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Cold Plate Based Dynamic Liquid Cooling At Data Center And Chip Level, Pardeep Shahi
Cold Plate Based Dynamic Liquid Cooling At Data Center And Chip Level, Pardeep Shahi
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive
The rising demand for high-performance central and graphical processing units has resulted in the need for more efficient thermal management techniques like direct-to-chip liquid cooling. Direct Liquid Cooling using cold plates is one of the most efficient and investigated cooling technology since the 1980s. Major data and cloud providers like IBM, Microsoft, and Google are actively deploying liquid-cooled data center infrastructure due to rising computational demands but its performance and efficiency can be further be enhanced using dynamic cooling technologies. At the chip level since the early ’60s, based on Moore’s law, transistor density has been doubling every generation resulting …
Interactions Of Vortices With Differing Creation Mechanisms In The Wake Of A Normal Flat Plate-Delta Flat Plate Couple: A Numerical Study., Cheruvateth Vivek Nair
Interactions Of Vortices With Differing Creation Mechanisms In The Wake Of A Normal Flat Plate-Delta Flat Plate Couple: A Numerical Study., Cheruvateth Vivek Nair
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive
ABSTRACT: Fluid flow is characterized by the presence of various coherent vortical structures such as vortex tubes, vortex streets, and eddies. When these vortical structures interact with each other or other distinct mechanisms in a fluid, they form a chaotic region of mixing where a large transfer of mass and energy is observed; This phenomenon is called a vortex interaction and is commonly observed in nature across large Reynolds number regimes. In engineering, vortex interactions are an important topic of research in areas such as mixing, flow induced vibrations, propulsion, aerodynamics, convection, heat island effects, hydrodynamics, and atmospheric Sciences, to …
Fixed Wing Aircraft Collision Avoidance Using Collision Cone Theory, Andrew T. Iii Beary
Fixed Wing Aircraft Collision Avoidance Using Collision Cone Theory, Andrew T. Iii Beary
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
This thesis develops the guidance and control components of an aircraft collision avoidance system, using a collision cone-based approach. These guidance and control laws are developed by considering the nonlinear relative kinematic equations of the aircraft that are on a collision course, as well as the nonlinear flight dynamics of the aircraft performing the collision avoidance maneuver. The longitudinal and lateral-directional axes of the aircraft are considered separately. The developed guidance and control laws are subsequently integrated with the nonlinear aircraft dynamics in a MATLAB/Simulink framework, and simulations performed to demonstrate the working of the overall system.
Study Of Electron Energy Filtering For Cold Electron Transport At Room Temperature, Pushkar Kiran Gothe
Study Of Electron Energy Filtering For Cold Electron Transport At Room Temperature, Pushkar Kiran Gothe
Material Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive
The Fermi-Dirac thermal excitation of electrons at room temperature has been a significant limitation to many technologically important phenomena such as single electron transport. The electron thermal excitation also degrades the performance of modern electronic devices as well as spintronic devices. The scaling of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) is hindered due to the thermal excitation of electrons at room temperature. Suppression of the thermally excited electrons at room temperature would therefore enable further scaling of the transistors, and in turn, improve the performance of electronic devices. This study demonstrates the suppression of electron thermal excitation at room temperature without using …
Hierarchical Microstructures To Overcome The Conflict Between Strength And Toughness Of Hard Coatings: Tin/Ni As A Model System, Ignacio Lopez Cabanas
Hierarchical Microstructures To Overcome The Conflict Between Strength And Toughness Of Hard Coatings: Tin/Ni As A Model System, Ignacio Lopez Cabanas
Material Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive
In the recent times, industry's production speed has been increasing and thus, the production of parts needs to adapt and so do the materials used to manufacture them. Hence, tools exposed to more extreme conditions using hard coatings need them to be more reliable. In this work an improvement of the toughness of TiN/Ni coatings is achieved through the combination of different microstructures at different levels. This first part consisted on finding the optimum TiN/Ni composition by using a high throughput methodology for a faster analysis and the second on the combination of that composition with a multilayer structure to …
