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Energy-Efficient Computing and Modeling in Cloud Infrastructures
(2022-07-08)
Energy efficiency and carbon footprint control have grabbed significant attention worldwide. Today, the world has become intensely data intensive. The cloud computing infrastructures and the data centers are providing ...
Energy-Efficient Designs in Cyber-Physical Systems with a Control and Optimization Approach
(2013-03-06)
In modern cyber-physical systems (CPS), new dimensions of freedom are enabled to energy efficient solutions. We first focus on the energy delivery side within the smart grid paradigm for smart, efficient and reliable energy ...
Energy-Efficient Resource Management for High-performance Computing Platforms
(2008-08-15)
In the past decade, high-performance computing (HPC) platforms like clusters and computational grids have been widely used to solve challenging and rigorous engineering tasks in industry and scientific applications. Due ...
Energy-Efficient Traffic-Aware Routing in Underwater
(2008-08-15)
Underwater acoustic networks are a special type of wireless sensor networks deployed in a harsh oceanic environment for mission critical tasks. In this unique sensor network, energy efficiency is the most critical problem. ...
An Energy-Efficient Transmission Power Control Protocol for Cooperative Robotics
(2008-12-15)
Severe energy constraints inherent in multi-robot networks dictate that communication be performed as efficiently as possible to enable longer network lifetime and successful task execution. Therefore, energy-aware ...
Engaged Active Student Learning: A Tale of Two Design Case Studies
(2018-07-24)
Active learning, a constructivist approach to learning, can be an effective pedagogical tool. As active learning becomes more ubiquitous and begins to replace some lecture-style content delivery, the built environment ...
Engineered Colorectal Cancer Tissues Employing Patient-derived Cells for Recapitulating the Tumor Microenvironment
(2021-04-21)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the third most prevalent cancer and the third-highest cause of cancer-related deaths among both men and women in the United States. The development of pre-clinical CRC models is vital for ...
Engineered Treatment of As-Laden Regeneration Brine from Ion Exchange Processes
(2006-05-15)
Arsenic (As) contamination of drinking water sources has been one of the most challenging global environmental issues. In the United States, the newly revised maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 µg/L requires thousands ...
Engineering and Statistical Analysis of Solid and Liquid Missile Systems
(2022-12-05)
Engineering and statistical analysis is applied to gain insights and information regarding liquid and solid missile systems. This dissertation outlines five main key topic areas, physics modeling, data generation, model ...
Engineering Bioplastics with Biopolymers and Antimicrobials to Improve Listeria monocytogenes Food Safety in Ready-to-Eat Foods Over 12-Week of Storage
(2024-04-26)
Edible packaging film with chicken skin collagen to improve mechanical properties and the addition of antimicrobial compounds can provide a substitute for plastic packaging. Research was conducted on 1. Develop a ...
Engineering Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum for Enhanced Isopropanol-Butanolethanol (IBE) Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass through Acetic Acid Pretreatment
(2018-07-25)
The objective of this study was to achieve efficient biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass through the development of a novel biomass pretreatment method in combination with the metabolic engineering of microbial ...
Engineering Comfort for Micro-resolution Mosquito Bite Blocking Textiles
(2023-04-24)
Over a million people die yearly from diseases spread by biting insects, especially mosquitos. Pesticides are currently used to control harmful insect populations although there are often negative side effects from pesticides. ...
Engineering phonon polaritons in van der Waals materials
(2023-08-10)
Light trapped at the nanoscale, deep below the optical wavelength, exhibits an increase in the associated electric field strength, which results in enhanced light-matter interaction. Such hybrid light-matter modes involve ...
Engineering Polymer Networks for Enhanced Loading and Extended Release of Therapeutics via Molecular Imprinting
(2013-12-10)
Conventional topical ocular therapies such as eye drops and ointments are the current “go to” therapy, and account for over 90% of the market. However, topical drug delivery results in very low drug bioavailability, ranging ...
Engineering Standards and Ethics in Automated Biometrics
(2021-04-14)
This work explores a two-part question: (1) what are the most recent engineering standards that govern AI development and implementation in the field of biometrics and (2) what ethical implications do they have for society? ...
Engineering Word Overlap to Enhance Specific Fluency Gains Over Repeated Readings
(2020-07-15)
This study explored the effects of repeated readings with and without word overlap (repeated content words across readings) to test the centrality of word-reading automaticity in fluency. Participants worked in both ...
English Seventeenth Century Colonial Expansion as a Form of Rent-Seeking
(2007-12-15)
The central purpose of this dissertation is to apply a rent-seeking analysis to seventeenth century colonial policies in England. The dissertation is an extension of the rent-seeking model which Robert Ekelund and Robert ...
Enhanced Heat Transfer Catalyst Structures for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
(2012-01-10)
Highly exothermic catalytic reactions are problematic from a thermal management perspective and often dictate the type of reactor, heat exchanger, level of conversion/recycle and contacting schemes employed. Those reactions, ...
Enhanced insitu testing at the Auburn National Geotechnical Experimentation Site
(2023-12-06)
With In-situ testing dating back to 1996, the Auburn University National Geotechnical Experimentation Site (AUNGES), located in the Piedmont geological region, manages a comprehensive Cone Penetration Test (CPT) database. ...
Enhanced Polymer Passivation Layer for Wafer Level Chip Scale Package
(2011-12-05)
Wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP) have been used in many consumer products, and thus they are competitive in cost, size, yield, and technology. For advanced WLCSP, solder joint reliability is a major concern. ...