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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

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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:

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

File:

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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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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:

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:

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

File:

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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