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Submissions from 2014
Simultaneous Reduction of NOX and Soot in a Diesel Engine through RCCI Operation with PFI of n-butanol and DI of Cottonseed Biodiesel, Valentin Soloiu, Alejandro Rivero-Castillo, Martin Muinos, Marvin Duggan, Spencer Harp, Wallace Peavy, Sven Wolter, and Brian Vlcek
Data Warehouse and Master Data Management Evolution- A Meta- Data Vault Approach, Danijela Subotic, Vladan Jovanovic, and Patrizia Poscic
Degradation of Di-N-Butyl Phthalate in Aqueous Solution by the O3/UV Process, Liang Wang, George Yuzhu Fu, Bin Zhao, Zhaohui Zhang, Xingfei Guo, and Hongwei Zhang
Color Removal from Pulp Mill Effluent Using Coal Ash Produced from Georgia Coal Combustion Power Plants, Andrew Waters, Taylor Vail, Mathew Ursy, Abel Sualevai, Allan Scott, and George Yuzhu Fu
Bacterial Community in the Biofilm of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) PreBiofilter in Bench-Scale Pilot Plants for Surface Water Pretreatment, Tiehang Wu, George Yuzhu Fu, Michael Sabula, and Tommy Brown
Design of a Dual-Band, Electrically Small, Parasitic Array Antenna, Jay J. Yu, Yen Le, and Sungkyun Lim
Causality Is Logically Definable-Toward an Equilibrium-Based Computing Paradigm of Quantum Agents and Quantum Intelligence (QAQI), Wen-Ran Zhang and Karl E. Peace
A Microfabricated Shear Sensor Array on a Chip With Pressure Gradient Calibration, Zhengxin Zhao, Minchul Shin, Judith M. Gallman, and Robert D. White
Submissions from 2013
Big Data and Data Science: An Academic Program Proposal, Cheryl L. Aasheim
Teaching an Introductory Database Course: A Comparison of Performance for Group Vs. Individual Projects and in-class Versus Online Quizzes, Cheryl L. Aasheim
Development and Testing of a Survey Instrument to Assess Ethical Perceptions of IT and IS Students, Omosalewa Aderonmu, Cheryl L. Aasheim, and Paige Rutner
Behavior of Thermally Radiating Tree-Like Fins, David M. Calamas and John Baker
Performance of a Biologically-Inspired Heat Exchanger with Hierarchical Bifurcating Flow Passages, David M. Calamas and John Baker
Tree-Like Branching Fins: Performance and Natural Convective Heat Transfer Behavior, David M. Calamas and John Baker
Flow Behavior and Pressure Drop in Porous Disks with Bifurcating Flow Passages, David M. Calamas, John Baker, and Muhammad Sharif
Reynolds Transport Theorem Applied to Classical Thermodynamics, David M. Calamas, Alan Hewitt, John Baker, and Beth Todd
Towards Dynamic Semantics for Synthesizing Interpreted DSMLs, Peter J. Clarke, Yali Wu, Andrew A. Allen, Frank Hernandez, Mark Allison, and Robert France
Forecast Grant Sizing for Video Delivery over Passive Optical Networks, Rami J. Haddad, Micheal P. McGarry, and Yuanqiu Luo
Video Bandwidth Forecasting, Rami J. Haddad, Micheal P. McGarry, and Patrick Seeling
Simulating Forces: Learning Through Touch, Virtual Laboratories, Felix G. Hamza-Lup and Faith-Anne L. Kocadag
HapticMed - Interfete cu Retur Haptic in Aplicatii Medicale—HapticMed System Validation, Felix G. Hamza-Lup and Dorin M. Popovici
HapticMed, Interfete cu retur haptic in aplicatii medicale—Primul prototip de palpare virtuala din Romania in functiune in Constanta, Felix G. Hamza-Lup and Dorin M. Popovici
Haptic Feedback Systems in Medical Education, Felix G. Hamza-Lup, Dorin M. Popovici, and Crenguta M. Bogdan
Liver Pathology Simulation: Algorithm for Haptic Rendering and Force Maps for Palpation Assessment, Felix G. Hamza-Lup, Adrian Seitan, Dorin M. Popovici, and Crenguta M. Bogdan
Zinc-Protoporphyrin Metabolite Level Affected by Work Environmental Stresses, Ray R. Hashemi, Mahmood Bahar, Azita Bahrami, Nicholas R. Tyler, and Matthew Antonelli
