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 2012

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Hybrid Plasmonic Nanoantennas: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application, Shengjie Zhai

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Structural, electrical and thermoelectric properties of chromium silicate thin films, Makram Abd El Qader

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Impacts of climate change and weather modification on hydrologic characteristics of watersheds in the western United States, Anil Acharya

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Energy-based analysis of utility scale hybrid power systems, Kwame Agyenim-Boateng

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Shop problems in scheduling, James Andro-Vasko

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Sensing and transmission strategies in wireless cognitive radio systems, Babak Abbasi Bastami

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Optical and Raman characterization of ALD alumina coated multiwall carbon nanotubes and nanoporous gold film, Naod Belai

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Consolidated study on query expansion, Abhishek Biruduraju

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Using smoothing techniques to improve the performance of Hidden Markov’s Model, Sweatha Boodidhi

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Hydroclimatic forecasting in the western United States using paleoclimate reconstructions and data-driven models, Christopher Allen Carrier

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Fenestration studies on building energy using the facade evaluation facility, Wendell Cocina

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Immersion Cooling of Photovoltaic Cells in Highly Concentrated Solar Beams, Ahmed Darwish

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Implementation of hidden semi-Markov models, Nagendra Abhinav Dasu

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Study of feature selection algorithms for text-categorization, Kandarp Dave

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Changing climatic conditions in the Colorado River Basin: Implications for water resources management in the Las Vegas Valley, Srijana Dawadi

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Computational study of Passive Neutron Albedo Reactivity (PNAR) measurement with fission chambers, Sandra De La Cruz

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Direct contact pyrolysis of hydrocarbons: A source of hydrogen and interesting carbon formations, Peter G. Faught

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Comparison of design-build and design-bid-build performance of public university projects, James David Fernane

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Modeling and Control of a Flexible Ionic Polymer Metal Composite(IPMC) Actuator for Underwater Propulsion, Shivakanth Gutta

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Roaming region for Delaunay triangulation, Romas James Hada

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Modeling of a novel solar down beam test facility utilizing Newtonian optics, Ryan J. Hoffmann

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Automating construction and selection of a neural network using stochastic optimization, Jason Lee Hurt

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Peripheral soldering of flip chip joints on passive RFID tags, Md Syful Islam

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Fall prevention training and its impact to southern Nevada construction workers, Vedaspati Joshi

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Improved algorithms for ear-clipping triangulation, Bartosz Kajak

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Association of oceanic-atmospheric oscillations and hydroclimatic variables in the Colorado River Basin, Ajay Kalra

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Traffic safety: Modeling, analysis and visualization, Puneet Lakhanpal

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Parallel machines scheduling with applications to Internet ad-slot placement, Shaista Lubna

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Impact of design cost on project performance of design bid build projects, Nirajan Mani

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Complex VS profiles to 100 m depth from Rayleigh waves and 3-D VS model for Las Vegas Valley, Helena Murvosh

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Quantification of stochastic uncertainty propagation for Monte Carlo depletion methods in reactor analysis, Quentin Thomas Newell

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International study program for indoor environmental research, Stoil Pamoukov

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Accurate circuit model for predicting the performance of lead-acid AGM batteries, Wenxin Peng

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Information Extraction in an Optical Character Recognition Context, Ramon Pereda

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Effects of inlet conditions on diffuser outlet performance, Zaccary A. Poots

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An Empirical comparison of life cycle cost of green school buildings and non-green school buildings, Nitisha Pushpala

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Recycling waste latex paint in overlays, rigid pavements, and pervious concrete, Oscar Inez Quiroz

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Seismic characterization of select engineered nanoparticles in essentially saturated glass beads, Mohamed Nihad Rajabdeen

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Time-dependent crack growth behavior of alloy 617 and alloy 230 at elevated temperatures, Shawoon Kumar Roy

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A study of a novel modular variable geometry frame arranged as a robotic surface, Christopher James Salisbury

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Modeling passive solar distillation production in Las Vegas, Nevada, Noe I. Santos

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Sharp feature identification in a polygon, Joseph P. Scanlan

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Cyber physical complex networks, modeling, analysis, and control, Neveen Shlayan

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ProcessJ: A process-oriented programming language, Matthew Sowders

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Development of a simulation tool for analysis of freeway crashes due to cell phone usage, Sourabh Sriom

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Groundwater contamination potential in northern Nevada from mining, associated communities, and agriculture as forecasted by two vulnerability methods, John L. Swatzell

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Effects of high-impedance-contrast boundary upon multi-modal seismic surface wave data, Prajwol Tamrakar

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Topic detection and tracking using hidden Markov models, Aditya S. Tatavarty

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Implementation of numerically stable hidden Markov model, Usha Ramya Tatavarty

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Finding acronyms and their definitions using HMM, Lakshmi Vyas

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Optical network-on-chip architectures and designs, Lei Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

Modeling arterial blood flow using radial basis functions, Jacqueline M. Acres

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Dynamic distributed programming and applications to swap edge problem, Feven Z. Andemeskel

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Evaluation of video based pedestrian and vehicle detection algorithms, Varun Bandarupalli

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Fabrication, characterization and simulation of non-lithographic nanostructures and their potential applications, Neelanjan Bhattacharya

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Mechanical behavior of alloy 230 at temperatures relevant to NGNP program, Sudin Chatterjee

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Experimental and computational analysis of an energy storage composite ankle foot orthosis, Michelle C. Hawkins

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Performance of Nevada’s aggregates in alkali-aggregate reactivity of Portland cement concrete, Mohammad Shahidul Islam

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Energy efficient LED displays, John Mani Kumar Jupalli

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Data routing in multicore processors using dimension increment method, Arpita H. Kadakia

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A Comparative study on text categorization, Aditya Chainulu Karamcheti

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A Secure on-line credit card transaction method based on Kerberos Authentication protocol, Jung Eun Kim

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High school student interests in architecture, construction, and engineering education, Krishna P. Kisi

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Study of stemming algorithms, Savitha Kodimala

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Detours admitting short paths, Reshma Koganti

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Statistical modeling and analysis of injury severity sustained by occupants of passenger vehicles involved in crashes with large trucks, Ahmad Koupaenejad

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An Exploratory study on energy consumption of Energy Star and non-Energy Star homes, Prajakta Kulkarni

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Improving ensemble streamflow prediction using interdecadal/interannual climate variability, Kenneth W. Lamb

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Classification algorithms for genomic microarray, Rakesh Choudary Malepati

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Analysis and evaluation of safety impacts of median types and midblock left turn treatments for urban arterials, Timur Mauga

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Pattern extraction from the world wide web, Praveena Mettu

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Effect of spatial and temporal variability of antecedent moisture content on model-generated runoff from an arid watershed, William J. Meyer

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Assessment of impacts to hydroclimatology and river operations due to climate change over the Colorado River Basin, William Paul Miller

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Flow rate measurement in a high temperature, radioactive, and corrosive environment, Taleb Moazzeni

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Experimental and numerical analysis of structures with bolted joints subjected to impact load, Kumarswamy K. Nakalswamy

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Computational analysis for improved design of an SAE BAJA frame structure, Nagurbabu Noorbhasha

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Ion-exchange (IX): arsenic and chromium removal from brines and removal of inorganic contaminants by specialty resins, Behrang Pakzadeh

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Automated procedures for quantification of rhizosphere physical properties in micro CT images, Natarajan S. Pillai

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Self-stabilizing leader election in dynamic networks, Hema Piniganti

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Evaluating the impacts of water conservation policies on water demand, availability and outdoor water use in the Las Vegas Valley, Kamal Qaiser

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Wind flow modeling for wind energy analysis of the Nellis Dunes area in Nevada, Upendra Rangegowda

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Conservation based uncertainty propagation in dynamic systems, Lillian J. Ratliff

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A Visualization approach for message passing in parallel computing systems, Arunkumar Sadasivan

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Analyzing the impact of reactive transport on the repository performance of TRISO fuel, Gregory Schmidt

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Investigation of potential pathways and multi-cycle bioregeneration of ion-exchange resin laden with perchlorate, Mohamadali Sharbatmaleki

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A Novel nonlithographic method to fabricate nanoparticles and its application in crystallization of amorphous silicon thin films, Wen Shen

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Evaluating the energy and carbon footprint of water conveyance system and future water supply options for Las Vegas, Nevada, Eleeja Shrestha

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Impact investigation of reactor fuel operating parameters on reactivity for use in burnup credit applications, Tanya N. Sloma

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Dynamic indexing, Viswada Sripathi

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Self-stabilizing group membership protocol, Mahesh Subedi

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Parameterizable network-on-chip emulation framework, Jaya Suseela

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Optimal design of vehicle with internal space frame structure subjected to high impact load, Jagadeep Thota

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Field measurement & verification of residential duct leakage methods and CFD analysis of HVAC mixing box, Uday Vadlamani

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Cloud storage and online bin packing, Swathi Venigella

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Development of hydrogen direct injection for conversion of internal combustion engines, Maxwell A. Wilson

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Evaluation of safety impact of access management in urban areas, Xuecai Xu

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Development of software to estimate pressures on the residual limbs of amputees by means of a pylon mounted transducer, Malli K. Yalamanchili

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Synthesis, characterization and simulation of optical and Raman properties of metal nanoparticles, Sriteja Yamparala

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Processor allocator for chip multiprocessors, Dawid Maksymilian Zydek

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Evaluation of rapid electric battery charging techniques, Ronald Baroody