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Reactions of Sulfoxonium Ylides and Chromenones in Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Development
Creator:
Leveille, Alexandria
Advisor:
Mattson, Anita Elaine
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Soft Robotic Gripper with Integrated Perception and Autonomous Classification
Creator:
Chu, Ashley
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
New Frontiers for Perovskite Solar Cells: From Adhesion to Interfacial Fracture and Processing Effects on Device Performances
Keyword:
Perovskite Solar Cells
,
Adhesion
,
Machine Learning
,
Interfacial Fracture
, and
Spray Deposition
Creator:
Ichwani, Reisya
Advisor:
Soboyejo, Winston
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
NDTNet: An End-to-End Design of an Optical Nondestructive Evaluation System for Metallic Objects on FPGA
Keyword:
FPGA
,
NDT
, and
Optical Evaluation
Creator:
Borwankar, Raunak
Advisor:
Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Analog/Mixed-Signal Techniques for Luminescent Lifetime Estimation with Applications in Transcutaneous Oxygen Measurements
Keyword:
Respiration
,
Biomedical wearable devices
,
CMOS
,
Integrated circuits
,
Transcutaneous oxygen
, and
Luminescent lifetime estimation
Creator:
Costanzo, Ian
Advisor:
Guler, Ulkuhan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Enhancing Vehicular Networking Using Bumblebee Foraging Theory and Signals of Opportunity
Creator:
Gill, Kuldeep
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mixed Integer Linear and Nonlinear Optimization for Disadvantaged Populations with Accents of Fairness and Balance
Creator:
Azizi, Shima
Advisor:
Trapp, Andrew C
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Interfacial Adhesion and Deformation Mechanisms in Hard and Soft Materials using Molecular Dynamics
Keyword:
Materials interface
,
additive manufacturing
,
cold spray
,
molecular dynamics
,
adhesion
, and
drug delivery
Creator:
Navabi, Arvand
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
and
Soboyejo, Winston
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Analytics for Refugee Resettlement
Keyword:
Refugees
,
Integer Programming
,
Decision Support Systems
,
Humanitarian
,
Machin Learning
, and
Operation Research
Creator:
Ahani, Narges
Advisor:
Trapp, Andrew C
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
MANIRank: Multiple Attribute and Intersectional Fairness for Consensus Ranking
Keyword:
Bias
,
Consensus Ranking
, and
Fair decision making
Creator:
Cachel, Kathleen
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Complex Sequential Modeling
Keyword:
recurrent neural network
,
human behavior learning
, and
sequential modeling
Creator:
Wu, Guojun
Advisor:
Li, Yanhua
and
Zhang, Ziming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-11-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Colloidal Interaction of Cellulose with Solid-acid Catalyst and Its Implications for Hydrolysis
Keyword:
Cellulose Hydrolysis
,
Colloidal Interaction
,
Surface Energy
,
Solid Acid Catalyst
,
Contact Angle
, and
Biomass Decomposition
Creator:
Zhang, Ziyang
Advisor:
Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
2D Representation Learning of 3D Point Clouds in Segmentation and Localization for Autonomous Driving
Keyword:
Localization
,
Representation Learning
,
Segmentation
,
Autonomous Driving
, and
LiDAR
Creator:
Lyu, Yecheng
Advisor:
Zhang, Ziming
and
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Prediction and Observation Timing in Time Series Classification
Keyword:
Time Series
and
Deep Learning
Creator:
Hartvigsen, Thomas
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Understanding the Material Flow Mechanisms, Microstructure Evolution, and Mechanical Properties in Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar Metal Alloys
Keyword:
Residual stress and fatigue crack growth
,
Mechanical properties
,
Optimization of friction stirred welds
,
Friction stir welding of dissimilar alloys
,
Material flow mechanisms
, and
Defects and precipitates formation mechanisms
Creator:
Wang, Xiangbin
Advisor:
Lados, Diana A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Explaining Deep Time Series Classifiers
Creator:
Parvatharaju, Prathyush
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Residential Network Security: Using Software-defined Networking to Inspect and Label Traffic
Keyword:
Cybersecurity
and
Residential Network Security
Creator:
Liu, Yu
Advisor:
Shue, Craig A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Mixed Analog-Digital Signal Techniques for Wearable Medical Sensors in Healthcare Applications
Keyword:
Wearables
,
Pressure ulcer prevention system
,
Wireless monitoring
,
Respiration parameters
,
Pressure Ulcers
, and
Transcutaneous oxygen
Creator:
Sen, Devdip
Advisor:
McNeill, John A.
