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Experimental and theoretical investigation of mechanical responses of bacteria under hypoosmotic pressure
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Bacteria represent a type of ubiquitous pathogen that respond to environmental changes such as osmotic pressure due to their cellular structure. Both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria have distinct structure, including a plasma membrane and cell wall. The primary difference between them...
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Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Solar Molten Media Methane Cracking for Hydrogen Production
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Canada is the largest H2 consumer per capita in the world, giving a strong market demand for H2. H2 is commercially produced using steam CH4 reforming, which is energy and CO2 intensive. Solar molten metal CH4 cracking is an alternative zero emissions technology. Solar radiation is focused with...
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Experimental and theoretical studies on the particle formation process of particles for the improvement of pulmonary drug delivery
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The formation of dry microparticles from evaporating solution droplets was investigated and analyzed. The particle formation involved the creation and production of spray dried microparticles used for the delivery of drugs to treat pulmonary diseases. Studies of particle formation were conducted...
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Experimental and Theoretical Study on Biaxial Normal-Shear Bonding Strength at Interface between Elastic/Elastic, Elastic/Viscoelastic and Viscoelastic/Viscoelastic Materials
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Bi-material interface is often observed in many advanced materials and structures. Measurement of the interface bonding strength is more challenging than the measurement of pure tensile or shear strength of a homogeneous material because of the presence of the stress singularity at the interface...
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Experimental evaluation and model development for analysis of pressure drop in the lungs of children
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Airway resistance describes the ratio between pressure drop and flow rate through the conducting respiratory airways. Analytical models of airway resistance for tracheobronchial airways have previously been developed and assessed without upper airways positioned upstream of the trachea. This...
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Experimental Evaluation and Modeling of an In-duct Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) System for Bioaerosol Disinfection
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Airborne pathogen transmissions have played critical roles in the previous COVID-19 pandemic and various respiratory epidemics, such as influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), etc. Inhaling airborne pathogens can cause adverse health effects, resulting in respiratory infections,...
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Fall 2019
Object detection is an image processing technology to detection different classes of objects using computer vision, i.e. putting bounding boxes over objects from a camera video feed. A landmark detection method was the Viola-Jones Algorithm introduced in 2001. The object classifier in this...
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Fall 2023
To enhance the aerodynamic performance of a vehicle, a fundamental understanding of the flow is required. This can be achieved through flow characterization of simplified models such as the Ahmed body. However, uncertainties regarding the topology of flow motions in the wake persist due to the...
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Experimental Investigation of Carbon Black Properties Produced by the Thermal Decomposition of Methane in the Products of Premixed Flames
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The thermal decomposition of methane is a technique used to manufacture hydrogen gas and carbon black. The physical properties of carbon black produced by the thermal decomposition of methane (TDM) in the O2-deficient gas products of two premixed flames (propane- or methane-air) were investigated...