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Author:

Singh, Anand Kumar

Title:

Blast Mitigation Studies for All Metal Plate and Honeycomb Sandwich Panels

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Blast
design
optimization
plate
shape
honeycomb sandwich
validation

File:

Download MS_Thesis-_Anand_Kumar_Singh.pdf

Committee Members:

Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bobuk, Aaron Michael

Title:

A Design Method For Product Family Trade Studies Utilizing GVI and PFPF Metrics With Application to Robotic Ground Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
product
family
trade studies
GVI
generational variety index
PFPF
product family penalty function
robot
robotic
ground
vehicle
ATSV
genetic algorithm
Simulink
Matlab
mathematical model
commonality
platform
optimization

File:

Download Aaron_Bobuk_M.S_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Luttmann, Anneliese

Title:

OPTIMIZATION OF AN ALGINATE BASED EDIBLE COATING WITH BEESWAX, NISIN AND EDTA TO MAXIMIZE SHELF LIFE OF FRESH MUSHROOMS (Agaricus bisporus)

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

nisin
beeswax
alginate
edible coating
optimization
Mushrooms
EDTA
minimal processing

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Anneliese_Luttmann.pdf

Committee Members:

Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John D Floros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Behrens, Christopher Michael

Title:

Optimal design and operation of complex materials processing with application to microelectronics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

multiscale methods
optimization
complex materials processing
computational efficiency

File:

Download Thesis_Final4.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kroninger, Christopher Matthew

Title:

CHARACTERISTICS OF A ROTOR OPTIMIZED FOR HOVER AND FORWARD FLIGHT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

circulation
optimization
rotorcraft

File:

Download Thesis_v16.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Ravelojaona, Eve

Title:

Optimal Strategies Using Financial Options in Airline Booking

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

airline industry
revenue management
airline booking
options theory
optimization

File:

Download 2008_Eve_Ravelojaona_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

M Jeya Chandra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Niman, Emily

Title:

A Multi-Criteria Optimization Model for a Four-Stage Multi-Product Supply Chain

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

supply chain
multi-criteria
multicriteria
optimization
supply chain modeling
multi-product
supply chain management
supply chain efficiency

File:

Download NimanEmily_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ravindran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arunachalam Ravindran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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, Herman

Title:

Comparison of Circular and Lever Pedaling: a Modeling Approach

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

joint mechanics
modeling
pedaling
lever
circular
cycling
optimization

File:

Download Herman_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Jonathan

Title:

Multi-Objective Optimization for Unmanned Surveillance Networks Using Evolutionary Algorithms

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

evolutionary strategies
differential evolution
evolutionary algorithms
underwater vehicles
sensor networks
optimization
search path generation

File:

Download Williams_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kwang Yun Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Amirineni, Krishna C

Title:

Fracture Properties of Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

notch
crack width
optimization
inverse analysis
crack opening
stress
fracture
softening

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Amirineni_-_Submitted-mar_25.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Kluthe, Nicholas Arthur

Title:

A Simulation Optimization Technique for Optimal Resource Allocation During Job Shop Ramp-Up

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

resource allocation
job shop
optimization
simulation
ramp-up

File:

Download Penn_State_Masters_Thesis_-_Nicholas_Kluthe_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Jean Medeiros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Jean Medeiros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Gnanasambandam, Shanmuganathan

Title:

Performance Modeling and Resource Allocation for Adaptive Agent-Based Systems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

queueing
performance
resource allocation
agents
logistics
supply-chain
optimization

File:

Download thesis_nathan.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member
Dr Jun Shu, Committee Member
Dr Natarajan Gautam, Committee Member

Author:

Van Ginkel, Steven W

Title:

Optimization of Biohydrogen Production from Food Processing Wastewater

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

food processing
clostridia
biohydrogen
optimization

File:

Download Ph.D_thesis_and_CV_9-1-05.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member

Author:

