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Title: AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE LOAD REDUCTION EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES EMPLOYED IN DEMAND RESPONSE (DR) PROGRAMS OFFERED TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
Author: Mohajeryami, Saeed
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Economics
Description: In current electricity market, demand side buys power indirectly through electric utilities, and it makes the demand side inelastic to market's price volatility and significantly affects the efficiency of the market. To fix the problem, it is esse...

Title: COMPENSATION OF FREQUENCY RESPONSE FUNCTION MEASUREMENTS BY INVERSE RCSA
Author: Satyanarayana, Harsha
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: The stability lobe diagram is a graphical device used to select stable cutting conditions in machining. The generation of the stability lobe diagram requires the tool-holder-spindle-machine frequency response function (FRF). Therefore, the accurac...

Title: Current state of practice for condition assessment methods and the facility condition index as a measure
Author: Karanja, Pauline
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Buildings deteriorate for various reasons which include age, overcapacity, and lack of planning and preventative maintenance. Facility Condition Assessments (FCAs) are used to measure this deterioration with the aim of collecting data to determine...

Title: DATA MODELS TO SUPPORT METROLOGY
Author: Heysiattalab, Saeed
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: The Quality Information Framework (QIF) is a project initiated in 2010 by the Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC is an American Standards Developing Organization) to address metrology interoperability. Specifically, the QIF supports ...

Title: DESIGN, TOLERANCING, AND EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DYNAMIC FREEFORM OPTICAL SYSTEMS
Author: Shultz, Jason
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering, Physics
Description: Although freeform concepts have been considered for many decades, new fabrication capabilities have enabled new classes of optical components and sparked greatly increased interest in freeform optics. Generally defined as surfaces without rotation...

Title: DYNAMIC CONVEX OPTIMAL POWER FLOW APPROACHES FOR MODERN POWER GRID
Author: Moghadasi, Seyedmahdi
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Non-convexity of Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem in power systems poses difficulties in reaching optimal solutions which can adversely affect the overall solution efficiency, convergence and appropriate scheduling of generators. Dynamic convex OP...

Title: Development of injectable bioceramic drug delivery system for solid tumor treatment
Author: Haig, James
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: According to the national cancer institute "In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 people will die from the disease" and "The number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis reached...

Title: IMPACT OF FIXED FIREFIGHTING SYSTEMS ON ROAD TUNNEL RESILIENCE
Author: Jha, Anurag
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Civil engineering
Description: This thesis investigates the impact of different fixed firefighting systems (FFFS) on road tunnel resilience. The road tunnel and fire protection communities are considering a uniform approach for considering the benefits of an integrated design f...

Title: INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENCE IN GRANULAR FLOW
Author: Abdelrahman, Mohamed
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Engineering
Description: Granular flow poses interesting questions in terms of both theoretical and applied mechanics. The increased utilization of vibrational finishing processes in the manufacturing of high precision components has resulted in an increased need to under...

Title: INVESTIGATION OF WEATHERING EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE OF INTUMESCENT COATINGS USED IN FIRE PROTECTION OF WOOD STRUCTURES
Author: Hemmati, Vahid
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Intumescent coating is one of many passive methods to protect wood structures in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) from fire. \iffalse The mechanism of such coating can be explained in three stages. First, acid release reaction is triggered by th...

Title: Image Segmentation using Markov Random Field
Author: Tatavarti, Aparna
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: This thesis describes an algorithm for efficient segmentation of point cloud data into local planar surface regions. This is a problem of generic interest to researchers in the computer graphics, computer vision, artificial intelligence and roboti...

Title: Implementation of a cost effective non-destructive testing laboratory experiment
Author: Nye, Cameron
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Engineering
Description: A great amount of research is being performed in the field of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). In addition, research is being performed in optimizing the distance learning experience, allowing students to gain equal involvement compared to students ...

Title: In Situ Fringe Projection Profilometry for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process
Author: Zhang, Bin
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: Additive manufacturing (AM) offers an industrial solution to produce parts with complex geometries and internal structures that conventional manufacturing techniques cannot produce. However, current metal additive process, particularly the laser p...

Title: MID-SPATIAL FREQUENCY CHARACTERIZATION AND SPECIFICATION FOR FREEFORM SURFACES USING ZERNIKE POLYNOMIALS
Author: Hosseinimakarem, Zahra
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering
Description: Mid-spatial frequency on freeform optical elements induces small-angle scatter and affects the optical performance. Fabrication techniques involved in making freeform surfaces leave tooling marks on the surface due to the sub-aperture nature of th...

Title: Predicting costs for bridge replacement projects
Author: Phillips, Patrick
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) uses historical highway bridge records to make cost-effective decisions on which maintenance, repair, or replacement action is appropriate for a deficient bridge. The current method for estim...

Title: THEORY, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS OF INFRARED HYPERBOLIC METAMATERIALS
Author: Fullager, Daniel
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Physics
Description: ABSTRACTDANIEL B. FULLAGER. Theory, characterization and applications of infraredhyperbolic metamaterials. (Under the direction of DR. MICHAEL A. FIDDY)Hyperbolic Metamaterials (HMMs) are engineered structures capable of supporting lightmatterinte...