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Author:

Kumar, Amit

Title:

Tailoring Defect Free Fusion Welds Based on Phenomenological Modeling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Metal Arc fillet welding
Heat transfer and fluid flow
Optimization
Neural network
Humping defects
Reliability of calculations

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Member
John W Elmer, Committee Member

Author:

Varshney, Amit

Title:

Optimization and control of multiscale process systems using model reduction: Application to thin-film growth

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Carleman Linearization
System Identification
Optimization
Dynamic Optimization
Modeling
Multiscale
Stochastic
Model Predictive Control
Receding Horizon Control
Thin film growth
Epitaxy

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Griffin, Christopher Howard

Title:

Decidability and Optimality in Pushdown Control Systems: A New Approach to Discrete Event Control

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Decidability
Control
Discrete Event System
Optimization

File:

Download GriffinDissertation.pdfDownload CodeArchive.zip

Committee Members:

Tom Michael Cavalier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terry Lee Friesz, Committee Member
Jose Ventura, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member

Author:

Alim, Fatih

Title:

HEURISTIC RULES EMBEDDED GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR IN-CORE FUEL MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Nuclear
Fuel Management
Genetic Algorithm
Heuristic Rulues
PWR
VVER
reactor Core

File:

Download Fatih_Alim_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samuel H Levine, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Guoshun

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS IN AN URBANIZING WATERSHED

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Genetic algorithm
Stormwater
Low impact development
Optimization

File:

Download GuoshunDissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Michael Hamlett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Michael Hamlett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert R Jarrett, Committee Member
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member
Lawrence Albert Fennessey, Committee Member

Author:

Bossard, Jeremy Alec

Title:

Infrared Filters and Metamaterials Based on Frequency Selective Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Infrared
Genetic Algorithms
Frequency Selective Surfaces
Metamaterials
Negative Index
Optimization

File:

Download Jeremy_Bossard_Dissertation_-_vFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Brian Lewis Weiner, Committee Member

Author:

Stamm, James Matthew

Title:

Analytical and Numerical Optimization of an Electronically Scanned Circular Array

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Circular Array
Optimization
Scanning

File:

Download stammthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member
Raymond J Luebbers, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anthony J Ferraro, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member

Author:

Song, Jinseop

Title:

Modeling and Optimization of Welding Residual Stress

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Plasticity
Finite element
Sensitivity
Optimization
Modeling
Residual stress

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard C Benson, Committee Member
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Member

Author:

Aguirre, Milton

Title:

Design and Optimization of Narrow-Gauged Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms for Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Design
Contact-Aided
Compliant Mechanism
Advanced MIS
NOTES
Optimization

File:

Download Dissertation_MEA.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Member

Author:

Dasika, Madhukar S

Title:

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BASED APPROACHES FOR BIOLOGICAL NETWORK INFERENCE, ANALYSIS AND REDESIGN

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

gene regulatory networks
signaling networks
Optimization
synthetic biology

File:

Download Dasika_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Patrick C Cirino, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member

Author:

Yao, Ni

Title:

HARD PRETZEL CHARACTERIZATION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Drying
Extrusion
Flour
Dough
Screening
Optimization
Alkali
Pretzel
Baking

File:

Download Ni_Yao_Thesis_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Koushik Seetharaman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John D Floros, Committee Member
Richard K Owusu Apenten, Committee Member
Joseph Irudayaraj, Committee Member

Author:

Ranganathan, Sridhar

Title:

Using Computations to Analyze and Redesign Metabolism

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Metabolic Engineering
Optimization

File:

Download Thesis_sridhar_04_18.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Cooduvalli S Shashikant, Committee Member

Author:

Yilmaz, Serkan

Title:

MULTI LEVEL OPTIMIZATION OF BURNABLE POISON UTILIZATION FOR ADVANCED PWR FUEL MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Burnable Poison
Genetic Algorithm
Gadolinium
Nuclear
Optimization
Fuel Management

File:

Download Serkan_Yilmaz_PhD_Thesis_ETD_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yousry Azmy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Samuel H Levine, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Moussa Mahgerefteh, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Tao

Title:

MULTI OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION MODELS FOR MANAGING SUPPLY RISK IN SUPPLY CHAINS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Supply Chain Management
Risk Management
Supply Risk
Quantification
Optimization
distribution

File:

Download TaoYang.pdf

Committee Members:

Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Member
Susan Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Vinay

Title:

SYSTEMS BASED OPTIMIZATION APPROACHES TO ANALYZE AND IMPROVE METABOLIC NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
systems biology
metabolism
gaps

File:

Download dissertation_final_final_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Costas D Maranas/ Dr Soundar T Kumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar T Kumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
David Arthur Nembhard, Committee Member
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member

Author:

Zomorrodi, Ali Reza

Title:

Computational tools for genome-scale synthetic lethality analysis and metabolic modeling of microbial communities

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Metabolic networks
Flux balance analysis
Metabolic Enginnering
Optimization
Systems biology

File:

Download AliRZomorrodi_PhD_Dissertation_Final_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member

Author:

Mandala, Supreet Reddy

Title:

Scalable and robust algorithms for clustering large scale networks

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Social Networks
Clustering
Optimization
Data Mining

File:

Download Thesis_Mandala.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tao Yao, Committee Member
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member

Author:

Barrows, Clayton Paul

Title:

Flexible Network Topologies and The Smart Grid in Electric Power Systems

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Power System Analysis
Optimization
Electricity Markets
Complex Network Science

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Member
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Paul Hines, Committee Member

Author:

Tangsucheeva, Rattachut

Title:

Stochastic Financial Analytics for Cash-flow Bullwhip, Cash-flow Forecast, and Optimizing Working Capital

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Stochastic
Analytics
Cash flow
Optimization
Working Capital
Forecast
Bullwhip
Supply chain
Decision support
Finance

File:

Download Rattachut_Tangsucheeva_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vittaldas V Prabhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member
Douglas J Thomas, Committee Member

Author:

Lichter, Shaun Matthew

Title:

A Game Theoretic Approach to Network Formation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Network Formation
Network Game
Game Theory
Network Science
Optimization
Graph Generation

File:

Download ShaunLichter-Dissertation-final_2013_05_29.PDF

Committee Members:

Terry Lee Friesz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul Griffin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tao Yao, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Christopher H Griffin, Special Member

Author:

Gregory, Micah Dennis

Title:

New Methods in Ultra-Wideband Array Design and Finite-Difference Time-Domain Modeling of Memristive Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultra-Wideband Array
CMA-ES
Optimization
Aperiodic Arrays
Memristor
Reconfigurable Antennas
Finite-Difference Time-Domain

File:

Download MicahDGregory-Dissertation2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member

Author:

Ozdemir, Gurbuz Taha

Title:

In-flight Performance Optimization for Rotorcraft with Redundant Controls

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Redundant Controls
Optimization
Compound Helicopter
Flight Dynamics and Control
Performance

File:

Download Ozdemir_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Special Member

Author:

Henry, Todd Carl

Title:

Optimized Design and Structural Mechanics of a Single-piece Composite Helicopter Driveshaft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Flexible Matrix Composites
Optimization
Helicopter Driveshaft
Filament Winding

File:

Download 20140716_Henry_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

Author:

Bukhari, Abdulwahab

Title:

Optimizing Corporate Decisions for Dominant Hydrocarbon Producers under Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis
VOI
petroleum economics
optimization
monte carlo simulation
stochastic

File:

Download Bukhari_PhD_Dissertation_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Anastasia Shcherbakova, Special Member

Author:

Hatim, Qais Yahya

Title:

Integrating Sustainability in Manufacturing Process Planning

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Sustainability
Process Planning
Simulation
Optimization
Methodology

File:

Download Qais_Hatim_Dissertation_July2015_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Saldana, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
David R Riley Ii, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Sudarsan Rachuri, Special Member

Author:

Ma, Junfeng

Title:

A Sustainable Modular Product Design Approach with Key Components and Uncertain End-of-life Options Consideration

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Modular Product Design
Sustainability
End-of-Life
Optimization
Key Components

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Update.pdf

Committee Members:

Gul Kremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Charles David Ray Sr., Committee Member
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member

Author:

Mueller, Thomas J

Title:

Modeling Metabolism and Regulation to Facilitate Strain Characterization and Design

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Cyanobacteria
Systems Biology
Computational Biology
Metabolic Modeling

File:

Download Mueller_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Outside Member

Author:

Varan, Burak

Title:

Energy and Signal Cooperation in Competitive Wireless Networks with Energy Harvesting

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Wireless networks
Energy harvesting
Cooperation
Game theory
Optimization
Resource allocation

File:

Download Varan_dissertation_v2_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aylin Yener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aylin Yener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Viveck Cadambe, Committee Member
Chris Giebink, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Outside Member

Author:

Ghanaatpishe, Mohammad

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF ALGORITHMS FOR ROBUST ONLINE OPTIMAL PERIODIC CONTROL IN THE PRESENCE OF PLANT PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Adaptive Control
Drug Delivery
Insect Flight
Optimal Periodic Control
Optimization
Estimation
Tracking

File:

Download MohammadGhanaatpishe-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member

Author:

Grisewood, Matthew Jeffery

Title:

Development and Applications of Computational Enzyme Engineering Tools

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Iterative Protein Redesign and Optimization
IPRO
Computational
Enzyme
Redesign
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase
acyl-ACP thioesterase
Mcr
'TesA
OptZyme
Optimization
beta-glucuronidase
Protein engineering
Specificity
Activity

File:

Download MGrisewood_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Outside Member

Author:

Quinlan, Kevin Randall

Title:

Advances in Design of Computer Experiments

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Covering Arrays
Bayesian Design
Plackett and Burman Designs
Experimental Run Order
Optimization

File:

Download Thesis_2262019.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Keith Pearl, Committee Member
David Hunter, Committee Member
Enrique Del Castillo, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Ching Chi

Title:

Dimensional Analysis for Response Surface Methodology

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Dimension reduction
Function approximation
Optimization
Variable selection

File:

Download Dissertation_CCY_17May19.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Le Bao, Committee Member
Fuqing Zhang, Outside Member

