Engineering Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Performance and Emissions of ASTM-Approved Alternative Jet Fuels in Compression Ignition Engines
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)The use of aviation fuels in compression ignition engines rose from the single forward fuel policy (SFFP) that mandated all vehicles at military bases be operated on JP-8. Since CI engines are designed to operate on diesel ... -
Using deep learning methods for supervised speech enhancement in noisy and reverberant environments
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)In real world environments, the speech signals received by our ears are usually a combination of different sounds that include not only the target speech, but also acoustic interference like music, background noise, and ... -
Mitigation of Metal Dust Deflagrations via Thermal Analysis and Active Explosion Suppression
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Explosions induced by ignition of combustible metal powders continue to present a significant threat to metal handling and refining industries. Addition of non-combustible inert material to combustible dust mixtures, either ... -
Catalyst Development for Electrochemical Water Splitting
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)The world population is growing at a rate untenable for our current energy resources to keep up with. This combined with the factors of depleting nonrenewable energy sources, i.e. fossil fuels, and environmental impacts ... -
Evaluation of Cement-Modified Soil (CMS) with Microcracking and Its Effects on Flexible Pavement Performance
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Cement modification of subgrade has been widely practiced for the past few decades. Recently, cement has become a more economical binder to modify in-situ subgrade soil since other binders, such as fly ash, have become ... -
Phase Behavior of Binary Ionic Liquid Systems: Ionic Liquids with Ammonia, Carbon dioxide, and Dihydroxy Alcohols
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Solvents play a crucial role in industrial processes, which might directly or indirectly have a bearing on the environment. As engineers and scientists, our goal is to advance or develop more sustainable chemicals to ... -
Digital Compensation of Transmission Impairments in Multi-Subcarrier Fiber Optic Transmission Systems
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Time and again, fiber optic medium has proved to be the best means for transporting global data traffic which is following an exponential growth trajectory. Rapid development of high bandwidth applications since the past ... -
Prevention of Medical Implant Infection through Self-Assembled Engineered Peptides as Surface Active Bio-Agents
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Titanium medical implants have revolutionized health care in treating bone and joint degeneration, neoplasms and inflammation. Due to their biocompatibility, mechanical strength, and non-corrosive properties, titanium and ... -
Optimization for Training Deep Models and Deep Learning Based Point Cloud Analysis and Image Classification
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Deep learning (DL) has dramatically improved the state-of-the-art performances in broad applications of computer vision, such as image recognition, object detection, segmentation, and point cloud analysis. However, the ... -
Real-time DSP-enabled digital subcarrier cross-connect (DSXC) for optical communication networks
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Elastic optical networking (EON) is intended to offer flexible channel wavelength granularity to meet the requirement of high spectral efficiency (SE) in today’s optical networks. However, optical cross-connects (OXC) and ... -
Implementing SoftBound on Binary Executables
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Though languages like C and C++ are known to be memory unsafe, they are still used widely in industry because of their memory management features, low level nature and performance benefits. Also, as most of the systems ... -
Wettability Alteration of Carbonate Rocks by Polyelectrolyte Complex Nanoparticles
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)More than fifty percent of oil reservoirs around the world are carbonate reservoirs. Oil recovery from carbonates requires closer attention due to the heterogeneity of the rock and its wettability system. A majority of ... -
Models for determining estrogen effects on meniscal fibrochondrocytes
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Abstract Introduction: An estimated 242 million people in the world are living with symptomatic and activity-limiting osteoarthritis (OA). Women are 2-6X more likely to experience musculoskeletal injury and degeneration, ... -
New Topology and Improved Control of Modular Multilevel Based Converters
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Trends toward large-scale integration and the high-power application of green energy resources necessitate the advent of efficient power converter topologies, multilevel converters. Multilevel inverters are effective ... -
Investigation of Hydraulic Fracture Water Injection in Wolfcamp Formation
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Hydraulic fracturing in low permeability formations is one of the most important steps in oil and gas production. A successful hydraulic fracturing will most likely result in successful oil and gas production. Designing ... -
Investigating carrier-based methods and permeabilization strategies to efficiently deliver extracellular cargo into stem cells
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Intracellular delivery of extracellular cargo into stem cells is an active area of research with enormous potential in field of regenerative medicine. Different types of cargo can be delivered, including genetic materials ... -
Oxidation of Sugars and Polyols for Sustainable Production of Value-added Chemicals
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Biomass has attracted tremendous research attentions in the last few decades as one of the most promising renewable option to produce chemical products. To achieve efficiency and productivity similar to that demonstrated ... -
Trust and Credibility in Online Social Networks
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Increasing portions of people's social and communicative activities now take place in the digital world. The growth and popularity of online social networks (OSNs) have tremendously facilitated online interaction and ... -
Spatial Analysis of Teen Driver-Related Crashes in Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)In the United States, the risk of vehicle crashes is higher among teens than among any other age group. Accordingly, in Kansas, teen drivers ages 14 to 19 were one of the primary foci of Kansas Department of Transportation’s ... -
Development of an Extracellular Vesicle Microfluidic Affinity Purification (EV-MAP) In Vitro Assay for Breast Cancer Management
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Breast cancer is the second-most prevalent cancer worldwide and most commonly occurring cancer type in women with roughly 2 million new cases diagnosed in 2018. Current breast cancer management is a multidisciplinary ...