Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Metal-Dielectric Photonic Crystal Organic Light Emitting Diodes: A Novel Platform for Light Emission and Investigation of Light-Matter Interactions, David Allemeier, PhD, Materials Science
Deep Reinforcement Machine Learning as a Driver of Agent Decision-Making in Agent-Based Models of Coupled Natural and Human Complex Systems, Kevin Allen Andrew, MS, Computer Science
Investigation of Silane Coating Treatments on Phynolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator for Mars and Future Planetary Exploration, Ian Ballou, MS, Mechanical Engineering
On the construction of more lifelike devices, Shawn Lawrence Beaulieu, PhD, Complex Systems
Extended Kalman Filter Line-Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Autonomous Robotics, Vedran Beganovic, MS, Electrical Engineering
Technological and spatial analysis techniques to improve outcomes of agricultural nutrient management, Finn A. Bondeson, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Performance of a Low-Reynolds Discrete Swirl Injection Method Under a Range of Design Parameters, Owen Brandriss, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Bayesian experimental design for control and surveillance in epidemiology, Bren Case, PhD, Computer Science
Computational Models Of Extracellular Matrix Remodeling In Pulmonary Fibrosis, Dylan Tyler Casey, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Estimating particle velocity from dual-camera mixed reality video images using 3D particle tracking velocimetry, Thomas Chivers, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Metagenomic Insights Into The Full-Scale Anaerobic Digestion of Cow Manure and Pre-Treated Food Waste, Amy Camille DeCola, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Developing Muscle Synergy Functions For Remote Gait Analysis, Nicole Marie Donahue, MS, Biomedical Engineering
Travel Burdens In Rural Us Households, Sierra Emma-Leigh Espeland, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Investigating the Mechanical Properties of Different Types of Phospholipids, A Molecular Dynamics Study, Atena Farhangian, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Leveraging a machine learning based predictive framework to study brain-phenotype relationships, Sage Hahn, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
The Overpressurization and Surface Contamination of On-Demand Pressure Systems, William Harvey, MS, Mechanical Engineering
SARS-CoV-2 SURVEILLANCE AND ASSESSMENT OF OSCILLATING ELECTRIC FIELD-ASSISTED PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY AND INACTIVATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI IN WASTEWATER, Kamruzzaman Khan, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biomechanical Outcomes 1 Year After Acl Reconstruction And Meniscus Surgery, Sadegh Khodabandeloo, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Development of a Portable Device for Quantifying Internal-External Rotational Laxity of the Knee in Vivo, Haley Kuralt, MS, Biomedical Engineering
Data Science and Mathematical Modeling for Humanitarian Response, Ollin Demian Langle Chimal, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
A Duration-Over-Threshold Model For Flood Frequency And Flow Regime Characterization, Kenneth Scott Feasley Lawson, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Metagenomic Insights Into Landfill Intermediate Cover Soil Microbiomes And Their Potential Role In Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Peyton Lienhart, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Group-Level Frameworks for Data Ethics, Privacy, Safety and Security in Digital Environments, Juniper Lovato, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Leveraging Domain Specific Knowledge to classify Indeterminate Lung Nodules in CT images using Machine Learning Methodologies, Axel Herve Masquelin, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Intelligent Wide-Area Monitoring Systems using Deep Learning, Mustafa Matar, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Timeseries Analysis To Characterize Complex Phenomena In Environmental And Human Health Applications, Jeremy Ernest Matt, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Applications of a Wearable Sensor Platform for Remotely Monitoring Impairment in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis, Brett Matthew Meyer, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Understanding and Mitigating Phosphorus Losses in the Vermont Lake Champlain Basin at the Watershed and Field Scale In A Changing Climate, George Harrison Myers, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Silicon Carbide Fabric Catalysis Assessment in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Facility, Christopher Michael Nolan, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Reactivity of Isolated Cerebral Parenchymal Arterioles to Thrombin During Pregnancy and Preeclampsia in Rats, Olivia Mae O'Brien, MS, Biomedical Engineering
