Asamoah, Matthew (Date of defense: 2018-10-05)
The importance of fire as a potential initiator of multiple-system failures took on a new perspective after the cable-tray fire at Browns Ferry in 1975 The review have shown that the first generation ...
Fabbri, Marco (Date of defense: 2018-04-05)
By 2050 the energy consumption is expected to increase considerably.The production might be mostly based on renewable energy mix driven by the nuclear fusion which could potentially deliver continuous, ...
Xu, Yan (Date of defense: 2018-11-20)
The current air transportation system is reaching the capacity limit in many countries/regions across the world. It tends to be less efficient or even incapable sometimes to deal with the enormous air ...
Zavala-Aké, J. Miguel (Date of defense: 2018-09-13)
The simulation and modelling of complex applications involving the interaction of processes governed by different physical principles is addressed in this thesis. The interaction of a fluid with a ...
Afa, Iduabo John (Date of defense: 2018-01-24)
Control is important for transferring theoretical scientific knowledge into practical technology for applications in numerous fields. This is why coherent control study is significant on every timescale ...
Ahmed, Waqas Waseem (Date of defense: 2018-04-17)
The quest for new artificial structures and materials uncovers novel new light-matter interactions, and intriguing physical phenomena. Since the late 80’s purely dielectric materials have been structured, ...
Majeed, Husam Tareq (Date of defense: 2018-10-05)
Aerobiology is the science that focuses on the study of the airborne living organisms (bacteria, fungal spores, pollen, small insects, etc.). The influence of meteorology and climate change on plant ...
Arriaga García, Jaime Alonso (Date of defense: 2018-07-30)
Shorelines around the world are rarely smooth and they can present undulations and cuspate shapes. On the one hand, human actions can cause shoreline perturbations via beach nourishments, which in turn ...
Mohammed, Ali Jasim (Date of defense: 2018-10-03)
The occurrence of heat waves and cold spells has received special attention in recent years due to their impact on human health, ecosystems and economy. In the context of climate change, there is evidence ...
Al-Nassar, Ali Raheem Tuaimah (Date of defense: 2018-09-25)
Precipitation is one of the most important, and also difficult to predict, elements of climate. This difficulty is associated with the transport of moisture through weather fronts that change their ...