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Deriving Motor Unit-based Control Signals for Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Neural Interfaces

Keyword:: Prosthetic Control, Motor Unit Action Potentials, and Human-Machine Interfaces
Creator:: Twardowski, Michael D.
Advisor:: Li, Zhi
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-05-14
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

A Walking Controller for Humanoid Robots using Virtual Force

Keyword:: dynamic walking, biped walking, humanoid robots, and humanoid balancing
Creator:: Jagtap, Vinayak V
Advisor:: Gennert, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-11-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

Fexprs as the basis of Lisp function application; or, $vau: the ultimate abstraction

Keyword:: Scheme, abstraction, lambda calculus, Lisp, vau calculus, fexpr, and Kernel
Creator:: Shutt, John N
Advisor:: Gennert, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2010-09-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Computer Science

Motion Conflict Detection and Resolution in Visual-Inertial Localization Algorithm

Keyword:: motion conflict, sensor fusion, outlier rejection, IMU, Localization, visual inertial odometry, and SLAM
Creator:: Wisely Babu, Benzun
Advisor:: Duckworth, R. James
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-07-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

Global Approximations of Agent-Based Model State Changes

Keyword:: Numerical Partial Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Agent-Based Models, Upscaling, Mathematical Modeling, and Absorption Modeling
Creator:: Yereniuk, Michael A.
Advisor:: Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-04-21
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mathematical Sciences

Real-time Assessment, Prediction, and Scaffolding of Middle School Students’ Data Collection Skills within Physical Science Simulations

Keyword:: J48 Decision Trees, Behavior Detection, Skill Prediction, Science Education, Science Microworlds, Exploratory Learning Environment, Inquiry Learning Environment, Inquiry Assessment, Formative Assessment, Construct Validity, User modeling, Science Inquiry, Bayesian Knowledge Tracing, Validation, Designing and Conducting Experiments, Open-Ended Learning Environment, Computer-Based Assessment, Science Assessment, Educational data mining, Text Replay Tagging, Science Simulations, Performance Assessment, and Generalizability
Creator:: Sao Pedro, Michael A.
Advisor:: Gobert, Janice
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-04-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Social Science & Policy Studies

A Markov Random Field Based Approach to 3D Mosaicing and Registration Applied to Ultrasound Simulation

Keyword:: discrete graph based technique, Markov random fields, ultrasound mosaicing, and Registration
Creator:: Kutarnia, Jason Francis
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-08-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Quantitative Multiscale Analysis of Topographical Anisotropy on Biological and Engineering Surfaces

Keyword:: Roughness, Anisotropy, and Surface
Creator:: Bergstrom, Torbjorn S.
Advisor:: Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-07-11
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Manufacturing Engineering

Neural Networks Models for Multi-Attribute Assessment of Fine Grained Wound Images

Creator:: Liu, Ziyang
Advisor:: Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-05-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Computer Science

Towards Human-Centered Haptic Shared Autonomy for Assisted Driving Systems

Keyword:: Social navigation, Human-vehicle interaction, Assisted driving, and Shared autonomy
Creator:: Mbanisi, Kenechukwu
Advisor:: Gennert, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-04-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

Modular MRI Guided Device Development System: Development, Validation and Applications

Keyword:: neurosurgery, intervention, modular, Robotics, MRI, Surgical Robotics, Robot, and stereotaxy
Creator:: Cole, Gregory
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-04-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

System Designs for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Image Assessment

Keyword:: K-Mean, Foot Ulcer, Image Capture Box, CRF, Mean Shift, and SVM
Creator:: Wang, Lei
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-03-07
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Ubiquitous Scalable Graphics: An End-to-End Framework using Wavelets

Keyword:: Perceptual Error Metric, Wavelets, Multi-Resolution, Mobile Graphics, and Energy Consumption
Creator:: Wu, Fan
Advisor:: Agu, Emmanuel O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-11-19
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Computer Science

Body Deformation Correction for SPECT Imaging

Keyword:: Twist, Deformation, Motion Correction, Bend, and SPECT
Creator:: Gu, Songxiang
Advisor:: Gennert, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-07-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Computer Science

Force Sensing and Teleoperation of Continuum Robot for MRI-Guided Surgery

Keyword:: Fabry-Perot interferometer, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Prostate cancer, brachytherapy, continuum robot, haptics, biopsy, piezoelectric motor, image-guided intervention, Teleoperation, and Surgical Robotics
Creator:: Su, Hao
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-04-24
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

VIL: A Visual Inter Lingua

Keyword:: icons, interlingua, pidgins, visual language, iconic communication, and pictorial
Creator:: Leemans, Neil Edwin Michael
Advisor:: Becker, Lee A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-24
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Computer Science

A Modular Robotic AFO for detecting phase changes during Walking Gait

Keyword:: Ankle Foot
Creator:: Michaels, Nathaniel I.
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-05-15
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

Development and Implementation of Diagnostics for Unsteady Small-scale Plasma Plumes

Keyword:: Plume, Thruster, TLP, Triple Langmuir Probe, probe, Plasma, Retarding Potential Analyzer, RPA, and diagnostic
Creator:: Partridge, James Michael
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-01-14
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

A System Dynamics Approach to the Political Economy of Resource-dependent Nations

Keyword:: Simulation, natural resource curse, system dynamics, political economy, and economic development
Creator:: Pourmasoumi Langarudi, Saeed
Advisor:: Radzicki, Michael J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-12-20
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Social Science & Policy Studies

An Asymptotic Approach to Modeling Wave-geometry Interactions in an Electromagnetic Heat Exchanger

Keyword:: heat exchanger, microwave heating, high frequency, Homogenization, Mathematical Modeling, and thermal runaway
Creator:: Gaone, Joseph Michael
Advisor:: Tilley, Burt S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-04-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mathematical Sciences

Kirchhoff Graphs

Keyword:: Kirchhoff graphs, matrices, vector graphs, and matroids
Creator:: Reese, Tyler Michael
Advisor:: Servatius, Brigitte, Paffenroth, Randy Clinton, and Fehribach, Joseph D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-03-22
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mathematical Sciences

In Vivo Characterization of RIF-1 Tumors via Diffusion and Fluorine-19 NMR Methods

Keyword:: diffusion, NMR, and tumors
Creator:: Meiler, Michael Rudolf
Advisor:: Helmer, Karl G.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering

Understanding and Countermeasures against IoT Physical Side Channel Leakage

Keyword:: embedded, IoT, countermeasure, and Side-channel
Creator:: Moukarzel, Michael Antoine
Advisor:: Sunar, Berk
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-24
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

The VHP-F Computational Phantom and its Applications for Electromagnetic Simulations

Keyword:: Computational electromagnetics, Numerical modeling, and Human body modeling
Creator:: Noetscher, Gregory Michael
Advisor:: Makarov, Sergey N.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-04-30
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Network Electrophysiology Sensor-On-A- Chip

Keyword:: ECG, EMG, EEG, and Sigma-Delta ADC.
Creator:: Chen, Tsai Yuan
Advisor:: McNeill, John A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2011-09-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Highly Digital VCO-Based ADC With Lookup-Table-Based Background Calibration

Keyword:: Analog-to-digital conversion, Digital background calibration, and VCO-based ADC
Creator:: Li, Sulin
Advisor:: McNeill, John A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-08-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sub-Picosecond Jitter Clock Generation for Time Interleaved Analog to Digital Converter

Keyword:: Jitter, Clock Generation, Delay Line, Delay-Locked Loop, and Interleaved ADC
Creator:: Gong, Jianping
Advisor:: McNeill, John A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-08-08
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Study of Moisture Induced Material Loss of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA)

Keyword:: Moisture Induced Stress Tester, HMA, Dynamic Modulus, moisture damage, Asphalt, Dissolved Organic Carbon, system dynamics, indirect tensile strength, fineness modulus, and seismic modulus
Creator:: Arepalli, Uma Maheswar
Advisor:: Mallick, Rajib B.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-12-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Modeling Manifest and Latent Structures in a University: Understanding Resources and Dissent Dynamics

Keyword:: performance management, organization behavior, employee voice and silence, system dynamics, university management, organizational learning, innovation management, economic development, higher education, theory building, organization design, computer modeling and simulation, strategic management, stakeholder engagement, organizational culture, and organization communication
Creator:: Zaini, Raafat Mahmoud
Advisor:: Saeed, Khalid
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-01-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Social Science & Policy Studies

Design and Characterization of a High-resolution Cardiovascular Imager

Keyword:: Detector design and characterization and Modulation Transfer Function, Digital Fluoroscopy,
Creator:: Vedantham, Srinivasan
Advisor:: Karellas, Andrew
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-06-07
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering

Adaptive distributed observers for a class of linear dynamical systems

Keyword:: Distributed unknown input observer, Interconnected systems, Distributed functional observer, Distributed estimation, and Distributed Kalman filter
Creator:: Heydari, Mahdi
Advisor:: Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-04-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

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

Estimation of the Concentration from a Moving Gaseous Source in the Atmosphere Using a Guided Sensing Aerial Vehicle

Keyword:: State Estimation, PDEs, Source Detection, and Sensing Aerial Vehicle Guidance
Creator:: Court, Jeffrey
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A. and Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-05-18
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

The Effects of Dynamic Decision Making on Resource Allocation: The Case of Pavement Management

Keyword:: Pavement Management
Creator:: Friedman, Sheldon
Advisor:: Radzicki, Michael J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2003-05-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Social Science & Policy Studies

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

Motion-Planning and Control of Autonomous Vehicles to Satisfy Linear Temporal Logic Specifications

Keyword:: Motion Planning and Linear Temporal Logic Specifications
Creator:: Zhang, Zetian
Advisor:: Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-12-14
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Aerospace Engineering

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

Instantaneous Modal Parameters and Their Applications to Structural Health Monitoring

Keyword:: Wavelet Transform, Instantaneous Modal Parameters, time varying vibration modes, Structural Health Monitoring, and linear time varying system
Creator:: Hera, Adriana
Advisor:: Hou, Zhikun
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-12-19
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Decision-Making for Search and Classification using Multiple Autonomous Vehicles over Large-Scale Domains

Keyword:: Object classification, Domain search, Multiple autonomous vehicles, Decision-making, Sensor management, Bayesian sequential detection and estimation, and Dynamic coverage control
Creator:: Wang, Yue
Advisor:: Hussein, Islam
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2011-04-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Digital Control and Monitoring Methods for Nonlinear Processes

Keyword:: invariant manifold, Lyapunov stability, parametric optimization, Robust Control, nonlinear dynamics, functional equations, chemical reaction system dynamics, time scale multiplicity, process monitoring, and nonlinear observers
Creator:: Huynh, Nguyen
Advisor:: Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2006-10-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

Some Problems in the Mathematics of Fracture: Paths From Front Kinetics and a Level Set Method

Keyword:: variational fracture crack fronts level set
Creator:: Richardson, Casey Lyndale
Advisor:: Larsen, Christopher J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mathematical Sciences

Development and utilization of a Raman characterization method for Hydrothermal char

Creator:: Brown, Avery B
Advisor:: Timko, Michael T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-01-21
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

Computational Modeling of Tethered Undersea Kites for Power Generation

Keyword:: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Tethered Underwater Kite Systems, and Ocean Renewable Energy
Creator:: Ghasemi, Amirmahdi
Advisor:: Olinger, David J. and Tryggvason, Gretar
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-02-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Interactive Planning and Sensing for Aircraft in Uncertain Environments with Spatiotemporally Evolving Threats

Keyword:: planning, basis functions, uncertainty, Kalman filter, and estimation
Creator:: Cooper, Benjamin S.
Advisor:: Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-22
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Aerospace Engineering

Experimental and Computational Investigation of Electrohydrodynamically –Enhanced Nucleate Boiling

Keyword:: bubbles, Heat Transfer, dip, ehd, Electrohydrodynamics, and dielectrophoresis
Creator:: Neu, Samuel Charles
Advisor:: Blandino, John J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-11-30
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Aerospace Engineering

Modeling and Control of Kite Energy Systems

Keyword:: Added Mass Effects, Apparent Attitude Tracking, Kite Energy Systems, Lyapunov Methods, Power Generation Limit, Control, and Modeling
Creator:: Li, Haocheng
Advisor:: Olinger, David J. and Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-01-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Aerospace Engineering

Evaluation of Multi-sensory Feedback in Virtual and Real Remote Environments in a USAR Robot Teleoperation Scenario

Keyword:: audio feedback, urban search-and-rescue, robot teleoperation, human-robot interaction, vibro-tactile feedback, multi-sensory feedback, visual feedback, and smell feedback
Creator:: de Barros, Paulo
Advisor:: Lindeman, Robert W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-04-26
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Computer 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

Palladium/Alloy-based Catalytic Membrane Reactor Technology Options for Hydrogen Production: A Techno-Economic Performance Assessment Study

Keyword:: Flexibility in engineering design, Hydrogen production, Economics & Finance/Energy/Environment, Economic performance assessment under uncertainty, Carbon capture, Palladium membrane lifetime, Monte-Carlo simulation, Membrane reactor module, and Catalytic membrane reactor technology
Creator:: Ma, Liang-Chih
Advisor:: Ma, Yi Hua and Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-01-22
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

Development of a Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocyte Seeded Biological Suture for Cell Delivery to Cardiac Tissue for Cardiac Regeneration Applications

Keyword:: fibrin microthreads, cardiovascular regeneration, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes, and high density mapping
Creator:: Hansen, Katrina J
Advisor:: Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-12-13
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering

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