DigitalCommons at Cal Poly

Theses/Project Reports from 2009

A PDMS Sample Pretreatment Device for the Optimization of Electrokinetic Manipulations of Blood Serum, Timothy J. Abram

The effect of the fastener of different configuration composite panels on failure analysis, Robert Austin

Programming and Conceptual Design Using Building Information Modeling, Mary-Alice Avila

Effect of water on micronutrient content and yield in rice (Oryza sativa L.), Sheila Lorraine Baker

Development of an Integrated Gaussian Process Metamodeling Application for Engineering Design, Collin R. Baukol

HOLE-TYPE AEROSPIKE COMPOUND NOZZLE THRUST VECTORING, Stanley Ikuo Beebe

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID BATTERY EXCHANGE SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO BE USED AS EFFICIENT STUDENT TRANSPORTATION, Jonathan A. BeVier

Development of a High Performance Micropropulsion System for CubeSats, Christopher Lorian Biddy

Extraction of Causal-Association Networks from Unstructured Text Data, Brett N. Bojduj

On-Board Orbit Determination and 3-Axis Attitude Determination for Picosatellite Applications, John Arthur Bowen

Phytoremediation of Weathered Petroleum in Groundwater by Arroyo Willows in Nutrient Amended On-Site Mesocosms, Sarah E. Bragg-Flavan

SIMULATION OF AN OXIDIZER-COOLED HYBRID ROCKET THROAT: METHODOLOGY VALIDATION FOR DESIGN OF A COOLED AEROSPIKE NOZZLE, Peter Alexander Brennen

TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAM, Erik Brockman

THE EFFECT OF ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID AND FATTY ACIDS ON MCF-7 BREAST CANCER CELL PROGRESSION, David A. Brown

EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION CAUSES PROTEOMIC CHANGES IN EMBRYOS OF THE PURPLE SEA URCHIN, STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS, Joseph Paul Campanale

NORTH VENTURA AVENUE AREA PLAN (DRAFT UPDATE), Rick A. Casswell

Preparation for nerve membrane potential readings of a leech, laboratory setup and dissection process, Jason Patrick Caulfield

Analysis of Stabilized Adobe in Rural East Africa, Grace Ying Yu Chen

The Development and Pilot of a Culinary Intervention Designed using the Social Cognitive Theory to Teach Nutrition to Adolescent Girls, Julie Anne Chessen

Shielding Effectiveness of Superalloy, Aluminum, and Mumetal Shielding Tapes, Cindy Suit Cheung

Efficacy of Botanical and Mineral Oils on Willamette Mite (Acari: Tetranychidae), Elizabeth Ruby Begonia Church

City of Patterson Sustainability Plan, Colin Brian Clarke

Incremental Validation of Formal Specifications, Paul S. Corwin

THE IMPACT OF LIPID PERCENTAGE ON FIBROUS CAP STABILITY IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS, Anita Lorraine Crompton

Does Student Leadership Participation Enhance the Development of Emotional Intelligence, Michelle Breanne Curro

Cost Minimization for Hot Gas Defrost System, Jarubutr Dansilasirithavorn

IMPLEMENTATION OF PHYSIOLOGIC FLOW CONDITIONS IN A BLOOD VESSEL MIMIC BIOREACTOR SYSTEM FOR THE EVALUATION OF INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES, Marc Cody Dawson

A Graphical Approach to Testing Real-Time Embedded Devices, Steven M. Day

Development of an In-Vitro Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel Mimic Using Human Large Vessel Cell Sources, Dimitri E. Delagrammaticas

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION OF A STUDENT SATELLITE USING ON-ORBIT MAGNETOMETER AND TEMPERATURE DATA, Jacob Daniel DiMiceli

LEAN ERP SYSTEMS: EXISTENCE AND VIABILITY IN TODAY’S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, Miroslav Djuric

Spatial, Seasonal, and Size-Dependent Variation in the Diet of Sacramento Pikeminnow in the Main Stem of Chorro Creek, Central Coast California, Brian G. Dugas

COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING OF SMALL WIND TURBINE BLADES- UTILITY SCALE METHODS APPLIED TO SMALL WIND, Bryan Kyle Edwards

Design, Fabrication, and Implementation of a Single-Cell Capture Chamber for a Microfluidic Impedance Sensor, Joshua-Jed Doria Fadriquela

