• Drug and gene delivery from electrospun fibers for neural repair 

  Puhl, Devan, L. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-05)

  Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) affects millions of individuals in the United States alone and can result in loss of motor and sensory function. The native repair response in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) enables ...

• Hempwerks: non-corroding concrete reinforcing made with natural fiber and thermoplastics 

  Cohen, Daniel (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-08)

  Infrastructure has been deteriorating for decades and climate change and urbanization are acceleratingtheir degradation. Much of our infrastructure is built with reinforced concrete, whose steel reinforcement can become a ...

• Understanding neuronal vesicle transport: a study of the complex interplay of molecular motors and effects of anesthetics 

  Frank, Madeline (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-08)

  Neurons are a unique cell type with many distinct membrane domains. Two of these domains, the dendrites and the axon, perform distinct functions in neuronal signaling and require specific complements of membrane proteins. ...

• Origin of region ii slow crack growth of glasses: internal friction of crack tip 

  Huang, Zhenhan (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)

  The slow crack growth behavior was observed for oxide glasses under stress in the presence of water vapor. In general, the slow crack growth is divided into three regions: region I, region II and region III slow crack ...

• Physical modeling for leap-2017-2020: assessment of liquefaction hazards for sloping ground and retaining sheet-pile quay walls 

  Korre, Evangelia (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-08)

  Seismically induced soil liquefaction can occur in saturated cohesionless soils, as a result of an earthquake and leads to significant or total loss of the soils strength. Soil conditions able to trigger liquefaction being ...

• Theoretical model of a continuum manipulator 

  Basu, Shaunak (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)

  Continuum manipulators have a higher degree of maneuverability in constrained environments compared to conventional robots. Unconventional actuators along with soft structures increases their flexibility and make them ...

• Cross-modal soundscape mapping 

  Carter, Jeff (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)

  We cannot `measure' the soundscape any more than we can `measure' the ocean, the city, or the wilderness. Being comprised of myriad complex elements, conditions and relationships between sound sources and sound perceivers, ...

• Mechanics of network materials using discrete network models and gpu accelerated multiscale finite elements 

  Merson, Jacob, Simon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-12)

  The focus of this thesis is on improving the state of modeling of tissue-scale biological network materials by addressing three component topics: First, discrete fiber models are used to probe the fundamentals of network ...

• Protein-coated particle capture within a membrane during filtration: simulations 

  Guan, Chenyu (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)

  Improving selectivity between different particles during membrane microfiltration has been a seminal goal for the past 100 years since Sartorius commercialized the first synthetic microporous membranes in Germany. This ...

• Designer dna-based materials for dna and virus sensing 

  Chauhan, Neha (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-08)

  Over the past few decades, the use of DNA has expanded from its well-known role as a carrier of genetic information to being exploited as a nanomaterial in its own right. Central to this exciting development is the ...

• Applications of high throughput screening platforms for biologics discovery 

  Gopal, Sneha (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-08)

  New drug discovery can be a very challenging and complex process due to the length and costs associated with the endeavor. To address this issue, high throughput screening (HTS) platforms have been instrumental in accelerating ...

• Investigation of coprime sound diffusers using one-fifth scale modeling 

  Melsert, Kevin, A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-12)

  In acoustics, a room is often characterized by factors such as its ability to absorb, reflect, and spread the sound in it. The spreading of sound is generally accomplished with diffusers, which scatter sound based on the ...

• Multi-scale computational modeling of interplay of fibers, reinforcement and cementitious matrix for ultra-high performance concrete in fluid and solid states 

  Bhaduri, Tathagata (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-12)

  Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) is a special class of concrete with superior mechanical and rheological properties. Optimal gradation with only very fine aggregate (typically less than 1 mm) and the presence of ...

• Multi-dimensional origin-destination freight flow prediction via a hybrid multi-graph convolutional neural networks based model 

  Ding, Yue (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-12)

  With the rapid development of eCommerce, freight plays an increasingly important role in contemporary society. The global pandemic further highlights the significance of the freight system. Nowadays, people gradually place ...

• Multi-scale computational modeling of coupled chemical, physical and mechanical phenomena in cementitious materials 

  Zhang, Ying (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-08)

  With the increasingly popular use of cement-based materials like concrete in buildings and infrastructure, it has become crucially important to reliably predict the aging and deterioration of cement-based materials. One ...

• Analysis of natural and synthetic systems for photo-initiated water splitting 

  Mark, Brian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-05)

  The search for new sustainable energy sources has seen a substantial increase inattention as our current reliance on fossil fuels reaches a critical point in terms of supply and environmental impact. One promising avenue ...

• Role of mn2+ in the oxygen evolution reaction and the oxygen reduction reaction on birnessite 

  Elrefaie, Ahmad (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)

  An emphasis on the search for alternatives to fossil fuels which maintain energy storage capacities in performance similar to fossil fuels has driven research attempts at the development of batteries such as metal-air ...

• Studies of manganese-based electrocatalysts for oxygen reactions 

  Roy, Indroneil (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-08)

  Bifunctional catalysts capable of catalyzing both oxygen reduction (ORR) and oxygen evolution (OER) reactions are extremely valuable for oxygen-based energy conversion devices such as regenerative fuel cells and metal-air ...

• Corrosion of steel plate girder bridges and rehabilitation using uhpc 

  Gomaa, shady, A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-08)

  Steel plate girder bridges with concrete slab decks have been widely used in the USA highway network. The average age of all US bridges is around 43 years, including steel plate girder bridges. Today, about 26% of the ...

• Bacterial cellulose: atomized nutrient delivery and gelatin for morphological control 

  Amason, Anna-Christina (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-12)

  Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a naturally derived three-dimensional mesoporous matrix, having high crystallinity, high mechanical strength, high water holding capacity, low density, low electrical conductivity, and is ...

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