Browsing College of Engineering (MU) by Thesis Semester "2013 Fall"
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Plasmonic Au nanostructures for surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Raman spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique that provides rich structural information for identifying chemical species but finds limited applications owing to its low sensitivity. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy ... -
Polyurethane rigid foams modeling project
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Polyurethanes (PU) foams are extensively, used and they can expand during polymerization if gases or vapors are produced in concert with the polymerization. ... -
Shear strength of flue gas desulfurization by-product
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Shear strength parameters of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) sludge were investigated by conducting a series of constant volume direct simple shear tests ... -
Shock wave interaction with a toroidal air plasma
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The University of Missouri--Columbia has recently developed an experimental test stand for the purposes of studying the interaction of shock waves with plasmas in ambient air. An exploding-wire-triggered shock tube is used ... -
Solids retention time-dependent phototrophic growth and microbial population dynamics in wastewater treatment
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Surface micromachined MEMS variable capacitor with two-cavity for energy harvesting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)In this research, a novel MEMS variable capacitor with two capacitive cavities for energy harvesting was developed that use the wasted energy associated with undesirable mechanical vibrations to power microelectronic sensors ... -
Synthesis and applications of silver and palladium nano metal foams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Nanoporous metal foams (NMFs), a relatively new class of materials with low-density, high surface area and conductivity, have been studied recently in nano science. These materials can be engineered to benefit many fields ... -
Theoretical evaluations of small-scale nuclear power systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Nuclear power is often frowned upon by the public because of a lack of an understanding of the technology. Nuclear power has been investigated thoroughly ... -
Two-phase flow over flooded micro-pillar structures with engineered wettability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Flooding caused by excessive droplet feeding on heat dissipation areas periodically occurs for droplet-based thermal management. The conventional highly wettable texture of target surfaces, which is designed for thin film ... -
Uncertainty propagation and parameter sensitivity analyses of relative permittivity models for use in soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Nondestructive subsurface investigations are becoming more popular in geotechnical engineering ranging from agricultural applications to environmental ... -
Unobtrusive, in-home gait measurement, fall risk assessment, and fall detection using depth imagery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Research has shown the importance of measuring a person's gait. However, current methods for measuring gait, such as observation by a clinician with a ... -
Vehicle license plate detection and recognition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)In this work, we develop a license plate detection method using a SVM (Support Vector Machine) classifier with HOG (Histogram of Oriented Gradients) features. The system performs window searching at different scales and ...