and
Guler, Ulkuhan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Pool Fire Burning Facilitated by Subcooled Nucleate Boiling Heat and Mass Transfer Processes
Keyword:
bubble visualization
,
heat and mass transfer
,
boiling
,
Finite Difference Method
,
pool fire
, and
oil spill
Creator:
Pi, Xiaoyue
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
and
Raghavan, Vasudevan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-01-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Securing Physical Layer Passband Signals Via Machine Learning
Keyword:
Modulation Classification
,
Physical Layer
,
Adversarial Perturbations
,
Machine Learning
, and
Localization
Creator:
McClintick, Kyle
Advisor:
Wyglinski, Alexander
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-01-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
The role of RNase E in Mycolicibacterium smegmatis
Keyword:
mRNA cleavage
,
RNA degradosome
,
mRNA degradation
,
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis
,
Transcriptome
, and
RNase E
Creator:
Zhou, Ying
Advisor:
Shell, Scarlet
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-01-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Redesigning Deep Neural Networks for Resource-Efficient Inference
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
Neural Network
,
Efficient Inference
, and
Mobile Inference
Creator:
Dai, Xin
Advisor:
Guo, Tian
and
Kong, Xiangnan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-01-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Influence of Turbulence on Fuel Slick Fires with an Immersed Conductive Object
Keyword:
Heat transfer
,
Pool fire
,
Nucleate boiling
,
Thermally conductive nonflammable object
, and
Isotropic turbulence
Creator:
Chang, Li
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-09-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Autonomous Driving Perception System on FPGA
Keyword:
FPGA
,
Deep Learning
, and
Autonomous Driving
Creator:
Bai, Lin
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-11-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dimension Estimation and Application in Finance
Creator:
Bahadur, Nitish
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Constraint Bayesian Inference for Count Data from Small Areas
Keyword:
Small Area Estimation
,
Unimodal Order Restrictions
,
Bayesian Statistics
,
Constraint Inference
, and
Multinomial Data
Creator:
Chen, Xinyu
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
An Integrated System Design and Safety Framework for Model-based Safety Assessment
Keyword:
SysML
,
Fault Injection
,
Safety Analysis
,
Model-based Systems Engineering
,
Safety Assessment
, and
Simulation
Creator:
Krishnan, Rahul
Advisor:
Bhada, Shamsnaz Virani
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-12-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Systems Engineering
Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Keyword:
Blockchain Technology
,
Network Economics
,
Supply Chain Management
,
Sustainability
, and
Two-sided Market
Creator:
Kouhizadeh, Mahtab
Advisor:
Sarkis, Joseph
and
Saberi, Sara
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-04-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Atomistic Modeling of Key Factors in Catalytic Ethanol Oxidation
Keyword:
Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells
,
Catalysis
,
Modeling
,
DFT
, and
Ethanol Oxidation
Creator:
Mei, Yuhan
Advisor:
Deskins, N Aaron
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-07-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
A Surgical Planning Toolkit for Robotic Stereotactic Neurosurgery
Keyword:
3D Slicer
,
Surgical Planning Toolkit
,
Neuronavigation
, and
Neurosurgery Robot
Creator:
Kool Rajamani, Dhruv
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-07-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Characterization and Functionalization of Lyophilized Silk Scaffolds for Use in 3D In Vitro Disease Modeling
Keyword:
Biomaterials
,
Kidney Cancer
,
Tissue Engineering
, and
Liver Disease
Creator:
Abbott, Alycia
Advisor:
Coburn, Jeannine M
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-07-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
2D MXenes in the THz range: from optical conductivity to THz devices
Keyword:
photoconductivity
,
MXene
,
conductivity
,
Terahertz
, and
ultrafast laser
Creator:
Li, Guangjiang
Advisor:
Titova, Lyubov
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-07-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Creating a Functional Cardiac Patch From Decellularized Spinach Leaves
Keyword:
iPS-CM
,
decellularized plant
,
tissue engineering
, and
cardiac tissue patch
Creator:
Robbins, Emily
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Applications of Machine Learning in Real-time Brain Tissue Strain Estimation
Keyword:
Concussion
,
Brain Injury
,
Convolutional Neural Network
,
Deep Learning
, and
Finite Element
Creator:
Ghazi, Kianoosh
Advisor:
Ji, Songbai
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Essays in Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization for Matching Applications
Keyword:
Many-to-One Matching
and
Integer Optimization
Creator:
Wiratchotisatian, Pitchaya
Advisor:
Trapp, Andrew C
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Microscopic conductivity and ultrafast photocurrents in chalcogenides from 2D to 3D and beyond
Keyword:
chalcogenides
,
ultrafast photocurrents
,
conductivity
,
carrier dynamics
, and
terahertz
Creator:
Kushnir, Kateryna
Advisor:
Titova, Lyubov
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Understanding Internal Feature Development in Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Time Series
Keyword:
Feature extraction
,
Human Sleep
,
Interpretable Deep learning
,
Feature Visualization
, and
Learning representations
Creator:
Paisarnsrisomsuk, Sarun
Advisor:
Ruiz, Carolina
and
Alvarez, Sergio A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Materials Recovery and Upgrade from Spent Lithium-ion Batteries
Keyword:
Lithium-ion battery recycling
,
Upcycling
, and
Single-crystal cathode
Creator:
Ma, Xiaotu
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Developing Machine Learning Models to Predict Influence of Heat Treatments on the Tensile Properties of Ti6Al4V Parts Prepared by Selective Laser Melting
Keyword:
Ti6Al4V
,
Mechanical Properties
,
Artificial Neural Network
,
Heat Treatment
,
Machine Learning
, and
Selective Laser Melting
Creator:
Yang, Zhaotong
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Experimental Investigation of the Material Removal Rate in Grinding of Calcified Plaque by Rotational Atherectomy
Keyword:
Grinding wheel size
,
Material removal rate (MRR)
,
Calcified plaque grinding
,
Rotational speed
,
Tissue Phantom
, and
Rotational atherectomy
Creator:
Li, Xinxiao
Advisor:
Zheng, Yihao
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Effect of extended neurotransmitter stimulation on neuronal stability
Creator:
Pearce, Katherine
Advisor:
Scarlata, Suzanne Frances
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Generation and Dissemination of a Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Functional Smooth Muscle Tissue
Keyword:
disease model
,
tissue engineering
,
mesenchymal stem cells
,
cryopreservation
, and
smooth muscle cells
Creator:
Grosha, Jonian
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Empowering Computer Vision Models with Deep Learning for Robotic Perception and Drone Geolocation
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
Robotic Vision
,
Computer Vision
,
Perception
, and
Autonomous Driving
Creator:
Zhao, Yiming
Advisor:
Huang, Xinming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Internal Cognitive Assurance Model for Autonomous Robotic Systems (ICAMARS)
Keyword:
Security
,
Vulnerability
,
Internal Assurance Model
,
Trust Metrics
,
Autonomous Robotic Systems
, and
Bayesian Networks
Creator:
Diluoffo, Vincenzo
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
and
Michalson, William R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Visual Analytics for Multi-Level Triage and Investigation of Incident Reports
Keyword:
Semi-structured Documents
,
Triage
,
Visual Analytics
, and
Pharmacovigilance
Creator:
Kakar, Tabassum
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
and
Harrison, Lane T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Automatic Emotion Detection in Text Messages using Supervised Learning
Creator:
Hasan, Maryam
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Design and Control of Robotic Systems Using Bio-Inspired Artificial Muscle Recruitment Strategy
Keyword:
Artificial Muscle
,
Bio-Inspired
, and
Compliant Actuator
Creator:
Bowers, Matthew P.
Advisor:
Popovic, Marko B.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-02-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Improving Human Performance in Multi-Human Multi-Robot Interaction
Keyword:
Multi-Robot Systems
,
Human-Robot Interaction
,
Multi-Human Interface
, and
Multi-Human Multi-Robot Interaction
Creator:
Patel, Jayam U.
Advisor:
Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-02-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Communication Algorithms for Spatio-Temporal Cooperation in Multi-Robot Systems
Creator:
Majcherczyk, Nathalie
Advisor:
Pinciroli, Carlo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-02-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Study of Amorphous Li0.35La0.55TiO3 as Solid Electrolyte Material and Its Applications in All-Solid-State Li-ion Batteries
Creator:
Zhang, Yubin
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-03-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
A Multi-Faceted Approach to Carbon Mineralization Advancement
Keyword:
mine tailings
,
carbon mineralization
,
CCUS
,
technoeconomic analysis
, and
concrete
Creator:
Woodall, Caleb M.
Advisor:
Wilcox, Jennifer L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-03-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Towards Instantaneous Mental Health Screening From Voice Using Machine and Deep Learning
Keyword:
mental heath screening
,
deep learning
,
audio
,
machine learning
, and
voice
Creator:
Toto, Ermal
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-03-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Self-Assembly and Morphological Patterns in Drying Droplets of Bio-colloids
Keyword:
Drying
,
Self-assembly
,
Pattern formation
,
Complex fluids
,
Bio-colloidal droplets
, and
Image analysis
Creator:
Pal, Anusuya
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-03-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Towards Model Based Conformal Ablation using Robotically Driven Interstitial Ultrasound
Keyword:
Reinforcement Learning
,
Cancer Treatment
,
Robotics
,
Interstitial Ultrasound
,
Conformal Thermal Ablation
, and
MRI Surgical Robotics
Creator:
Gandomi, Katie Y.
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-04-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Making Sense of Human-generated Spatial-temporal Data from Urban Environment
Keyword:
human behavior analysis
,
spatial-temporal data
,
imitation learning
,
smart cities
,
explainable artificial intelligence
, and
data mining
Creator:
Pan, Menghai
Advisor:
Li, Yanhua
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Copper catalyzed enantioselective methodologies to functionalize oxygen and nitrogen heterocycles towards the synthesis of natural products phomoxanthone A and morphine
Keyword:
silanediol
,
bis(oxazoline)
,
enantioselective catalysis
,
tetrahydroxanthone
,
tin decarboxylation
, and
chromone
Creator:
Attard, Jonathan W.
Advisor:
Mattson, Anita Elaine
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Integrating omics into genome engineering workflows
Keyword:
Nonconventional yeast
,
Next generation sequencing
, and
Synthetic biology
Creator:
Collins, Joseph H.
Advisor:
Young, Eric Mosher
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
Proportional, Simultaneous and Independent Control (PsiCon) of Upper-Limb Prostheses for the Limb-Absent Population
Creator:
Zhu, Ziling
Advisor:
Clancy, Edward A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Improvement on Hint and Explanation Crowdsourcing Method for an Online Learning Platform
Keyword:
crowdsourcing
,
online learning platform
, and
randomized controlled trial
Creator:
Patikorn, Thanaporn
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
NITELITE: Studying Student Language and Teacher Feedback Through Explanation and Asynchronous Collaboration
Keyword:
Open Responses
,
Machine Learning
,
Word Embeddings
,
Deep Learning
,
Mathematics
, and
Natural Language Processing
Creator:
Erickson, John A.
Advisor:
Heffernan, Neil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Feasibility of Intensity Modulated High Dose Rate Ocular Brachytherapy Using Middle Energy Isotopes Coupled with a Partially Shielded Applicator
Keyword:
Brachytherapy
,
Ocular melanoma
,
Intensity modulation
,
Yb-169
,
Se-75
, and
Monte Carlo
Creator:
Dupere, Justine M.
Advisor:
Medich, David Christopher
and
Munro, John J., III
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Optimal Ensembles for Deep Learning: Theory and Practice
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
Theory
,
Diversity
,
Application
,
Ensemble Learning
, and
Training Algorithm
Creator:
Li, Wenjing
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Advanced Imaging in Neuro-Interventional Surgery
Creator:
King, Robert M.
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
and
Gounis, Matthew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Three Cyberspace Applications for IoT RF Cloud in Localization, Motion Detection, and Security
Keyword:
RF Cloud
,
RSS-based Localization
,
Internet of Things
,
Motion Detection
, and
RF-based Key Generation
Creator:
Ying, Julang
Advisor:
Pahlavan, Kaveh
and
Li, Xinrong
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER USING JET REATTACHMENT NOZZLES OVER STATIONARY AND MOVING SURFACES - EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY
Creator:
Farzad, Milad
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Study of the Effects of Thermal Annealing/Pressure and stretching on Performance of Organic & Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells
Creator:
Oyewole, Deborah O.
Advisor:
Soboyejo, Winston
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanics of Biological Materials: A Theoretical and Computational Approach Using Machine Learning and Finite Element Analysis
Creator:
Ashouri Choshali, Habibeh
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
and
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
A Heterogeneous Non-Overlapping Domain Decomposition Explicit Finite Volume Method for Real-Time Estimation of 3D Advection-Diffusion Fields with a Sensing Aerial Vehicle
Keyword:
Domain Decomposition Finite Volume Method for the Advection-Diffusion Equation
,
Luenberger Estimator
,
UAV
,
Parallel Domain Decomposition
,
Real-Time Estimation of Advection-Diffusion Fields
, and
Heterogenous Non-Overlapping Domain Decomposition
Creator:
Tian, Xin
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Non-overlapping Spectral Additive Schwarz Method
Keyword:
Additive Schwarz Methods
,
Finite Element Methods
,
Adaptive Coarse Spaces
,
Domain Decomposition Methods
, and
Heterogeneous Coefficients
Creator:
Yu, Yi
Advisor:
Sarkis-Martins, Marcus
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-06-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Luminescence and Photolysis in Organic- Inorganic Hybrid Coordination Polymers
Keyword:
Coordination Polymers
,
Photolysis
, and
Luminescence
Creator:
Yan, Jingjing
Advisor:
Burdette, Shawn C
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-10-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biochemistry and Chemistry
Mechanical Regulation of Cell Death
Creator:
Goldblatt, Zachary
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Elucidating the Function of Myosin XI in Polarized Cell Growth and Investigating the Chitin-induced Calcium-mediated Immune Response in P. patens.
Creator:
Galotto, Giulia
Advisor:
Vidali, Luis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Advanced Electrolyte System Design of Battery towards Expanded Applications on Energy Storage
Creator:
Cao, Jiayu
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Modeling Heterogeneous Users Behaviors in Online Systems
Keyword:
Neural Recommenders
,
Metric Learning
,
Consumer Behaviors
,
Quaternion Space
,
User Modeling
, and
Recommendation Systems
Creator:
Tran, Thanh D.
Advisor:
Lee, Kyumin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Developing Data-Driven Tools to Enable Formulating Non-Standard Steel Casting Alloy Composition and For Determining the Design Properties of Common Cast Steel Alloy Grades
Keyword:
Steel Casting
and
Foundry
Creator:
Monroe, Raymond
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Revisiting Isolated and Trusted Execution via Microarchitectural Cryptanalysis
Creator:
Moghimi, Ahmad
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adverse Drug Event Information Extraction from Medical Narratives using Ensemble Learning & Deep Learning
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
Natural Language Processsing
,
Machine Learning
,
Information Extraction
,
Text Mining
, and
Adverse Drug Event
Creator:
Wunnava, Susmitha
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Composite Index Construction in Performance Evaluation: A Network DEA Approach
Creator:
Zhang, Qian
Advisor:
Zhu, Joe
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Improving Ceramic Additive Manufacturing via Machine Learning-Enabled Closed-Loop Control
Keyword:
Adaptive control
and
Ceramic Robocasting
Creator:
Zhang, Zhaolong
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
and
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Development of Adaptive Granular Crystals Immersed in Active Fluids for Impact Mitigation
Creator:
Kocharyan, Hrachya
Advisor:
Karanjgaokar, Nikhil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Decoding Cognitive States from fNIRS Neuroimaging Data Using Machine Learning
Keyword:
mind-wandering
,
machine learning
,
Echo State Network
,
cognitive load
,
rule learning
, and
functional near-infrared spectroscopy
Creator:
Liu, Ruixue
Advisor:
Solovey, Erin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Non-Submodular Combinatorial Optimization in Control Systems: Efficient Algorithms with Provable Bounds
Keyword:
robust optimization
,
combinatorial optimization
,
sensor placement
, and
submodular
Creator:
Hou, Qiqiang
Advisor:
Clark, Andrew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Coarse-Grained Computational Model of Kinesin-Microtubule Gliding Assays on Lipid Bilayers
Keyword:
microtubules
,
kinesin
, and
biophysics
Creator:
Vandal, Steven R.
Advisor:
Tuzel, Erkan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Soft, Organic, Carrier-Selective Contacts at Inorganic Semiconductor Interfaces Enabled by Low-Defect Covalent Bonding
Keyword:
Silicon
,
monolayers
,
xps
,
surface
, and
photovoltaics
Creator:
Carl, Alexander D.
