• Development and modeling of biomimetric robotic fish without ionic polymer-metal composite and servo actuators 

  Hou, Piqi  (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  In the last few decades, biomimetic systems have been receiving growing interest relative to bio-inspired design, physics-based modeling, high maneuvering capability, and high energy efficiency. In this research, first a ...

• Hard decisions: The role of the judiciary in contemporary environmental politics wild life law in the later twentieth and early twenty-first centuries 

  Hammons, Felicia Renee (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  This research utilizes legal court cases to describe scientific, legal, and political controversies inherent in the real-world implementation of environmental legislation during the latter twentieth and early twenty-first ...

• SIFT algorithm based real-time power system inspection by using unmanned aerial vehicles 

  Yan, Fujian (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  This research presented a novel method for transmission and distribution lines inspection. Power lines inspection can guarantee the performance of power system stability and increase the lifetime of power lines. An advanced ...

• Evaluation of the inhibitory effects of manuka honey on skin and soft tissue infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus in an in vivo animal model 

  Beckman, Fawn (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  Chronic overuse of antibiotics has led to an age where some microorganisms are no longer susceptible to any known antibiotic. Of particular concern to clinicians is one type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that contributes ...

• Design, modeling and control of trailing edge morphing UAV 

  Wang, Peng (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  The objective of this thesis is the design, build and testing of a morphing UAV with a continuous variable trailing edge. This morphing UAV is inspired by the Variable Camber Continuous Trailing Edge Flap (VCCTEF) aircraft ...

• Computational fluid dynamics study to develop pressure drop correlations for fluid flow through high porosity graphite foam as a function of microstructure parameters 

  Hegarty, Peter J. (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  In order to better understand the effect of microstructure parameters on forced convection pressure losses in graphite foam, correlations were developed for the permeability and form coefficient that appear in the porous ...

• Determining optimal location of DG by vulnerability index weightage factor 

  Sarkar, Koushik (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  Integration of Distributed Generation (DG) increases the intricacy of the distribution feeder. Determining the optimal location of DG with minimized complexity is an important task for distribution engineers. The DG ...

• Health literacy screening tools for adults in Kansas 

  Barrow, Lamin I.  (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  The population of older adults in the United States is projected to reach 71.5 million by 2030. Health literacy has been identified a solid predictor of health outcome. In the Healthy people 2020 proclamation, limited ...

• Pedestrian collision responses using legform impactor subsystem and full-sized pedestrian models on different workbenches 

  Mohammed, Obaidur Rahman (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  Car-pedestrian collision fatalities have been reported for a significant number of roadside accidents around the world. Protection of pedestrians is taking on an increasingly significant role to car manufactures in developing ...

• "Into the dragon's lair": Culture, counter-insurgency, and the Combined Action Platoons in Vietnam 

  Peterka, Aaron T. (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  The aim of this thesis was to examine the development of the Marine Corps' Combined Action Program (CAP) during the Vietnam War and determine if the CAP would have been the war-winning strategic formula. In an attempt to ...

• Computer based analysis of mammogram images to treat breast cancer 

  Mitra, Parthib (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  Breast cancer is a curse to complete human race. It grows inside breast cells silently, and soon it spreads to the whole body; as a result, the patient dies very soon. According to recently published reports, about 12.5% ...

• Effects of soy protein isolate on the dielectric polarization of poly(ethylene oxide) 

  Rashidi, Soheil (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  With increasing demands for renewable materials applications, biomaterials originated from natural resources have obtained great attention. Among them, plant proteins have been extensively studied for composites, packaging ...

• Effects of embedded cylindrical sensor tubes on the Mode-II fracture behavior of adhesively bonded composite laminates 

  Kona Ravi, Aswini (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  Influence of embedding a cylindrical sensor tube on mode-II interlaminar fracture behavior in adhesively bonded composite laminates has been investigated experimentally and numerically. Three laminates with varying sensor ...

• Advanced algorithms to enhance signal to noise ratio of peel ply at the bondline of out-of-autoclave composite assemblies 

  LeMay, Gary S. (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  The objective of this thesis is to develop an algorithm (based on mathematical function menus) to improve the signal to noise ratio between constituents of similar acoustic impedance in bonded out-of-autoclave carbon fiber ...

• Study on the effect of embedding a cylindrical sensor on the Mode-II interlaminar fracture behavior of unidirectional composites 

  Malhotra, Bhupen (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  The effect of embedding a cylindrical microwire temperature sensor on the mode-II interlaminar fracture behavior of 5320 unidirectional tape/epoxy laminates was investigated. The sensor was embedded orthogonal to the fiber ...

• Predicting the influence of weave architecture on the stress relaxation behavior of woven composite using finite element based micromechanics 

  Karuppiah, Anand Vijay (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  Advanced textile composites employed in automobile and aerospace industries are heterogeneous and viscoelastic in nature. In an attempt to predict its true macro-level viscoelastic response, a finite element based ...

• A novel machine learning framework for phenotype prediction based on Geome-wide DNA methylation data 

  Karagod, Vinay Vittal (Wichita State University, 2016-12)

  DNA methylation (DNAm) is an epigenetic mechanism used by cells to control gene expression, and identification of DNAm biomarkers can assist in early diagnosis of cancer. Identification of these biomarkers can be done using ...

• A numerical study of the problem of diffraction and reflection of sonic boom waves in three dimensions 

  Hammouda, Fisal M. (Wichita State University, 1971-05)

  A numerical method was developed for predicting the pressure-time variation of a sonic boom wave acting on an arbitrary building. The conservation laws for fluid flow were greatly simplified with weak wave approximations and ...

• What makes bugs get fixed in open source software?: A Replication study and a text-based approach 

  Wang, Haoren (Wichita State University, 2016-07)

  Bugs are the central force driving the many corrective maintenance and evolutionary changes in large-scale software systems. Over the years, many facets of bugs and their resolution haven been studied extensively. As ...

• Silver age comic books: Uncovering their importance in the midst of political, social and cultural movements of the 1960s and 1970s 

  Roeder, Joshua Ryan (Wichita State University, 2016-07)

  This research attempts to show the need to expand comic-book scholarship through critically examining how comic writers and artists express cultural, political, and social concepts in the past and present. The reason that ...

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