Masters Theses: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1-20 of 19496
-
Effects on Heat Transfer Coefficient and Adiabatic Effectiveness in Combined Backside and Film Cooling with Short-Hole Geometry
(Virginia Tech, 2018-08-30)Heat transfer experiments were done on a flat plate to study the effect of internal counter-flow backside cooling on adiabatic film cooling effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient. In addition, the effects of density ... -
Composting in the Urban Environment Utilizing Yard Waste and Food Waste in Fairfax County, Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-21)Urbanization alters the natural soil structure of landscapes. This has a negative impact on the environment. This degradation of the soil in the urban environment needs management practices that protect and restore the ... -
Detecting Electromagnetic Injection Attack on FPGAs Using In Situ Timing Sensors
(Virginia Tech, 2018-08-29)Nowadays, security is one of the foremost concerns as the confidence in a system is mostly dependent on its ability to protect itself against any attack. The area of Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EMFI) wherein attackers ... -
Measurement Drift in 3-Hole Yaw Pressure Probes From 5 Micron Sand Fouling at 1050° C
(Virginia Tech, 2018-08-23)3-hole pressure probes are capable of accurately measuring flow angles in the yaw plane. These probes can be utilized inside a jet engine hot section for diagnostics and flow characterization. Sand and other particulate ... -
Using Pheromone Lures, Insecticide Netting, and a Novel Food-Grade Repellent to Develop BMSB IPM Strategies
(Virginia Tech, 2018-08-21)The invasive brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål), has resulted in increased use of insecticides on horticultural crops in the Mid-Atlantic US, which has diminished integrated pest management (IPM) ... -
Art Center on the Lake
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-11)The water's shore, used for defense, trade, transportation and industry, always plays an important role in a city's development. Buildings were built there to fulfill related practical functions, such as barns, factories ... -
Kindled - A Healing Garden
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-11)This thesis proposes a hypothetical building that intends to provide a relatively "private space" while in a public park to facilitate a conversation with therapists, small group-talk sessions, and classrooms to practice ... -
Nothing is Perfect, But Something is Just Right: Redevelopment of Inner-Ring Suburbs - Integrating Ecological Systems into Modern Urban Villages
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-10)The inner-ring suburbs of major metropolitan areas such as Washington, DC are either being redeveloped already or are poised to be redeveloped over the next several decades. The engineered 'gray' infrastructure networks ... -
Validity and Reliability of a Tool to Assess Beverage Intake in Collegiate Athletes
(Virginia Tech, 2018-08-16)Background: Training, travel, and competition can make an athlete's fluid needs different from the general population. As such, there is a need for an acceptable tool to determine the unique beverage intake habits of ... -
Population Fragmentation and Genetic Diversity of Chrosomus sp. cf. saylori (Clinch Dace)
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-06)Clinch Dace (Chrosomus sp. cf. saylori) is a newly recognized species of minnow with a restricted distribution in southwestern Virginia. Field sampling and genetic analysis support the hypothesis that Clinch Dace populations ... -
A Robotic Head Stabilization Device for Post-Trauma Transport
(Virginia Tech, 2018-08-15)The work presented in this thesis focuses on the design and testing of a casualty extraction robot intended to stabilize the head and neck of an unresponsive person. The employment of robots in dangerous locales such as ... -
A systematic review of scientific literature on accessibility measurements and the treatment of automated vehicles
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-05)Accessibility plays an important role in a number of scientific fields, and significant advances in measuring accessibility have been made over the past two decades. However, since the comprehensive review of accessibility ... -
Bridging
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-05)Bridging is considered as a formal, spatial, referential, and tectonic articulation of connectedness between architecture and context. The question is probed through a mixed architectural program situated in the interstice ... -
Empirical Analysis of Algorithms for the k-Server and Online Bipartite Matching Problems
(Virginia Tech, 2018-08-14)The k–server problem is of significant importance to the theoretical computer science and the operations research community. In this problem, we are given k servers, their initial locations and a sequence of n requests ... -
Ancient City Reservation
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-04)The thesis started from the nostalgia for the historic district and the life within it. I don't agree with the radical method of reforming the historic district at the moment, which is rebuilding the whole district or ... -
Identifying the Economic Barriers to CLT Cost Estimation Among Building Construction Professionals
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-04)Cross-laminated timbers (CLTs) are strong and lightweight structural building materials. CLTs are made from renewable wood resources and have significant economic potential as a new value-added product for the United States. ... -
Design and Development of Force Control and Automation System for the VT-FRA Roller Rig
(Virginia Tech, 2018-08-13)This study discusses the design of a force control strategy for reducing force disturbances in the Virginia Tech – Federal Railroad Administration (VT-FRA) Roller Rig. The VT-FRA Roller Rig is a state-of-the-art roller Rig ... -
Effects of Augmented Reality Head-up Display Graphics’ Perceptual Form on Driver Spatial Knowledge Acquisition
(Virginia Tech, 2019-12-16)In this study, we investigated whether modifying augmented reality head-up display (AR HUD) graphics’ perceptual form influences spatial learning of the environment. We employed a 2x2 between-subjects design in which ... -
Driver Response to Dynamic Message Sign Safety Campaign Messages
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-03)Unsafe driving habits increase the severity of roadway accidents. The behaviors that are generally associated with unsafe driving are influenced by drivers and their decision to engage in dangerous habits. In order to solve ... -
Membrane Distillation for Leachate Treatment with Fenton Pre-Coagulation Treatment Process
(Virginia Tech, 2020-02-03)Landfill leachate is considered as a complex wastewater with various organic and inorganic species which must meet strict discharge standards before its release. Due to such high concentration of diverse pollutants, leachate ...
