Theses/Dissertations from 2022
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
Measurement on stress-time avalanches of fiber reinforced concrete beams during flexure, Zhuang Liu, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Optimization of energy-constrained resources in radial distribution networks with solar PV, Mohammad Nawaf Nazir, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Shaped And Structured Fields For Underground Remote Sensing And Communication, Daniel Jerome Orfeo, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Atomistic Simulation Study Of Nickel Solute Segregation And Mechanical Behavior In Nanocrystalline Fcc, Bcc And Hcp Binary Alloys, Eve-Audrey Picard, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Robustness and Accuracy Bounds of Model-based Structural Health Monitoring, Nestor Ramon Polanco, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Strengthening Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline Silver-Nickel Nanolayered Materials, Malcolm Ryan Pringle, MS, Mechanical Engineering
The Effects of Oxidized Biodiesel Fuel on Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Composition and Particulate Matter Emissions from a Light-Duty Diesel Engine, Jack Elliot Reed, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nonlinear Impedance Spectroscopy to characterize Hole Transport and Recombination Dynamics in Organic Semiconductor Devices, Robin Rice, MS, Materials Science
Establishing behavioral baselines for computational systems: two case studies, John Henry Ring, PhD, Computer Science
Absolute Number Density Measurements of Atomic Species in Air and Nitrogen Plasmas, Jeffrey C. Schindler, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Flood Analysis of Bridge-Stream Interactions using Two-Dimensional Models, Rachel Seigel, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Quantifying language changes surrounding mental health on Twitter, Anne Marie Stupinski, MS, Complex Systems and Data Science
Optimizing New In Vitro Methodologies For Assessing The Effects Of Mechanical Stimuli On Lung Cells: Implications For Lung Biology And Disease, Alicia E. Tanneberger, MS, Biomedical Engineering
Sit-Stand Performance With Wearables: An Indicator Of Impairment And Fall Risk In Multiple Sclerosis, Lindsey Tulipani, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Leveraging Domain Knowledge in Deep Learning Systems, Colin Van Oort, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Carbon Monoxide Measurements in a CO2 Plasma Using Two-Photon Laser Induced Fluorescence, Brandon Voll, MS, Mechanical Engineering
A Peridynamic Simulation Of Repeated Projectile Impacts On A Steel Plate, Jacob Williams, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Exciton Coherence in 1D Phthalocyanine Based Organic Crystalline Thin Films, KimNgan Burrill, PhD, Materials Science
Subsurface Sensing with Shakers and Inspection Vehicles, Jonathan Robert Burton, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Essays on modeling and analysis of dynamic sociotechnical systems, David Rushing Dewhurst, PhD, Complex Systems
Utilizing Machine Learning For Respiratory Rate Detection Via Radar Sensor, Anwar Elhadad, MS, Electrical Engineering
Active Magnetic Sensing for Urban Target Discrimination, Wilson Ezequelle, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Understanding Grain Boundary And Stress Concentration Effects On Strengthening Mechanisms In Nanotwinned Metals, Qiongjiali Fang, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Co-optimization of a Robot's Body and Brain via Evolution and Reinforcement Learning, Jack Felag, MS, Complex Systems
The Utilization of Software Defined Radios for Adaptive, Phased Array Antenna Systems, Evan Fennelly, MS, Electrical Engineering
Software Defined Radio Based Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Ground Penetrating Radar, Patrick Fiske, MS, Electrical Engineering
Reference Governors for Time-varying Systems and Constraints, Collin Freiheit, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Some results on a set of data driven stochastic wildfire models, Maxfield E. Green, MS, Complex Systems
Microwave Assisted Heating of a Ferromagnetically-Doped Propellant for Small Satellites: An Efficacy Study, Thomas Joseph Heffernan, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Microwave Assisted Heating of a Ferromagnetically-Doped Propellant for Small Satellites: An Efficacy Study, Thomas Joseph Heffernan, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Open Source Quantitative Stress Prediction Leveraging Wearable Sensing and Machine Learning Methods, Blake Hewgill, MS, Electrical Engineering
Economic Efficiency and Carbon Emissions in MES with Flexible Buildings, Zach Lawrence Hurwitz, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Characterization of the University of Vermont Plasma Torch and Simulation of Pyrolysis Gas and Plasma Interactions, Precious Jagun, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Three-Phase Hybrid Model Of Bacterial Biofilm Growth, Xing Jin, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Shape Detection Of Concealed Conductive Objects Using Microwave Ultra-Wideband Spectra, Kyle Kowalczyk, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Design for an Increasingly Protean Machine, Sam Kriegman, PhD, Computer Science
The Iteration Domain Reference Governor, a Constraint Management Scheme for Batch Processes, Aidan Ridner Laracy, MS, Mechanical Engineering
A Software Defined Radio Interrogator for Passive Harmonic Transponders, Timothy Fennell Laracy, MS, Electrical Engineering
A State Estimation Framework for Fatigue Monitoring and Prognosis of Minimally Instrumented Structural and Biomechanical Systems, Benjamin LeBlanc, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Optimization of Mixing Efficiency in Low Reynolds Unlike Doublet Injectors by Incorporating Swirl, Samuel Braggins Ligon, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Enhancement of Charge Transfer in Thermally-expanded and Strain-stabilized TIPS-pentacene Thin Films, Yang Li, PhD, Materials Science
Extremal/Saturation Numbers for Guessing Numbers of Undirected Graphs, Jo Ryder Martin, MS, Mathematics
The circuit and cocircuit lattices of a regular matroid, Patrick Mullins, MS, Mathematical Sciences
Reference Governors: From Theory to Practice, Joycer Osorio, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Experimental And Computational Studies Of Heat Transfer In Flexible Two-Dimensional Woven Fiber Ceramic Materials, Rodrigo Penide Fernandez, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Measuring and Modeling Information Flow on Social Networks, Tyson Charles Pond, MS, Mathematics
The Incidence of Inverter Incidents: Understanding and Quantifying Contributions to Risk in Systems with Large Amounts of Inverter-Based Resources, Caroline Rose Popiel, MS, Electrical Engineering
Applications Of Wearable Sensors In Delivering Biologically Relevant Signals, Jordyn Scism, MS, Biomedical Engineering
Modeling Volcanic Ash Particle Impingement In The Hot Sections Of A Gas Turbine Engine, Drue Seksinsky, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Complex systems analysis in selected domains: animal biosecurity & genetic expression, Luke Trinity, MS, Complex Systems
Knee Articular Cartilage Material Properties Estimation Through FEA, Eduardo Enrique Valdez, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Numerical Simulations of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Torch, Samuel Whitmore, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Model Parameter Calibration in Power Systems, Yuhao Wu, MS, Computer Science
Using Dielectric Characterization To Study Transport And Thermal Properties Of Gas/supercritical Fluid Embedded Polymer Solution, Xiangxiao Yao, PhD, Mechanical Engineering