Novel Nanoparticles To Stimulate Therapeutic Angiogenesis For The Treatment Of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, Tam Phung Nguyen
Novel Nanoparticles To Stimulate Therapeutic Angiogenesis For The Treatment Of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, Tam Phung Nguyen
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a severe impairment of arterial vessels resulting in obstruction of normal blood flow in the legs, leading to acute or chronic lower limb ischemia and subsequently high morbidity and mortality rates. Common treatments for PAD, such as medications and surgical revascularization, have several limitations. For instance, medications used to lower cholesterol, reduce high blood pressure, control blood sugar, prevent blood clots, and reduce/delay symptoms such as leg pains. Still, they cannot treat the established disease directly and often cause side-effects, including bleeding, headache, and diarrhea. Meanwhile, many elderly PAD patients cannot undergo surgical options. Therefore, …
Engineering Elastic And Functional Electrospun Nano-Fibers For Potential Heart Repair, Alan Mark Taylor
Engineering Elastic And Functional Electrospun Nano-Fibers For Potential Heart Repair, Alan Mark Taylor
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In the United States and around the world, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been one of the main causes of death since 1921, responsible for approximately 1 in 4 deaths domestically. Myocardial infarction (MI), or commonly called a heart attack, is a subset of CVD that often ends in heart failure (HF). Cardiac cells are incapable of regeneration, leading to severe impacts on quality of life. Current treatments for MI fail to target left ventricular remodeling and therefore do little to address the progression towards HF. Cardiac scaffolds for tissue engineering (TE) are a prominent solution in recent research. Developing various …
Advancing The Radiation Oncology Clinic With Motion Management And Automatic Treatment Planning, Damon Anton Sprouts
Advancing The Radiation Oncology Clinic With Motion Management And Automatic Treatment Planning, Damon Anton Sprouts
Bioengineering Dissertations - Archive
The leading cause of premature death (death under the age of 70) is cancer. The top five cancers for both male and female are: lung, colorectum, pancreas, breast cancer, and prostate. In 2020 there was an estimated 19.3 million new cases with an estimated 9.9 million deaths. The cancer burden is expected to grow to 28.4 million by the year 2040. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy are the three pillars in the modern clinic for cancer treatment. In radiotherapy, ionizing radiation particles can travel through the patient body, deposit energy along the way and damage the DNA Structure. There needs to …
Electrophysiological, Hemodynamic, And Metabolic Effects Of Transcranial Photobiomodulation (Tpbm) On Topographical And Physiological Connectivity In The Human Brain, Sadra Shahdadian
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Transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) targets the human brain with near-infrared (NIR) light and is shown to affect human cognitive performance and neural electrophysiological activity as well as concentration changes of oxidized cytochrome-c-oxidase ([CCO]) and hemoglobin oxygenation ([HbO]) in human brain. Brain topographical connectivity, which shows the communication between regions of the brain, and its alteration can be assessed to quantify the effects of external stimuli, diseases, and cognitive decline, in resting-state or task-based measurements. Furthermore, understanding the interactions between different physiological representations of neural activity, namely electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and metabolic signals in the human brain, has been an important topic among …
Multisorb: A Low-Cost Approach To Remove Multiple Metals And Organics From Leachate And Wastewater, Mithila Chakraborty
Multisorb: A Low-Cost Approach To Remove Multiple Metals And Organics From Leachate And Wastewater, Mithila Chakraborty
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
ABSTRACT: Landfill leachates are considered now as a reusable source of water. Even irrigation projects are now considering use of non-traditional water sources, including treated wastewater, to augment supplies. Treated wastewater or leachate, however, may still contain many inorganic and organic pollutants of emerging concern, because traditional wastewater treatment plants are unable to remove all of them. Adsorbents have been demonstrated to effectively remove heavy metals and recalcitrant organics from leachate/wastewater more effectively, at lower cost, and using less chemicals and energy than many competing techniques. A single adsorbent with one pre-treatment, however, is not effective for simultaneously removing different …
Design Of Crack Attenuating Mix Using Waste Plastic, Shruti Singh
Design Of Crack Attenuating Mix Using Waste Plastic, Shruti Singh
