College of Engineering and Science: Recent submissions
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A Network-Driven Approach for Characterizing Emoji Usage in Social Media
(2019-07)With the rapid growth in the number of online users, people tend to use emojis to enrich their text with emotions. In this dissertation, after an overview of the previous studies on emojis, we provide a brief introduction ... -
Linear Theory of Alfvén Wave Reflections at a Density Discontinuity
(2019-04)One of the most important outstanding problems in solar physics is explaining why the corona is much hotter than the surrounding solar atmosphere, called the Coronal Heating Problem (CHP). There has been much work in ... -
Ecological Responses to Eutrophication and Restoration in a Shallow Subtropical Estuary
(2019-05)Like many other estuaries in the world, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is experiencing serious environmental health challenges in recent years. Ecosystem challenges include the connected phenomena of Harmful Algal Blooms ... -
Photocleavable Endogenous and Exogenous Molecules
(2019-05)The spatiotemporal regulation of biomolecules in their physiological environment is an essential aspect of biological research. In neuroscience, the activity of neurotransmitters can be regulated by protecting the molecules ... -
Advanced Astroinformatics for Variable Star Classification
(2019-04)This project outlines the complete development of a variable star classification algorithm methodology. With the advent of Big-Data in astronomy, professional astronomers are left with the problem of how to manage large ... -
Parametric Methods for Analysis of Survival Times with Applications to Organ Transplantation
(2019-05)In this dissertation, we have two main objectives. First, we introduce a hybrid method to model hazard function. Different approaches have been used for modeling survival times including parametric, semi-parametric, and ... -
The Effect of Environmental Muck Dredging on Abundance and Community Richness of Benthic Amphipods in the Indian River Lagoon
(2019-05)Anthropogenic eutrophication has polluted and degraded estuarine ecosystems throughout the world. The Indian River Lagoon (IRL), a diverse North American estuary, has accumulated an abundance of Fine-Grained Organic-Rich ... -
Synthesis of Photoactive Molecules and Silicon Containing Compounds
(2019-05)Retinoids are a class of synthetic and natural molecules that are functionally and structurally related to Vitamin A. They have various biological roles and potential therapeutic values. Providing treatment for eye ... -
FEASIBILITY STUDY AND HYDRODYNAMICS OF TRANSFORMABLE SUBMERSIBLE HYDROFOIL TRIMARAN
(2019-05)It has been the endeavor of naval architects to design innovative hull forms to address the political, socio-economic climate and sustainability around the world. It is imperative that countries be able to protect their ... -
Effect of Industry Clusters and Commodity Flow Characteristics on the Selection of Freight Transportation Modes in the United States with Advanced Econometric Approaches
(2019-05)Mode choice is an important strategic decision for shippers to carry commodities efficiently. Freight mode-choice is an important activity to develop a successful freight transportation business in the private sector and ... -
Wavelet-based Functional Data Analysis for Classication and Change Point Detection
(2019-05)Data collection and analysis, performed close to the source and transferred to other devices for different analysis, are the major paradigms of the Internet of Things (IoT). Usually, the raw data comes in the form of a ... -
Robotic Arm Remote Control Framework
(2018-08)This thesis presents a robot control framework to aid in research using a robotic arm. The scope of this current study is to develop a framework to allow controlling the robotic arm from either a remote network or locally ... -
A First-Principle Power and Energy Model for eVTOL Vehicles
(2019-05)A number of well-established aircraft manufacturers, such as Airbus, Boeing, or Bell, along with new startups have begun developing flying prototypes of electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing vehicles (eVTOL). To certify ... -
Geo-locating UEs Using Multi-output Decision Tree Regressor
(2019-05)Mobile communication networks constantly need to monitor and improve the quality of service and network coverage to their users, and to do so, radio measurements are required. One common method for gathering these ... -
Mitigating Pilot Contamination through Optimizing Pilot Allocation in Massive MIMO Systems
(2019-12)This dissertation has proposed several algorithms to optimize the allocation of pilots to the users’ equipment (UEs) to mitigate the effect of the pilot contamination problem in the massive MIMO systems. Pilot contamination ... -
Weighted Aggregation Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Cluster Analysis with Applications to Cancer Research
(2019-05)Due to advancements in data acquisition, large amount of data are collected on a daily basis. Analysis of the collected data is an important task to discover the patterns, extract the features, and make informed decisions. ... -
Integrated Representation and Discrimination Models for Functional Data Classification
(2019-05)The modus operandi for machine learning is to map functional data to numerical summaries, filter the data, and/or subject it to global signature extractions with the objecive of building robust feature vectors that ... -
Ensemble Correlation Coefficient for Variable Association Detection
(2019-05)Subjects in a population are represented by their characteristics, and the characteristics are represented by variables. Identifying the relationship between these variables is essential for prediction, hypothesis testing, ... -
Human-Centered Enterprise Resource Maintenance Management
(2019-03)In complex domains, maintenance personnel may be required to use multiple software tools for receiving status information and controlling resources across the enterprise. These tools have evolved to be effective for ...