Browsing RPI Theses Online (Complete) by Title
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Exploring aquatic organism responses to anthropogenically influenced environmental changes through development and utilization of hydroacoustic technology
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-05)Anthropogenic perturbations have had dramatic effects on the aquatic ecosystems. Acid deposition dramatically altered the lakes, rivers and streams in the Adirondacks. The most palpable effect was the extirpation of entire ... -
Exploring cavity effects on protein dynamic disorder with pressure perturbation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)Given the central role of conformational dynamics in protein function, it is essential to characterize the timescales and structures associated with these transitions. High-pressure perturbation favors transitions to excited ... -
Exploring mechanisms for circadian phototransduction in Rattus norvegicus using light spectrum
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Exploring microbial growth of a model extremophile, archaeoglobus fulgidus, at elevated pressures
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-05)Deep-sea vent and subsurface microorganisms are metabolically diverse and often display unique adaptive strategies that operate under elevated pressure conditions. However, because high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) laboratory ... -
Exploring neuroanatomical and genetic influences on epileptogenesis utilizing the repeated flurothyl model in mice
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Exploring radar-lidar systems and synergies
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Exploring social discrimination with artificial life
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)The aim of this dissertation research was to begin approaching a larger goal of studying social discrimination showing the experimental potential of artificial life simulation in exploring problems involving both genetics ... -
Exploring the domain of applicability of simulated 2D rigid body dynamical systems
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Exploring the non-planar effects of iris deformation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-08)We use the principles of biomechanics in order to design a biologically tenable model that explores the non-planar effects of iris deformation. Current iris biometric algorithms assume a simple transformation to approximate ... -
Explosive cratering using a geotechnical centrifuge on kaolin clay surface
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Explosive cratering using a geotechnical centrifuge on Nevada sand and Kaolin clay soil surfaces
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Extended balance theory and convergence model in social networks
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-05)The convergence model studies how an imbalanced network evolves towards new balance. The assumption behind our model of convergence is that in resolving tensions within imbalanced relationships, people tend to avoid the ... -
Extended second price auctions for plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging in smart grid
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)In the second part of this work, we extend the work of the first part by studying the energy supplier's problem of selling energy to the PEVs while buying the same from the generators (market) through an auction process. ... -
Extending the limit of phase change heat transfer with piranha pin-fins for ultra-high heat flux dissipation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)The Microfluidic, Extreme heat flux, CMOS compatible, Heat-eXchanger (MECH-X) microdevice employs the third generation of PPF microstructure (Gen III PPF) in a bi-layer architecture to augment CHF beyond the 1 kW/cm² mark. ... -
Extensible source-level instrumentation tool for performance measurements
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Extensible user interface framework for faceted browsing applications
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Extensions to the finite element method for the electromechanical analysis of electric machines
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1992-05)This thesis deals with the electromechanical analysis of induction machines using the finite element method. The primary objective is the computation of magnetically induced forces and force distributions in the machine ... -
Extracting relationship information within social network using activity profiles
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)When part of the information about a social network is missing, we hope to utilize the information we already have to extract the missing information. If we regard the actors as nodes and the relations between actors as ... -
Extreme wear resistance in carbon nanotube and other nanocarbon filled polytetrafluoroethylene
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-05)This dissertation is focused on identifying and analyzing effective nanoscale fillers that reduce the wear rate of sintered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composites above and beyond the wear rate reduction typically seen ... -
Extreme-scale neuromorphic architecture modeling using massively parallel optimistic simulation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)The cumulative work presented here shows an end-to-end spike-accurate neuromorphic hardware simulation system. This system is massively scalable, high performance, and able to provide performance metrics, virtual network ...