Browsing UW-Madison Open Dissertations and Theses by Title
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The Democratic Party and the gubernatorial election of 1876 in South Carolina.
(1968)Contents include: the background of reconstruction and the beginning of democratic reorganization, the struggle to reorganize the democratic party, democratic campaign tactics, and the election and the dual government. -
Description and analysis of artifacts from Rosenbaum Rockshelter, Dane County, Wisconsin
(1977)Work includes: site information (location, description, and excavation), artifact description, and discussion of cultural stratigraphy. -
The Design and Development of Compact Toroid Injection System to Study Reconnection Dynamics in MST
(2024-08-23)This thesis details the design and development of an experimental setup to investigate compact toroid (CT) dynamics in tokamak plasmas, specifically on the MST device. The research aims to better understand how a CT traverses ... -
Development and Pilot of a Human Motor Control Study Using Haptic Robotics
(2024-05-08)This thesis details the efforts to develop a novel robotic device capable of being used in lower extremity motor control research. Chapter 1 covers background information and introduces the research questions. Chapter 2 ... -
DEVELOPMENT AND STUDY OF THE CORROSION AND MECHANICAL PERFORMANCES OF A TELESCOPIC CONTROL ROD DESIGN FOR HTGRs
(2024-08-28)High temperature gas reactors (HTGRs) require their core to be tall enough to effectively remove decay heat. Therefore, current designs involve traditional control rods seated above the core nearly doubling the excavation ... -
The Development of a Novel Multi-modality Heart Phantom for Cardiac Applications in Radiotherapy
(2024)Purpose & Introduction: For radiotherapy in the thoracic region and radioablation of non-cancerous conditions such as ventricular tachycardia (VT), geometric and dosimetric accuracy near the beating heart is critical. ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE TOOL TO ASSESS STREAM TEMPERATURE IMPACTS OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IN A DRIFTLESS AREA TROUT STREAM
(2024-08-21)Rising water temperatures driven by climate change threaten culturally and economically important salmonid fisheries throughout the Upper Midwest. Unsuitable thermal regimes threaten the effectiveness of habitat restoration ...