Past Doctoral Dissertations

School of Engineering and Science (SES)

Candidate Name and Date

Dissertation Asset

December 14, 2022 - Sameer Neve

Sustainable Reuse of Spent Vetiver Biomass for Production of Biochar and Bioethanol

January 24, 2023 - E. Dov Neimand

A Parallel Linear Active Set Method and A Generalization of Distance Domination

March 15, 2023 - Yutong Zhao

A Data-driven and Architecture-centric Approach for Identifying and Analyzing Real-life Software Performance Issues

March 29, 2023 - Samaneh Berenjian

Encryption-Based Secure Protocol Design for Networks

April 6, 2023 - Christopher Houthuysen

A Methodology for Determining the Burn Rates of Complex Solid Gun Propellants through Closed Bomb Simulation

April 12, 2023 - Mingju He

Spectrum Awareness in a Complex Radio Environment: A Deep Learning Approach

April 17, 2023 - Yuchen Zhang

Balancing the Security and Performance of Modern Programming Languages

April 17, 2023 - Ahsan Hameed

Spectral Analysis of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Instability

April 17, 2023 - Jiaqi Lyu

Advanced Additive Manufacturing Using Data Analytics for RealTime Quality Assurance

April 17, 2023 - Emil Pitz

Machine Learning for Quantification of Uncertainty in Structural Performance

April 18, 2023 - Wenhan Zhao

Peptoid-Loaded Microgel-Modified Self-Defensive Antimicrobial

April 20, 2023 - Roshan Adhikari

Analysis of the Thermal Decomposition of Munitions Wastewater

April 20, 2023 - Ting Bu

Hybrid Neural Networks with Nonlinear Optics and Spatial Modes

April 26, 2023 - Prajnesh Kumar

Photonic Reservoir Computing

April 27, 2023 - Jiuyi Zhang

Quantum Sensing Applications with Integrated Lithium Niobate Photonic Circuits

April 28, 2023 - Xiao Tan

Development and applications of distributed fiber optic sensor network for intelligent monitoring of pipelines

April 28, 2023 - Milos Sztipanov

Methods for retrieval of ozone amount, cloud and aerosol optical depth from ground-based irradiance measurements

April 28, 2023 - Jiang Du

Challenges and Opportunities of Developing Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) for Bridge Deck Overlay Applications

May 01, 2023 - John McConnell

Situational Awareness For Low Cost Underwater Autonomy

May 01, 2023 - Dong Liu

Modification of Vibroacoustic Modulation for Robustness

May 01, 2023 - Zhuo Liu

CO2 sequestration and waste utilization for low-carbon concrete

May 01, 2023 - Ali Aghdaei

High-Performance Spectral Algorithms for Hypergraph Compression

May 02, 2023 - Soroush Mahjoubi

Development and applications of machine learning approaches for prediction, design, and monitoring of civil structures and materials

May 03, 2023 - Yifei Zhang

Robust Controller Design and Performance Evaluation via Statistical Learning and Optimization

May 03, 2023 - Sarah Alshehri

Extracellular Matrix Modulates Outgrowth Dynamics in Ovarian Cancer

May 03, 2023 - Lac Nguyen

A practical approach for quantum cryptography with quantum authentication

May 24, 2023 - Dakai Liu

Robust adaptive nonlinear control strategies for advanced aerial vehicles: theory and applications

May 26, 2023 - Zhixiang Min

Data-driven geometric workflows for camera localization

June 05, 2023 - Yu Yu

Robust Machine Learning

June 21, 2023 - Elham Easy

Manufacturing and characterization of thermal transport properties in two-dimensional materials

June 27, 2023 - Scott Ruppel

In-situ Synthesis of Tunable Polydopamine with Improved Functionality

July 03, 2023 - Xuting Tang

Trust in the AI-R

July 12, 2023 - Arash Shokouhmand

Cardiovascular System Monitoring Using Wearable Sensors

July 26, 2023 - Sean Rooney

AI for State Estimation and Diagnostics of Additive Manufacturing Machinery

July 31, 2023 - Ze Yang

Thermal transport in solid materials from Perfect crystals to dislocations based on a Machine learning method

August 10, 2023 - Fucheng Zhang

Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Melt Electrowriting Enabled 3D Structured Materials

August 10, 2023 - Mohammad Jamous

Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Climatology Change and Sea Level Rise on Extreme Wave Hazards Using Physics-based Models

August 10, 2023 - Mohammad Mir

Bioengineering Modalities and Tools for Diagnosis and Repair of Pathological Lung Tissue

August 11, 2023 - Mingxiao Liu

Multimodal augmented sensory feedback during motor rehabilitative training and its influence on psychophysiological measures

August 16, 2023 - Erik Pearson

Mapping, Localization, and Navigation for Robust Autonomous Inspection of Indoor Environments with Unmanned Ground Vehicles

August 21, 2023 - Shuang Chen

Dopamine based nano-formulations for drug delivery system with drug repurposing in cancer chemotherapy

August 21, 2023 - Achraf Tounsi

Enhancing Flood Forecasting Systems through the Integration of Machine Learning and Advanced Sensing and Modeling Techniques

August 21, 2023 - Ton T. H. Duong

Toward Real-life Gait Analysis Using Wearable Sensors

August 21, 2023 - Abdullah Battal Alnutayfat

Vibro-Acoustic Modulation for Crack Detection in Wind Turbine Blades

September 19, 2023 - Mengjiao Zhang

Privacy in Federated Learning

November 6, 2023 - Alexander Gilgur

Community Cohesion: Sentiment, Emotions, and Resilience

November 6, 2023 - Xinpei Wu

Electron-Beam Patterning Shape-Shifting Gel-based Micro-Helices and Micro-Ribbons

November 9, 2023 - Anil Gaihre

Accelerating Data-Analytical Algorithms on GPUs

November 27, 2023 - Brian Caulfield

CO2 Mineralization for Carbon Removal

November 28, 2023 - Alaa Ahmed

Multi-Fidelity Framework for Modeling and Optimization of a DualFlap Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter

November 29, 2023 - Abdullah Abdullatif Samarkandi

Using Deep Learning in Wireless Signal Identification/Classification

December 6, 2023 - Shuai Li

Suspended Load Transportation with Cable-Driven Robots Powered by
Quadrotors

December 7, 2023 - Jeanette Brown

Treatment of High Nitrate-Nitrogen Industrial Waste at a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility

December 7, 2023 - Jia-Min Chu

Computational Studies of Metal-Mediated Biological Reactions and Interactions for Important Nitrogen-Containing Species

December 8, 2023 - Zhaohui Ma

Quantum light generation in thin film lithium niobate

December 12, 2023 - Zhuosheng Zhang

Enhancing Security And Efficiency In Distributed Learning

December 12, 2023 - Emily Lauren Boltcreed

Gamma Stimulation Modulates the Glial Response to Implanted Microelectrode Arrays

December 14, 2023 - Na Liu

Magnetic proximity coupling of quantum emitters in WSe2

January 23, 2024 - Yiwen Xi

Tribological Effects of Micro/Nano Texturing in Biomimetic Aqueous Environments

February 27, 2024 - Chang Lu

Knowledge-Guided Deep Learning for Health Data Mining and Augmentation

March 1, 2024 - Qingqi Zhao

Investigation of Underground Hydrogen Storage using Multiscale Simulation and Machine Learning

March 25, 2024 - Louis Adedapo Gomez

Learning Models from Health Time Series: Overcoming challenges of data availability and sufficiency

April 2, 2024 - Xuesong Zhang

Exploring Mechanical Properties of Soft Tissues using Microindentation

April 16, 2024 - Hongtao Xia

IoT Signal Identification Using Deep Learning

April 17, 2024 - Saadeldin Mostafa

Towards the Automation of Mechanized Tunneling: Machine Learning Strategies for Enhancing Ground Prediction Models

April 19, 2024 - Elliot Pachniak

Improvements to Remote Sensing Algorithms using Machine Learning Neural Networks Learning Neural Networks

April 23, 2024 - Christian Buckley

Multiscale Channel Formation to Promote Cell Viability in Volumetric Tissue Constructs

April 24, 2024 - Yiming Liu

Applications of machine learning for intelligent sensing and structural health monitoring

April 24, 2024 - Yi Feng

Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites with Topologically Constrained Chains

April 24, 2024- Shiwei Zeng

Data-Efficiency and Robustness in Machine Learning

April 25, 2024 - Aray Almen

Risk of Distributed Systems in Sequential Decision Problems

April 25, 2024 - Aneesh Ramaswamy

Ultrafast Quantum Dynamics and Control of Multiphoton Processes

April 26, 2024 - Devharsh Trivedi

Towards Efficient Security Analytics

April 26, 2024- Jinxin Zhang

Investigation of Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography and Traveling-wave Ion Mobility Procedures in Mass Spectrometry for Analyzing Mixtures

April 30, 2024 - Yazhou Zhou

Lithium-dendrite suppressing 3D Framework by Electrowriting for Battery Applications

May 1, 2024- Jue Wang

Functional and Catalytic Metal Nanoparticles

May 1, 2024 - Zhan Li

High-Q Resonators and Single Photon Nonlinearity on Thin Film Lithium Niobate

May 2, 2024 - Yang Xu

Contact Forces of Guidewire on Vascular Artery Considering its Physical and Mechanical Properties

May 7, 2024 - Xiuling Wang

Trustworthy Graph Learning

May 20, 2024 - Dhiraj K. Pandey

Pseudorandom Functions from Burnside Learning Problems

May 23, 2024 - Xiaoran Yang

Materials Design by Systematic Substitution for Polyanionic Potassium Storage Compounds

June 3, 2024 - Yuntian Teng

Non-Darcian Flow, Multiphase Flow, and Hydration Thermodynamics in Subsurface Energy and Environmental Systems

July 1, 2024 - Jiawen Chen

Exploring mRNA- and Cell-Based Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis

July 11, 2024 - Hongshan Li

Deep Learning-based Segmentation in Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography Images

July 29, 2024 - Mohamed Abdelkader

Data- and Process-Based Methods to Enhance Streamflow Estimation Across Scales

July 30, 2024 - Fan Yang

Resource Allocation and Privacy for Next-generation Wireless Ad hoc Networks

August 2, 2024 - Lili Li

Compressive Photon Measurement for Machine Learning

August 5, 2024 - Meenu Kumar

Investigation of Gas-Phase Ion Neutral Interactions by Ion Mobility Separation Technique and Mass Spectrometry

August 9, 2024 - Daniel Centeno

Modeling of Intracellular Taurine Levels in Ovarian Cancer

August 13, 2024 - Kazi Samsunnahar Mita

Climate Impacts and Adaptation Assessment for Fluvial, Coastal and Compound Flooding

August 15, 2024 - Ishira Samarasinghe

Structural Dynamics of Tautomeric Forms and Artifacts of Aniline and Related Compounds under APCI (Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization) Mass Spectrometry Conditions

August 15, 2024 - Mohammad (Rayan) Bahrami

Multi-Robot Systems in Adversarial Settings: Adversary Detection, Resilient Coordination and Cooperation

August 17, 2024 - Ruiran Wang

Fast Data Dissemination In Blockchain Networks

October 1, 2024 - Cengcang Zeng

Signal Processing for Distributed RF Sensing with Non-Orthogonal Waveforms

October 28, 2024 - Mitchell Tillman

Mechanics of Whole-Body Balance and Momentum Control During Straight-Line Gait and 90° Turns

November 5, 2024 - Lun Li

Workforce Analytics in the Era of Big Data

November 12, 2024 - Justin Sitler

Design, Modeling, and Control of Low-Cost Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator Systems

November 15, 2024 - Mina Nouri

Enhancing Urban Traffic Monitoring: Methods for Anomaly Detection and Data Imputation

November 18, 2024 - Shawn Dullen

Achieving Effective Performance using Set-Based Design Framework during the Concept Stage and Early Development Stage of the Life Cycle

School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE)

Candidate Name and Date

Dissertation Asset

March 28, 2023 - Maximilian Vierlboeck

Structural Complexity of System Requirements and its Implications for the Development Process

April 6, 2023 - Safa Elkefi

Validation of a sociotechnical framework, EPACCC- (Effectiveness of Patient-centered cancer care in the technology era): A mixed-methods study

June 27, 2023 - Bijun Wang

Advancing Resilience and Adaptability in Healthcare: Systems Thinking, Human-Technology Interactions, and Governance

August 3, 2023 - Alkim Z. Avsar

Intervention in Collaborative System Design to Increase Efficiency by Focusing on Social Factors

August 8, 2023 - Ismael Josue Tapia Tamayo

A Conceptual Mission Engineering Framework for Evaluating the Performance of Precipitation Observing Missions

August 15, 2023 - Peizhu Zhang

Assessment of Systems Engineering Competencies using Simulations and Automated Tools

April 4, 2024 - Daniel Dunbar

A Graph Centered Approach to the Verification and Reuse of Digital Engineering Models

April 16, 2024 - Geoffrey Lichtenheim

A Novel Framework for Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Hosted AI Service Platforms in E-Governance Systems

April 15, 2024 - Shiyan Zhang

Three Essays on Digital Skills and Their Roles in Occupations

April 23, 2024 - Mostaan Lotfalian Saremi

Impact of Human Reliance on Collaboration with Intelligent Decision Support Systems

April 24, 2024 - Ibrahim Aldulijan

A Distributed Systems Framework for Improving Citizen Science: The Case of Community Bio Labs and Open-Source Insulin Development

May 1, 2024 - Gina Dello Russo Fields

Supporting the Sustainable Development of Electricity Systems via Consumer Behavior and System Modeling

May 3, 2024 - Samuel Powell Russell

Patterns, Pattern Library, and the Epistemology of Technical Knowledge: Unveiling Tacit Knowledge through Architectural Theory

May 9, 2024 - Pouria Babvey

Scaling NLP Models to Analyze Large-scale Online Conversations

School of Business (SSB)

Candidate Name and Date

Dissertation Asset

April 5, 2023 - Meghana Vaidya

Three essays on monitoring, control, and governance in public markets

April 10, 2023 - Ji Sui

Three essays on social media disclosures

April 14, 2023 - Lei Zheng

Human-machine collaboration to facilitate open collaboration governance

April 21, 2023 - Ziyi Xiong

Blockchain-based Ecosystems: Fundraising, Innovation and Trust

April 21, 2023 - Xingjian Zeno Zhang

Three Essays on CEO Compensation, CEO Ownership and Market Feedback Effect

April 25, 2023 - Yangyang Zhang

Three essays on racial minorities in corporate leadership

May 02, 2023 - Shuang Wu

Three essays on Financial Intermediation and Climate Finance

April 10, 2024 - Necdet Gürkan

A Computational Basis for Consensus-Aware Technologies

April 18, 2024 - Dongxu Li

Agent-based Modeling in Household Finance and Banking System

April 19, 2024 - Jujun Huang

More than Words: Mining Managerial Disclosures for Hidden Cues

April 24, 2024 - Siyuan Ma

Three essays on empirical asset pricing

April 26, 2024 - Zhaokun Cai

Three Essays on Managing Estimation Risk in Portfolio Selection

April 29, 2024 - Yue Leng

Three Essays on Corporate Strategies: Role of Communication Technology, CEO Biases, and Sentiments

April 30, 2024 - Zhiyu Cao

Modeling Market Liquidity and Financial Regulations in Times of Stress

May 2, 2024 - Francesco A. Fabozzi

A New Framework for the Application of Generative Language Models for Portfolio Construction

July 23, 2024 - Jacob Erickson

Can Social Platforms Foster Constructive Political Dialogue? Three Essays on Digital Infrastructures and Online Spaces

August 12, 2024 - Cheuk Yin Jeffrey Mo

Design of Reinforcement Learning Control in Agent-based Modeling: An Investigation of System Risks in Interbank Lending Market

August 15, 2024 - Jiali Qi

Digital Co-creation in Platform-centric Ecosystems: Three Studies of the Gaming Industry

October 1, 2024 - Zhiyuan Yao

Application of Reinforcement Learning in Financial Trading and Execution