Browsing NDSU Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Modeling of Dynamic Pricing of Energy for a Smart Grid Using a Multi-agent Framework
(North Dakota State University, 2011)The use of smart grids is being promoted to address issues such as energy independence, global warming and emergency resilience. A smart grid is a digitized form of the power grid and is comprised of an intelligent monitoring ... -
Modeling of Surface Microtopography and its Impacts on Hydrologic Processes
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Understanding the impacts of surface microtopography on hydrologic processes is critical. The objectives of this thesis research are: (1) to evaluate the effects of DEM resolution on microtopographic characteristics, ... -
Modeling of Temperature Impacts on Fixed Film Microbial Growth and Nitrification Kinetics
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Monod-type kinetic models, used in simulating microbial growth in biological treatment systems, suggest significant decreases of substrate utilization at lower temperatures. However, it is documented that performance of ... -
Modeling Pavement Performance and Preservation
(North Dakota State University, 2011)The number of highway lane-miles in the United States increased by 7% from 1980 to 2007, while vehicle-miles of travel almost doubled. During the same period, the Federal Highway Trust Fund (the major source of funding for ... -
Modeling Petroleum Supply Chain: Multimodal Transportation, Disruptions and Mitigation Strategies
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The petroleum industry has one of the most complex supply chains in the world. A unique characteristic of Petroleum Supply Chain (PSC) is the high degree of uncertainty which propagates through the network. Therefore, it ... -
Modeling Swap and Geophysical Analysis using Barndorff-Nielson and Shephard Model
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Video summarizing Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience. -
Modeling the Impacts of Changing Agricultural Patterns on Rainfall and Temperature in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Global climate change has been an issue of much concern for many years now with human activity being the main contributor to this phenomenon. However, some evidence in the United States Midwest suggests that there has been ... -
Modeling the Winners of NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournament Games
(North Dakota State University, 2016)This thesis first presents a least squares regression model to identify the in-game statistics that help explain the variation in point spread for NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament games. Then a logistic ... -
Modification of Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol-A Epoxy Primer for Multi-Substrate Application
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Traditional vehicles and aircraft have consisted primarily of steel and aluminum alloys which due to their density, has resulted in various logistic problems including transportation, maneuverability, fuel efficiency. These ... -
Modifications of Recombinant Spider Silk Protein for Various Biomedical Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Silk is a natural protein produced by members of the class Arachnida (over 30,000 species of spiders) and by several worms. Silk-based materials have been investigated for medical and biotechnological applications for many ... -
Modular Montessori: Educating Towards Ecological Sustainability
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The world has experienced rapid change in the last fifty years. Though most change can be counted as good, there has been a fair amount of negative changes happening that continue to be major issues today. Issues such ... -
Moisture Sensitivity of PLA/PBS Blends During Ultrasonic Welding and Fused Deposition Modeling
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Moisture absorption into hygroscopic/hydrophilic materials used in fused deposition modeling (FDM) and ultrasonic welding (USW) can diminish desired mechanical properties. Sensitivity to moisture is dependent on material ... -
Molecular and Genetic Characterization of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Durum Wheat
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating fungal disease of both durum and common wheat. Multiple sources of FHB resistance have been found in common wheat, but not in durum wheat. Lack of effective FHB resistance sources ... -
Molecular and Histological Study of Sphaerulina musiva-Populus spp. Interaction
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Sphaerulina musiva, the causal agent of leaf spot and stem canker, is responsible for critical yield loss of hybrid poplar in agroforestry. This research examined quantification of S. musiva in host tissue, and infection ... -
The Molecular Basis of Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicide Resistance in Cercospora beticola and the Role of Seed Inoculum in Cercospora Leaf Spot Disease of Sugar Beet
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) is the most destructive foliar disease of sugar beet worldwide. CLS is caused by the filamentous fungus Cercospora beticola. Disease management currently relies upon timely application of fungicides, ... -
Molecular Characterization and Pathogenicity of Sunflower Stem Pathogens
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) production can be limited by several stem diseases. Among these, Phomopsis stem canker causes frequent yield reductions in Australia, Europe and North America. In the U.S., while Diaporthe ... -
Molecular Characterization of Root-Lesion Nematode Species from Corn Fields in North Dakota and Evaluation of Resistance in Corn Hybrids
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The molecular characterization of Pratylenchus species determined from D2-D3 of 28S rDNA, ITS of rDNA, and COI of mtDNA regions revealed four Pratylenchus species from North Dakota, P. scribneri, P. neglectus, Pratylenchus ... -
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nano-Indentation Process of Silicon: Effects of Initial Temperature and Grain Size
(North Dakota State University, 2014)In this study, a comprehensive investigation on nano-scale indentation of monocrystal and polycrystalline silicon is carried out by adopting molecular dynamic (MD) simulation. Five levels of initial temperature (30K, 100K, ... -
A Molecular Dynamics Study of Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites and Graphene Nanoplatelet Polymer Composites
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Carbon nanotubes have been the main focus in science and engineering fields lately for their extraordinary properties. But carbon nanotube fabrication process is very expensive, particularly for reinforcements and ... -
Molecular Genetic Characterization of Ptr ToxC-Tsc1 Interaction and Comparative Genomics of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Tan spot of wheat, caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, is an economically important disease worldwide. The disease system is known to involve three pairs of interactions between fungal-produced necrotrophic effectors ...