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Author:

Bhattacharjee, Debapriya

Title:

Periodic Cross-Flow Trajectory Optimization for an Experimentally-Parameterized Model of a Tethered Energy Harvester

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

periodic optimal control
airborne wind energy systems
buoyant air turbine
optimization

File:

Download Debapriya_Bhattacharjee_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Hosam Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lee, Eunwoo

Title:

Approximaion of MAX-2-local Hamiltonian

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

Quantum
quantum algorithm
optimization
mean field
quantum computing
approximation
SDP

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Hallgren, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Hallgren, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Antonio Blanca Pimentel, Committee Member
Martin Furer, Committee Member
Kirsten Eisentraeger, Outside Member
Thomas F La Porta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Broyles, Jonathan

Title:

Structural-Acoustic Optimization of Shaped Concrete Floors in Buildings

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

architectural engineering
structural engineering
building acoustics
optimization
design space exploration
shaped concrete slabs

File:

Download Broyles_-_Structural-Acoustic_Optimization_of_Shaped_Concrete_Floors_in_Buildings.pdf

Committee Members:

Nathan Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Micah R Shepherd, Committee Member
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Member
Ryan Levi Solnosky, Committee Member
Gregory Scott Pavlak, Committee Member
Sez Atamturktur, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ng, Matthew

Title:

Optimization of Central Pattern Generator Parameters in a Simulated Undulatory Fish Robot

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

central pattern generation
reinforcement learning
physical simulator
optimization

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sarkar, Debolina

Title:

Integrated Modeling of Phototrophic Metabolism Leveraging Multi-Omics Datasets

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

flux balance analysis
metabolic engineering
SNPs
poplar
arabidopsis
cyanobacteria
constraints based analysis
optimization

File:

Download Debolina_Sarkar_thesis_040522.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Phillip Savage, Major Field Member
Costas Maranas, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sally Mackenzie, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Decerio, Dalton

Title:

Benefits of Parallel Hybrid Electric Propulsion for Aircraft and Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

hybrid
electric
aircraft
rotorcraft
conceptual design
optimization
propulsion

File:

Download Decerio_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
David K Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Cormick, Cameron

Title:

Optimization of Acoustic Black Holes for Vibration Reduction

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (PHD)

Keywords:

acoustics
optimization
vibration
acoustic black hole

File:

Download CAMcCormick_Dissertation-20211017.pdf

Committee Members:

Julianna Simon, Major Field Member
Micah Shepherd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Frecker, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Conlon, Major Field Member
Victor Sparrow, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cummings, Christine

Title:

Using a Gaussian based model to upcycle seaweed waste into bioplastics with tunable mechanical and material properties

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

bioplastic
gaussian process
regression
optimization
seaweed
mechanical property
water absorption
elastic modulus

File:

Download Bioplastics_Thesis_-_Christine_Cummings.pdf

Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Vargas Venegas, Carlos

Title:

Physics-Infused Reduced-Order Modeling of Aerothermal Loads for Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

hypersonic
fluid-thermal-structural
aerothermoelasticity
data-driven
physics-driven
physics-based
reduced-order modeling
machine learning
field inversion
aerothermal
turbulent viscous-inviscid interactions
neural ordinary differential equations
direct collocation
optimization
kriging
proper-orthogonal decomposition
latin hypercube sampling
thermoelastic
hypersonic vehicle
RANS
skin-panel
two-dimensional
gaussian process regression
computational fluid dynamics
supported panel
augmentation
augmented
model augmentation
surrogate
POD-kriging
POD
algebraic
differential
algebraic augmentation
differential augmentation
NODE
PIROM
analysis

File:

Download ms-thesis-corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Daning Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

Author:

Hossain, Ayaan

Title:

Advanced algorithms for the design and analysis of synthetic genetic parts

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

automated
design
synthetic
genetic
parts
combinatorial
optimization
machine
learning
algorithm
promoter
mRNA
transcription
translation
decay
repression
CRISPR
repeats
interference
graph
theory
path
finding
nonrepetitive
repetitive
gene
synthesis
assembly
oligopool
discovery
barcodes
primers
counting
NGS
reads
classifier
classification
regressor
regression
random
forest
LASSO
ridge
homologous
recombination
instability
tuning
efficiency
plasmids
genome
engineering
degenerate
IUPAC
vertex
cover
independent
set
initiation

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Committee Members:

Paul Babitzke, Outside Unit Member
Howard Salis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Costas Maranas, Major Field Member
Reka Albert, Outside Field Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair