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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Computational Performance Assessment of Buoyant Shrouded Turbines in UAE, Mohamed Farmaan Abdul Khader
End-to-End Network Slicing Using Hypergraph Theory, Omar Abdul-Latif
The Analysis of a Passive Cooling Arrangement for Solar PV Panels, Mohamad Abou Assali
Investigating the Importance of Non-Textual Caption Properties From Deaf and Hard of Hearing Viewers' Perspective, Akhter Al Amin
Early detection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using Machine Learning techniques, Mahra Musabbah Bin Beyat Alfalasi
The impact and severity of non-covid-19 illnesses during covid-19 pandemic, Hanadi Alhammadi
Using Decision-Tree Analysis for Predicting Wildfires Impact on Vegetation in Australia, Saif Al-Khuraisat
Automated Loan Approval System for Banks, Abdulrahman Saeed Almheiri
Automatic Text Simplification Tools to Provide Reading Assistance for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals, Oliver Alonzo
Using ML Algorithms to Predict Real Estate Units Valuations in Ajman, Heba Al Yazouri
Predicting food safety compliance for food-serving establishments inspections, Huda Amin Al Zarooni
On Groundless Fears, Justin Aungst
A Bit-Exact Hierarchical SystemC Model of pPIM for Verification and Performance Modeling, Dhana Lavanya Balasubramanian
A Survey of Qubit Routing Algorithms, Harrison Barnes
Memory Protection with Cached Authentication Trees, Andy Belle-Isle
Road Traffic Management using Vehicle-to- Everything (V2X) Communication, Azzeddine Ben Khadra
All Memories Fade, Lynn Bierbaum
Idealized Learning Environments: An Investigation of K-5 Classroom Design to Improve Student Academic Performance, Stephanie Buckingham
Efficiently Annotating Source Code Identifiers Using a Scalable Part of Speech Tagger, Gavin Burris
A Study of Large-Scale Structure Evolution through Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Corrections in Massive Clusters, Victoria Butler
Which?, Ting Yu Chang
New Intimacies, Louis Chavez
Investigating Equitable Office Design: Addressing Women’s Wellness in the Corporate Office through Human-Centered Design to Improve the Quality of Life for all Employees, Jacqueline Collins
Passive Reconfigurable Dual Linear and Dual Circular Polarization with CLRH-TL for Microstrip Patch Antennas, Alexander Dacey
Space Efficiency by Way of Modular Furniture: Working from Home in an Era of Shrinking Housing, Robert Deane
Corneal Transplant Education in a Clinical Setting, Chynna DeSimone
Online Fourier Analysis of Time-Varying Signals in a Real-Time Embedded Environment, Ty Freeman
Escaping Tradition: An Exploration of Optimized Learning Environments, Mak W. Friery
Rule Mining from Knowledge Bases: Semantics, Queries, and Estimations, Bhaskar Krishna Gangadhar
Empirical Investigations and Dataset Collection for American Sign Language-aware Personal Assistants, Abraham Trout Glasser
When It Clicks, Mitch Goldstein
Vibration Powder Dispensing and Gravity-Fed Powder Delivery for Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Systems, Andrew Greeley
Network Security With Smart Switches, Sahil Gupta
Implementation of Model-Free Sliding Mode Control on a Multi-Input Multi-Output System, Walker Hare
Machine Learning Based Framework for Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection in Ethereum Blockchain, Qusai Omar Mustafa Hasan
From Fully-Supervised Single-Task to Semi-Supervised Multi-Task Deep Learning Architectures for Segmentation in Medical Imaging Applications, S M Kamrul Hasan
Quantum Acceleration of Linear Regression for Artificial Neural Networks, Martin A. Hoffnagle
An Analysis of Heterogeneous Quantization Schemes for Neural Networks, Anusha Holavanahali
Normalization and Generalization in Deep Learning, Griffin Hurt
Legacy, Joseph Jackson
Állo (Neutral - “Other”), Alex Jarus
Hot Pot-Palatable Tour, Dian Jiao
Darshan, Vibhav Kapoor
Quantifying the Nexus of Climate, Economy, and Health: A State-of-the-Art Time Series Approach, Kameron Blair Kinast
Urologic Sequelae Following Phalloplasty: An Explanation of Common Complications Following Transmale Gender Affirmation Surgery, Michelle Kittleman
System Integration of CSTARS: Cryogenic Star Tracking Attitude Regulation System, Matthew Klein
College Students' Perceived Behavioral Expectancy Violations by Instructors in the Zoom Classroom, Kaleb Kronimus
Shiftable Load Forecasting and User-centric Demand-side Optimization for Nanogrid, Akash Kumar
