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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Experimental study of pool boiling heat transfer enhancement over microchanneled surfaces, Dwight Cooke
Reading on the internet: The Presentation of online news articles and its relationship to reader’s recall and comprehension, Kristen Curtze
Evaluation of water transport in PEMFC gas diffusion layers using image analysis, Michael Daino
Parallel implementation of maximum parsimony search algorithm on multicore CPUs, Andrew Darling
Efficient collision resolution protocol for highly populated wireless networks, Ruslan Dautov
Spherical distance metrics applied to protein structure classification, James DeFelice
Consumers' self-image response to gender portrayal in advertising images, Rebecca Delaney
Opportunities to Foreign Investment in Kosovo : [presentation given on September 6, 2011], Sytrime Dervisholli
Towards integrating chalcogenide based phase change memory with silicon microelectronics, Archana Devasia
Determining a relationship between design characteristics and the end-of-life disposition of cellular phones, Ashley DeVierno
Error sentinel: A Rule-based spreadsheet program for intelligent data entry, error correction, and curation, Kyle Dewey
Vaccine wastage reduction in immunization sessions through vaccine vial size optimization, Aswin Dhamodharan
Numerical investigation of fluid flow and heat transfer effects in minichannels and microchannels under h2 boundary condition, Viral Dharaiya
Distribution patterns of river otters, Lontra canadensis, within Monroe County, New York, Darren Doherty
Studies toward the total synthesis of Trocheliophorolide A, Stephanie Dorn
Project TIPS: A Review of Rochester's law enforcement-community collaborative, Gregory Drake
Markov chain Monte Carlo on the GPU, Michael Dumont
Photon manipulation in silicon nanophotonic circuits, Ali Elshaari
Page layout analysis and classification in complex scanned documents, Mustafa Erkilinc
Electro-optic adaptive microlens, Dale Ewbank
Automatic registration of multi-modal airborne imagery, Xiaofeng Fan
Towards a human centered economy, Joseph Featherall
iRead: An Application for enhanced reader navigation on e-reading tablet devices, Sarah Fedigan
Real-time software electric guitar audio transcription, Xander Fiss
Sans entre nous, Nancy Flemm
An Analysis of multimodal sensor fusion for target detection in an urban environment, Brian M. Flusche
Athletes who tweet: Differences in audience perceived credibility between journalists and athlete's twitter accounts, Christine Foster
Zappers and zingers, Adam Francey
A Thermoelectric generation subsystem model for heat recovery simulations, Andrew Freedman
Feasibility of a non-invasive wireless blood glucose monitor, Benjamin Freer
Correlating IPv6 addresses for network situational awareness, Jason Froehlich
Kikimasu (Listen), Andrew Frueh
The Vehicle routing problem with a volunteer workforce, Leonardo Gala
An Analysis of the factors influencing paper selection for books of reproduced fine art, Brian Gamm
Kosovo Security Force Post 2012 / [presentation given on May 17, 2011], Sinan Geci
Freight transportation and the environment: Using geographic information systems to inform goods movement policy, Arindam Ghosh
Tractatus, Rodrigo Gonzalo Encinar
A Search for self, Kristine Greenizen
Modeling pressure drop of two-phase gas/liquid flow in PEM fuel cell channels, Michael Grimm
Fleeting, Alysia Grummert
Design of a test loop for performance testing of steam turbines under a variety of operating conditions, Jonathan Guerrette
As I recall..., Megan Gulland
Prototype software for colorant formulation using Gamblin conservation colors, Marissa Haddock
Presence within absence, Jennifer Halvorson
Creating current, Jesse Harrington
Kosovo's new customs declaration processing system / [presentation given in May 2011], Bujar Haxhidauti
An Unnatural history, Sarah Hearn
Re learning to learn, Erika Heffernan
Development of cerium dioxide coated alumina adsorbent to study the removal of arsenic from ground water, Laura Herder
Family communication patterns and African-American adolescent females’ self-reported use of condoms, Natasha Hibbert
