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Submissions from 2015
Improving Energy Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability of Commercial Insulation, Celine F. Manoosingh, James Mihelcic, and Manjriker Gunaratne
In-Depth Analysis of Computer Memory Acquisition Software for Forensic Purposes, Robert J. McDown, Cihan Varol, Leonardo Carvajal, and Lei Chen
Perchloroethylene (PCE) Oxidation by Percarbonate in Fe2+- Catalyzed Aqueous Solution: PCE Performance and Its Removal Mechanism, Zhouwei Miao, Xiaogang Gu, Shuguang Lu, Xuke Zang, Xiaoliang Wu, Minhui Xu, Landry Biyoghe Bi Ndong, Zhaofu Qiu, Qian Sui, and George Yuzhu Fu
Cross-Culture Management: An Empirical Examination on Task and Relationship Orientations of German and Omani, Lam D. Nguyen, Que T.N. Nguyen, Hayden Wimmer, and Loreen Marie Powell
Scalable Multipartite Subgraph Enumeration for Integrative Analysis of Heterogeneous Experimental Functional Genomics Data, Charles A. Phillips, Kai Wang, Jason Bubier, Erich J. Baker, Elissa J. Chesler, and Michael A. Langston
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Self-Created Student Screencasts as a Tool to Increase Student Learning Outcomes in a Hands-On Computer Programming Course, Loreen Marie Powell and Hayden Wimmer
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Student Group Work for Mobile Application Development Learning, Productivity, Enjoyment and Confidence in Quality, Loreen M. Powell and Hayden Wimmer
A Technical and Economical Study of Implementing a Micro- grid System at an Educational Institution, Matthew S. Purser, Youakim Kalaani, and Rami J. Haddad
Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Vertical Axis Wind Turbine in Search for an Efficient Design, Mosfequr Rahman, Mohammad M. Bashar, Gustavo Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Travis E. Salyers
Analysis of the Effectiveness of Modern Ballistic Resistant Materials Using Finite Element Techniques, Mosfequr Rahman, S. Cashwell, M. Dockery, Adam Chevalier, Adam Barlow, Bowen Jones, and Sirajus Salekeen
Finite Element Analysis of Various Design Projectiles as Bullet Models, Mosfequr Rahman, Steven Chrysosferidis, Sirajus Salekeen, Adam Chevalier, David Bell, Bowen Jones, and Adam Barlow
The Effects of Fin Geometry and Surface Area on the Overall Heat Flux of a Heat Sink While Experiencing Natural and Forced Convection, Mosfequr Rahman, C. Giddens, Travis E. Salyers, C. Herrington, C. Smith, and David M. Calamas
Optimization of Boom Design for Cubesat, Mosfequr Rahman, Philip C. Hines, T. Hedges, Kelsey Kaht, J. Segarra, C. Brower, and Aniruddha Mitra
Performance Analysis of Biologically Inspired Honeycomb Structured Heat Exchanger, Mosfequr Rahman, Sakib Iqbal, and David M. Calamas
Finite Element Analysis of Silica Aerogel to Be Used in High Temperature Insulation Tiles for next Generation Space Tiles, Mosfequr Rahman, J. Shaw, M. Roesel, B. William, J. Willis, Sirajus Salekeen, and M. Ahmed
Finite Element Analysis in Implementing Silica Aerogel in High-Temperature Reusable Insulation Tiles for Space Shuttle, Mosfequr Rahman, J. Shaw, M. Roesel, B. Williams, J. Willies, Bowen Jones, M. Ahmed, and Sirajus Salekeen
Cyber Security for Smart Grid Systems: Status, Challenges and Perspectives, Danda B. Rawat and Chandra Bajracharya
Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grid Communication Systems, Danda B. Rawat and Chandra Bajracharya
Enhancing Student Learning through Proactive Feedback Based Adaptive Teaching for Engineering Courses, Danda B. Rawat and Chandra Bajracharya
Towards Intelligent Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems: Real-Time Computing and Communications Perspectives, Danda B. Rawat, Chandra Bajracharya, and G. Yan
Enhancing Connectivity for Communication and Control in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks, Danda B. Rawat, R. Grodi, and Chandra Bajracharya
Trends in Dual Water Systems, Peter D. Rogers and Neil S. Grigg
