Browsing RPI Theses Open Access by Title
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Basic properties of pyroelectric crystals
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Bayesian admittance estimation and model selection for finite-differential method
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-08)Surface acoustic impedance or admittance at the boundary is essential for estimating and evaluating a room's acoustic performance. In this article, a Bayesian-based model selection method and parameter estimation is presented ... -
Bayesian model selection for analysis and design of multilayer sound absorbers
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)Traditional porous materials are widely used as sound absorbers. Additionally, other substances such as soils or sediments may be modeled as porous materials. When studying and attempting to predict the acoustic properties ... -
Beginning to develop and assess engineering judgment through mixed reality game-based learning
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-12)Geotechnical engineering requires successfully interpreting field conditions to design an appropriate solution, but how engineers accrue the judgment required to make appropriate decisions is a research area still in its ... -
Benchmarking and characterization of the RPI LSDS for spent fuel assay
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-05)The Department of Energy’s MPACT Campaign funded a collaborative initiative in order to demonstrate the feasibility of Lead Slowing-Down Spectroscopy (LSDS) for the assay of individual fissile isotopes—i.e. ²³⁵U, ²³⁹Pu, ... -
Bias in polycrystal topology caused by grain boundary motion by mean curvature
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-05)During heat treatment of polycrystalline materials, grain shape affects the rate of grain growth. In 2-D, the von Neumann-Mullins Law requires grains with fewer than six edges to shrink, greater than six edges to grow, and ... -
Bioinformatics-driven protein design
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Biophysical characterization of intrinsically disordered peptides through molecular dynamics simulations and solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-08)Here, the ensembles of Aβ were simulated using all atom models and explicit water. Further, we employed enhanced sampling through replica exchange molecular dynamics (REMD) using longer timescales than had been employed ... -
Biophysical insights into the mechanism of protein splicing
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Bodies from below : decomposition, death certificates, and the politics of 'natural' death
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-08)This dissertation focuses on human decomposition research within the forensic sciences, in particular forensic entomology, and how the death certificate Manner of Death category ‘Natural Death’ effects forensic research ... -
Breakdown and reliability of nanoscale dielectric films
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-12)The model equations are refined to expand its failure prediction capabilities. The electron temperature is re-defined solely as a function of the electric field, and the defect generation rate is more closely aligned with ... -
Broad pore channels as molecular highways in nanoporous catalysts: multiscale modeling, optimization and applications
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Broadening the applicability of software complexity metrics with biological analogues
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-05)Software metrics represent an application of conventional computer science to itselfin an attempt to quantify the complexity of software systems. Many of the conventional metrics proposed in academia and industry find their ... -
Building-integrated active phyto-remediation for improving quality of urban life and indoor air
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Busemann-sears-haack hybrid geometries applied toward supersonic commercial vehicles for improved wave drag performance
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-05)In this thesis, I have presented a new configuration for supersonic aircraft fuselages. I first demonstrated that the commercial Fluent code provides mesh converged, valid results for supersonic flows around various ... -
Calibration, comparison, and experimentation of testate amoebae (arcellacea) as Holocene water quality proxies in lacustrine systems
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-08)Linear regression analyses support testate amoeba as rapid responders and recorders of environmental change. Taxa are strongly correlated with percent change of important water quality parameters. Our assessment indicates ... -
Calibration-free gaze tracking
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Camera alignment and image guided hole filling using LiDAR data
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Car guys and martial artists : knowledge classification and validity in non-occupational communities of practice
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-05)This study argues that while these communities are increasingly using the internet to communicate and organize, expertise that new members gain from the internet is not truly ‘valid;’ because expertise in these communities ... -
Cascade modeling of single and two-phase turbulence
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2008-08)