Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Designing for Chaos: Turning Digital Complexity into a Quantum Science Learning Center
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis will explore the ability of a designer to use the arbitrary relationships generated in complex systems to determine the design of a building. Traditionally, the form of a building is created through a very ... -
Designing for Connection to Alleviate Urban Stress
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Today, it is estimated that over half of the world’s population are living in urban areas. With the ever-rising totals of the human population locating to the urban environment, the effects that the built environment ... -
Designing for Humanity
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This thesis aims to explore the idea that a healthy prison design will in turn create a healthy atmosphere. I will work to design a prison that will aid in the inmates’ transition back into society. By designing a structure ... -
Designing for Memory Loss
(North Dakota State University, 2021)We all live with the fact that someday our loved ones will need to have help with day to day life and that we will too. As of right now there is a generally negative feeling towards moving out of one’s home and into an ... -
Designing for Outsiders: Building a Sustainble Future for Keaau
(North Dakota State University, 2020)How tolerant are we of people outside our community? Our ingrained instincts drive us as humans to seek positive interactions, to feel accepted and appreciated, to find purpose to help us thrive as individuals and as a ... -
Designing for Play in Island Park
(North Dakota State University, 2021)‘Planning for Play in Island Park’ is a design thesis based meant to identify a realistic and multifaceted response to the removal of Ash Trees (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) from Fargo North Dakota’s downtown Island Park. ... -
Designing for Shared Spaces: An Approach to Enhancing Animal Welfare and Foster Human-Animal Connections Through Compassionate Design
(North Dakota State University, 2024)The provided research conveys the problems being faced in animal shelters that were influenced by COVID-19 and how it impacted the overcrowding rates driven by the rise in pet relinquishment numbers and lack of social ... -
Designing for the Decades
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This thesis explores how the physical environment, through spaces and their connections, can positively impact the overall wellness and productivity of senior citizens. This thesis aims to prove the level of engagement ... -
Designing for the Montessori Method of Education
(North Dakota State University, 2021)How can architecture improve the health and well-being of students in the learning environment? Can we as designers use the Montessori child-focused approach to learning and apply it to architecture for children’s ... -
Designing for the Senses
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The typology for this project will be a school for the blind. The blind and visually handicapped have the right to be able to navigate effortlessly through the built environment. It is our job as designers to ensure the ... -
Designing Inclusively: Innovative Design Strategies for Inclusive Accessibility in the Built Environment for the Blind and/or Deaf
(North Dakota State University, 2023)Individuality, freedom, and a chosen lifestyle improves with enough space for people to live with confidence and safety. This equitable value is not one which someone who is blind and/or deaf tends to benefit from. These ... -
Designing of a Small Wearable Conformal Phased Array Antenna for Wireless Communications
(North Dakota State University, 2012)In this thesis, a unique design of a self-adapting conformal phased-array antenna system for wireless communications is presented. The antenna system is comprised of one microstrip antenna array and a sensor circuit. A 1x4 ... -
Designing Ru Catalysts for Selective C-H Bond Oxidation Reactions
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Typically, C-H bond oxidation proceeds via formation of high-valent metal oxo species. Attaining a high oxidation state of the metal complex is critical as it is the key step for many catalytic processes. Understanding ... -
Designing Through Disaster
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis project is about how we can provide a cost and time effective source of emergency housing for those just affected by a natural disaster. Natural disasters rarely have a warning signal to them, and even when ... -
Desktop Interactive Activity Diagram Tutorial
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Activity diagram plays a vital role in Business Process Modeling as well as System modeling. In this paper, I have proposed a desktop interactive activity diagram tutorial that has been designed for educational purposes ... -
Destined: The Evolution of airports through futuristic adaptation.
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Throughout time, humans have considered ourselves nomads, moving from place to place. We seek new horizons of perception, confined only by the bonds of gravity holding us to the face of the earth. Recently, we have stretched ... -
Detecting Insider and Masquerade Attacks by Identifying Malicious User Behavior and Evaluating Trust in Cloud Computing and IoT Devices
(North Dakota State University, 2019)There are a variety of communication mediums or devices for interaction. Users hop from one medium to another frequently. Though the increase in the number of devices brings convenience, it also raises security concerns. ... -
Detection and Molecular Typing of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus (MSSA) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Staphylococcus aureus, and the serotype (ST) 398 have been associated with human and livestock infections, being also detected in retail meat. The aim of this study ... -
Detection and Quantification of Rare Analytes in Biological Samples using Dielectrophoretic Spectroscopy
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Novel techniques for Dielectrophoresis (DEP) crossover frequency calculation, positive dielectrophoretic spectroscopy and negative dielectrophoretic spectroscopy are proposed in this dissertation. A novel automated immunoassay ... -
Detection of Metalloenzymes Employing Fluorescentpolymers and Liposomes
(North Dakota State University, 2012)In the biological systems, proteins are important constituents. Protein-protein interactions play vital roles in physiological environments and any disruption in these interactions lead to adverse effects. However, designing ...