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Author:

Erol, Anil

Title:

Studies of Dipole-Driven Active Materials: Multifield Processing Simulations, Microstructure-Based Constitutive Modeling, and Macroscopic Active Composite Optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Electro-active polymers
magneto-active elastomers
nonlinear elasticity
smart materials
optimization
modeling
mechanics of materials

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Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member

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

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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:

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:

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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:

Mc Cormick, Cameron

Title:

Optimization of Acoustic Black Holes for Vibration Reduction

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (PHD)

Keywords:

acoustics
optimization
vibration
acoustic black hole

File:

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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:

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

Author:

Traore, Abdelmoumine

Title:

Essays on the Mitigation of Climate-Related Stochastic Losses through Investment and Insurance

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)

Keywords:

Crops(Corn and Soybeans)
Crop Insurance
typical risk
short-term risk
weather
factors
heterogeneity
discrete choice
panel data
fixed effects
unit structure level
Investment
insurance
expected utility
robust optimization
long (short)-term risk vs. long (short)-term uncertainty
risk aversion
climate change
prosocial
green bond
conventional bond utility
optimization
risk aversion
environmental regulation
green default

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Committee Members:

Douglas Wrenn, Program Head/Chair
Robert Weaver, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Katherine Zipp, Major Field Member
Uday Shanbhag, Outside Unit & Field Member
Douglas Wrenn, Major Field Member

Author:

Radwan, Noriana

Title:

Investigating the Impact of Cognitive Style and Coping in Engineering Design: Insights from Computational Modeling and Cognitive Experiments

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

cognitive style
coping
engineering design
agent-based modeling
computational modeling
design
problem solving
collaboration
teams
robustness
cognitive gap
cognitive effort
cognition
engineering
organizational psychology
optimization
cognitive experiments
KABOOM
KAI

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Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Kathryn Jablokow, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yiqi Zhang, Major Field Member
Steven Landry, Major Field Member
Christopher McComb, Special Member
Jessica Menold, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lipski, Michael

Title:

Optimization of Combined Transmit and Receive Collaborative Beamforming in Coherent Distributed Arrays

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Distributed arrays
collaborative beamforming
coherent arrays
mobile ad hoc networks
optimization
Distributed arrays
collaborative beamforming
coherent arrays
mobile ad hoc networks
optimization
chip scale atomic clocks

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory Huff, Major Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Jenkins, Major Field Member
David Swanson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sastry Kompella, Special Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chaky, Ryan

Title:

Rethinking RF Metasurface Design and Analysis via Optimization

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electromagnetics
antennas
metasurfaces
optimization
radar cross section
transmitarray
reflectarray
coding metasurface

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Douglas Werner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gregory Huff, Major Field Member
Sawyer Campbell, Major Field Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Jenkins, Ronald

Title:

New Multi-Objective Inverse-Design Techniques for Functionalized Metasurfaces

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

metasurface
multi-objective
optimization
nanophotonics
topology optimization
optics
nanofabrication

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Committee Members:

Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair
Douglas Werner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member
Sawyer Campbell, Major Field Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member