• Century II 

  Lawrence, Charles J. (Wichita State University, 2004-12)

  On January 11, 1969, Wichita's Century II opened its doors to begin its service to the community as a center for the performing arts, a business convention hall, and as host to an array of community shows and events. The ...

• Differential responses of grassland ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) communities to Conservation Reserve Program management practices 

  Waite, Evan (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Grasslands of the Great Plains have declined over 70% since European settlement due to conversion of natural habitats to cropland and urban centers. The federally supported Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was created ...

• Predicting suicidality among sexual minority youth: Examining the roles of peer aggression and emotional distress using the Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2017 

  Wooley-Snider, Jamie (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Previous studies suggest that minority stress is the consequence of homophobia and discrimination for sexual minority youth. Previous studies reveal that the incidence of suicidality is higher among sexual minority youth ...

• Numerical modeling of thermal distribution in polymer reinforced solid state electrolyte in lithium ion batteries 

  Walker-Hennette, Elliott (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  The capability of lithium-ion batteries to dissipate internal heat generation is critical to performance and safe operation. Limiting the interface temperatures between the solid-state electrolyte and the polymer separator ...

• Quantifying the profit in crossbreeding beef cattle species 

  Birney, Cole (Wichita State University, 2019-05)

  Beef cattle are an important part of everyday life for many Americans. This is why it is important that beef cattle producers are able to maximize their profits. One way they can do that is by using the proper crossbreed. ...

• Activated carbon as an inexpensive alternative for counter electrode in dye sensitized solar cells 

  Patil, Kaustubh (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) have attracted a lot of attention from solar industries because of the low cost and high efficiency to convert energy from photo-to-electric. DSSCs mainly consist three parts, photoelectrodes ...

• Numerical simulation of flat plate trajectory using coupled CFD-RBD with dynamic meshing 

  Sathyanarayana, Nidhi D. (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Foreign object debris including bird and/or drone strike debris upon impact, may cause critical secondary damage to downwind aircraft surfaces. This debris is simplified in geometry to a flat plate and represented as a ...

• Ragged schools: Schools for Destitute Children 

  Stapleton, Brenda (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Throughout most of the 19th century, school was not mandatory for children living in the United Kingdom and only available to those who could afford the fees. Ragged schools were some of the very few institutions available ...

• Wheelchair-mounted upper limb robotic exoskeleton to detect human intent for activities of daily living 

  Schabron, Bridget (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  The purpose of this thesis was to design, test, and evaluate a three degree of freedom, wheelchair-mounted, robotic upper limb exoskeleton that detects human intent for actuation. The exoskeleton was designed in SolidWorks, ...

• Numerical estimation of slipstream characterisitics for propellers operating at low Reynolds numbers 

  Pampala, Ramya B. (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  An accurate estimation of propeller slipstream characteristics is essential to evaluate the performance characteristics of airframe components placed within the propeller slipstream. The complicated vortical structures of ...

• Effect of temperature and frequency on Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) dielectric properties and its application for wearable Electromagnetic temperature sensor 

  Schmidt, Devin M. (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  In the human body, sustaining the core body temperature (CBT) is of great importance to maintaining proper cellular and body functions. The temperature of 37⁰C (98⁰F) is the well-established baseline and small variations ...

• Comparison of quantitative X-ray diffraction methods for characterizing composition and yield between distilled water and dispersant-aided extractions 

  Swanson, William J. (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  This research attempted to quantify the relative advantages and disadvantages of competing methods for extraction and characterization of mineral colloid material (effective spherical diameter 100 - 1000 nm) in soils. ...

• Beacon deployment guide: A study on bluetooth low energy beacon infrastructure setup for indoor way-finding 

  Sharma, Anup (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  With the recent technological advancement in providing exploratory and navigational aids to individuals, especially people with visual impairments, in an indoor area, usage of different kind of markers at Point-of-Interest ...

• Comparison of refill friction stir spot welding versus riveting in aircraft applications 

  Ravichandran, Saravana P. (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) developed an innovative robotic Refill Friction Stir Spot Joining (RFSJ) system for welding aluminum alloys. This RFSJ method, also referred to Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding (RFSSW), has ...

• Statics and dynamics of electrostatic microactuators in viscous dielectric media 

  Perera, W. Roshantha (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  The main objective of this thesis is to develop a mathematical model to characterize the static and dynamic behavior of a curved electrode electrostatic micro-actuator operating in an underwater environment. Such an actuation ...

• Suppression of growth of the Phytopathogenic Fungus Macrophomina Phaseolina through application of Exogenous Sirnas 

  Forster, Heather (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Macrophomina phaseolina, causative agent of the plant disease charcoal rot, impacts over 500 plant species, causing devastating crop failures worldwide. In Kansas, it is the biggest cause of soybean crop loss, and disease ...

• Non-invasive, point-of-care monitoring of shifts in intracranial biofluid volume using an electromagnetic skin patch sensor 

  Griffith, Jacob L. (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Intracranial pressure (ICP) is an important diagnostic indicator of central nervous system function in disease states such as hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri, subarachnoid hemorrhage and under various activities such ...

• Laser ablation based on-orbit debris removal 

  Karampudi, Prathyusha (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Space debris are defunct man-made satellites orbiting in the low-earth orbit (LEO) and Geo-synchronous orbit (GEO) orbiting around earth with high velocities posing a serious threat for current and future missions. ...

• Online instruction successes and challenges: faculty viewpoints 

  Klaassen, Chantelle A. (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  The purpose of this exploratory mixed method study was to investigate how the successes and challenges of online learning are perceived by graduate faculty. The review of the current literature focused on: course development, ...

• Elastic wave propagation in self-similar and non-self-similar hierarchical lattice structures 

  Ignacy Muthu, Refugine Nirmal (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Plane wave propagation in infinite two dimensional self-similar and non-self-similar square periodic lattices have been investigated using Floquet-Bloch Theory. Finite element analysis was applied to calculate dispersion ...

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