Bacteria Source Tracking on the Vernon River Watershed: Lessons Learned by the City of Savannah, Peter D. Rogers, Zachary Strickland, and Laura Walker
Bacteria Source Tracking Shapes a Holistic Watershed Management Plan, Peter D. Rogers, Laura Walker, and Marc Frischer
Bacteria Source Tracking Shapes a Holistic Watershed Management Plan, Peter D. Rogers, Laura Walker, George Yuzhu Fu, and Marc Frischer
An Indistinguishability Model for Evaluating Diverse Classes of Phishing Attacks and Quantifying Attack Efficacy, Narasimha Shashidhar and Lei Chen
Secure P2P Patch Dissemination in a Race Against Topological Worms, Narasimha Shashidhar and Lei Chen
Performance of an IDI Engine Fueled with Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Formulated from Cotton Seeds Oil, Valentin Soloiu, Spencer Harp, Channing Watson, Martin Muinos, Sherwin Davoud, Gustavo Molina, Brian P. Koehler, Julia Heimberger, Marcis Jansons, and Christopher Butts
Investigation of RCCI Combustion with PFI of n-butanol and DI-ULSD compared with Binary Mixtures in an Omnivorous Diesel Engine, Valentin Soloiu and Gustavo J. Molina
Performance of an IDI Engine Fueled with Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Formulated from Cotton Seeds Oils, Valentin Soloiu and Gustavo J. Molina
Synthesis and Processing of Solution Spun Cellulose Acetate Fibers Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes, Quazi Nahida Sultana, Saheem Absar, Stephanie Hulsey, Hans Schanz, and Mujibur R. Khan
Transforming a LAN Party into a Classroom, Russell F. Thackston and Christopher A. Kadlec
High Performance Computing: Considerations When Deciding To Rent Or Buy, Russell Thackston and Ryan C. Fortenberry
The Performance of Low-Cost Commercial Cloud Computing as an Alternative in Computational Chemistry, Russell Thackston and Ryan C. Fortenberry
Energy Modeling of Differential Drive Robots, Mudasser Wahab, Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, and Adel El-Shahat
Suspension Simulation Model Verification through Experimental Data for Lateral Force in Figure-8 Testing| Rabun Wallace, Rabun Wallace, Bikiran Guha, Michael Santangelo, Aniruddha Mitra, and Rami Haddad
EntropyExplorer: An R Package for Computing and Comparing Differential Shannon Entropy, Kai Wang, Charles A. Philips, Arnold M. Saxton, and Michael A. Langston
Good Versus Bad Knowledge: Ontology Guided Evolutionary Algorithms, Hayden Wimmer and Roy Rada
Leveraging Technology to Improve Intent to Purchase, Hayden Wimmer and Victoria Yoon
Additive Manufacturing of Metal Cellular Structures: Design and Fabrication, Li Yang, Ola L. A. Harrysson, Dennis Cormier, Harvey West, Haijun Gong, and Brent Stucker
Fabrication of Polyacrylonitrile Nanofiber Membranes Functionalized With Metal Organic Framework for CO2 Capturing, Wahiduz Zaman, Mujibur R. Khan, Saheem Absar, Spencer Harp, Kyle Edwards, and Nathan Takas
Parametric Studies of Coal Gasification in an Entrained- Flow Gasifier, Cheng Zhang, Kiel Schultheiss, Aniruddha Mitra, and Mosfequr Rahman
The Steiner Traveling Salesman Problem With Online Edge Blockages, Huili Zhang, Weitian Tong, Yinfeng Xu, and Guohui Lin
Particle-Wave Unification – An Object-Oriented Approach to Equilibrium-Based Computing, Wen-Ran Zhang
A Logical Exposition of Dirac 3-Polarizer Experiment and Its Potential Impact on Computational Biology, Wen-Ran Zhang and Francesco Marchetti
YinYang Bipolar Quantum Geometry and Bipolar Quantum Superposition Part I—A Background Independent Geometrical and Logical Exposition of Dirac 3-Polarizer Experiment, Wen-Ran Zhang and Francesco Marchetti
YinYang Bipolar Quantum Geometry and Bipolar Quantum Superposition Part II—Toward an Equilibrium-Based Analytical Paradigm of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Biology, Wen-Ran Zhang and Francesco Marchetti
Comparison of 3DSIM Thermal Modelling of Selective Laser Melting Using New Dynamic Meshing Method to ANSYS, Kai Zheng, Deepankar Pal, Haijun Gong, Nachiket Patil, and Brent Stucker
