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A "heat pipe"-style recirculating lithium oven for entrainment into supersonic helium beams
(2017-12-07)This thesis presents the work on a new oven design optimized for the entrainment of lithium into a pulsed supersonic beam of helium. The proposed oven does not pollute the vacuum with lithium atoms that are not entrained, ... -
A 10-bit, 10Msps pipelined ADC with first stage conventional SAR ADC and second stage multi-bit per cycle SAR ADC
(2016-05-19)A pipelined ADC is generally used for high speeds and high resolutions in applications where latency is not a major concern. This project involves the design of a 10 bit pipelined ADC with a conventional SAR ADC as stage ... -
A 20,000 year flowstone record of Gulf of Mexico sourced moisture in Texas
(2016-05)Understanding how future atmospheric warming may affect moisture distribution in the American Southwest is becoming increasingly important. To this end, various paleoclimatic proxies have been used to investigate the range ... -
A 3D obstacle detection system for a complex mobile robot in a hazardous underground tunnel environment
(2019-05-09)This thesis presents a 3D obstacle detection system developed for use in the H-Canyon Air Exhaust (HCAEX) tunnel project. The HCAEX tunnel is a harsh environment with positive, negative, and hanging obstacles along with ... -
A behavioral choice model of the use of car-sharing and ride-sourcing services
(2017-05-04)There are a number of disruptive mobility services that are increasingly finding their way into the marketplace. Two key examples of such services are car-sharing services and ride-sourcing services. In an effort to better ... -
A Better Way to Make Risky Decisions
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A bidirectional MEMS thermal actuator as the building block for a programmable metamaterial
(2018-10-04)This thesis presents a novel bidirectional MEMS thermal actuator that is intended to be implemented as the building block for a microarchitectured material. The successful proof of concept demonstrates the potential for a ... -
A Biography of Waller Creek, A Case Study in Urbanization and Environment
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A boulevard in transition : migrant placemaking in North Austin
(2019-05-09)The low-income and ethnically diverse neighborhoods of North Lamar Boulevard have not received the kinds of city-backed economic development efforts that have revamped other areas of Austin like the Mueller Airport ... -
A boy and his dog story : writing Bowhouse
(2017-08-11)The following report details the writing process of the feature script Bowhouse, involving but not limited to the project’s conception, outlining, writing, and rewriting stages. -
A bright source of cold atoms
(2019-05-03)This dissertation describes a general approach of generating a high flux of cold atoms that can be confined in a magneto-optical trap. As an alternative to the state-of-the-art laser cooling method, this approach widens ... -
A capabilities approach to understanding health disparities
Health disparities are pervasive in the U.S., and three of the greatest risk factors for poor health outcomes are race, rural residence, and disability. Individuals in these groups frequently experience poor health outcomes ... -
"A career in self-sacrifice : the Medicine King's self-immolation in the Sanskrit Lotus Sūtra"
(2020-08-11)Modern self-immolation as political protest finds its roots in religious textual precedence in the ancient Buddhist Sanskrit Lotus Sūtra, a Mahāyāna scripture composed in central Asia some time between the first century ... -
A case study of designing a mobile app prototype for seniors
(2019-06-27)As technology has advanced rapidly over recent decades, the aging population has also grown. Therefore, the importance of addressing senior users’ needs in using and learning technology deserves attention from the government ... -
A case study of designing, teaching, and learning racial literacy in an urban seventh grade reading and writing classroom
In the current educational environment of high stakes testing and curricular control (Au, 2007), it is necessary for literacy teachers to be creatively compliant and selectively defiant (Hoffman, 2011) as it suits the ... -
A case study of lean software practices in an IT application support department
(2011-12)The concept of lean manufacturing was formed at Toyota by Taiichi Ohno, who originated the system of “Just-in-Time” production with the goals of delivering high value and cutting down waste. These concepts were partially ... -
A case study of ongoing planning and decision-making leadership strategies employed by principals of high performing schools
(2021-06-14)There are research studies that focus on principal leadership and the direct and positive impact it has on student performance, but few examine the effects of principal strategies in the areas of ongoing planning and ...
