Dissertations from 2013
A Molecular Analysis of Skeletal Morphogenesis in the Sea Urchin Embryo, Ashrifia Adomako-Ankomah
Learning Large-Scale Conditional Random Fields, Joseph K. Bradley
A General System for Supervised Biomedical Image Segmentation, Cheng Chen
Facilitating the Development and Integration of Low-Carbon Energy Technologies, Emily Fertig
Solid-Supported Lipid Membranes: Formation, Stability and Applications, Haw Zan Goh
How the Timing of Climate Change Policy Affects Infrastructure Turnover in the Electricity Sector: Engineering, Economic and Policy Considerations, Catherine Finley Izard
Cross-Cultural Believability of Robot Characters, Maxim Makatchev
Land Use and Congestion Management Strategies to Promote Urban Environmental Sustainability, Yeganeh Mashayekh
Energy Performance Impacts from Competing Low-slope Roofing Choices and Photovoltaic Technologies, Amy L. Nagengast
Investigation of electroforming characteristics of TiO2 based resistance switching devices, Mohammad N. Noman
Assessing the Costs and Risks of Novel Wind Turbine Applications, Stephen M. Rose
Ubiquitous Projection: New Interfaces using Mobile Projectors, Karl D. D. Willis
Dissertations from 2012
Improving Students’ Study Practices Through the Principled Design of Research Probes, Taradg Aleahmad
Mandrel-based Polishing of Single-Crystal Diamond and Ceramics for Fabrication of Micro-endmills: Analysis of the Polishing Characteristics and the Error Motions of Ultra-High-Speed Micromachining Spindles, Krishna Prashanth Anandan
Limits, Regularity and Removal for Relational and Weighted Structures, Ashwini Aroskar
Vision-Based Control of a Handheld Micromanipulator for Robot-Assisted Retinal Surgery, Brian C. Becker
Minimizing Impediments to Design for Construction Safety (DFCS) Implementation on Capital Projects, Mustapha A. Bello
Broadband in Schools: Effects on Student Performance and Spillovers for Household Internet Adoption, Rodrigo Belo
Spectral Approaches to Learning Predictive Representations, Byron Boots
"The Great Nomad": Work, Environment, and Space in the Lumber Industry of Minnesota and Louisiana from the 1870s to the 1930s, Kevin Conor Brown
The Fragmentation vs. Functionalization Paths of Molecules during Atmospheric Chemical Aging, Heber J. Chacon-Madrid
Data Mining Meets HCI: Making Sense of Large Graphs, Dueng Horng Chau
New Physics Beyond the Standard Model with Weakly Interacting Particles, Chien-Yi Chen
Lifelong Robotic Object Perception, Alvaro Collet Romea
Sensing and Learning Channel State Information in a Dynamic Wireless Environment with Cognitive Radios and Networks, Reginald Larenzo Cooper
Benefits of Bounded Diversity: Organizational Learning and Knowledge Transfer in a Multi-Product Manufacturing Environment, Carolyn Riley Denomme
A Stepped Frequency Continuous Wave Ranging Sensor for Aiding Pedestrian Inertial Navigation, James M. Downey
Yip1A structures the mammalian endoplasmic reticulum, Kaitlyn M. Dykstra
Mixed Membership Distributions with Applications to Modeling Multiple Strategy Usage, April Galyardt
Multi-Goal Path Optimization for Robotic Systems with Redundancy based on the Traveling Salesman Problem with Neighborhoods, Iacopo Gentilini
Learning Spatio-Temporal Dynamics: Nonparametric Methods for Optimal Forecasting and Automated Pattern Discovery, Georg Matthias Goerg
Secondary Organic Aerosol from On- and Off-Road Combustion Emissions: Scientific and Policy Perspectives, Timothy D. Gordon
Development and Analysis of a Tip-based Mechanical Nano-Manufacturing Process: Nanomilling, Bulent Arda Gozen
Physical Characteristics of Caprock Formations used for Geological Storage of CO2 and the Impact of Uncertainty in Fracture Properties in CO2 Transport through Fractured Caprocks, Craig Alexander Griffith
Assessment and support of the idea co-construction process that influences collaboration, Gahgene Gweon
GHG Emissions and Costs of Developing Biomass Energy in Malaysia: Implications on Energy Security in the Transportation and Electricity Sector, Mohd Nor Azman Hassan
Measurement of Annealing Phenomena in High Purity Metals with Near-field High Energy X-ray Diffraction Microscopy, Christopher M. Hefferan
Energy Storage on the Grid and the Short-term Variability of Wind, Eric Stephen Hittinger
Topics in Residential Electric Demand Response, Shira R. Horowitz
Advanced Exergy Analysis for a Solar Double Stage Absorption Chiller, Yang Hu
Vision-Based Navigation for a Small Fixed-Wing Airplane in Urban Environment, Myung Hwangbo
Attention-guided Algorithms to Retarget and Augment Animations, Stills, and Videos, Eakta Jain
Modeling Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation From Emissions of Combustion Sources, Shantanu Hemant Jathar
miRNA Regulation in Development, Sabah Kadri
Mining Tera-Scale Graphs: Theory, Engineering and Discoveries, U Kang
Design, Fabrication and Characterization of an Autonomous, Sub-millimeter Scale Modular Robot, Mustafa Emre Karagozler
All Trust Is Local: Empowering Users’ Authentication Decisions on the Internet, Tiffany Hyun-Jin Kim
Industry Location Shift through Technological Change - A Study of the US Semiconductor Industry (1947-1987), Jonathan D. Kowalski
Verifying Higher-Order Imperative Programs with Higher-Order Separation Logic, Neelakantan R. Krishnaswami
Approximation Techniques for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization Problems, Ravishankar Krishnaswamy
Approximate Representation of Unknown Objects with a Single-line Scanning Lidar and a Video Camera, Ki Ho Kwak
Attribute Learning using Joint Human and Machine Computation, Edith L.M. Law
Task-based Embedded Assessment of Functional Abilities for Aging in Place, Matthew L. Lee
Improving Understanding and Trust with Intelligibility in Context-Aware Applications, Brian Y. Lim
Scheduling in Cyber-Physical Systems, Qiao Li
Integrating Variable Renewables into the Electric Grid: An Evaluation of Challenges and Potential Solutions, Colleen Angela Lueken
An Alternative Approach for Assessing and Implementing Autonomous Ground Robotic Systems, John M. Matsumura
Managing Wind Power Forecast Uncertainty in Electric Grids, Brandon Keith Mauch
Generalization Error Bounds for Time Series, Daniel J. McDonald
Gecko-Inspired, Controlled Adhesion and Its Applications, Yigit Menguc
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions in the Problem of Optimal Investment with Intermediate Consumption, Oleksii Mostovyi
Evaluating Biomass Energy Policy in the Face of Emissions Reductions Uncertainty and Feedstock Supply Risk, Kimberley A. Mullins
The Emerging Smart Grid: Opportunities for Increased System Reliability and Potential Security Risks, Anu Narayanan
Making the Most out of Distributed Generation without Endangering Normal Operation: A Model-Based Technical-Policy Approach, Masoud Honarvar Nazari
Segment-based SVMs for Time Series Analysis, Minh Hoai Nguyen
Automated Market Making: Theory and Practice, Abraham M. Othman
Tip Based Automated Nanomanipulation using Scanning Probe Microscopy, Onur Ozcan
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: battery degradation, grid support, emissions, and battery size tradeoffs, Scott B. Peterson
Modeling Relevance in Statistical Machine Translation: Scoring Alignment, Context, and Annotations of Translation Instances, Aaron B. Phillips
Evolution and Regularity Results for Epitaxially Strained Thin Films and Material Voids, Paulo Piovano
Patient-Specific 3D Vascular Reconstruction and Computational Assessment of Biomechanics – an Application to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Samarth Shankar Raut
Research Collaboration, Academic Stars and the Evolution of Science Systems, Leonardo Reyes-Gonzalez
Maximum Margin Correlation Filters, Andres F. Rodriguez-Perez
Gray-Space Spectrum Sharing with Cellular Systems and Radars, and Policy Implications, Rathapon Saruthirathanaworakun
An Agent-based Model for Evaluating Cellular Mechanisms of Bone Remodeling, Lyndsey J. Schutte
Augmenting Cartographic Resources and Assessing Roadway State for Vehicle Navigation, Young-Woo Seo
Automatic Generation of Issue Maps: Structured, Interactive Outputs for Complex Information Needs, Dafna Shahaf
Structure and Kinetics of the PTEN Tumor Suppressor: Investigation of Solution and Membrane-Associated States, Siddharth Subhash Shenoy
Statistical Methods for studying Genetic Variation in Populations, Suyash Shringarpure
Evaluating Interventions in the U.S. Electricity System: Assessments of Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Small-‐Scale Cogeneration, Kyle Siler-Evans
Substructural Logical Specifications, Robert J. Simmons
Graph Partitioning and Semi-definite Programming Hierarchies, Ali Kemal Sinop
Sensing Through Structure, Ronit Slyper
Interface Structure of Graphene on SiC for Various Preparation Conditions, Nishtha Srivastava
Sensor-Based Assessment of the Quality of Human Motion During Therapeutic Exercise, Portia E. Taylor
Energy Efficiency and Rebound Effects in the United States: Implications for Renewables Investment and Emissions Abatement, Brinda Ann Thomas
Formalizing and Enforcing Purpose Restrictions, Michael Carl Tschantz
Advanced Amine and Ammonia Systems for Greenhouse Gas Control at Fossil Fuel Power Plants, Paul L. Versteeg
Behavioral Modeling of Botnet Populations Viewed through Internet Protocol Address Space, Rhiannon Weaver
Experience-dependent plasticity of layer 2/3 circuits in developing somatosensory neocortex, Jing Wen
A Data-Driven Framework for Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring of Pipes, Yujie Ying
IC Spatial Variation Modeling: Algorithms and Applications, Wangyang Zhang
Learning with Limited Supervision by Input and Output Coding, Yi Zhang