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A New Reliability Assessment Model for Power Electronic Modules Considering Failure Mechanism Interaction
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
A reliability prediction method is proposed to determine the lifetime of IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) under power cycling test based on the performance of solder joint and wire bond. The failure characteristics ...
Screening for Youth Depression in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Video summarizing Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience.
The Effect of Stress on Task Capacity and Situational Awareness
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
In today’s industry, many occupations require manpower resources to include both labor and cognitive resources. As the technology is rapidly changing and businesses are becoming more dependent on cognitive performance, it ...
Integrated Projection and Regression Models for Monitoring Multivariate Autocorrelated Cascade Processes
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This dissertation presents a comprehensive methodology of dual monitoring for the multivariate autocorrelated cascade processes using principal component analysis and regression. Principle Components Analysis is used to ...
Transparent and Crack-Free Silica Aerogels
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The process of making silica aerogels has been studied in detail over the past two decades due to its usage in a wide range of low end applications such as thermal insulators, supercapacitors etc., as well as high end ...
Improvement of Wind Forecasting Accuracy and its Impacts on Bidding Strategy Optimization for Wind Generation Companies
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
One major issue of wind generation is its intermittence and uncertainty due to the highly volatile nature of wind resource, and it affects both the economy and the operation of the wind farms and the distribution networks. ...
Cultural Awareness and Provider Based Care for Refugee Women
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This disquisitional aimed to improve the cultural education of nurse practitioner's (NP's) related to female refugee populations. The ultimate goal was to improve health care outcomes and decrease disparities for refugee ...
Emergency Care Education for Advanced Practice Providers in Rural Critical Access Hospitals
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Providing high quality and safe emergency care to patients in rural communities has become a complex and challenging problem. In the face of workforce shortages in emergency medicine, advanced practice providers (APPs) ...
Enhancing Resilience and Self-Efficacy through COPE: Rural High School Seniors
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Background: Adolescence is a particularly stressful time during an individual’s life. It is vital that adolescents have access to mental health resources. A confidential program was offered in a school setting, a vital ...
Addressing Student Depression on Campus: Barriers and Assets
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Prevalence of depression among college students is noted to be approximately 30% per college and university campus with an overall national average for severe psychological problems, including depression, at approximately ...