Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Operational Modal Analysis of Rolling Tire: A Tire Cavity Accelerometer Mediated Approach
(Virginia Tech, 2020-07-31)The low frequency (0-500 Hz) automotive noise and vibration behavior is influenced by the rolling dynamics of the tire. Driven by pressing environmental concerns, the automotive industry has strived to innovate fuel-efficient ... -
Type IV Pili-Dependent Secretion of Biofilm Matrix Material Proteins in Clostridium perfringens
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-21)Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive bacterium that secretes a biofilm matrix material. The goal of these experiments was to identify pilin mutants that are needed for secretion of the biofilm matrix and develop a ... -
Can Engineers Be Primed to Think in Systems? An Empirical Study Showing the Effects of Concept Mapping on Engineering Students' Ability to Explore the Design Space.
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-21)The problems existent within the built environment are inherently complex due to the interactions between different stakeholders, structures, and systems. The reductionist approach vastly utilized by engineers is not ... -
Robust Online Trajectory Prediction for Non-cooperative Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-21)In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have got a boost in their applications in civilian areas like aerial photography, agriculture, communication, etc. An increasing research effort is being exerted to develop ... -
Using Eye-tracking to Acknowledge Attended Alarms
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-21)A lack of alarm management for industrial control rooms has led to frequent alarm floods that have the potential to overwhelm operators within minutes. One approach to managing alarm floods would be altering the salience ... -
On Augmenting Architecture
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-21)The thesis was originally meant to be an investigation into the necessity of architectural ornamentation. Throughout the exploration however, it became evident that architectural ornamentation was not all that was being ... -
Developing Transcriptional Markers for Detecting Infection with the Novel Tuberculosis Pathogen, Mycobacterium mungi, in Free-Ranging Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo)
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-20)Effectively developing robust predictive models for forecasting infectious disease dynamics over space and time relies on successful surveillance strategies to accurately assess host infection status. We are constantly ... -
Investigating the effect of dexamethasone on productivity, immune function, and behavior in dystocic periparturient dairy cattle
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-20)Dairy cows are increasingly predisposed to diseases in the periparturient time period due in part to immunosuppression. Dystocia amplifies the disease risk due to the increased tissue trauma and stress the animal endures ... -
Folding Wall
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-20)Assisted living means to undergo drastic changes in life. Most significant is the change from a familiar domestic environment to a care based situation that includes incremental levels of medical support, often in spaces ... -
An On-Road Assessment of Driver Secondary Task Engagement and Performance during Assisted & Automated Driving
(Virginia Tech, 2021-12-15)Increasingly, many of today’s vehicles offer Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) partially automated driving (PAD) and a limited number of SAE conditionally automated vehicles (CAD) are being developed. Vehicles with PAD ... -
Adoption Determinants and Economic Benefits of Integrated Pest Management for Nepali Vegetable Farmers
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)The majority of Nepal's population relies on agriculture, so invasive and native pests' ability to reduce farmers' crop yields is a significant concern. To protect farm households' food security and livelihoods, it is ... -
Density Reconsidered
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)The work seeks to reconsider aspects of high density in urban architecture, exemplified in a site in Hong Kong, where currently urban housing, temple, commercial, office and other structures coexist. While a very high ... -
Design of an Ankle Exoskeleton Employing Dual Action Plantarflexion Assistance and Gait Progression Detection
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)Since the 1960s, research into the medical applications of wearable robots has been fueled by a growing need for assistive technologies that can help individuals impacted by musculoskeletal disorders such as sarcopenia ... -
Phenomenal Things
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)Phenomenal Things is a comical look into the daily lives of Internet of Things (IoT) artifacts and their experiences as social beings in cyberspace. This Augmented Reality (AR) experience presents a storyworld set in the ... -
Development of Kinetic Parameterization Methods for Nitrifying Bacteria using Respirometry
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)Understanding how nitrifiers react when exposed to low DO conditions could provide a greater understanding of low DO operations in full-scale biological wastewater treatment. Previous methods to observe nitrifier oxygen ... -
The in planta role of the global regulator Lrp in the bacterial phytopathogen Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii is a bacterial phytopathogen that causes the disease Stewart's wilt in corn. The insect vector Chaetocnema pulicaria, the corn flea beetle, transmits P. stewartii into corn plants through ... -
Methane Emission Monitoring of Appalachian Compressor Station
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)A single compressor station site along a gathering line network was monitored for fugitive methane emissions to quantify long-term emissions in Appalachia Virginia. Continuous monitoring was conducted from January 2021 to ... -
Breeze: A Meditation into Movement
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)Breeze: A Meditation into Movement addresses motion-centered thesis works, the titular work Breeze, Ripple, and Small Things. It examines artistic approaches to employ movement, such as materiality, the use of algorithms, ... -
Playing with my Luck
(Virginia Tech, 2022-01-19)Playing with my luck is a performance which comments on feminine expectations and satirizes the oppressive social structures that women must follow in order to be accepted by patriarchal societies. The 10 Commandments short ... -
Improving the Accessibility of Arabic Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) with Metadata and Classification
(Virginia Tech, 2021)Much research work has been done to extract data from scientific papers, journals, and articles. However, Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) remain an unexplored genre of data in the research fields of natural ...