ORBITAL PROPAGATORS FOR HORIZON SIMULATION FRAMEWORK, Mitra Farahmand

Substituting Residential Rainwater Harvesting and Greywater Reuse for Public Water Supply: Tools for Evaluating the Public Cost, Jennifer L. Ferguson

Regression Analysis of Fracture Toughness for Secondary Osteons Located in Human Cortical Bone, Chase A. Fetzer

Santa Barbara Tea Fire Multi-Hazard Mitigation Benefit Cost Analysis, David S. Flamm

ENHANCING DYNAMICS COURSES WITH MODEL ELICITING ACTIVITIES, Lawrence H. Fong

Viability of Alternative Genetic Improvement Strategies Using Whole Genome Selection on Commercial Dairy Operations, Levi W.M. Gassaway

AN EXPERIMENT ON INTEGRATED THERMAL MANAGEMENT USING METALLIC FOAM, Derek M. Geiger

Aerodynamic Performance Enhancement of a NACA 66-206 Airfoil Using Supersonic Channel Airfoil Design, David Michael Giles

Development of an Imager System Optimized for Low-Power, Limited-Bandwidth Space Applications, Kalia R. Glassey

EVALUATING THE ELECTRICAL RESPONSE OF POLYANILINE TO MECHANICAL STRAIN, Matthew L. Goebel

Computers for the Masses: The American Socio-technological Change of the 1970’s and 1980’s, Robert Bryan Goodman

The Effect of Particle Surface Area to Volume Ratio on Ion Release from CoCr Spheres, Darin J. Grandfield

SEX AND MICROHABITAT INFLUENCE THE ALLOCATION OF MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINO ACIDS TO TISSUES IN THE PURPLE SEA URCHIN, STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS, Sarah A. Gravem

Plant Growth Regulator Sprays and Girdling: Potential Horticultural Techniques to Increase Fruit Retention and Yield of Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) Trees in California, Leila Anne Graves

SHEAR STRENGTH AND ARTIFICIAL AGING CHARACTERIZATION FOR SILICONE BONDING OF POLYISOBUTYLENE (PIBS) BLENDS IN RELATION TO THEIR USE AS LEAD INSULATION MATERIAL, Shawn Grening

Evaluation of Herbicide Efficacy as Influenced by Adjuvant and Nozzle Type, Catherine L. (Grissom) Ansolabehere

Do Canines Experience the Effects of Heart Rate Turbulence?, Melanie Ann Gurunathan

Boundless Fluids Using the Lattice-Boltzmann Method, Kyle J. Haughey

The Armor of Democracy: Volunteerism on the Home Front in World War II California, Christopher Michael Head

Feasibility of Ellipsometric Sensor Development for Use During PECVD SiOx Coated Polymer Product Manufacturing, Daniel Lynn Helms

SPECIFIC PLANS: AN IMPLEMENTATION TOOL FOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION. A SPECIFIC PLAN PROPOSAL FOR DOWNTOWN DELANO, CALIFORNIA, Emily Suzanne Henderson

NANO-MECHANICS OF CARTILAGE GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS USING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS, Kevin Neil Hendrickson

Solar Power for Deployment in Populated Areas, Nathan Andrew Hicks

ACUTE NITRATE EXPOSURE CAUSES PROTEOMIC CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH THE REGULATION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN SPECIES, Lauren R. Hitt and Lars Tomanek

City of South Lake Tahoe Subdivision Ordinance: An Opportunity for Smart Growth, Sustainability, and Application Streamlining, Hilary Kay Hodges

The Effects of Alterations to Upper Limb Inertial Properties on Vertical Point-to-Point Movement, Adrian K. Hongo

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF ALENDRONATE EFFECTS ON CANINE RIB REMODELING AND MICRODAMAGE, Emily Huang

JDiet: Footprint Reduction for Memory-constrained Systems, Michael John Huffman

Three-Dimensional Target Modeling with Synthetic Aperture Radar, John R. Hupton

Robust Unconstrained Face Detection and Lip Localization using Gabor Filters, Robert E. Hursig

Potential Migration of ε-Caprolactam to Water and Wine as Affected by Transportation and Storage, Joseph C. Ianneo

