Dissertations from 2019
An industrially applicable approach to transient thermal modeling in additive manufacturing using a mass-added finite difference method, Tom James Stockman III
Characterization of bacterial peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase 1 from different phylogenetic clades, Daniel Joseph Scott Strange
Molecular role of angiopoietin-like 4's carboxy-terminal domain in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression, Crissy L. Tarver
Study of plume dynamics from laser-ablated elemental materials for propulsion application, M. Shane Thompson
Two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic modeling of cylindrical plasma jets confined magneto-inertial fusion targets, Seth Thompson
Generating cyberattack model components from an attack pattern database, Tymaine S. Whitaker
Physically derived two-dimensional predictive model for dual-gate devices using quintic splines, Scott C. Wolfson
Dissertations from 2018
Production of energetic emission and particles acceleration in thunderstorms : terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, Samer T. Alnussirat
OpenPLC : towards a fully open and secure programmable logic controller : ǂb a dissertation, Thiago Alves
Computational investigations of ignition characteristics of live fuels and deposition of firebrands in a turbulent boundary layer, Chandana Anand
Using super rapid scan geostationary satellite data derived motion to improve understanding and observation of the dynamics of deep convection in the atmosphere, Jason Merritt Apke
Machine learning of cyberattack and defense strategies, John Andrew Bland
Examining absorbing aerosols above clouds based on in situ and satellite observations, Ian Y. Chang
Collaborative global-positioning-system interference reduction through multi-node antenna arrays and selection combining, Kenneth L. Collier Jr.
Physics of ignition and burn wave propagation in advanced thermonuclear fusion targets, Ross Jared Cortez
Characterization of outdoor dielectrics for power system applications, Longfei Cui
Plasma characterization of a single and double split ring resonator for micropropulsion, Roberto Dextre
Investigating the factors contributing to a crash severity level and crash frequency in rainy weather and wet pavement conditions using statistical modeling techniques for the state of Alabama, Mehrnaz Doustmohammadi
Nanostructure plasmonics for biochemical sensing, Hong Guo
Evaluation of electric solid propellant responses to electrical factors and electrode configurations, Andrew Timothy Hiatt
Characterization and modeling of ferroelectric ultracapacitors for energy storage, Caroline S. John
A method for quantifying inconsistency in a conceptual graph knowledge base, Caralee A. Kassos
Plasmonic metamaterials for enhanced light transmission, absorption, and antireflection coating, Wonkyu Kim
Improved understanding of lightning characteristics relative to radar and altitude profiles, Retha Matthee Mecikalski
Ultrathin perfect light absorbers as color filters and modulators, Seyed Sadreddin Mirshafieyan
Energy and mobility aware routing protocol for hybrid network of VANET-WSN, Linda F. Mohaisen
Chemical modification of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s (PHA)s via "click' chemistry, Samuel Nkrumah-Agyeefi
Dynamic wavefront capability for anti-jam electronics and controlled reception pattern antenna, Gregory Reynolds
Monocular camera scene reconstruction using oriented feature constellations, Benjamin J. Schmid
Comprehensive functional and transcriptional analysis of human pancreatic islets from controls and individuals with Type 1 diabetes (T1D), Shristi Shrestha
Some problems on graph colorings, Brett Skinner
A study on terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and terrestrial electron beams, Matthew C. Stanbro
Longitudinal stratified structure as tunable platform using liquid crystal at terahertz regime, Abubaker Mustafa Tareki
Global stability and traveling wave solutions for a two-competing-prey and one-predator Lotka-Volterra model, Cuiping Wang
Improving cloud simulation in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model through assimilation of GOES satellite observations, Andrew T. White
Temporal evolution of the plasma sheath surrounding solar cells in low earth orbit and its effect on spacecraft charge collection, Emily M. Willis
Dynamic cybersecurity warnings : subliminal and supraliminal approaches, Mini Zeng
Dissertations from 2017
Efficient openCL-based particle-in-cell simulation of auroral plasma phenomena within a commodity spatially reconfigurable computing environment, Abedalmuhdi M. Almomany
Search-based automated robustness testing of autonomous vehicle control software, Kevin Michael Betts
The effects of wing flexibility on the flight performance and stability of flapping wing micro air vehicles, James Edward Bluman
The effect of personality traits on goal orientation and its implication on training and development of scientists and engineers, John D. Braswell
Searching for prompt gamma ray signals around gravitational wave triggers, Eric Burns
Determining relationships between organizational unit functioning (teams and working groups) and unit performance in government scientific and engineering organizations, David A. Clark PE
Shocking features in merging galaxy clusters, Sarthak Dasadia
Studies of effective color combinations in visualization, Sussan Einakian
Moving target defense based on mobile IPv6, Vahid Heydari
Novel antifungal properties of high mannose binding lectins with particular emphasis on scytovirin and cryptococcus, Tyler Hays Jones
A phase rule approach to critical point phenomena in chemically reacting systems, Joshua R. Lang
A model based framework for mobility assessment of older adults using wearable systems, Priyanka Madhushri
Assimilation of coupled microwave/thermal infrared soil moisture profiles into a crop modeling system, Vikalp Mishra
Site specific isotopic labeling of phenylalanine and tyrosine : application to pth1, Bhargavi Ramaraju
Analytical investigation of thermoacoustic instabilities in premixed combustion systems, Vijaya Krishna Rani
Vertex-based distinguishing collections, J. Louis Sewell
Difference frequency response of a small scattering object under dual frequency millimeter wave illumination, Robert A. Smith
Synthesis of amphiphilic pegylated poly([alpha]-amino acid) tercopolymers and the impact of molecular architecture on their use as gene and drug delivery vectors, David J. Ulkoski
A numerical investigation of heat transfer and fluid structures in the wake of a single confined bubble, John R. Willard
Quantum dot photoluminescent dynamics and exciton-plasmon coupling in the presence of dielectrics, metal oxides, and metallic nanoparticles, Waylin J. Wing
Gradient coverslip (gCVSL) : a novel way to culture cells under hypoxia, Brenda Smith Wright
Multi-resolution data structures for spherically mapped point data, Robert William Youngren
Observational analysis of transient and coherent structures in space plasmas, Jinlei Zheng
Dissertations from 2016
Nonbinary coded-higher order modulation in faster-than-nyquist signaling, Asma Ahmad Alqudah
Investigating the acceleration of solar energetic particles by a coronal mass ejection driven shock in the corona with self-generated Alfvén waves, Aaron Douglas Arthur
Stochastic theory and direct numerical simulations of the relative motion of high-stokes number particles in isotropic turbulence, Rohit Dhariwal
Associative data analytics and its application to protein crystallization analysis, Imren Dinc
A framework for optimizing data transfers between edge devices and the cloud using compression utilities, Armen A. Dzhagaryan
Investigation of liquid rocket swirl coaxial injection dynamics under self-excited high frequency oscillations, Chad Jonathan Eberhart
A radar waveform for a nuclear scintillated environment, Eric G. Forrest
Electroosmotic microfluidic oligonucleotide synthesis reactor, William R. Gaillard
Molecular and functional analyses of inorganic pyrophosphatases, Manavalan Gajapathy
Digital holography and coherent imaging at terahertz frequencies, Martin Stephan Heimbeck
Regression rate study of porous axial-injection, end-burning hybrid fuel grains, Matthew A. Hitt
Estimating impact of the reshoring phenomenon on the U.S. freight transport and network, Jaehoon Kim
Predictive simulation of gas adsorption in fixed-beds and limitations due to the ill-posed Danckwerts boundary condition, James Clinton Knox
Design and analysis of biased run-length coding methods and their applications in lossless compression of bi-level ROI maps in hyperspectral images, Amir Leon Liaghati
Numerical simulations of particle acceleration during solar flares, Xiaocan Li
Transverse stratified structure for tunable beaming and filtering at terahertz frequencies, Daniele Lo Forti
Applying frequency hopping to diagonal Bell Laboratories layered space time multiple input multiple output architecture, Janek J. Mroczek
Certifiable higher order sliding mode control practical stability margins approach, Chandrasekhara Bharath Panathula
Fatigue performance of RC beams strengthened with a polyurea coating system, Sasan Parniani
Design and synthesis of nanostructured palladium catalysts by atomic layer deposition, Mar Piernavieja Hermida
Robust support media for high throughput chromatographic separations, Javier Sanchez Santiago
Efficient lossless compression of regions of interest in hyperspectral imagery, Hongda Shen
Characterization of ubiquitin-proteasome dynamics in caenorhabditis elegans muscle cells during protein-folding stress, Gregory A. Skibinski
Like-doublet injectors : the effects of varying the impingement distance and an analysis of the primary atomization zone, Brian A. Sweeney
Material sections and natural fragmentation size distributions in heterogenous shells, Justin Christopher Sweitzer
Deposition and characterization of hermetic, biocompatible thin film coatings for implantable, electrically active devices, Robyn K. Sweitzer
Pickup ion production in the global heliosphere and heliosheath, Yihong Wu
Dissertations from 2015
The transport of turbulence in large-scale in homogeneous flows with application to the solar wind, Laxman Adhikari
The random fiber test for absolute measurement of cylindrical optics, Ayshah Alatawi
Temporal mammogram segmentation for improving early breast cancer detection, Huda Al-Ghaib
Control of fuel cell based electric power systems using adaptive sliding mode control and observation techniques, Roshini Sukanya Ashok Kumar