and the rise of power-constrained compute environments have driven a new renaissance in hardware design through hardware acceleration. Application and domain-specific hardware accelerators offer fantastic effi...

Title: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRCTURES, EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
Author: Wu, Xiaoxia
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Nanotechnology
Description: One-Dimensional (1D) nanostructures are generally defined as having at least one dimension between 1 and 100 nm. Investigations of their mechanical properties are important from both fundamental study and application point of view. Different metho...

Title: THE DIFFUSION AND IMPACT OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION IN SUPPLY CHAINS: A MULTI-METHOD APPROACH
Author: Wu, Xiaoran
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Information technology, Business
Description: As a promising and emerging technology for supply chain management, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a new alternative to existing tracking technologies and also allows a range of internal control and supply chain coordination. RFID has ge...

Title: THE IMPACT OF DYNAMIC NETWORK STRUCTURE AND HOMOGENEOUS EMBEDDEDNESS ON CULTURAL POLARIZATION
Author: Lee, Yunsub
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: In this study, I use a computer simulation model to investigate one possible process of cultural polarization in modern society. Numerous studies have used computer simulation models based on the principle of homophily to explain the process of cu...

Title: The Effects of Classroom Simulation Using Static Picture Prompts to Teach Students with Disabilities to Make Purchases with a Debit Card and Track their Expenses
Author: Rowe, Dawn
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: This study used a multiple probe design across participants to examine the effects of classroom simulation using static picture prompts to teach students to make a purchase using a debit card and track expenses by subtracting purchase amounts and ...

Title: Time Domain Simulation with Applications in Compliant Workpiece Milling
Author: Rubeo, Mark
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: High performance application fields, such as the defense, power, and aerospace industries, benefit from the enhanced product quality and reduced cost associated with machining thin-walled, metallic structures over traditional fabrication and assem...

Title: UNDERSTANDING BIAS IN NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES AND ANALYSES
Author: Price, Adam
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Bioinformatics, Biophysics
Description: The problem of bias resulting from biological and technological sources is one that must be consistently reexamined alongside the development of new technologies and methods of analysis. This dissertation addresses the complexities of bias identif...