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The Reliability of Zinc Oxide Based Thin Film Transistors Under Extreme Conditions

Yapa Bandara, Kosala (2018-04-23)

In this Ph.D. dissertation, I report the device instability of ZnO thin film transistors (TFTs) under extreme environmental conditions. It is extremely important to identify the cause of device instability under different ...

Reliability, Scalability and Security in Smart Utility Networks

Iyer, Gopalakrishnan (2014-05-01)

With the rapid increase in deployment of smart meters across North America, resource consumption data of utilities such as water, gas and electricity is being collected at a much higher granular level. The huge amount ...

Reliability-Based Calibration of the Code for Steel Girder Bridges

Wolert, Patryk Jerzy (2019-02-12)

Accurate evaluation and design of bridge structures can maximize the performance-to-cost ratio, which is one of the most critical aspects in infrastructure maintenance and expansion. The author of this dissertation presents ...

Reliability/Availability of Manufacturing cells and Transfer Lines

Kannan, Balaji (2011-05-04)

One of the major wastes in a manufacturing system is downtime caused by machine breakdown/failure and the time and cost incurred to repair the failed machine. Machine breakdown leads to stoppage of production in manufacturing ...

The Remarriage Belief Inventory: Testing the Factorial Structure and Validity with a Remarried Sample

Higginbotham, Brian (2005-08-15)

Recent figures have indicated that approximately half of all marriages each year are remarriages for one or both partners and that the majority of these remarriages form stepfamilies. Despite the prevalence of remarriages ...

Remediation in Urban Ecology: How Remediative Park Design in Montgomery, AL can influence its Future Development

Pasley, Justin (2013-03-18)

This design research project explores the possibility of connection between the riverfront and the downtown of Montgomery, Alabama by means of a remediative park system that encourages movement through the city. Currently ...

A Remote Magnetoelastic Sensor with Antibody as a Probe to Detect Salmonella Typhimurium

Guntupalli, Rajesh (2007-05-15)

Every year millions of people around the globe suffer from foodborne illnesses as a result of the ingestion of food products contaminated with pathogens. Foodborne illnesses not only result in suffering and permanent ...

Remote Sensing of Shallow-Marine Impact Craters on Mars

De Villiers, Germari (2007-12-15)

Impact craters are common on solid planetary bodies in our solar system and are one of the most important physical features from which the surface history of these planetary bodies can be deduced. Remote sensing is a ...

Remote Set of Crassostrea virginica as a Potential Means for Public Stock Enhancement in Alabama, and the Assessment of Larval Tank Setting Distributions

Lappin, David Jr (2018-05-15)

The eastern oyster (Crassosstrea virginca) has been a widely studied and influential species for its economic impacts, benefits to local habitat and fauna, and its assistance in restoration. Hatchery reared larvae play an ...

Removal and Immobilization of Arsenic in Water, Ion Exchange Brine, and Soil

An, Byungryul (2010-12-07)

Removal of arsenic, As(III) and As(V), in water and soils is one of the most challenging environmental issues. Six polymeric ligand exchangers (PLEs) were synthesized by functionalizing various polymeric matrices (known ...

Removal of Copper(II) and Lead(II) from Soils by Poly(Amidoamine) Dendrimers and Reductive Immobilization of Chromium(VI) by Stabilized Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles

Xu, Yinhui (2006-08-15)

This research investigated the feasibility of using poly(amidoamine) PAMAM dendrimers for removal of copper(II) and lead(II) from soils, and using a new class of stabilized zero-valent iron (ZVI) nanoparticles for reductive ...

Removal of pathogenic bacteria in algal turf scrubbers

Rains, John (2016-12-09)

Algal Turf Scrubbers (ATS) are ecologically engineered systems that utilize the growth of filamentous algae on a submerged surface to remediate polluted water using sunlight as the main energy input into the system. Previous ...

The Removal of the Creek Indians from the Southeast, 1825-1838

Haveman, Christopher D. (2009-08-07)

This dissertation examines the removal of approximately twenty-three thousand Creek Indians from Alabama and Georgia to present-day Oklahoma between 1825 and 1838. At its height, the Creek Nation encompassed most of the ...

Removal of Uranium(VI) in Contaminated Water Using Iron Based Nanoparticles and Simultaneous Adsorption of Uranium(VI) and 2-Chlorophenol by Activated Carbon Fiber supported Titanate Nanotubes

Duan, Jun (2019-12-05)

Uranium is one of the most detected radionuclides in aquatic systems. Reductive immobilization and adsorption have been commonly practiced to remove uranium from water. In this study, CMC-stabilized iron sulfide (FeS) ...

Removal or Immobilization of Arsenic by Stabilized Magnetite Nanoparticles in Water, Soil, and Poultry Litter

Liang, Qiqi (2013-04-22)

Stabilized magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles were synthesized and extensively tested for enhanced removal of arsenate, As(V), from water, and for in situ immobilization of arsenic in soil and poultry litter. Two low-cost and ...

Removal or Immobilization of Radionuclides and Trace-metals in Water, Soil and Poultry Litter Using Stabilized Nanoparticles

Xie, Wenbo (2015-07-29)

Two kinds of stabilized nanoparticles were synthesized and tested for the in situ immobilization of metals and radionuclides in soil and groundwater, namely Fe-Mn binary oxide nanoparticles for adsorptive immobilization ...