PhD Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Thermal and radiative energy/exergy analyses of parabolic trough collector systems
(2018-08)The concept of exergy is used to determine the maximum energy that can be extracted from a system. It is based on both the first and the second laws of thermodynamics and allows us to determine the irreversibilities ... -
Consumer studies about purchase, repeat purchase and word-of-mouth after deep discount online
(2015-06)Daily deal sites are e-commerce businesses that offer deep discounts (e.g., 50%, 90%) for products and services to consumers through local service providers. These sites increase consumer's buying power and attract more ... -
Tools and tecniques for implementation of real-time video processing algorithms
(2018-09)Hardware implementation of video processing algorithms, which are usually real-time by nature, need architectural exploration so that we achieve the required performance with minimal cost. In addition, the video algorithm ... -
Effect of pH on particle agglomeration and radiative transfer in nanoparticle suspensions
(2018-08)Nanoparticle suspensions (NPSs) are solid-fluid mixtures where small dielectric or metallic particles (with sizes <100 nm) used in a base fluid. NPSs have unique and tunable thermo-optical properties, and for that reason ... -
Corporate sustainability interactions and corporate financial performance
(2017-11)There is a large amount of empirical literature focused on the relationship between corporate sustainability and corporate financial performance. The literature considers firm specific aspects affecting the link but omits ... -
Channel modeling and characterization for visible light communications: indoor, vehicular and underwater channels
(2018-06)Despite the increasing attention on visible light communications (VLC) systems, there is a lack of proper visible light (VL) channel models. This is a serious concern since channel modeling is the very first step for ... -
Quantifying the spillover of green products on consumer attitudes and umbrella brand sales
(2017-06)Despite growing consumer attention to the environment, it is still unclear how and how much companies benefit from their large investments in 'green' products. This paper quantifies the positive spillover of sustainable ... -
Robust estimation of term structure and implied volatility in emerging markets
(2016-07)Despite powerful advances in interest rate curve modeling for data-rich countries in the last 30 years, comparatively little attention has been paid to the key practicalproblem of estimation of the term structure of interest ... -
A software-defined networking approach for wireless systems
(2015-05)The tremendous growth in wireless Internet use is showing no signs of slowing down. Existing cellular networks are starting to be insufficient in meeting this demand in part due to their inflexible and expensive equipment ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Three essays on the behavior of equity market returns
(2016-12)The first chapter of this thesis analyzes return comovements phenomena known as correlation asymmetry. The phenomena has its two manifests: asymmetric correlations, referring to stock return correlations being higher during ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Application of chemical mechanical polishing process on titanium based medical implants
(2017-05)Biomaterials are commonly used as implant materials in the body for dental prostheses, orthopedic applications, heart valves and catheters. Based on the research studies conducted up to date, titanium and its alloys are ... -
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 ... -
Automated refinement of models for model-based testing
(2017-07)Model-Based Testing (MBT) enables automatic generation of test cases based on models of a system. It has been successfully applied in various application domains, each of which might introduce specific challenges. In this ... -
Using eigenvoices and nearest-neighbours in HMM-based cross-lingual speaker adaptation with limited data
(2017-08)Thesis abstract: Cross-lingual speaker adaptation for speech synthesis has many applications, such as use in speech-to-speech translation systems. Here, we focus on cross-lingual adaptation for statistical speech synthesis ... -
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 ... -
Thermo-mechanical behavior of severely deformed titanium
(2017-06)Thermo-mechanical processing of metallic materials has attracted noticeable interest due to the fact that these processing methods can be used to improve the mechanical properties. In this investigation, ultrafine grained ...
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