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Author:: Bhattacharyya, Rik
Title:: Impact of Vacuum Roasting Conditions on Water Dynamics, Polyphenol Retention, and PLA₂ Enzyme Inhibition in Cocoa Beans
Area of Honors:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Cocoa
Vacuum Roasting
Moisture Dynamics
Polyphenol
Phospholipase A2
Thesis Supervisors:: Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Joshua D Lambert, Faculty Reader
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Faculty Reader

Open Access

Author:: Brownstead, John
Title:: Implementing an Acoustic Propagation and Scattering Model for Simulating Synthetic Aperture Sonar Data
Area of Honors:: Engineering Science
Keywords:: synthetic aperture sonar
scattering
model
Thesis Supervisors:: Daniel C. Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L. Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Supervisor

Open Access

Author:: Saldubehere, David
Title:: Improved Unet Model for Medical Image Segmentation Tasks
Area of Honors:: Computer Science
Keywords:: Unet
Computer Vision
Graph Networks
machine learning
deep learning
medical imaging
MRI
Ultrasound
Thesis Supervisors:: Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Thesis Supervisor
Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Thesis Honors Advisor
Huijuan Xu, Faculty Reader

Open Access

Author:: Katsouros, Maxwell
Title:: Improving our Understanding of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification using Data Assimilation and Ensemble Forecasts
Area of Honors:: Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Keywords:: Hurricanes
Tropical cyclones
Wind shear
Uncertainty
Moisture
Ensemble Forecasting
Data Assimilation
Satellites
Rapid intensification
Thesis Supervisors:: Anthony Carl Didlake, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Paul Markowski, Thesis Honors Advisor
Yunji Zhang, Faculty Reader
Xingchao Chen, Thesis Supervisor

Open Access

Author:: Hayden, Lauren
Title:: In Tube Evaporation of a Low GWP Zeotropic Mixture for Navy Chiller Applications
Area of Honors:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: In-tube evaporation
Zeotropic refrigerant
R471A
Low GWP refrigerants
Heat transfer coefficient
Navy chillers
Naval cooling applications
Counterflow heat exchanger
Evaporative heat transfer
Two-phase flow
Experimental study
Heat transfer correlation
Thesis Supervisors:: Brian Matthew Fronk, Thesis Supervisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor

Open Access

Author:: Kircher, Sarah
Title:: Incentivizing Mental Health: A Case Study on the Implementation and Impact of Mental Health Incentives in Life Insurance
Area of Honors:: Actuarial Science
Keywords:: Actuarial Science
Mental Health
Life Insurance
Health Incentive Programs
Profit Analysis
Mortality
Statistical Modeling
Thesis Supervisors:: Nan Zhu, Thesis Supervisor
Amanda W Hammell, Thesis Honors Advisor
Diane Marie Henderson, Faculty Reader

Open Access

Author:: Gajda, Alden
Title:: Indonesia’s Nickel Export Ban and Its Effect on Global Prices: An Event Study
Area of Honors:: Economics
Keywords:: Economics
Indonesia
Nickel
Thesis Supervisors:: Stephen Ross Yeaple, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Open Access

Author:: Roettger, Karoline
Title:: Influence of Crosslinker Concentration on Properties of Shape Memory Poly(cyclooctene) (PCO).
Area of Honors:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Shape memory polymers (SMPs)
Polycyclooctene (PCO)
Dicumyl peroxide (DCP)
Thermomechanical properties
Crosslink density
Biomedical applications
Thesis Supervisors:: Patrick Mather, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Open Access

Author:: Wilkinson, Gaia
Title:: Influence of Offender and Victim Characteristics on Conformity to the Sentencing Guidelines for Sexual Offenses
Area of Honors:: Criminology
Keywords:: conformity to the sentencing guidelines
sentencing guidelines
judicial discretion
sexual offenses
offender characteristics
crimes against minors
race
gender
age
victim age
Thesis Supervisors:: Gary J Adler, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Steven Andrew Haas, Thesis Honors Advisor

Open Access

Author:: Spasic, Ana
Title:: Influence of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements on Long Latency Reflexes During Postural Adjustments in Upright Reaching Movements
Area of Honors:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: long-latency reflexes
perturbation
posture stabilization
EMG
center of pressure
compensatory postural adjustments
Thesis Supervisors:: Tarkeshwar Singh, Thesis Supervisor
Mark Dyreson, Thesis Honors Advisor

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