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 2013
Design and Fabrication of an Infrared Optical Pyrometer Asic as a Diagnostic for Shock Physics Experiments, Jared Gordon
Predicting the Performance of a Solar Domestic Water Heating System with Evacuated Tube Collectors and Hydronic Radiant Flooring, Kimberly Nicole Hammer
The Distributed Application Debugger, Michael Quinn Jones
Design and Testing of Novel Mouthguard with Intermediate Nitinol and Foam Layers, Adam Kessler
Feasibility of the Use of Ultrasound Measurements for Grade Verification of the Performance Grade Asphalt Binders, Mehdi Khalili
Scheduling jobs on two uniform parallel machines to minimize the makespan, Sandhya Kodimala
Implementation of Integrated Project Delivery on Department of Navy Military Construction Projects, Christopher S. Lee
Evaluation of Alternative Project Delivery Methods in Water and Wastewater Projects, Ruiko Maharjan
Nonlinear Adaptive Diffusion Models for Image Denoising, Ajay Kumar Mandava
Closed Loop Control of a Cylindrical Tube Type Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC), Benjamin Mead
Investigating the feasibility of growing algae for fuel in southern Nevada, Faegheh Moazeni
Calibration of Microscopic Traffic Flow Models Considering all Parameters Simultaneously, Victor Hugo Molano Paz
A Case Study of Zero Energy Home Built for Solar Decathlon Competition 2013, Sanjib Mulepati
Evaluation of Geometric Design Needs of Freeway Systems Based on Safety and Geometric Data, Eneliko Mujuni Mulokozi
Performance Measure for Transportation Network: A Study in Travel Time Dynamics, Anuj Nayyar
Application of NTRU Cryptographic Algorithm for securing SCADA communication, Amritha Puliadi Premnath
Initial Elastic Modulus Degradation Using Pressuremeter and Standard Penetration Test Results at Two Sites, Dustin Robbins
3D Modeling and Design Optimization of Rod Shaped Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Actuator, Siul A. Ruiz
Study of Seat-belt Usage in Nevada & Driver's Performance, Atul Sancheti
Real Time Digital Night Vision Using Nonlinear Contrast Enhancement, Nishikar Sapkota
Performance Comparison of Design-Build and Construction Manager/General Contractor Highway Projects, Binita Shakya
Investigation of Crashes and Identifying the Best Practices for Setting up Speed Zones in Towns Along Rural Highways in Nevada, Krishna Prasad Shrestha
Robust and Adaptive Attitude Control Of Spacecraft Using Solar Radiation Pressure, Lakshmi Srinivasan
Phosphorus Removal From EBPR Sludge Dewatering Liquors Using Lanthanum Chloride, Aluminum Sulfate and Ferric Chloride, Michael Strileski
High-Performance, Scalable Optical Network-On-Chip Architectures, Xianfang Tan
A Survey on Detection and Defense of Application Layer DDoS Attacks, Naga Shalini Vadlamani
An End To End V.M.T Framework With Controlled V.M.T Tax Rate Using Optimal Feedback Control Technique, Pratik Verma
Simulated Annealing Approach To Flow Shop Scheduling, Sadhana Yellanki
Performance of Concrete Incorporating Colloidal Nano-Silica, Mohamed Sabry Zeidan
On High-Performance Parallel Fixed-Point Decimal Multiplier Designs, Ming Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Non-Blocking Concurrent Operations on Heap, Mahesh Acharya
Wavelets in Intelligent Transportation Systems: Data Compression and Incident Detection, Shaurya Agarwal
Node Filtering and Face Routing for Sensor Network, Umang Amatya
Basic Research on the Characteristics of a Constricted Pulsed Glow Discharge, Sean Daniel Andersen
Dynamic Modelling of Single Phase Grid Connected Photovoltaic System, Gopi Krishna Ari
Plasma test on Industrial Diamond Powder in Hydrogen and Air for Fracture Strength Study, Rohit Asuri Sudharshana Asuri Sudharshana Chary
Investigating the Impacts of Conventional and Advanced Treatment Technologies on Energy Consumption at Satellite Water Reuse Plants, Jonathan Roy Bailey
The Use of a Pylon Mounted Transducer for Investigating the Gait of Transtibial Amputees, Justin Robert Brink
Adaptive Local and Global Synchronization and Phase Control of Inferior Olive Neurons (Ions), Srujan Kumar Chalike
A Survey of Classical and Recent Results in Bin Packing Problem, Yoga Jaideep Darapuneni
Heat, Mass and Force Flows in Supersonic Shockwave Interactions, John Michael Dixon
Hardware-Software Co-Design, Acceleration and Prototyping of Control Algorithms on Reconfigurable Platforms, Desta Kumsa Edosa
Upgrading UNLV's ASTM E477 Test Facility to Meet the Current Standards of ASTM E477, Ronn Fojas
Comparison and Simulation of Salt-Ceramic Composites for Use in High Temperature Concentrated Solar Power, Lauren Michelle Fossile
Structural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Flat Plat Buildings Subjected to Fire, Sara Jean George
Effects of Moisture Augmentation of Municipal Solid Waste Through Addition of Food Waste or Wastewater Treatment Biosolids on Bio-Gas Formation for Power Generation, Jared Michael Gore
Degree Constrained Triangulation, Roshan Gyawali
Shock and Vibration Isolation System for Ambulatory and Litter Patients in Ground and Air Medical Transport, Mohamad R. Hachem
