Browsing RPI Theses Open Access by Title
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Machine learning strategies for power systems
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-08)As renewable energy penetration into the United States power system continues to increase, maintaining situational awareness of the complex power grid becomes increasingly challenging. Machine learning models developed ... -
Machinescape
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Making a record: preserving & celebrating the lives of women through experimental documentary portraiture
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Making cultures : politics of inclusion, accessibility, and empowerment at the margins of the maker movement
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)By examining the margins, I trouble the Maker Movement label, the people who hold sway over this categorization, and consider both proponents as well as dissenters from within and without its bounds. I question claims that ... -
Mass spectrometry analysis of glycosaminoglycans and applications in biological research
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-05)The glycosaminoglycan (GAG) family of polysaccharides includes the unsulfated hyaluronan and sulfated heparin, heparan sulfate, keratan sulfate, and chondroitin/dermatan sulfate. GAGs are involved in various biological ... -
Matching, social welfare and ordinal approximation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-05)Many important problems involve agents with preferences for different outcomes. Such settings include, for example, social choice and matching problems. Although the quality of an outcome to an agent may be measured by a ... -
Mathematical modeling of wildfire dynamics
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-12)Wildfires continue to pose a long-standing threat in our society. In this thesis, I derive and solve a fluid dynamics model to study a specific type of wildfire, namely, a two-dimensional flow around a rising plume above ... -
Meaningful clicks, significant bricks : perceptions of creative agency in physical and virtual play
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2012-08)Conversations about children and interactive virtual technology (IVT) use vary significantly across disciplines. Discussions about computers, videogames, the Internet and, more recently, mobile applications, range from ... -
Measurements, evaluation, and validation of Ta-181 resolved and unresolved resonance regions
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-08)Neutron transmission and neutron capture yield measurements were made at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to obtain energy differential cross section data that was not previously available to the nuclear engineering and ... -
Measuring the impact of coordination in disrupting illicit trafficking supply chains
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-05)In this thesis, an interdiction model is developed to assess the value of coordination in disrupting illicit trafficking supply chains, specifically large scale heroin networks. Coordination is a tool law enforcement and ... -
Mechanical and optical properties of nanostructured thin films fabricated by oblique angle deposition
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Mechanics and thrust production of mammalian swimmers
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2008-05)Two different experiments were performed on dolphins and swimmers to elucidate the fluid dynamics involved with mammalian thrust production. The first experiment examined the swimming mechanics and forces of elite human ... -
Mechanics of DNA sticky end joints
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Mechanisms of the myosin converter
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-05)To test this hypothesis, we utilized the unique properties of the Drosophila jump muscle system which enables both genetic modification of the converter and the measurement of the muscle FVR. In Drosophila, there are five ... -
Mechanistic modeling of nucleate boiling
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-12)The existing nucleation site density models assume that boiling occurs when the wall temperature reaches the fluid saturation temperature. This assumption is not consistent with the fact that wall superheat of a few degrees ... -
Memory-centric low power digital system design
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Mercury in sediment, fish and hair: an ecosystem study of bioaccumulation of mercury in Mexico
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Metabolic engineering and applied enzymology for the preparation of nutraceutical/ pharmaceutical chondroitin sulfate
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-05)Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is an important glycosaminoglycan that is predominantly present in cartilage and the surfaces of many cells and extracellular matrices. It has been widely used in treating osteoarthritis due to its ... -
Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of II-VI semiconductors for surface passivation of HgCdTe IR detectors
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-05)CdTe has been the preferred material for surface passivation of HgCdTe IR detectors. Deposition of CdTe using MOCVD ensures good conformal coverage on mesa-etched, high aspect-ratio focal plane array (FPA) structures for ... -
Metatuning game construction learning: underrepresented youths’ designing for cultural and social transformations
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-08)While K-12 STEM education (STEM Ed) test scores have been steadily improving over the past decade in the United States, achievement gaps remain among minorities and women in STEM courses and careers. Numerous factors ...