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A Feasibility Study of CubeSat Architectures for Space Debris Removal from Low Earth Orbit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
The rapid increase of space debris in low earth orbit has had tangible impacts on government and commercial missions and caused growing concern among the space community. Removal of collision-prone objects using deorbiter ...
Computational analysis of intercellular communication in APC-driven colorectal cancers with varying KRas mutational status
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Three common KRas mutants were compared with wild type KRas in a mouse model of APC-driven colorectal cancer to understand differences in cell-cell communication. Using single-cell RNA sequencing and a handful of novel ...
CaSA : end-to-end quantitative security analysis of randomly mapped caches
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
It is well known that there are micro-architectural vulnerabilities that enable an attacker to use caches to exfiltrate secrets from a victim. These vulnerabilities exploit the fact that the attacker can detect cache lines ...
Towards basin-scale in-situ characterization of sea-ice using an Autonomous Underwater Glider
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
This thesis presents an Autonomous Underwater Glider (AUG) architecture that is intended for basin-scale unattended survey of Arctic sea-ice. The distinguishing challenge for AUG operations in the Arctic environment is the ...
Multiscale computational modeling of nanofluidic transport
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Water scarcity is one of the largest global challenges, affecting two-thirds of the world population. Water desalination and purification technologies, such as novel membrane processes and materials, are in great demand ...
Learning communication policies for decentralized task allocation under communication constraints
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Multi-UAS teams often operate in ad-hoc communication networks where blind application of consensus algorithms perform poorly because of message intensive nature of such algorithms. Important messages can get lost due to ...
Modeling current and future telescope system concepts for exoplanet exploration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Exoplanet exploration missions have led to the discovery of thousands of planets orbiting other stars within a few decades since the first exoplanet detection was confirmed. The goal of discovering an Earth analog in the ...
Skicinuwatu Toke : speak Passamaquoddy now
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
When learning to speak a language like Passamaquoddy, there are many grammatical patterns that one must be able to identify before a dialogue can be understood. In Passamaquoddy, it is extremely important to have a sense ...
A Control-theoretic approach to forced response system identification of rocket engine turbopump cavitation dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
High performance turbopumps are used in many rocket propulsion systems to reduce the weight and cost of the system. However, to meet these weight conditions and the demands of the rocket engine, turbopumps must operate at ...
Partial gravity simulators, harness design, and an examination of gait transitions in partial gravity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Humans exhibit an abrupt switch from walking to running in Earth gravity, suggesting at different gaits being modulated by different neuronal networks. This abrupt change is indicated in significant changes in muscle ...