Theses/Dissertations from 2025
MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF DROP-STITCH INFLATABLE STRUCTURES TO SHOCK AND IMPACT LOADING, Tyler Chu
COMPREHENSIVELY UNDERSTANDING AND MANIPULATING THE HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN NEXT-GENERATION BATTERY MATERIALS, Connor Jaymes Dionne
THE STATE OF ACCESSIBLE VOTING EQUIPMENT: A REVIEW FROM 2000 TO 2024, Malinda P. Fry
MICROPLASTICS DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CYTOTOXICITY EVALUATION VIA LAB-ON-CHIP, Liyuan Gong
IMPLOSION OF ALUMINUM CYLINDRICAL SHELLS WITHIN VARYING CONFINEMENT STRUCTURES, Samuel Hayden
A SYSTEM TO TEST SELECTIVE DIRECTIONAL LASER MELTING OF 3D PRINTED METAL SURFACES, Daniel A. Marasco
SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LONG-TERM STORAGE OF VOTER-VERIFIED PAPER BALLOTS, Sara R. Nunes
CHARACTERIZATION AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE AND METALLIC STRUCTURES UNDER EXTREME LOADING ENVIRONMENTS, Akash Pandey
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM THAT CHARACTERIZES HIGHINTENSITY GAMMA FIELDS FROM RINSC NUCLEAR FUEL, Michael Peters
TRACKING CONTROL OF A STRING ACTUATED SOFT TRUNK ROBOT USING STATE-SPACE MODELING, Jacob Trivisonno
A Comparative Study of Electronic and Paper Ballot Systems in Modern U.S. Elections, Gianna M. Wadowski
QUANTIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF IRRADIATION ON THE DYNAMIC COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF NAVAL MATERIALS, Keevan Winters
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
CHARACTERIZATION OF ADHESIVE STRENGTH IN METAL-POLYMER BONDS, Oreoluwa Adeseyoju
BLAST MITIGATION PROPERTIES OF BUBBLE SCREENS ON NEARBY UNDERWATER STRUCTURES, Alexandra Byrne
PERFORMANCE OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITE STRUCTURES IN STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS, Birenda Chaudhary
A NUMERICAL STUDY OF IMPLOSION – PRESSURE PULSE MITIGATION BY USE OF SHROUDS, Daniel Diurczak
CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPLOSION PULSE MITIGATION BY ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED FILLER PROFILES THIS, Christopher J. Donahue
CONCEPTUALIZING A SAFE, MANUAL DISASSEMBLY LINE FOR RECHARGEABLE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BATTERIES, Adelina Herbst
EXECUTING ADVANCED ALGORITHMS TO EXTRAPOLATE VOTER ARRIVAL BEHAVIOR IN U.S. ELECTIONS, James P. Houghton
ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE DETERIORATION DURING PROLONGED WAKEFULNESS, Aaron J. King
DEVELOPMENT AND MODELING OF AN INNOVATIVE MICROFLUIDIC PAPER-BASED ANALYTICAL DEVICE FOR QUANTITATIVE ELISA, Ashutosh Kumar
1D GRANULAR CHAINS OF CLOSED-CELL PVC FOAMS UNDER LOW AND MEDIUM VELOCITY IMPACTS, Vikranth Kumar Reddy Madhirala
ENERGY MITIGATION AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE DURING UNDERWATER IMPLOSIONS, Akongnwi Nfor Ngwa
HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN GOLD NANOPARTICLES STUDIED VIA PUMP-PROBE MEASUREMENTS, Ludovica Palazzo
UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE BUBBLE INTERACTION WITH CURVED WATER-BACKED STRUCTURES, Michael Papa
DESIGN, SIMULATION, AND TESTING OF A PHYSICAL THERAPY DEVICE, Max Schnegas
INVESTIGATING THE THERMAL MULTIBODY EFFECTS IN SPHERICAL INCLUSIONS OF A POROUS MATRIX FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, Nicholas Scholz
CREEP DEFORMATION OF SOLUTION STRENGTHENED NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS, Daniel Lee Spader
TARGETED ENERGY TRANSFER IN A BISTABLE ROTARY NONLINEAR ENERGY SINK, Collin P. Treacy
TOTAL HYDROGEN EMISSIONS OF THE U.S. HYDROGEN SUPPLY CHAIN: CURRENT INVENTORY AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS, Nicolas Maximilian Vad
RESPONSE OF FLUID FILLED DOUBLE HULL STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE LOADING, Robert Vaillancourt
MARKERLESS MOTION CAPTURE FOR DUAL-HANDED TELEPORTATION OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS, Michael F. Vallaro
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
DESIGN, DYNAMIC MODELING AND CONTROL OF SOFT ROBOTS, Xiaotian Chen
DESIGNING FUNCTIONAL 3D PRINTED FURNITURE MADE FROM PLASTIC WASTE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES, Julia Chiappelli
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING UTILIZATION IN DISADVANTAGED AND NON-DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, Camila Colandré
Defining the Digital Twin for Industry 4.0, Zachary Anthony deWardener
SUSTAINABLE ERGONOMICS FOR SOLAR INSTALLATIONS, Jesse Duroha
QUANTITATIVE RESPONSE OF METALS POST HEAT TREATMENT, Andrew Elloso
UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE BUBBLE INTERACTION WITH A FLAT ADJACENT WATER-BACKED STRUCTURE, Michael Galuska
DYNAMIC BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF 3D-PRINTED POLYMER STRUCTURES, Nathan Grantham-Coogan
MICROFLUIDIC PAPER-BASED DEVICES FOR THE DETECTION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS, Hojat Heidaribafroui
EXECUTING ADVANCED ALGORITHMS TO EXTRAPOLATE UNIQUE ELECTRIC VEHICLE USERS’ CHARGING BEHAVIORS, Mehrsa Khaleghikarahrodi
EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF A TUBULAR FUEL ELEMENT IN THE CENTRIFUGAL NUCLEAR THERMAL ROCKET, Miguel Alessandro Lopez
3D PRINTING MULTIFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CAPABILITIES, William Maciolek
OPTIMIZING AUTONOMOUS MULTI-AGENT SEARCH PATTERNS USING SWARM INTELLIGENCE, Justin P. Maio
MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR MICROPLASTICS SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION, Pedro Mesquita
RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES TO DYNAMIC AND EXTREME LOADING CONDITIONS, Gregory Morgan
GREEN ERGONOMICS: A DECADE’S CALL UNANSWERED? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, Philipp Neugebauer
ANALYSIS OF VOTE-BY-MAIL PROCESSING AND TABULATION: A TIME STUDY FROM SALT LAKE CITY, Leonie Samira Otte
IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING., Jose D. Quevedo
STUDY OF ANISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GAS ADSORBED TWO DIMENSIONAL COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS, Muhammad Akif Rahman
MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF GYROIDS UNDER DYNAMIC LOADS, Alexander Sapronov
Fluid-Structure Interaction of Collapsing Volumes in Confined Environments, Craig Tilton
CHARACTERIZATION & DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF NOVEL COMPOSITE STRUCTURES TO AIR BLAST AND UNDERWATER SHOCK, Piyush Wanchoo
MODELING, DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF COMPLEX NONLINEAR UNCERTAIN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: FROM ALGORITHM DESIGN TO PHYSICAL EXPERIMENT, Jingting Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Empowering Industrial IoT Systems with GPU-Powered Optimization Algorithms and Cybersecurity Tools, Marwan Fouad Abdelatti
MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF SYSTEM CONDITIONS ON U.S. ELECTIONS THROUGH SIMULATION, Nicholas D. Bernardo Jr.
MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF CONSTITUENT MATERIALS USED IN PLAIN WEAVE NYLON REINFORCED INFLATABLE DROP STITCH STRUCTURES, Matthew S. Buglio
AUTOMATED EXTRACTION OF FASTENERS USING DIGITAL TWIN ROBOTICS SOFTWARE AND DCNN VISION SYSTEM, Austin Clark
Quantitative Methods for Analyzing Team Communication Patterns, Dominique Engome Tchupo
DEFINING PATTERNS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE USER CHARGING BEHAVIOR: URBANICITY & SERVICE, Tim Jonas
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF WEAVE GEOMETRY ON THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF WOVEN FABRICS, Rogan Daniel Kennedy
PERFORMANCE OF CURVED ALUMINUM STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS, Matthew A. Leger
ON DATA-DRIVEN FATIGUE DAMAGE MONITORING AND PREDICTION IN NONLINEAR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, He-Wen-Xuan Li
PERFORMANCE OF FLAT ALUMINUM STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO IN-CONTACT UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS, Bastian A. Madsen
Effects of Marine Environments on the Mechanical Response of Polymeric Coatings, Julianna Martinez
ESTIMATING TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND EMISSIONS OF RECYCLABLES IN RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPALITIES USING A GIS, ROUTING MACHINE, AND GENETIC ALGORITHM, Luke Norman Martin-Jourdenais
Welding Personal Protective Equipment: Survey, Interview, and Anthropometric Measurement Study, Kaitlin Neville
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION SCHEME FOR DYNAMIC CONDITIONS, Peter Thomas Phelps
THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A THIN METALLIC AIR-BACKED PLATE TO A NEARFIELD UNDERWATER EXPLOSION, Valentina Rossell
Bulk Recycling: Density Separation Models for Mixed Plastic Waste, Megan Lee St. Hilaire
MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF LEAN AND GREEN MANUFACTURING PRACTICES ON THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE, Leon Sundermann
Numerical Analysis of Thermal Distributions and Localized Melting in Solids, Wilhelm Unkelbach
MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF PLAIN WEAVE NYLON REINFORCED DROP-STITCH INFLATABLE PANELS, Anthony J. White
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
SECOND-LIFE SOLUTIONS FOR END-OF-LIFE PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES, Lennart Banaszak
ENHANCEMENT AND BENCHMARKING OF THE PRESCRIBED MATERIAL REDISTRIBUTION TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION SCHEME, Tjard Bätge
A NEW PAPER-BASED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR SENSITIVE DETECTION OF NITRATE IN SEAWATER, Amer Charbaji
EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM DEEP-SEA IMMERSION ON THE IMPLOSION AND EXPLOSION OF HOLLOW COMPOSITE CYLINDERS, Tyler Chu
ALGORITHM SELECTION FOR THE CAPACITATED VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM USING MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFIERS, Justin C. Fellers
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METAL ALLOYS, Chelsea Fox
SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF USAGE PATTERNS IN A PUBLIC BIKE SHARING SYSTEM DURING A PANDEMIC, Vincent Marcus Garcia
REVISITING TEAM COHESION: A SYSTEMATIC MIXED METHODS APPROACH, Caroline A. Hammett
TRANSIENT ANALYSIS OF THE NUSCALE POWER HELICAL-COIL STEAM GENERATOR TUBE RUPTURE USING RELAP5-3D, Kyle P. Johnson
DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED 17-4PH1100 SS TO SHOCK LOADING GENERATED BY PLATE IMPACT EXPERIMENTS, Mark Keenan
DESIGN OF A PLATFORM FOR INTERACTION WITH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USING VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY, Janis Kinzinger
FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION DURING EXTREME DYNAMIC LOADING EVENTS OF COMPOSITES AND METALS, Shyamal Kishore
SIMULATION METHODS FOR WOVEN FABRIC MATERIALS SUBJECTED TO BIAXIAL LOADING, Felix N. Klempt
MODELLING AND ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF A LONG-RANGE FUEL CELL POWERED AIRCRAFT, Luisa Lindner
IMPACT OF FACILITIES LAYOUT METHODS ON IN-PERSON ELECTIONS: A THEORETICAL EXPLORATION, Emma C. McCool-Guglielmo
SMALL DUAL-CHANNEL WATERJET PROPULSION MODULE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, Corey Murphy
PERFORMANCE OF ELASTOMERIC COATINGS AND COATED STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO AGGRESSIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS, Irine Neba Mforsoh
SIMULATION BASED EVALUATION OF PALLET MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY, Niklas Thiele
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
SYNTHETIC SCENE BASED OBJECT DETECTION: CAN YOU TRAIN NEURAL NETWORKS WITH SYNTHETICALLY GENERATED DATA TO RECOGNIZE REAL OBJECTS FOR MANUFACTURING?, Gabriella M. Aiello
ATTRACTIVENESS OF CARBON REMOVAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSUMERS IN GERMANY AND THE USA, Dominik Rüdiger Daniel Brysch
CHARACTERIZATION OF DROP-STITCH CONSTITUENT MATERIALS AND INFLATED PANEL RESPONSE, Ryan A. Buglio
TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE FOR PARTIALLY AUTOMATED VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY, Sergio Bujanov
HIGHLIGHTING FIT ISSUES OF WELDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THROUGH ANTHROPOMETRY, Kelly L. Domogala
COMPOSITE COOPERATIVE ADAPTIVE LEARNING AND CONTROL FOR MULTI-ROBOT COORDINATION, Xiaonan Dong
EFFECTS OF LONG TERM DEEP-SEA IMMERSION ON THE MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, Dillon T. Fontaine
STUDY OF THE AUTOMATION OF DISASSEMBLY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES, Jan Friedrich Hellmuth