A multi-physics computational model has been developed to investigate the thermomechanical response of the ultrasonically activated soft tissue. In pursuit of better understanding of the extent of deformation of soft tissues ...

This thesis explores the impact of information processing constraints on models of human learning and decision making. This is achieved through altering existing methods within the fields of economic decision making and ...

Lastly, through the temporal data collection and situational analysis methods, I am able to further elucidate the roles that luck plays in videogames—an undertheorized arena of gameplay experience. I provide three distinct ...

This dissertation is primarily focused on synthesizing control and motion plan that guarantee correct system behaviors while optimizing a performance objective. In the approaches presented here, the correct system behaviors ...

An allocentric frame of reference is necessary to control flexible interaction with the world, but the optical stimulus is received in an egocentric frame of reference. This means that if an animal moves in the presence ...

I conclude that MRI-based strains should be considered for cartilage repair evaluation. The mean strains of both the interface and regions of altered material properties correlated with mechanical stiffness changes. As a ...

Multigrid algorithms of solving elliptic or hyperbolic partial differential equations and boundary value problems to high-order accuracy on overset grids are developed and studied in this thesis. The thesis consists of ...

The key assumption behind all previous studies on collective formation of SPPs is that the suspending fluid is a Newtonian fluid. However, biological fluids like mucus and saliva are viscoelastic. In this thesis, I will ...