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Author:

Basbug, Basar

Title:

ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED, HETEROGENEOUS SANDSTONE

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

CT scan
fractured sandstone
spontaneous imbibition
automated history matching
optimization

File:

Download B.Basbug_dissertation_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Heverly II, David E.

Title:

Optimal Actuator Placement and Active Structure Design for Control of Helicopter Airframe Vibrations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
smart structures
active control
helicopter
vibrations
actuator placement
structural design
optimization

File:

Download dehthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Valente, Daniel Paul

Title:

The Effect of Topology on the Dynamical Behavior of Oscillator Networks

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

oscillator networks
complex networks
genetic algorithm
optimization
network topology

File:

Download DPValente-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Carl Swanson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

Author:

Boeringer, Daniel Wilharm

Title:

Multi-objective particle swarm optimization of a modified Bernstein polynomial for curved phased array synthesis using Bézier curves, surfaces, and volumes

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Bernstein polynomial
particle swarm
optimization
multi-objective
phased array
Bézier

File:

Download BoeringerDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Anthony J Ferraro, Committee Member
Pingjuan Li Werner, Committee Member
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member

Author:

Hathaway, Eric L

Title:

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TILTROTOR AEROELASTIC STABILITY AUGMENTATION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroelastic stability
whirl flutter
tiltrotor
active control
optimization

File:

Download hathaway_phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Santiago Duran, Eduardo

Title:

METHODS FOR OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN UNDER DIFFERENT COST STRUCTURES: OFF-LINE AND SEQUENTIAL APPROACHES

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

optimal designs
sequential optimization
genetic algorithms
optimization

File:

Download Santiago-DOEOptRPD.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Del Castillo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Del Castillo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member

Author:

Artun, Fazil Emre

Title:

Optimized Design of Cyclic Pressure Pulsing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Neural-Network Based Proxy Models

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

cyclic pressure pulsing
improved oil recovery
optimization
screening
CO2
N2
neural networks
genetic algorithms
artificial intelligence

File:

Download Artun.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert W Watson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
Majid Al Wadhahi, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Feihui

Title:

SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE OPTIMIZATIONS FOR NOC-BASED CHIP MULTIPROCESSORS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Network-on-Chip
Chip Multiprocessor
cache
optimization
power
performance

File:

Download feli-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member
Yuan Xie, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Fuqiang

Title:

Optimizing membrane electrode assembly of direct methanol fuel cells for portable power

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

catalyst layer
membrane electrode assembly
Direct methanol fuel cell
optimization
portable power

File:

Download Fuqiang_Liu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Howard W Pickering, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Gregory Lee

Title:

Modeling and Optimization in Directed Evolution Protocols and Protein Engineering

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

directed evolution
protein engineering
optimization

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Stephen James Benkovic, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Lewis, Gregory Stephen

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF THE MECHANICS OF FLATFOOT DEFORMITY AND ITS SURGICAL CORRECTIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

orthopaedic
biomechanics
optimization
finite element
AAFD
flatfoot
orthopedic

File:

Download Lewis_G_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jacob Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Neil Sharkey, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

Author:

Gougar, Hans David

Title:

ADVANCED CORE DESIGN AND FUEL MANAGEMENT FOR PEBBLE-BED REACTORS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

pebble-bed reactor
reactor design
genetic algorithm
optimization

File:

Download HDGTHESIS.PDF

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M Edwards, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence E Hochreiter, Committee Member
Kwang Yun Lee, Committee Member
Abdderafi M Ougouag, Committee Member
William K Terry, Committee Member

Author:

van Werkhoven, Kathryn Lynn

Title:

EVALUATING MODEL BEHAVIOR FOR HYDROLOGIC FORECASTING IN GAUGED AND UNGAUGED WATERSHEDS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

watershed modeling
sensitivity analysis
optimization
ungauged basins
climate change impacts
distributed models

File:

Download KvanWerkhoven_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thorsten Wagener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Michael Mann, Committee Member

Author:

Holliday, Kito S

Title:

The Mechanical and Optical Properties of and Disordered Materials

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

photonic crystal
optimization
order-disorder phase transition
foldy-lax

File:

Download Kito-Holliday-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Mukherjee, Kushal

Title:

SUPERVISORY DECISION AND CONTROL OF LARGE-SCALE MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

multi-agent systems
sensor networks
pattern classification
symbolic dynamics
sonar image
statistical mechanics
task allocation
optimization

File:

Download Mukherjee_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Thomas A Wettergren, Committee Member

Author:

Malkowski, Konrad

Title:

CO-ADAPTING SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS AND ARCHITECTURES TOWARD ENERGY-EFFICIENT HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

scientific applications
power
adaptivity
optimization
energy-efficient
architecture
performance

File:

Download malkowski_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Padma Raghavan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Padma Raghavan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Michael Perrone Iii, Committee Member
Jia Li, Committee Member

Author:

Saraf, Manish Chandra

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF COMBINATORIAL PROTEIN LIBRARIES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

protein engineering
directed evolution
bioinformatics
protein library design
optimization

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Pishko, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Stephen James Benkovic, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Emelianenko, Maria

Title:

Multilevel and Adaptive Methods for Some Nonlinear Optimization Problems

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

optimization
multigrid methods
computational geometry
numerical analysis
computational methods in materials science

File:

Download emelianenko-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiang Du, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Dr Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Dr Hongyuan Zha, Committee Member
Wen Shen, Committee Member
Nigel David Higson, Committee Member

Author:

Driesch, Patricia L

Title:

Acoustic Control in Enclosures Using Optimally Designed Helmholtz Resonators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

noise control
tractor cabin
optimization
Helmholtz resonators
acoustic absorbers
passive control

File:

Download THESIS_hyperlinks.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Richard C Benson, Committee Member
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Bunyaratavej, Piya

Title:

Iterative Hillclimbing Optimization Techniques for Transform Image Encoding/Decoding and for Image Segmentation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

image segmentation
image decoding
optimization
image encoding
iterative
hillclimbing

File:

Download thesis_piya.pdf

Committee Members:

Jia Li, Committee Member
John F Doherty, Committee Member
David Jonathan Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Kesidis, Committee Member
John Metzner, Committee Member