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Author:

Libardoni, Alex Gordon

Title:

Sensitivity of Distributions of Climate System Properties to Surface Temperature Datasets

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Likelihood estimation
Climate variability
Climate sensitivity
Climate models
Climate model evaluation
Climate model calibration
Climate data records
Climate change observations
Climate
Bayesian statistics
Net aerosol forcing
Temperature records
Transient climate response
Uncertainty quantification

File:

Download aglthesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Eliot Forest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Libardoni, Alex Gordon

Title:

Improving Constraints on Climate System Properties with Additional Data and New Methods

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Climate sensitivity
Ocean diffusivity
Aerosol forcing
Transient climate response
Climate models
Climate change
Internal climate variability
Climate model evaluation
Climate model calibration
Uncertainty quantification
Radial basis functions
Climate sensitivity
Ocean diffusivity
Aerosol forcing
Transient climate response
Climate models
Climate change
Internal climate variability
Climate model evaluation
Climate model calibration
Uncertainty quantification
Radial basis functions

File:

Download AGLibardoni-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Eliot Forest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Abdel Haleem, Shadi

Title:

Impact of Component Uncertainty and Control Loop on Performance in HVAC Systems with Advanced Sequences of Operation

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Uncertainty quantification
Modelica Buildings Library
Bootstrap
Advanced Sequences
Monte-Carlo
ASHRAE Guideline 36
control sequences
multiple zone VAV
sensitivity analysis
uncertainty analysis
control loop performance assessment (CLPA)
Harris index
Modelica simulation

File:

Download AbdelHaleem_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

William P Bahnfleth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William P Bahnfleth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghyun Rim, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Ute Poerschke, Outside Member
Gregory Scott Pavlak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Scott Pavlak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Somayeh Asadi, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Min Gyung

Title:

Uncertainty and Risk Aware Controls for Portfolios of Buildings with Thermal Energy Storage

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Transactive control
Stochastic optimization
Thermal energy storage
Grid-integrated building
Model Predictive Control
Uncertainty quantification

File:

Download Dissertation_Min__S_.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort Webster, Outside Unit Member
Greg Pavlak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Uday Shanbhag, Outside Field Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies