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
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
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
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