College of Engineering and Science

A Reduced Order Model for Estimation of Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) in Coronary Artery Disease: Assessing the Impact of Side Branches

Vila, Arber (2023-05)

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) affects millions of people worldwide and remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. To effectively plan treatment and risk stratification, assessing CAD severity is of paramount ...

Smartphone Video Guidance Sensor in High-Altitude UAV Precision Landing

Silva Cotta, Joao Leonardo (2023-05)

The Smartphone Video Guidance Sensor (SVGS) is an emerging technology developed by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center that uses a vision-based approach to accurately estimate the six-state position and orientation vectors ...

Development of a Customizable Framework for Data Driven Hemodynamic Analysis with Applications in Neurovascular and Cardiovascular Scenarios

Hillner, Rachel Mae (2023-05)

Cardiovascular disease, including but not limited to heart failure and aneurysms, remain a leading cause of death worldwide. Persons over the age of 40 experience upwards of a 20% chance of developing heart failure in their ...

Flight Test Evaluation of the B-1B Lancer for the Heavy Bomber Mission

Gates, Robert William (2023-05)

The purpose of this test was to evaluate the suitability of the B-1B Lancer for the heavy bomber mission. The B-1B Lancer was designed as a long-range, supersonic, high to low altitude bomber featuring a blended wing-body ...

Effects of Process Parameters on the Dimensional Accuracy of Fused Deposition Modeled Parts

Bair, Ethan Eugene (2023-05)

Fused deposition modelling (FDM) is one of the most common additive manufacturing techniques used with applications ranging from rapid prototyping at a professional scale to simple part creation at a hobbyist scale. FDM ...

Water-soluble Iron Porphyrin Complex for the Catalytic N-dealkylation of Fentanyl

Pitt, Amanda (2023-05)

An increase in the misuse of opioids in the United States and the increasing potency of analogs necessitates novel treatments of opioid overdose. The chemical structure of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, carfentanil, ...

Development of a Pediatric Heart Assist Device Monitoring System

Hill, Natalie (2023-05)

Heart failure (HF) is one of the leading causes of deaths for adults worldwide, but has disproportionately significant effects on pediatric patients that are often overshadowed. Treatment options for pediatric patients ...

Evaluation of Human Mobility from Crowd-sourced Cellular Data

Knezevic, Sasa (2023-05)

Understanding patterns of human mobility plays a vital role in urban planning, traffic management, disease control, environmental impact evaluation, provisioning of services by both public and private enterprise and other ...

Monte-Carlo Modeling of Bidirectional Reflectance in Shallow Turbid Water

Rotkiske, Tyler Anthony (2023-05)

The ability to model surface and bottom boundary layers using water column information in shallow waters is mathematically approached using a Monte-Carlo model. The hyperspectral Monte-Carlo model used in this research was ...

Macromolecular Crowding on the Formation of Amyloid Fiber Hydrogel

Crews, Rachael Marie (2023-05)

The aggregation of proteins to form fibrillar deposits is a hallmark of numerous medical conditions, including Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Protein monomers aggregate to form amyloid fibers, followed by these fibers further ...

Modeling and Simulation of Ion-Induced Volume Phase Transitions in Chemically-Active Polyelectrolyte Gels

Nagda, Bindi Mahesh (2023-05)

Ion-induced volume phase transitions in polyelectrolyte gels play an important role in physiological processes such as mucus storage and secretion in the gut, nerve tissue excitation, and DNA packaging. Biological ...

Cross-platform Development of Wake-Up-Word

Woodle, Christopher Ryan (2023-05)

The goal of this project will be to explore cross-platform implementation of Wake-Up- Word (WUW). To enable the development of future speech-based artificial intelligence applications, it is important to have robust and ...

Development of Design Method for Fiber Reinforced Slab on Ground

Albogami, Abdullah (2023-05)

All the present methods of designing the slab-on-ground (SOG) are based on the flexural slab capacity (FSC) to determine the required thickness by calculating the modulus of rupture (MOR) of the concrete beam, depending ...

A Machine Learning Approach to Forecasting SEP Intensity and Times based on CME and other Solar Activities

Thomas, Peter John (2022-07)

High intensity Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events pose severe risks for astronauts and critical infrastructure. The ability to accurately forecast the peak intensity and times of these events would enable preparatory ...

A Comparison of Automated Bolide Detection Methods

Khumalo, Maxine Thembi (2023-05)

Bolide recording and analysis are crucial so meteoroid fragments can be found, a lightcurve analyzed, and its trajectory calculated. The Spalding Allsky Camera Network (SACN) generates videos and composite images of the ...

A step-by-step guide to identify the most reliable inventory management system for small businesses using discrete event simulation and pros and cons analysis: a case study at CAMID-Florida Tech

Batista Oliveira Filho, Djalma (2023-05)

According to the Department of Labor Statistics (2022), 20.6% of small businesses fail in their first year of operation, 42.6% fail after five years, and over 62.6% fail by their tenth year. One factor that can affect ...

Exploring Environmental Sensitivity and Significant Life Experiences of Selected African American and Hispanic American College Students: A Mixed Methods Study

Pastor, Danielle (2023-05)

This study explored Significant Life Experiences (SLEs) and the development of Environmental Sensitivity (ES) in a sample of African American and Hispanic American College Students. In the field of Environmental Education, ...