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Author:

Chattopadhyay, Ishanu

Title:

Quantitative Control of Probabilistic Discrete Event Systems: A Measure-theoretic Approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Discrete Event Systems
Regular Languages
Language Measure
Optimal Control
Partial Observation

File:

Download armageddon.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Dr Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Eric Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Caliz Ospino, Rodrigo Alberto

Title:

A Nonlinear Queueing-Based Planning and Scheduling Framework for Multi-Product Supply Networks

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Production Planning
Robust Scheduling
Multi-class Stochastic Networks
Optimal Control

File:

Download Rodrigo_Caliz-PhD_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Constatino Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Kumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alberto Bressan, Committee Member
Terry Lee Friesz, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member

Author:

Facchi, Giancarlo

Title:

Optimal Bidding Strategies in a Limit Order Book

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Limit Order Book
Mathematical Finance
Measure Valued Optimization
Nash equilibrium
Optimal Control
Price Impact.

File:

Download 1-GiancarloFacchi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Alberto Bressan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alberto Bressan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Anna L Mazzucato, Committee Member
Victor Nistor, Committee Member
Yuxi Zheng, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Yiou

Title:

OPTIMAL CONTROL, DIFFERENTIAL VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES, AND THEIR APPLICATION TO TRAFFIC SCIENCE, REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPLY CHAINS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Optimal Control
DVI
DTA
Revenue Management
Supply Chain

File:

Download Yiou_Wang_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry L. Friesz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry L. Friesz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tao Yao, Committee Member
Uday V. Shanbhag, Committee Member
Alberto Bressan, Outside Member

Author:

Denlinger, Michelle

Title:

Extremum Seeking Algorithms for Optimal Periodic Control with Application to Buoyant Air Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Extremum seeking
Optimal Periodic Control
Wind Energy
Buoyant Air Turbines
Optimal Control
Periodic Control
Airborne Wind Energy

File:

Download MDenlinger_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member
Chris Vermillion, Special Member

Author:

Nino, Michael

Title:

Time-optimal, constrained, satellite reorientation maneuver using inverse dynamics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Reorientation
Rigidbody Satellite
Satellite
Optimal Reorientation
PSO
Particle Swarm Optimization
Quaternion
Euler Angle
Optimal Control
Time Optimal Control
Michael Nino
Mike Nino
Melton
Dr. Melton
Robert G. Melton
Aerospace Engineering

File:

Download Mike_Nino_Updated_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

Author:

Mirzaei, Mehrdad

Title:

OPTIMAL FEEDBACK CONTROL DESIGN FOR A HYPERSONIC REENTRY VEHICLE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Optimal Control
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation
Optimal Feedback Control
Trajectory Optimization
Hypersonic Reentry Vehicle
Sparse Collocation Method
Convex Optimization

File:

Download Mehrdad_Mirzaei_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Palazzo, Thomas

Title:

A Levy flight based approach to solving optimal control problems with indirect methods

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Optimal Control
Heuristic Optimization
Levy flights
Metaheuristics
Trajectory optimization
Aerospace Engineering

File:

Download Palazzo-MS-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Xiaoling

Title:

Modeling and control of thermoacoustics in a one-dimensional combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thermoacoustic Modeling
Model Identification
Optimal Control
Robust Control
Optimal Experimental Design

File:

Download Chen_PhD_Thesis_05302021.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Hosam Fathy, Special Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Tyler Dare, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ren, Yong

Title:

Model Learning and Predictive Control of Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Machine Learning
Optimal Control
Finite Difference Method
Melt-Pool Geometry
Temperature Evolution

File:

Download Ren-Dissertation-V2.5.pdf

Committee Members:

Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Major Field Member
Qian Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiang Yang, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Edward Reutzel, Outside Unit & Field Member