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Author:

Witmer, Lucas Turner

Title:

The Impact of Solar Radiation on the Heating and Cooling of Buildings

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solar
Building
Energy
Modeling
Solar Energy
Radiation
Irradiance
Irradiation
Energy Modeling
Thermal Comfort

File:

Download Witmer_Lucas-2014-Dissertation.pdfDownload Conditional_Probability_Distributions.gifDownload LucasWitmerPhdDefenseSlides.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Committee Member
Stephen James Treado, Committee Member

Author:

Wnuk, Kendall Coleman

Title:

Temporal evolution of magma sources and surface deformation at Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala revealed by InSAR

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Volcanology
InSAR
Geodesy
Pacaya Volcano
Deformation
Magma
Modeling
Inversion
Basaltic

File:

Download Wnuk_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christelle Wauthier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Jianyi

Title:

ANALYTICAL PROCESS MODELING AND NONLINEAR CONTROL OF MELT-POOL HEIGHT AND TEMPERATURE IN DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Modeling
Control
Additive Manufacturing
Directed Energy Deposition

File:

Download Jianyi_Li_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Ted Reutzel, Outside Member

Author:

Foley, Thomas Thomassen

Title:

Statistical Mechanics of Coarse-Graining

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Coarse-graining
Modeling
Renormalization
Statistical Mechanics
Gaussian Network Model
Complex Networks
Community Detection
Model Selection
Phase Transitions

File:

Download ThomasFoley.pdf

Committee Members:

William George Noid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Lu Bai, Outside Member

Author:

Simon, Pierre Clement

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A PHASE FIELD MODEL OF HYDRIDE MORPHOLOGY IN ZIRCONIUM ALLOY NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Zirconium
Zirconium Hydrides
Phase Field Model
Grand Potential Model
Modeling
Nuclear Material
Nuclear Engineering
MOOSE
Verification
Validation
Nuclear Fuel Cladding

File:

Download Simon-MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael R. Tonks, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Iyengar, Anirudh Srikant

Title:

ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND SECURE DESIGNS OF SPINTRONIC MEMORY: TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Spintronics
Security
Camouflaging
PUF
NVFF
Secrecy and Privacy
Modeling

File:

Download Anirudh_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Swaroop Ghosh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Trent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
Swaroop Ghosh, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Jinyong

Title:

Modeling Micro- and Macro-Scale Two-Phase Flow in 3D Flow Channels of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fuel Cell
3D fine mesh
Flow-field
Water management
High current density
Mass transport
Two-phase flow
Modeling
PEMFC

File:

Download JinyongKim_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao-Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Anthony

Title:

Modeling Prescribed Fire Effects on Vegetation Dynamics in Mid-Atlantic Oak and Pitch Pine Forests

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Prescribed Fire
Oak Forests
Pitch Pine Forests
Mid-Atlantic
Modeling
Forest Management

File:

Download ZhaoAnthony_MastersThesis_FINAL.pdfDownload ZhaoAnthony_MastersThesis_APPENDIX_C.xlsx

Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mackey, Andrew

Title:

The Development of HybridFAST: An Accessible and Transparent PV System Financial Modeling Tool

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

PV
Photovoltaics
Financial Modeling
HybridFAST
Financial
Proforma
Modeling
Solar

File:

Download 190627_ADM223_MS_AE_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Somayeh Asadi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Susan Stewart, Committee Member
Dr. Robert Leicht, Committee Member

Author:

Messinger, Steve

Title:

Modeling, Adaptive Control, and Flight Testing of a Lighter-than-Air Vehicle Validated Using System Identification

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Model Reference Adaptive Control
System Identification
Adaptive Control
Lighter-than-Air Vehicle
Vehicle Design
Sparse System Identification
Flight Testing
Modeling
Simulation
Control
Aerospace

File:

Download Messinger_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon W Miller, Committee Member