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PROCESS-DRIVEN MICROSTRUCTURE TAILORING DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF Ti-6Al-4V
(2023-12-18)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM) has attracted the attention of many researchers due to the technology providing opportunities in terms of improved ... -
NONINVASIVE MAPPING OF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN THE BRAIN OF CHILDREN WITH DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY AND HEALTHY CONTROLS
(2023-12-18)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** For patients with drug resistant epilepsy (DRE), resective surgery is the most effective treatment to achieve seizure-freedom. Its success largely depends ... -
Lung cancer growth forecasting and classification models by machine learning using a novel 2D co-culture high throughput device
(2023-12-14)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** Co-culture devices have commonly been used during in vitro experimentation to create therapeutic testing devices for lung cancer that more closely mimic the ... -
Developing A Geospatial Web Application for Transportation Geotechnical Asset Management
(2024-01-09)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** Spatial data has become an increasingly important tool in geotechnical engineering, allowing for managing and analyzing large amounts of spatial data. In ... -
Proactive Seismic Rehabilitation Decision-Making Model for Water Pipe Networks Under Network Uncertainties and Degradation
(2023-12-06)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** Past earthquakes have revealed that earthquakes disrupt the operations of underground water infrastructure systems. Assessment of the seismic vulnerability ... -
MEASUREMENT, MODELING, AND ANALYSIS OF THE ENERGY SPECTRA OF ELECTRONS AND ANNIHILATION GAMMAS RESULTING FROM LOW ENERGY POSITRON IRRADIATION OF CLEAN AND ADSORBATE COVERED SURFACES
(2023-12-06)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** This dissertation presents measurements and theoretical modeling demonstrating the capability of Doppler Broadened annihilation gamma Spectroscopy (DBS) to ... -
Learning and control for complex multiagent systems
(2023-12-06)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** Complex multiagent systems (MASs) are pervasive in various fields, from power system networks, and autonomous robotics to traffic management, where groups ... -
Ru(II) Polypyridyl Photosensitizers for Phototherapy
(2023-12-15)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** This dissertation describes the design, synthesis, and photobiological characterization of key target molecules that modify the 1) length of the IP-nT “PDT” ... -
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSES OF COUPLED THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR IN UNSATURATED SOIL UNDER ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT TRANSFER
(2024-01-19)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** Comprehension of the behavior of unsaturated soil in response to thermal gradients, moisture gradients, and deformation is important in geotechnics. Thermal ... -
Towards the Development of a Unified Synthesis System Framework: Advancement of AVDS Towards a Generic, Multi-disciplinary, and Multi-fidelity Aerospace Vehicle Design Environment
(2024-01-19)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** At the start of any design program for the development of a novel aerospace vehicle, there can be millions of design, mission, and technology trades to be ... -
EaseMarks: Using Secondary Sketch Marks To Author and Communicate Motion Interpolation
(2023-12-19)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** Motion interpolation is a process where an animator transforms jerky frame transitions into rich motions that communicate anticipation, urgency, hysteresis, ... -
Afraid to Come Out: A Qualitative Examination of Concealing and Negotiating Gay Sexual Identity
(2023-12-13)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 08/01/2024** Identity development is a fragile process for any individual but even more complex for individuals who identify as gay and who cannot openly and freely express ... -
DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATION OF AN INERTIAL-STABILIZED SINGLE-AXIS HEADLAMP FOR MOBILE SYSTEMS
(2023-12-18)The introduction of adaptive headlamps has added left and right movement of the headlamps to enhance the vision of the driver during a turn at night. Adaptive headlamps also allow up and down motion of headlamps in either ... -
“INCREASING RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL OF LANDFILL GAS BY ELECTROCATALYTIC CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO METHANE AT LOW TEMPERATURE.”
(2024-01-10)The conversion of carbon dioxide into methane at a low temperature has great potential to reduce current international environmental issues like global warming and will create new sources of renewable energy. The overall ... -
Quantification of Dynamic Changes of Hemodynamic and Metabolic Responses to Brachial Artery Occlusion: A Broadband Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
(2024-01-10)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death in the United States, and non-Hispanic African Americans are at higher risk than other racial and ethnic groups. Endothelial dysfunction is a major contributor to ... -
Anti-nociception induced by high-intensity electrical brain stimulation
(2024-01-09)A universal, and possibly one of the most frequent symptomatic motives to explore professional medical attention, is pain. Pain is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling ... -
Method-of-characteristics models for flowfield evaluation of hypervelocity test facilities
(2024-01-11)Ground test facilities are an imperative part of the design and development of flying vehicles. In the case of high-enthalpy facilities, evaluating the gasdynamic and thermochemical state of the test gas poses challenges ... -
“I HOPE YOU ARE NOT BEING STUPID ABOUT CHILDREN”: TRANSFORMING LITERATURE PEDAGOGY THROUGH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
(2024-01-05)In this dissertation, I assert that children’s literature is particularly productive for making the literature classroom a more engaging space for students in any genre or historical period of literature taught because it ... -
AN EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF UTILIZING STEEL FIBER AND GFRP IN BRIDGE DECKS UNDER BENDING
(2024-01-02)The process of laying and tying conventional reinforcement is a time-consuming task when building a bridge deck, especially while ensuring the proper cover. To speed up the construction process, the bridge construction ... -
Promoting Community Identity through Repurposing Vacant Land: City Park Design in Downtown Arlington
(2023-12-21)As urbanization progressed rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century, people moved to cities for many reasons, and as a consequence, the volume of green spaces in the cities was reduced. Lands have been developed or redeveloped ...