Browsing Undergraduate Theses by Title
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Informing Data-Driven Recyclable Aluminum Design with Phase Constraints
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)The design of new aluminum alloys for recycling constitutes a large, multi-dimensional composition space. Within a Bayesian optimization blending model, phase or composition constraints are necessary to narrow the design ... -
Infrared photoconductive PbTe film processing and oxygen sensitization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Infrared (IR) thermal detectors and photodetectors have significant applications including thermal imaging, infrared spectroscopy and chemical and biological sensing. In this work we focus on photodetectors, which typically ... -
An infrastructure for electromechanical appliances on the Internet
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)In this thesis, I designed and constructed an intelligent microwave capable of automatically determining the time required to properly cook commercially-packaged foods. This research involved creating a database infrastructure ... -
Inhibition of biofilm growth on highly polycationic polyelectrolyte multilayers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The epithelial cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin is often down regulated during carcinoma progression and metastatic spread of tumors. However, the precise mechanism and molecular basis of metastasis promotion by E-cadherin ... -
Inhibition of Hsp90 in Streptomyces coelicolor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Inhibition of the chaperone protein Hsp90 in plants and insects has been found to result in drastic changes in phenotype. We investigated the effect of Hsp90 inhibition on the bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor. These changes ... -
Initial analysis towards a measurement of the branching fractions B [right arrow] [rho][gamma] and B [right arrow] [omega][gamma]
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The Standard Model of particle physics predicts the existence of the "Unitary Triangle," which graphically relates the matrix elements of the Cabbibo Kobayashi Maskawa matrix and describes the strength of transformations ... -
Initial velocity grid current in acorn tube type 954
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Initiation of smoldering combustion in flexible polyurethane foams
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980) -
An injection-locked 674 nm laser for Strontium-88 ion trapping
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Energy levels of the valence electron of a single trapped ⁸⁸Sr+ ion can be harnessed as an effective qubit for quantum information processing. The qubit transition to a metastable energy state can be stimulated by a laser ... -
Ink jet deposition of inorganic nanoparticle materials as a route to desktop fabrication of integrated logic and micromachinery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000) -
Ink misting in high speed printing presses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1933) -
Inline skates designed for travel over short distances
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis documents the design process of a new type of inline skate intended to be a viable form of transportation over short distances. Current inline skates are optimized for transportation over long distances but are ... -
Instabilities of rotating jets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)When a jet of water is in free fall, it rapidly breaks up into drops, since a cylinder of water is unstable. This and other problems involving the form of a volume of water bound by surface tension have yielded a wealth ... -
An instrument for the measurement of heat flux in the open hearth furnace
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958) -
Instrument guide for MRI-guided percutaneous interventions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)As MRI guided interventions are becoming more widely practiced, the goal of this thesis was to design an instrument guidance device for MRI-guided percutaneous interventions in closed bore systems, namely cryoablation ... -
Instrumentation and algorithms for electrostatic inverse problems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This thesis describes tracking objects with low-level electric fields. A physical model is presented that describes the important interactions and the required mathematical inversions. Sophisticated hardware used to perform ... -
Instrumentation for rapidly acquiring pose-imagery
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998) -
Instrumentation for the performance testing of miniature two stroke engines
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952) -
Integrated design of semi-displacement patrol crafts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Early stage ship design and assessment continues to be a challenge for naval architects and ocean engineers. The complex and multifaceted interactions between the different components of the ship and the broad spectrum of ... -
An integrated geometric and thermodynamic performance model of the 2.670 Stirling Engine
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)2.670 is a required mechanical engineering class taught during the Independent Activities Period (IAP) at MIT in which each student constructs a Stirling Engine. For the most part, all of the engine parts are uniform, but ...