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Author:

Yin, Hao

Title:

INTEGRATING INSTRUMENTATION DATA IN PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

MEPDG
Monte Carlo simulation
flexible pavement
instrumentation
performance prediction
probabilistic
finite element analysis
viscoelastic
variability analysis

File:

Download HaoYin-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member
Ghassan Chehab, Committee Member
Charles Edward Antle, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Jing

Title:

Stochastic Semistability with Application to Stochastic Consensus

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nontangency
stochastic semistability
consensus algorithm
stochastic system
almost sure Lyapunov stability
random networks
almost sure convergence
stochastic Lyapunov function
Monte Carlo simulation

File:

Download JingZhou-PhD-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jack Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yang

Title:

Varying-Coefficient Models: New Models, Inference Procedures, and Applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Monte Carlo simulation
semi-parametric
semiparametric
nonparametric regression
kernel regression
local likelihood
generalized likelihood ratio test
cross validation
Time-varying-coefficient model
Nonlinear
Local Linear
Varying-coefficient Model
forecasting
bandwidth
bootstraping
bootstrap

File:

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Committee Members:

Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jingzhi Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Damla Senturk, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Weiyi

Title:

A Comparison of Selected Methods for Assessing the Dimensionality of Polytomous Items

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

polytomous item
dimensionality analysis
Monte Carlo simulation

File:

Download Dissertation_Weiyi_Cheng_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Pui-Wa Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pui-Wa Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Outside Member

Author:

Jahanmahin, Omid

Title:

STUDYING THE UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLY AND ATTACHMENT: INSIGHTS FROM MONTE CARLO AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Directed self-assembly
semiconductor
insulator
Monte Carlo simulation
COMSOL simulation
surface element integration
Dielectrophoresis (DEP)
Oriented Attachment (OA)
Atomic-scale investigations
Rare event sampling
Umbrella sampling
MD simulation
In silico studies
Reactive force field (ReaxFF)
Gold nanowire (NW) self-assembly
Nanoparticle assembly
Surface element integration (SEI)
Semiconductor
Insulator
Dielectric particles

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Committee Members:

Kristen Fichthorn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christine Keating, Outside Unit & Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Themis Matsoukas, Major Field Member