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Study Of The Capabilities Of Electrowetting On Dielectric Digital Microfluidics (EWOD DMF) Towards The High Efficient Thin-film Evaporative Cooling Platform

Yaddessalage, Jagath B. (Mechanical Engineering, 2013-10-23)

With the current technological advancement, the size of the electronic components is being reduced to smaller and compact sizes. In the meantime, the packaging density and power consumption is ever increasing. To tackle ...

A Study Of The Characteristics And Limitations Of Various Platings On Cylindrical Electrical Conductors

Scully, Robert C. (Electrical Engineering, 2014-03-12)

This work explores the impedance characteristics of copper wires plated with tin, silver, or nickel, the most common type of wiring used in the computer, communications, and aerospace industries. The background of plated ...

A Study Of The Conceptualization Of Social Work And How This Is Presented In The Introductory Social Work Course

Alotaibi, Meshal Sager (Social Work, 2014-12)

This thesis looks at the major attempts to conceptualize social work and how these presented in the introductory courses in the undergraduate social work curriculum. It was found that interest in conceptualizing social ...

STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HUMIDITY ON THERMAL CYCLING OF A BALL GRID ARRAY (BGA) PACKAGE

Ambosta, Samuel Terrence; 0000-0002-3815-3796 (2018-05-22)

Thermal Cycling (TC) Test is one of the most important reliability tests in the packaging and semiconductor industry. Humidity on the other hand is one of the significant factors for the reliability of packages, since there ...

Study Of The Effect Of Ion Concentration, pH, And Surface Charge On Single-particle Placement

Yu, Kunhua (Materials Science & Engineering, 2015)

Supervising Professor: Seong Jin Koh Single particle placement (SPP) in which nanoparticles are placed on exact substrate positions on a single particle level has drawn a lot of attention as it can be used as an effective ...

The Study Of The Effect Of Smart Meter Rf Transmissions On Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters

Donahue, Simon (Electrical Engineering, 2014-12)

Research and development is currently being performed to transform the United States' utility electric grid into a `Smart Grid' with the purpose of more efficiently distributing power, giving more control over the grid ...

Study of the effect of wind speed on evaporation from soil through integrated modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer and shallow subsurface

Davarzani, Hossein; Smits, Kathleen; Tolene, Ryan M. T; Illangasekare, Tissa (Wiley; American Geophysical Union, 2014-01-27)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: In an effort to develop methods based on integrating the subsurface to the atmospheric boundary layer to estimate evaporation, we developed a model based on the ...

A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Transdisciplinary Teams On The Treatment Of Depressed Patients Enrolled In The Measuring And Tracking Integratd Health Care (METRIHC) Program

Fillmore, Derek (Social Work, 2014-07-14)

The purpose of this study will be to determine if METRIHC is an effective model for treating depression in minority populations.MethodsThe data for the study was collected from 2013 through 2014 as part of an assessment ...

Study Of The Expression Pattern Of A Possible Pseudogene And A Functional Retrogene In Drosophila

Bhardwaj, Aditi (Biology, 2007-08-23)

Gene duplication occurs when a mutation leads to the copying of a region of DNA that contains a functional gene. After duplication, there will be two copies of the gene in the genome. Gene duplication can have deleterious ...

Study of the Impact of Atmospheric Variability on Subsurface Methane Emissions: Application to Leak Detection and Quantification for Underground Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

Tian, Shanru (2022-12-09)

Natural gas (NG), taken as a bridging fuel for achieving a low-carbon future, has rapidly grown to be a significant component of the global energy system and requires extensive pipeline infrastructures, most of them buried ...

A STUDY OF THE MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF A COMPOSITES EMBEDDED WITH NANO-PARTIC

Qhobosheane, Relebohile George; Rabby, Monjur Morshed; Durham, Bryan; Vadlamudi, Vamsee; Reifsnider, Kenneth; Raihan, Rassel (2021-06-22)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: In this research work we characterize the mechanical and curing properties of the developed composites embedded with nano-particles. A composite sample with both ...

A Study Of The Physiological Effects Of Sleep Apnea On Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity

Bhave, Gauri (Biomedical Engineering, 2010-11-01)

It is estimated that sleep apnea is prevalent in the US in about 18 million people. The prevalence rate is approximately 6% in the US. Sleep apnea reduces the quality of life of patients. Sleep apnea is characterized by ...

Study Of The Response Of The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter To Muons Produced In Sqrt(s) = 7 Tev Proton-proton Collisions At The LHC

Weatherly, Pierce Ben (Physics, 2011-10-11)

The purpose of this study is to verify the inter-calibration of the cells and uniformity of the Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) detector in the ATLAS experiment at CERN. The response using muons produced in proton-proton ...

Study of the supply and demand for skilled construction workers in Texas, 1974-2000 : final report for the special Project Committee of the State Manpower Services Council / prepared by the Texas Industrial Commission.

Texas Industrial Commission; Texas. State Manpower Services Council. Special Project Committee. ([Austin] : Texas Industrial Commission, 1975., 2014-09-16)

This analysis of the supply and demand of skilled construction workers includes the four following topics: supply mechanisms; supply of skilled laborers; past, current and projected construction; and manpower requirements ...