Forensic analysis of VMware hard disks, Manish Hirwani
Towards flexible hardware/software encoding using H.264, Mark Hogan
A Computational flow model of oxygen and nitric oxide transport & reactions and the relation with glaucoma, Lukas Holsen
Balancing truth error and manual processing in the PDQ system, Douglass Huang
New medium of advertising in the future use of interactive installation, Hao Huang
Digital media in education: Expanding the technology acceptance model, Heidi Huntington
Cloth simulation using hardware tessellation, David Huynh
Restorative justice in schools: An Examination of peace circles within Monroe High School, Christian Isaac
Probabilistic framework for image understanding applications using Bayesian Networks, Mustafa Jaber
To Investigate the absorption, dynamic contact angle and printability effects of synthetic zeolite pigments in an inkjet receptive coating, Swaraj Jalindre
Financial planning for the future of the Kosovo Security Force 2013-2018 : [presentation given on November 16, 2011], Shqipe Jashari
Road infrastructure development and investment in Kosovo : [presentation given November 17, 2010], Vedat Jashari
Non-intrusive identification of speech codecs in digital audio signals, Frank Jenner
Design of passive suspension system with non-linear springs using b-spline collocation method, Rahul Jhaveri
Time and space, Doroteia Johnson
Strategic priorities for professional sports infrastructure in Kosova / [presentation given May 16, 2011], Fatmir Kabashi
Relics, Rex Kalehoff
Measurement, modeling and perception of painted surfaces : A Multi-scale analysis of the touch-up problem, Suparna Kalghatgi
Warranty prediction during product development: Developing an event generation engine in an engineer-to-order environment, Hee-Rak Kang
Exploring the relationship between personality and work values with emerging adults, Jennifer Katz
Investigating block mask lithography variation using finite-difference time-domain simulation, Daiji Kawamura
Weighted and filtered mutual information: A Metric for the automated creation of panoramas from views of complex scenes, Thomas Keane
A Novel approach to engineering structures of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC): 3D direct write technology, Prasanna Khatri-Chhetri
System design for health information management in rural India, Rishikesh Khedkar
Life force of nature, Sooyoung Kim
Characterization of silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes with novel device architecture, Kimberly Kolb
Analysis Of The Effects Of 12 Months Accelerated Aging Testing, Obtained At Two Equivalent Aging Programs, On A Medical Grade Proprietary Chevron Pouch, Laurie Carletta Kruczynski
Screening procedures for strategic environmental assessment in Kosovo : [presentation given in November 2011]., Laura Krypa Gjakova
Taste of the Finger Lakes: Teaching wine tasting techniques using instructional media, Ashley Kuehl
Gender perspective in Kosovo foreign affairs : [presentation given December 15, 2010], Violeta Kurti Islami
A Method for detection and quantification of building damage using post-disaster LiDAR data, Richard Labiak
Evanescent wave assist features for optical projection lithography, Neal Lafferty
Scale-up of algae growth system to cleanse wastewater and produce oils for biodiesel production, Eric Lannan
Bringing IBAN to Kosovo / [presentation given May 17, 2011], Fisnik Latifi
A Power efficient pulsed MAC protocol for body area networks, David Layerle
Sculptural life forms, Jaiik Lee
Behind the plow, Steve Leetch
Optimizations and applications in head-mounted video-based eye tracking, Feng Li
Copolymerization of Ethylene and 4-Penten-1-ol Using an Aryl Sulfonate Phosphine Palladium Catalyst, Shuo Lin
Bitter tea, CaiCai Liu
Simulation model of Pacinian corpuscle for haptic system design, Daniel Liu
Scientific visualization using Pixar's RenderMan, John Lukasiewicz
Optimization of concentrator GaAs photovoltaic devices with InAs quantum dots through substrate misorientation and electroplating, Chelsea Mackos
Optimal economic planning and control for the management of ecosystems, Kevin Macksamie