The Interaction between Throttling and Thrust Vectoring of an Annular Aerospike Nozzle, David Michael Imbaratto

Assessment of electrospinning as an in-house fabrication technique for blood vessel mimic cellular scaffolding, Colby M. James

Development and Formative Implementation of a Nutrition Assessment and Peer Education Program Based on Dietary Analysis at a California State University, Janay Jelso

OPTIMIZATION OF GAN LASER DIODES USING 1D AND 2D OPTICAL SIMULATIONS, Sean Richard Keali'i Jobe

The Fundability and Marketability of Green Buildings at Public Universities: Transcending the Funding Paradigm at Cal Poly, Eileen E. Joseph

Bamboo: An Alternative Building Material for Urban Ethiopia, Bewketu Z. Kassa

Application of PV Panels in Large Multi-Story Buildings, Sara Kayal

Development of a Low Cost Handheld Microfluidic Phosphate Colorimeter for Water Quality Analysis, Sean C. Kaylor

Orizaba Urban Design Plan, Timothy J. Kelly

DESIGN EVALUATION OF AN ANAEROBIC CHAMBER PROTOTYPE, Anthony M. Kendig

Target Tracking Using Various Filters in Synthetic Aperture Radar Data and Imagery, Jessica L. Kiefer

SOLVING REVERSE LOGISTICS: OPTIMIZING MULTI-ECHELON REVERSE NETWORK, jun kim

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF Marmara gulosa GUILLÉN AND DAVIS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, Crystal A. Kirkland

The Effects of Aging on Muscle Loss and Nuclear Factor Kappa-B Levels in Rats Fed a Diet Containing Suboptimal Leucine Levels, Corinne Rose Kohlen

STORE AND FORWARD ROUTING FOR SPARSE PICO-SATELLITE SENSOR NETWORKS WITH DATA-MULES, Trevor Joseph Koritza

Optimization of Two-Way Post-Tensioned Concrete Floor Systems, Gaelyn B. Krauser

Seismic Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Walls Retrofitted with Post-Tensioning Tendons, Daniel Louis Lazzarini

Pipelined Apache HTTP Server, Kevin Le

ADVANCED THERMOSONIC WIRE BONDING USING HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASONIC POWER: OPTIMIZATION, BONDABILITY, AND RELIABILITY, Minh-Nhat Ba Le

The Relationship Between Plasma Steroid Hormone Concentrations and the Reproductive Cycle of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus, Craig Michael Lind

Enhancement Plan for Downtown Cayucos, Ca, Rachelle Sarai Sneh Lopez

General Direction Routing Protocol, Sean Michael Lydon

Feeding Phishers, Nicholas J. Lynch

FRP CONFINED REINFORCED CONCRETE CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION SEISMIC APPLICATIONS, Jeffrey G. Lyon

Performance of a Catch Basin Filter and Leachate from Biocidal Media for Stormwater Treatment, Ryan Scott MacLure

AFFINE REGION TRACKING AND AUGMENTATION USING MSER AND ADAPTIVE SIFT MODEL GENERATION, Matthew James Marano

Moving Towards Self-Reliance: Living Conditions of Refugee Camps in Lebanon and Opportunities for Development, Dana Masad

The Fruiting and Berry-Chemistry Responses of Zinfandel Grapes to Cluster Thinning, Cameron John Mauritson

Temperature Influence and Heat Management Requirements of Microalgae Cultivation in Photobioreactors, Thomas Hagen Mehlitz

CHARACTERIZATION OF A VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE FROM THIN METAL FILMS DEPOSITED ON SILICON FOR MICROSYSTEM APPLICATIONS, Steven L. Meredith

A System for Natural Language Unmarked Clausal Transformations in Text-to-Text Applications, Daniel Miller

A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE LIFT AND DRAG FORCES OF A SPINNING GOLF BALL HELD FIXED WITHIN A WIND TUNNEL, Ryan R. Miller

COMPARISON AND DESIGN OF SIMPLIFIED GENERAL PERTURBATION MODELS (SGP4) AND CODE FOR NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, ORBITAL DEBRIS PROGRAM OFFICE, Nicholas Z. Miura

Effectiveness of Thermal Oxidation in Relation to Anterior Cervical Plates, Katherine A. Miyashiro

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of an Extreme Aspect Ratio HALE UAV, Bryan J. Morrisey