Browsing Undergraduate Theses by Title
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Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of a fire-induced accident scenario involving binary variables and mechanistic codes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)In response to the transition by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to a risk-informed, performance-based fire protection rulemaking standard, Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) methods have been ... -
Uncovering the Structure of the Galactic Bulge Using Kinematic Data from the JASMINE Near-Infrared Astrometric Satellite
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)The Galactic Center (GC) is the region with the most extreme stellar densities, a strong gravitational field, and the most prolific star formation region in the Milky Way. Furthermore, the Milky Way is the only galaxy that ... -
An undergraduate dormitory for M.I.T.
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Underneath
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Underneath is a full-length novel that follows Maggie Lawrence, a twelve-year-old girl growing up in the late 1970s, through the first eight months of her parents' divorce. To escape their fighting, Maggie crawls under her ... -
The understanding and use of radio and television in the urban planning profession
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Understanding changes in precipitation with climate change over wet and dry land
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-06)Observed precipitation increased moderately in both wet and dry regions over the past 60 years, contradicting the wet-gets-wetter, dry-gets-drier (WWDD) mechanism. This study uses the perturbation atmospheric energy budget ... -
Understanding collagen-l folding and misfolding
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Chapter One: Introduction to Type I Collagen and Osteogenesis Imperfecta Collagen-I is the primary proteinaceous component of skin, bone, and tendon. Disruptions in collagen-I homeostasis, typically due to non-synonymous ... -
Understanding frequency response of a flexural complaint stage for use in oscillatory orthogonal cutting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Ultramicrotomy is the process of cutting specimens into submicron-thickness slices for subsequent imaging using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Ultramicrotomes, devices that employ this process, have incorporated ... -
Understanding the careers of the alumni of the MIT Mechanical Engineering department
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)This research seeks to understand the careers of MIT mechanical engineering alumni. Data was collected to determine the knowledge and skills that graduates from the classes of 1992 through 1996 make use of in their ... -
Understanding the catalytic machinery of chondroitinase ABC I in processing dermatan sulfate
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)In recent studies related to injury to the central nervous system, researchers have found that galactosaminoglycans can serve as inhibitors to neuron regeneration. The chondroitinase enzyme family is comprised of several ... -
Understanding the founding and growth of the Masonic Lodge in Mormon Nauvoo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994) -
Understanding the gender differences in factors affecting the decision to study engineering t MIT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)The National Science Foundation has found that the percentage of women studying engineering has stabilized, indicating a need to find methods to encourage women to become engineers. The purpose of this study is to identify ... -
Understanding the relationship between weather conditions and home run rates in the MLB
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)This observational study explores the relationship between home run rates and weather conditions, both on game day and over the preceding weeks. Data were collected from ESPN and Weather Underground for over 36,000 games ... -
Understanding the spatial distribution of the Southern Hemisphere near-surface westerlies and Its trends
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)In some experiments in which idealized general circulation models (GCMS) are used to study the tropospheric response to stratospheric perturbations, the tropospheric response is much stronger and longer-lived compared to ... -
The understanding, characterization, and implementation of a SICK LMS-291 laser scanner for use in an experimental environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)With technology growing at an alarming rate the need for precise measurement equipment has also intensified. One such device is the SICK Laser Measurement System (LMS). Based on a time-of-flight measurement principle, this ... -
Underwater communication via compact mechanical sound generation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Effective communication with underwater remotely operated vehicles (UROV) can be difficult to accomplish. In water, simple radio communication is quickly dissipated at higher frequencies and lower frequencies require a ... -
Undrained creep behavior of Atchafalaya clay from Cu direct-simple shear tests.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973) -
Uniaxial optical phase change metamaterials
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Optical metamaterials are artificially engineered materials with exceptional electromagnetic properties that cannot be found in nature. Over the last 20 years, optical metamaterials have driven forward a plethora of fields ... -
Unidirectional inline skates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)In this thesis, I describe the design, manufacture, assembly, and testing of "1WSkates," a pair of inline skates that prevent backwards motion. The defining element of 1WSkates is the use of a one-way bearing which, along ... -
Unijunction transistors in a ring counter
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959)