Discovery of Predictive Neighborly Rules from Neighborhood Systems, Ray R. Hashemi, Azita Bahrami, Mark Smith, Nicholas R. Tyler, Matthew Antonelli, and Sean Clapp
CS 2013 Curriculum- An Example, Vladan Jovanovic
Aggregate Data Modeling Style, Vladan Jovanovic and Steven Benson
Computational Studies on the Flow Field of Various Shapes-Bladed Vertical Axis Savonius Turbine in Static Condition, Jobaidur R. Khan, Mohammad M. Bashar, and Mosfequr Rahman
Thermoelectric and Mechanical Properties of SiC+SWCNTs+B4C Nanocomposites with Sol-gels Diffusion, Mujibur R. Khan, M. Friel, and J. Weaver
Experimental Study of Thermoelectric Properties of SWCNTs and SiC Nanoparticles and its Composites Doped with Sol-gel, Mujibur R. Khan, Miletus Jones, Luz Bugarin, and Salvador Sandoval
Elastic Properties of UHMWPE-SWCNT Nanocomposites’ Fiber: An Experimental, Theoretic, and Molecular Dynamics Evaluation, Mujibur R. Khan, Hassan Mahfuz, Ashfaq Adnan, Ishraq Shabib, and Theodora Leventouri
Extensible Markup Language (XML) Schemas for Data Vault Models, Curtis Knowles and Vladan Jovanovic
X3D in Urban Planning ‐ Savannah in 3D, Faith-Anne L. Kocadag and Felix G. Hamza-Lup
A Novel Knowledge Modeling Approach, A. Jakupovic Mestrovic, Mile Pavlic, and Vladan Jovanovic
Erosion Effects of Nanofluids on Selected Cooling-System Materials, Gustavo Molina, M. Hulett, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Triboemission Phenomena: Electronic and Photonic Outputs from Surface Modification, and Their Use as Novel Probes, Gustavo J. Molina and Czeslaw Kajdas
On the Surface Effects of Nanofluids in Cooling-system Materials, Gustavo Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Studies on Surface Effects of Nano-Power Suspensions in Cooling- System Materials, Gustavo Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Wind Tunnel Testing and Numerical Simulation on Aerodynamic Performance of a Three Bladed Savonius Wind Turbine, Khandakar Niaz Morshed, Mosfequr Rahman, Gustavo Molina, and Mahbub Ahmed
Haptic Feedback Systems in Education, Dorin M. Popovici, Felix G. Hamza-Lup, and Crenguta Bogdan
Numerical Analysis of Laminar Natural Convection in Rectangular Enclosures of Different Aspect Ratios with and Without Aerosol Nanofluid, Mosfequr Rahman, Andrew Hudson, Gustavo Molina, and Valentin Soloiu
Waiting Probability Analysis for Opportunistic Spectrum Access, Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, Gongjun Yan, and Sachin Shetty
Game Theoretic Approach to Dynamic Spectrum Access with Multi-radio and QoS Requirements, Danda B. Rawat and Sachin Shetty
Geolocation-aware Resource Management in Cloud Computing Based Cognitive Radio Networks, Danda B. Rawat, Sachin Shetty, and Khurram Raza
The Gila River Community Water Rights Settlement and its Impact on Water Resource Management, Peter D. Rogers and Stephanie M. Edmiston
Intelligent Mobile App for Identifying Skin Pigments, M. Smith, Ray R. Hashemi, and Azita A. Bahrami
PFI of n-Butanol and Direct Injection of Biodiesel to attain LTC for Low Emissions Idling in a Compression Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Marvin Duggan, Spencer Harp, Brian Vlcek, and David Williams
Premixed Charge of n-Butanol Coupled with Direct injection of Biodiesel for an Advantageous Soot-NOx trade-off, Valentin Soloiu, Marvin Duggan, Henry Ochieng, Spencer Harp, Jabeous Weaver, Craig Jekins, and Brian Vlcek
RCCI Operation with Pfi of N-Butanol and Di of Biodiesel Compared with DI of Binary Mixtures of N-Butanol and Biodiesel, Valentin Soloiu, M. Duggan, J. Weaver, B. Vlcek, Spencer Harp, and Gustavo J. Molina
Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of JP-8 Blends and ULSD #2 with Similar CN in a Direct Injection Naturally Aspirated Compression Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Henry Ochieng, Jabeous Weaver, Marvin Duggan, Spencer Harp, Brian Vlcek, Craig Jenkins, and Marcis Jansons
Experimental Study of Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of Methyl Oleate, as a Surrogate for Biodiesel, in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Jabeous Weaver, Henry Ochieng, Marvin Duggan, Sherwin Davoud, Brian Vlcek, Craig Jenkins, and Christopher Butts
Evaluation of Peanut Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Sprays, Combustion, and Emissions, for Use in an Indirect Injection Diesel Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Jabeous Weaver, Henry Ochieng, Brian Vlcek, Christopher Butts, and Marcis Jansons
Cotton Seed Fame Combustion and Emissions Research in a DI Diesel Engine, Valentin Soloiu, J. Weaver, H. Ochieng, M. Duggan, Sherwin Davoud, Spencer Harp, Gustavo J. Molina, and Brian Vlcek
Privacy Protection in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks, Gongjun Yan, Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, and A. Alnusair
Location Security in Vehicular Wireless Networks, Gongjun Yan, Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, and L. Chen
Design of a Printable, Compact Parasitic Array with Dual Notches, Jay J. Yu and Sungkyun Lim
Design of Multi-Band, Compact Parasitic Array With Twisted, Helical Directors, Jay J. Yu and Sungkyun Lim
Bipolar Quantum Logic Gates and Quantum Cellular Combinatorics – A Logical Extension to Quantum Entanglement, Wen-Ran Zhang
Revealing the Ubiquitous Effects of Quantum Entanglement-Toward a Notion of God Logic, Wen-Ran Zhang and Karl E. Peace
Submissions from 2012
Knowledge and Skill Requirements for Entry-Level IT Workers: A Longitudinal Survey, Cheryl L. Aasheim, Lixin Li, Jordan D. Shropshire, and Christopher A. Kadlec
Attitudes on Plagiarism in Programming Courses: Results from a Survey on Student Perceptions, Cheryl L. Aasheim, Paige Rutner, and Lixin Li
Plagiarism and Programming: A Survey of Student Attitudes, Cheryl L. Aasheim, Paige S. Rutner, Lixin Li, and Susan R. Williams
Effect of Recycling Activities on the Heating Value of Solid Waste: Case Study of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver), Ali R. Abedini, James W. Atwater, and George Yuzhu Fu
Effects of Recycling Activities on Waste Disposal Options: Case Study of the Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Ali R. Abedini, James W. Atwater, and George Yuzhu Fu
Behavior of Methane Flame in the Channel Type Meso-combustors, Mahbub K. Ahmed, Ahsan Choudhuri, and Mosfequr Rahman
The Numerical Simulations of Methane Combustion in a Meso-Scale Rectangular Channel, M. Ahmed, Cheng Zhang, V. Shirsat, and Mosfequr Rahman
Study on Removal of Color and Disinfection By-Product Precursors from Surface Waters Using PreBiofilters, George Fu and Tiehang Wu
Removal of Disperse Red 1 from an Aqueous Solution by Fungus Aspergillus Niger, George Yuzhu Fu and T. Viraraghaven
Performance Evaluation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ad hoc Networks, R. Grodi, Danda B. Rawat, and Chandra Bajracharya
Feel the Static and Kinetic Friction, Felix G. Hamza-Lup and William H. Baird
Haptic Simulator for Liver Diagnostics through Palpation, Felix G. Hamza-Lup, Crenguta M. Bogdan, and Adrian Seitan
Haptics-Augmented Physics Simulation: Coriolis Effect, Felix G. Hamza-Lup and Benjamin Page
Medical Simulation and Training: Haptic Liver, Felix G. Hamza-Lup, Adrian Seitan, Dorin M. Popovici, and Crenguta M. Bogdan
Internal Fixation Evaluation: A Machine Learning Approach, Ray R. Hashemi, Cameron Coates, Azita A. Bahrami, Mahmood Bahar, Alexander Tyler, Nicholas R. Tyler, and William Gibson
Profile-Based Recruiting of New Students, Ray R. Hashemi, Louis A. Le Blanc, Azita Bahrami, Kevin Willett, and Xaunna J. Krehn