Submissions from 2014
Processing of Hybrid Nanocomposite High Performance Fibers (UHMWPE+NYLON 6+CNT+MAH) Using Solution Spinning Technique, Saheem Absar, Mujibur R. Khan, and Kyle Edwards
Electrospinning of Cisplatin-Loaded Cellulose Nanofibers for Cancer Drug Delivery, Saheem Absar, Mujibur R. Khan, Kyle Edwards, and David M. Calamas
An Assessment of an Innovative Student Response System on Student Learning and Performance, David M. Calamas
Performance of Thermally Radiating Fractal Extended Surfaces of Varying Cross-Section, David M. Calamas and Philip Hines
Data Vault and High Quality Data Modeling Principles, Geoff Collins, Matt Hogan, Vladan Jovanovic, Mark Shibley, and Connard Williams
Effects of Nitrate Input from a Water Reclamation Facility on the Occoquan Reservoir Water Quality, Francisco Cubas-Suazo, John T. Novak, Adil N. Godrej, and Thomas J. Grizzard
Enhanced Charge Carrier Concentration of SiC/CNT with N and P Type Doping Agents, Kyle Edwards, Mujibur R. Khan, Rafael Quirino, Brenda Beckler, and Saheem Absar
Site Wind Energy Appraisal Function for Future Egyptian Homes, Adel El-Shahat
An Architecture for a Smart Spaces Virtual Machine, Leandro A. Freitas, Fábio M. Costa, Ricardo C. A. Rocha, and Andrew A. Allen
Removal of Total Organic Carbon (TOC)/Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) and Trihalomethane Formation Potentials (THMFPs) from Surface Water using PreBiofilters, George Yuzhu Fu and Peter D. Rogers
Adaptive Teaching: An Effective Approach for Learner-Centric Classrooms, Rami J. Haddad and Youakim Kalaani
Gaming Against Plagiarism (GAP): A Game-Based Approach to Illustrate Research Misconduct to Undergraduate Engineering Students, Rami J. Haddad and Youakim Kalaani
Google Forms: A Real-Time Formative Assessment Approach for Adaptive Learning, Rami J. Haddad and Youakim Kalaani
Undergraduate Research Scholar: The First Step towards a Hybrid Lecture- Based and Inquiry/Research-Based Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Program, Rami J. Haddad and Youakim Kalaani
Monitoring Optical Fiber Dispersion for Multimedia Applications, Rami J. Haddad and Andrew Robertson
A Concept-Based Feature Extraction Approach, Ray R. Hashemi, Azita A. Bahrami, Nicholas R. Tyler, and Matthew Antonelli
Property Preservation in Reduction of Data Volume for Mining: A Neighborhood System Approach, Ray R. Hashemi, Azita Bahrami, Nicholas R. Tyler, Matthew Antonelli, and Bryan Dahlqvist
EMG Based Classification of Percentage of Maximum Voluntary Contraction Using Artificial Neural Networks, Stephen D. Hickman, Rocio Alba-Flores, and Mohammad Ahad
Data Model Transformations- Relational to Dimensional, Vladan Jovanovic and James Harris
A Unified Approach to the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes in Electrical Engineering Programs, Youakim Kalaani and Rami J. Haddad
Continuous Improvement in the Assessment Process of Engineering Programs, Youakim Kalaani and Rami J. Haddad
PMSM Sensorless Speed Control Drive, Youakim Kalaani, Rami J. Haddad, and Adel El-Shahat
Stress Analysis of Various Shaped Blade of Savonius Wind Turbine, Jobaidur R. Khan and Mosfequr Rahman
A Study of Mechanical Behavior and Morphology of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced UHMWPE/Nylon 6 Hybrid Polymer Nanocomposite Fiber, Mujibur R. Khan, Hassan Mahfuz, Ashfaq Adnan, Theodora Leventouri, and Saheem Absar
Direct Physical Data Vault Design, Dragoljub Krneta, Vladan Jovanovic, and Zoran Marjanović
Fast Inverse Distance Weighting-Based Spatiotemporal Interpolation: A Web-Based Application of Interpolating Daily Fine Particulate Matter PM2.5 in the Contiguous U.S. Using Parallel Programming and k-d Tree, Lixin Li, Travis Losser, Charles Yorke, and Reinhard E. Piltner
Data Mining Intrusion Detection in Vehicular Ad Hoc Network, Xiaoyun Liu, Gongjun Yan, Danda B. Rawat, and Shugang Deng
