• Evaluating approaches to detecting ice accretion in and around turbofan jet engines. 

  Toby, George Diamond, 1993- (2018-07-19)

  The accumulation of ice crystals in the compressor stages of a jet engine causes power loss events during flight that could potentially become catastrophic. The electromagnetic properties of ice clouds make them nearly ...

• Robust and efficient methods for proton computed tomography. 

  Karbasi, Seyedeh Paniz, 1986- (2018-07-23)

  Proton computed tomography (pCT) is a recent promising imaging modality with the goal of generating accurate 3D maps of relative stopping power (RSP) with respect to water. Since the early developments of this imaging ...

• Circuit optimization and frequecny agility for cognitive radar. 

  Rezayat, Sarvin, 1994- (2018-04-27)

  Due to the increased demand on the spectrum, radars are in increased stress to participate in dynamic spectrum allocation. Therefore, the next generation radar will be an adaptable cognitive radar. This type of radar will ...

• Semi-supervised learning for electrocardiography signal classification. 

  Zhang, Dedong, 1991-; 0000-0002-1697-5430 (2018-04-24)

  An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a cardiology test that provides information about the structure and function of the heart. The size of the ECG data collected from patients can be very large, and the data analysis is tedious. ...

• Modal analysis of aerospace and geophysical boundary layers. 

  Mosser, Nicholas Paul, 1994- (2018-04-20)

  A linear stability code was written and used to calculate the stability of surface and bottom Ekman layers. Then, the stability of a water column containing both a surface and bottom Ekman layer was calculated to investigate ...

• Effect of inlet hole geometry on surface film cooling effectiveness from compound angle, shaped holes. 

  Bonjonia, Berkley William, 1993- (2018-01-05)

  The gas turbine engine operates at temperatures that far exceed the melting point of the metals from which they are made. Cooling air from the high pressure compressor must be used to cool the components in the hot sections ...

• A method for replicating ice accretion roughness using multi-scale analog distributions. 

  Clemenson, John-Mark, 1994- (2018-03-23)

  A new approach of creating an analog surface for a surface with natural roughness is presented based on the hypothesis that the dominant skin friction and heat transfer augmentation mechanisms are 1) the vortex shedding ...

• A neural inspired grid cell aid for robot intertial navigation. 

  Martinez, Moises, 1993- (2018-05-08)

  Accurate position information is needed for a robot's guidance and control systems. Therefore, the navigation system is foundational for a robot's interactions with the world. This thesis explores a biologically inspired ...

• Classification of human head motion patterns using creeping wave propagations. 

  Bresnahan, Drew G., 1994-; 0000-0003-3154-162X (2018-04-06)

  Wearable electronics are continually being developed for a multitude of applications like remote health monitoring, personal activity tracking, and gaming. To design efficient wireless communication between multiple on-body ...

• Circuit modeling and optimization techniques for next-generation radar. 

  Hays, Zachary Samuel, 1994- (2018-04-24)

  Spectral emission requirements for radar systems are becoming increasingly strict. Future radar systems will require well-designed, reconfigurable circuitry to coexist with the myriads of wireless devices using the spectrum. ...

• Joint circuit and waveform optimization for next-generation radar. 

  Latham, Casey, 1993- (2018-04-17)

  Due to congested wireless radio spectrum, next-generation radar transmitters will need to be adaptive and reconfigurable in real time to share spectrum with wireless communication devices. Typical system optimization methods ...

• Can changing running shoes immediately reduce the risk of tibial stress fractures? 

  Tavares, Jennifer E., 1990- (2018-04-23)

  Running is becoming a more popular sport worldwide however many runners suffer from tibial stress fractures (TSF). While there are various kinematic, kinetic, and anthropometric risk factors associated with TSF, it is ...

• Classification of human body activities using low profile wearable antennas. 

  Xu, Bin, 1989- (2018-04-16)

  Monitoring human body activities has long been of interests because of their important applications in human–computer interfacing, virtual control, computer gaming, and medical care industries etc. Traditional methods, ...

• Power-amplifier optimization using tunable circuitry and stability analysis methods for the next generation radar. 

  Hays, Lucilia R., 1993- (2018-04-17)

  In response to the increasingly congested and contested wireless spectrum, the next generation radar must be adaptive and reconfigurable. A reconfigurable power amplifier is a necessary component of the cognitive radar ...

• Chalcogenide-glass negative curvature fibers. 

  Wei, Chengli, 1987-; 0000-0003-1323-4079 (2018-04-05)

  Hollow-core negative curvature fibers have drawn lots of attention due to their attractive properties, including a low transmission loss, a wide transmission bandwidth, low power ratio in the glass, and a simple structure. ...

• Convection from ice roughness surfaces using scaled Reynolds numbers for larger NACA 0012 airfoils. 

  Williams, Zachary Alan, 1994- (2018-04-24)

  Ice accretions that develop on aircraft surfaces during flight adversely impact performance by increasing weight and drag, while also decreasing lift and stall margin. Previous studies at Baylor University characterized ...

• Force touch gesture based interaction for virtual keyboards. 

  Zhunussov, Kuanysh, 1994- (2018-04-20)

  With extreme popularity of touch screen mobile devices, the demand for effective one-handed text-entry on virtual keyboards is continually growing. To increase text-entry speed and decrease error rate, this thesis proposes ...

• Thermal boundary layer measurements using planar laser induced fluorescence. 

  Seitz, Sara Toudeshki, 1984-; 0000-0002-8921-1976 (2018-04-09)

  An experimental arrangement of toluene-based Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) has been developed and applied to the study of free and impinging jets formed with air. In the toluene-based PLIF experiment, the flow ...

• The effects of fiber orientation on stiffness and thermal expansion of large volume, anisotropic, short-fiber, composite material fabricated by Fused Filament Fabrication. 

  Russell, Timothy D., 1993- (2017-09-14)

  Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is a rapidly improving 3D printing technology that can be used for manufacturing complex parts. The properties of these parts can be improved by adding short-fibers to the polymer feedstock. ...

• Convection from laser-scanned ice roughness at multiple accretion vent times. 

  McCarrell, Jaime Lynn, 1993- (2017-11-15)

  Ice accretions degrade aircraft flight safety and performance by decreasing the lift and stall angle, increasing the drag, and increasing the aircraft weight. A recent study found that the commonly used realistic ice ...

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