Browsing UW-Madison Open Dissertations and Theses by Title
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SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS DESIGN FOR SHIELDING FROM COSMIC RAYS
(2024-04-23)Superconducting coils are investigated for active shielding against cosmic radiation by generating strong magnetic fields around spacecraft. Charged particles in space like protons and various ions can be deflected by ... -
Surge phenomena in engine scavenging
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A survey of factors that determine the progress of school children living in a congested district
(1928)Contents include: a questionnaire study of the scholastic relations and the home environment of a group of 423 children, a record of an attempt to supplement the home influences and training of a group of handicapped ... -
Sustaining Multifunctional Landscapes Through Expertise Networks: A Case Study from Southwest Wisconsin, USA
(2013-08)Multifunctional landscapes are essential to human and non-human well-being, but they are challenging to sustain against systemic perturbations like global climate change, political upheaval and market development. Mixed ... -
SYNTHESIZING FIELD, LABORATORY, AND IN-SITU STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF LAMPRICIDE 3-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-4-NITROPHENOL (TFM)
(2024-05-23)Understanding the fate of organic compounds in river systems is important for protecting watersheds and human health. While individual mechanisms of compound transformation and transport can be quantified, determining ... -
Talking About Climate Change Without Talking About "Climate Change": How Wisconsin Extension Educators Approach Climate Change Communication
(2024-07)Through its public engagement work in nearly every county in the United States, the Cooperative Extension Service has the potential to meaningfully contribute to local climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. ... -
Techno-Economic Optimization of Liquid Hydrogen Refueling Station for Heavy-Duty Transportation
(2025-12-19)The decarbonization of heavy-duty transportation remains a critical challenge in achieving global net-zero targets due to high energy demands and limited zero-emission alternatives. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) offer ... -
THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF SURFACE SEDIMENT ON THE PERMANENTLY FROZEN LAKES OF TAYLOR VALLEY, ANTARCTICA
(2025-05-08)The McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest unglaciated region of Antarctica and are home to some of the only perennially frozen lakes in the world. The ice covers of the Taylor Valley lakes are subject to decadal-length ... -
TESTING THE TECTONOMAGMATIC SETTING OF MESOPROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC TUFFS IN THE PICURIS RANGE, NEW MEXICO
(2024-12-18)The Picuris Range of northern New Mexico has long been considered part of a typical convergent continental margin during Laurentian assembly. It is now known to result from an intraplate orogenic event ~500 km inboard of ... -
Themes of Eichendorff’s lyric poetry
(1941)