Eswaran, Sharanya

Title:

UTILITY-BASED DYNAMIC RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION IN MISSION-ORIENTED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

wireless networks
resource management
network utility
optimization

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas La Porta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas La Porta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guohong Cao, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Tracy Mullen, Committee Member
Archan Misra, Committee Member

Author:

Su, Wenjing

Title:

Traffic Engineering and Time-varying Convex Optimization

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

traffic engineering
optimization
time-varying optimization

File:

Download thesis_wsu.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tom Michael Cavalier, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Ji Woong Lee, Committee Member
Mario Sznaier, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Wenli

Title:

An Intelligent Control System for a Hybrid Fuel Cell with Gas Turbine Power Plant

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
system modeling
hybrid power plant
fuel cells
Control systems
fault diagnosis and accommodation

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Wenli_Yang_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kwang Yun Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kwang Yun Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Robert M Edwards, Committee Member

Author:

Niu, Xun

Title:

CONTROL MECHANISIMS OF MULTI-FINGER GRASPING

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

synergy
optimization
grasping

File:

Download Xun_Niu_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Bayraktar, Zikri

Title:

NOVEL META-SURFACE DESIGN SYNTHESIS VIA NATURE-INSPIRED OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

meta-surface
artificial magnetic conductors
wind driven optimization
electromagnetic bandgap
optimization
magneto-dielectrics

File:

Download Zikri_Bayraktar_v_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pingjuan Li Werner, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Brian Lewis Weiner, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member

Author:

Jayaraman, Srinivas

Title:

Performance Optimization of a Diesel Engine for Dual Fuel Combustion

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Dual Fuel Combustion
RCCI
HCCI
Diesel engine
Dimethyl ether (DME)
propane
optimization
emissions
performance

File:

Download Srinivas_Jayaraman_-_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Hang

Title:

Optimization of Breaker Schedules for Stimulation of Tight Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

stimulation
breaker
fracturing fluid
optimization

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

DeAngelo, Mark Patrick

Title:

Optimal Search Strategies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

search
UAV
UAVs
UAS
optimal
unmanned
aerial
vehicles
camera
cameras
airplane
optimization
surveillance

File:

Download DeAngeloMSthesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nayak, Sumanta Kumar

Title:

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS FOR BLAST LOAD MITIGATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

honeycomb
homogenization
blast
optimization
sandwich plates
virtual testing

File:

Download Sumanta-PhD-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ashok D Belegundu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee Member

Author:

Hadka, David M

Title:

Robust, Adaptable Many-Objective Optimization: The Foundations, Parallelization and Application of the Borg MOEA

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

borg
moea
multiobjective
optimization
many-objective
evolutionary
algorithm

File:

Download Hadka_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sofya Raskhodnikova, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Traband, Committee Member

Author:

Kasprzyk, Joseph Robert

Title:

Many Objective Water Resources Planning and Management Given Deep Uncertainties, Population Pressures, and Environmental Change

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

water supply
environmental management
uncertainty analysis
visual analytics
optimization
robustness
decision making

File:

Download Thesis_-_J._Kasprzyk_-_phD_-_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Reed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Michael Gooseff, Committee Member
Gregory Characklis, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Yi

Title:

Coverage Problems in Camera Sensor Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

camera sensor
coverage
network protocol
mobile sensing
optimization
scheduling
algorithms

File:

Download YiWang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guohong Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas F Laporta, Committee Member
Robert T Collins, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hyunji

Title:

The allocation of public health resources to address disparities of care

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Health disparity
FQHC location
Medicaid
oral health
utilization
policy
supply
demand
optimization

File:

Download Dissertation_Hyunji_Lee.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Griffin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Member
Jose Antonio Ventura, Committee Member
Madhu Reddy, Committee Member

Author:

Policelli, Michael J

Title:

Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Direct
Collocation
Nonlinear Programming
Vertical
Takeoff
Landing
VTVL
moon
lunar
trajectory
optimization
spacecraft