Persistent Staging Area Models for Data Warehouses, Vladan Jovanovic, Ivan Bojicic, Curtis Knowles, and Mile Pavlic
Data Based System Evaluation Framework, Vladan Jovanovic and Zoran Marjanović
Using Data Samples in Validating Data Models, Vladan Jovanović and Mile Pavlic
Estimating Population Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter in the Conterminous U.S. Using Shape Function-Based Spatiotemporal Interpolation Method: A County Level Analysis, Lixin Li, Xingyou Zhang, James B. Holt, Jie Tian, and Reinhard Piltner
Accuracy of Video Frame Size Forecasting, Micheal P. McGarry, Patrick Seeling, Rami J. Haddad, and Jesus Hernandez
The Effect of Early Warning on the Overall Performance of the students in Mathematics Classes at East Georgia College Statesboro Center, Aditi Mitra and Aniruddha Mitra
Fabrication of Polyurethane Based Fabric Composite Shaft and its Experimental Study Under Triple Point Bending, Aniruddha Mitra, Sirajus Salekeen, and Mosfequr Rahman
Erosion Effects of Nanofluids on Selected Cooling-System Materials, Gustavo Molina, M. Hulett, Mosfequr Rahman, and Valentin Soloiu
Triboemission Phenomena: Electronic and Photonic Output During Friction Contact and Its Connections to Surface Processes, Gustavo J. Molina and Czeslaw Kajdas
Exploratory Research in Erosion Effects of Nanofluids on Metallic Materials, Gustavo Molina, Mosfequr Rahman, M. Hulett, and Valentin Soloiu
Predicting Future Climate Using Algae Sedimentation, Jasdeep Natt, Ray R. Hashemi, Azita Bahrami, Mahmood Bahar, Nicholas R. Tyler, and Jay Y.S. Hodgson
An Experimental Study on the Effect of Foam on the Vibration Quality of Aluminum Tube Structure, Masud Nawaz and Aniruddha Mitra
Future of Internet Technologies, Daniel Pavlic, Mile Pavlic, and Vladan Jovanovic
Comparative Study of APIs and Frameworks for Haptic Application Development, Dorin M. Popovici, Felix G. Hamza-Lup, Adrian Seitan, and Crenguta M. Bogdan
Finite Element Modeling of Photostrictive Optical Actuators, Mosfequr Rahman and John E. Jackson
Experimental Investigation on Photostrictively Driven Optical Actuators, Mosfequr Rahman, Masud Nawaz, Anirudda Mitra, Nazanin Bassari-Gharb, and Mohammad Bhuiyan
Experimental Investigation on Photostrictively Driven Optical Acuators, Mosfequr Rahman, Masud Nawaz, Aniruddha Mitra, Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, and Mohammad Bhuiyan
Experimental Investigation and Finite Element Modeling Analysis of Photostrictive Optical Actuators, Mosfequr Rahman, Masud Nawaz, Aniruddha Mitra, Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, and John E. Jackson
Computational Analysis of Laminar Natural Convection in Rectangular Enclosures of Different Aspect Ratios with Different Heating Conditions, Mosfequr Rahman, Charles Walker, Gustavo Molina, and Valentin Soloiu
Multidisciplinary Capstone Project for Engineering, Fernando Rios-Gutierrez and Rocio Alba-Flores
Performance of a Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fueled by a Heavy Oil with the Addiction of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Polymer, Valentin Soloiu and April Covington
Performance of JP-8 in a Small Bore Indirect Injection Diesel Engine for APU Applications, Valentin Soloiu, April Covington, Jeffrey Lewis, and James M. LoBue
Combustion Analysis of Peanut FAME Blends in an IDI Engine and the Influence of its Primary Fatty Acid Components on the Fuel Characteristics, Valentin Soloiu, April Covington, J. Lewis, J. Weaver, Christopher Butts, B. Vlcek, and Gustavo J. Molina
Investigation of Low Temperature Combustion Regimes of Biodiesel with n-Butanol Injected in the Intake Manifold of a Compression Ignition Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Marvin Duggan, Henry Ochieng, David Williams, Gustavo Molina, and Brian Vlcek