Practical LED-based Spectral Imaging for Cultural Heritage Studio Photography, Olivia R. Kuzio
Moodify, Jiaqi Liu
Redesign a PET Bottle: Creating Possibilities for Future Recycling, Shen Liu
Unsupervised Progressive and Continual Learning of Disentangled Representations, Zhiyuan Li
What the Wildflowers Tell Us, Madelyn Lohman
Augmented Reality Shopping Guide: Enhancing Efficiency and Experience, Shengyang Luo
Emergent Properties of Cells and Tissues in Health and Disease, Pancy T. Lwin
Measuring Diffusion Through Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Fluorescent Spectroscopy, Michael Machold
Embedded Solar Tracker Design Utilizing Solar Position Calculation with Sensor Correction, Austin Martinez
The INSpECTor: Removing Barriers to Efficient Specimen Analysis by Reduced Specimen Repositioning, Josef Mayo
Understanding Scoliosis: What Caregivers and Patients Need to Know, Megan Moore
Effects of biochar content and particle size on mechanical properties of biochar-plastic composites, Anne Marie Mozrall
Microclimate Enhancement in Arid Climate, Paras Bharat Nandu
A Three-Dimensional CFD Analysis for the Hydrodynamics of the Direct Contact Heat Transfer in the Oxygen Production Slurry Bubble Column Reactor of the CU-CL Cycle of Hydrogen Production, Nibras Ibrahim Nassar
A Graph-Based Approach to Studying the Spread of Radical Online Sentiment, Le Nguyen
Optical Phased Array for lidar systems at blue wavelengths, Long H. Nguyen
Think of Rivers, Nell Pittman
A Comparative Analysis of Malware Written in the C and Rust Programming Languages, Meghna Koorikkattil Praveen
Healthy Grocery Shopping Experience via Augmented Reality, Mengjia Isabelle Qiu
The Interstellar Scintillation of PSR J1614-2230, Lekshmi Rajagopal
The Geometry and Topology of Landslides, Kamal Rana
Physiological Signals and the Effects on Prediction of Future Blood Glucose Values in a Deep Learning Model, Andrew Rearson
Investigating the Impact of Baselines on Integrated Gradients for Explainable AI, Ajay Shewale
A Novel Analytic Linear Interface Calculation and Its Use in Computational Fluid Dynamics for Enhanced Multiphase Modeling, Simon P. Shipkowski
Supporting Long Lifespan Products with Modularity, Zhaeer M. Shujayee
Antibiotics and Secondary Metabolites Analysis SHell (antiSMASH) as a tool to detect putative novel antibiotics, Rajiv Snape
Single-Mode Distributed-Feedback Lasing In Coupled Dissimilar Photonic Waveguides, Bryce A. Tennant
An Examination of the Effects of the Cost Volume on Vision Transformer-Based Optical Flow Models, Andrew Thompson
Frequency Control of Microgrid Network using Intelligent Techniques – ANN, PSO and ANFIS, Ann Mary Toms
A Deep Learning-based Pipeline to Generate Patient-specific Anatomical Models of the Heart Using Cardiac MRI, Roshan Reddy Upendra
Hardware Accelerators and Their Use in Computer Vision, Cameron Villone
Ensuring Food Security, Converting Urban Industrial Buildings for Indoor Agriculture: The Call for Urban Indoor Agriculture, Christopher Quinn Whittaker
Improved Grover’s Implementation of Quantum Binary Neural Networks, Brody A. Wrighter
Urban Waterfront Revitalization: A Case Study of Downtown Waterfront in Rochester, New York, Yaoyu Lorrain Xiao
Representing Color as Multiple Independent Scales, Hao Xie
3-D Printed Microstructures with ZnO Nanoflower for Antimicrobial Applications, Henry Yuqing
Hua Shang, Yanjie Zhang
LWIR Spectral Variability Integration and Improvements to an Earth Observing Statistical Performance Model, Runchen Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Intelligent Navigation Service Robot Working in a Flexible and Dynamic Environment, Said Abdallah
Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Governments Challenges, Laila Abdin
Towards A Carbon-Neutral City by 2035: Innovative Transformation of Domestic Solid Waste Collection and Recovery Services in Sharjah, Basem Abu Sneineh
Effective Academic Advising Strategy in Higher Education using Machine Learning, Reem Abuzayeda
Towards Multimodal Open-World Learning in Deep Neural Networks, Manoj Acharya
The Role of Experts in Policymaking: An Assessment of Witness Educational Backgrounds in Congressional Testimony, Benedicte Adair
Design of an 8-bit Configurable CNN Hardware Accelerator for Audio and Image Classification, Christie Agbalessi
Notifications, Ashraf Agili
House Price Classification using Clustering Algorithms, Hamad Ahli
Opinion mining of Phone Sitting Feature, Atiq Yousuf Ahmad