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 2015

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Robust Observability, Control, & Economics of Complex Cyber-Physical Networks, Shaurya Agarwal

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Sound Attenuation of Fiberglass Lined Ventilation Ducts, Jacob Albright

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Structure and Optical properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) – MX2 (M = Mo, W & X = S, Se) under High Pressure and High Temperature conditions, Nirup Reddy Bandaru

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The Design, Build, And Validation Of A Hybrid Tower Used To Conduct Helmet Impact Tests, Darren Benn

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Object Detection and Tracking in Wide Area Surveillance Using Thermal Imagery, Santosh Bhusal

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Evaluating the level of harmonic distortion in a typical distribution feeder, Wessen S. Bogale

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Data Analysis With Map Reduce Programming Paradigm, Mandana Bozorgi

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Fast Transient Digitizer and PCB Interface, Kevin Thomas Buck

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Bulbous Pier: Alternative to Bridge Pier Extensions, Amilcar Chavez

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The Use of COD, TOC, Fluorescence, and Absorbance Spectroscopy to Estimate Biochemical Oxygen Demand in Wastewater, Evelyn Aramaine Christian

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Adaptive, Neural and Robust Control of Wing-Rock and Aeroelastic System, Prince Ghorawat

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Fluoride and Phosphate Removal From Industrial and Domestic Wastewaters Using Cerium Chloride, John Michael Gonzales

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Prediction of Shear Strength and Ductility of Cyclically Loaded Reinforced Concrete Columns Using Artificial Intelligence, Nicholas Gordon

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Fall Detection by Using Video, Robert J. Gripentog

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Properties of concrete containing GGBF slag and nano-silica, Mohammad Sajjadul Islam

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Simulation of an Air Cooled Single-Effect Solar Absorption Cooling System with Evacuated Tube Collectors, Mohsen Jahandardoost

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Study of Machine Learning Methods in Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vishal Jha

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Efficient Estimation of Cluster Population, Sanjeev K C

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Development of a Decision Support Framework for the Planning of Sustainable Transportation Systems, Pankaj Maheshwari

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A Process for Optimal Resource Allocation for Integrated Resorts, Benjamin Mammina

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Reducing Insertion Loss of Wavelength-Routed Optical Network Based on Microring Resonator Optical Switches, Yunjia Man

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Designing, Building and Testing a Solar Thermoelectric Generation, STEG, for Energy Delivery to Remote Residential Areas in Developing Regions, Yacouba Moumouni

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Safety Analysis of Freeway segments with unobserved heterogeneity and Second order spatial effects, Eneliko Mujuni Mulokozi

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Performance Analysis of Hybrid Algorithms For Lossless Compression of Climate Data, Bharath Chandra Mummadisetty

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Feasibility Study of Custom Manufacturing of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Sensors, Shelby E. Nelson

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A Multi-~Procedural Approach to Evaluating Walkability and Pedestrian Safety, Peris Nyagah

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Situational Assessment using graph comparison, Pavan Kumar Pallapunidi

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Tracking and Monitoring Unmanned Aircraft Systems Activities with Crowd-Based Mobile Apps, Tejaswini Papireddy

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General Application of Smart Inverters in Distribution and Smart Grid, Wenxin Peng

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CFD Simulation of Heat Enhancement in Internally Helical Grooved Tubes, Sogol Pirbastami

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Compression of climate data through Artificial Neural Networks, Astha Puri

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A Multi-Level Trust Management Scheme for the Internet of Things, Anusha Ramanathan

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An Approach to Model Plastic Deformation of Metallic Plates in Hypervelocity Impact Experiments, Shawoon Kumar Roy

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The Comparison of Two Supine Manikins and the Use of a Shock and Vibration Isolation System for Litter Patients in Air Medical Transport, Karina Karlui Saenz Acosta

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Geotechnical Surrogates for Sediment Shear Behavior in Southern Nevada, Rinu Ann Samuel

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Concurrent Lazy Splay Tree with Relativistic Programming Approach, Jaya Ram Sedai

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Impacts of Ozone Dose and Empty Bed Contact Time on Total Organic Carbon Removal Through Ozone-Biological Activated Carbon Treatment, Ashley Selvy

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Alkali-~Activated Fly Ash Binders: Feasibility as a Sustainable Alternative to Ordinary Portland Cement for Pre-~Cast Systems, Kimberly Sierra

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Crystalline Phase Change in Steel Alloys due to High Speed Impact, Muna Slewa

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Constructing BFS Trees Using Tokens To Balance Speed and Network Traffic, Michael Spencer

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Concurrent Non-blocking Skip List Using Multi-word Compare and Swap Operation, Anish Ratna Tuladhar

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A Survey of Network Coding and Applications, Jonny L. Winger

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A Survey on Potential Privacy Leaks of GPS Information in Android Applications, Srinivas Kalyan Yellanki

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Effect of Void Geometry on Strength, Stiffness, and Failure Modes of Rock-like Materials, Omed Yousif

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3D Obstacle Avoidance for Unmanned Autonomous System (UAS), Lin Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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GIS Framework for Spatiotemporal Mapping of Urban Flooding and Analyze Watershed Hydrological Response to Land Cover Change, Sayed Joinal Hossain Abedin