File:

Download 2014_Policelli_M.S._Thesis_Final_Version__August_3_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shepherd, Micah R

Title:

Sstructural-acoustic optimization of structures excited by turbulent boundary layer flow

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

structrual acoustics
optimization
turbulent boundary layer flow

File:

Download MShepherd_final_submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen A Hambric, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
John Brian Fahnline, Committee Member
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member

Author:

Coban, Hasan Bugra

Title:

PRODUCTION OF PHENYLPYRUVIC ACID AND PHYTASE BY MICROBIAL FERMENTATION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Phenylpyruvic acid
phytase
fermentation
optimization
bioreactors

File:

Download Hasan_Bugra_Coban-Ph_D__Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Paul H Patterson, Committee Member
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member

Author:

Bukhari, Abdulwahab

Title:

Optimizing Corporate Decisions for Dominant Hydrocarbon Producers under Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis
VOI
petroleum economics
optimization
monte carlo simulation
stochastic

File:

Download Bukhari_PhD_Dissertation_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Dongmei

Title:

CONTROL PROBLEMS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

control theory
PDE
infectious disease management
economic epidemiology
optimization

File:

Download Dissertation_Dongmei_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Alberto Bressan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Reluga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alberto Bressan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Reluga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jinchao Xu, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Special Member
Yuxi Zheng, Special Member

Author:

Sikarwar, Nidhi

Title:

The Development of Three-dimensional Adjoint Method for Flow Control with Blowing in Convergent-Divergent Nozzle Flows

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Adjoint method
noise reduction
active flow control
adjoint boundary conditions
optimization
computational fluid dynamics.

File:

Download Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Cheruvu, Ramya

Title:

Optimization of Power Generation in Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

airborne wind energy systems
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hanlon, Christopher James

Title:

Field Campaign Decision Making in Atmospheric Science Using an Automated Decision Algorithm

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

decision algorithm
probabilistic forecasting
optimization
dynamic programming
logistic regression
genetic algorithm

File:

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Committee Members:

George Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin Patrick Tingley, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member

Author:

Pruvot, Antoine

Title:

Optimization of Natural Gas Distribution in Pipeline Networks

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

pipeline
pipe
economic surplus
natural gas
weymouth
flow
optimization
distribution
network

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chiara Lo Prete, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Yi

Title:

An Optimization Protocol Applicable To Water Flooding Flow Rates On Pattern Based Field Development Studies

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
water flooding
flow rates
well patteren

File:

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Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Farasat, Iman

Title:

Sequence-to-function models for efficient optimization of metabolic pathways and genetic circuits

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

metabolic pathway
genetic circuit
CRISPR
Cas9
modeling
combinatorial optimization
protein expression
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Howard M Salis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Timothy Charles Meredith, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Beevers, David Bryan

Title:

Optimization of Hydrologically Linked Hydropower Systems with Multiple Owners through Water Payments

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydropower
optimization
day-ahead
operations
scheduling
dynamic programming

File:

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Committee Members:

Horacio Perez Blanco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member

Author:

Ferguson, Ian

Title:

Using Topology Optimization to Improve Design for Additive Manufacture

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
3d printing
FDM
DMLS
topology optimization
design
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cowan, Brett Michael

Title:

Magnetically Induced Actuation and Optimization of the Miura-ori Structure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Origami engineering
magnetic actuation
optimization
ATSV

File:

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Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sun, Yuqi

Title:

OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS IN TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL AND MACHINE LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
dynamic network loading
machine learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Tao Yao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Donnelly, Michael J

Title:

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF AN INTAKE PORT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
optimization
induction system

File:

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Committee Members:

Justin Kyle Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reiter, Jason A

Title:

Numerical And Analytical Solutions To Rapid Collision Avoidance Maneuvers Constrained By Mission Performance Requirements

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

astrodynamics
collision avoidance
debris
trade studies
optimization
trajectory
mission design

File:

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Committee Members:

David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Muncher Ricketts, Bruno

Title:

Economic Assessment and Mine Production Optimization of an Open-pit Gold Mine Operation in Peru, Based on the Iterative Cutoff Grade Analysis Approach.

Graduate Program:

Mining Engineering

Keywords:

mining
gold
operation
cutoff
grade
iterative
assesment
mine
peru
npv
optimization
mine design
capex
opex
mine life

File:

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Committee Members:

Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nayyar, Mollik

Title:

Optimal Earth Return Transfers from Lagrange Point Orbits Using Particle Swarm Optimization

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Three body system
Lagrange points
manifolds
optimization
particle swarm
PSO
Dynamical Systems
Optimal Transfers
Astrodynamics
Lagrange Point Orbits
LPO
Lambert's Problem

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

parsa, Behnoosh

Title:

OPTIMALITY AND STABILITY OF INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL ACTIONS DURING MULTI-FINGER FORCE-MOMENT PRODUCTION

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

redundancy
abundance
synergy
referent configuration
uncontrolled manifold hypothesis
visual feedback
finger
unintentional movement
optimization
cost function

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark L. Latash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L. Sainburg, Committee Member
Stephen J. Piazza, Committee Member

Author:

Kambampati, Sandilya

Title:

Optimization of Composite Tiltrotor Wings with Extensions and Winglets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
tiltrotor
winglet
whirl flutter
composite material
wing extensions
aircraft design

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

Author:

Garcia, Ismael

Title:

SENSITIVITY OF THE WESTERN U.S. ELECTRICITY POWER SYSTEM TO HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

water
WECC
vulnerability
drought
optimization
power system
high temperature
sensitivity
electricity
opf

File:

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Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member

Author:

Putcha, Venkataramana B

Title:

INTEGRATION OF NUMERICAL AND MACHINE LEARNING PROTOCOLS FOR COUPLED RESERVOIR-WELLBORE MODELS: A STUDY FOR GAS LIFT OPTIMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

numerical simulation
machine learning
gas lift
neural networks
petroleum
production
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Outside Member

Author:

Kirsch, Kathryn Louise

Title:

Exploring Microchannel Cooling Designs through the uses of Numerical Optimization and Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
optimization
additive manufacturing
internal cooling
adjoint method

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

Author:

Seyed Mousavi, Hojjat

Title:

ENHANCED SIGNAL RECOVERY VIA SPARSITY INDUCING IMAGE PRIORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

image proccessing
signal processing
super resolution
deep learning
sparse coding
sparssity
optimization
convex

File:

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Committee Members:

Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Collins, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
William Evan Higgins, Outside Member

Author:

Brulo, Gregory Scott

Title:

THE DESIGN OF A HIGH-CONCENTRATION MICROTRACKING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Kinematics
optimization
planer
planar mechanism
mechanism
design
PID
SMA
CPV
Shape Memory Alloy
Solar
Panels

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. H.J. Sommer, Committee Member
Dr. Karen Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Kaul, Chaitanya

Title:

An agent based and ant colony metaheuristic approach to the last mile logistics problem

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Antcolony
agentbasedmodelling
metaheuristics
optimization
simulation
lastmilelogistics

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Antion Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ye, Jianbo

Title:

Computational Modeling of Compositional and Relational Data Using Optimal Transport and Probabilistic Models

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

machine learning
optimal transport
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

James Z. Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z. Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C. Lee Giles, Committee Member
Zhenhui Jessie Li, Committee Member
Reginald B. Adams, Outside Member
Jia Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jia Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Fang, Yizhou

Title:

Model-based Receding Horizon Control and Estimation for Nonlinear Systems via Carleman Approximation

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

model predictive control
moving horizon estimation
nonlinear control
Carleman approximation
computational efficiency
advanced process control
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Outside Member

Author:

Yildiz, Kaan

Title:

Cable Actuated Tensegrity Structures for Deployable Space Booms with Enhanced Stiffness

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

tensegrity structures
space structures
deployment
optimization
effective stiffness
deployable booms
form finding
force finding
transformation
cylindrical tensegrity booms

File:

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Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

Author:

Nagar, Jogender

Title:

EFFICIENT AND ROBUST MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION APPLIED TO PROBLEMS IN ELECTROSTATICS, ELECTROMAGNETICS AND OPTICS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-objective optimization
optimization
electromagnetics
optics
gradient-index lens
antennas
electrostatics
topology optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas H. Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas H. Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pingjuan L. Werner, Committee Member
Viktor Pasko, Committee Member
Ram Rajagopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Aly, Zineb

Title:

VARIANCE-BASED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS APPLIED TO HYDROGEN MIGRATION AND REDISTRIBUTION MODEL IN THE FUEL PERFORMANCE CODE BISON

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

hydrides
fuel performance code analysis
variance-based sensitivity analysis
optimization
Bison
Dakota
Sobol

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas R. Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Giovanni Pastore, Committee Member
Arthur T. Motta, Committee Member

Author:

Zhan, Hongyuan

Title:

Temporal and Structural Machine Learning from Transportation Data

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

machine learning
time series prediction
optimization
intelligent transportation
structural learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Kamesh Madduri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jesse Louis Barlow, Committee Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee Member
Necdet S Aybat, Outside Member
Kesheng Wu, Special Member
Xiaoye Sherry Li, Special Member
Gabriel Gomes, Special Member

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

File:

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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:

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:

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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:

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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:

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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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:

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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:

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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:

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

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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

Author:

Whiting, Eric Ben

Title:

Advanced Electromagnetic Metamaterial Design

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

metasurface
optimization
gradient index
lens
dielectric resonator antenna
adjoint sensitivity

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Committee Members:

Douglas Werner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gregory Huff, Major Field Member
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stearns, Aaron J

Title:

Design of an Active Adaptable Acoustic Metamaterial Perforated Plate for Structural Vibration Reduction

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

acoustic metamaterial
structural acoustics
vibration
piezoelectric
optimization
finite element method
Floquet-Bloch
vibration control
plate
shunted piezoelectric
adaptable
active

File:

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Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Major Field Member
Stephen Hambric, Outside Field Member
Robert Campbell, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Benjamin Beck, Special Member
George Lesieutre, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Tran, Thu

Title:

Computational Epidemiology of Large Multi-Dimensional Data Streams in Malaria and COVID-19

Graduate Program:

Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

malaria
plasmodium
falciparum
mathematical model
public health
epidemiology
fitness
evolution
infectious disease
antimalarial
kelch13
sub sahara africa
bayesian
rhode island
massachusetts
connecticut
drug resistance
vaccine
vaccination strategy
optimization
population immunity
attack rate
pandemic
USA
doubling time
covid 19
sars cov 2
differential equation
artemisinin

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Schaeffer, Co-Chair of Committee
Justin Pritchard, Co-Chair of Committee
Manuel Llinas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair
Maciej Boni, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Jin, Lan

Title:

Design of a "B2B" Telemedicine Network: Pricing, Staffing, and Funding Policy Implications

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

telemedicine
B2B network
pricing
optimization
Stackelberg game

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Committee Members:

Eunhye Song, Major Field Member
Hui Zhao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Qiushi Chen, Major Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Uday Shanbhag, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Graybill, Philip

Title:

Embedded biomedical systems for assistive technology and state-of-vigilance forecasting

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

embedded systems
biomedical
microcontroller
FPGA
assistive technology
unscented Kalman filter
state of vigilance
sleep
forecasting
eyelid
optimization
wearable
epilepsy

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Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Major Field Member
Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Bruce Gluckman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Geronimo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair