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About measuring neutron lifetime
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Particle accelerators are scientific instruments used to accelerate subatomic particles to extremely high speeds and energies, obtaining important perspectives into the fundamental properties of matter and the universe, ... -
Employing ensemble reasoning to support clinical decision-making
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)The combination of multiple forms of reasoning in conjunction is often used by physicians making clinical decisions. The Select and Test Model, which involves various forms of reasoning including abstraction, deduction, ... -
Explorations of an ai infused paradigm for education: tippae
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Both international and domestic data indicates that the US public education system is failing to teach its students mathematics. Not only this, but this data indicates that long-standing issues in the education system, ... -
Music making as assimilation: the practice of group listening
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Group Listening is a collaborative musical performance practice that I organized and led from 2017 to 2021 with a group of musicians under the name Ensemble Consensus. Group Listening was the conceptual term I coined to ... -
Molecular dynamics simulations towards understanding thermal stiffening in polymer nanocomposites with dynamically heterogenous interfaces
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)There is extensive research on polymer nanocomposite systems showing that fillers can improve the mechanical properties of polymer melts. This large body of work has given rise to several postulated mechanisms to explain ... -
Interactional aerodynamic modeling and analysis of multi-rotor aircraft using computational fluid dynamics
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Over the past decade, advancements in battery, electronics, and motor technology have led to the rapid popularization of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft which use multiple rotors for thrust generation ... -
Exploring the association of glycemic control and tissue functionality in diabetes: a mechanistic and data analytic approach
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Diabetes is a global epidemic affecting approximately 537 million people worldwide, which can lead to multiple complications. Non-enzymatic glycation (NEG), a post-translational modification process that is highly accelerated ... -
Examination of photophysical characteristics of perylene diimide chromophores and their potential application in electro-optical technologies
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-05)1,6-, 1,7-, and 1,6,7- derivatives of dodecylthio–N,N’– (2,4–diisopropylphenyl)-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide, and N,N’-Di(4-ethynylphenyl)-1,7-di(4-tert-butylphenoxy)-3,4:9,10-perylenebis-(dicarboximide) ... -
The interiorization of reality: subjective turn, therapeutic governance, and the case of internet addiction in china
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)This dissertation explores the trend of internalization across historical, artistic, and sociopolitical dimensions. In the historical dimension, this research reviews the emergence of the subjective turn during the nineteenth ... -
Autonomous controls for active space debris removal
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Space debris poses a major threat to the long-term endeavors of humanity. A build-up and consequential cascade of debris collisions may very well render space travel nearly to completely impossible. The economic, scientific, ... -
Non-intrusive coupling of codes for multi-physics simulations using the immersed approach
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Complex systems encountered in almost all modern-day engineering applications involve multiple distinct physical processes. Traditional ways of simulating multi-physics interactions, e.g., fluid-structure interactions, ... -
System analysis with signal temporal logic: monitoring, motion planning, and data mining
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)This dissertation is about the analysis of systems using temporal logics, focusing on three perspectives: temporal logic monitoring, motion planning with temporal logic specifications, and temporal logic inference from ... -
Pushing the boundaries of nonlinearities using structured light
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Spatial light modulators give us the ability to manipulate the fundamental constituents of light (amplitude and phase). This ability has ushered in a new way to approach light matter interaction (to control light matter ... -
Assessing the influence of mechanical and electrical stimulation on engineered scaffold-free skeletal muscle fiber development
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)One of the greatest challenges when engineering skeletal muscle is creating a construct that can withstand and produce physiologically relevant force levels. In an effort to improve force production, many tissue engineering ... -
Persona aware strategy towards building a comprehensive semantic data layer: a resource for marginalized us stem graduate students
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-04)The long-standing problem of “what comes next,” i.e. the problem of finding an ideal career path, has been a barrier in attracting STEM students from marginalized communities. A Survey of Earned Doctorates conducted by NSF ... -
Interfacial phenomena in heat pipes: microscopic and molecular dynamics study
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Micro-scale transport phenomena have gained prominence in various high heat flux dissipation devices in microelectronics, where the hotspots created require that each chip be cooled individually. Heat pipes have been an ... -
Characterizing noncanonical cellular pathways underlying alzheimer's disease
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that causes significant cognitive debilitation in tens of millions of patients worldwide. Throughout disease progression in a significant ... -
An investigation of the pampean flat slab and its role in andean tectonics through the analysis of enhanced earthquake catalogues
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)The Andean margin of South America is an archetypal example of a convergent tectonic environment that has played a fundamental role in the creation, evolution, and consumption of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. ... -
Enhancing monte carlo modeling workflows with a metamodel-driven approach for nuclear reactor analysis
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Nuclear simulation programs are diverse and copious; one can easily find a myriad of programs for modeling applications ranging from neutronics to thermal-hydraulics to species transport and corrosion. Furthermore, it is ... -
Numerical methods for the mean-field game and its inverse problems
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2023-05)Mean-field games (MFG) study the behavior of a large number of rational agents in a non-cooperative game. An important task in mean-field games is to study the flow of all the agents in the state space and to understand ...