Theses and Dissertations — 2018

Masters Theses
Student	Advisor(s)	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Saikiran Ambati	Dr. Bhavin Sheth	Design of an Automated System for the Retrieval of Emotional Content in Natural Images [Link]
Curtis Woods Belknap	Dr. Ji Chen	A Hairpin Resonator Based Flame Ionization Detector for Gas Chromatographs [Link]
Jordan Mark Bowman	Dr. Saurabh Prasad	Deep Learning for Building Extraction and Change Detection from Remotely Sensed Imagery
Alexander R. Craik	Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal	Classification and Transfer Learning of EEG during a Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Task using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks [Link]
Benedict C. Isichei	Dr. Aaron Becker	Robotic Manipulators: Cryogenic Magnetic Manipulation System, Two-Body Magnetic Manipulation, and Low-Cost Robotic Manipulators [Link]
Parth Mukeshkumar Joshi	Dr. Aaron Becker	Motion-Planning Using RRTs for a Swarm of Robots Controlled by Global Inputs [Link]
Omerfaruk Karadavut	Dr. Stanko Brankovic	In-Situ Stress Measurements During Electrodeposition of Chromium Films [Link]
Suraj Khochare	Dr. Xiaonan Shan	Study the Sub-nanometer Membrane Fluctuations in Single Cells Using a Plasmonic Imaging Microscope [Link]
Nikhil Makkar	Dr. Saurabh Prasad	Deep Adversarial Learning Based Domain Adaptation for Multi-modal Image Analysis
Sheryl Manzoor	Dr. Aaron Becker	Parallel Self-Assembly and Sorting of Polyominoes under Uniform Control Inputs [Link]
An Vn Nguyen	Dr. Aaron Becker	Applications of Unmanned Vehicles with Wireless Sensor Networks and Surveying [Link]
Praveen Kumar Reddy Padala	Dr. Aaron Becker	Sensing Technologies for Mosquito Control: Deafening Mosquitoes and Underwater Ranging [Link]
Joanna Maria Russian Aranda	Dr. Wajiha Shireen	Power System Frequency Dynamics and Application of Energy Storage Systems Towards Achieving 100% Renewable Grids [Link]
Tanay Jignesh Shah	Dr. Hien Nguyen Van	Multi-Purpose Chest X-Ray Analytics System Using Deep Learning Techniques [Link]
Shiva Shahrokhi	Dr. Aaron Becker	Shaping a Swarm Using a Shared Control Input [Link]

Dissertations
Student	Advisor(s)	Thesis/Dissertation Title
Audrey Cheong	Dr. Fatima Merchant	Computational Modeling of Breast Shape Using Spherical Harmonics [Link]
Saimounika Errapotu	Dr. Miao Pan	Secure Computing with Privacy Preservation for Cyber-Physical Systems [Link]
Yongtian He	Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal	Neural Decoding of Walking in Stroke [Link]
Uday Kiran Uday Karlapudi	Dr. Wanda Zagozdzon-Wosik, Dr. Ji Chen	High Range Portable Bioimpedance Spectrometer with Four Electrode Analog Front End for Characterization of Mitochondria Bioenergetics [Link]
Keith C. Lancaster	Dr. Georg Zouridakis	Asymmetry Measures for Automated Melanoma Detection in Dermoscopic Images [Link]
Lianyang L. Li	Dr. Georg Zouridakis	Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment Based on EEG and MEG Analysis [Link]
Jingshen Liu	Dr. Ji Chen	A Transmission Line Model for Active Implantable Medical Devices under MRI [Link]
Hengyang Lu	Dr. Badri Roysam	Study on SinglE-cell Dynamics in Chimeric Antigen Receptor (Car) T-Cell Immunotherapy Using Time-lapse Microscopy in Nanowell Grids (Timing) and Deep Neural Nets
Shiva Shahrokhi	Dr. Aaron Becker	Controlling a Swarm of Robots Using Global Inputs [Link]
Yulung Sung	Dr. Wei-Chuan Shih	Lens Fabrication by Accelerated Phase-Change for Mobile Multimodal Microscopic Imaging [Link]
Tamanna Afrin Tisa	Dr. John Wolfe	Development of Multi-Electrode Neural Probe on Optical Fiber Substrate for Brain-Machine Interfaces [Link]
Dongjun Wu	Dr. Stanko Brankovic	Electrochemical Thin Film Growth Assisted by Pb Monolayer [Link]