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Author:

Cheng, Chen-Yang

Title:

COMPLEXITY AND USABILITY MODELS FOR BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

complexity analysis
business process analysis
usability study

File:

Download cuc174.pdf

Committee Members:

Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Allen Wysk, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Meg Leavy Small, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Cheol

Title:

ERGONOMIC DESIGN AND EVALUATION USING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH: APPLICATION TO HAND TOOLS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Hand tools
Ergonomic evaluation
Ergonomic design
QFD
Screwdriver

File:

Download Thesis_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Joel B Haight, Committee Member

Author:

Bhandarkar, Damodar

Title:

TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED EVALUATION OF COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

simulation.
human computer interaction
human factors

File:

Download dnbThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar T Kumara, Committee Member
Richard Donovan Koubek, Committee Member
Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Member

Author:

Shin, Dongmin

Title:

A Formal Model for Analysis and Control for Human-involved Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Formal Model
Control
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems
Material Handling

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Allen Wysk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Ali R Hurson, Committee Member

Author:

Cavdur, Fatih

Title:

Network Mining: Applications to Business Data

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

networks
network mining
asset graphs
business networks
financial systems
stock markets

File:

Download phd_thesis_fc.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member

Author:

Thiruvengada Ramanujam, Hari H S

Title:

DEVELOPING A FORMALISM FOR GIBSON’S AFFORDANCES USING COLORED PETRI NETS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Human Behavior Modeling
Performance Evaluation
Driver Behavior
CPN
Colored Petri Net
Affordance
Simulation

File:

Download HariThiruvengagaRamanujam.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gwendolyn E Campbell, Committee Member
Richard Allen Wysk, Committee Member
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Jianrui

Title:

PiDES: A FORMALISM FOR COMPLEX ADAPTIVE DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

formalism
high level architecture
discrete event simulation
stochastic pi-calculus

File:

Download JianruiWangPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Allen Wysk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Allen Wysk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member
Akhil Kumar, Committee Member
Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Yin, Jing

Title:

A Rule-based Lens Model

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Lens Model
Decision Making
Judgment Analysis
Genetic Algorithm

File:

Download Thesis_JingYin.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Member
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Paik, Jaehyon

Title:

A NOVEL TRAINING PARADIGM FOR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUISITION: HYBRID SCHEDULES LEAD TO BETTER LEARNING FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL TASKS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Cognitive Modeling
Effective Training Schedules

File:

Download JaehyonPaik_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Sprehn, Kelly Austin

Title:

Formalizing a Methodology for Human Factors Requirements Analysis in Military Settings

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Automation
Task Analysis
Requirements Analysis
Human Factors
Information Visualization

File:

Download Sprehn_MSThesis_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ransikarbum, Kasin

Title:

A procedural validation for Affordance-based Finite State Automata (FSA) in Human-involved Complex Systems.

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Affordance
Finite State Automata
Human-involved Complex Systems
Validation

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Kasin_Ransikarbum.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Allen Wysk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Allen Wysk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Donovan Koubek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yip, Kelly

Title:

Mining Human Interaction Data

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

data mining
multivariate time series
categorical data
association rule
sequential pattern
interactive data
approximated pattern

File:

Download KellyY_FinalSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

David Arthur Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Michael J Rovine, Committee Member

Author:

Colosi, Lindsey Diane

Title:

Predictions of Fleet Readiness Using Daily Optimization

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

maintenance optimization
fleet readiness

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Colosi_May2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Richard Barton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Liya

Title:

Augmented Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation (ASPSA) for Discrete Supply Chain Inventory Optimization Problems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Simulation based optimization
supply chain optimization

File:

Download Liya_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Member
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Hong Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Jung, Myung-Chul

Title:

Ergonomic Assessment of a Wheeled Luggage Pulling Task

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Luggage Pulling Task
Luggage Design Criteria
Kinematics
Biomechanics
Work Physiology
Subjective Ratings

File:

Download eTD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joel B Haight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
M Susan Hallbeck, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Ming-I

Title:

The Development of a Physiological Based Sampling Pump for Exposure Assessment

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

artificial neural network
sampling pump
ergonomic
ventilation
exposure assessment