Data-driven Reachability of Non-linear Systems via Optimization of Chen-Fliess Series, Ivan Perez Avellaneda, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Surface Temperature Measurement Fidelity in High Enthalpy Plasma Test Facilities, Owen Plante, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical and chemical activation of the Angiotensin II Type 1 receptor, Bharat Poudel, PhD, Materials Science
Quantifying Cartilage Composition And Arthrokinematics: Application To Short-Term Biomechanical Outcomes After Sports-Related Knee Injury And Surgery, John Curtis Ramsdell, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Applications of Centrality Measures and Extremal Combinatorics, Hunter Dane Rehm, PhD, Mathematics
Quantifying Glial-Glial Interactions In Drosophila Using Automated Image Analysis, Gabriela Salazar Lopez, MS, Complex Systems and Data Science
Surface Volatilization Investigation of Graphite, Mitchell Stern, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Colloidal Particle Transport in Porous Media, Randall Storm, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Analyzing the Impact of Cultural Factors on Happiness Levels in Arabic Language Tweets, Parisa Suchdev, MS, Computer Science
Advancing Deep Learning Techniques For Turbidity Forecasting In Rivers And Reservoirs, Shaurya Swami, MS, Computer Science
Effects of Morphology on Genetic Assimilation of Learned Behavior, Natalie L. Tolley, MS, Computer Science
How to analyze parental conversation online: a computational stack for studying vaccine hesitancy., Carter Willets Ward, MS, Complex Systems and Data Science
An Analysis of a Linear Algebra Based Group Key Exchange Protocol, Annie Zhang, MS, Mathematical Sciences
Estimation in Generalized Estimating Equation measurement error models using instrumental variables/ Estimating the cardinality of latent defective edges in hypergraphs, Damin Zhu, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
Tools To Measure Dispersion Descriptors From Polymer Nanocomposites, Kevin Dimas Zuniga Cuellar, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Modeling the Heterogeneous Temporal Dynamics of Epidemics on Networks, Andrea Joan Allen, MS, Complex Systems and Data Science
Enhancing Cybersecurity of Power Systems using Machine Learning, Fayha Almutairy, PhD, Computer Science
Constraint-Aware and Efficiency-Aware Control of Air-Path in Fuel Cell Vehicles, Eli Bacher-Chong, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Testing Protein Adsorption on Nanoparticles Towards Improved Drug Delivery, Brooke Bednarke, MS, Biomedical Engineering
Three Branch Diversity Systems for Multi-Hop IoT Networks, Sakil Ahmed Chowdhury, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Hydroclimatic Variability of the Northeastern United States, Caitlin Crossett, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tuning electroluminescence from resonators based on Fabry-Pérot microcavity OLEDs, Ekraj Dahal, PhD, Materials Science
Building a Learning Healthcare System: a path to optimizing big health data to inform clinical care decisions, Danne Charlotte Emily Elbers, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Active Acoustic Sensing Technologies For Practical Uav-Based Condition Assessment Of Underside Bridge Decks, Damien Garland, MS, Mechanical Engineering
On the Enhancement of Penetrating Radar Target Location Accuracy With Visual-Inertial SLAM, Joshua Girard, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Finite Element Deformation Of Silver Nanowire Networks, Akiva Gopalkrishnan, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Chitosan-Based Shrinking Fibers for Post-Cure Stressing to Increase Durability of Concrete, Diarmuid Gregory, MS, Mechanical Engineering
High-resolution downscaling and bias-correction of temperature and precipitation: advances in statistical methods, Maike Holthuijzen, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Open-Source Wearable Sensors For Detecting Fall Risk In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis, Conor Joyce, MS, Electrical Engineering
Medical applications of Ultrasound: T-Cell Drug Delivery, Osteoporosis Diagnosis, and Biofilm Mitigation, Alina Karki, PhD, Materials Science
Experimental Investigation of Production Enhancement in Deep Geothermal Systems, Bijay K C, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Resilience and Decarbonization of Energy Systems: A Data Driven Approach, Molly Rose Kelly-Gorham, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Strain-Enhanced Coherent Exciton-Polaron States In 1d Phthalocyanine Crystalline Thin Films, Libin Liang, PhD, Materials Science
Leveraging behavioral data for public health: exploring sleep and nature exposure using mobile phones and social media, Kelsey Linnell, PhD, Mathematics
Reference Governors for MIMO Systems and Preview Control: Theory, Algorithms, and Practical Applications, Yudan Liu, PhD, Electrical Engineering
pymooCFD - A Multi-Objective Optimization Framework for CFD, George Martin Cunningham Love, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Gauge against the machine: improving representations within sociotechnical instruments to enrich context and identify biases, Joshua Minot, PhD, Complex Systems
Effect Of E-Bike Use On Route Choice And Bicycle Infrastructure Preference, Stephen Montaño, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Resonant Trojan EMRIs with LISA, Vanessa Myhaver, MS, Complex Systems and Data Science
Application Of Nanoparticles In Photodynamic Therapy And Increased Endothelial Permeability By Nanoparticle-Induced Activation Of Trpv4: Towards Improved Understanding Of Nanomedicine, Jaspreet Singh Nagi, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Atomic-scale Analysis of Solute Segregation Energy into Grain Boundaries and Polycrystals, Tara Nenninger, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Development Of Protocols For Determining Deleterious Material Content In Crushed Recycled Glass, Fiona Nutbeam, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Studies on the Tempered Fractional Natural Decomposition Method, Nazek Ahmad Obeidat, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
The Optimization of Rifle Barrel Harmonics, Daniel O'Neil, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Electrospraying of Designer Alginates for the Production of Powder-Based Tissue Sealants, Trevor Taylor Paris, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Travel Behavior, Responses To Fuel Prices, And Barriers To Change In Small And Rural Communities, Erica Quallen, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Characterization of Effects of Electric and Acoustic Fields on Fouling During Microfiltration Experiments, Yuxiang Shen, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Secure and Private Federated Learning at Large Scale, Timothy Stevens, PhD, Computer Science
Investigation into extraterrestrial and terrestrial soils and their simulants with and without microbially-induced improvement, Robert Lee Worley II, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
A Holistic Approach To River Restoration Design And Conservation Planning On The Reach And Basin Scales Using Hydraulic Modeling And Multi-Objective Optimization Tools, Lindsay Courtney Worley, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Emergence of Elasto-Inertial Turbulence in 2D Natural Convection Flow with Polymer Additives, Fuqian Yin, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Language-Based Analysis Of Differential Privacy, Chukwunweike Abuah, PhD, Computer Science
Developing natural language processing instruments to study sociotechnical systems, Thayer Alshaabi, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Quasilinear Control: Multivariate Nonlinearities, Robustness and Numerical Properties, and Applications, Sarnaduti Brahma, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Exploring Hidden Networks Yields Important Insights in Disparate Fields of Study, Laurence Clarfeld, PhD, Computer Science
Statistics Of Particle Diffusion Subject To Oscillatory Flow In A Porous Bed, Kelly Curran, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Quantifying Proverb Dynamics in Books, News Articles, and Tweets, Ethan Davis, MS, Complex Systems
Estimating Aviation And Passenger Vehicle Emissions For Surveyed Long-Distance, Intercity Trips, Elizabeth Duffy, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Loss of Precision in Implementations of the Toom-Cook Algorithm, Marcus Elia, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
Geomechanical, Geochemical, And Hydrological Aspects Of Co2 Injection Into Saline Reservoirs, Maziar Foroutan, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jacobians of Finite and Infinite Voltage Covers of Graphs, Sophia Rose Gonet, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
The incel lexicon: Deciphering the emergent cryptolect of a global misogynistic community, Kelly Caroline Gothard, MS, Complex Systems and Data Science
Perils and pitfalls of symbolic regression, Ryan Grindle, MS, Computer Science
Towards Remote Gait Analysis: Combining Physics and Probabilistic Models for Estimating Human Joint Mechanics, Reed Donovan Gurchiek, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Characterization of Pressure and Temperature Reactions in an On-Demand Pressurization System for Small Satellite Propulsion, Anna M. Humphreys, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Cluster Analysis of Time Series Data with Application to Hydrological Events and Serious Illness Conversations, Ali Javed, PhD, Computer Science
Modeling and Control for Packetized Energy Management, Adil Khurram, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Network and Ecological Methods to Study Enteric Pathogen Co-infections, Connor L. Klopfer, MS, Complex Systems and Data Science
Arrangements of the Inputs and Outputs in the Multi-Robot Continuous Control Problem, Sida Liu, MS, Computer Science
3D acoustic pipe locator imaging based on finite element analysis, Yi Liu, MS, Mechanical Engineering