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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

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Author:: Pecore, Christina M. Kraemer
Title:: Computational Design and Experimental Characterization of Protein Domains
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: biophysical techniques
genetic algorithm
protein design
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Peter C Jurs, Committee Member
John R Desjarlais, Committee Member
Christain J Falzone, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Aten, Daniel Warren
Title:: A Wideband, Low Profile, Shorted Top Hat Monocone Antenna
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: low profile
genetic algorithm
wideband
File:: Download DanAtenFinalThesisRevA.pdf
Committee Members:: Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy L Haupt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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Author:: Petko, Joshua Stanton
Title:: Ultra-Wideband and Interleaved Polyfractal Antenna Arrays
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: ultra-wideband
autopolyploidy
genetic algorithm
array
antenna
polyfractal
fractal
multi-beam
interleaved
File:: Download Petko-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Claude W De Pamphilis, Committee Member
John Douglas Mitchell, Committee Member
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Rodriguez, Luna Marie
Title:: SOURCE TERM ESTIMATION USING A GENETIC ALGORITHM AND INCORPORATING SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: source characterization
genetic algorithm
File:: Download Rodz_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Sue Ellen Haupt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur A Small, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Gregory, Micah Dennis
Title:: Validation of Linear Polyfractal Arrays and the Optimization of Antenna Elements in an Infinite Array Environment
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: polyfractal
antenna array
genetic algorithm
array factor
periodic array
planar array
infinite array
microstrip antenna
File:: Download Masters_Thesis_-_Micah_Gregory.pdf
Committee Members:: Douglas Henry Werner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pingjuan Li Werner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Rai, Rohit
Title:: MODELING OF HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW IN KEYHOLE MODE WELDING
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: genetic algorithm
numerical modeling
keyhole mode welding
electron beam
laser
File:: Download Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Tarasankar Debroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member

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Author:: Kase, Sue Ellen
Title:: Parallel genetic algorithm optimization of a cognitive model: investigating group and individual performance on a math stressor task
Graduate Program:: Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:: high-performance computing
genetic algorithm
cognitive modeling
cognitive science
stress
mathematics anxiety
File:: Download KaseThesis9-1.pdf
Committee Members:: Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Suzanne Michelle Shontz, Committee Member
Laura Klein, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member

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