Engineering Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Treatment of Cyanotoxins in Rivers and River Influenced Groundwater under Ambient and Softened pH Conditions
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are a common cause of dense algal blooms in rivers, lakes, and ponds throughout the world. These algal blooms are a public health concern because many species of cyanobacteria ... -
Predicting Author Traits Through Topic Modeling of Multilingual Social Media Text
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)One source of insight into the motivations of a modern human being is the text they write and post for public consumption online, in forms such as personal status updates, product reviews, or forum discussions. The task ... -
Evaluation of Protruding Centerbody on the Novel Airdata Sensor
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)A novel airdata sensor was developed at the University of Kansas1. The Bio-Inspired probe was designed for high angles of attack and sideslip use, suitable for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight control system and other ... -
Decellularized Wharton's jelly matrix as a three dimensional scaffold for wound healing and hair regeneration applications
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The repair and management of full-thickness skin defects such as those resulting from burns and chronic wounds remains a significant challenge. The shortage of donor sites makes it impractical to treat with autologous skin ... -
Gain-Scheduled H-Infinity Control and Analysis of a Nonlinear Generic Hypersonic Vehicle
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The concept of hypersonic flight has been around for many years. In recent years, emerging technologies and market forces have renewed latent interest in this challenging field. With many private and government institutions ... -
Fluid dynamics of non-Newtonian thin films: squeezing flow, film rupture, and contact line instability
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)HIV is a global pandemic that affects millions of lives every year. Vaginal gel formulation has been touted as an effective strategy to fight sexually transmitted diseases (STD) by acting as a physical barrier, and also ... -
Fundamental Insights into the Dissolution and Precipitation of Cellulosic Biomass from Ionic Liquid Mixtures
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Lignocellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on earth making it a promising feedstock for the production of renewable chemicals and fuels. However, utilization of biomass remains a challenge as recalcitrance of cellulose ... -
Characterization of the oligomeric proanthocyanidin crofelemer toward development of an integrated mathematical model for comparison of complex molecules
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Regulatory approval of follow-on biologics and other generic versions of complex pharmaceutics requires that a potential biosimilar (test) product demonstrates similarity to an innovator (reference) product through a ... -
EFFECTS OF SURFACE TENSION AND VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR ON THE THIN FILM COATING FLOW OF MICROBICIDE GELS
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Thin film coating flow is of importance in many fields, as well as for the design of polymeric drug delivery vehicles, such as anti-HIV topical microbicides. This dissertation describes a few models to investigate the ... -
Computational Molecular Design of Cellulose-based Delivery Vehicles for Vaginal Microbicide Gels
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of 39 million people and currently afflicts 36.9 million more. These effects are disproportionately felt in sub-Saharan Africa which has almost 70% of those current ... -
Engineered Bio-Silver Nanoparticle Interface Offers Antimicrobial Properties for Improved Cellular Viability
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are promising candidates for fighting drug-resistant infections because of their intrinsic antimicrobial effect. The antimicrobial efficacy, shown as a result of high-yield design of AgNPs, may ... -
Integrating Textual Ontology and Visual Features for Content Based Search in an Invertebrate Paleontology Knowledgebase
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology is a definitive work completed by more than 300 authors in the field of Paleontology, covering all categories of invertebrate animals. The digital version for the Treatise is ... -
MOOD SYMPTOMS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND THEIR IMPACT ON A QIGONG EXERCISE’S EFFICACY FOR TREATING SLEEP QUALITY AND GAIT PERFORMANCE
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)The purpose of this study was to investigate both the non-motor features associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), i.e. anxiety and depression, and these features impact the efficacy of a mild exercise intervention treating ... -
Development of a Lightweight Laminated Composite Wheel for Formula SAE Race Vehicles
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Reducing the weight of a racing vehicle can substantially improve its acceleration and general performance abilities. More specifically, reduction of the unsprung corner weight can provide noticeable performance gains in ... -
Analysis of Artifacts Inherent to Real-Time Radar Target Emulation
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Executing high-fidelity tests of radar hardware requires real-time fixed-latency target emulation. Because fundamental radar measurements occur in the time domain, real-time fixed-latency target emulation is essential to ... -
Evaluating Performance of Hybrid Geosynthetic-Reinforced Retaining Walls
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Geosynthetic-Reinforced Retaining (GRR) walls have been extensively used in highway projects. A novel GRR wall was proposed to mitigate the problems (e.g. high connection stress) resulting from the relatively large spacing ... -
Single-fiber-laser-based multimodal coherent Raman system
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Coherent Raman scattering (CRS) is an appealing technique for spectroscopy and microscopy due to its molecular specificity and the ability for 3D sectioning. However, the system usually has to use two laser sources with ... -
Evaluation of a Follower Load with an Intact Rib Cage
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)The overall goal of this research was to better characterize the motion of the thoracic spine by inclusion of the rib cage and a novel loading method, as well as by evaluation of all commonly used motion and stiffness ...