Browsing RPI Theses Online (Complete) by Title
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Obduracy and the steering of private spaceflight systems
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-05)This dissertation examines the ability to re-choose and reshape technological development through the case of the privatization of spaceflight in the United States. In general this dissertation asks: How can contemporary ... -
Obfuscation through the observer-effect : thinking outside the virtual black-box
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-05)In this work, we initiate a theoretical study of obfuscation with regards to programs that interact with a user and an environment. We define the System-Interaction model to formally represent this additional dimension of ... -
Objective assessment of bimanual laparoscopic surgical skills via functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-12)This work is the first to show conclusive evidence that fNIRS based metrics can significantly improve subject classification for surgical motor skill assessment compared to metrics currently used in Board certification in ... -
Observations of aluminum pit initiation using in situ liquid cell transmission electron microscopy
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-12)Pit initiation has been observed with respect to the underlying metal microstructure. The experimentally observed pit location of several hundred pits with respect to the nearest grain boundary is compared to the expected ... -
Off-axis aberration correction for wide field of view scanning telescope
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Offer-based mechanism for participation of dynamic reactive power suppliers in a real-time deregulated electric market
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Oil pollution from marine outboard engines
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Oligomeric proteins : toxicity, aggregation, and polyvalent inhibition
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-12)While oligomeric proteins are ubiquitous in nature, there are adverse effects associated with some oligomeric proteins. Of interest to us are two such oligomeric proteins: Serum Amyloid A (SAA) and the heptameric ... -
Oligonucleotide-modified surfaces for affinity-MALDI-TOF-MS of proteins and biological samples
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Omnidirectional reflectors with novel low-refractive-index material for light-emitting diodes
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On approximation algorithms and the cost of decentralization for problems in network restoration
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)Despite the wide existence of interdependencies, post-disaster restoration efforts for interdependent multi-infrastructure systems are often made in a decentralized manner as each infrastructure sets their individual work ... -
On approximation algorithms and the cost of decentralization for problems in network restoration
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)In this dissertation project, we investigate approximation algorithms and the cost of decentralized decision-making arising from problems in post-disaster infrastructure network restoration. Problems arising both in single ... -
On broadcast approach for multiple access channel
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-08)Proposed approach is further extended to multiple access channels subjected to lower uncertainty level due to the availability of partial state information. Each transmitter is aware of its own channel state while the ... -
On convex quadratic programs with linear complementarity constraints
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-08)In Chapter 2, we show that the global resolution of a general convex quadratic program with complementarity constraints (QPCC), possibly infeasible or unbounded, can be accomplished in finite time. The method constructs a ... -
On creating a secure covert channel between virtual machines
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-05)This thesis outlines the details of out-of-order executions and how they can be measured and manipulated to create a covert channel. This channel is then analyzed and methods and techniques for making this a viable channel ... -
On linear programs with linear complementarity constraints
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On methods for efficient and accurate design and simulation of multibody systems
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On peregrinations : a history and practice of ambulatory writing
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)Peregrination can refer to a metaphor for the course of a person’s life, a spiritual pilgrimage, the physical act of travel, an account of a journey, and even a scholarly study. My dissertation is a peregrination of ... -
On solutions to integrable and nonintegrable nonlinear wave equations
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)All linear wave equations with constant coefficients have analytical solutions that are superpositions of plane waves which satisfy the dispersion relation of the linear wave equation. In general, however, nonlinear wave ... -
On some new bivariate negative binomial and gamma distributions with applications to queues, inventories and maintenance
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1976-05)Some new theory and applications of certain bivariate non-normal distributions are presented. In particular, new bivariate negative binomial and gamma distributions are discussed and an existing bivariate exponential ...