File:

Download Dissertation_ML_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Frievlads, William A Groves, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Arthur Groves, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Nam Hun

Title:

THE FORMALISM OF AFFORDANCE IN HUMAN-MACHINE COOPERATIVE SYSTEMS USING FINITE STATE AUTOMATA (FSA)

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

affordance
finite state automata
human-machine systems
formalism

File:

Download final_draft_print.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Allen Wysk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Drs Richard A Wysk And Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member
David J Hall, Committee Member
Dongmin Shin, Committee Member

Author:

Oyewole, Samuel Adekunle

Title:

The Implementation of Statistical and Forecasting Techniques in the Assessment of Safety Intervention Effectiveness and Optimization of Resource Allocation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

incident rate forecasting
safety factors
intervention effectiveness
resource allocation
incident rates
safety intervention

File:

Download Samuel_Oyewole_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joel B Haight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David J Cannon, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Shuohui

Title:

THE CUSCORE AND HIGH-DIMENSIONAL CONTROL CHARTS FOR STATISTICAL MONITORING OF AUTOCORRELATED PROCESS DATA

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

adaptive Neyman test
profile monitoring
autocorrelation
multivariate process control
generalized minimum variance control
time series models
statistical process control (SPC)
fault signature
engineering process control (EPC)
Cuscore
high-dimensional (HD) control chart
Fourier transform

File:

Download Shuohui_Chen_2006_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul H Cohen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze (Richard) Li, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Sungsoon

Title:

Towards Interdisciplinary Perspective of Electronic Negotiation Support Systems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Negotiation Analysis
Negotiation
Negotiation Support Systems
NSS

File:

Download SungsoonPark_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary E Bolton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member

Author:

Oh, Seog-Chan

Title:

Effective Web-service Composition in Diverse and Large-scale Service Networks

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

web-service composition
AI planning
complex network
benchmark

File:

Download oh-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Tom Michael Cavalier, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Shihyun

Title:

BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF HAND GRIP MOTION FOR OPTIMAL HANDLE DESIGN USING A CADAVER MODEL

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Hand tool design
Flexor tendon force
Grip force
Hand Biomechanics

File:

Download PARK_PhD_Diss_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David J Cannon, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Neil Sharkey, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Sungsu

Title:

Essays on Workforce Scheduling and Cross-Training Decisions with Heterogeneous Learning and Forgetting

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Workforce Scheduling
Cross Training
Workforce Flexibility
Learning and Forgetting
Productivity
Staffing Level
Rule Mining
Robust Optimization

File:

Download Dissertation-Sungsu_Kim.pdf

Committee Members:

David Arthur Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Min-Jung

Title:

Statistical Quality Methods to Monitor and Transform Healthcare Data

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Heatlh Monitoring
Statistical Quality Methods

File:

Download Min-Jung_Kim_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Harriet Black Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Rhonda Belue, Committee Member
Li Wang, Special Member

Author:

Li, Shuo

Title:

Risk Awareness Evaluation in Refinery Stations: a Pilot Study

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Risk Perception
Risk Analysis
Visualization Tool
LOPA

File:

Download Shuo_Lis_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jia, Lu

Title:

the effect of redundant text in mobile application instructions

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Cognitive load
mobile application
multi-media learning

File:

Download Thesis_Lu_Jia.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lichter, Shaun Matthew

Title:

A Game Theoretic Approach to Network Formation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Network Formation
Network Game
Game Theory
Network Science
Optimization
Graph Generation

File:

Download ShaunLichter-Dissertation-final_2013_05_29.PDF

Committee Members:

Terry Lee Friesz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul Griffin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tao Yao, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Christopher H Griffin, Special Member

Author:

Kim, Jung Hyup

Title:

developing a metacognitive training framework in complex dynamic systems using a self-regulated fuzzy index

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

metacognition
human-in-the-loop simulation

File:

Download Jung_Hyup_Kim__PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Member
Dr Michael Mc Neese, Committee Member
Dr Anand Tharanathan, Special Member

Author:

Tapscott, Sarah Courtney

Title:

A Visualization Development Process for a Military Setting

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Information Visualization
Information Processing
Human Factors
Knowledge Elicitation

