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Author:

O'Hara, Caroline Anne

Title:

Temporal and Spatial Variations in Deformation Across a Ridge-Transform Intersection, Northern Iceland

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

northern Iceland
Husavik-Flatey fault
Gudfinnugja fault
Tjornes Fracture Zone
Theistareykir fissure swarm
ridge-transform intersection
terrestrial LiDAR
displacement variation
GPS
slip rate
tensile fractures

File:

Download OHara_MSThesis_2009_final_reduced.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Peter C La Femina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Foroozan, Roozbeh

Title:

TRANSPORT AND DEFORMATIONAL SIGNATURES IN COUPLED GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS FROM FOREWARD AND BACKWARD MODELING

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Fluid dynamics
Volcano
Basin
Fault
Geodesy
Back Analysis
GPS

File:

Download Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Chaves, Stephen Marc

Title:

Using Kalman Filtering to Improve a Low-Cost GPS-Based Collision Warning System for Vehicle Convoys

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Kalman filter
collision warning
GPS
vehicle convoys

File:

Download CHAVES_MS_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Amin, Sanket R

Title:

DETERMINING THE UNCERTAINTY OF A GPS-BASED COLLISION VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Allan Variance
sensitivity analysis
LIDAR
collision warning system
GPS
friction coefficient estimation

File:

Download Amin_MastersThesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gupta, Vishisht Vijay

Title:

Vehicle Localization Using Low-Accuracy GPS, IMU and Map-Aided Vision

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

GPS
Kalman Filter
IMU
Vehicle Localization
Terrain-Aided Vision
Map-Aided Vision

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Robert T Collins, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Christianson, Knut Andrew

Title:

Geophysical Exploration of Glacier Basal Processes and Grounding Line Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glaciers
ice sheets
geophysics
ice-penetrating radar
GPS

File:

Download christianson_knut_thesis_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Derrick J Lampkin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Justin, Randy Michael

Title:

Characterizing Differing Modes of Supraglacial Lake Drainage Events along the Western Margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet using GPS, Passive Seismic, and MODIS Satellite Data

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Greenland
Ice sheet
seismic
microseismic
GPS
MODIS
glaciology
glacial
supra-glacial lake
supraglacial lake

File:

Download R_JustinThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anadakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derrick Lampkin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Boehmer, Tyler J

Title:

Design and Verification of a Low-Power GPS-Disciplined Oscillator For Use In Distributed Sensor Arrays

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

GPS
disciplined
oscillator
global
positioning
system
clock
low
power
distributed
sensor
array
network
reflectometry

File:

Download TylerBoehmer-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mangus, Anthony Joseph

Title:

Robust Vehicle Localization using GPS, In-Vehicle Camera, Magnetic Guidance and Kalman Filtering

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Kalman Filter
Vehicle Localization
Estimation
GPS

File:

Download Mangus_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Geirsson, Halldor

Title:

Crustal deformation and volcanism at active plate boundaries

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

crustal deformation
GPS
magma movements
eruption
volcanoes
earthquakes
hydrothermal systems
fault mechanics

File:

Download HalldorGeirsson_DissertationAug2014_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Christopher Lafemina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member