Below are theses and dissertations completed by graduates of the University of Nevada Las Vegas Howard H. Hughes College of Engineering.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Water Quality Prediction Based on Machine Learning Techniques, Zhao Fu

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3D Parametric Hand to Improve Prosthetic Hand Functionality, Maria C. Gerardi

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A Divide and Conquer with Semi-Global Failover for Software Defined Networks, Kasra Goravanchi

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Thermo-Mechanical Modeling and the Application of Coiled Polymer Actuators in Soft Robotics and Biomimetics, Robert Hunt

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Material Characterization of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials Under Dynamic Loading Condition, Abu Iqbal

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Remote Radiation Sensing using Robotic Platforms, Monia Kazemeini

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Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Air-Cooled Condensers, Kaipo Kekaula

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3-D Silk Fibroin Porous Particles Created by the Ouzo Effect for Biomedical Applications, Ashley Nicole Lamb

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Fast Neutron Assay of Elemental Content of Bulk Samples, Calder Emerson Lane

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A Circle Hough Transform Implementation Using High-Level Synthesis, Carlos Lemus

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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

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Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Cancer Using Gene Expression, Aashi Maharjan

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Impact of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Participation and Mobilization Cost on Highway Project Performance, Shristy Maharjan

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Studies on Kernels of Simple Polygons, Jason Mark

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High Salinity, High Concentration Perchlorate Reduction in the Presence of Hexavalent Chromium, Nitrate, and Chlorate, Nicole Martin

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A Fortified Extension of the AES and Its Implementation, Ashby Mullin

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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

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Towards Multi-Modal Data Classification, Henry Ng

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Temporal and Spatial Analysis of the Wage Gap for Women and Underrepresented Minorities in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Workforce, Saba Nikkhah Manesh

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Acoustic Sonolysis of Antibiotics in Water, Natalie Pinon

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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

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Minimizing Visual Defects through Augmentation of Computer Aided Diamond Rough Planning, Abhijith Prabhu

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A Multi-Channel MCP-PMT Based Readout Integrated Circuit for LiDAR Applications, Sachin Purushothaman Namboodiri

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Fighter Aircraft Guidance and Control, Kaushik Raj

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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

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Design and Fabrication of a 6-Bit Current-Mode ADC for Lidar and High-Speed Applications, Jason Silic

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The Dynamic Control Platform: Reinventing the Wheel, One Leg at a Time, Angel Javier Solis

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Gen-Foam Multiphysics Model Development for Molten Salt Reactors, Jeffrey Stewart

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The ProcessJ C++ Runtime System and Code Generator, Alexander Christian Thomason

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Front-End CMOS Transimpedance Amplifiers on a Silicon Photomultiplier Resistant to Fast Neutron Fluence, Mario Valles Montenegro

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An Evaluation of Bank Storage at Lake Mead Reservoir in the Southwest United States, Jon Woodrow Wilson

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Detection of SNPS Associated with Bone Loss Rate by Using Machine Learning Approaches, Avinash Yaganapu

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Microstructural Effects on Photocatalytic Performance in Ag3PO4/Bi2MoO6 Z-Scheme Photocatalyst Systems, Kaleab Mengesha Ayalew

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Classification of Vegetation in Aerial Imagery via Neural Network, Gevand Balayan

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A Novel Feature Maps Covariance Minimization Approach for Advancing Convolutional Neural Network Performance, Bikram Basnet

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Performance Modeling of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Zigzag-Channel Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers, Katrine Birgitte Bennett

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Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Bone Mineral Density and Fragility Fracture in Osteoporosis, Bibek Bhattarai

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Permutation Flow Shop via Simulated Annealing and NEH, Pooja Bhatt

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Storing IOT Data Securely in a Private Ethereum Blockchain, Vinay Kumar Calastry Ramesh

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Machine Learning Prediction of Primary Tissue Origin of Cancer from Gene Expression Read Counts, Lohitha Chintham Reddy

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ProcessJ: The JVMCSP Code Generator, Oswaldo Benjamin Cisneros Merino

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Managing IOT Data on Hyperledger Blockchain, Akhil David

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The Development of a Viscoelastic Ellipsoidal Model for use in Measuring Plantar Tissue Material Properties during Walking, Jessica Lee DeBerardinis

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Effects Associated with the Deployment of Autonomous and Connected Vehicles: Insights from Las Vegas, NV, Sarah Dennis

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Investigating Sources of Selenium in Shallow Groundwater in the Las Vegas Valley, Sahar Ehsani

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Treatment of Perchlorate and Multiple Oxyanions: Chemical and Biological Investigations, Mark Elkouz

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Galena Creek Bridge Structural Health Monitoring Instrumentation and Modeling, Leopold Falkensammer

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Numerical Study of Spacer Grid Geometry in a 5 X 5 Nuclear Fuel Rod Bundle, Wan Chuan Fan