File:

Download STapscott_Final_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liang, Zhiwen

Title:

The Effectiveness of Infographics Layout in Information Searching and Scanning: An Eye Tracking Study

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Infographics
eye tracking
linear layout
radial layout
information searching
information scanning

File:

Download Zhiwen_Liang-Thesis_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Macht, Gretchen A

Title:

Modeling Psychometrics for Team Performance: Personality & Emotional Intelligence

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Team Performance
Psychometrics
Personality
Emotional Intelligence
Performance Modeling

File:

Download gamacht_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Arthur Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Michael Leicht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gul Kremer, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Joonho

Title:

Biomechanical Analysis of the Index Finger Motion for Optimal Trigger Design Using Cadaver Experiments.

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Cadaver study
Trigger grip design
Triggering force
Trigger grip span
Handle grip span
and FDP to FDS tendon force ratio

File:

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Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neil Sharkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Sharkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David J Cannon, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Hyun Min Mike Kim, Special Member

Author:

Yang, Hui

Title:

User Centered Design of Visual Analytics and its Applications in Healthcare

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

User Centered Design
Visual Analytics
Information Visualization
Healthcare Informatics

File:

Download Dissertation-Hui_Yang.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Kumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
Ravi Singareddy, Special Member

Author:

Munoz Soto, David Andres

Title:

Quality Improvement to Assess and Audit Complexity in Translational Research

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

quality improvement
translational research
analytic hierarchy process
goal programming
social network analysis

File:

Download Dissertation_vSubmitted_GradSchool_Final_v7.11.2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Harriet Black Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member
Deirdre Mccaughey, Committee Member

Author:

Woodruff, Matthew John

Title:

Many Objective Visual Analytics: Decision Aiding Tools for Conceptual Design

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Decision Aiding
Many Objective
Conceptual Design

File:

Download dissertation_woodruff_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Yan

Title:

pattern discovery: a progressive visual analytic system design to support categorical data analysis

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

visual analytics; progressive visualization; pattern discovery;

File:

Download YanLiu_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaolong Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Noah, Benjamin

Title:

Modeling Mental Workload with Eye Tracking Using Latent Profile Analysis

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Mental Workload
Eye Tracking
Process Control
Supervisory control
Cognitive workload

File:

Download Noah_Dissertation_v1.4.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Outside Member

Author:

Yu, Yifeng

Title:

RISK-ADJUSTED MONITORING, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, AND META-ANALYSIS FOR DATA-DRIVEN HEALTHCARE FOR TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

total hip arthroplasty
risk-adjusted monitoring
meta-analysis
machine learning
statistical process control
cost-effectiveness
Markov simulation model

File:

Download Dissertation_Yifeng_Yu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Harriet Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Conrad Tucker, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Naleef Fareed, Outside Member
Andrea Yevchak-Sillner, Special Member

Author:

Sung, Kiseok

Title:

MODELING ONE-HANDED THUMB TOUCH PERFORMANCE FOR MOBILE DEVICES: Extending Fitts’ Law by Incorporating Grip Span and Hand Anthropometry

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Human Performance Modeling
Fitts' Law
User Experience
Human Computer Interaction
Human Factors

File:

Download Kiseok_Sung_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member
Frank Edward Ritter, Outside Member

Author:

Cho, Jae Hyun

Title:

The Biomechanical, Physiological, and Cognitive Effects of Active Workstations and Utilizing Anthropometric Data to Improve the Usability

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Anthropometry
Biomechanics
Physiology
Active Workstations
Sedentary Behavior
Office-Related Task Performance

File:

Download JayCho-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
David Nembhard, Committee Member
Melissa Jean Bopp, Outside Member
Liza S Rovniak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Wang, Jing

Title:

SIMULATION ABOUT RESILIENCE OF THE TEAM IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

team resilience
efficiency of teams
emergency department
perturbation

File:

Download Jing_Wang_thesis_21.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yiqi Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Lim, Sunghoon

Title:

EVENT DETECTION AND PREDICTION USING ONLINE USER GENERATED DATA

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Text Mining
Social Media Analytics
Online Data Analytics
Event Detection
Event Prediction

File:

