ISE Graduate Student Publications

ISE Graduate Student theses and dissertations are available in IDEALS.

Most Recent Theses and Dissertations:

• [2011-05-25] Eliciting continuous probability distributions

Haggerty, Ryan P. (2011-05-25)

• [2011-05-25] Design of a second life product family from the perspective of the remanufacturing agent

Schroeder, Nathan B. (2011-05-25)

• [2011-05-25] Stability analysis and control for bipedal locomotion using energy methods

Moon, Jae-Sung (2011-05-25)

• [2011-05-25] Application of the novint falcon haptic device as an actuator in real-time control

Michelotti, Mark B. (2011-05-25)

• [2011-05-25] Teleoperation of passivity-based model reference robust control over the internet

Naghshineh, Sam (2011-05-25)

Abbas, A,  D. Budescu, and R. Gu. 2010. Assessing Joint Distributions with Isoprobability Contours . Management Science, Vol. 56, No. 6, June 2010, pp. 997-1011.

Gupta, A  and A. Abbas. 2008. Repeat Bidding on Internet-Based Multiple-Item Name-Your-Own-Price Auctions. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 55(4), November 2008, 579-589.

Abbas, A and D. Budescu, R. Yu, and R. Haggerty. 2008. A Comparison of Two Probability Encoding Methods: Fixed Probability Wheel vs. Fixed Variable Values. Decision Analysis, 5(4) 190-202.

Traverso,M and A. Abbas. 2009. Demand Curve Prediction via Bayesian Probability Assignment over a Functional Space. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference. Austin, Tx.

Zapata, R, T. Schmitz, M. Traverso, and A. Abbas. 2010. Value of Information and Experimentation in Milling Profit Optimization. Forthcoming International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems.

S. Mastellone, D. M. Stipanović, C.Graunke, K. Intlekofer, and M. W. Spong. Formation Control and Collision Avoidance for Multi-Agent Nonholonomic Systems: Theory and Experiments, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol.  13 (2008), pp. 107-126.

S. Mastellone, D. M. Stipanović, and M. W. Spong. Stability and Convergence for Systems with Switching Equilibria, Proceedings of the 2007  IEEE Control and Decision Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 12-14 (2007), pp. 4013-4020.

J. S. Mejía and D. M. Stipanović. Computational Receding Horizon Approach to Safe Trajectory Tracking, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, vol.  15 (2008), pp. 149-161.

M. S. Stanković and D. M. Stipanović. Extremum Seeking under Stochastic Noise and Applications to Mobile Sensors, accepted for publication as a full paper in Automatica.

M. S. Stanković, S. S. Stanković, and D. M. Stipanović. Consensus Based Multi-Agent Control Structures, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Control and Decision Conference, Cancun, Mexico, December 9-11 (2008), pp. 4364-4369.

Borgerson, J.L., and Reis, H., (2007) “Monitoring the setting times and hardening of early age mortar using a pulse-echo ultrasonic guided wave approach,” INSIGHT—Nondestructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, The Journal of the British Institute for Non-Destructive Testing, Volume 49, No. 4, pp. 207-212.

Huo, Shihong (Henry), and Reis, H., (2008) “Estimation of adhesive bond strength in laminated safety glass: Part I—An energy velocity approach,” INSIGHT—Nondestructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, The Journal of the British Institute for Non-Destructive Testing, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp.146-152.

Huo, Shihong (Henry), and Reis, H., (2008) “Estimation of adhesive bond strength in laminated safety glass: Part II- An attenuation approach,” INSIGHT—Nondestructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, The Journal of the British Institute for Non-Destructive Testing, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 202-206.

Ervin, B.L., and Reis, H., (2008), “Longitudinal Guided waves for monitoring corrosion in reinforced mortar,” Measurement Science and Technology, Institute of Physics, Vol. 19, pp. 1-19. 

Ervin, B.L., Bernhard, J.T., Kuchma, D.A., Reis, H., (2009) “Monitoring corrosion of rebar embedded in mortar using high-frequency guided ultrasonic waves,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 135, No. 1, pp. 9-19.

Apeagyei, A.K., Buttler, W.G., and Reis, H., (2009) “Estimation of low-temperature embrittlement for asphalt binders using an acoustic emission approach” INSIGHT—Nondestructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, The Journal of the British Institute for Non-Destructive Testing, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp.129-136.

Senalik, A., Beall, F., and Reis, H., (2010), “Detection and assessment of wood decay in glulam beams using a modified impulse-echo approach,” accepted for publication, to appear in INSIGHT—Nondestructive Testing and Condition Monitoring The Journal of the British Institute for Non-Destructive Testing.

S.S. Ram, A. Nedic, and V.V. Veeravalli
"A new classof Distributed Optimization Algorithms: Application to Regression of Distributed Data" to appear in Optimization Methods and Software, 2010.

S.S. Ram, A. Nedic, and V.V. Veeravalli "Distributed Stochastic Subgradient Projection Algorithms for Convex Optimization" to appear in Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2010.

S.S. Ram, A. Nedic, and V.V. Veeravalli Incremental Stochastic Subgradient Algorithms for Convex Optimization SIAM Journal on Optimization 20 (2) 691-717, 2009.

B. Touri and A. Nedic "Approximation and Limiting Behavior of Random Models," accepted at 49th Conference on Decision and Control,
December 2010

B. Touri and A. Nedic "When Infinite Flow is Sufficient for Ergodicity," accepted at 49th Conference on Decision and Control, December
2010

P. Sharma, S. Salapaka, and C. L. Beck.   “A Scalable Approach to Combinatorial Library Design for Drug Discovery.” Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 48(1): 27-41, 2007.

C. L. Beck, H-H. Lin, and M. Bloom.  "Modeling and Control of Anesthetic Pharmacodynamics." Biology and Control Theory: Current Challenges, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes Series. Editors S. Tarbouriech, I. Queinnec, G. Garcia, S. Niculescu, Vol. 357, 2007.

A. Lakshmikantha, R. Srikant, and C. L. Beck.  “Differential Equations Models of Flow-size Based Priorities in Internet Routers.”  International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications.  2(1/2/3): 170-196, 2010.

A. Lakshmikantha, R. Srikant and C. L. Beck. "Impact of file arrivals and departures on buffer sizing in core routers." To Appear, IEEE Trans. on Networking.

Y. Xu, S. Salapaka and C. L. Beck. "Dynamic Maximum Entropy Algorithms for Clustering and Coverage Control. "Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, Georgia 2010.

P. Sharma, S. Salapaka, and C. L. Beck.  "Entropy-based Framework for Dynamic Coverage and Clustering Problems."To Appear, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, December 2011. Preliminary version available in the Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008.

Harper, S., D. Thurston and P. Krein. The Effects of Dynamic Residential Load Participation:  Penetration Levels for Operational Impact on Reliability. Invited paper in special issue of International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 3, No. 1/2, 2007, pp.221-234.

Thurston, D. and J. de la Torre, “Leasing and Extended Producer Responsibility for Personal Computer Component Reuse”, invited paper in special issue of International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 29, No. 1/2/3, 2007, pp. 104-126.

Emamipour, H., Z. Hashisho, D. Cevallos, M. Rood, D. Thurston, K. J. Hay, B. Kim and P. Sullivan. Steady-State and Dynamic Desorption of Organic Vapor from Activated Carbon with Electrothermal Swing Adsorption. Environmental Science and Technology, 41(14), 2007, pp. 5063-5069.

Hashisho,, Z., H. Emamipour, M. Rood, K.J Hay, B. Kim and D. Thurston, Concomitant Adsorption and Desorption of Organic Vapor in Dry and Humid Air Streams using Microwave and Direct Electrothermal Swing Adsorption, Environmental Science and Technology, 42(24), 2008, pp. 9317-9322.

Harper, S. and D. Thurston. Incorporating Environmental Impacts in Strategic Redesign of an Engineered System. 130(3), 2008, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 031101-1-9.

Harper, S. and D. Thurston. Electric Power Network Decision Effects. Invited paper in special issue of The Engineering Economist, Vol. 54: 22-49, 2009.

Pandey, V. and D. Thurston. Effective Age of Remanufactured Products: An Entropy Approach. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 131, March 2009, 03-1008-1-9.

Behdad, S., M. Kwak, H. Kim and D. Thurston. Simultaneous Selective Disassembly and End-of-Life Decision Making for Multiple Products that Share Disassembly Operations. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, April 2010, 141002-1-9.  

Pandey, V. and D. Thurston, Variability and Component Criticality in Component Reuse and Remanufacturing Systems, to appear, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering.

Zhao, Y., V. Pandey, H. Kim and D. Thurston. Varying Lifecycle Lengths within a Portfolio for Product take-Back. To appear, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.

Ralph, M., Beck, C.L., and Bloom, M. "L1-Adaptive Methods for Control of Patient Response to Anesthesia", Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2011.