Browsing PhD Dissertations by Title
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Essays in macro-finance
(2019-12-26)This dissertation includes three essays within macro-finance literature ranging from international macroeconomics, to labor and housing market dynamics. While the focus of first essay is more on international, particular ... -
Evaluation of bioimplants surface nano-micro design by chemical mechanical polishing against alternative methods
(2019-01-11)Biomaterials comprise a representative fraction of the products used in the health area. Biomedical devices (such as biosensors, blood circulation tubes, hemodialysis systems) can be cited as examples. Biomaterials can be ... -
Experimental and numerical investigation of rubber whether strip extrusion
(2019-01-03)Extrusion is the main method used to produce rubber weather strips in automotive industries. The product quality is dependent on many factors, which include the design parameters of the die, the processing variables, and ... -
Finite element analysis in a cloud computing environment
(2019-01-04)In this thesis, the challenges faced and lessons learned while establishing a large-scale high performance cloud computing service that enables online mechanical structural analysis and many other scientific applications ... -
From contemplation to spectacle: transformation of the way of seeing in the 19th century ottoman culture
In this study, by suggesting two different ways of seeing as contemplative and spectatorial, which are based on the distinction made between the concepts of tefekkür (contemplation) and temaşa (spectacle), the transformation ... -
Immersion cooling of suspended and coated nano-phosphor particles for extending the limits of optical extraction of light emitting diodes
(2017-08)Energy efficiency, long life, exceptional color and performance of solid-state light (SSL) sources have resulted in a rapidly increasing trend in a number of practical applications especially for general lighting after a ... -
The impact of brand architecture decisions on portfolio sales
(2017-06)Decisions pertaining to the organization of products under brands within the company's portfolio are an important aspect of brand portfolio strategy with potentially serious top-and bottom-line implications. Despite the ... -
An investigation into fluid flow and heat transfer of high frequency synthetic jets for electronics cooling
(2016-04)Modern electronics have been decreasing in size for decades, so their cooling systems must continually improve in efficiency too. In particular, compactness is vital, which is challenging because typical thermal management ... -
An investigation into hydrophobic micro-textured surfaces on heat transfer and surface wetting phenomenon during vapor condensation
(2018-12-28)Efficiency and performance of a system that involves condensation process have been one of the primary considerations over the last decades for a number of applications including thermal management systems such as vapor ... -
Investigation of corrosion in oil pipelines through surface nano-treatment
(2020-01)Corrosion is the unintentional and degradation of a material caused by the reaction of that material with its environment and a natural possible hazard correlated with gas and oil generation and transportation facilities. ... -
Investigation of flame characteristics in a turbulent premixed combustion
(2018-10)In this thesis, the turbulent flame closure (TFC) model and coherent flame model (CFM) of turbulent premixed flames as steady state flow are used. In addition, large eddy simulation (LES) model as unsteady state flow is ... -
Liquidity in the emerging market local currency bond market: measurement,commonality, and supply of risk capital
(2016-06)Major emerging markets sovereigns have started financing a significant component of their budget deficits issuing local currency (LC) bond, reaching to the total outstanding size over 5 trillion dollar almost half of the ... -
Macroeconomic fundamentals and emerging market asset prices
(2017-06)This thesis consists of three chapters which make empirical contributions to the field of emerging markets xed income, real estate and nancial markets. First chapter entitled 'Macroeconomics Fundamentals and Emerging ... -
Mechanical performance of layered metallic composites processed by accumulative roll bonding
(2019-08-20)Mechanical Performance of Layered Metallic Composites Processed by Accumulative Roll Bonding.--Multi-layered metal composites have received considerable attention due to their advanced mechanical and physical properties. ... -
Mobility management and resource allocation strategies for visible light communication networks
(2021-05-11)There has been a growing interest in Visible Light Communications (VLC) in recent years. The existing works in the literature on point-to-point VLC systems are well established, and especially the studies on physical layer ... -
Modeling and optimization of chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor materials
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is a process of planarization of metal and dielectric surfaces typically in microelectronic devices manufacturing. Planarization is achieved by removing material from the wafer surface ... -
Nano-scale chemically modified thin film characterization for chemical mechanical planarization applications
(2015-01)The aim of the microelectronics industry has historically been achieving increasing functionality through decreasing the device sizes while simultaneously reducing the unit manufacturing costs. This objective has been ... -
Near- and far-field thermal radiation in metamaterials and the development of NF-RT-FDTD algorithm
(2016-06)In this dissertation, analysis of near-field regime of thermal radiative transfer in metamaterials supporting surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs) is given. Solutions of electromagnetic fields at subwavelength distances are ... -
Performance evaluation and experimental verification of vehicular visible light communication
Araç geliştirme, gelecekteki bazı uygulamalarını desteklemek için büyük ölçüde veri iletişimine aktarır. Araç müfrezesi ve otonom araçlar (AV), bu on yılda ticari olarak temin edilebilecek uygulamalardan bazılarıdır. Bu ... -
Performance, managerial skill and factor exposures in commodity trading advisors and managed futures funds
(2016-09)Understanding risk is important. Prior to 2008, as the yields on safe assets hit rock bottom, investors turned their focus to an alphabet soup of more complex instruments. These complex securities were rated AAA, they ...
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