Download Dissertation_SunghoonLim_IEPHD.pdf

Committee Members:

Conrad S Tucker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Eunsik

Title:

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GAMIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERING LAB ACTIVITIES BASED ON USER CENTERED DESIGN

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

gamification
engineering education
self-determination theory
structural equation modeling

File:

Download Dissertation_Draft_Eunsik_Kim_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Conrad Tucker, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Outside Member
Ling Rothrock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Jingwen

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF VISUAL CUE USAGE IN A MULTIPLE-POINT TIME-TO-CONTACT TASK

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Time-to-contact
Search Strategy
Visual cue usage
Scanpath
Machine Learning

File:

Download Jingwen_Li_-Dissertation_V2.2.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Outside Member

Author:

Thirumurugan, Pragadeesh Selvam

Title:

SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF TEAM COMMUNICATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN INTERACTIONS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Social Network Analysis
Network Analysis
Network Theory
Supply Chain Interactions
Team Communication
Team Work
Team Communication in Manufacturing Industry
Organizational Behavior
Supply Chain Communication
SNA

File:

Download Pragadeesh_Selvam_Thirumurugan_SNA.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lopez Bencosme, Christian Enmanuel

Title:

PERSONALIZED ADAPTIVE GAMIFICATION SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND MOTIVATION

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Gamification
Machine Learning
Player type
Perzonalization

File:

Download Dissertation_IME_PhD_ChristianLopez.pdf

Committee Members:

Conrad S. Tucker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Freivalds Andris, Committee Member
Conrad S. Tucker, Committee Member
Thomas A. Litzinger, Outside Member

Author:

Zheng, Xuan

Title:

Towards A Theoretical Understanding of Creative Concept Screening in Engineering Design Industry

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Concept Screening
Risk-Taking
Ownership Bias
Engineering Design Industry
Creativity
Creative Climate

File:

Download Xuan_Zheng_Dissertation_0712_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Scarlett Rae Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scarlett Rae Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janis P Terpenny, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Kathryn Jablokow, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Ning

Title:

DATA-DRIVEN MODELING AND INTERPRETABLE MACHINE LEARNING WITH APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Data-Driven Modeling
Interpretable Machine Learning
Healthcare Analytics
Drug-Drug Interactions
Patient Satisfaction

File:

Download NingLiu-Dissertation-FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Kumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guodong Pang, Committee Member
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Terry Harrison, Outside Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Hong En

Title:

Towards Optimized Feedback and Performance Metrics for Simulation-Based Needle Insertion Training

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

surgical training
eye-tracking
needle insertion
simulation-based training
haptic feedback
skill acquisition

File:

Download Hong-En_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scarlett Rae Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scarlett Rae Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Carson Mccomb, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Outside Member
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member
David C Han, Special Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Cheng Bang

Title:

RECURRENCE ANALYSIS OF HIGH-DIMENSIONAL COMPLEX SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE AND MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Recurrence Analysis
Nonlinear Dynamics
Pattern-Frequency Tree
Network Science
Space-Filling Curve
Complex system
Healthcare
Manufacturing

File:

Download phd_thesis_chengbang_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Saurabh Basu, Committee Member
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Outside Member
Hui Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hui Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khan, Haris Ali

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICRO FRICTION STIR BLIND RIVETING FOR MULTILAYER THIN DISSIMILAR MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

multilayer thin sheets joining
mechanical behavior
microstructure characterization
process-structure-property linkage
online quality monitoring
grain boundary engineering

File:

Download Dissertation_draft_Haris_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jingjing Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jingjing Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Saurabh Basu, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Jing Du, Outside Member
Scott Miller, Special Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Haizhou

Title:

Explore the Potential of Reinforcement Learning: Dosing Control and Sketch Generation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Reinfocement Learning
Heparin Dosing Control
Sketch Generation
Data-Driven Method
Q-Learning
Continuous Action Space
Attribute Selection

File:

Download Wang_Thesis_Final_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Hui Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair
Hui Zhao, Committee Member
Peng Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Wei, Yupeng

Title:

Data Fusion for Quality Monitoring and Degradation Modeling of Complex Systems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

data fusion
additive manufacturing
degradation modeling
fault detection
deep learning