Developing a Simulation Model for Power Demand Control Analysis and Privacy Protection in Smart Grid, Sungchul Lee
Novel Production Techniques of Radioisotopes Using Electron Accelerators, Daniel Robert Lowe
Message Passing Algorithm for Different Problems Sum, Mean, Guide and Sorting in a Rooted Tree Network., Sabaresh Nageswara Rao Maddula
Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text using First Order Hidden Markov Model, Spandana Malreddy
Hardware Implementation Of Processor Allocator For Mesh Connected Chip Multiprocessors, Rana Sangram Reddy Marri
Impact of Secondary Treatment Types and Sludge Handling Processes on Estrogen Concentration in Wastewater Sludge, Erica J. Marti
Buffering PV Output During Cloud Transients with Energy Storage, Yacouba Moumouni
The Impact of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Wastewater Strength on the Energy Consumption of Large Wastewater Treatment Plants, Timothy Stephen Newell
Statistical Analysis Of A Vehicle Miles Travled Fee For Nevada, Andrew Nordland
Modeling of Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Complex Systems, Sara Pallekonda
CPU Scheduling for Power/Energy Management on Heterogeneous Multicore Processors, Rajesh Patel
Image Segmentation for Quantification of Air-Water Interface in Micro-CT Soil Images, Kranthi Kumar Potteti
Post Processing of Optically Recognized Text via Second Order Hidden Markov Model, Srijana Poudel
A Refreshable and Portable E-Braille System for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Mohammad Yousef Saadeh
Investigating the Use of Pozzolans in Portland Cement Concrete and Inorganic Polymer Mortar, Omar Abdelmalek Saleh
Improving Efficiency and Capacity of Hydro-Turbines in the Western United States, Hoover Dam, Jonathan Sanchez
Evaluation of Highly Efficient Distribution Transformer Design and Energy Standards Based on Load, James Sanguinetti
Framework Development for Construction Safety Visualization, Kishor Shrestha
Legal Issues in Green Construction, Namrata Shrestha
Image Processing with CUDA, Jia Jun Tse
Hybrid Plasmonic Nanoantennas: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application, Shengjie Zhai
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Structural, electrical and thermoelectric properties of chromium silicate thin films, Makram Abd El Qader
Impacts of climate change and weather modification on hydrologic characteristics of watersheds in the western United States, Anil Acharya
Energy-based analysis of utility scale hybrid power systems, Kwame Agyenim-Boateng
Shop problems in scheduling, James Andro-Vasko
Sensing and transmission strategies in wireless cognitive radio systems, Babak Abbasi Bastami
Optical and Raman characterization of ALD alumina coated multiwall carbon nanotubes and nanoporous gold film, Naod Belai
Consolidated study on query expansion, Abhishek Biruduraju
Using smoothing techniques to improve the performance of Hidden Markov’s Model, Sweatha Boodidhi
Hydroclimatic forecasting in the western United States using paleoclimate reconstructions and data-driven models, Christopher Allen Carrier
Fenestration studies on building energy using the facade evaluation facility, Wendell Cocina
Immersion Cooling of Photovoltaic Cells in Highly Concentrated Solar Beams, Ahmed Darwish
Implementation of hidden semi-Markov models, Nagendra Abhinav Dasu
Study of feature selection algorithms for text-categorization, Kandarp Dave
Changing climatic conditions in the Colorado River Basin: Implications for water resources management in the Las Vegas Valley, Srijana Dawadi
Computational study of Passive Neutron Albedo Reactivity (PNAR) measurement with fission chambers, Sandra De La Cruz
Direct contact pyrolysis of hydrocarbons: A source of hydrogen and interesting carbon formations, Peter G. Faught
Comparison of design-build and design-bid-build performance of public university projects, James David Fernane
Modeling and Control of a Flexible Ionic Polymer Metal Composite(IPMC) Actuator for Underwater Propulsion, Shivakanth Gutta
Roaming region for Delaunay triangulation, Romas James Hada
Modeling of a novel solar down beam test facility utilizing Newtonian optics, Ryan J. Hoffmann
Automating construction and selection of a neural network using stochastic optimization, Jason Lee Hurt
Peripheral soldering of flip chip joints on passive RFID tags, Md Syful Islam
Fall prevention training and its impact to southern Nevada construction workers, Vedaspati Joshi
Improved algorithms for ear-clipping triangulation, Bartosz Kajak
Association of oceanic-atmospheric oscillations and hydroclimatic variables in the Colorado River Basin, Ajay Kalra
Traffic safety: Modeling, analysis and visualization, Puneet Lakhanpal
Parallel machines scheduling with applications to Internet ad-slot placement, Shaista Lubna
Impact of design cost on project performance of design bid build projects, Nirajan Mani
Complex VS profiles to 100 m depth from Rayleigh waves and 3-D VS model for Las Vegas Valley, Helena Murvosh
Quantification of stochastic uncertainty propagation for Monte Carlo depletion methods in reactor analysis, Quentin Thomas Newell