Theses/Dissertations

Modeling to Predict the Salt Transport between a Scale Model Estuary and the Unconfined Aquifer with Groundwater Flow

Khazaly, Abeer Ibraheem (2019-07)

In many field studies, variation in fluid density may have important effects on controlling groundwater flow and solute transport processes. These studies include: Indian River Lagoon (IRL), a coastal estuary, located ...

DETERMINING THE ROLE OF HUMAN PLASMA IN AMYLOID FIBER SYNTHESIS

Confer, Carlee Renee (2019-12)

The presence of plaques and tangles in the human brain is a major feature observed in several neuropathological diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Due to the high morbidity and mortality rates of such diseases, ...

Dynamics Considerations Dedicated to Study Bodies in High-Altitude Free Fall

Rodriguez, Michelle Carolina (2019-12)

The objective of this thesis is to develop a simulation model to study the dynamics of a rigid body in free fall. A set of 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) equations is developed to reflect the dynamic and trajectory characteristics ...

Multi-Facet Retrofit Approach to Improve Energy Efficiency of Existing Class of Single-Family Residential Buildings in Florida

Amoah, Kwame Baffour Ohene (2019-12)

There are many approaches to incorporate energy efficiency measures (EEMs) into building through retrofit projects. Single-family buildings are an essential target for energy improvements because of their energy-saving ...

Earth-Mars Cycler Vehicle Conceptual Design

Patel, Bhumika (2019-12)

This thesis summarizes a conceptual design for an Earth – Mars Cycler vehicle designed to transfer astronauts between Earth and Mars. The primary objective of the design study is to accommodate the crews’ needs and to ...

MONITORING AND CORRELATING TOXIC GASES EMITTED BY CARS IN PUBLIC INDOOR GARAGE IN REAL-TIME USING INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

Altheiab, Khalid (2019-12)

The study was developed to adequately depict the behavior of indoor pollutant matter in public garages, the underlying factors influencing this behavior and gauge the pollutant exhaust emission patterns. In depicting the ...

Improving the Classification of Tiny Images for Forensic Analysis

Alharbi, Roba Jafar (2019-12)

Forensics can be defined as the approach that connects with and uses in governments and different organizations in order to detect any malicious activity. Digital forensics has become an essential approach to cyber ...

Deep Learning Models for Visibility Forecasting

Ortega Gomez, Luz Carolina (2019-12)

This dissertation addresses the task of visibility forecasting via deep learning models using data from weather stations. Visibility is one of the most critical weather impacts on transportation systems. Low visibility ...

Some Free Boundary Problems for The Nonlinear Degenerate Multidimensional Parabolic Equations Modeling Reaction-Diffusion Processes

Abu Weden, Amna (2019-12)

This dissertation presents a full classification of the short-time behavior of the interfaces or free boundaries for the nonlinear second order degenerate multidimensional parabolic partial differential equation (PDE) ut ...

Investigating the Effects of Altitude and Flap Setting on the Specific Excess Power of a PA-28-161 Piper Warrior

Louisy, Tjimon Meric (2019-12)

The high number of General Aviation (GA) accidents attributed to Loss of Control suggests that GA pilots are lacking low speed awareness and are unable to appropriately recognize when the aircraft is in a low energy ...

A Taxonomy of Security Features for the Comparison of Home Automation Protocols

Alasiri, Amal Abdullah (2019-12)

Both academia and industry environments are getting significant attention to the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology because of the unlimited benefits that this technology can bring to the environment. The technology ...

Computational Models for Biological Locomotion in Gels

Alshehri, Hashim Mohammed (2019-12)

We investigated Low Reynold’s Number Locomotion in two-phase biological gels. The gel is composed of two materials: a viscous fluid solvent phase and a viscoelastic polymer network phase. A novel Two-phase Immersed ...

Dual-Task Multimodal Web Browsing in Semi-Autonomous Vehicles

Clark, Jarrett William (2019-12)

Drivers should remain alert when operating semi-autonomous vehicles as human intervention is required when the automated systems fail, or an unusual situation is encountered. However, drivers do not always focus solely ...

A Compositional Analysis of Artificial and Terrestrial Analog Martian Regolith Simulants

Kemmerer, Beverly Watson (2019-12)

Over the past 50 years, significant advances in the knowledge of the topography, climate, and geology of Mars have taken place. The global Martian regolith composition is highly basaltic, primarily composed of pyroxene, ...

Air Quality Monitoring Wireless Sensor Network with Electrochemical Sensing Elements

Malky, Saeed Faisal (2019-12)

Harmful atmospheric pollutants have been attributed to causing adverse weather conditions and health problems, which are particularly prevalent in more populated global regions, such as megacities. Nongovernmental and ...

Integrating a Modified Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4) Scheme with Two Spatially Multiplexed Channels in Optical Fiber Communication Systems

Chowdhury, Bilas (2019-07)

A multi-input multi-output (MIMO) based optical fiber multiplexing architecture known as Spatial Domain Multiplexing (SDM) adds a new dimension to optical fiber communication systems by spatially reusing the optical ...