In-Cylinder Wall Temperature Influence on Unburned Hydrocarbon Emissions During Transitional Period in an Optical Engine Using a Laser-Induced Phosphorescence Technique, Xi Lou, Xin Yu, Kan Zha, Marcis Jansons, and Valentin Soloiu
Tribological Effects of Nanofluids on Aluminum and Copper, Gustavo Molina, FNU Aktaruzzaman, Whitney Stregles, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Jet-Impingement Effects of Alumina-Nanofluid on Aluminum and Copper, Gustavo J. Molina, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Whitney Stregles, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Wear Effects of Mineral-Oil Lubricant Dilution with Biofuels, Gustavo Molina, Valentin Soloiu, Mosfequr Rahman, S. M. Shanta, W. Powell, C. Watson, and Fnu Aktaruzzaman
Use of Haptic Feedback in Simulation of Medical Procedure, Dorin M. Popovici, Felix G. Hamza-Lup, Crenguta M. Bogdan, Elena Bautu, and Cristian A. Corleanca
Effect of Ply Stacking Sequence on Structural Response of Symmetric Composite Laminates, Mosfequr Rahman, Saheem Absar, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Abdur Rahman, and Awlad Hossain
Finite Element Analysis of Polyurethane Based Composite Shafts Under Different Boundary Conditions, Mosfequr Rahman, FNU Aktaruzzaman, Saheem Absar, Aniruddha Mitra, and Awlad Hossain
Finite Element Analysis of Prosthetic Running Blades using Different Composite Materials to Optimize Performance, Mosfequr Rahman, Tyler Bennett, David Glisson, Darrell Beckley, and Jobaidur Khan
Finite Element Analysis of a Hobie 16 Mast and Possible Alternatives for Improvement, Mosfequr Rahman, Bryan Calloway, Eric Sullivan, Matthew Darley, Anthony Hanson, Collin Hare, and Ahsan Mian
Computational Analysis of Laminar Forced Convection in Rectangular Enclosures of Different Aspect Ratios, Mosfequr Rahman, A. Houdson, Gustavo Molina, and Valentin Soloiu
Finite Element Modeling of Structural Design Optimization of Various Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Models, Mosfequr Rahman, Adam Smith, Alex Freeman, James H. Denham, Luke Christopher, Wesley Huggins, and Zach Johnson
Radio Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Wireless Networks, Danda B. Rawat and Chandra Bajracharya
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Connectivity and Communication Framework for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, Gongjun Yan, and Stephan Olariu
Enhancing Connectivity for Spectrum-agile Vehicular Ad hoc Networks in Fading Channels, Danda B. Rawat and Sachin Shetty
Vehicular Ad hoc Networks for Intelligent Cyber Physical Transportation Systems, Danda B. Rawat and Sachin Shetty
Game Theoretic Dynamic Spectrum Access in Cloud-based Cognitive Radio Networks, Danda B. Rawat, Sachin Shetty, and Khurram Raza
Trust On the Security of Wireless Vehicular Ad-hoc Networking, Danda B. Rawat, Gongjun Yan, Bhed B. Bista, and Michele C. Weigle
Monitoring Optical Fiber Dispersion, Andrew Robertson and Rami J. Haddad
Management Challenges Facing Dual Water Systems, Peter D. Rogers and Neil S. Grigg
The Impact of Bacteria Source Tracking on the Development of a Holistic Watershed Management Plan for the Vernon River Basin, Peter D. Rogers, Laura Walker, and George Yuzhu Fu
Wind Energy Simulation and Estimation in Egypt, Ramy A. Shahien, Adel El-Shahat, Mohamed A. Sharaf, and Ayman M. S. Abbas
Acoustic Velocity Measurement System Using CMUT Technology and a Nickel-on-Glass Process, Minchul Shin, Zhengxin Zhao, Paul DeBitetto, and Robert D. White
Mechanical Properties of Laser DMD and GMAW Cladded Maraging Steels, Bishal Silwal, David Schwam, and Michael Kottman
Solar Panels Modeling Based Design Technique for Distributed Generation Applications, Ahmed M. Soliman, Adel El-Shahat, and Mohamed A. Sharaf
Poultry Fat FAME Biodiesel Blends Characteristics and Performance in an IDI Engine for APU Applications, Valentin Soloiu, Henry Ochieng, Martin Muinos, Alejandro Rivero-Castillo, James M. Lobue, Gustavo Molina, Brian Vlcek, and Spencer Harp
