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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:

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Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

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

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:

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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

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

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

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

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:

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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

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:

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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

Author:

Rodriguez, Luna Marie

Title:

Uncertainty Propagation within Source Term Estimation

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

uncertainty
source term estimation
genetic algorithm
QUIC
wind
urban
FFT07
adjoint
background error covariance matrix

File:

Download RodzDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sue Ellen Haupt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenni Evans, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Dr Paul Bieringer, Special Member

Author:

Nallamothu, Phani Teja

Title:

Design and Implementation of Automated Assembly Planning Methodology

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

automated assembly sequence
CAD
optimal sequence
genetic algorithm

File:

Download PhaniTejaMastersThesisFinal2.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar R. T. Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Antion Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hanlon, Christopher James

Title:

Field Campaign Decision Making in Atmospheric Science Using an Automated Decision Algorithm

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

decision algorithm
probabilistic forecasting
optimization
dynamic programming
logistic regression
genetic algorithm

File:

Download Hanlon-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin Patrick Tingley, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member

Author:

Dahiya, Siddharth

Title:

Course Scheduling with Preference Optimization

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

course scheduling
timetabling
utp
genetic algorithm
university timetabling problem
evolutionary algorithm

File:

Download SDahiya-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thang Nguyen Bui, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Corle, Ethan Lewis

Title:

Optimization of Active Flap Deployment for Efficient In-plane Rotor Noise Reduction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

active flap
rotor noise
aeroacoustics
genetic algorithm
helicopter quieting

File:

Download Corle_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sah, Navdha

Title:

Clustering Using Differential Evolution

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

clustering
differential evolution
evolutionary algorithms
genetic algorithm

File:

Download NSah-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thang Nguyen Bui, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rajendran, Suchithra

Title:

Platelet Inventory Management in Blood Supply Chains

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Platelet wastage
stochastic integer programming
heuristic ordering policies
blood supply chain
genetic algorithm

File:

Download Suchi_Rajendran_Dissertation_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

A. Ravi Ravindran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
A. Ravi Ravindran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vittal Prabhu, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Terry Harrison, Outside Member
Jeanne Lumadue, Outside Member

Author:

Stanko, Jason D

Title:

Automated Design and Evaluation of Airfoils for Rotorcraft Applications

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

parameterization
orthogonal
automation
airfoil performance table
multicollinearity
design
class shape transformation
genetic algorithm
CFD
Legendre Polynomial
CMA-ES
UH60
OVERFLOW
airfoil shape optimization
C81
Augmented Lagrange

File:

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Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hoffman, Michael L

Title:

Condition-based Maintenance Policy Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms and Gaussian Markov Improvement Algorithm

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

condition-based maintenance
maintenance optimization
genetic algorithm
gaussian markov improvement algorithm

File:

Download Hoffman_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eunhye Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Brundage, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Xiao

Title:

TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL IN A CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT CONSIDERING PEDESTRIANS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Traffic signal control
connected vehicles
autonomous vehicles
pedestrians
genetic algorithm

File:

Download Xiao_Liang-Dissertaion.pdf

Committee Members:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vikash Varun Gayah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric T. Donnell, Committee Member
Jose A. Ventura, Outside Member
Sukran Ilgin Guler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukran Ilgin Guler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair