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College of Engineering Theses & Dissertations

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

For the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations, visit UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Resource Allocation for Vehicular Communication Systems, Rojin Aslani

Development of Methylammonium Lead Tribromide for Detectors of Ionizing Radiation, Kaleab Ayalew

Formation Potential of Disinfection Byproducts from Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants During Ozonation with Subsequent Chlor(am)ination, Gabson Baguma

Heat Transfer Enhancement in Heat Exchangers Using Compound Enhancement, Mouhsine Benmbarek

Evaluation, Rating, and Numerical Modeling of a Shock Mitigation Seat for High-Speed Craft Based on Laboratory Single Impact Testing, Darren Benn

Experiment Development and Validation of a Granular Jamming Robotic Gripper, Jacob R. Dowd

Harnessing NLP and Large Language Models for Pattern Discovery and Information Extraction in Electric Health Reports, Mina Esmail Zadeh Nojoo Kambar

Remote Detection of Leaks in High Level Waste Storage Tanks, Hunter Frey

Haloacetonitriles (HANs): Factors Affecting Their Formation and Mitigation, Amit Gajurel

Predicting the Response of an Underactuated, 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand, Lucas Gallup

Redirection of Current in a Dense Plasma Focus, Rocky Gonzalez

Performance Effects of Dissociated Hydrogen in Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines, Richard Adam Gorrell

Investigating Productivity of Modular Buildings, Sibgat Mehedi Hasan

Development of Non-Proprietary Ultra-High-Performance Concrete and Railway Tie Application, Ariful Hasnat

Removal of Permethrin and Bifenthrin Insecticides from Runoff Water by Activated Carbon Adsorption, Ernesto Hernandez

An Empirical Investigation into the Transitional Friction of Block-Based Programming Languages, Alex Hoffman

Image Processing Techniques for Water Droplet Penetration Time and Contact Angle Estimation, Sai Balaji Jai Kumar

Scoring Single-Sample Pathway Expression Level Using Graph Autoencoder, Eunyoung Jang

Investigative Research on Design Parameters and Criticality Models for Microreactors, Cameron Jensen

Analyses of Thermal and Spectral Characteristics of Artificial Turf and Natural Grass in Las Vegas Valley, Tarannum Kalam Khandoker

Interpretable and Evidential Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis, Sai Chandra Kosaraju

Triangulation Guided High Clearance Collision-Free Paths, Sandeep Maharjan

The Role of Surfactant Adsorption in Boiling Dynamics, Mario Mata Arenales

Development of a Passive Drag Reduction Modification for the 25° Ahmed Body using Large Eddy Simulation, Skylar Polek

Mining Gambling Data for Modeling Gambling Behavior Patterns, Piyush Aniruddha Puranik

Dynamic Model of an Overhead Crane, Leonard Ruesga

A Heuristic Approach to Operations and Control of BTM-DERS for Bill Management and Grid Services, Md Arshad Rashid Shaon

Evaluation of the Extent of Floods in 2022 in Different Land Cover and Land Use Classes in Sindh Province, Pakistan Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Imageries, Alina Shrestha

Assessment of Success Factors and Comparative Analysis of Public Private Partnership (P3) Project Performances Against Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Project Delivery, Bandana Shrestha

Automated Measurement of the Water Drop Penetration Time for the Analysis of Soil Water Repellency, Danxu Wang

Online Learning for Acid-Fast Bacilli Detection in Histopathological Images, Shizhao Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Unraveling Water Quality Issues in the Colorado River Basin: Utilizing Remote Sensing Satellite Images, Statistical, and Machine Learning for Improved Monitoring, Godson Ebenezer Adjovu

An Exploratory Pilot Study on Generating an Emergency Evacuation VR Experience for a Real-Life Building Without Existing BIM or Floor Plans, Naveed Ahmed

Dea2uth: A Decentralized Authentication and Authorization Scheme for Secure Private Data Transfer, Phillipe Austria

Non-Destructive Means of Predicting Masonry Prism Strength Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV), Connor J. Barlow

Survey of How Irregularities in the Electrical System of the Human Heart Link to Different Heart Arrhythmias, Jazmine Boloor

Trajectory Analysis for Driving Safety Quantification, Michael I. Chang

Studies of Forward Projection Algorithms and Implementation on PC and FPGA, Minsung Cho

Effects of Loading Age and Transverse Reinforcement Ratio on Collapse Resistance of RC Frame Beams under High Sustained Loads, Taiga Cibulka

Travel Time Theory For Traffic Conservation Laws With Applications, Sergio Contreras

Information-Theoretic Model Diagnostics (InfoMoD), Armin Esmaeilzadeh

Scalable Algorithm Design and Performance Analysis for Graph Motifs Discovery, Md Abdul Motaleb Faysal

High-Yield Bioinspired Atmospheric Water Capture Through Hydrogels, Yiwei Gao

Abiotic and Bio-Enhanced Reduction of Perchlorate and Co-Contaminants with Zero-Valent Iron (ZVI), John Michael Gonzales

Investigating a Passive Treatment System for the Removal of Nutrients from Urban Runoff, Jasminn Gray

Investigating Haloacetonitrile (Han) Formation Potential from Nitrogenous Antibiotics and Agrochemicals, Kazi Shafayet Haider

OCR Post-processing Using Large Language Models, Mahdi Hajiali

Virus Removal and Characterization During Secondary Treatment at a Full-Scale Plant, Tyler Hill

Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance of Reinforcing Bar Types for Pavements and Bridges, Brandon T. Huynh

Three-Dimensional Finite Element Numerical Analysis of Closely Spaced Foundations Resting on Clay Soil Supported with a Geocell Mattress Embedded in a Fly Ash Layer, Yahia Iskander