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
Plastic has many good properties such as inexpensiveness, light weightedness and durability, but it comes with one major catch i.e., its ‘indestructibility’. Plastic waste is now omnipresent and highlights that all plastic ever produced still exists in some shape or form either as macro, micro or nano plastics, making it one of the greatest challenges our planet is facing today. At the same time many existing pavements are experiencing structural and functional deficiencies due to rapid growth in traffic volume. This has led to an ever-increasing rise in construction and rehabilitation cost. So, an alternative has been explored through this …
Identifying The Optimal Combination Of Critical Roadside Slope Segments Susceptible To Rainfall-Induced Failures For Minimizing Vulnerability Of Highway Networks, Anil Baral
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
The stability of roadside slopes is vital for the smooth operation of the highway transportation system. The failure of slopes adjacent to the highway corridors adversely impacts the network users and network operators. The network users are subjected to delays through speed restrictions, stoppage, and diversions due to the blockage of a motorway. The network operators face the burden of implementation and finance of emergency slope repairs. Proactive rehabilitation of slopes helps to reduce roadside slope failures and minimize the disruption of transportation networks resulting from rainfall-induced slope failures. However, all the slope segments susceptible to rainfall-induced failures cannot be …
Experimental Study Of Flow Characteristics And Geometry Of Scour Hole Around Cylindrical Piers Subject To Wave And Current, Qazi Ashique E Mowla
Experimental Study Of Flow Characteristics And Geometry Of Scour Hole Around Cylindrical Piers Subject To Wave And Current, Qazi Ashique E Mowla
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
This thesis concerns the unique flow structure around bridge piers under the wave and current conditions. The flow characteristics around piers may change depending on the flow conditions and geometry of the pier. These flow structures imprint themselves on the streambed as scour holes. Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the changes that occur in the flow pattern and in the geometric pattern of scour holes around piers in waterbodies subject to waves and currents. Physical models of two piers with different diameters (19 mm and 50 mm) were built and installed in a sediment bed. A total of 19 …
Integrating Environmental Contamination Perceptions Of Artisanal And Small-Scale Mining Into Environmental Responses Across Spatial Scales, Michelle Schwartz
Integrating Environmental Contamination Perceptions Of Artisanal And Small-Scale Mining Into Environmental Responses Across Spatial Scales, Michelle Schwartz
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
ABSTRACT: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is of significant interest to the international research community, government officials, and non-governmental organizations due to its large environmental footprint and its presence in over 70 countries worldwide. Despite the health and environmental concerns associated with mercury use in ASGM and the increased awareness at the international level, attempts to address environmental contamination has faced resistance as they often fail to account for the real-world conditions at sites of concern. Additionally, national and international interventions have fallen short when addressing ASGM pollution, calling for a new engineering approach towards ASGM-related projects. The purpose …
Development Of Multi Criteria Decision-Making Model To Evaluate The Adoption Effectiveness Of Electronic Ticketing (E-Ticketing) In Highway Construction Projects, Karthik Subramanya
Development Of Multi Criteria Decision-Making Model To Evaluate The Adoption Effectiveness Of Electronic Ticketing (E-Ticketing) In Highway Construction Projects, Karthik Subramanya
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
Highway and bridge construction projects are subject to cost and schedule overruns, as well as workforce shortages in remote locations, both of which can result in disputes over the quality of the end product. State departments of transportation (DOTs) are constructing and managing more highway projects than ever before despite limited funds and a shortage of inspectors. The construction of highway infrastructure has devoted significant resources towards e-Construction to reduce the paperwork and automate the tasks in daily operations. Electronic Ticketing (e-Ticketing) is one such component of e-Construction that aids in the digital transfer of material tickets such as asphalt …
Experimental Study Of Flow Characteristics And Geometry Of Scour Hole Around Cylindrical Piers Subject To Wave And Current, Qazi Ashique E Mowla
Experimental Study Of Flow Characteristics And Geometry Of Scour Hole Around Cylindrical Piers Subject To Wave And Current, Qazi Ashique E Mowla
Civil Engineering Theses - Archive
This thesis concerns the unique flow structure around bridge piers under the wave and current conditions. The flow characteristics around piers may change depending on the flow conditions and geometry of the pier. These flow structures imprint themselves on the streambed as scour holes. Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the changes that occur in the flow pattern and in the geometric pattern of scour holes around piers in waterbodies subject to waves and currents. Physical models of two piers with different diameters (19 mm and 50 mm) were built and installed in a sediment bed. A total of 19 …
Reactive Motion Planning Of Autonomous Vehicles In 3-Dimensional Environments Using Collision And Rendezvous Cones, Kashish Dhal
Reactive Motion Planning Of Autonomous Vehicles In 3-Dimensional Environments Using Collision And Rendezvous Cones, Kashish Dhal
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive
This dissertation presents a collision cone/rendezvous cone-based approach for reactive motion planning in three-dimensional dynamic environments. Collision avoidance is fundamental to robot motion planning. In dynamic environments, the path and velocities of obstacles are not known a-priori, and hence it is a common practice to use reactive planners. Reactive planners should be computationally inexpensive because they need to act fast to avoid potential collisions. To reduce the computational load, a majority of motion planning algorithms model the shapes of the robots and obstacles as a circle/sphere. However, when the objects are elongated more in one direction than another, the spherical …
Developing A Lagrangian Sediment Transport Model For Natural Streams, Saman Baharvand
Developing A Lagrangian Sediment Transport Model For Natural Streams, Saman Baharvand
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
Sediment transport in natural streams is a complex process that can significantly affect the stream’s water quality, ecosystem, and morphology. Suspended sediment concentrations can adversely affect the health of the ecosystem and aquatic species, and the deposited sediment particles can change the morphology and have irreparable environmental impacts. Several numerical models that can be used to manage and mitigate the adverse effects of sediment released into rivers by natural or anthropogenic activities have been developed to estimate the sediment and pollutant transport in waterbodies. However, the goal of the research for this thesis was to develop a Lagrangian stochastic sediment …
Towards On-Chip Integrated Sensors: Photonic Crystal Optical Sensors And Lasers, Zhonghe Liu
Towards On-Chip Integrated Sensors: Photonic Crystal Optical Sensors And Lasers, Zhonghe Liu
Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive
Supervising Professor: Weidong Zhou The field of compact integrated optical platform has developed into a new era in the past two decades. On one hand, the semiconductor optoelectronic devices are becoming smaller and cheaper thanks to the development of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication technologies; on the other hand, the applications of optoelectronics have been deeply coupled to other fields to realize more complicated implementations. Photonic crystal slab (PCS) structure has been playing an increasingly important role in these optical devices, active or passive, by enabling a variety of light-matter interaction mechanisms. The objective of this dissertation is to investigate …
Lasso Based State Transition Modeling With Interactions In Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management, Amith Viswanatha
Lasso Based State Transition Modeling With Interactions In Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management, Amith Viswanatha
Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive
The Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has an interdisciplinary pain management program for chronic pain. This program treats patients with a holistic view of reducing chronic pain and improving their physical, mental, and social well-being through treatment interventions. The development of an adaptive treatment decision tool is main goal of the research project. This program is modeled as a two-stage adaptive treatment decision problem, with state transition models representing the transition of patient state, treatment, and outcome variables from stage 1 to stage 2. Interactions between the patient state and treatments …
Sustainable And Inclusive Engineering: The Use Of Mentors And Sustainable Remediation To Increase The Presence Of Underrepresented Groups In Engineering, Nathaniel L. Steadman
Sustainable And Inclusive Engineering: The Use Of Mentors And Sustainable Remediation To Increase The Presence Of Underrepresented Groups In Engineering, Nathaniel L. Steadman
Civil Engineering Theses - Archive
The recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups in engineering, such as women, has been a priority for many decades to diversify the profession to meet the current demand for engineers. Unfortunately, barriers continue to inhibit the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in engineering, thus reducing the impact of these efforts. A potential barrier is a lack of social connection to the technical problem definition, design, and decision-making that engineers utilize, prioritizing technical knowledge over social. Previous research has theorized that the incorporation of social considerations in technical engineering design increases interest in engineering for underrepresented groups. The purpose of …
An Experimental Investigation Of Icephobicity And Hydrophobicity Of Concrete Surface Treated With Pavix, Hussein Hashemi Senejani
An Experimental Investigation Of Icephobicity And Hydrophobicity Of Concrete Surface Treated With Pavix, Hussein Hashemi Senejani
Civil Engineering Theses - Archive
High ice adhesion is a significant problem in several industries. The majority of practical issues brought on by ice adhesion are still not fully resolved, and the ice-adhesion mechanism is still poorly understood. Ice adhesion is a complex phenomenon that becomes more intricate when salt is involved, as in many marine cases. Reducing ice adhesion by generating hydrophobic surfaces might be advantageous in many applications as a passive ice removal strategy. Lowering adhesion may reduce friction, abrasion, and damage to structures in a maritime environment, as well as any surface prone to ice development. This process may also be utilized …
Replication Data For: A Closer Look At Underground Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Across The United States, Younki Cho, Kathleen M. Smits, Nathaniel L. Steadman, Bridget A. Ulrich, Clay S. Bell, Daniel J. Zimmerle
Replication Data For: A Closer Look At Underground Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Across The United States, Younki Cho, Kathleen M. Smits, Nathaniel L. Steadman, Bridget A. Ulrich, Clay S. Bell, Daniel J. Zimmerle
Earth & Environmental Sciences Datasets - Archive
Underground natural gas (NG) pipeline leakage can result in methane (CH4) buildup and migration through the soil. What is not well understood in such scenarios is how the soil conditions affect the gas migration behavior, particularly in regard to the relative contributions of specific soil properties such as soil moisture content. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of soil properties on CH4 concentration and migration from leaking underground NG pipelines. Site characteristics such as surface cover and spatial dimensions, soil samples, and gas concentration data were collected from over 70 gas leakage sites …
A Hybrid Systems Model For Emergency Department Boarding Management, Eniola Oluwasola Suley
A Hybrid Systems Model For Emergency Department Boarding Management, Eniola Oluwasola Suley
Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive
The purpose of this research is to examine methods for minimizing the influence of boarding on emergency department (ED) crowding outcomes. To accomplish this purpose, this research uses a hybrid systems model framework by combining agent-based simulation, predictive and optimization models to improve ED outcomes such as length-of-stay and left-without-being-seen rates. For the research, different types of simulation models were examined (discrete event and agent-based/discrete event combination) to identify the most parsimonious for studying ED boarding. Predictive models using simulation output were developed to understand the factors that influence future boarding levels as well as generate predictions. Research has previously …
System Identification Of Linear And Non-Linear Dynamical Systems Using Semi-Definite Programming Via Penalized Parabolic Relaxation Method, Adnan Nasir
Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive
This document is prepared to highlight the difference between two very important fields in the realm of Convex Optimization, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and many such sprouting advance fields currently impacting the whole world. The main aim of the recent SDP algorithms is to relax the NP-Hard Convex optimization problems and transform them into amenable jobs without strong theoretical guarantees, but these algorithms tends to approximate the practical in demand applications in many of the aforementioned fields. Moreover, The lack of theoretical guarantee makes the SDP relaxation in-exact and unoptimizable in finite duration. The actual world applications most of the …
Replication Data For: Investigating Detection Probability Of Mobile Survey Solutions For Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Under Different Atmospheric Conditions, Shanru Tian, Stuart Riddick, Younki Cho, Clay Bell, Daniel Zimmerle, Kathleen Smits
Replication Data For: Investigating Detection Probability Of Mobile Survey Solutions For Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Under Different Atmospheric Conditions, Shanru Tian, Stuart Riddick, Younki Cho, Clay Bell, Daniel Zimmerle, Kathleen Smits
Earth & Environmental Sciences Datasets - Archive
The 2015 Paris agreement aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions and keep global temperature rise below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels. Reducing CH4 emissions from leaking pipelines presents a relatively achievable objective. While walking and driving surveys are commonly used to detect leaks, the detection probability (DP) is poorly characterized. This study aims to investigate how leak rates, survey distance and speed, and atmospheric conditions affect the DP in controlled belowground conditions with release rates of 0.5–8.5 g min−1. Results show that DP is highly influenced by survey speed, atmospheric stability, and wind speed. The average DP in Pasquill–Gifford stability …
Thermal Properties Of Water Repellent Sands: Experimental And Theoretical Evaluation, Gang Lei
Thermal Properties Of Water Repellent Sands: Experimental And Theoretical Evaluation, Gang Lei
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
ABSTRACT: Unsaturated hydrophobic soils, induced by the decomposition of plant roots or chemical or oil contamination et al., may have potentially negative effects on soil thermal behaviors and further influence the performance of shallowly buried energy systems, including ground heat exchangers, borehole energy geo-storage systems, and buried power cable systems, etc. This research focused on the fundamental understanding of soil thermal behaviors in relation to surface wettability. Surface wettability alteration was conducted in the laboratory by applying dimethyldichlorosilane (DMDCS) on dry sands, which generated a thin hydrophobic layer on the sand particle surface. Several surface characterizations using scanning electron microscopy …
A Sustainable And Equitable Transportation System Design Under Connected Vehicle And Big Data Driven Environment, Farzana Rahman Chowdhury
A Sustainable And Equitable Transportation System Design Under Connected Vehicle And Big Data Driven Environment, Farzana Rahman Chowdhury
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
As the population increases day by day, several cities are having trouble dealing with the increasing demand for a sustainable and equitable transportation system. At the same time, application of newer technology is also increasing . By definition, a sustainable transportation system indicates a method that includes the needs of each individual road user and mode of transportation. A sustainable transportation system also supports the compatibility of the system with the change in demand, regional development, and available resources. In a sustainable and equitable transportation system, integrating the virtual world and the physical world is crucial since it makes the …
Model Development For User Behavior While Adopting Autonomous Vehicles As Their On-Demand Transportation Mode, Ronik Ketankumar Patel
Model Development For User Behavior While Adopting Autonomous Vehicles As Their On-Demand Transportation Mode, Ronik Ketankumar Patel
Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive
Shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) are a new technology that allows passengers to skip hailing a cab using a smartphone app to summon an autonomous shuttle that does not require a human operator. SAVs are anticipated to improve the efficiency, mobility, safety, and affordability of transportation systems. However, consumers will determine the success of SAV technology. Researchers have studied the associations between individuals' attitudes, preferences, and adoption of self-driving services focusing mainly on potential riders with no actual ridership experience. However, the literature lacks empirical assessments of riders' adoption and acceptance of SAVs. Therefore, this study aims to develop two models …
Data Fusion For Non-Motorized Volume Estimation: A Machine Learning Approach, Md. Mintu Miah
Data Fusion For Non-Motorized Volume Estimation: A Machine Learning Approach, Md. Mintu Miah
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ABSTRACT: Despite increased awareness at the state and federal levels of the design and policy concerns associated with nonmotorized infrastructure, communities typically develop strategies to estimate network-wide nonmotorized traffic. However, past research fails to provide the same level of estimation sophistication as motor vehicles due to a lack of investment, which limits increased understanding and capability among communities in network-wide nonmotorized traffic volume estimation. Although previous studies introduce machine learning, Neural Networks, and feature engineering to motorized traffic volume estimation, nonmotorized traffic estimation experiences limited attempts to use these advanced techniques. This dissertation addresses this deficiency in bicycle volume estimation …