File:

Download Dissertation_Yupeng_Wei.pdf

Committee Members:

Janis Terpenny, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janis Terpenny, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hui Yang, Committee Member
Saurabh Basu, Committee Member
Conrad Tucker, Outside Member
Dazhong Wu, Special Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shi, Xiaochen

Title:

Correlation between NASA-TLX, Task Performance and Physiological Measurements in MATB-II

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Mental Workload
NASA-TLX
Physiological measurements
Task Performance

File:

Download Xiaochen_Shi_Thesis_v4.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Yiqi Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Xie, Jingyi

Title:

Using Metamodeling to Approximate Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curves of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Metamodeling
Cost-effectiveness Acceptability Curve
Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis
Cost-effectiveness Analysis

File:

Download Jingyi_Xie_thesis_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiushi Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ethan Xingyuan Fang, Committee Member
John M. Carroll, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kore, Rugved

Title:

Development and Evaluation of Anti-Vibration Toolkit for a Pneumatic Blueberry Handheld Harvester

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Ergonomics
Vibration
Reduction
Human Factors
Evaluation
dosimeter
AV
AV handle
AV gloves
Agriculture
Blueberry Harvester
Hand-arm
HAVS
Hand arm vibration syndrome

File:

Download RK_thesis_03_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Sabbineni, Navya

Title:

Understanding Employee Attrition Using Explainable AI

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Explainable AI

File:

Download Navya_Thesis_FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair
Hui Yang, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Chao

Title:

Eye-Tracking and Situation Awareness Predicting the Malfunctions in Dynamic Control Tasks with a Mathematical Model for Different Age Groups and Interactive Devices

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Eye-tracking
Mathematical Modeling
Human Factors

File:

Download Shi_dissertation__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yazdandoost Hamedani, Erfan

Title:

Primal-Dual Methods for Saddle-Point Problems with Applications to Decentralized Constrained Convex Optimization

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

saddle-point problem
primal-dual algorithm
decentralized optimization
convex optimization
time-varying network

File:

Download Dissertation_Manuscript_Erfan.pdf

Committee Members:

Necdet S Aybat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jalilzadeh, Afrooz

Title:

Variance-reduced First-Order Methods for Convex Stochastic Optimization and Monotone Stochastic Variational Inequality Problems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Stochastic Optimization
Convex Optimization
Stochastic Approximation
Nonsmooth Optimization
Stochastic Variational Inequality

File:

Download Afrooz_Jalilzadeh_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vinayak V Shanbhag, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Member
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Outside Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Cong

Title:

Understanding the Effects of Automated Vehicles on Commuter’s Acceptance of Commute Time

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Automated Vehicles
Commute Time

File:

Download Cong_Zhang_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yiqi Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shin, Hyunjong

Title:

ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL MODELS FOR PROCESS TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS SMARTER MAINTENANCE

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Smart Maintenance
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
System Interaction
Business Process
Business Process Transformation
Human Centered System

File:

Download HJSHIN_Dissertation_04132021.pdf

Committee Members:

Vittaldas V Prabhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Paul Marshal Griffin, Committee Member
Suvrat Saurabh Dhanorkar, Outside Member
Felisa Preciado Higgins, Special Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shu, Xianhao

Title:

Using Eye Tracking Metrics To Estimate Mental Workload : A Pilot Study Based on MATB-II Tasks

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

mental workload
pupil
fixation
saccade
MATB-II

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yiqi Zhang, Committee Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bauer, Denise Helen

Title:

A Recommendation for the Backpack Load Limit of Middle School Students Based on Physiological and Psychophysical Measurements

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

children and backpacks
backpack load limits

File:

Download DeniseHelenBauer.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leah C Newman, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Richard J. Koubek, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

Author:

Garza, Angela

Title:

INTEGRATING OPTIMIZATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - AGENT BASED MODELING FOR OPTIMAL WORKFORCE PLANNING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

agent-based modeling
workforce planning
system dynamics
multi-objective mathematical programming
artificial intelligence
optimization

File:

Download Garza_Final_Dissertation_20191205.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jay Dean Martin, Special Member
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Akhil Kumar, Outside Member
Daniel A. Finke, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair