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Author:

Macdonald, Michael J

Title:

Semi-automated CT image segmentation program for the easy calculation of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) and brain tissue

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Medical image segmentation
CT imaging
Particle filter
Pixel classification
Edge tracing
Hydrocephalus

File:

Download MacDonald_Thesis_final_draft_submission_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Schiff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gorman, Nicolas Stephen

Title:

Experimental Study of Downward Facing Boiling under IVR-ERVC Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

IVR
ERVC
Boiling
Two-phase
heat transfer
nucleate boiling

File:

Download gorman_masters_corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gita Talmage, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Butler, Nan Ellen

Title:

Effects of Surface Roughness and Aging on the Electrical Contact Resistance and Residual Stress in Gold-nickel-copper Connector Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

surface roughness
aging
electrical contact resistance
residual stress
gold
nickel
copper
connector

File:

Download NanButler_MS_Thesis_-_Final__11-5-2014_.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Krause, Andrew Robert

Title:

Effects of Glycyrrhetinic Acid on Bone Loss Induced by Mechanical Unloading

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Mechanical Unloading
GA
HLS
Glycyrrhetinic
bone loss

File:

Download Masters_Report_Andrew_Krause.pdf

Committee Members:

Wesley Edward Donahue, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles H Lang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Masson, Kyle Graham

Title:

Recovering Queen Penelope: A Cultural and Musical Reinterpretation of Monteverdi's "il ritorno d'ulisse in patria"

Graduate Program:

Musicology

Keywords:

Monteverdi
Il ritorno d'Ulisse
public opera

File:

Download Kyle_Masson_M.A._Musicology_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Marica Susan Tacconi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Dowell Youmans, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cox, Jacob Steven

Title:

The Development of an Artificial Neural Network as a Pressure Transient Analysis Tool with Application to Multi-lateral Wells in Tight-gas Dual-porosity Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

ANN
Artificial Neural Network
Tight-Gas
Dual-Porosity
Multi-Lateral
Pressure Transient

File:

Download Jacob_Cox_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Duan, Wenxiao

Title:

Maximum Entropy Conditional Probability Modeling For Survival Analysis

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Maximum Entropy
Survival Analysis
SNP
Gradient Ascent

File:

Download MECPM_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

David Jonathan Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ai, Zhaoyan

Title:

fast copper-catalyzed aryl c(sp2)-h amination with n-(2-pyridyl)sulfonyl directing group at ambient temperature

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

c-h activation
cu catalysis
aryl amination
room temperature

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Zhaoyan_Ai_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Virk, Ravender Singh

Title:

Design of an Adaptive, Ultra-miniature, Wireless, Multi-node Sensing Platform for Diverse Sensing Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

wireless
sensor
network
real time
wiring
testing
aerospace
heat shield
mote
logging

File:

Download Virk_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chen, Zixi

Title:

College aspirations among rural left-behind children in China: Do parental involvement and households financial contributions matter?

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Left-behind children in China
College aspiration
Parental involvement
Household financial contribution

File:

Download MA_Thesis_Zixi_Chen_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Suet Ling Pong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor