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Author:

Sidhu, Amiteshwar Singh

Title:

SEARCH-BASED MAXIMALLY PERMISSIVE DEADLOCK AVOIDANCE IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Problem Reduction
Look Ahead Search
Search Algorithms
Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Deadlock Avoidance
Circuit Detection

File:

Download thesis20090806.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Allen Wysk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mata, Aurore-Laetitia

Title:

Paying healthcare providers: an agency-theoretic approach to chronic disease management

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

chronic disease
healthcare financing
principal-agent

File:

Download Mata_Thesis_Paying_Healthcare_Providers.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Nembhard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dhillon, Beant Kaur

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF EFFECTS OF CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF USERS ON INTERFACE DESIGN AND USABILITY

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Usability
Hofstede
Interface Design
Culture

File:

Download Beant_Dhillon-_MS_Final_Thesis-2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Donovan Koubek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
M Jeya Chandra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kokini, Christina Maria

Title:

The Effect of Task Characteristics on Perceived Usability

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

perceived usability
task analysis
usability
mental workload
control

File:

Download Christina_Kokini_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Donovan Koubek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Donovan Koubek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Achampong, Christina

Title:

An Evolutionary Game Model of Self-Deception and the Effect of Belief on Performance

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

collaboration
competition
hawk-dove
evolutionary dynamics
game theory
self-deception

File:

Download Christina__Achampong_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Eli Christopher C Byrne, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Christopher C Byrne, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lin, Chun-yu

Title:

AN EXPLORATION ON THE USE OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS IN THE PRODUCT DESIGN DOMAIN

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

product design
Data envelopment analysis

File:

Download Chun-yu_Lin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fields, Erica Brooke

Title:

Selection of a Preference Aggregation Method for Emergency Room Nurse Triage Decisions

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

healthcare
multi-criteria decision making
preference aggregation
utility theory

File:

Download ebf-Thesis-REV_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aquilina, Edward Osbourne

Title:

COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEM FOR PIPE WELDING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

mechanized equipment
pipe welding
Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP)
sequencing operations
machine selection

File:

Download FINAL-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Medeiros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Jean Medeiros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Thomas Traband, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Macht, Gretchen A

Title:

EXTENSION OF ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE METAL CASTING INDUSTRY TO INCLUDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

GHG
greenhouse gases
metal casting
foundry
environmental management system
ISO 14000
greenhouse gas emissions
GHG emissions
OPCAT
object-process methodology
OPM

File:

Download MS_IE_Thesis_Final_gam201.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Belot, Gaelle Teresa

Title:

AN EVALUATION AND ECONOMIC STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE JET FUEL FROM JATROPHA CURCAS OIL

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

hydrocracking
jatropha
alternative jet fuel
biojet fuel

File:

Download Master_Thesis_May_09.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor