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1999

Mala, Gh. Mohiuddin

Spring 2016

Stang, Daniel A

Reducing the cyclic variability of a gasoline/natural gas dual injection spark ignition engine using minimum variance control is the subject of this thesis. Cylinder pressure is used to calculate four combustion metrics, the standard deviation of which is used as an indicator of cyclic...

Spring 2013

Thakkar, Jignesh A

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission is one of the important environmental issues that world is facing today. Biomass usage, specifically capturing energy from biomass that would otherwise decay, is one the of many options available to mitigate the impact of the buildup of GHG emissions from fossil...

Fall 2010

Achtymichuk, Darren S.

This study outlines the development of an emissions modeling process in which tractive power based emissions functions are applied to microscopic traffic simulation data. The model enables transportation planners to evaluate the effects of transportation infrastructure projects on emissions and...

Fall 2019

Wang, Hui

The colloidal stability of pharmaceutical suspensions is an important attribute that needs to be carefully characterized in order to ensure designed product quality. In the field of respiratory drug delivery, pharmaceutical suspensions contained in pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) are...

Spring 2016

Chehel Amirani, Morteza

Hybrids formed by biological entities and human-made nano-structures have been intensively studied in recent years due to their very interesting properties and applications. DNA-carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid is one such material and the motivation of this PhD study. The interaction of DNA building...

Fall 2010

Baugh, Aaron R

A robotically-controlled actuation system has been developed and built to perform active open-loop flow control experiments on transitional and turbulent backward-facing step flows in water. Control of the reattaching shear layer used hydraulic suction-and-blowing actuation emanating from 128...

1990

El Rayyes, Luai I.

Spring 2018

Molavi Nojumi, Mohamad

Functionally graded materials (FGMs), the new generation of materials in which composition and material properties vary continuously with the change of the coordinate position, provide a good opportunity for combining desired properties of different materials for engineering applications such as:...

Fall 2009

Sarkar, Susanjib

Hydrogen can be produced from biomass; this hydrogen is called biohydrogen. Biohydrogen produced in Western Canada can partially contribute to meeting the demand for hydrogen needed for bitumen upgrading. Gasification and pyrolysis are two promising pathways for producing biohydrogen in a...