Doctoral Dissertations

According to the Rubber Manufacture Association about 230.7 million scrap tires are generated in the United States every year. Reduction of scrap tire disposal, through r[...]

This research designs a Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) approach that compensates for both actuator and sensor faults by using multiple observers. This method is shown to w[...]

The advancement of technology has enabled us to collect increasing quantities of spatial and spatiotemporal data at rapidly increasing rate through sensor systems, automa[...]

Based upon the sociocultural theories of Vygotsky, Bakhtin, Bourdieu, Holland et al. and the work of composition scholars such as Welch, Brannon et al., and Bousquet et a[...]

Over the past few decades, more persons with disabilities, including students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, are enrolling and attending postsecondary education. With th[...]

Considering the over half million bridges in the US state highway system, more than 70% of which were built before 1935, it is of little wonder that bridge maintenance an[...]

ABSTRACTCURTIS D. KENDRICK. The case for building on students’ proportional reasoning for slope-related tasks. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID K. PUGALEE)The purpose [...]

We study the topological properties of minimally generated algebras (as introduced by Koppelberg) and, particularly, the subclass of T-algebras (a notion due to Koszmid[...]

With a strong indication of high renewable distributed generation (DG) penetration increase in the near future, distribution system operators (DSOs) are burdened with cha[...]

This study examined the ability of several diagnostic and psychological indicators to predict the use of excessive exercise as a weight loss or compensatory behavior for [...]