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Increasing engagement with the supply chain to improve the performance of power sector projects
(2019-05-13)Global and complex supply chains are the norms on capital projects, particularly in the power sector, and better integration of the supply chain is an opportunity to improve project cost, schedule, quality, and safety. In ... -
Development of an in-line, noncontact metrology framework for process control in roll-to-roll nanofabrication
This thesis details development of a metrology framework and proof-of-concept prototype system to perform nanometer-scale topography measurements for process control feedback in the roll-to-roll (R2R) nanofabrication of ... -
Trajectories of land surface evolution in polygonal tundra
In the past three decades, an abrupt acceleration in the thaw of ice wedges has spurred rapid surface deformation (i.e., thermokarst) in polygonal tundra landscapes spanning the Arctic. The ensuing conversion of low-centered ... -
Geology of Hutto quadrangle, Williamson County, Texas
(1951)This paper presents the surface geology of the Hutto Quadrangle, southeastern Williamson County, Texas. Outcropping formations are Austin chalk, Burditt marl, and Taylor marl of the Gulf series (upper Cretaceous). Six ... -
Austin-San Antonio transportation study : mobility strategies in the Central Texas corridor
This report aims to evaluate and recommend possible strategies in which to promote improved mobility policies that will reduce interregional congestion. The transportation infrastructure between Austin and San Antonio, the ... -
1.1V Supply Vth based CMOS voltage reference and analog multiplier for low power applications
(2019-05-09)The development of low power integrated system is expected to lead to the expansion of next-generation power-efficient applications. A voltage-reference is widely used in integrated circuits to generate an on-chip reference ... -
Funding opportunities and challenges for bike infrastructure in suburban cities : building capacity and funding resources in Texas
This report explores funding options available for suburban bicycle infrastructure, focusing on cities in Texas. As suburbs are evolving and looking toward becoming more sustainable, a greater interest in implementing ... -
Parsing the heterogeneity: an examination of genetic and environmental influences on intermediate phenotypes of Major Depressive Disorder
(2019-09-19)Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a prevalent and debilitating disorder associated with a tremendous societal burden (Greenberg & Birnbaum, 2005). Despite significant research efforts, the etiology of MDD remains elusive, ... -
Balancing work and family: the policy problems and opportunities of child care and nonstandard work schedules
(2019-08-01)As the nature of work in the United States has shifted toward an economy that demands work outside of traditional hours, it is increasingly important to understand the implications of nonstandard work schedules for work-family ... -
Essays on innovation policy, knowledge networks, and cost reductions in deployment-related technologies in the solar PV industry
Deployment policies have stimulated a large number of renewable energy investment and deployment on a global scale, but they still need to be scaled up at least six times faster to keep global warming below hazardous levels. ... -
Perspectives on climate finance and resilience: the critical case of Bangladesh
Explicit goals of reducing vulnerability and enhancing resilience permeate international and national policy agendas. Additionally, the international community and national actors have pledged and invested considerable ... -
Seeing color and television: what do Millennials' television practices tell us about post-raciality?
(2017-08-11)The demographic composition of Millennials is the most ethnoracially diverse generation so far, and with it, a discursive construction of them being colorblind. Colorblindness is also taken as reality with cultural texts ... -
Animating the voice: an industrial analysis of vocal performance in Disney and Pixar feature animation
(2017-09-19)Animating the Voice: An Industrial Analysis of the Vocal Performance in Disney and Pixar Animation examines the historical, industrial, transnational, and gendered dynamics of vocal performance in Disney and Pixar feature ... -
Schooling makerspaces: on the promises and tensions of implementing this much-touted innovation in a high school
(2019-08-15)This dissertation explores the tensions and contradictions that manifest when implementing a makerspace in a high school. This writing is the result of a two-year ethnographically informed study of a makerspace housed on ... -
Playing in licensed storyworlds: games, franchises, and fans
(2019-08-15)Licensed games—analog or digital games that are made under contract using pre-existing intellectual properties—bring together the narrative trajectories of their storyworld, the production histories of their creation, the ... -
Throwing keywords at the internet : emerging practices and challenges in human rights open source investigations
(2019-08-13)Human rights researchers are increasingly turning to the internet to discover, collect, and preserve user-generated content (UGC) documenting human rights abuses. The proliferation of UGC and other kinds of “open source” ... -
Effects of early explicit strategic intervention on the mathematics performance of students at-risk for Mathematics Difficulties
The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of the early systematic strategic mathematics intervention on the mathematics performance of students at risk for Mathematics Difficulties (MD) in first grade. The ... -
Dependent mixtures and random partitions
This work develops new methodology for Bayesian dependent mixture models and dependent random partitions with applications to biomedical data. A mixture model implies a random distribution over partitions by randomly ... -
“They shall be speaking forever” : performing revolution, riot, and the nation in the centenary commemorations of Ireland’s 1916 Rising
(2019-05-09)Throughout 2016, Irish theatre-makers created scores of commemorative performances for the centenary of Ireland’s 1916 Rising. These performances, whether commissioned by or created in opposition to the government-funded ... -
Hela L’Wein: performing nationalisms, citizenship, and belonging in displaced Syrian communities
(2019-07-08)Hela L’Wein examines cultural production through a textual analysis of selected theatrical output by displaced Syrians “temporarily” relocated to Zaatari camp, Azraq camp, and Amman, Jordan. In concert with analyzing several ...
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