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Showing 1 to 20 of 146 for “"Cal Poly"”.
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Modeling and Analysis of Cal Poly Microgrid
<p>Microgrids—miniature versions of the electrical grid are becoming increasingly more popular as advancements in technologies, renewable energy mandates, and decreased costs drive communities to adopt them. The modern microgrid has capabilities of generating, distributing, and regulating the flow …
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CPLOP: The Cal Poly Library of Pyroprints
… not always reliable. The biology department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo has developed a new method for MST called pyroprinting. Pyroprints can be used as DNA fingerprints for identifying sources of fecal contamination and studying bacterial populations in host animals. The MST method consists …
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Enhanced Cal Poly SuPER System Simulink Model
The Cal Poly Sustainable Power for Electrical Resources (SuPER) project is a solar power DC distribution system designed to autonomously manage and supply the energy needs of a single family off-the-grid home. The following thesis describes the improvement and re-design of a MATLAB Simulink model …
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Static Balancing of the Cal Poly Wind Turbine Rotor
… <p>A rotor can be balanced either statically or dynamically. A method of rotor balancing was developed that achieves both the simplicity of static balancing and the accuracy of dynamic balancing. This method is best suited, but not limited, to hollow composite blades of any size. The …
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No-Till Vegetable Production at the Cal Poly Organic Farm
… to erosion, nutrient leaching, reduced biological diversity, loss of organic matter, and release of CO2 into the atmosphere (Brady and Weil, 2004). The usefulness of an organic no-till system for transplanted vegetables was explored over two growing seasons. In 2007-2008, in a randomized …
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Adaptive Control Applied to the Cal Poly Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Simulator
The goal of this thesis is to use the Cal Poly Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Simulator to provide proof of concept of two adaptive control theories developed by former Cal Poly students: Nonlinear Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control and Adaptive Output Feedback Control. The Spacecraft Attitude …
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Design, Validation, and Verification of the Cal Poly Educational Cubesat Kit Structure
… contributing to academic capacity building at Cal Poly and its collaborators. The design improves on existing CubeSat kit structures by increasing accessibility to internal components by implementing a modular backplane system, as well as adding the ability to be environmentally tested. …
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An Equity-Minded Assessment of Belonging Among Computing Students at Cal Poly
… the world at large. Inspired by the work of Metcalf et al.'s survey conducted at the University of Illinois, we use the same methods to examine the state of our computing department with respect to issues of inclusive climate and student sense of belonging, which have been shown to be important …
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Design and Modeling of the Cal Poly DC House Power Distribution System
<p>The Cal Poly DC House Project is a large scale multi-student project that involves the detailed design and eventual construction of a DC powered house that will be usable in many rural parts of the world. The large scope of such a project makes it necessary to perform studies before it is …
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Cal Poly SuPER System Photovoltaic Array Universal DC-DC Step Down Converter
… into the SuPER system are discussed. The Cal Poly Sustainable Power for Electrical Resources (SuPER) project seeks to build a stand alone photovoltaic (PV) unit that can supply the energy needs of a single family home. Before the start of this thesis the SuPER project was using an …
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Systems Engineering Analysis and Digital Communication Bus Design for the Cal Poly SuPER Project
… of 20 years and an expected cost of $500, the Cal Poly Sustainable Power for Electrical Resources (SuPER) project needed a strong central design. This thesis looks at the work completed by students over the previous 5 years, with an eye on the future, to create the phase 2 design. Part of this …
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Development of CubeSat Vibration Testing Capabilities for the Naval Postgraduate School and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
… and flight unit testing. In addition, the new Cal Poly CubeSat Test POD Mk III will be introduced and evaluated based upon comparison with the Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer (P-POD). Using examples from the development of NPS-SCAT and test data from Cal Poly’s Test POD Mk III and P-POD, …
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The Fundability and Marketability of Green Buildings at Public Universities: Transcending the Funding Paradigm at Cal Poly
While in recent years Cal Poly has moved in the direction of sustainable building, my research indicates that where other CSU’s have succeeded, Cal Poly has been challenged in developing the type of green buildings that would truly make new construction projects more sustainable. The most commonly …
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Development of a Model and Optimal Control Strategy for the Cal Poly Central Plant and Thermal Energy Storage System
<p>This thesis develops a calibrated model of the Cal Poly Central Chilled Water Plant with Thermal Energy Storage for use in determining an optimal operating control strategy. The model was developed using a transient systems simulation program (TRNSYS) that includes plant performance and …
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A Floristic Study of the Cal Poly Swanton Pacific Ranch and a New Combination in Sanicula crassicaulis (Apiaceae), Sanicula crassicaulis var. Nudicaulis
… 1, we conducted a floristic survey of the Cal Poly Swanton Pacific Ranch. The Swanton Pacific Ranch (SPR) is located north of the small town of Davenport California, in Santa Cruz county. SPR is 3,200 acres and contains areas of salt marsh, coastal bluff, coastal prairie, riparian forest, …
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Field Testing the Effects of Low Reynolds Number on the Power Performance of the Cal Poly Wind Power Research Center Small Wind Turbine
… The small wind turbine was field tested at the Cal Poly Wind Power Research Center to acquire its coefficient of performance, <em>C<sub>p</sub></em>, vs. tip speed ratio, <em>λ</em>, characteristics. A description of both the wind turbine and test setup are provided. Data filtration and …
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Polymorphic Variation of the DGAT1 Gene in Cal Poly Holstein and Jersey Breeds and the Correlation of Milk Fat Content, and Genetic Values
… in the centromeric end of chromosome 14. The polymorphism being analyzed is a K232A substitution (lysine to alanine amino acid change) in exon VII of the diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 (DGAT1) gene. DGAT1 is a key acyltranferase in triglyceride biosynthesis. DGAT1 encodes an enzyme which …
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Una Legua Cuadrada: Exploring the History of Swanton Pacific Ranch and Environs
… educational and research facility owned by the Cal Poly Corporation and managed by the Cal Poly State University (Cal Poly) College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Located about 180 miles north of campus and just 14 miles north of Santa Cruz, California on Highway 1, the …
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Syneresis and Rheology Mechanisms of a Latex-HEUR Associative Thickener System
… stable dispersions that have improved rheological properties, yet, unlike HECs, are sensitive to changes to the coating formulation. This drawback has encouraged research that attempts to predict the phase behavior and rheology of systems that are modified with ATs.</p> <p>This work is …
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Platforms for Teaching Distributed Computing Concepts to Undergraduate Students
… teaching of distributed computing concepts at Cal Poly. The framework consists of three components: a Raspberry Pi cluster, a custom distributed file system (DecaFS), and a set of labs that can be used to support coursework in a distributed computing class. Each cluster is composed of five …
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