Author:

Vu, Tiep

Title:

Signal classification under structured sparsity constraints

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Signal Classification
Sparsity Coding
Dictionary Learning
Image Classification
Optimization

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Evan Higgins, Committee Member
Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member
Robert Collins, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Yuelong

Title:

Low-rank and Sparse Structures in Computational Imaging: Analysis and Algorithms

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

High dynamic range imaging
Computational Imaging
Image alignment and stitching
Optimization
Statistical Estimation
Low-rank and Sparsity

File:

Download PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William E. Higgins, Committee Member
David J. Miller, Committee Member
Sean Brennan, Outside Member
Jesse Barlow, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Xue

Title:

HIGH DIMENSIONAL STATISTICAL LEARNING AND DECISION MAKING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

High Dimensional Learning
Statistical Learning
Decision Making
Optimization

File:

Download Xue_Wang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tao Yao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tao Yao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Outside Member

Author:

Rangarajan, Harini

Title:

Exploring the root phenome: Simulation modeling with a functional structural plant model

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Plant Nutrition
"Functional Structural Plant Model"
SimRoot
Phosphorus
Nitrate
Optimization
Phene
Roots
Phenotyping
Simulation Modelling
Root Architecture

File:

Download Rangarajan_Harini_Dissertation_May_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Kamesh Madduri, Outside Member
Erin L Connolly, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gauntt, Sean

Title:

Dynamic Analysis of Aerospace Gearboxes Featuring Hybrid Steel-Composite Gears

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Steel-Composite Gears
Hybrid Gears
Hybrid Gear Drivetrains
Drivetrain Models
Transmission Error
Optimization

File:

Download SeanGauntt-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Campbell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Outside Member
Sean Michael Mcintyre, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bayiz, Yagiz

Title:

Wing Trajectory Optimization and Modelling for Flapping Flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Bioinspired Robotics
Aerial Robotics
Locomotion
Flapping Flight
Optimization
Machine Learning

File:

Download YB_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Maughmer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hosam Fathy, Special Member
Bo Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiang Yang, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Bardakci, Ibrahim Ekrem

Title:

Convex Formulations of Probability Maximization Problems: Stochastic Approximation Frameworks and Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Probability maximization
Optimization
Stochastic Approximation
Risk Minimization
Controller Design

File:

Download ieb_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Outside Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Jing Yang, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hinkelman, Kathryn

Title:

Modelica Modeling and Ecosystem Biomimicry of District Energy Systems

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Biomimicry
Building Systems
Design
District Energy
District Heating
District Cooling
Dynamical Systems
Ecological Network Analysis
Ecosystem Biomimicry
Exergy
Modelica
Modeling and Simulation
Numerical Performance
Optimization
Steam
Sustainability
Systems

File:

Download KathrynHinkelman_PSU_Dissertation_August2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Kaye, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wangda Zuo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Michael Wetter, Special Member
Kyri Baker, Special Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Akbari Roshan, Kamyar

Title:

Development And Application Of A ReaxFF Reactive Force Field For Copper And Copper Oxide Interactions With Silicon Via Neural Network Based Parameterization Methods

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Force Field Developement
INDEEDopt
Optimization
Molecular Dynamics
Deep Learning
Neural Network Inversion

File:

Download Kamyar_Akbari_Roshan_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Miller, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abhronil Sengupta, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Peng

Title:

Confidence Regions for Response Surface Optima based on Parametric and Nonparametric Models

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Response Surface Methodology
Regression
Random Processes
Optimization
Statistical Inference

File:

Download Dissertation_Peng_Chen_08252020.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Del Castillo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Del Castillo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Member
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Outside Member
Wen Shen, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Junde

Title:

Machine Learning and Optimization Applications on Near-term Quantum Computers

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Quantum Computing
Computer Vision
Optimization
Variational Quantum Algorithms
Generative Models
Quantum Computation Advantages

File:

Download phd_dissertation_junde.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Swaroop Ghosh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Major Field Member
Nikolay Dokholyan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chunhao Wang, Major Field Member

Author:

Alkhatib, Mohamed Redha

Title:

Alternative Ways To Feed The Arecibo Spherical Reflector

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Gregorian Sub-Reflector
Gain
Method of Moments
Optimization
Numerical Methods
Linefeed
FEKO
Electric Field

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Breakall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Shizhuo Yin, Major Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bunn, Kevin

Title:

The Multi-Product Dynamic Lot Sizing Problem with Capacity Constraints

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Supply Chain
Optimization
Dynamic Programming
Lot Sizing
Lagrangian Relaxation

File:

Download Kevin_Bunn_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Jose Ventura, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saurabh Bansal, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paul Griffin, Major Field Member
Vittaldas Prabhu, Major Field Member

Author:

Saab, Samer

Title:

Investigation of Deep Neural Networks From Control and Optimization Perspectives

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Neural Networks
Optimization
Control Theory
First-order Gradient Descent
Heavy-ball Optimizer
Recurrent Neural Networks
State-space Representations

File:

Download SamerSaabJr_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shashi Phoha, Co-Chair of Committee
Puneet Singla, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair