Below are theses and dissertations completed by graduates of the University of Nevada Las Vegas Howard H. Hughes College of Engineering.
For the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations, visit UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Automated Approach for the Enhancement of Scaffolding Structure Monitoring with Strain Sensor Data, Sayan Sakhakarmi
New Mathematical Models for Acoustic Insertion Loss of Fiberglass Lining in HVAC Duct, Michael Anthony Schwob
Development and Application of a Safety Index for Transit Stops: A Case Study from Las Vegas, Nevada, Rithesh Shivuni
Measuring Impacts and Vibrations on a Volumetric Modular House During Transportation, Seung Ho Song
Real–Time Semantic Segmentation for Railway Anomalies Analysis, Paul Stanik III
An Empirical Investigation into the Impact of Automated Grading, Alex James St. Aubin
Efficient Networks-On-Chip Communication Support Solutions for Deep Neural Network Acceleration, Binayak Tiwari
Display Applications for Grating Angle Magnification Accelerated Angular Scanners, Daniel Jesus Valdes
Reachability and Turn Constraint Paths, Sabrina Wallace
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Plasma Aerodynamics: Experimental Quantification of the Lift Force Generated on an Airfoil Using Plasma Actuation to Estimate Power Requirements in Small UAV Applications, Getachew Ashenafi
Biotransformation of Trace Organic Compounds via Microbial Ammonia Oxidation in Biofiltration Systems for Water Reuse, Nicholas Babcock
Dynamic Analysis of a Microgrid Powered With an Inverter and Machine-Based Distributed Resources, Brandon William Blackstone
Material Handling with Embodied Loco-Manipulation, Jean Chagas Vaz
From Language Comprehension Towards General AI, Binay Dahal
Analysis of Microscopic Objects Using Computer Vision Methods, Yuan Dao
Infants' Facial Emotion Recognition, Umme Fatema
Polyvinyl chloride gels: Theoretical modeling of their actuation mechanism and characterization of their properties, Zachary Frank
Comparing a New Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem to Previous Deterministic and Stochastic Algorithms, Edward Friesema
An Introduction to Federated Learning and Its Analysis, Manjari Ganapathy
Improving Pedestrian Safety with the Implementation of the Demand-Responsive Transverse Rumble Strip as a New Traffic Safety Countermeasure, Md Shakhawat Hossen
Effect of Boundary Approximation on Visibility, Samridhi Jha
Geometric Quality Assessment of a Modular House using BIM and Photogrammetric Point Clouds, Preetam Kapsikar
A Human-Embodied Drone for Dexterous Aerial Manipulation, Dongbin Kim
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Precursors to Disinfection Byproducts, Padmanabhan Krishnaswamy
Healthy Aging in Place: An Integrated Smart Home Using Alexa-compatible Technology, Tyler Kryst
Computational Sodium Heat Pipe Simulation in Three Dimensions for Transient Nuclear Reactor Analysis with Variable Surface Heat Flux, Valerie Jean Lawdensky
Behavior of Aged Reinforced Concrete Columns Under High Sustained Concentric and Eccentric Loads, Wenchen Ma
Calculating the Learning Rate of a Neural Network using a Genetic Algorithm, Eric Miller
Exploring the Latent Space of Image Captioning Networks, Mikian J. Musser
Turbulence Modeling of Shock Boundary Layer Interaction in Hypersonic Flows, Sogol Pirbastami
Investigation of Bismuth Telluride Nanowire Composites for Enhanced Flexible Thermoelectric Films, Matthew P. Pusko
TinyML for Gait Stride Classification, Priyanka Rajendra
Investigation of Bench-Scale Packed Bioreactor for Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Co-Contaminants and High Salinity, Julia Ribeiro Rabello
Kaleidoscope of Urban Evapotranspiration: Exploring the Science and Modeling Approaches, Rubab Saher
Modeling the Mechanical Behavior and Shock Propagation of Metallic and Nanocomposite Materials, Pouya Shojaeishahmirzadi
A Fusion of Remotely Sensed Data to Map the Impervious Surfaces of Growing Cities of Punjab, Pakistan, Binita Shrestha
Relationship between Standardization Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and Project Performance, Binit Kumar Shrestha
Monitored Compression Therapy: Using Smart Technology to Optimize the Treatment of Lower Extremity Swelling, James Skelly
Patient-Specific Finite Element Analysis for Mandibular Fracture Fixation, Ethan Snyder
Forecasting Pedestrian Trajectory Using Deep Learning, Arsal Syed
Machine Learning Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Data to Predict Bone Mineral Density in African American Women, Erick Githua Wakayu
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Impact of Electrostatic Correlations on the Electrokinetics, Elaheh Alidoosti
An Investigation into Multi-View Error Correcting Output Code Classifiers Applied to Organ Tissue Classification, Daniel Alvarez
Current-Mode Photon-Counting Circuit with SiGe BiCMOS Input Stage, Gonzalo Guadalupe Arteaga
Analysis of Blockchain-Based Storage Systems, Phillipe Austria
Analysis of High-Speed Rail Operations Using Vissim Simulation to Determine Access Charges and the Impact of Incidents on a Shared Network, Komal Sree Teja Boyapati
Validation of Novel Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment with Silicone Gel Experimental Models, Dustin Walter Burd
Discrete Vortex Modeling of Aerodynamic Flutter of a Flat Plate with Damped Oscillations, Emma Chao
A Framework for Vector-Weighted Deep Neural Networks, Carter Chiu
Machine Learning for Prediction of Trabecular and Cortical Bone Mineral Density, Partha Chudal
Toward Productivity Improvements in Programming Languages Through Behavioral Analytics, Patrick Daleiden
A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Retention of Computer Science Students at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Sudhir Deshmukh
Water Quality Prediction Based on Machine Learning Techniques, Zhao Fu
3D Parametric Hand to Improve Prosthetic Hand Functionality, Maria C. Gerardi
A Divide and Conquer with Semi-Global Failover for Software Defined Networks, Kasra Goravanchi
Thermo-Mechanical Modeling and the Application of Coiled Polymer Actuators in Soft Robotics and Biomimetics, Robert Hunt
Material Characterization of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials Under Dynamic Loading Condition, Abu Iqbal
Remote Radiation Sensing using Robotic Platforms, Monia Kazemeini
Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Air-Cooled Condensers, Kaipo Kekaula
3-D Silk Fibroin Porous Particles Created by the Ouzo Effect for Biomedical Applications, Ashley Nicole Lamb
Fast Neutron Assay of Elemental Content of Bulk Samples, Calder Emerson Lane
A Circle Hough Transform Implementation Using High-Level Synthesis, Carlos Lemus
Alternate Novel Thermal Structure Interaction Designs of Molten Salt Shell Structures at High Temperatures Ranging from 565˚C to 700˚C, Nathan David Tyrrell Loyd
Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Cancer Using Gene Expression, Aashi Maharjan
Impact of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Participation and Mobilization Cost on Highway Project Performance, Shristy Maharjan
Studies on Kernels of Simple Polygons, Jason Mark
High Salinity, High Concentration Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Hexavalent Chromium, Nitrate, and Chlorate, Nicole Martin
A Fortified Extension of the AES and Its Implementation, Ashby Mullin
A Hybrid Experimental-Numerical Study on the Flow Topology in the Confluence Hydrodynamics Zone of an Open Channel with Lateral Drainage Pipe Discharge, Mohammad Nazari-Sharabian
Towards Multi-Modal Data Classification, Henry Ng
Temporal and Spatial Analysis of the Wage Gap for Women and Underrepresented Minorities in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Workforce, Saba Nikkhah Manesh
Acoustic Sonolysis of Antibiotics in Water, Natalie Pinon
Simulation of Oxygen Control Technology in Applications of Liquid Lead and Lead– Bismuth Eutectic Systems for Mitigating Materials Corrosion Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method, Emad Pouryazdanpanah Kermani
Minimizing Visual Defects through Augmentation of Computer Aided Diamond Rough Planning, Abhijith Prabhu
A Multi-Channel MCP-PMT Based Readout Integrated Circuit for LiDAR Applications, Sachin Purushothaman Namboodiri
Fighter Aircraft Guidance and Control, Kaushik Raj
Abiotic, Biotic, and Bio-Enhanced Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium, Chloroform and Co-Contaminants Using Nano-Scale Zero Valent Iron in Highly Contaminated Groundwater, Eduardo Robleto Martinez
Design and Fabrication of a 6-Bit Current-Mode ADC for Lidar and High-Speed Applications, Jason Silic
The Dynamic Control Platform: Reinventing the Wheel, One Leg at a Time, Angel Javier Solis
Gen-Foam Multiphysics Model Development for Molten Salt Reactors, Jeffrey Stewart
The ProcessJ C++ Runtime System and Code Generator, Alexander Christian Thomason
Front-End CMOS Transimpedance Amplifiers on a Silicon Photomultiplier Resistant to Fast Neutron Fluence, Mario Valles Montenegro
An Evaluation of Bank Storage at Lake Mead Reservoir in the Southwest United States, Jon Woodrow Wilson
Detection of SNPS Associated with Bone Loss Rate by Using Machine Learning Approaches, Avinash Yaganapu
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Microstructural Effects on Photocatalytic Performance in Ag3PO4/Bi2MoO6 Z-Scheme Photocatalyst Systems, Kaleab Mengesha Ayalew
Classification of Vegetation in Aerial Imagery via Neural Network, Gevand Balayan
A Novel Feature Maps Covariance Minimization Approach for Advancing Convolutional Neural Network Performance, Bikram Basnet
Performance Modeling of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Zigzag-Channel Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers, Katrine Birgitte Bennett
Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Bone Mineral Density and Fragility Fracture in Osteoporosis, Bibek Bhattarai
Permutation Flow Shop via Simulated Annealing and NEH, Pooja Bhatt
Storing IOT Data Securely in a Private Ethereum Blockchain, Vinay Kumar Calastry Ramesh
Machine Learning Prediction of Primary Tissue Origin of Cancer from Gene Expression Read Counts, Lohitha Chintham Reddy
ProcessJ: The JVMCSP Code Generator, Oswaldo Benjamin Cisneros Merino
Managing IOT Data on Hyperledger Blockchain, Akhil David