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    • Water Quality Observations of a Headwater Watershed in the Red River Basin and Value of an Interdisciplinary Majors Capstone Course in the Natural Resource Sciences 

      Anderson, Zachary (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Understanding how change and adaptive management plays a role in natural resource sciences is key to preforming well in the field, as well as evaluating effects of management changes. Therefore, two studies were conducted: ...

    • Waterfront Discovery 

      Towle, Mike (2012)
      Water possesses a fundamental energy that allows for a unique biodiversity of organisms to inhabit this planet. It has long been an overlooked resource on this Earth and for that reason I would like to use its inherent ...

    • Wayfinding in Virtual Reality: Wayfinding Through the Lens of Virtual Reality in Videogame Design 

      Zachman, Alyssa (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      This thesis, Virtual Architecture: application of architectural design within the realm of video games and virtual realities, examines and challenges how architecture is viewed in a simulated setting by its users as ...

    • Weak Organic Acid Modified Granular Activated Carbon and Ceria Nanomaterial Embedded Graphene Oxide for Drinking Water Fluoride Removal 

      Rashid, Umma Salma (North Dakota State University, 2021)
      Excess fluoride (F−) in drinking water leads to detrimental health effects including dental and skeletal fluorosis. More than 260 million people worldwide are affected by excess fluoride (>1.5 mg/L) in their drinking water. ...

    • Weak Power Grid Analysis for Renewable Energy Sources Integration 

      Aldaoudeyeh, Al Motasem (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      Weakness analysis based on grid strength assessment is useful for identifying potential weak grid issues. However, when taking into account the impact of the interactions among Renewable Energy Sources (RESs), the weakness ...

    • A Web Application for Design and Sign System Using ASP.NET 

      Nuthulapati, Sri Lalitha (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      Design and Sign System is a web application which aims to improvise the user interface, work management along with existing database of a legacy application that allows administration team to maintain day-to-day activities ...

    • The Web Based Meeting Scheduler 

      Sharma, Mayukh (North Dakota State University, 2010)
      In this paper I present a Web based Meeting Scheduler which is a web-based easy to use group calendar application for scheduling events, reserving meeting rooms and scheduling meetings. Meetings and events may be scheduled ...

    • Web-Based Smart Farm Visualization GIS Tool 

      Agarwal, Abhishek (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Visualization of data is much more vibrant and informative than a written description could ever be. Continued research on information visualization has resulted in discovery of a number of designs and variety of techniques. ...

    • Weed Control Effects on Native Species, Soil Seedbank Change, and Biofuel Production 

      Setter, Cassandra Marie (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      Aphthona spp. flea beetles were released in the Little Missouri National Grasslands (LMNG) in western North Dakota in 1999 to control leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.). The changes in soil seed bank composition and leafy ...

    • Weed Control with Cover Crops in Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) 

      Mehring, Grant Harry (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Field experiments were conducted near Oakes and Fargo, North Dakota from 2009-2010, and repeated near Carrington, North Dakota from 2010-2011, to evaluate weed control in both irrigated and non-irrigated potato production ...

    • Weed Management and Soil Quality Outcomes of Non-Chemical Weed Control Tactics 

      Beamer, Kenneth Paul (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      In the Northern Great Plains (NGP), weed management within organic systems remains a challenge. Experiments were conducted at two distinct sites in North Dakota to investigate effects of deep mulch no-till (NT) on soil ...

    • Weight-Related Health Behaviors and Body Mass: Associations between Young Adults and their Parents, Moderated by Parenting Styles 

      Niemeier, Brandi Shea (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      The incidence of overweight conditions among children and adolescents is a growing national concern. Although current literature suggests that parental health behaviors could influence health behaviors of children, studies ...

    • Welcome Strangers: Designing a Sense of Belonging 

      Watson, Sarah Lynn (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      As people from cultures around the world come to the United States to resettle they are faced with many difficulties, one of them being the sense of belonging. Starting the process of integration, immigrants are faced with ...

    • Welcome to the (Writing Program) Archives: Making a Case for Writing Program Material Curation 

      Pitkin, Benjamin Michael (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      With this project, I examined archival documents from the North Dakota State University First-Year Writing Program that were created by a previous writing program administrator, Amy Rupiper Taggart, with the goal of reviewing ...

    • Wellness in Educational Facilities 

      Carpenter, Carol (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Universally children are sent to attend school to gain basic knowledge in most communities. In the United States the standard is about 7 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 13 years. These educational institutions that ...

    • Wellness Through Adaptive Reuse 

      Kramer, Jared (North Dakota State University, 2020)
      The International Existing Building Code (IEBC) was first created alongside the International Building Code (IBC) in 1997 to address health and safety concerns in the built environment based upon prescriptive and ...

    • Westport Community Center 

      Overman, Kaleb (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      Sioux Falls, South Dakota is one of the Midwest’s most well-known cities nestled in the Southeast corner of South Dakota. The city expands in an 80 square mile range with a population of 180,000 people with surrounding ...

    • Wetland Assessment and Nutrient Dynamics in North Dakota 

      Meyers, Lindsey Michele (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      Wetlands provide a variety of services and functions. Studies have highlighted the importance of wetlands in water purification, groundwater replenishment, flood control, sediment and nutrient retention and export, ...

    • Wetland Restoration Techniques and Associated Costs in Southeastern North Dakota 

      Strehlow, Travis Gene (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Degraded wetlands are a common occurrence throughout the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States. Many restoration attempts have been conducted to restore these unique ecosystems to their previous conditions. However, ...

    • Wetlands of Camp Grafton South 

      Hengel, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      The Clean Water Act provided the basis for subsequent federal and state level wetland policies. Wetland regulations have significant implications for how wetland managers implement wetland restoration, creation, and ...