Advisor:
Grimm, Ronald
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Elucidating Mechanisms of Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Keyword:
Tuberculosis
,
mRNA degradation
,
Mycobacterium smegmatis
,
Stress Response
,
Ribonucleic acid
, and
mRNA stability
Creator:
Vargas Blanco, Diego A.
Advisor:
Shell, Scarlet
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-01-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
An Introduction to Fire Performance Monitoring for Buildings
Keyword:
Fire performance monitoring
,
Building fire performance gap
,
Artificial neural network
,
Response surface method
,
Sensitivity matrix method
, and
Available safe egress time
Creator:
Wang, Honggang
Advisor:
Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-01-03
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Fire Protection Engineering
Detecting and Mitigating the Spread of Low-Quality Information in Social Media
Creator:
Vo, Nguyen K.
Advisor:
Lee, Kyumin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-01-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Heterochromatin HIstone Methylation Regulates Genome Stability
Creator:
Herlihy, Conor P.
Advisor:
Manning, Amity L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-01-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Machine Learning for Reliable Communication and Improved Tracking of Dynamical Systems
Keyword:
interacting multiple model
,
kalman filter
,
gilbert-elliott
,
joint coding and modulation
,
maneuvering target tracking
, and
deep learning
Creator:
Vedula, Kirty P.
Advisor:
Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Studies on the Emergence of Order in Out-of-equilibrium Systems
Keyword:
Rayleigh-Bénard Convection
,
Principle of Stationary Action
,
Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
,
Entropy
,
Complexity
, and
IR Calorimetry
Creator:
Chatterjee, Atanu
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Towards Automated Analysis of Microarchitectural Attacks using Machine Learning
Keyword:
Microarchitectural Security
,
Machine Learning
,
Deep Learning
,
Side-Channel Attacks
,
Cloud Security
, and
Cache Attacks
Creator:
Gulmezoglu, Berk
Advisor:
Eisenbarth, Thomas
and
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-07-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Why are some venture founders better at pivoting than others? The influence of motivation and identity on strategic change.
Keyword:
business model innovation
,
entrepreneurial motivation
,
founder identity
, and
business model change
Creator:
Worthington, Shari L.
Advisor:
Taylor, Steven S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-07-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Should I stay or should I go? The fight or flight defense responses in Taxus cell culture
Creator:
McKee, Michelle C
Advisor:
Roberts, Susan Celia
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Defining the Multiscale Relationship between Subject-Specific Bone Strain and Structural Adaptation in the Distal Radius of Women
Keyword:
Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT)
,
Finite Element (FE)
,
High Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HRpQCT)
,
Distal Radius
,
Exercise
, and
Bone Adaptation
Creator:
Mancuso, Megan E
Advisor:
Troy, Karen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Knowledge Creation via Data Analytics in a High Pressure Die Casting Operation
Keyword:
smart foundry
,
high pressure die casting
,
aluminum
,
machine learning
, and
casting
Creator:
Kopper, Adam E.
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Patterns Detection on Multivariate High-Frequency Time Series
Keyword:
time series
,
graphical model
,
kernel method
,
biclustering
,
anomaly detection
, and
mutual information
Creator:
Liu, Haitao
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
and
Zou, Jian
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Attention-based Deep Learning Models for Text Classification and their Interpretability
Creator:
Sen, Cansu
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
and
Kong, Xiangnan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Non-Asymptotic Quantum Scattering Theory for Low-Dimensional Materials
Keyword:
Quantum Scattering Theory
,
Quantum Transport
,
Thermoelectric devices
,
Low-dimensional materials
,
Nanoelectronics
, and
First-principles calculations
Creator:
Daralagodu Dattatreya Jois, Sathwik Bharadwaj
Advisor:
Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Robust State Estimation and Deep Learning for Time Series Analysis
Keyword:
Domain Randomization
,
Deep Learning
,
Chemical Sensors
,
Interacting Multiple Model Kalman Filter
,
Autoencoder
, and
Kalman Filter
Creator:
Weiss, Matthew L.
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
INTERACTIVE ROUTE-PLANNING AND MOBILE SENSING WITH A TEAM OF MULTIPLE ROBOTIC VEHICLES TO SATISFY LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC SPECIFICATIONS
Creator:
Fang, Jie
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
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