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Spring 2023
Wind farms are often concentrated geographically as they are cited in areas with strong resources. While this maximizes energy generation, it can decrease the value of that energy, particularly as the relative amount of wind increases in the overall system. Wind energy is growing rapidly in...
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Improving Utilization of Ir-Based Catalyst Layers in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers
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In order to store large quantities of intermittent renewable energy, proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWE) can be used to produce hydrogen which can then be used in a fuel cells to retrieve the energy. One limitation of PEMWE is that the catalysts used, commonly platinum and...
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Fall 2022
The objective of this thesis is to describe two new methodologies for evaluating medical gas and nasal spray delivery, respectively, in vitro using nasal replicas. The first half of the body of thesis describes the development of a new in vitro benchtop method for evaluating the delivery of...
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In-field assessment of athletic performance and fatigue onset detection during ice skating using wearable sensors
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Ice skating requires high aerobic and anaerobic fitness levels, well-coordinated body motion, and efficient neuromuscular systems functioning, requiring continuous performance assessment. Inertial measurement units (IMUs), widely used in tracking human motion for medical diagnostics and clinical...
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Spring 2022
Mechanical parts sustain significant wear throughout their lifetime and consequently get defects such as cracks, abrasion, erosion, or breakage. For instance, turbine blades experience high pressure and temperature fields which can cause damage, corrosion, and indentation. In this case, the parts...
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In-Situ Examination of the Development of Shear Localizations that Occur in High Strain Rate Compressive Loading in Steel
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The objective of this thesis is to investigate material failure phenomena, specifically related to localizations with applications to naval and rail steels. In order to accomplish this objective, steels commonly used in naval and rail applications were examined in quasi-static and dynamic...
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Spring 2018
The inertial filtration properties of neonatal infant nasal airways are the focus of this thesis. Nasal replicas based on computed tomography (CT) scan images of seven infants between the ages of 5 and 79 days were created using three-dimensional printing. Deposition of inertial sized aerosol...