Metastability and Degradation in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cells, Mohsen Jahandardoost

Time-Dependent Wetting Behavior of Hydrogels, Amir Kashani

Improving Multi-Crane Planning on Construction Sites, Ali Khodabandelu

Development of Pre-Magnetized Magnetorheological Elastomer for Bidirectionally Variable Stiffness Applications, Choonghan Lee

An Avalanche Transistor-Based Pulse Generator Design For Infrared Laser Applications, Abraham Lopez

Application of Biochar for Antibiotic-Free Nutrient Recovery from Source-Separated Human Urine, Sayeda Ummeh Masrura

Development and Characterization of Lead & Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cell Materials, Rubaiya Murshed

Enhanced IoT-Based Electrocardiogram Monitoring System with Deep Learning, Jian Ni

Algorithmic Approaches to Battery Consolidation in a Smart Grid, Dara Nyknahad

Pantograph Carbon Strip Degradation Monitoring – Pulsed Power Application Using Electromagnetic Dot Sensor, Olufemi Olubode

Properties of Ultra–High Performance Concrete Using Plaster Sand, Andrew Pappas

Optimized Indoor Temperature in Office Buildings Through Personalized Thermal Comfort Modeling, Raviteja Patchava

Engineered Biomass-Derived Carbon Adsorbents for Targeted Contaminant Remediation from Aqueous Environments, Suraj Venkat Pochampally

Numerical Investigations of sCO₂ Compressor Aerothermodynamics Using a Streamline Curvature Based Throughflow Method, Victor Quintanilla

Implementation of ADAS and Autonomy on UNLV Campus, Zillur Rahman

A One-Dimensional Analysis of a Microbial Fuel Cell for Efficient Acetate Removal and Power Density Output, David Rouhani

Towards CFD Investigations into Particulate Air Pollution of a Desert Urban Environment, Prosun Roy

Treatment of Oxyanion Contaminants from Waste Brine Streams Using Halophilic/Halotolerant Microorganisms, Yasaman Saedi

Development of an Automated GPIB System for Characterization of SiGe Avalanche Photodiodes, David A. Santiago

Performance Comparison of Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Design-Build (DB) and Construction Management-At-Risk (CMAR) Methods, and Identification of Critical Success Factors for DB and CMAR in Water and Wastewater Projects, Shrijan Shrestha

Facial Expression Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for Data Augmentation and Image Generation, Shekhar Singh

Monitoring and Classification of Tissue Perfusion Through the Combined Use of Thermal, RGB, and Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging, Ivan Soto

High Clearance Collision-Free Paths, Barun Thapa

Simulating Condensation in the Theory of Classical Nucleation, David Vallet

A Dynamic Scoring Methodology for Morphing Airfoil Designs with Application to a Stalling Scenario, Stone Wachs

An Investigation of Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators: Theory, Characterization, and Conceptual Applications, Alexandrea Washington

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Nexuscapes: A Landscape Approach for a Transdisciplinary Water-Energy-Food Nexus Decision-Making Process, Fortino Acosta

A Control Integrated Circuit for a Hysteretic Flyback Power Converter, Armani Alvarez

Identification of Factors Contributing to Traffic Crashes by Analysis of Text Narratives, Cristian D. Arteaga-Sanchez

Application of Experimentally Calibrated Numerical Models for Prediction of Composite Masonry Prism Strength, James Bristow

Radiomic Features to Predict Overall Survival Time for Patients with Glioblastoma Brain Tumors Based on Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods, Lina Chato

Jiapi: A Type Checker Generator for Statically Typed Languages, Benjamin Cisneros Merino

Effects of Particle Size and Replacement Proportion of Post-Consumer Glass in Concrete, Negasi Gebremichael

Enhancements to Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Rockets, Kimberly Gonzalez

A Mechanically Intelligent Hosing-Drone, Blake Hament

Modeling and Analysis of Subcellular Protein Localization in Hyper-Dimensional Fluorescent Microscopy Images Using Deep Learning Methods, Yang Jiao

Application of Lanthanides in Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse, George William Kajjumba

Developing a Hands-On Class Exercise for Modular Construction, 3D Design, and 4D Schedule, Kyle A. Kithas

Effects of Distributed Energy Resources on the Bulk Electric System, Stryder Loveday

Carbon Fiber Coil Spring Characterization and Manufacturing, Cooper Madrazo

A Wearable Electronic Monitoring Device for Low Pressure Garment Applications and Temperature Analysis for Prevention of Ulceration and Infection, Francisco Mata Carlos

Behavior of Axially-Restrained Reinforced Concrete Beams under High Sustained Loads, Ghazaleh Mehdikhan Laleh

Fuel Injector Design of a Hypersonic Jet Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Melissa Rose Mercado

Viability of Energy and Fuel Sources for Interstellar Travel; Design and Feasibility of the Construction of Manned Interstellar Space Shuttles, Lukas Mittelman

Mobile 3D Printing of Rail Track Surface for Rapid Repai, Ershad Mortazavian

Hyperspectral Image Analysis of Food for Nutritional Intake, Shirin Nasr Esfahani

Mechanoelectrical Behavior in Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Based Soft Polymer Gel Smart Sensors for Soft Robotic Applications, Justin Neubauer

Dynamic Surface Tension of Surfactants Through Separation of Diffusion and Dilation Effects, Brandon Ortiz

Development of UAV-Based Rail Track Geometry Irregularity Monitoring and Measuring Platform Empowered by Artificial Intelligence, Lihao Qiu

Experimental Study of a Polycarbonate Urethane Knee Implant Using Custom-Designed Knee Simulator, Maria De Lourdes Ramos Gonzalez