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
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
International study program for indoor environmental research, Stoil Pamoukov
Accurate circuit model for predicting the performance of lead-acid AGM batteries, Wenxin Peng
Information Extraction in an Optical Character Recognition Context, Ramon Pereda
Effects of inlet conditions on diffuser outlet performance, Zaccary A. Poots
An Empirical comparison of life cycle cost of green school buildings and non-green school buildings, Nitisha Pushpala
Recycling waste latex paint in overlays, rigid pavements, and pervious concrete, Oscar Inez Quiroz
Seismic characterization of select engineered nanoparticles in essentially saturated glass beads, Mohamed Nihad Rajabdeen
Time-dependent crack growth behavior of alloy 617 and alloy 230 at elevated temperatures, Shawoon Kumar Roy
A study of a novel modular variable geometry frame arranged as a robotic surface, Christopher James Salisbury
Modeling passive solar distillation production in Las Vegas, Nevada, Noe I. Santos
Sharp feature identification in a polygon, Joseph P. Scanlan
Cyber physical complex networks, modeling, analysis, and control, Neveen Shlayan
ProcessJ: A process-oriented programming language, Matthew Sowders
Development of a simulation tool for analysis of freeway crashes due to cell phone usage, Sourabh Sriom
Groundwater contamination potential in northern Nevada from mining, associated communities, and agriculture as forecasted by two vulnerability methods, John L. Swatzell
Effects of high-impedance-contrast boundary upon multi-modal seismic surface wave data, Prajwol Tamrakar
Topic detection and tracking using hidden Markov models, Aditya S. Tatavarty
Implementation of numerically stable hidden Markov model, Usha Ramya Tatavarty
Finding acronyms and their definitions using HMM, Lakshmi Vyas
Optical network-on-chip architectures and designs, Lei Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Modeling arterial blood flow using radial basis functions, Jacqueline M. Acres
Dynamic distributed programming and applications to swap edge problem, Feven Z. Andemeskel
Evaluation of video based pedestrian and vehicle detection algorithms, Varun Bandarupalli
Fabrication, characterization and simulation of non-lithographic nanostructures and their potential applications, Neelanjan Bhattacharya
Mechanical behavior of alloy 230 at temperatures relevant to NGNP program, Sudin Chatterjee
Experimental and computational analysis of an energy storage composite ankle foot orthosis, Michelle C. Hawkins
Performance of Nevada’s aggregates in alkali-aggregate reactivity of Portland cement concrete, Mohammad Shahidul Islam
Energy efficient LED displays, John Mani Kumar Jupalli
Data routing in multicore processors using dimension increment method, Arpita H. Kadakia
A Comparative study on text categorization, Aditya Chainulu Karamcheti
A Secure on-line credit card transaction method based on Kerberos Authentication protocol, Jung Eun Kim
High school student interests in architecture, construction, and engineering education, Krishna P. Kisi
Study of stemming algorithms, Savitha Kodimala
Detours admitting short paths, Reshma Koganti
Statistical modeling and analysis of injury severity sustained by occupants of passenger vehicles involved in crashes with large trucks, Ahmad Koupaenejad
An Exploratory study on energy consumption of Energy Star and non-Energy Star homes, Prajakta Kulkarni
Improving ensemble streamflow prediction using interdecadal/interannual climate variability, Kenneth W. Lamb
Classification algorithms for genomic microarray, Rakesh Choudary Malepati
Analysis and evaluation of safety impacts of median types and midblock left turn treatments for urban arterials, Timur Mauga
Pattern extraction from the world wide web, Praveena Mettu
Effect of spatial and temporal variability of antecedent moisture content on model-generated runoff from an arid watershed, William J. Meyer
Assessment of impacts to hydroclimatology and river operations due to climate change over the Colorado River Basin, William Paul Miller
Flow rate measurement in a high temperature, radioactive, and corrosive environment, Taleb Moazzeni
Experimental and numerical analysis of structures with bolted joints subjected to impact load, Kumarswamy K. Nakalswamy
Computational analysis for improved design of an SAE BAJA frame structure, Nagurbabu Noorbhasha
Ion-exchange (IX): arsenic and chromium removal from brines and removal of inorganic contaminants by specialty resins, Behrang Pakzadeh
Automated procedures for quantification of rhizosphere physical properties in micro CT images, Natarajan S. Pillai
Self-stabilizing leader election in dynamic networks, Hema Piniganti
Wind flow modeling for wind energy analysis of the Nellis Dunes area in Nevada, Upendra Rangegowda
Conservation based uncertainty propagation in dynamic systems, Lillian J. Ratliff
A Visualization approach for message passing in parallel computing systems, Arunkumar Sadasivan
Analyzing the impact of reactive transport on the repository performance of TRISO fuel, Gregory Schmidt
Investigation of potential pathways and multi-cycle bioregeneration of ion-exchange resin laden with perchlorate, Mohamadali Sharbatmaleki
Evaluating the energy and carbon footprint of water conveyance system and future water supply options for Las Vegas, Nevada, Eleeja Shrestha
Impact investigation of reactor fuel operating parameters on reactivity for use in burnup credit applications, Tanya N. Sloma
Dynamic indexing, Viswada Sripathi
Self-stabilizing group membership protocol, Mahesh Subedi
Parameterizable network-on-chip emulation framework, Jaya Suseela
Optimal design of vehicle with internal space frame structure subjected to high impact load, Jagadeep Thota
Field measurement & verification of residential duct leakage methods and CFD analysis of HVAC mixing box, Uday Vadlamani
Cloud storage and online bin packing, Swathi Venigella
Development of hydrogen direct injection for conversion of internal combustion engines, Maxwell A. Wilson
Evaluation of safety impact of access management in urban areas, Xuecai Xu
Development of software to estimate pressures on the residual limbs of amputees by means of a pylon mounted transducer, Malli K. Yalamanchili
Synthesis, characterization and simulation of optical and Raman properties of metal nanoparticles, Sriteja Yamparala
Processor allocator for chip multiprocessors, Dawid Maksymilian Zydek
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Evaluation of rapid electric battery charging techniques, Ronald Baroody