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Improving OCR Post Processing with Machine Learning Tools, Jorge Ramon Fonseca Cacho

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Machine Learning Classification of Primary Tissue Origin of Cancer from DNA Methylation Markers, Sravani Gannavarapu Surya Naga

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Examining the Effectiveness of a 4D Schedule and a Virtual Reality Model on a Modular Project: UNLV Solar Decathlon Case, Rajarshi Ghimire

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Analysis of Bitcoin Cryptocurrency and Its Mining Techniques, Suman Ghimire

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Comparison of Zero Valent Iron (ZVI) and ZVI+Sludge for the Removal of High Levels of Hexavalent Chromium and Chlorate from Waters, Kenneth R. Greenhalgh

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Coarse-Grained, Fine-Grained, and Lock-Free Concurrency Approaches for Self-Balancing B-Tree, Edward R. Jorgensen II

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Batching Problems with Constraints, Shradha Kapoor

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Approximation Algorithms for Illuminating 1.5D Terrain, Jiwan Khatiwada

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Alkali-Silica Reactivity of Mortars Containing Natural Pozzolan, Arash Kian

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Modeling Driver-Pedestrian-Infrastructure Interactions at Signalized Midblock Crosswalks, Boniphace Kutela

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Private Group Communication in Blockchain Based on Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, Zachary Steven Laney

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On Algebraic Structures and Automaton for Optimal Computer Network Design and Performance Study, Xiangrong Ma

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Utilization of Remote Sensing Data for Estimation of the Groundwater Storage Variation, Gaurang Mistry

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Design of Efficient Carbon-Based Adsorbents for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic Water Contaminants, Sayedeh Soroosh Mortazavian Dehkordi

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Development of Natural Perlite Based Concrete for Sustainable Construction, Seyedmahmoud Motaharikarein

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A Highly-Sensitive Global-Shutter CMOS Image Sensor with On-Chip Memory For Hundreds of Kilo-Frames Per Second Scientific Experiments, Konstantinos Moutafis

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Sizing a New Bike Sharing System for the University Of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nesley Orochena

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Opportunities and Challenges of Modular Construction in a Hospitality Centric Environment, Shreyansh Paliwal

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On Action Quality Assessment, Paritosh Parmar

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Impact of Design Cost Percentage on Cost Growth, Schedule Growth, and Construction Intensity of Road Construction Projects, Elina Prajapati

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Static Malware Detection using Deep Neural Networks on Portable Executables, Piyush Aniruddha Puranik

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The Effects of Ventilation on Trihalomethanes Removal by Spray Aeration, Alicia Qiu Cheung

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Performance Comparison of Message Queue Methods, Sanika Raje

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Application of Data-Driven and Process-Based Modeling Approaches for Water Quality Simulation in Lakes and Freshwater Reservoirs, Ali Saber Sichani

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Benchmarking Permutation Flow Shop Problem: Adaptive and Enumerative Approaches Implementations via Novel Threading Techniques, Hari Prasad Sapkota

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CFD Simulation Investigating the Effects of Groove Geometry on Heat Transfer for Internally Grooved Tubes, Richard Zaven Saroukhanoff

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Cesium Platinum Iodide Perovskite Synthesis, Development and Application in Photovoltaic Devices, Dakota Schwartz

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Estimation of Stage-Area-Storage Relationships in Reservoirs and Stage-Discharge Relationships in Rivers Using Remotely Sensed Data, Sailuj Shakya

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Neural Network in Hardware, Jiong Si

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Ambient Temperature Dependence of Air-cooled Condenser Performance and Parameters, Alexander Darr Smith

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Generating Kernel Aware Polygons, Bibek Subedi

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Rethinking Timestamping: Time Stamp Counter Design for Virtualized Environment, Alexander Tabatadze

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Multi-Resolution Spatio-Temporal Change Analyses of Hydro-Climatological Variables in Association with Large-Scale Oceanic-Atmospheric Climate Signals, Kazi Ali Tamaddun

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Investigation of Efficiency Loss of Distributed Solar Power Due to Soiling and Efficiency Recovery by Rainfall, Amanda Mayumi Tanaka

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Evaluation of Titanosilicate Materials for the Sorption of Cesium and Strontium from High Level Wastes, Matheus Tolentino Lauar

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The Affective Perceptual Model: Enhancing Communication Quality for Persons with PIMD, Jadin Tredup

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On The Human Factors Impact of Polyglot Programming on Programmer Productivity, Phillip Merlin Uesbeck

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Chromium(VI) and Oxyanion Remediation Of Vadose Zone Soils With Zero Valent Iron (ZVI) and Biological Reduction, Nicolas Kim Wong

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High-Speed Radhard Mega-Pixel CIS Camera for High-Energy Physics, Wenlan Wu