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Spring 2013
Removal of a drop from its substrate may be gradually (e.g. evaporation) or all at once (e.g. shedding). In this thesis, drop adhesion force as a base for understanding the all at once removal of a drop from its substrate, and drop evaporation in room temperature as one of the gradual removal...
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Development of a Framework for Assessment of Water-Energy Demand and Supply in Energy Sector
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Water resource planning and management has become more challenging over the years. To make well-informed long-term system planning decisions, policy makers and resource managers need to fully comprehend the water-energy nexus. There is a scarcity of tools for integrated assessment of greenhouse...
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Advanced Integer Linear Programming Techniques for Large Scale Grid-Based Location Problems
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Many real-world facility location problems can be approximated by a grid-based system of small sized cells, which can then be used to model a heterogeneous demand distribution. We can also relate an amount of supply for each cell from its supply distribution relationships with the various...
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Spring 2011
Large corporations have a significant amount of working capital tied into the acquisition and storage of spare parts. In the industry, spare parts inventory policies and strategies are often developed in isolation from reliability centered maintenance practices – this results in significant...
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Quantifying and Correlating the Positive Airway Pressure and Upper Airway Gas Clearance During High Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy in Adults
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High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is a form of respiratory support, where high flowrates of heated and humidified gas are supplied to a patient via nasal cannula. This thesis consists of two experimental studies designed to characterize the positive pressure and upper airway washout effects...
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Fall 2012
Quantification of transport properties at pore scale is important for efficient oil extraction, improving fuel cell performance etc. An experimental methodology is developed for calculating permeability and porosity in microfluidic devices that contain structured and unstructured porous media....
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Development of an experimental setup for measuring vacuum decay in dual-wall fiber-reinforced composite pipes
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Thermal management and energy input are required to maintain working fluids, i.e., liquefied natural gas, liquid nitrogen, and multi-phase fluids within their optimal working conditions. Increasing a pipes’ thermal resistance, e.g., utilizing vacuum insulation, is one method of minimizing energy...