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Smart Data Collection Using Mobile Devices To Improve Transportation Systems, Tharindu Dasun Abeygunawardana

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Effect of Caliche on the Behavior of Drilled Shafts, Rouzbeh Afsharhasani

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Simulation of Thermal Transit-Time Flow Meter for High Temperature, Corrosive and Irradiation Environment, Elaheh Alidoosti

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Design and Implementation of an Instruction Set Architecture and an Instruction Execution Unit for the REZ9 Coprocessor System, Daniel Spencer Anderson

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Mathematical Equations and System Identification Models for a Portable Pneumatic Bladder System Designed to Reduce Human Exposure to Whole Body Shock and Vibration, Ezzat Aziz Ayyad

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High Strength Steel Fiber Reinforced Flow-Able or SCC Concrete with Variable Fiber by Volume Fractions for Thin Plate and Shell Structures, Abebe Berhe

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Design and Analysis of Hydrogen Powered Actuator Integrating Metal Hydride Storage System, Md Mainul Hossain Bhuiya

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Mitigation of Moving Shocks in an Expanding Duct, Veraun Chipman

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A Characterization of Open Shop Scheduling Problems using the Hall Theorem and Network Flow, Arunasri Chitti

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A Novel Multimodal Image Fusion Method Using Hybrid Wavelet-based Contourlet Transform, Yoonsuk Choi

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Development of a Black-Box Transient Thermal Model for Residential Buildings, Andrew Cross

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A Taxonomy of Polynomially Solvable Shop Problems with Limited Number of Machines or Jobs, Megha Sairam Darapuneni

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Investigation of Chloride Induced Corrosion of Bridge Pier and Life-Cycle Repair Cost Analysis Using Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, Dinesh Dhakal

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Evaluation of Conservation Voltage Reduction as a tool for demand side management, Ali Dorrody

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Evaluation of PHB Mid-Street Crossing System in Las Vegas, Nevada - Pedestrian Perspectives, Anna Eapen

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Investigating the Physical Properties and Runoff Treatment Capability of Pervious Concrete Containing Granular Activated Carbon, Mark Elias Elkouz

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Feedback Speed Control of a Small Two-Stroke Internal Combustion Engine that Propels an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Paul D. Fjare

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Novel Deployment of Elpasolites as a Dual Neutron / Gamma-ray Directional Detector, Amber Lynn Guckes

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Approaches for Generating 2D Shapes, Pratik Shankar Hada

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Highway Routine Maintenance Cost Estimation for Nevada, Monika Hagood

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Using the Web 1T 5-Gram Database for Attribute Selection in Formal Concept Analysis to Correct Overstemmed Clusters, Guymon Hall

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Neutron Spectroscopy with Scintillation Detectors using Wavelets, Jessica Hartman

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CFD Simulation of the Thermal Performance of a Parallel Counter-Parallel Flow Heat Exchanger for the Treatment of Hypothermia, Alex Heller

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Spectral Decomposition of the Scattered Light due to Deposits on the Solar Panel Surface, and Cross Correlated to Power Loss, Suzanna Ho

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Power Optimization, Diagnostic Monitoring, and Modeling of Photovoltaic System, Khalid Hurayb

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Simulation, and Overload and Stability Analysis of Continuous Time Sigma Delta Modulator, Kyung Kang

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Implementing Influence Diagram Concepts to Optimize Border Patrol Operations using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Ashish Karki

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Modeling and Development of Human Interface for Pedestrian Simulator, Romesh Khaddar

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Development of a Visualization System for Highway Safety Management Using Safety Analyst, Indira Khanal

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A Branch and Bound Method for Sum of Completion Permutation Flow Shop, Swapna Kodimala

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Concurrent Localized Wait-Free Operations on a Red Black Tree, Vitaliy Kubushyn

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Modeling of Short Term and Long Term Impacts of Freeway Traffic Incidents using Historical Data, Vidhya Kumaresan

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Evaluation of Earthquake Hazard for Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Incorporating Probabilistic Hazard Assessment and Non--Linear Site Response, Suchan Lamichhane

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Progressive Collapse Analysis of Older Reinforced Concrete Flat Plate Buildings Using Macro Model, Jinrong Liu

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A Comparative Study: Utilizing Data Mining Techniques to Classify Traffic Congestion Status, Abbas Mirakhorli

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Transport Properties of Nano-Silica Contained Self-Consolidating Concrete, Borhan Moradi

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Numerical study of a novel fin configuration of a high temperature ceramic plate fin heat exchanger, Vijaisri Nagarajan

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Finite Difference Modeling of Surface-~Wave Scattering for Shallow Cavity Detection, Heston Travis Norcott

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A Survey of Tabu Search in Combinatorial Optimization, Lemasri Piniganti

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Simultaneous Equation Modeling for Crash Rate of Freeway Segments, Anthony Ramos

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Self Adjusting Contention Friendly Concurrent Binary Search Tree by Lazy Splaying, Mahesh Raj Regmee

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Time Correlated Measurements Using Plastic Scintillators with Neutron-Photon Pulse Shape Discrimination, Norman Edison Richardson

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Identification of long term changes and evaluation of the relationships among streamflow variability and oceanic-atmospheric indices, Soumya Sagarika

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Modeling Pavement Distress Rates within U.S. Air Force Airfields, Lauren Sahagun