Theses/Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Remote Sensing, Modeling, and Spectroscopic Studies of Gigantic Jets and Lightning Leaders
(2019-12)This dissertation focuses on four interrelated investigations with the ultimate goal of better understanding electrical phenomena in the lower and upper atmosphere. The four investigations utilized observations and data ... -
Human-Robot Plan Communication
(2019-12)Although the technical development of robots has made them more autonomous, they still benefit from some human skills and advice. Therefore, the robot needs to interact with a human and ask him for help to get out of ... -
Socialization of Veterans Using Virtual Reality
(2019-12)Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and video games are growing in popularity and fulfilling genuine human needs that the real world is currently unable to satisfy. Games are providing rewards that reality ... -
Building Datasets from Publicly Accessible Social Media Images for Biometric Analysis
(2019-12)The world is developing at a rapid pace, and some of its advancement can be accredited to technological innovations that are affecting many aspects of society. A field within computer science that is increasingly reaching ... -
Modeling to Predict the Salt Transport between a Scale Model Estuary and the Unconfined Aquifer with Groundwater Flow
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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)
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...